Chapter 435: Can't You Let the Germans Go?

The battle of Mons lasted until the fifth day. After a hard battle and tens of thousands of casualties, the German army finally gained the upper hand and controlled most of the area.

Falkenhayn believed that these sacrifices were worth it. It opened a gap in the encirclement of Charles to ensure the retreat of the remaining 110,000 soldiers.

At the same time, Falkenhayn also made full preparations for Charles's upcoming attack.

The streets and alleys of Mons were blocked by obstacles by the German army. It was not difficult to do this in the city. It was enough to pile stones and debris between the buildings, and then lay barbed wire. An infantry company could block a street and prevent the enemy from attacking.

Even for the streets left for the German army to pass, Falkenhayn ordered the soldiers to bury explosives on the buildings on both sides.

Once Charles' armored forces arrived, they only needed directional blasting to use the ruins of the buildings to block the streets and make it difficult for tanks to move.

Falkenhayn thought he had found a way to deal with tanks. The city was the grave of tanks. This was why Charles had always hoped to pull the main force of the German army to the open open area.

In this regard, Falkenhayn gave full affirmation to Colonel Moritz: "You did a good job, Colonel. If anyone can defeat Charles, it must be you."

"Thank you, General." Colonel Moritz replied, with some excitement on his tired face: "But we can't underestimate Charles. He has always been the most troublesome opponent for us, and the victory or defeat is still undecided."

"Yes." Falkenhayn agreed. He leaned back in his chair, looked at Mons on the map, and said in a relaxed tone: "But now, we can breathe a sigh of relief."

Colonel Moritz nodded. At this point in the battle, even Charles could not stop the German army from breaking through.

He was very proud of this. That was Charles, Charles, who was called "French Mars", and he was actually at a disadvantage when fighting against him.

This means that after this battle, his name will soon be known to the world, just like the name Charles is popular all over the world.

(The above picture shows Mars, the god of earth, war, agriculture and spring in Roman mythology. He is one of the twelve main gods of Rome, the lover of Venus, and the most important god worshipped by the Roman legion)

Just when Colonel Moritz was immersed in his own world, a signalman suddenly ran out of the telecommunications room and reported nervously: "General, Colonel, Charles' armored forces have appeared in the village of Pville."

"Pville?" Colonel Moritz and Falkenhayn bent down at the same time to find its location on the map.

When the moving fingers finally stopped at the location of Pville, the two of them suddenly changed their faces, looked up at each other, and saw shock in each other's eyes.

"It, it's outside Mons." Moritz's eyes flashed with fear.

"Charles has created a new encirclement." Falkenhayn's eyes were dull: "He surrounded us again!"

...

Not only Falkenhayn and Moritz did not expect it, but Tijani, who had been following Charles, did not expect it either.

As the fuel became more and more sufficient, Tijani's tense nerves gradually relaxed.

He, who had been paying attention to the war, threw the telegram in his hand and stared at Charles: "Tell me, you liar, what shameful things have you done?"

"What?" Charles was confused by Tijani's sudden words.

"Obviously, you are an expert in deception." Tijani said seriously: "The Germans have not yet woken up from your lies, even if the British told them the truth."

Then he pointed his finger at Charles in the void, as if he saw through Charles:

"So, I have reason to suspect that you have deceived us in some way."

"And we know nothing, just like the Germans now!"

Charles rolled his eyes and replied half-truthfully: "Okay, I admit that I deceived your feelings, everyone's!"

Tijani laughed: "This is much more serious than deceiving the Germans!"

Charles thought about Tijani's words and asked: "You seem to be sure that the 'Minister of the Navy' told the Germans the truth?"

This is something Charles didn't know, and the "Lady in White" didn't get the news.

Tijani nodded proudly: "You seem to have forgotten my father. Things related to the navy usually cannot escape his ears and eyes."

Charles said "Oh" and understood.

Wells has a complicated relationship with the navy, and the "Secretary of the Navy" is likely to be in contact with the French Minister of the Navy, so Wells can get first-hand information.

In this regard, the newly established "Lady in White" is not capable of it. After all, it is a civilian organization, and most of its members are lower-class citizens, and there is an insurmountable gap with the upper class.

As if showing off in front of Charles, Tijani told the story: "Although the 'Secretary of the Navy' didn't say anything, a double agent disappeared strangely a few days ago. The reason we know about this is that we discovered this spy and notified the British, and the Second Bureau has been paying attention to his movements."

Charles said "Hmm". Needless to say, this double agent became the victim of this "secret war".

There are two possibilities:

The "Secretary of the Navy" made him disappear in order to kill him.

Or it was done by the Germans because they discovered his identity as a double agent.

Charles believed it was the latter, because the Germans were still attacking Mons, which meant they didn't believe the truth provided by the "Secretary of the Navy."

"Want to know how my father praised you?" Tijani said.

"Wells?" Charles smiled and said, "He doesn't seem to praise people often."

"It's not that he doesn't praise people often, but he almost never praises people." Tijani complained: "Think about it, I grew up in this depressing atmosphere, which may be the reason why I always oppose him now."

Speaking of this, Tijani's eyes showed some envy: "But he praised you. He said that if you concentrate on doing business or intend to enter politics, no one will be your opponent, and the whole of France will be in your pocket."

Charles nodded seriously: "He is right, General, he is a man with vision!"

Tijani exaggeratedly said "Ha", his eyes turned disdainful, and cursed: "Shameless!"

Then Tijani looked at the map and acted unconvinced: "Anyway, you succeeded, We have collected enough fuel. Now, when do you plan to attack Mons? "

"Attack Mons?" Charles shook his head: "I didn't say I would attack Mons!"

"Then we..." Tijani's eyes wandered on the map: "Are you only satisfied with reaching Tubize?"

Then Tijani asked himself: "Maybe you are right, Mons is indeed not suitable for armored forces to fight, that is a problem that Foch should consider."

"No, General." Charles replied: "We are going to attack Pville, a small village with less than a hundred households."

Tijani quickly found Pville on the map, and he looked up at Charles in astonishment: "God, can't you let the Germans go? They just jumped out of the encirclement!"