Chapter 875 Rhythm
Fu Ni Ke might be the one who knows the truth.
He hid those account books in the safe in the secret room of the factory, so of course they could not appear in the drawer of the study.
Therefore, this must have been done by Xiaer, who used his own intelligence organization...
That's exactly what Funik said.
But no one believed him. People thought this was another frame-up of Charles, and he was only beaten and insulted in return:
"You are an unrepentant bastard. You are still framing Ciel despite having irrefutable evidence."
"You must have been instructed by someone to do this."
"Tell me, who is supporting you?"
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The key point is that those account books are real. They clearly record every transaction of Funico, including the amount of money involved, who the bribes were given to, and so on.
Therefore, any "defense" by Fu Ni Ke would be regarded as "confession".
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Charles didn't care too much about this, he believed that Lucia was capable of handling it.
A national intelligence organization, a group of spies used in military and political struggles, is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut when dealing with a few capitalists.
If these cannot be handled properly, "Lady in White" will just disband on the spot.
This can also serve as a good deterrent.
It makes other capitalists understand that the days when they could get away with it and escape legal sanctions by shouting slogans such as "political persecution" or "free butcher" are gone forever.
At the same time, it can also make capitalists understand that Shire is no longer the Shire of the past.
At this moment, Charles, who had already gained the trust of the military and civilians, could not be brought down by simply labeling him a "dictator".
Charles was more concerned about the war at hand.
"The German defense is showing a different situation." In front of the sand table, Tasini pointed at the map and analyzed:
"They moved the war to night, retreating through layers of defense during the day and attacking at night."
"Before retreating during the day, they laid various 'secret doors' in the trenches, such as tunnels and explosives, and then used the 'secret doors' to launch a counterattack at night."
Tassigny looked at Charles with disdain for the Germans in his eyes: "They seem to have learned the tactics you used at Mont-Mont-Berg, General."
Charles said "hmm".
The point about burying explosives is indeed true, and the layered defense is also a modified version of Charles' "drum defense".
However, the Germans innovated on these foundations by setting the time of battle at night.
This was a wise choice because they had no air superiority, no artillery advantage, and no tank advantage.
(Note: The German heavy equipment was abandoned during the retreat, or had to be self-destructed because it could not be passed by the British Expeditionary Force's blockade.)
Under this circumstance, they could only narrow the gap with the French army as much as possible through night fighting.
From this perspective, the German army's tactics are still very flexible and know how to adapt, which is better than the stubborn and rigid British army or even the French army, the former French army.
"What's the situation?" Charles stared at the map.
"The battle is getting tense." Tashini's voice became weaker. "We always win during the day, but they fight back at night. The battle line moves back and forth along the Orville line."
Ciel nodded slightly.
The plane was unable to take off at night and became useless in an instant.
The difficulty of maneuvering artillery at night reduced the effectiveness of the French truck-mounted artillery.
Tanks have basically no night combat capability and cannot do much in the dark or in large crowds.
Therefore, it was inevitable that the battle situation would become stalemate.
Tashini asked cautiously: "General, should we start the river crossing plan in advance?"
The crossing plan was to cross the Meuse River and attack the German flank. While Charles was chasing the fleeing German troops, he had secretly transferred the 1st Armored Army and the main force of the US Army to the Meuse River.
"No, Major General." Charles rejected Tasini's suggestion: "The Germans are prepared for this. They are not short of people, but ammunition and equipment."
The words were not very clear, but Tasini understood them.
The Germans are not short of people, but they are short of ammunition and equipment. Therefore, they will also adopt the "night battle and layer-by-layer defense" tactics on the Meuse River line to fight with the Allied forces crossing the river.
The French First Armored Army is good at infiltration, but fighting such night battles and melees is not its strong point, and they will also be caught in an embarrassing dilemma.
Not to mention the U.S. military, they are not suitable for fighting at night due to their lack of training.
Even fighting like this would be dangerous: after crossing the river, the British and American Allied Forces would be fighting with their backs to the river. If they failed to hold the river at night and were driven back to the Meuse River, they would be annihilated by the German army without even a way to retreat.
Thinking of this, Tasini broke out in a cold sweat.
Bad advice, why didn't I think of that? It could even be a German trap, luckily spotted by the lieutenant general.
Then Tasini was in a dilemma again. What should he do now? Should he just keep fighting with the Germans?
"Have you heard a story?" Charles looked away from the map, picked up the coffee from the table and leisurely brought it to his mouth. After taking a sip, he continued, "It's a story about Britain and Germany sweeping mines against each other during a state of war."
"The story of mutual mine sweeping?" Tasini recalled and shook his head blankly: "No, I haven't heard of it."
"It was a port during the war," Charles drew out his words, making it sound like the beginning of a play:
"After fierce blockade and counter-blockade, the German Navy and the British Navy showed an extremely harmonious phenomenon."
"The German Navy laid mines on the 1st, 3rd and 5th of each month, while the British Navy went to clear mines on the 2nd, 4th and 6th of each month."
"However, one day, the British Navy was lazy and did not go to clear the mines as planned. As a result, when the German Navy went to lay mines as usual the next day, they were killed and injured by their own mines."
Tashini, who was drinking coffee, choked suddenly. He coughed a few times and looked at Charles in disbelief. He wanted to laugh but couldn't: "Is this true, Lieutenant General?"
Charles did not answer. He pretended to be an angry German and cursed in a weird voice: "Fuck you, how can the British be so irresponsible? This is absolutely not allowed in our army!"
Tasini couldn't hold back his laughter and even the staff officers and guards who were sorting documents nearby started laughing.
An interesting story: the British won a battle because of laziness, but were blamed by the Germans.
Charles didn't laugh. He sat in the chair and looked at Tashini quietly: "Have you thought of anything?"
Tashini stopped smiling and thought for a moment, then suddenly realized:
"It's the rhythm, General."
"The enemy and our troops pushed and pulled back and forth in front of the position, and they easily got used to this rhythm."
"Once we changed this rhythm, the Germans would fall into the trap we had set."
Charles nodded slightly. Tassigny was worthy of being the future field marshal of the army. Charles felt relieved to hand over the Eastern Army Group to him.
(End of this chapter)
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