Chapter 35: A Long Day I
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"A check or cashier's check? French are we idiots! β
"Captain, the major said it takes time to raise cash. In addition, he believes that we should show some sincerity, such as releasing some people first. β
"Cash, it has to be a large amount of cash, and the franc and the pound sterling and even the mark are acceptable. However, to act realistically, you should emphasize that it should be in pounds. β
Britain has been the world hegemon for a long time, the pound has always been the world currency, and the policy of the direct exchange of the pound for gold continued until September 21, 1931, when it was forced to abandon, so Richie said that the French gave the best to the pound directly, and what was the intention of the knees to think clearly.
Several officers were looking at Li Qi with incomprehensible or suspicious eyes, and Li Qi, who saw that he had "ulterior motives", was really a little hairy in his heart, but he still had to pretend to be righteous.
"Captain." Wa~er~ter. "No wonder you can come up with a plan that seems risky but can succeed," said Modell with a little admiration. β
"Oh, ensign?" Richie pointed at Kurt. Zeitzler, on Wah ~ R ~ T. "It wasn't my own effort, Zeitzler played a key role," said Moder. β
By Wa ~ Er ~ Te. Moder interrupted for a moment, and then talked about some ideas about how to confuse the French, and the rest of them finally stopped looking at Richie with strange eyes, as if they all agreed with Rich's caution, and then did it only to better confuse the Entente.
Then it's a bit busy, and you come and go...... Or should I say that the French major ran back and forth, communicating and conveying to each other.
In the end, it was the French side that raised a million francs and two hundred thousand pounds in cash within two hours, which were urgently transferred from the vaults of various banks in Beaumont Amer. They were willing to pay 200,000 francs and 20,000 pounds sterling first, on the condition that the Germans should release some of the officers who had been taken hostage.
"Release one lieutenant colonel and three majors." Li Qi pinched his temples, looked around at his colleagues, and said slowly: "As a condition, the other party must not only fulfill the amount just promised, but also move the encirclement outward. β
Ewald. Feng. Kleist nodded and said, "According to observation, the more the enemy's troops are concentrated, whether it is to ensure safety, or to have enough space when the airship comes, they should be allowed to retreat some distance. I think the minimum should be two kilometers! β
Those officers of the Guards see Ewald. Feng. Kleist spoke, and even if he had an opinion, he was smothered in his stomach.
Those who are not from the Guards, they are originally part of the squad led by Li Qi, how can they have opinions?
"Your Excellency, will they really choose to release the hostages?" Maxim. Wei Gang looked suspicious: "They are obviously dragging time, right?" β
"They're dragging their feet, but we need time too." Ferdinand. Foch had a wise expression on his face: "The outer encirclement needs to be consolidated, and a carpet search is needed for any enemy personnel who might receive the enemy forces in the hospital. β
There were other reasons for Ferdinand. Foch didn't say it directly, just now he and Raymond. PoincarΓ© communicated, Raymond. PoincarΓ© thought that if the captured generals could be rescued in a more peaceful way, they should try anyway, and even if they couldn't, they should drag the British to the scene, because such a big matter could not be undertaken by France alone.
"Can we take advantage of the money handover to make a surprise attack?" Maxim. Wei Gang paused, and said very seriously: "Although the number of German troops in the hospital is large, there are also our people in it, especially those doctors and nurses who are not restricted from freedom, maybe they can help?" β
"Yes, yes, the paramedics are not restricted, and that's because there are serious injuries that need to be changed and accompanied." Ferdinand. Foch shook his head and said, "Although the sneak attack and the capture of senior officers have shown the savage side of those Germans, it is only part of the tactics. They maintained at least the bare minimum of military etiquette, not harming the incapacitated wounded or the medical staff. β
"But they accept money, and I don't think a group of soldiers who will accept money still have any sense of honor." Maxim. Wei Gang pointed in the direction of the field hospital: "Although I haven't figured out how exactly they planned to escape, I'm pretty sure they must have a plan!" β
Ferdinand. Foch still shook his head: "We can attack, but only once." β
The so-called can only attack once, it is the muzzle coverage that makes all the people inside finished, including the German army and all their own people, only in this way can the Entente camp have the right to speak, and then the Entente side can describe what happened.
Ferdinand. Foch repeatedly refused to carry out tentative attacks or deliverances because they could not make the Germans jump over the wall in a hurry, and it would be complicated if the general's bloodshed occurred because of their persecution.
It's really an exchange, it's a few people from each side, one side carries a box containing money, the other side escorts the officer, and the two sides come to hand over the money with one hand and the other hand.
"I didn't expect two hundred thousand francs and twenty thousand pounds to be this weight." Joseph. Dietrich looked excited, he weighed his weight and said, "About five pounds?" β
Marcus. Ergen also looked excited, he was the first time he had seen so much money, the only pity was that the officers didn't seem to really want money, but out of some kind of strategy?
"They're retreating." Ewald. Feng. Kleist's attention had always been on the enemy's side, and he only glanced at the money that was spread on the ground when he withdrew his gaze, but only at it, and said to Richie: "Now they plan to exchange another sum of money, this time to have a general." β
"Nope! We can hand over unimportant officers, but we can't hand over officers and any generals who are in charge of some departments. Litchie was also looking at the evacuated Allied troops, and he was not very happy about it, but looked a little worried. "It is clear that there is a sufficient amount of military or government officials present to be there, otherwise it would not have been possible to respond to our request so quickly," he said. I have every reason to speculate that if we make a mistake in the next response, the other side is likely to attack directly, and maybe even the Entente members of the war hospital will carry out artillery bombardment with us! β
"How is that possible!?" Wa~er~ter. Modell asked incredulously, "How could they do that with not only us, but also the captured Allied generals, and even the wounded and civilian personnel who belonged to them?" β
Richie frowned for a long time and whispered, "The British won't do that, but the French ...... They can do anything. β
The people present kept frowning, they felt that what Li Qi said was not unreasonable, the French could even cut off the head of their own king, what else could they not do?