Chapter 252: Intelligence of the Lady in White
At half past five in the evening, Charles walked into the Officers' Club alone.
Lucia told Charles that this was her shift change time, and there were fewer people in the club at 5:30. The officers' habit was to take a shower after dinner and get ready, and then gather here for a drink after 6 o'clock.
Therefore, this period of time is very suitable for them to get in touch.
Lucia, who had just started work, was wiping the bar. Her eyes lit up when she saw Charles come in, and her originally slightly tired eyes instantly filled with a smile. She instructed her companions, skillfully made two cups of coffee and placed them on the tray, and tried to appear calm as she 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, such expectations were almost a luxury.
"Missed me?" Lucia whispered.
She skillfully placed the tray on the table and brought the coffee to Charles as 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 alcohol at all, including wine."
Charles looked at Lucia in confusion.
Lucia tilted her head: "This is how other people drink..."
As she spoke, she held up the coffee cup and pretended it was a glass of wine. She took a sip with anticipation, and shook her head slightly, as if she was enjoying it or savoring the taste.
"And this is what you do when you drink..."
She picked up the "wine glass" again, frowned at first, and carefully brought the "wine glass" to her mouth. After taking only a small sip, she lowered her eyes and her face was wrinkled like a rag.
She imitated it so vividly that it reminded Charles of the pain he felt when drinking. He was indeed like that and he really didn't like alcohol. He didn't even understand why anyone would like such a disgusting thing.
"What did you do before?" Charles asked curiously.
Lucia laughed like a silver bell and answered half-truthfully: "You guessed it, Colonel. I used to be an actor, and the role I am best at is the clown."
As he said this, he pinched his nose with his hand.
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 get down to business, Charles leaned forward, his movements somewhat awkwardly.
Lucia naturally gave Charles a light kiss on the lips, and then whispered in Charles' ear: "You should do this, Colonel, this is what a couple should do!"
Charles was stunned by the feeling like an electric shock. The faint smell of perfume coming towards him actually made him react and his breathing became rapid.
Lucia's gaze continued to linger in front of Charles. Her beautiful eyes were right in front of Charles, and she could even feel his breathing.
There was a flash of surprise in Lucia's eyes, and she seemed to be a little surprised. She smiled teasingly, with a bit of pride in her tone: "Is this your first kiss, Colonel? I'm honored!"
Charles was unwilling to admit this and hurriedly brought the subject back on track: "The intelligence you provided is very accurate, Lucia! I need to know intelligence about the Germans, artillery positions, airports, warehouses, etc. This may be a long-term mission!"
"Of course!" Lucia smiled and gently stroked Charles' cheek, murmuring like a lover with an alluring nasal voice: "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 along his collar and into his neck.
Charles believed Lucia's words. She must be an actress, otherwise she couldn't have acted so realistically and vividly.
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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 eight days ago and was carefully camouflaged and had not fired a single shot, but the "Lady in White" still got its location and even got the details of 32 105MM caliber howitzers.
How did they do it?
Could it be that she was mingling in the dance hall like Harry did and extracting information from the German officers?
This seems unlikely.
First of all, the German army did a good job of keeping military intelligence confidential. Ordinary officers had no way of knowing this information, and of course it was impossible for it to be leaked.
Secondly, even if the German officers spoke the truth after drinking, it would be impossible for them to be so specific as to specify the number of guns.
If someone really asked, "How many guns and what caliber are there in this artillery position?", it would be tantamount to telling everyone that she was a spy.
Later, Charles learned that the method of the "Ladies in White" was very simple. They just stared at the passing trains from the window to see how many cannons were going where, how much supplies were being transported in which direction, and how many troops were being transported to which area.
Then, you can track the wheel marks on the snow at your destination in a targeted manner.
The German army naturally thought that with so many vehicles passing by and wheel marks everywhere on the ground, no one could tell which wheels were from artillery and which were left by supply convoys or passing troops, so they did not deliberately clear them.
They didn't expect that they couldn't tell anything from the wheel marks alone, but if they combined it with the train transportation situation and knew that an artillery unit had arrived in the area, it would not be difficult to analyze its specific location.
Charles immediately sent the location information to Carter.
At this time, the bomber brigade was under Carter's command.
Eric was in command before to keep it secret and the military had not yet purchased the bombers.
After the bomber successfully proved its effectiveness by bombing German airfields, the military purchased all 20 bombers at a time at a unit price of 55,000 francs.
Charles earned another 600,000 francs with tears. Whether there will be more orders in the future depends on their future performance.
When Carter received the call, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Colonel, your intelligence is so detailed that it can even include the number of guns and their calibers. Is the second round already so powerful?"
"That's none of your business, Major!" Charles replied. "You only have to think about how to blow it up!"
(Note: Carter has been promoted from captain to major)
"Yes, Colonel!" Carter replied, and immediately took action after hanging up the phone.
He immediately called the army staff and said, "There is a howitzer position in the valley directly opposite your defense zone, at 49.16 degrees north latitude and 5.386 degrees east longitude. Mark its direction and distance at 8 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 the location.
(End of this chapter)
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