Chapter 275: Game 2
The sky gradually darkened. The winter in Paris was very cold, especially in the moments before dark, when the only light and warmth would be instantly taken away, leaving only endless darkness and coldness.
The French Defense Intelligence Agency is also known as the Second Bureau of the French General Staff. Many people simply call it the "Second Bureau" or "Second Bureau".
Captain Gabriel, a member of the counterintelligence group of the Military Intelligence Department, was staring blankly at the telegram in his hand under the desk lamp.
The telegram was sent by Captain Watson of the British MI6, who was the head of MI6 in France. Coincidentally, Captain Gabriel was his classmate when he was training in the UK.
Perhaps because of this relationship, the two worked closely together, sharing intelligence while also exchanging counterintelligence knowledge and experience.
Captain Watson complained in a telegram: "This battle is a failure, a complete failure. It is unbelievable that the Royal Navy wasted the opportunity that Charles won for us with such low efficiency!"
This was not news; Captain Gabriel knew the outcome of the Dardanelles offensive firsthand.
What interested him was the latter sentence: "We wasted the opportunity that Charles had fought for us."
What opportunity?
How did Charles get it?
Could it be that Charles is collaborating with MI6?
Charles is French, and the British know what he did. But the Second Bureau, the French intelligence organization, doesn't know about it. This is a shame for the Second Bureau!
Thinking further, Captain Gabriel believed that this was most likely related to spies.
Before this, Captain Gabriel had always wondered why the Allied attack on the Dardanelles lasted for 28 days, but only at the end did they see the Germans reinforce the Ottoman Empire.
This is not the efficiency of the Germans, especially since the Germans have always attached great importance to the Ottoman Empire and have been trying to win it over.
That's...Charles' reason!
Captain Gabriel was keenly aware that Charles was likely involved in the operation and had somehow deceived the Germans.
There seems to be only one way to make the Germans believe it: use the German spies instead.
Thinking of this, Captain Gabriel stood up from his chair and said to his assistant Benoit, "Let's go to the city defense headquarters!"
"City Defense Headquarters?" Benoit followed from behind, his tone a little nervous: "Captain, if we want to go there to investigate someone, do we need to write an application or ask Major Dura..."
"No, we're just going to see someone we know." Captain Gabriel explained as he put on his military cap. "It's not official business."
Captain Gabriel thought this might be an opportunity to make a contribution, he might be able to catch a big fish!
Benoit felt relieved after hearing this. The people from the Second Bureau were not that welcome, and they were going to the city defense headquarters.
However, when they showed their credentials and entered the city defense headquarters, Benoit realized that he was wrong.
Captain Gabriel walked up to Charles, who was about to leave work, saluted, and extended his hand to introduce himself: "Hello, Colonel. My name is Gabriel, and I am from the Second Bureau's Counterintelligence Division."
Benoit turned pale with fright.
Captain Gabriel was actually looking for Charles, and he even went to the city defense headquarters to look for him. He was simply crazy!
Sure enough, the staff officers who were about to disperse stopped in their tracks, and Lieutenant Colonel Fernando, who had already gone downstairs, was called back.
They surrounded Captain Gabriel and Benoit with unfriendly looks on their faces.
…
Gallieni had already returned to the lounge and was lying on his bed, dressed and waiting for the orderly to bring him dinner. Suddenly, a signalman ran in and reported, "General, someone from the Second Bureau is here to see Charles!"
Gallieni was stunned, and stood up quickly without even putting on his hat, and walked out of the lounge.
Gallieni was so anxious not to protect Charles, but to protect those ignorant people in the Second Bureau. They actually dared to break into the city defense headquarters to catch spies, and the target was Charles.
They would be beaten and thrown out by the staff of the headquarters, and if the citizens of Paris along the street knew about it, they would continue to do the same.
Sure enough, when Gallieni walked to the Operations Department, Lieutenant Colonel Fernan grabbed him by the collar and said provocatively, "This is not the place for you, Captain. There are too many military secrets here that are not suitable for you to know. I have reason to believe that you are here to spy on intelligence..."
"Stop!" Gallieni shouted, moving forward along the path that the crowd had cleared.
"I'm sorry, General." Captain Gabriel hurriedly explained, "I just want to ask Charles a few questions..."
Gallieni interrupted Captain Gabriel: "You know what the procedure is."
Captain Gabriel replied: "No, no, this does not require any procedure, I..."
At this time, Major Dura rushed in in a hurry. He shouted to Gallieni from a distance: "General, this is a misunderstanding. Gabriel is Charles's admirer. He just wants to talk to Charles about personal issues!"
Gallieni raised his eyebrows. He recognized this Major Dura, the head of the counterintelligence group of the Second Bureau. His appearance here must be for some big reason, not what he said.
Charles didn't say a word the whole time. He just smiled softly, feeling a little unbelievable. Did the second team just react now? Isn't it too late?
…
Major Dura and Gabriel sat in the back seat of the car returning to the Intelligence Bureau. He had a gloomy face and didn't say a word all the way.
In the end, it was Gabriel who spoke first: "Major, Charles must know something..."
"You idiot!" Major Dura interrupted Gabriel coldly: "You can guess that it was a trap set by Charles for the Germans, but you didn't realize what you were doing? What if this trap is still in progress? What do you think the result will be?"
Gabriel was stunned, and suddenly understood: if this matter was related to military secrets, this military secret might even affect the outcome of the Dardanelles War. His rash action would not only fail to catch the big fish, but would also expose the trap set by Charles and the British for the Germans.
Thinking of this, Captain Gabriel couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
This is not just a matter of ruining one's future, but even the entire second game may be implicated.
Major Dura gritted his teeth in hatred and almost drew the revolver from his waist and shot this guy who was only thinking about making a contribution.
Do you think a mere captain like you can touch Charles?
Major Dura had guessed something about this, but he never dared to act rashly. He did not expect that this ignorant captain would rashly barge in.
Although Charles is only a colonel, a national-level battle like the Battle of the Dardanelles might have been his plan. And you actually want to talk to him!
If he hadn't happened to see the telegram and guessed that Gabriel would find this, it would have been a big mistake...
No, maybe something has gone terribly wrong.
If there were German spies in or around the city defense headquarters, Gabriel's actions today would definitely make the Germans suspicious.
Now we can only hope that this secret is a thing of the past.
Otherwise, the entire second game might be cancelled!
(End of this chapter)
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