Chapter 479: Hitler's Wolf's Lair
Chapter 478:
The 82-barrel truck slowly drove into this black forest, the road was slightly bumpy, and the trees along the way kept passing, Xiao Mubai sat in the passenger seat, holding a briefcase with a bomb in his hand, and Colonel Stauffenberg sat in the back seat.
The entire mile-long road is covered in dense Black Forest.
In the sky, if there was an airplane scouting, there was no end of the sky below, all green and lush trees, and it would not have noticed that there was a path hidden underneath, and in addition to the path, there were the ubiquitous Führer escorts.
The 82-barrel cart was jolting, and when it turned a corner, a security checkpoint appeared in front of the three men, and horses, barbed wire, machine guns, and trenches formed the first line of defense, and about a squad of soldiers was heavily armed and guarded here.
Wolf's den, perimeter checkpoint.
The 82-barrel car stopped in front of the railing, and a second lieutenant officer stepped forward, and Xiao Mubai showed him his ID. The second lieutenant swept it away, and with a wave of his hand, he let it go.
The railing was raised, the 82-barrel truck started and drove forward, and the first security check passed through the ancient well without waves.
At regular intervals along the perimeter barrier of the forest, MG34 machine guns, heavily armed armoured vehicles and tanks were placed in front of the barbed wire, behind which were about 2.5 square kilometres of elevated wire fences, pillboxes, anti-aircraft gun and machine gun towers, and other defensive positions.
These defensive positions, including a small minefield, were also stationed around the headquarters to protect them.
Outside the perimeter barrier were a large number of reinforced concrete gun emplacements, which were placed at the three-way intersection for strategic reasons.
The fire around the building was deployed, there were about 30 anti-aircraft guns, more than 70 MG34 light machine guns, 16 to 31 tank guns, 2 MG34 heavy machine guns, 4 tank guns with a caliber of 75 mm. The tanks, mainly of the III and IV types, were all in combat readiness and were deployed on the inner and outer perimeter of the barrier.
When the 82-barrel truck passed through this area, Xiao Mubai saw the trenches everywhere on both sides of the path, and almost every two or three meters, there were German soldiers equipped with anti-insect veils and steel helmets, motionless with guns and vigilant.
This all shows that they are elite.
For miles, the German soldiers could be found on both sides of the path, lurking in the trenches or patrolling through the dense forest with their dogs, and the silence of the soldiers combined with the silence of the forest gave the intruder a great psychological deterrent.
Xiao Mubai believes that the elite of the German army that he said can be observed is only the tip of the iceberg of the wolf's den vigilance, and there are many more, all hidden in this lush Black Forest.
Thinking of this, he began to speculate how the Allies would send troops to support this operation, of course, the airborne troops are the best, but it is not realistic, and the most likely should be the bomber formation.
It wasn't until I saw a reinforced concrete building in the distance through the dense crevices of the woods that I really approached the wolf's den.
The concrete building was two tall bunkers, mainly used as bomb shelters and barracks for the Führer's Guard, which allowed them to patrol the perimeter with machine guns and anti-tank guns, as well as barracks for Hitler's anti-aircraft artillery brigade throughout the headquarters.
The entire Wolf ** and the surrounding area, as well as a number of other commands, are equipped with early warning systems for the Imperial Air Forces, the Ground Forces, and are under the command and control of the 1st Military District Command in Königsberg.
However, the Wolf's Lair is the most heavily defended place, guarded by the Führer's Air Signal and the Führer's Guard.
When you actually arrive at this heavily guarded camp, you will find out how well it is hidden. Visitors enter the perimeter of the headquarters as soon as they are allowed to pass through the perimeter checkpoints.
After entering, the first thing you see is a straight road lined with tall pine trees, and continuing around it, you will enter the first internal security zone checkpoint, known as the 3rd security zone, and between the 3rd and 4th security zones, there is a dense forest.
And, of course, the Führer's convoy with massive lurking patrols.
Armoured reconnaissance convoys carry out daily patrols along the perimeter cordoned off areas, and at the first internal checkpoint, this guard is manned by three or four heavily armed guards, the guardhouse is adjacent to the telephone and radio communication rooms, and one or two guards check the identity of visitors before they are allowed to enter.
Xiao Mubai and Colonel Stauffenberg were no exception, and the 82-barrel cart stopped in front of the rejection, and a lieutenant officer stepped forward to check their documents.
This time, not only Xiao Mubai was inspected, but Colonel Stauffenberg was also inspected, and the other driver, that is, the lieutenant officer of the headquarters who came to the airport to pick up the plane, he was also inspected as an internal personnel, and the obedience and rigor of the German soldiers can be seen.
This time, nothing else happened, and the road passed unimpeded.
If anything goes wrong during the inspection, the guards will immediately call the Führer Guard command to find out the details of the visitor before allowing him in.
It then re-enters Security Zone 3, where other guards patrol the forest and the main thoroughfare, which leads to another internal security zone, Security Zone 2, where visitors are again screened and allowed to pass.
After a few minutes, arrive at the checkpoint in the 1st Security Zone, which is the most intimate part of the headquarters, located in the north of Rastenburg-Egerburg, on the road to the east of Security 2. Here, the guards are in charge of the eastern and western entrances, checking everyone who wishes to enter this sacred place.
At this point, it's almost the last step.
The 1st Security Zone, where Hitler lived, was born when plans were made to invade the Soviet Union. Of all the buildings, the Commander's Headquarters of Security Zone 1 is the most heavily guarded
The formalities are very complicated, the guards are very strict, this is all conceivable, Xiao Mu does not feel anything, relying on this Colonel Stauffenberg, he still came here, and after a few months it was destroyed, and his true face will never be seen again.
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Mubai felt that the success of the mission had never been so close to him.
Pressing the excitement in his heart, he continued to walk forward, carefully examining every part of the wolf's den, which was important.
In addition to the well-known passage on the ground, the headquarters had a special secret passage that allowed access to the wolf's den at any time and at any time, as well as direct access to Hitler's 1st safe zone, which everyone knew, but unfortunately no one knew where it was.
After entering the headquarters, neither junior officers nor high-ranking generals were allowed to move around casually, and from each place to the other, they were monitored by the Führer's Guard or Imperial Security Convoy.
For Xiao Mubai, who wants to carpet cover the C4 bomb, this is a problem.
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