Chapter 43: Chanel Goddess
After Hitler was ordered to lead a cavalry regiment and an infantry regiment, he crossed the castle of Thierry to find good blocking terrain, and the chief of the general staff, Weiklisch, was a person who was very good at using the terrain to block ambushes, and after he took a few horses and a few guards, he left the Berlin regiment early to reconnoitre, and when the Berlin regiment drove to a place where it was still 30 kilometers away from Paris in a straight line, Weikrich returned and reported to Hitler: "There is a small town in front of which is translated as Hedu Town, and the terrain of that town is very suitable for blocking attacks. β
"Okay, then we'll go to the town first."
Weiklich's military skills were trustworthy, and the whole force drove to the town of Hedu, where Hitler discussed the battle plan for the blockade with his deputy regimental commander Kleist, regimental chief of staff Weiklisch, and several staff officers in the tank command vehicle.
With everyone's eyes fixed on the town of Hedu and the map near it, Weikrich stroked his chin with his hand and thought: "The town of Hedu is located on the north bank of the Marne, between Fort Thierry and Paris, and the nearest way for the enemy to reinforce Fort Thierry from Paris is to take the town of River. β
Kleist, the deputy commander of the regiment, asked: "The south of Hedu Town is the Marne, and the Marne River is turbulent, so if we block it in Hedu Town, it is impossible for the enemy to cross the Marne and bypass the Marne River in the south, but I want to know what is on the north side of Hedu Town, and the enemy can also leave a part of his forces to defend us, and the rest of his troops will bypass from the north to reinforce Fort Thierry." β
"To the south of Hedu Town is the Marne River, and to the north is an undeveloped primeval forest, and if the enemy wants to bypass this primeval forest, it will take at least three or four days, so the enemy has to go through Hedu Town," Wei Krich explained. β
"The strategic location of Hedu Town is really good, the enemy does not dare to make a detour, Hedu Town is like a nail stuck in the enemy's throat, if we don't pull it out, we can attack the enemy's flank or detour to the enemy's tail at any time." Hitler analyzed.
"Since it is impossible for the enemy to take a detour from the north, then I also think that the town of Rivercrossing is the choke point from Paris to ChΓ’teau Thierry, and we must defend it." Kleist chimed in.
After unifying the operational thinking, the General Staff Office then formulated a plan to block the enemy at Hedu Town. There are two roads leading to Fort Thierry, one on the Marne River, the town centre of Hedu is on both sides of the road, and the Hedu Town Road is a wide, straight road leading to Fort Thierry, so most of the enemy reinforcements have to take this road.
Originally, Hitler wanted to arrange the position in the open field in front of Hedu Town, but there was a large river called the Marne River nearby, and if you dig trenches, you will not be able to dig deep, and there will be stagnant water, so the Berlin Regiment had to arrange street battles in Hedu Town, using tanks as mobile fortresses to support infantry fighting.
The second road is a road built along the primeval forest in the north of Hedu Town, although the road is in disrepair, but it can still be used by cars, so the infantry regiment has a total of four battalions, three of which are arranged to defend on the forest road, and one battalion is reinforced with the cavalry regiment.
The plan of the regimental staff office was in order, and it could only be like this, Ludendorff asked them to hold back the enemy in the Paris line for two days, and they had limited forces and could only find favorable terrain to defend with difficulty.
It was already evening when they arrived at the town of Hedu, and the soldiers began to set up their own lines after a hasty dinner, and Hitler, as the supreme commander of the blockade, began to inspect the lines on the two roads.
He was accompanied by the commander of the infantry regiment Hena and the commander of the cavalry regiment, both of whom were more than ten years older than Hitler, but they did not despise Hitler because of his young age, and because he was unwilling to listen to the command of a young man, he obeyed Hitler's orders, and Hitler had a good impression of them, at least a German soldier who was loyal to his duties and obeyed orders.
"It's going to be a tough battle."
Standing on the banks of the Marne, Hitler and others recalled the previous battles around the Marne River in the past few years, each time there were rivers of blood, each time there were heavy casualties and every inch of land was contested, and presumably this time was no exception, and it was not easy to use more than 6,000 people to block at least 10,000 people.
It was already dark, and the soldiers not far away were still arranging the fortifications, and they did not know how soon the enemy would arrive, so the sooner the fortifications were completed, the better, and the soldiers would probably have to stay up until one or two o'clock tonight before they could rest.
Just as Hitler continued to inspect the entire defensive position, the deputy commander brought a woman with her hands tied with ropes to meet Hitler, and Kleist said: "Commander, we have caught a spy." β
After Hitler nodded in response to Chrysette, his eyes looked at the so-called prisoner of war who was taken by Kleist, who was actually a beautiful lady in her thirties, Hitler felt that although she was not as beautiful as Fuisa, this woman exuded a unique temperament, bright eyes, a firm nose, a standard French beauty, and her fair face seemed to have been slapped by someone, so it made her look pitiful and pitiful, which made people want to take care of her. And the clothes are fashionable, which can attract everyone's attention in the crowd the most.
Looking at the woman in front of him, in the bright moonlight, Hitler thought of the goddess of the moon in the Norse fairy tale.
"What's your name?" Hitler swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked, this woman is really too temperamental, in her thirties, and her body exudes a mature atmosphere.
The lady smiled wryly: "Does the name matter?" I am who I am. β
Hitler turned to Kleist and asked, "How did you find out that she was a spy?" Also, what's going on with this slap in her face? β
Kleist replied: "After our soldiers took control of the Hedu Town Electric Power Bureau, they found that there was a family whose electricity meter was turning very fast, which was a little suspicious, and I learned about this situation and asked the guard platoon to search the house, and sure enough, I found that this lady was using the radio to send a telegram, so the soldiers of our guard platoon went up to control her, but I didn't expect her to take out a pistol from the drawer and wanted to attack our soldiers, but fortunately, our soldiers were quick to dodge the bullets, and after taking her gun, she had to resist, and the soldiers gave her a slap." β
Kleist said that the power bureau to see the suspicious meter is a simple means of counter-espionage, because the radio is very power-hungry, it is impossible to use batteries all the time, and the batteries carried are always used up one day, so many radio stations can be plugged in, but the usual electricity consumption of an ordinary household is just so little, so it is very abnormal to suddenly have an ordinary household electricity surge, and it is very likely that someone is using the radio.
Kleist handed Hitler a blue book, this book is a French family registration certificate, equivalent to a household registration ID card, Hitler opened the household registration book, and the household registration book was written on it by Gabriel Chanel, which made Hitler wonder, this Chanel, could it be the Chanel who created a great fashion empire?
Hitler was not sure, so Kleist handed Hitler a business card with the name of Chanel on it, and Hitler was completely sure that the lady in front of him was Chanel, who would be handed down to future generations.
Now Chanel is only a little famous in Paris, opened a few popular fashion stores in Paris, Chanel was a cafΓ© and dance hall singer before, many friends, many well-known figures in the society at that time were friends with her, from all walks of life, such as the abstract master Picasso, the poet and painter Gao Keduo, the British Duke of Westminster, the musician Stravinsky and so on.
How did Chanel, who was originally happy in Paris, come to this town, Hitler was puzzled and tortured Chanel: "What are you doing in this town as the owner of a Parisian fashion company?" β
"Can't I blow the wind?" Chanel was quite hard-mouthed.
Hitler smiled mildly: "Just tell the truth, we will not embarrass you, on the contrary, if you do not cooperate, we may torture you, you should know that spies are not protected by international conventions." β
"Heh, won't you embarrass me? I don't believe you'll let me go, I'll be tortured, I'll be tortured, I already guessed when I was caught by you, it doesn't matter. Chanel looked at Hitler with disbelief on her face.
Looking at Chanel's disdainful eyes, Hitler's heart was full of helplessness, thinking that he had also plagiarized her Chanel No. 5 perfume and made a lot of money for himself, and there was no way to take Chanel, there was no benefit in killing her, and he couldn't think of torture against this beautiful woman, so Hitler simply said: "Okay, let her loosen her ties and let her go." β
The guards loosened the ropes that bound her hands at Hitler's signal, and Chanel shrunk her shoulders and said defensively: "You're going to let me go?" Will you shoot me in the back? β
"Let's go, I promise with the honor of a soldier that I will not stop you." Hitler couldn't laugh or cry.
Wei Suer, the commander of the cavalry regiment on the side, spoke up to stop her: "You can't let her go, she is a spy, let her go, she is very likely to go to the French army, and tell the French that we have arranged the battle fortifications here." β
Kleist also said: "And we don't know what the content of the telegram she sent before, we need to torture it." β
Hitler shook his head at them: "Forget it, listen to me, let her go." β
"Lieutenant Colonel Hitler, I'm afraid you can't take responsibility for what happened." The commander of the cavalry regiment, Weisauer, said that among the people present, he was the only one with the commander of the infantry regiment who held the same position as Hitler, and only two of them could stop Hitler's orders.
The implication of Weisauer's words is that if the resistance battle fails, the responsibility will be on Hitler.
"I'll take care of what happens, rest assured, I'm sure Mademoiselle Chanel won't go to the French." Hitler smiled mysteriously, still stubbornly.
"This ......," Chanel said with a blushing face, "you better kill me, I have already radioized the layout of your battlefield and the number of people on the French." β
"Oh, sent to the French?" Hitler muttered: "It's okay, the war makes women go away, it's a beautiful promise, Mademoiselle Chanel, you can go at any time, but now it's so dark, you can stay in Hedu Town first, you can go tomorrow, come and tell me when you go, I'll have someone escort you out." β
"Why are you so nice to me?" Chanel said with some caution.
"I want to have friends in Paris, so I don't need to stay in a hotel when I travel to Paris, is that okay?" Hitler replied with a little humor.
Chanel said something quite "advanced": "Okay Lieutenant Colonel, you win, anyway, whatever you want, I am your prisoner of war, at your disposal." β
Hitler asked the platoon commander of the guard platoon, Manniu, to escort Chanel back to Hedu Town, and on the banks of the Marne, everyone except Hitler was puzzled, and Kleist asked: "Commander, why do you always want to let this woman go, are you tempted by her beauty?" β
", you've just been tempted by beauty." Hitler laughed and scolded, and said to everyone: "Meeting, meeting!" All the officers above the battalion level have come to me for the meeting, and I have a new idea. β
ps: I didn't see the Spanish girl in the last chapter, so let's look at Chanel in this chapter!