When Mr. and Mrs. Germon heard this, they realized that they had not seen their daughter for a long time, and they did not know if she was doing well now. If she could really follow her son and run to the Germans, they would be able to reunite with their daughter. Thinking of this, both of them shut their mouths obediently. After all, compared with reuniting with their daughter, other things were nothing.
"Is the Russian defense area very heavily guarded?" After seeing that his parents no longer raised any objections, Henrik remembered that he would go to the 334th Regiment's defense area tomorrow to verify the intelligence. He was worried that the security there was so tight that it would be difficult for him to sneak in. Go in.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Jiemen shook his head and said: "Some time ago, the Russians came to our village to recruit people to build fortifications. Although the conditions are favorable, not many people went."
"Why?"
"Why else?" Jermont said angrily: "Don't you know that the people here basically hate the Russians? If we have weapons in our hands and want to kill them all, how can we still assist them in their work? What? Those who went to help basically escaped from the Warren area. They used this method to please the Russian elders, hoping to have the opportunity to return to the Warren area in the future."
After hearing this, Henrik sneered and said: "It has only been more than a year since the last massacre. These people have really healed their scars and forgotten the pain. They dream of returning to that unstable land."
"After all, that's where they grew up." Germon disagreed with his son's statement: "If we also lived in the Warren area, even if we suffered that tragic massacre, if there was a chance, I would still I will find a way to return to that land.”
Besides, after Daniel returned to the headquarters, he immediately reported to Sokov about the meeting tonight.
Sokov looked at the U.S. dollars on the table and couldn't help but laugh: "It's really unexpected that U.S. dollars and pounds have become hard currencies in the German-occupied areas."
Ponedelin picked up the U.S. dollars and looked at them, then frowned and asked Sokov: "Comrade Commander, is this fake?" Before Sokov could ask, he took the initiative and said, "I heard In the past two years, in order to disrupt the London economy, the Germans sent a large number of counterfeit pounds to the UK. The printing of these pounds was so exquisite that it even exceeded the real currency, so that when they were deposited in the bank, the banking profession was not even aware of it."
"Comrade Deputy Commander, you are right." After Ponejelin's reminder, Sokov remembered some of the history of the Germans sending hundreds of millions of counterfeit pounds to Britain during World War II: "Germany made counterfeit banknotes. It is intended to interfere with and destroy the British economy; at the same time, another function of the counterfeit banknotes is to be used for the daily expenses of intelligence work or espionage organizations abroad, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone, which is beneficial and harmless."
Sokov's words reminded Sidorin of a rumor he had heard, and he asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, I heard that you once participated in the operation of making fake marks, but for some reason, this operation You’re excluded.”
If Ponejelin hadn't mentioned fake U.S. dollars, Sokov would have almost forgotten that he once proposed to his superiors to organize people to create fake marks to disrupt the German economy. This suggestion was taken seriously, and relevant personnel were arranged to start the production of counterfeit banknotes. Later, due to some considerations, Sokov was excluded from this operation.
After Daniel waited for everyone to finish speaking, he asked cautiously: "Have the counterfeit banknotes put in by the Germans been seen through?"
"Comrade Ensign, the Germans have put a large number of counterfeit pounds in the UK, accounting for one-third of the total in circulation." Sokov explained to Daniel: "Although the British discovered the German conspiracy, they did not Dare to speak out so as not to cause unnecessary panic. The pounds circulating in the market today, let alone those of us who have never seen pounds before, even bank staff who deal with banknotes every day, may not be able to recognize them."
"Ah, the number of counterfeit pounds accounts for one-third of the circulation?!" Daniel said with a look of shock: "Then what are the British going to do? Are they going to allow counterfeit banknotes to continue to circulate in their country?"
"These fake pounds are printed so well that even senior bank employees can't tell them apart, let alone ordinary people. In this case, the British government can only knock out its front teeth and swallow them bloody, allowing the fake banknotes to be circulate within their own country.”
"Is there really nothing the British can do?" Sidorin asked curiously.
"The only way is to wait until this damn war is over, then collect the counterfeit banknotes and destroy them in the name of issuing new banknotes."
After talking about the counterfeit banknotes dropped by the Germans, Sokov told Sidorin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, that Henrik will definitely go to the 334th Regiment's defense area to conduct reconnaissance tomorrow to verify whether the defense map obtained is true or false. Please remind The commander of the regiment must deliberately relax his vigilance to allow the other party to have the opportunity to spy on our army’s defense situation.”
Everyone felt that Sokov's arrangement was very suitable. Now that Henrik has eaten the bait thrown to him, as long as he confirms that the defense map is consistent with the actual defense situation, he will relax his vigilance, and then he will continue to send all kinds of false information to the Germans through him , thus causing the German commander to misjudge. This is very helpful for the next stage of offense.
After letting Daniel leave, Sidorin said with some worry: "Comrade Commander, there are only a few days until we launch the attack. Can we complete the deception of the German army before the attack starts?"
"I think it should be possible." Sokov said: "After Henrik completes his reconnaissance tomorrow and sends the intelligence to the Germans, we can give him two more false intelligence, saying that our army has strengthened its forces on the right wing. Be prepared to break through the German defenses from here at the right time. This will force the Germans to draw troops from other areas and deploy them to ambush at the false attack location provided by our army."
"Comrade Commander, this matter is of great importance. Do you think it is necessary to report it to Comrade Marshal?" Sidorin asked.
Sokov thought about it and felt that the starting point of the strategy he used was good, but if he did not report it, once someone caught him and made a fuss about it, he might not be able to bear the consequences. Thinking of this, he asked the director of the communications corps to help him get through to the front army headquarters, intending to report the matter to Rokossovsky himself.
Rokossovsky received a call from Sokov and learned that he was making arrangements to let the Germans be deceived. He nodded approvingly and said: "Misha, you did a good job. I was just talking to Bogo." Lyubov discussed what method should be used to allow the enemy to move our troops attacking the front. Now it seems that your method is the most effective, but I just don’t know if it will be enough in time?"
"Comrade Marshal," although time was tight this time, Sokov was still quite confident. He asked Rokossovsky tentatively: "I wonder what the situation is like with the Allies?"
"It's much better than the previous two days." Rokossovsky has his own special intelligence channel, and he knows something about the fighting situation in the Ardennes region. When Sokov asked about it, he said to him: "As the weather improves, Allied aircraft can take to the air again to fight. As a result, the German troops lacking air support can only be passively beaten."
"Now that the situation has improved, does that mean that our attack time can be postponed again?"
Sokov asked this with a somewhat teasing tone, but Rokossovsky did not hear the underlying meaning of his words, but said seriously: "Misha, our army's attack time has been determined, no matter what happens, Under any circumstances, there will be no further delay. You must know that although the Allied air force can take off to fight and provide some necessary air support for ground forces, if we do not launch an attack in time, the Germans may take the Eastern Front The troops will be transferred to the Ardennes region, and then the Allied situation will become more dangerous."
"So, no matter what happens, the attack time set two days ago will not change again?"
"Yes, that's it." Rokossovsky reminded Sokov on the phone: "If your strategy can succeed, it is naturally a good thing. This can reduce the losses suffered by the troops during the attack. But At the same time, I remind you that you should also be prepared for the worst. Once your plan is discovered by the Germans, not only do they not remove troops from our offensive area, they even strengthen the defense there. You are confident that you can break through the Germans. Defense?”
"Please rest assured, Comrade Marshal." Seeing that Rokossovsky was worried about his next attack, he took the initiative and said: "No matter how strong the enemy's defense is, as long as he encounters our group army, it will be a matter of time before the defense line is breached. "
Early the next morning, Henrik called Dobzharsky and went to the defense area of the 334th Regiment together.
And Dobzhaski was a suspicious guy. When he heard that Henrik spent money to buy a defense map from the Soviet commander, he couldn't help but sneered and said: "I said Henrik, your head has been stolen." Are you stupid? Think you can get a real defense map from the Russian boss for just two hundred dollars?"
Henrik, like his father, was very disgusted with this brother-in-law, but because of his sister, he had to say perfunctorily: "Dobzharsky, don't jump to conclusions prematurely. Wait until we get to the Russians." After walking around the position, let’s talk about whether this defense map is true or false.”
Hearing what Henrik said, even if Dobzharsky was dissatisfied, it would be hard to say anything. After all, this time when he sneaked back to the village, he stayed at his parents' house and didn't go anywhere. Henrik was always behind everything. If this information was true, it meant that he had made a great contribution.
After thinking about this, Dobzharsky followed Henrik honestly towards the defense area of the 334th Regiment. According to his idea, the Soviet defense area must be very heavily guarded, but when he arrived, he found that he had overthought it.
There were several Soviet soldiers standing guard at the entrance to the defense area. They did not conduct an interrogation of Henrik and Dobzharsky, but only asked them if they were here to build fortifications. Henrik quickly replied: "Yes, yes, the two of us are here to participate in the construction of fortifications."
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A soldier pointed them to the area where migrant workers gathered and politely said to them: "This is a military area. Except for the area where you can move, don't go anywhere else. Otherwise, you will be discovered by sentries. They can do it without warning." , just shoot directly. Do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand." Henrik nodded and bowed to the soldier and said, "Don't worry, we will never run around."
The two looked for the place guided by the soldiers, and sure enough they saw a group of migrant workers repairing fortifications. Seeing this, Dobzhasky asked Henrik in a low voice: "What's going on? Why are there so many people helping the Russians repair the fortifications?"
Henrik lowered his voice and explained to him: "It is said that many of these people who built fortifications fled from the Warren area. They hope to please the Russian elders by building fortifications so that they can have the opportunity to return to Warren again in the future. area."
"These people's brains are broken." Dobzharsky cursed in a low voice: "Isn't life in the area occupied by the Germans not good? If they have to return to the Warren area ruled by the Russians, aren't they worried? Being massacred again?”
Henrik saw that Dobzharski was not finished talking, so he reminded him: "We are here to verify the terrain. Don't keep talking about it. Quickly take a look at the nearby defenses to see if they are the same as those drawings."
In this way, while the two were digging the earth, their eyes were wandering around to check the nearby terrain. They never dreamed that their every move was being monitored by people hundreds of meters away.
When the two entered the defense zone, they were discovered by Lieutenant Daniel standing in the observation post. He reported the situation to the commander of the 334th Regiment. The regiment leader, who had been notified long ago, immediately ordered the observation post to closely monitor Henrik and the two to understand their every move.
After the observation post reported everything he saw to the regiment commander, the regiment commander chuckled and said to Daniel: "Comrade Second Lieutenant, I really didn't expect that the enemy was so stupid and hit us so easily. trap."
"Comrade leader, the commander is very thoughtful." Daniel admired Sokov so much at this moment that he explained to the leader: "Initially we planned to give the enemy a fake defense map, but the commander said that would not work. , when dealing with the enemy for the first time, they will be very alert. They will definitely verify the intelligence we give them. If it is found to be false, the trap we set for them will not work. "
Daniel said with emotion: "Later, the commander overcame all objections and asked me to hand over a real defense map to the other party, so that even if the other party came here to check in person, they would not find any problems. Look, the enemy is not really taking the bait. What?"
"Yes, yes, Comrade Commander is really amazing." The regiment leader was also amazed by Sokov's layout: "After these two people go around our defense area, they will find out the actual deployment situation, and The defense regiment you provide them is completely consistent. In this way, they will have no doubts about the intelligence you provide in the future."
"I hope so." Daniel said: "I think I may have to make another trip tonight to check the situation and see if they have fallen into the commander's trap."
"By the way, Comrade Second Lieutenant." Seeing Daniel getting up to leave, the regiment leader stopped him again and asked with some embarrassment: "Our regiment's defense map has fallen into the hands of the Germans. After they have verified it, we need to Readjust deployment?”
"I'm not sure about this." Daniel shook his head and said, "I came here today just to find out whether the other party will take the bait. But I will truthfully convey what you said to the commander to see if he will take the bait." What decision to make."
