Chapter 252 Intelligence About the "Lady in White"
At 5:30 in the evening, Charles walked into the officers' club alone.
Lucia told Charles that this was her shift change time. At the same time, there were fewer people in the club at 5:30. The officers were used to taking a shower after dinner and taking care of themselves. They would not gather here for a drink until after 6 o'clock.
Therefore, this time period was very suitable for them to contact each other.
Lucia, who had just started work, was wiping the bar. When she saw Charles coming in, her eyes lit up. Her slightly tired eyes instantly smiled. She told her companions, skillfully brewed two cups of coffee and put them on the tray, and tried to pretend to be calm and walked towards Charles.
Lucia didn't want Charles to notice that she had another expectation besides work, which would make her seem unprofessional. After all, in the face of war and missions, especially when the other party was Charles, this expectation was almost a luxury.
"Missed me?" Lucia said softly.
She skillfully put the tray on the table and brought the coffee to Charles when she sat down sideways.
Charles stared at the coffee in front of him in a daze: "I thought you would give me two glasses of wine."
"No!" Lucia smiled and shook her head: "You don't like wine at all, including wine."
Charles looked at Lucia in confusion.
Lucia tilted her head: "Other people drink like this..."
She said, holding the coffee cup and pretending it was a glass of wine. She took a sip with anticipation, and shook her head slightly, as if she was enjoying it, and as if she was savoring it.
"And you drink like this..."
She picked up the "wine glass" again, frowned at first, and carefully brought the "wine glass" to her mouth. After only a small sip, her eyes drooped, and her face was wrinkled like a rag.
She imitated it vividly, which reminded Charles of the pain when he drank. He was indeed like this, and he really didn't like wine. He didn't even understand why someone would like such a hard-to-drink thing.
"What did you do before?" Charles was a little curious.
Lucia laughed like a silver bell and answered half-truthfully: "You guessed it, Colonel. I used to be an actor, and the role I'm best at is the clown."
She pinched her nose with her hand while saying this.
Charles smiled slightly. He knew it wasn't true, but Lucia was very good at disguising herself, including controlling her facial expressions.
Perhaps it was because of this that the "Lady in White" sent her here to contact Charles.
When it came time to talk business, Charles leaned forward, his movements a little stiff.
Lucia naturally kissed Charles' mouth lightly like a dragonfly touching the water, and then whispered in Charles' ear: "You should do this, Colonel, this is what a couple should do!"
Charles was stunned by the electric shock, and the faint scent of perfume coming towards him actually made him react, and his breathing became rapid.
Lucia's eyes continued to linger in front of Charles, a pair of beautiful eyes were right in front of Charles, and her breathing could be felt.
Lucia's eyes flashed with surprise, and she seemed to be a little surprised. She smiled teasingly, with a little pride in her tone: "This is not your first kiss, Colonel? I am honored!"
Charles was unwilling to admit this, and hurriedly brought the topic back on track: "The information you gave is very accurate, Lucia! I need to know about the Germans, artillery positions, airports, warehouses, etc. This may be a long-term task!"
"Of course!" Lucia smiled and gently stroked Charles' cheek, whispering like a lover, with a seductive nasal tone: "We have always done this, but we didn't know who to give it to before. Now, I finally found it, and I am determined!"
Charles almost believed that Lucia was real, with her affectionate eyes, charming expression, and intoxicated and hot lips... until he felt a piece of paper sliding down his collar into his neck.
Charles believed Lucia's words. She must be an actor, otherwise she couldn't act so realistically and vividly.
...
Charles got the intelligence he wanted, the exact location of two German artillery positions.
What surprised Charles was that one of the artillery positions had just been set up 8 days ago, and it was carefully camouflaged and had not fired a single shot, but the "Lady in White" still got its location and even detailed it to 32 105MM caliber howitzers.
How did they do it?
Could it be that they, like Harry, mixed in the dance hall and got intelligence from the German officers?
This seems unlikely.
First of all, the German army has done a good job of keeping military intelligence confidential. Ordinary officers have no way of knowing this information, and of course it is impossible to leak it.
Secondly, even if the German officers "spoke the truth after drinking", it would be impossible to be so detailed as to how many guns there were.
If someone really asked "How many guns and calibers are there in this artillery position?", it would be tantamount to telling everyone that she is a spy.
Later, Charles learned that the method of the "Lady in White" was very simple. They just stared at the passing trains in front of the window: how many guns were going to where, how much supplies were transported in which direction, and how many troops were transported to which area.
Then, they could track the wheel tracks on the snow at the destination.
The Germans naturally thought that there were so many wheels on the ground with so many vehicles passing by that no one could tell which wheels were from the artillery and which were from the supply convoy or troops, so they did not deliberately remove them.
They did not expect that they could not tell anything from the wheel tracks alone, but if they combined the train transportation situation and knew that an artillery unit had arrived in this area, it would not be difficult to analyze its specific location.
Charles immediately sent the location information to Carter.
By this time the bomber group was under Carter's command.
It was previously commanded by Eric to keep it secret and the military had not yet purchased the bomber.
After the bombers successfully destroyed German airports and proved their effectiveness, the military purchased all 20 bombers at a time of 55,000 francs each.
Charles made another tearful profit of 600,000 francs. Whether there will be more orders in the future depends on their subsequent performance.
When Carter received the call, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Colonel, how many guns and calibers can your intelligence provide? Is the second round already so powerful?"
"That's none of your business, Major!" Charles replied. "All you have to worry about is how to blow it up!"
(Note: Carter has been promoted from captain to major)
"Yes, Colonel!" Carter replied, put down the phone and immediately took action.
He immediately called the army staff: "Directly opposite your defense area, at 49.16 degrees north latitude and 5.386 degrees east longitude, there is a howitzer position in the valley. Mark its direction and distance at eight o'clock tomorrow morning! "
"Yes!" the army staff responded, and immediately sent observers with high-powered binoculars and maps to the front line overnight to find points.