Chapter 244: Fish Dead or Net Broken? (below)
In the early hours of 5 February, just as Roosevelt and the Joint Chiefs of Staff had decided to maintain the shrinking turtle in the Pacific Ocean for the time being, Joseph Kennedy, who was sleeping peacefully at the Geneva International Hotel, was suddenly awakened by a nightmare. www.biquge.info In the dream just now, he vaguely saw his second son, John F. Kennedy, whom he had high hopes for, was hit by numerous bullets from the Germans, and he only had time to shout "Father" and fell in front of him covered in blood.
Although it was just a dream, the scene was so realistic that he still had palpitations after more than half an hour. In the past few days, he first went to the Eagle's Nest, and then to Crete, and even met with a series of big names such as the Führer and Marshal Rommel, everyone was very friendly to him and respected him like a guest, but he did not dare to relax at all, the second son was still struggling in the German prisoner of war camp, and he didn't know if the young son could survive. As soon as he thought of this, his eyes turned red, and he hated that he didn't make up his mind earlier, and he would get it out of Germany's hands as soon as possible, and the shadow would not affect his personal future, and he would never put his son's life on the line for an illusory presidential dream.
He had just had breakfast, and he was unsettled and carefully pondered how to talk to the Germans, not only to achieve his goal quietly, but also not to let the Germans extort too much - the other party must have a political purpose, if only money is enough, 5 million, 10 million or even 20 million US dollars He will not frown!
The telephone rang suddenly: "Dear Mr. Kennedy, is it convenient to speak, I am Schubert." ”
Schubert was an intelligence agent sent by the German side to Switzerland to liaise with him, nominally a diplomat, but in fact a member of the Führer's aide-de-camp office, with great power and hands-on-hand eyes, and he hurriedly said: "Convenient, convenient, you say." ”
"Your son, John Jr., escaped from a prisoner of war camp last night and took nine prisoners of war from his room...... In the wee hours of the morning, the Gestapo carried out a major detective and caught it up on the outskirts south of Stuttgart, and your son was shot several times in the process of resisting arrest to attract the attention of the Gestapo in order to cover the escape of the others......"
"Ahh Joseph felt like the world was spinning and the whole world was about to collapse.
"However, because the prisoners of war grabbed a car, they escaped for the time being, and are now coming in the direction of the German-Swiss border."
"John, how's he doing? I mean, he's not dead, is he? ”
"No guarantees!" Schubert laughed a little frightened, "The bullets that hit your son are all submachine gun bullets specially made according to the Führer's instructions, and the charge of each bullet is basically only half to one-third of the normal state, we have done experiments, unless it hits the head, heart, arteries and other vital parts, it will not die, and the Gestapo deliberately avoid it when firing - these are all sharpshooters, of course, a few scars are inevitable." This car is a specially prepared baggage truck, with a large number of first-aid kits and medicines, as well as the old military uniforms of the escorts, and even the photos on the military ID cards that look very similar to your son. ”
Joseph immediately understood what kind of prison escape this was, this was clearly a script arranged by the Germans! He whispered, "I haven't thought about it yet, can I?" ”
"Then I'll notify the border troops to intercept him back?" Schubert smiled slightly in the microphone, "Your son is injured and needs to recuperate, and he may not be able to escape from prison again without a few months of rest." ”
"Okay, I promised, what do you need me to do?" The concern for his beloved son overpowered, and Joseph gritted his teeth and let go.
"You are ready to buy the Swiss side, how can we make it inconvenient for us to come forward, anyway, just let them let people go across the border...... Of course, you have to pay for the car of medicine and the car. ”
"That's all?"
"Yes, what else do you have in particular?"
"I see." Joseph hurriedly said, "Thank you for the deep friendship of the Führer, I will always remember it, and I hope you can keep it a secret." In addition, I will donate $1 million to your Red Cross Society through secret channels. ”
"Thank you very much, your business will be more and more prosperous! If your friend has a similar need, please feel free to ask me, and we will clearly mark the price. ”
That night, Joseph picked up John F. Kennedy and his party, who had fled, and immediately took them to the hospital for treatment.
"Father, why are you here?" John F. Kennedy fainted after he was convinced that he was saved.
"I've been thinking about how to save you, but I didn't expect God to forbid, you actually escaped without dying!" Holding his son's hand, Joseph muttered to himself, how dare he tell his son the truth, just fool the past first.
During the operation, he fidgeted and paced outside the operating room, although the Germans promised to be foolproof, but after all, after a day, he did not know what the specific situation was, and the places on his body were soaked in blood, the scene was really terrifying, and this hanging heart could not be put down. The rest of the American POWs had long known that the commander had a powerful father, and now they were escaping to see their long-lost compatriots and John F. Kennedy saving their lives on the run, and they wept unadulterously.
"Don't cry, don't cry, kids, tell me about your escape."
After a lot of talk, 10 people secretly dug a tunnel, escaped through the gutter, and decided to flee for their lives in the direction of Switzerland, considering that they were not familiar with the place in Germany. Then the Gestapo arrived, and John F. Kennedy and one of the others went down the other road to cover the safety of the large force, only to be shot and get the truck......
Joseph nodded, judging from the situation, the arrangement is quite proper, if his son does not dare to stand up to attract the firepower of the Gestapo, I am afraid it will take a lot of effort, thinking of this, he can't help but be proud of John, although he and the German side have a tacit understanding that he will never die, but John himself is not aware, and the Gestapo is obviously a shining example of self-sacrifice.
"It's not easy for you, God bless John, it's safe here, I'll get you all back."
The door of the operating room opened, and little John, who was pale and weak, was pushed out, and the attending doctor also knew that Joseph was not small, and introduced in a respectful tone: "Your son is so lucky that he has been hit by a total of 3 bullets, one is stuck in the shoulder blade, one is in the abdomen, and one is on the side of the thigh, all of which are not particularly important positions, I have taken them all out, as long as I take care of the injury, there will probably be no sequelae in the future." After a few months off, he was a lively lad again. Oh, and you need to use a lot of penicillin to reduce inflammation, this medicine is a bit expensive and the supply is very tight, if you have the channel, you might as well get more of it. ”
"Thank you very much." In the following hours, Joseph, who was meticulous, not only quickly obtained penicillin, which was in short supply, but also made a copy of the entire set of medical documents, including X-rays, which was the best proof in case of an accident in the future, that little John had indeed escaped with injuries -- not "fraudulent injuries".
Joseph, who was afraid of long nights, secretly sent a telegram to Hopkins about John and his companions escaping from prison and fleeing to Switzerland, and planned to fly to London three days later, and then return to the United States via Great Britain to recuperate, and then report on the specific diplomatic representations in Germany by the way. Hearing that John F. Kennedy had been shot several times to cover his companions, Roosevelt couldn't help but sigh: "Good boy! Brave good boy! I'm going to give him a medal when he comes back!" ”
Upon learning of John F. Kennedy's successful "escape", Ribbentrop asked in bewilderment: "Führer, you have worked so hard that you have not asked him for anything in return?" Even if Joseph is developed into our informant in the United States. ”
"It's too shallow to use in this way, and I don't only want to help with this, but I don't want to use it now."
"You want?"
"A few years later, this young man became a senator and even the president of the United States, and I talked to him about it over a drink, what do you think of the meeting? Can you get him to do a little bit of a small favor for the interests of Germany? ”
"Oh God!" Ribbentrop exclaimed, "You have seen so far, how can you conclude that he will become a senator or even a president?" ”
"Intuition, terrible intuition!" Hoffman smiled, "It's okay if it doesn't work, didn't Joseph pay $1 million?" Isn't $1 million enough to buy the lives of 10 young people? ”
Ribbentrop was full of smiles, in fact, the sneaky ransom of prisoners of war had been going on all along, and some of the British and American prisoners of war who came from prominent families but were not yet famous themselves had completed secret deals - there were so many British and American officers and soldiers in the prisoner of war camps that how could they have money to keep afloat if they didn't sell some?
"In the past two days, the British have received supplies, and the black cat has begun to sway from side to side again, unable to make up his mind." Ribbentrop lamented, "One day without cutting off the expectations of these British cannot really bring the end of the negotiations to a conclusion." ”
The Black Cat is his name for Edward VIII's power, due to the heavy losses of the Axis Fleet in the First World War of Cape Verde, coupled with the fact that the North Atlantic entered a period of high sea conditions with high winds and waves, Germany removed the surface fleet and broke the diplomatic system with only submarines, and the Anglo-Canadian route was able to resume with a loss rate of 50%, and British material transportation was regained after a few months of interruption.
Hoffman smiled: "This is natural, the so-called forward-looking, wavering wall grass refers to them, and fortunately it is this kind of opponent, if the killing decisively accepts our conditions, I will have to worry about the future." Talk slowly, there will be results, and this rope around the neck of the British Empire will only get tighter and tighter. Ar-234 Lightning Jet Bombers are rapidly gaining momentum, and by the end of this month if the weather improves, the British will soon be able to taste the bombs – Jeshunek told me that the first batch would be no less than 500 in size. ”
"This is really encouraging news, but we ...... if the American aid is not removed," Ribbentrop said he was worried about, "or will we need a landing campaign with real ammunition?" ”