Chapter 539 Surveillance

Suggesting Colonel Koch to choose Himmler seemed to be Qin Chuan's instinct as a soldier to obey his superiors, but in fact it was Qin Chuan who knew that Heydrich would be seriously injured soon after being stabbed and then completely withdraw from the stage of the Third Reich. .

Of course, Qin Chuan would not say that to Colonel Koch.

"Maybe I don't know much about the intricacies!" Qin Chuan said, "But I do know one thing... The secret police monitoring us outside were obviously not sent by Himmler, right?"

Koch nodded, which was obvious, because if Himmler wanted to stop the plan, all he needed was an order.

Only Heydrich could obviously not deny the plan to make counterfeit banknotes but secretly did not want the plan to succeed.

"So we have no choice!" Qin Chuan said.

Koch nodded again in agreement, then no longer hesitated, picked up the phone and reported the situation to Himmler... Another meaning of doing so was to be loyal to Himmler.

But after putting down the phone, Colonel Koch was still a little shaken.

Having been in the power field for many years, he knew very well that now it was not just a matter of who he was loyal to, but that the power between Himmler and Heydrich was equal. Once he was caught, there would be some obvious excuse... Himmler Len would not choose to have a public falling out with Heydrich for his own sake.

Soon, Qin Chuan discovered that it was not just Koch who was being watched, but also himself and Schmidt's whole family, because when he returned, he could faintly feel someone watching from behind, and there were even a few new faces among the workers in the factory.

Qin Chuan's face couldn't help but change. His first reaction was to drive these secret police officers away from the factory, but after thinking about it, he gave up this reckless idea, because doing so would not only attract more secret police officers. Change nothing.

On the other hand, Qin Chuan thinks that there is no need to worry about a dying person. It is not worth it. All he has to do now is wait.

"What's wrong? What happened?" At the dinner table, Karen saw Qin Chuan's face looking a little strange, so she asked with concern.

"Oh, no, it's nothing, mom!" Qin Chuan replied.

Schmidt casually spread some margarine on his bread and asked, "You spend less and less time at home recently. Is there something wrong?"

Qin Chuan shrugged and replied: "Colonel Koch insisted on letting me give a lecture tour, but I am not willing to do this..."

After saying that, Qin Chuan came up to Karen and kissed her forehead: "I would rather stay with you at home, mom!"

"My child!" Karen had a happy smile on her face.

Lehman looked at Qin Chuan enviously and said, "The lecture tour is really great. If it was me, I wouldn't refuse it!"

"Shut up, Leman!" Karen glared at Leman fiercely: "You should learn from your brother!"

"That being said..." Schmidt said: "If this is what the country needs, you should do it too!"

"Schmidt!" Karen looked at her husband dissatisfied: "Our son has paid enough for the country, now is his vacation, and he will even return to the front line soon!"

"My vacation may be extended!" Qin Chuan said.

"What?" Karen couldn't help but be stunned, and then said with joy: "This is good news, great!"

Looking at Schmidt's confused look, Qin Chuan explained: "Colonel Koch thinks that I should at least attend the International Day of Demonstration next month!"

The so-called "International Day of Demonstrations" is also May Day... In fact, the former name is more appropriate, because this holiday commemorates the workers' general strike in Chicago, USA, on May 1, 1886.

On that day, with Chicago as the center, about 350,000 workers across the United States participated in strikes and demonstrations, demanding improved working conditions and the implementation of an eight-hour working day. The struggle shook the entire United States. The powerful force of the working class's united struggle forced the capitalists to make concessions, and the American workers' general strike was victorious.

Therefore, this day is also regarded as the anniversary of the workers' struggle and victory against the bourgeoisie through demonstrations, marches, and strikes. Many European countries still celebrate this holiday with demonstrations and marches.

At this time, the German military would often use this opportunity to promote their results and the correctness of the war to the German people and boost morale.

Of course, this is just Colonel Koch's excuse for Qin Chuan to stay in Frankfurt... It takes time to make counterfeit banknotes.

After the meal, Schmidt found Qin Chuan.

"I don't know what you are doing, Frick!" Schmidt said: "But I must remind you that the police are not as easy to deal with as the soldiers!"

Apparently, the words at the dinner table did not fool Schmidt.

"I know, father!" Qin Chuan replied: "I will take care of myself!"

Schmidt is right. Soldiers are of course limited to the Wehrmacht. They fight the enemy more in accordance with military regulations and international law on the battlefield. They have a sense of honor similar to that of soldiers or chivalry, which is their service to Germany. Troops with national interests in mind. But the police force and the SS... they were loyal to Hitler personally and not to Germany, so they used all possible methods of massacre and assassination.

However, Qin Chuan believed that he would not be in any danger. After all, he was a "legendary sergeant." Even if Heydrich held a high position, he still had to take into account Qin Chuan's reputation among the military and civilians.

However, Qin Chuan obviously underestimated the lawlessness of these secret policemen... The Gestapo did need to consider the consequences of their actions. The problem was that they could make someone "disappear", and it was normal for someone to "disappear" in wartime. There was no surveillance and no way to verify it, so they did not need to be responsible for it.

Qin Chuan realized this the next day.

That day, he spent the whole day in the banknote-making laboratory of the Security Bureau. After working with several experts, he found that counterfeiting the pound was not as difficult as imagined. After all, the anti-counterfeiting technology of this era was not as advanced as it is now. The problems in papermaking, engraving and watermarking were not very big. The difficulty was that the code-like numbering needed to be cracked and then mass-produced, but Qin Chuan believed that this problem would eventually be solved, because in history, Germany produced counterfeit banknotes and eventually made up to one-third of the pounds circulating on the market counterfeit.

For the UK, what was worse was that even if the UK found that a large number of counterfeit banknotes had entered the market, they did not dare to clarify it, and even helped the Germans to cover it up. The reason was that the UK could not effectively identify these counterfeit banknotes. Once the truth was exposed, the pound would completely lose its credibility.

At this moment, Qin Chuan saw a black car coming from the corner of the street ahead...