Fang Lang looked at the casual adjutant, not quite sure whether the news was true or not. After all, there was no such thing as an absolutely safe passage! Could this guy be trying to trick me?
After thinking for a while, he said:
"So if I want to transport supplies to Switzerland, which route should I take to be safer?"
The adjutant didn't quite understand why Fang Lang chose to go far away instead of near.
"If you're worried about safety, you can just ship the supplies to France and return home directly by sea! Why go through Switzerland?"
Fang Lang smiled and said:
"I will also purchase machine tools from Switzerland, and then we will combine them with the materials we purchased in Italy and ship them back to China by sea from Italy."
After hearing Fang Lang's words, the adjutant did not think much about it. After all, they came here to purchase machine tools.
As if he was thinking about something, he said after a while:
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"If you want to take a safe route to Switzerland, I suggest you go west from Stuttgart, follow the safe passage we have opened up all the way to Strasbourg, then take the water route along the Rhine River to Basel, Switzerland, and enter Switzerland.
This is the best route I can think of to get the supplies safely to Switzerland.”
"Ah! Isn't that a long way around? If you want to go by water, why go to Strasbourg? Isn't Karlsruhe closer and more convenient?"
Fang Lang was a good student who would ask questions when he didn't understand something. After all, judging from what he saw on the map, it would be faster to go to Karlsruhe and take a boat south.
"Haha...Colonel Fang, believe me, you can't hire a ship in Karlsruhe. The ships on the Rhine River are now controlled by France. The nearest place where you can hire a cargo ship is Strasbourg, the border city of France."
After hearing what the adjutant said, Fang Lang finally understood why. Fortunately, he asked the adjutant today, otherwise he would have been able to find a suitable route just by looking at the map.
However, whether there is a suitable means of transportation on this road is something that Fang Lang, an outsider, cannot figure out. If he really arranges the plan according to the route he found on the map, there will definitely be mistakes.
After thinking for a while, Hou Fanglang took out a roll of local specialties from his pocket and calmly stuffed it into the adjutant's pocket.
The adjutant continued walking forward as if he didn't notice anything, but the slightly upturned corners of his mouth and the fingers that accidentally touched his pockets revealed that he understood.
"Then if we take the waterway along the Rhine, are you sure it's safe? After all, this section of the Rhine is the border between Germany and France. I'm not worried about the French side, but the German side?"
“Haha…Colonel Fang, please rest assured. It is precisely because this is the border between the two countries that I said the waterway is safe.
Don't forget that the areas all the way south are the security areas of our French occupation forces.
Now the Rhine River, which serves as the border, is equivalent to an inland river in France. We have patrol boats patrolling the river, so you can rest assured and never have to worry about safety issues.
I’m not afraid to tell you that a lot of our own equipment went south along this waterway.”
The adjutant was obviously very confident in the transportation route he provided. After all, France was now the victorious country and was very clear about all the situations of the occupying forces in southern Germany.
They even inadvertently revealed that their own equipment also follows this route.
For Fang Lang, this information was an unexpected surprise.
"What if my goods need to be shipped to Schaffhausen? Going directly south by land is much shorter and safer?"
"As for going south directly by land, I suggest you give up, because there are still some resistance forces in the southern German mountains that have not been eliminated. If you take this route, your safety may not be guaranteed."
"Thank you, I think I know how to proceed!"
Chatting and walking along the way, they had already arrived at the parking lot of the occupation army headquarters. Fang Lang shook hands with the adjutant and said goodbye before leaving.
After watching Fang Lang and others leave, the adjutant reached into his pocket, felt the thickness of the things in his pocket, and smiled with satisfaction.
"Boss, aren't we going to take a plane?"
Qi Qingshan looked at Fang Lang in confusion and asked.
"Haha...why do you feel that way?"
"Didn't you just ask Colonel Chatham's adjutant for safe routes?"
"I just confirmed that the route was safe, but I didn't say I would take this route."
After returning to the hotel, Fang Lang found Zhuang Xintian, pointed at the map and circled a few places. After a series of arrangements, Qi Qingshan and Zhuang Xintian were both confused.
However, he did not ask any further questions, but started to execute according to Fang Lang's orders.
That afternoon, Fang Lang left Stuttgart on a special plane and flew directly to Zurich Airport in Switzerland.
Fang Lang did not hide the news of his departure, so soon a phone call was made to the hospital where Paul was, informing Paul, whose real name was Leon, of the news.
What Fang Lang didn't know was that the power of the Gestapo had not been completely eliminated, even though the Gestapo was declared an illegal organization by the Allies and was banned.
All Gestapo files were sealed, but Paul had already hidden an intelligence force of about five people before the Allies entered Germany.
This intelligence force was under his direct leadership during the war. All he had to do was destroy their files in the Gestapo in advance, and their identities would never be known to anyone else.
Except for Paul and Leo who were targeted by Fang Lang and his team, these five people have been hiding in the dark ever since Fang Lang and his team discovered the identities and whereabouts of Paul and Leo.
Paul had already realized that he was being monitored, and he knew very well who was monitoring him.
As for why Fang Lang wanted to monitor him, Paul didn't know. At first it should be for safety or curiosity.
However, it is obvious that Paul would not give up his actions just because he was being monitored.
All his and Leo's actions were under surveillance, and he knew it very well. Why did he open the treasure when he knew someone was watching him? Because this was part of his plan.
He would do this regardless of whether he was being monitored or not, and this was originally the military funds he had left for the rebels.
What surprised Paul was that even though the other party knew the location of his treasure, he was unmoved and did not even try to confirm the amount of the treasure. This made him wonder if he was having an illusion.
The lack of sufficient understanding between the two sides led to many misjudgments on both sides and caused Paul to waste a lot of time.
What annoyed Paul was the attacks launched by the resistance army without following orders, which finally made him realize his situation. He knew in his heart that the Third Reich was completely hopeless.
Therefore, he went to Switzerland under the pretext of confusing the surveillance personnel and made a new plan.
A plan that is entirely based on one's own personal interests.
So, when Paul returned to Germany from Switzerland, everything started to become completely different from before.
For a moment, Fang Lang and others were a little confused.
But when he was halfway through his action, the tail that had been following him took the initiative to withdraw, which made him a little unbelievable for a moment.
A simple move to drive away the tiger and swallow the wolf, and scare away the tail that has been hanging behind you and staring at you? Isn't this too much of a joke?
However, since the other party has left Switzerland and the surveillance points around him have been removed, it is also good news for him.
This way you can completely let go without having to worry about anything.
That night, Paul quietly slipped out of the hospital, circled in the city of Stuttgart for more than an hour, performed a series of anti-tracking actions, and confirmed through two safety measures he deliberately set up that there was really no tail behind him.
This made Paul very happy and he had a rare good night's sleep.
The next morning, Paul changed into a French military uniform and appeared in the French military camp. In the evening, a whole motor transport company with more than 50 trucks was ordered to set off.
As for the destination, only the new special envoy and the transport company commander knew.
After a few turns, the convoy soon drove into a very remote and hidden air-raid shelter. Because it was already dark, no one knew the exact location of the air-raid shelter and could only follow the vehicle in front.
After arriving at the air-raid shelter, at a command everyone began to enter the shelter in an orderly manner, carrying the tightly packed wooden ammunition boxes and crates of various sizes onto the car. The seals with Nazi symbols on the boxes were clearly visible under the lighting torches.
All the soldiers involved in the transportation had their hearts pounding, and they had a clear guess about the cargo being transported.
No wonder that before departure, both the special envoy and the company commander repeatedly emphasized confidentiality and asked everyone to completely forget about the operation after the mission was completed.
After a whole night of transportation, taking advantage of the darkness before dawn, the convoy left Stuttgart non-stop all the way west without even having time to rest for the exhausted soldiers.
Because this was a transport company of the French army, they had a smooth journey without any obstruction or inspection.
The convoy arrived at a remote small dock in Strasbourg at dusk the next day and loaded all the supplies onto a 1,000-ton cargo ship.
The soldiers of the transport company watched reluctantly as the inconspicuous little cargo ship disappeared into the Rhine River in the dark night.
What they didn't know was that at the same time as their transport company was heading towards the air-raid shelter, a German resistance force was heading in the opposite direction, entering an abandoned mine in a forest.
"Leo, are you sure Commander Leon won't join us?"
"Major Robin, didn't I tell you? Sir, I had a car accident just after returning from exploring Switzerland, and I'm still lying in the hospital! How can you ask the commander to come here?"
Leo looked at the rebel major in front of him who was missing a finger, and said helplessly.
He also didn't expect that his superior would be so unlucky. Because of a car accident, he had to give up the treasure excavation operation in person.
Perhaps the commander must be feeling even more helpless at this moment!
Major Robin kept looking around along the way, but unfortunately he could not see anything in the dark night. He only knew that the vehicle drove south for more than an hour before reaching the destination.
What Leo didn't know was that Colonel Robin in front of him didn't really want Commander Leon to preside over this treasure excavation operation.
He was worried that if he wanted to swallow up this wealth, there would be huge hidden dangers if he could not silence Paul.
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