Chapter 738: Cipher Bureau

Just as the Dejoka family was discussing the battle in a casual manner, the phone rang.

Camille ran quickly to answer the phone before Djoka.

The calls at home were usually to Camille, and the neighbors often called Camille to ask about Charles.

Or maybe he didn't want to inquire, but simply wanted to establish a good relationship with Camille, after all, Camille was Charles' mother.

But this time, the call was not for Camille.

She answered the phone and said "Hello", then she covered the receiver and turned her eyes to Charles: "It's General Gallieni."

Charles put down his half-drunk milk and stepped forward to answer the phone.

"What are your plans for the afternoon, Lieutenant General?" General Gallieni asked casually.

"Yes." Charles yawned, "I plan to sleep in bed all afternoon."

"Well," replied Gallieni, "then let us sleep at the Academy of St. Cyr."

"What?" Charles was surprised. "You mean, you want me to go to a military academy?"

Gallieni laughed out loud: "You are so humorous, General Charles. If you go to military school, do you think anyone can teach you?"

"That is..."

"I think it's time for you to go to the military academy," Gallieni said. "You should know that Kovdo has always been in charge of this matter. As the founder of the most trustworthy military theory at present, you should give a speech yourself, which will help promote military theory."

Charles remembered that this seemed to be the case.

Gallieni asked Kobdo to compile Charles' military theory into teaching materials, and Kobdo himself was also responsible for the promotion and explanation of military theory in the military academy.

Charles understood the significance of Gallieni's action.

The military academy trains a group of officers who are about to go to the battlefield. Only by reversing their ideas on military management and combat concepts can the military's atmosphere be completely changed, even if Charles has achieved an unquestionable victory.

But Charles showed little interest.

He knew that it was easy to defeat the enemy, but it was extremely difficult to change the ideas instilled in him since childhood.

"Don't worry." Gallieni said in a relaxed tone: "Your achievements have spread all over the world, including the military academy. They have regarded you as an idol and can't wait to meet you."

"Is that so?" Charles expressed his doubt.

"Of course," Gallieni replied. "You can trust me!"

After saying that, Gallieni hung up the phone.

For some reason, Charles felt that this was a trap set by Gallieni for him.

Because even in modern times, what we learn in universities is still seriously out of touch with society. They rely more on tradition, system, and inertia rather than the actual situation of society.

…

Paris City Hall.

There is a unit here, guarded by armed guards, which occupies the loneliest corner of the building, the fourth floor tower.

The tower is a naturally isolated place. There is sky above it and nothing outside its windows. It is 26.80 meters high and cannot go up to the sky or into the ground.

As long as a few armed guards stand at the door, everyone inside the room will be trapped and unable to move.

This is France's most low-key and mysterious unit: the French Cipher Bureau.

Its level of confidentiality even exceeds that of the "Second Bureau". The public knows about the existence of the "Second Bureau" but does not know about the existence of the Cipher Bureau.

The "ticking" sound of the indoor decoders came one after another, and everyone was busy in silence. Their minds were occupied by numbers, letters and codes, and they had forgotten normal language. The only way to communicate was to pass files to each other.

Lieutenant George Panwan, who was only 27 years old, was one of them.

(Pictured above is Lieutenant George Penwan, a cryptanalyst who successfully cracked the German ADFGX code in 1918)

Lieutenant Pan Wan stared at the battle report in the "Meritorious Newspaper" and fell into deep thought.

Why is this happening?

He had clearly cracked the German code and knew that the German 82nd Infantry Regiment stationed in the Rees area had chosen to flee out of panic.

If Charles' army could penetrate through this breakthrough, it would be easy to get in touch with the main force of the French army.

but……

However, Charles still followed the battle plan that everyone could see and fought all the way to Verdun along the Meuse River.

Is Verdun of greater strategic value?

No, after breaking through the Rees area, we can still surround Verdun and eventually incorporate it into the territory.

Was it easier to attack Verdun?

No, Charles was in danger during the process of infiltration, and there was even the risk of annihilation.

If Charles had not called in bombers and used the newly invented incendiary bombs, they would probably not have been able to penetrate Verdun.

So, it was the Germans who filled the gap in the Rees area?

Lieutenant Pan Wan had never heard of this.

He took out several deciphered telegrams from the drawer and flipped through them one by one. They were the orders that the Germans had previously sent to fill the gap.

If it has already been made up, of course there will be no "hope to make up" again.

Suddenly, an idea popped into Lieutenant Pan Wan's mind that almost made him collapse: there was only one possibility, Charles didn't know about this gap, and he didn't know about it from the beginning to the end.

No. Why would they do that?

They have no reason to do so, and a French victory would be good for them too...

Then, Lieutenant Pan Wan figured it out.

Victory does them good indeed, but the same cannot be said of the Shire's victory.

Because Charles can overthrow their control over France!

These bastards!

Pan Wan closed his eyes in pain and buried his face in his hands, feeling that he had become an accomplice of these vampires and executioners.

He almost killed Charles, the soldiers of the First Armored Army, and millions of soldiers and civilians who had sacrificed for France!

"Hey, Lieutenant." Captain Charles came out of his office and called to Pan Wan. "You have classes at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy this afternoon, right?"

The Cipher Bureau set up a branch at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in order to select outstanding talents from the academy to serve as the reserve force.

"Yes, Captain." Lieutenant Pan Wan quickly stood up and answered.

"You don't have to go." Captain Charles raised the telegram in his hand: "Charles will give a speech at the military academy this afternoon, in front of the whole school."

Lieutenant Pan Wan's head was in a mess.

Charles?

Going to a military academy to give a speech?

Captain Charles was about to turn around when Pan Wan stepped forward in time to stop him.

"Captain," Pan Wan said, his voice a little halting:

"I, I want to go and listen to Ciel's speech."

"You know, the Germans will probably discuss Shire's tactics."

"If we understand this better, I think it will be very helpful in deciphering it."

Charles was stunned for a moment, then nodded and approved Pan Wan's request.

"That's a good idea." Captain Charles praised: "Remember to bring the members of the military academy with you, and take good notes."

"Yes, Captain!" Pan Wan stepped forward and responded.

After Captain Charles left, Lieutenant Pan Wan found that his palms were sweating, as if he had been a spy.

(End of this chapter)