Chapter 117: Meddling
The sudden intrusion of the SS officers surprised everyone in the lounge, the British were a little overwhelmed for a while, and several Germans reflexively raised their arms in salute.
"Hey! Reinhart. ”
Randolph strode into the lounge with his head held high, followed by two non-commissioned officers of the Guard Flag Corps in parade uniforms.
"I don't care who you really are, how did you get in? What about the guards outside? Guardsman! Colonel Hunt was the first to react, calling out to the guards outside the door.
"Calm down, Colonel." Sir Fay raised his hand to stop Hunt.
"If my memory is correct, we met in London, Lieutenant Colonel Randolph." Sir Fay's tone was very gentle.
"I'm sorry, I don't seem to have any impression of you, may I ask who you are..."Randolph looked at the Englishman in front of him, and the restraint of the other party made him feel a little good.
"It's at Buckingham Palace, maybe you didn't notice me at the time, I'm Sir Fay, a member of the House of Lords." Fay stood up from his seat.
"Ah, I remember, there were quite a few people there, I'm sorry I couldn't remember you, it's a pleasure to meet you here again, Sir Fay." Randolph's graceful chin salutation.
"Your Excellency, even if you know each other, you have so rashly intruded into the core of the base like him," Colonel Hunt shouted as he pointed at Randolph.
"Colonel Hunt, I remember saying it, please calm down." Fay turned his head and glared at Hunter viciously, scolding in a cold tone.
"But sir... I mean, Sir. Hunt originally wanted to argue a thing or two, but under the cold gaze of the House of Lords, the colonel was defeated.
"Do you want to know how we got in? This Colonel Hunt, that's because I have in my hand the pass that Admiral Wavell personally issued. Randolph pulled a folded piece of white paper out of his uniform pocket and shook it.
"Perhaps, Sir Sir or this colonel, if you want to confirm the authenticity, you can call General Wavell directly." The SS lieutenant colonel's lips had a sarcastic smile on his lips.
"No, Lieutenant Colonel Randolph, I have no doubt about it." Fay quickly shook his hand and turned his head to glare at Hunter again as a warning.
"Very well, Sir Fay, the great Führer once said that trust is the first step in friendship, and I have no doubt about that." Randolph nodded in satisfaction and walked over to Captain Horn.
"Long time no see, Horn, I've heard you're doing a good job in French Indochina, and you're going to tell me a good story when you're free." Randolph smiled and patted Horn's arm.
"I didn't expect to see you here, Lieutenant Colonel Randolph." Horn used to serve as a staff officer at the headquarters of the High Command, and often had to deal with the Führer's adjutant staff, and formed a good friendship with Randolph from time to time.
"Who do you think brought you to Egypt? Horne. Randolph raised his chin at Horn.
"The one who ordered me to meet in Cairo couldn't be you, Randolph." Horn asked, surprised.
"It's not me, but it's General Verrle who gave you orders." Randolph had a proud look on his face.
Then the SS lieutenant colonel turned his face to Lieutenant Krieger, who looked the Air Force lieutenant up and down, and said, "You are Caluz. Second Lieutenant Krieger, your squadron leader strongly recommended you to his superiors, claiming that you were the best pilot he had ever met. ”
"Indeed, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel." Krieger replied confidently.
Randolph turned his head to look at Horn, deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Horn, is he your new friend?" I love this guy. ”
Horn: "......"
After greeting each other, Randolph turned to face the British.
"Your Excellency, can you tell me what is going on here?" Randolph raised his hand to Horn and Krieger, who were standing nearby.
"Why are our officers being detained, and I heard with my own ears that this colonel had intimidated two German officers just now, can you give me a reasonable explanation?"
"This is a complete misunderstanding, we didn't detain these two officers at all, if you don't believe it, you can ask this Baron Ryerson, he was there the whole time and can testify for us." Fay hurriedly explained.
"Lord Baron Ryerson, is it really what Sir said?" Randolph asked Ryerson.
"It's really just an ordinary inquiry, Lieutenant Colonel Randolph. As for the colonel's threatening remarks, it was also due to excessive agitation, as Captain Horn made a startling accusation. Ryerson knew he couldn't dodge, so he got up and started the round.
Ryerson didn't speak for the British, but he still had a task to do, and a little favor would help the work to unfold later.
"Accusations? What accusations did you uncover a conspiracy? Tell me more about it, Captain Horn. Randolph was immediately excited, and he hurriedly turned his head and asked Horn that the character of the SS lieutenant colonel was like this, and it was impossible for anything to change in this life.
"Here's the thing, when we arrived at the base at Zibilit, we were received by an ensign from the Royal Air Force, his name was Hudson..."Horn carefully recounted the day's events from beginning to end, adding some of his personal speculation and judgment, which was added by Second Lieutenant Krieger.
By the time the German captain had finished telling the story, the atmosphere became heavy, and everyone was silent and pondering, no one here was a fool, and if the speculations made by Captain Horn were true, then the nature of the incident would be very serious.
"This is just your word for it, Second Lieutenant, we need further investigation, maybe it was just a normal mechanical malfunction." Colonel Hunt broke the silence of the scene.
"Since the plane is now parked on the tarmac, I recommend that it be inspected immediately, and whether it is vandalism or accidental failure, the answer will be available immediately." Randolph said coldly.
"Lieutenant Colonel, I must remind you that this is the base of the Royal Air Force, and it is not your turn to call the shots." For some reason, Hunt hated the SS lieutenant colonel, not only because of the formidable black uniform, but also because Sir Fay had shown that he was nothing more than a Nazi bastard, as for what a noble member of the House of Lords feared.
"It was the German officer, the colonel, who was involved in this incident, and I must remind you of that too. As the superior of these two officers, I have every right to participate in the investigation of this matter, and I can assure you that once it is confirmed that someone has murdered a German officer, no matter what nationality is involved, what background and status, even if he is a high-ranking general, he will not escape the severe punishment of the Third Reich! Randolph said aloud-for-tat.
"This is Egypt, you don't have any investigative powers at all, Lieutenant Colonel Randolph, you're not even a full-fledged soldier." Colonel Hunt was in a hurry, and even openly mocked the identity of the other party.
The position of the SS was indeed quite awkward, it did not belong to the Wehrmacht, to put it bluntly, they were just a subordinate body of the Nazi Party, an armed group formed by the Nazi Party, and they could not even carry weapons in public until Hitler made a deal with the Wehrmacht. Attentive friends can check out the Nazi documentary, and the soldiers were all empty-handed during the early SS parades. Neither the ordinary SS nor the Waffen-SS were considered regular German troops, the former being classified as internal security units, and the latter as Hitler's direct forces.
While the SS envied the status and glory of the Wehrmacht, they at the same time saw each other as rivals. But these were only internal German problems, and no one would point them out in public, especially from the mouth of a British Army officer, which was nothing short of a public humiliation to the SS.
"Shut up for me, Colonel Hunt, you've said enough today." Before Randolph could attack, Sir Fay jumped to his feet, yelling at Hunter without the slightest oblivion that he was a colonel.
"You know what you're talking about, Sir Fay, they're Germans." Colonel Hunt was stunned for a moment, and then he was furious, and he had already thrown out of his mind what ambitions such as promotion to politics were out of the clouds, and immediately pointed to Fay's nose and questioned.
"Major Whitewood, I order you to take Colonel Hunt out to calm down, stupid pride has made him lose his basic judgment." Fay turned his head to order the Air Force Major, who was cowering to the side watching the show.
"This... I think you all need to calm down, Your Excellency. The Major did not know whether he should follow orders or not, he was only a member of the House of Lords and a special envoy to the Cabinet, and he did not know whether the Cabinet had given the envoy military command. As the quarrel between Jazz and the Colonel escalated, the scene was thrown into chaos.
PS: Originally, I was going to have a double shift today, but something suddenly happened at home, and the second chapter could only be postponed until tomorrow.
Thank you for your concern, I am much better today, it should be the air pollution that caused the old problem.
Continue to ask for monthly passes, ask for recommendations, thank you for your support.
In addition, some book lovers did not understand the previous meme that ridiculed the color of the SS uniform, which was actually from Warhammer 40K's Dark Angel Warband.