Five Hundred and Ninety Three Go

Standing in front of the guard post in Wolf's Lair, Gaskle asked his assistant to help him organize his military uniform. He rushed here in a hurry, not wanting to show a bad state in front of the head of state.

At about the same time, the officer at the checkpoint also checked the documents, and respectfully handed back the leather military ID card to Gascoll, and stood at attention to salute: "You can pass, General Gascoll!"

This is an investigation process carefully arranged according to the security plan designed by him and Heydrich. He has only seen its strictness today. Although there are Wehrmacht intelligence officers who know him here, they are still stopped by the SS who is on duty at the same time. down. It is not easy to pass such a checkpoint.

He passed the checkpoint with his assistants, and continued to walk forward, step by step into the wolf den, and finally stood in front of a gate. He knocked softly on the door, and after hearing Anna's words to come in, Gaskol opened the door nervously and walked in.

"My Führer, Gascoll has been ordered to come." Gascoll stood at attention and solemnly performed a German salute. There are always those who will be loyal to his leader. They are born soldiers, they are obedient, and they are the cornerstones of a strong fortress. Gaskle is such a person, he is loyal to Akado, from his own soul, he regards intelligence work as his own life, and even his colleague Heydrich praised him as a true Imperialist.

"I'm sorry to rush you here. But there are indeed many thorny issues that need to be dealt with." Akado pointed to the documents on the table and said with a smile: "You know about the beehives, right?" ?”

Gaskol nodded: "Yes, Head of State, we have confirmed the accuracy of the information sent back by the beehive with the intelligence channel of the SS in charge of security. The Soviet Union is indeed investing energy in developing new weapons."

"What about the other piece of information? It was expected that the Soviets would develop new weapons. After all, we can't stop them from chasing us. But the other piece of information is definitely worthy of our in-depth study. Using this piece of information, we can even Making fuss in the Balkans." Akado stood up, put the information on the tea table in front of Gaskol, and said with a smile: "What do you think about the Soviets' winter offensive plan?"

"Führer, as far as I know, we started preparing antifreeze and cold-resistant equipment for winter combat 10 years ago. Now all the equipment used on the front line has undergone extreme cold-resistant experiments. If our weapons cannot fight, then the enemy We can only use wooden sticks to fight." Gascoll said that he was full of confidence in the preparations for the winter battle, and the intelligence department of this plan was also involved, responsible for a lot of confusing false information and cover work, although it was only a side-view , but from those scattered clues, it can be seen that the entire preparation work is huge and comprehensive, so Gascoll is also very sure of Akado's preparations.

Akado also nodded. After all, he personally advocated and asked about the wintering plan of the entire Eastern Front. He knew how well prepared Germany was, so he was also full of confidence in the German army's operations this winter.

He pointed to the report form on his desk with a smile, and showed off to Gascoll: "The storage and distribution of winter clothes is being carried out secretly. At least this winter, every soldier in the German army will not be cold." , which is what we have been working hard for.”

He paused, and continued: "The Soviet Union is waiting for their secret weapons. They hope to equip some new weapons before winter arrives, so that we will be caught off guard in winter, but it is a pity that we have all of their plans. If we get it, then we can know that they are not ready to fight back immediately."

Pointing to the Balkan Peninsula, he said to Gaskol: "Order the beehives to comprehensively collect the plans of the Soviet Red Army's war preparations and the stages they have reached. I need to know their ammunition reserves, troop training, and even the transfer of each general. . Gather all the intel you can for us."

"I have ordered that General Kluge's troops be mobilized to form an Army Group J with new recruits, carve up the Balkans with Italy and Turkey, and create an outlet for Germany in the Mediterranean Sea!" He tapped on the map and finally said firmly: " I have issued an order for this plan to the Supreme Command, and I have approved the nomination of the commander of Army Group J, an expert in armored warfare, General Herman Holt."

"So, my head of state, the Battle of the Balkans is about to begin?" Gasker asked excitedly. His intelligence department has been active there for 7 years, just to cooperate with this military operation. Now it is time to test the army intelligence department. Whether it is successful or a complete failure depends on the next few days.

When it comes to the Battle of the Balkans, Akado still sighed: "Diplomatic efforts have failed. Greece and other countries have naturally turned to the United States and the British royal family. After all, our Axis countries have absorbed Turkey. As long as they are not stupid, they can Guess, we will definitely compromise with Turkey on the Balkan issue."

Greece and Yugoslavia are not fools. The main reason their diplomats have been flirting with Germany is that they are afraid that Germany will betray the interests of the Balkans in order to bring Turkey into the fold. Now that Turkey has joined the Axis powers, the situation could not be clearer. Greece and other Balkan countries will naturally start to rely on the United States and the British royal family. In order to cause trouble for Germany, the United States also took advantage of the Soviet Union to attack Germany. sent to the Balkans.

Now, the last fig leaf has been torn off, and the war in the Balkans is imminent. Italy is sharpening its sword in the west, Turkey is eyeing the southeast, Romania and Germany are pressing down on Mount Tai in the north, and people in the Balkans have also taken up arms to defend their homes. However, compared with the nearly 1 million Axis troops around them, the British garrison here and the local army are too small.

The British have only 3 battalions of combat troops here (the rest have been transferred to North Africa), and there is another regiment of soldiers stationed in Crete. Greece has 10 divisions with about 150,000 troops, and other countries have 20 divisions with 330,000 troops. It seems that the number of nearly 500,000 troops is not bad, but these troops lack heavy weapons and air force, and there is no sea power to provide support.

But for the locals, they are determined to defend their homeland to the death. These people calmly face the coming invaders, and many people are even optimistic that the opponent is only 200,000 people (the German army has about 200,000 troops). The commander-in-chief of the Greek army even estimated optimistically that as long as the German offensive was stopped, the offensive in other directions would stop. He even declared to reporters in public that if the German army invaded the Balkan Peninsula, this would become a turning point in the war.

Apparently, the Greek army is not just talking like their commanders. They knew that they had no way to fight against the more than 1,000 tanks and nearly a thousand aircraft mobilized by the German army, so they began to dig fortifications in important defensive areas and build strong defensive positions.

After thinking for a while, Akado remembered that Gascoll was still standing in the room, so he smiled awkwardly and continued: "I didn't call you here because of the upcoming Balkan battle, but because of an important situation. I want to discuss it with you and see how to deal with it."

"Oh? What's the situation?" Gascoll waited for Akado to come back to his senses, and asked hurriedly when he was suddenly told by the head of state.

"This is the dispatch record sent by the Air Force, as well as the combat record of intercepting enemy planes. You can see what's weird on it." Akado found a record from a stack of documents on the table, and handed it to Jia Skoll said: "Don't look at that Hartman shot down the 100th plane yesterday. I was really surprised by this, but it's not what I want you to see."

"The few people the head of state sent to the front line are all hot right now, that Rennes, and now there is another Hartman." After a compliment, Gaskle carefully looked through the records. He did not rely on flattery to get into his current position. He knew that the head of state came to him for work, not for compliments.

"My head of state, according to the records, since July, the number of take-offs of the Soviet Red Army's air force has been close to zero. However, after July 23, the number of Soviet aircraft take-offs suddenly increased, which is very wrong. No Take off for no reason and die." Gaskol frowned, seeing the abnormal takeoff of Soviet aircraft after the 23rd at a glance.

"Look at this again." Akado handed another document to Gascoll. This is not an intelligence, but an order. The tank troops on the front line hit Kyiv in batches and carried out modification work to thicken the armor.

"The news was leaked...wait...not leaked, but discovered by the other party." After reading it, Gaskle immediately drew his own conclusion: "The order was issued on the 21st, if it was leaked news, then the other side will take action on the 21st, and the other side only started to take off a large number of planes to attack on the 23rd, and obviously got the news later.”

"The intelligence department of the SS also came to this conclusion." Akado nodded: "Electronic detection found that there is a radio station of the other party near Kyiv, which is not active, so it is impossible to determine its specific location. But there are indeed Soviet radio stations." The espionage department is working in Kyiv, providing some detected intelligence information to the top Soviet Union."

"My head of state." Gascoll stood at attention: "Leave this to me, and I will catch these people as soon as possible. After all, I am familiar with this kind of thing."

Akado smiled: "I'll wait for your news, let's go!"