Chapter 161 Only Ciel can do it

In the small town of Fairworth, the rain stopped for the first time in history, and a vague rainbow of seven colors hung in the sky.

But the reporters had no time to appreciate the beautiful scenery after the rain. They gathered together to discuss today's war:

"It is said that the headquarters does not know the latest battle situation, but perhaps they are unwilling to tell us."

"They only said that the Shire's troops broke through the defenses of Andrusi and Tamon."

"So, it won't be that fast for them to reach Lafox? It'll take at least two days. So we have to wait here for another two days!"

…

In the minds of reporters, war should be a game where the enemy and our side take up positions, with you defending while I attack, and the battle line continues to move forward little by little.

Therefore, even if Charles's troops had tanks that could successfully break through the enemy's defenses one after another, it would take a reasonable amount of time to reach the La Fox Line, which was more than ten kilometers away.

But Kobdo, a military reporter for the Morning Post, doesn't think so.

He knew that things on the battlefield could not be thought of in this way. At this moment, all the forces of both the enemy and our side were concentrated on the long line of defense in front of them, and the rear was completely empty.

It's like an egg, except for the hard outer shell, the inside is completely empty.

Once a certain part is broken through, it would be like piercing through the hard shell and reaching the hollow interior. If the fuel and ammunition supplies can keep up, Kobdo even believes that this force can fight all the way to Berlin.

Of course, if Charles's target was not Berlin but Lafox, it would be possible to end the battle in a few hours.

Kobdo did not share these words with his fellow journalists who were also competitors. He would occasionally raise his telescope and look in the direction of the enemy.

There was no rain, but we could not see anything. We could only vaguely see our own trenches and the soldiers running back and forth.

Kobdo pulled his assistant Swan aside.

Kobdo hopes to interview close to the front line so as not to miss any opportunities that may come, but Swan thinks it is too dangerous to do so.

"You don't know what this means!" Kobdo said anxiously, "We may get the first-hand hot spots a few hours earlier than others, which is enough for us to publish a special issue!"

"Maybe not!" Swann didn't believe it. "If there was, there should have been some movement at the headquarters! And those soldiers..."

Swann raised his head towards the patrol team passing by: "Look at them, are there any signs of victory? Victory will not appear suddenly, Kobdo, there will always be some signs!"

"That's because they don't know!" Kobdo explained anxiously: "No one realizes how fast this battle will go, but it may be much faster than we think!"

But Swann still shook his head.

…

Just as Kobdo thought, Joffre's command did not expect it, and neither did the soldiers guarding the trenches opposite the Germans on the front line.

Joffre and his staff were still speculating as to the present location of Charles's troops.

The soldiers on the front line were on high alert, fearing that the Germans would attack them at an unexpected time.

However……

Suddenly, a white flag slowly rose in the German trench, and it waved cautiously a few times to attract the attention of the opposite side.

"No fire, no fire!" Colonel Kurt gave the order loudly. He thought it was a messenger sent by the Germans to convey something.

However, when he saw that the person coming up was a German officer and a colonel, he knew that things were not as simple as he thought.

"We surrender, Colonel!" the German officer spoke in stiff French with helplessness on his face.

"What?" Colonel Kurt was stunned and asked in confusion: "How many people do you mean?"

Khalil looked in disbelief at the French officer in front of him who also had an expression of disbelief on his face. Didn't he know that Lafox had been surrounded?

"Of course all of them!" Khalil replied. "You have already won!"

Colonel Kurt was shocked: "But, but... why is this?"

Khalil looked desperate. God, they didn't even know what was going on, and he had to surrender to such rubbish!

If it wasn't for the purpose of avoiding unnecessary casualties, Khalil felt that he should wait for Charles' troops to arrive, that way at least he would still have some dignity!

…

At Joffre's headquarters, the staff officer who was answering the phone suddenly froze in place. He listened with a look of amazement, and then shouted as if he had discovered a new continent: "They surrendered, they surrendered..."

He shouted so loudly that it drowned out all other sounds.

Everyone in the command center looked at him strangely, wondering if this staff officer had been offended by something.

"What surrender?" Xiafei, who was pacing anxiously, said with impatience and reproach in his tone: "Are you dreaming, Gerard?"

"No, General!" The staff officer answered loudly: "Colonel Cote from the front called and said that the Germans have surrendered. Charles' troops have occupied the town of Arloni and successfully joined forces there. The Germans have no choice!"

The command center was silent for a while, and suddenly cheers broke out.

A few signalmen rushed out of the headquarters and shouted: "The Germans surrendered, we won!"

Joffre sat back in his chair in a daze. He looked very "calm" among the cheering crowd. In his heart he kept repeating one sentence: I actually want to know the battle situation from the Germans!

Deputy Commander Kanais took out his pocket watch and checked the attack time on the document. The total time was one hour and forty-seven minutes, less than two hours.

Less than two hours had passed since Charles's troops started the battle, and with only a force of two thousand men, they had successfully recaptured La Foulkes.

The initial estimate of the number of prisoners was over ten thousand, most of whom were troops in the La Fox area who had not fired a single shot.

It was also this force that had thwarted the French commander-in-chief's attacks several times, causing France to lose a large number of tanks and troops.

It's a miracle!

Kanais shook his head slightly: "Perhaps only Ciel can do this!"

…

The news of victory quickly spread from the headquarters to the entire town of Fairworth, and reporters also heard the news.

But they were still confused:

"what happened?"

"Joffre organized his troops to attack the enemy? Otherwise, why did the Germans surrender?"

"But we heard no news and no gunfire!"

…

Only Kobdo knew what was going on. He spread his hands to his stunned assistant, as if to say: Do you believe what I say now? But it was too late!

"We should have captured the moment when the Germans surrendered!" Kovdo said helplessly, "That would have made our news headlines and sold a lot of copies, but now we can only be like everyone else."

Kobdo glanced at the front line with regret and said, "Char is much faster than I thought!"

He actually didn't expect it to happen so soon, otherwise he would have left his assistant behind and gone up alone with the camera.

(End of this chapter)