Chapter 434 The Best Student
The "Secretary of the Navy" believes that his subordinates are well-mannered.
As General Winter said, victory in the Battle of Antwerp was also in Britain's interests, and the "Secretary of the Admiralty" did not want to mess things up completely.
However, he thought that revealing the truth to the Germans would not mess things up.
The fuel transport ship is on the sea, only a few dozen nautical miles away from Antwerp and can be delivered in a few hours. Now we are just waiting for Charles's words.
Even if the Germans knew the truth and launched a counterattack, Charles' armored forces would still have time to resolve the crisis as fuel was delivered to Antwerp.
But this would allow the Germans to be used to put pressure on Charles, forcing him to obey Britain's "dispatch."
So the "Secretary of the Admiralty" did not hesitate. He arranged for MI6 to pass the "truth" to Germany through spies.
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On Berlin's Wilhelm Street, Falkenhayn was still frantically directing the German army to break out.
The urban area is indeed not suitable for tank combat, but it is also not conducive to the passage of large troops. The German army had to fight with the enemy for every building, especially high-rise buildings.
Otherwise, the French could easily block all the streets within a few kilometers by simply setting up a machine gun there, or simply dismantling the 75 gun and transporting it to the roof for reassembly.
At the same time, the French army was also very difficult to deal with. They always launched wave after wave of attacks on the buildings occupied by the German troops.
The battle was fierce, with the Germans occupying the building one second and the French the next.
When the fighting became fierce, there was a situation where the living room belonged to the Germans and the bedroom belonged to the French, and the two sides were in a stalemate.
At this time, Colonel Moritz walked up to Falkenhayn with a pale face and handed him a telegram: "General, there is intelligence that the French army is really short of oil."
"What do you mean?" Falkenhayn didn't even raise his head, his eyes were still fixed on the map of Mons.
He was furious. The focus was Mons. As long as Mons was taken over, the German army would be able to successfully break out.
"It means we may have been fooled." Colonel Moritz replied: "This is the intelligence sent by our spy in the UK. He said that the channel leading to Antwerp was blocked by our submarines. Only three transport ships carrying ammunition entered Antwerp, and the fuel tanker failed to enter in time."
Falkenhayn was stunned, and looked up at Moritz in astonishment: "This is different from our previous analysis."
"Yes." Moritz's eyes flashed with hesitation.
"So, what is Charles doing this for?" Falkenhayn said, "He doesn't want us to break out of Tibitz?"
"That may be so," Colonel Moritz replied, but he added: "It may not be so."
"What do you mean?" asked Falkenhayn.
"I am having someone investigate the spy who brought the message, General." Colonel Moritz replied, "I believe there will be results soon."
Falkenhayn said "Oh" and nodded slightly.
The job of a spy is very dangerous. Once discovered by the enemy, there is almost no way to escape.
This is also the reason why they can easily develop into double agents: after being discovered, in order to survive, they can only provide intelligence to the enemy or pass on some false intelligence.
(Note: This was the case with Harry in history. She was developed into a double agent by the French Second Agency, but was shot after she lost her usefulness.)
"I think it's suspicious." Moritz analyzed, "The British fuel tanker is at sea. This news is almost isolated from the world. Even the British military rarely knows about it. How did our spies learn about it in such a short time?"
Falkenhayn nodded in agreement. Britain was an ally of France, and this war was in the interests of Britain. How could they easily let the "truth" out?
Unless, this "truth" is false and part of Shire's scam.
Falkenhayn never imagined that Britain really wanted to trick Charles at this time.
Therefore, Falkenhayn turned his eyes to Mons on the map again, thinking that if this was the case, it would prove that breaking out from Mons was correct.
About half an hour later, Colonel Moritz took a few deep breaths of relief after receiving the telegram. He quickly ran to Falkenhayn and said with excitement and pride: "General, it is confirmed that the intelligence officer has been bribed by the British."
Falkenhayn nodded.
In his heart, he always leaned towards the latter. The British had always done a good job in intelligence, and it was hard to believe that such important intelligence would be leaked to Germany.
Falkenhayn sighed, "If this is Charles' idea, then his methods are terrifying. He used various methods to mislead us and try to pull us towards Tibitz. It has already been determined that there is still room for maneuver."
"Yes." Colonel Moritz agreed. "He is a worthy opponent. We almost fell for him."
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The Belgian guerrillas were leisurely collecting fuel from all over the place.
Mainly in the southwest region, the German troops in that area were in a state of encirclement, and the German army had neither the intention nor the ability to control the guerrillas.
The German army deployed a small number of armed forces in each town in the controlled area. They used these forces to control the police and government, thereby achieving the goal of controlling the town.
These armed forces range from hundreds to a dozen people.
The reason why they were able to successfully control an area with a population hundreds or even thousands of times theirs was because they had the powerful German army as their backing:
Once people rise up and overthrow the control of these dozen people, they will immediately be suppressed by a large number of German troops.
But by this time, their "strong backing" no longer existed, the main force of the German army was fleeing, and it was like a fantasy for the German army to regain control of the manpower as before.
Therefore, under the call of Albert I and the command of Colonel Eden, the fuel was smoothly transported from the German-controlled area to Antwerp.
The Belgians responded positively, and in some places they directly revolted, drove out the Germans and organized their own troops.
So while collecting fuel, the guerrillas were also growing rapidly.
Tijani was not concerned about this. He was restless in his office and asked the signalman every now and then:
“Have the Germans turned?”
"What's going on with Tibbitts?"
"Have you spotted any enemies?"
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"Relax, General." Charles replied, "Things are not as urgent as you think. Even if the Germans choose to break out of Tubize, it will be fine as long as I agree to the British."
Unexpectedly, Tijani replied:
"You think I'm worried about that?"
"No, Commodore, I know no one can defeat you."
"What I'm concerned about is a new definition of the art of war, which can also achieve great success through the creation of illusions."
Charles' eyes darkened. It was already this late, and this guy was still thinking about his "art of war"!
But on second thought, Charles felt that perhaps someone like Tijani was the best student.
(End of this chapter)
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