Chapter 226 The Stupid Way

Charles was silent for a while. He knew that Britain would eventually choose to land in the Dardanelles.

This was not entirely because of the Navy Minister or the British strategy.

In history, the North and South factions argued for months and could not make a decision. In the end, Russia asked Britain for help because the route was blocked, and Britain finally agreed to the combat plan of landing from the south.

Therefore, the decisive factor was Russia's crisis, which was related to the victory of the entire Eastern Front and even the Allied Powers.

Charles confronted General Winter: "You guessed right, General, I do not support landing, either side. But if you must land, I think the north can minimize possible losses and casualties."

"What?" General Winter thought he had heard wrong: "North? That is the main force of the German army, and our landing troops must be careful to avoid the German High Seas Fleet. There will be no such troubles in the south!"

Charles shook his head gently.

Do you think it's easy in the south? That's the Dardanelles, 61 kilometers long and only 1.2 kilometers at its narrowest point. The Ottoman Empire doesn't have to do anything, just throw mines into it and it will be enough to kill you, not to mention that there are artillery of various calibers on the shore to bombard the warships.

Charles did not explain much, he continued: "My plan is this: the landing in the north is real, the landing in the south is just a feint, the purpose is to attract the limited supplies and reinforcements of the Germans to the south, so that they will not be able to deal with the landing of our main force in the north..."

"This is unrealistic, Colonel!" General Winter interrupted Charles: "Although the Germans do have material problems under the British blockade, the north is the German mainland or a location very close to the mainland, and there is a mature transportation network in that area."

Charles ignored General Winter and continued: "Then, including the series of landing activities carried out by our army in the south, they are actually a cover-up, in order to attract German reinforcements and attention to the south, including tempting the German fleet to break through..."

General Winter seemed to hear something: "You mean, to encircle and annihilate the German fleet?"

But he thought it was wrong. If Charles's goal was to encircle and annihilate the German fleet, he shouldn't say it directly.

Charles did not speak.

General Winter thought for a while and suddenly woke up: "South, your goal is always the south!"

Charles concentrated on drinking coffee and didn't even raise his head.

General Winter thought more and more, and soon he became excited: "Yes, if the Germans always think that we are going to attack the north and the south is all feints, they will not give the Ottoman Empire too many reinforcements, including artillery, mines, and troops, even if... Great, even if our people really landed in the south, the Germans might still think it was a feint!"

General Winter stepped forward and shook Charles' shoulders excitedly, completely ignoring the coffee that Charles almost shook out of his hand: "Great, Colonel, you are a genius! This will greatly help our attack. It may be too late when the Germans realize this!"

Charles replied calmly. "I need to remind you, General, the south is not as simple as you think. You should have enough understanding and attention to it!"

"No problem, Colonel!" General Winter nodded: "I will pass your warning to the Minister of the Navy!"

Then General Winter hesitated again, leaned forward and asked in a low voice: "How can we pass the information of 'attack the north' to the Germans without any flaws?"

Charles answered very straightforwardly: "Agree with Albert I's idea of ​​attacking the north, but add a feint plan, and then do what needs to be done."

"Otherwise, nothing needs to be done?" General Winter was a little surprised.

Those who knew the plan and participated in the discussion were all senior military officials, and they were all completely trustworthy and would not have any problems. What if a trap was set, but the Germans knew nothing?

Charles added: "The truth can only be known by British officers, and as little as possible, understand?"

General Winter instantly understood that there was something wrong with the French officers, and they would perfectly pass the "fake plan" to the Germans.

After figuring this out, General Winter looked at Charles with a half-smile on his face.

This time it was Charles' turn to be embarrassed, this was France's weakness.

Britain may be going downhill in other aspects, but it has always been very strict in military intelligence.

The National Security Agency (MI5) is responsible for internal intelligence work, and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) is responsible for external affairs. The two have each performed their duties and cooperated, and have developed into a relatively mature intelligence network and summarized a set of effective means.

But in France, Charles has only heard of the "Second Bureau" counterintelligence agency, and nothing else.

…

At the Schneider Arsenal, snowflakes filled the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the atmosphere in the office was a bit depressing.

Paulina handed James a document with a depressed look: "Sir, this is the military's tank order for the Charles Tractor Factory, 30,000 francs per tank, and the first batch ordered 500. In addition, many countries have heard the news and ordered!"

James was signing other documents in his hand. During the break, he took the order statistics and threw them aside, and continued to sign the documents with a "hmm".

Paulina sighed. James' reaction seemed to indicate that he had given up competing with Charles.

Charles' tanks had developed too fast and were too perfect. It was incredible.

The "Charles A1" shocked almost everyone in the battle in Cape Town. A small tank of only eight tons could easily destroy an opponent weighing dozens of tons, and it crushed them in all directions.

Paulina had studied that battle, and she couldn't help pitting the Saint-Chamont against the Charles A1. She hoped that the Saint-Chamond would win.

But the results disappointed Paulina time and time again: "Charre A1" only needed to use the same tactics to fight "Saint Chamoun" in a mobile battle, and it would always be in an invincible position.

Seeing that James didn't speak, Paulina thought that the matter was over, and turned around and left lonely.

"You've given up completely, haven't you?" James stopped what he was doing.

"What else can we do?" Paulina turned back, a trace of doubt flashing in her eyes.

"You did a good job!" James nodded: "Continue!"

Paulina had a strange expression on her face. She didn't understand. What was the point of continuing like this?

James seemed to understand Paulina's thoughts. He smiled softly and said in a relaxed tone: "We can use a stupid method to slow down Ciel, and at the same time learn Ciel's tactics and design concepts. It is not impossible to surpass him in the future. ”

"Stupid method?" Paulina didn't understand at first, but then she thought of it and nodded in agreement.