Chapter 261: Lead the way
When the British army received the "Sherman" tank and conducted intensive training, Qin Chuan, Rommel and others were still having a headache for the Greek militia.
"The militia has a lot of weapons!" General Stryk said: "The most troublesome thing is the explosives, they secretly bring them into the factory and blow up our machines, and it is difficult for us to find out who did it!" ”
Qin Chuan can understand that many of the Greek militia veterans have undergone formal military training, and they only need to install a simple timer device for the explosives, and they can calmly place the package containing the explosives in an inconspicuous corner of the factory, and wait for them to leave with a "boom".
"Fortunately...... "our arsenal uses strictly isolated prisoners, and it is well defended, so it does not affect for the time being." The steel plant was not spared, the No. 1 blast furnace was blown up, and the No. 2 blast furnace was blown up, which took several days to repair. ”
Because of the simple process and large output of blast furnace ironmaking, most countries adopt this ironmaking method.
On the other hand, the German army was unable to meet the rapidly increasing demand for bullets and shells on the battlefield due to insufficient copper production, so the mass production of steel-shelled bullets and shells (the same was true in the Soviet Union), which also led to a sharp increase in demand for iron.
"Didn't you check the village?" Rommel asked.
"Absolutely!" General Stryk replied: "But it is not difficult to imagine that the investigation will not lead to anything, they will not tell us the guerrillas or where the explosives are hidden!" ”
"Where did they get the explosives?" Rommel asked.
"It's the British!" Colonel Slein said: "They carried out the airborne landing at night by transport planes, and submarine transports!" ”
"We get information from our captives!" "They have a stronghold on Mount Idi, which they prepared for a few months ago when they retreated from mainland Greece to Crete, where the militia stored food and some equipment, and I believe they would have hid explosives there, but not many people know the exact location of the stronghold!" ”
Hearing this, Colonel Slane couldn't help but turn his gaze to Qin Chuan.
"Ensign!" Colonel Slane said: "I remember that you once captured a militia major, and I believe she should know the location of the stronghold!" ”
General Stryk nodded: "Their commander is a colonel, and this prisoner is a major, this rank is enough to know more information!" ”
"It's not going to work!" Qin Chuan replied: "This major won't say anything, Major Kleiman has interrogated her many times, but nothing has been found!" ”
Hearing this, the officers could not help but be silent, they had seen the backbone of the Greek militia, and they had succeeded in capturing several militiamen, but these militiamen would rather die of torture than give in.
"These Greeks are incredible!" Rommel frowned and said: "Greece has surrendered, what are they clinging to?" ”
Rommel, a European, seemed to have a hard time understanding this, and even the Germans thought before the war that the Greeks on Crete would welcome the German landing.
But Qin Chuan, who is an Asian, thinks it is normal, because most Asian countries are like this, except for Thailand, which is a wall grass.
Greece in World War II was one of the most similar Asian countries in Europe, which may have something to do with their Athenian culture and Spartan culture.
After thinking about it, Qin Chuan said: "It can't be done to let her confess, but it may be possible to let her lead the way!" ”
"Lead the way?" Colonel Slane laughed: "If she won't confess, she's still willing to lead the way for us?" ”
General Stryk and Rommel also looked at Qin Chuan with puzzled eyes.
Qin Chuan nodded and replied, "You might as well give it a try, we don't have a better way!" ”
Eunice was arranged to produce cartridge cases in a bullet factory...... A "dangerous" captive like her would not be exposed to gunpowder and other potentially destructive work.
On this day, Eunice worked as usual until another group of captives came to change shifts.
After a routine body search, Eunice was escorted by several Italian soldiers in the direction of the dormitory.
As soon as she took a few steps, Eunice looked alertly at her right-hand side...... There was a jungle outside the barbed wire, and Eunice noticed someone hiding inside.
Eunice couldn't help but get nervous.
She was almost certain that the people hiding in the jungle were Greek militiamen, because no one else would need to do that but them.
She was nervous because she wasn't sure what the Greek militia was trying to do...... Are they here to kill themselves as traitors?
After thinking about it, Eunice thought that the Greek militia would not be completely convinced of themselves as traitors just because of a few words shouted by the Germans, and even more so that if they were, they would no longer be doing hard labor here.
Or...... Eunice thought of a possibility: they were worried that they would give more important information, so they sent someone to kill them?!
Thinking of this, Eunice couldn't help but sigh, took off her hat to reveal her blonde hair, and then walked to the most conspicuous side. She was worried that the militia would accidentally hit someone because it was dark and she couldn't see her position clearly.
Then Eunice waited, for the gunshot that ended her life.
"Bang", the gunshot rang out.
But it wasn't Eunice who fell, an Italian soldier clutched his chest, and then slowly fell.
Then there was another "boom" explosion, and the entire barbed wire fence was blown into the sky, and in the smoke and darkness, only someone could be heard shouting: "Run, Eunice, the Colonel has sent us to save you!" ”
Eunice was stunned when she heard this, and then without saying a word, she ran wildly towards the gap in the barbed wire fence that had exploded, and the captives rushed towards the barbed wire fence with screams.
The Italian soldiers hurriedly raised their guns and fired, but they could not stop the rush of people. All of a sudden, there were gunshots and shouts everywhere, and chaos broke out in the factory.
Eunice moved quickly, and ran into the jungle in a few steps, where several people were shooting at the Italians under the cover of tree trunks.
One of them threw a rifle to Eunice and shouted, "Retreat, we'll cover!" ”
Eunice looked back and saw that a group of Italian soldiers was rushing in this direction, so she didn't dare to say anything, turned around and ran into the jungle.
There was only one gunshot behind him, and the occasional scream and grenade explosion, and then the gunfire grew weaker and weaker, and after a while it stopped.
Eunice looked back, she couldn't bear to let her comrades die for herself, but at the same time she knew that she couldn't fall into the hands of the Italians again, otherwise her comrades would die in vain, and more importantly, the information she knew might also fall into the hands of the enemy.
Soon, the light of several flashlights and the cries of Italian despair flashed from behind, so Eunice did not hesitate any longer, and turned around and ran into the depths of the jungle.