Chapter 32: Ferdinand. Foch
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June 27, 1916, sunny, breezy / northerly / force 2.
The field hospital had been occupied by a German army last night, with eight generals and nineteen officers of the rank of colonel, and a Welsh battalion guarding the field hospital had been ordered to withdraw from the defense area, along with nearly 700 Allies who had been lightly wounded or about to recover.
After completing the occupation of the field hospital, Litchie and Ewald. Feng. Kleist collectively called names, and together with those who had been captured and held in the field hospital, their number increased to 372, of which 147 belonged to the Shenhel Task Force, and the rest were rescued fighters.
The number of captured German soldiers in the field hospital was not originally this number, it should have been as many as nearly 1,000, but considering that there would be high-level condolences, the captured German prisoners of war continued to be transferred to other places. If it weren't for Li Qi and others occupying the field hospital, the 225 people left behind would have been transferred one after another.
On the Allied side, most of them were wounded who could not move, as well as the doctors and nurses who cared for them. In addition, doctors and nurses were willing to treat the wounded German personnel after consultation.
"In that case, our course of action is aligned."
"I have to say, that's my plan."
"Maybe yes, but I'm just an executor."
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Ewald. Feng. Kleist hadn't slept all night, but he still seemed to be in good spirits.
After a few attempts, Richie figured out Ewald. Feng. Kleist and the others were aware of the action of a god Hull, but they apparently did not know the details. He was naturally annoyed by this behavior of the Guards, but more of a helplessness.
In clear Ewald. Feng. After Kleist and others directly involved in the operation did not know about it, Richie understood that it was a higher-level operation. Besides, now they are grasshoppers on a rope, and there is nothing to pursue now.
Overnight, the perimeter of the field hospital was already surrounded by clusters.
That night, people from the Entente came to negotiate and put forward various conditions, so that Li Qi and others let those generals go. They didn't say to let it go, they didn't say they wouldn't let it go, they just dragged it down.
Wa~er~ter. Modell frowned and said, "The remaining problem now is whether the personnel in the rear will take on such a heavy responsibility. β
"It's been planned for a long time." Li Qi looked at the future Nazi Third Reich and said helplessly: "But it is obvious that it has not received the attention it deserves." β
There was nothing wrong with that, because the higher-ups did not believe that the operation would be successful, as was the opinion of the Guards, so they were determined to participate in the operation.
"Anyway, we've got in touch with the general. The general said you would have seven airships to pick you up, right? Richie received an affirmative response before continuing: "Then there are nine ships in total, enough for us to evacuate safely." β
"If they don't attack." Ewald. Feng. Kleister was slightly worried: "We have already sabotaged four enemy infiltrations last night, and they will not give up on continuing to infiltrate. If they are pressed, I have a strong doubt that they will sit still. In addition, the flight speed of the airship is not fast, and they will not watch the airship come and pick it up. β
This is indeed a difficult problem, as long as the Entente has the brain, they will never watch the airship coming, they may not attack this field hospital, but they will definitely attack the airship that will come to meet it.
"That's already a matter for the Air Force." Li Qi shrugged: "I have given a plan of action, but I can only give a plan of action." β
The first rays of the sun rose in the east, and the blood-red morning sun shone over the land, and Li Qi turned his head to look at the periphery, where the Allied soldiers had been busy all night digging out several trenches, which surrounded the field hospital almost in a circle.
"We have used the radio of this field hospital to talk to Marx. Feng. General Galvetz got in touch. Last night was in a hurry, and the airship was not prepared in advance. Richie's voice sounded calm, with a kind of confidence, and he said: "Although it is said that it has been delayed for a day, as long as the airship can arrive tonight, it will not have a fatal impact on the whole operation." β
The current radio station is a big guy, and when Li Qi and his team seized the field hospital, the Entente people did not even think of destroying the radio station.
Their success in snatching the radio is also related to the current notion that the radio is a communication device, but its importance is still not so appreciated, especially in the event of an accident, and the operators of the radio station do not even think of destroying it.
Not only the radio station, but in fact even the code book was seized by Li Qi and the others. It would be inconceivable if this kind of thing happened in World War II, but don't forget that it's World War I, and a lot of new gadgets have just been used, so you don't expect what the results will be, so naturally you don't pay much attention to it.
"At the necessary moment, you can select a few unimportant generals......" Richie made a gesture of wiping his neck: "Of course, if there is no need to provoke the enemy, it is better not to." β
Ewald. Feng. Kleist and Wa~er~T. Moder glanced at each other, both of them frowning, killing the enemy in non-combat moments is a very bad act, and killing a captured general is a bad act. You must know that even if the two sides fight to the death now, they actually retain a certain etiquette. However, they did not object.
Li Qi didn't care so much, what he hoped most now was that there would be no more uncontrollable twists and turns in his actions.
When the sunlight appeared, in the trenches dug by the Entente overnight, several people were watching the direction of the field hospital from the urgently arranged bunkers. These people were cloaked, and their ranks could not be recognized, but they looked a little old from their faces.
"Is there anything we can do?"
"Many times the infiltration was destroyed. If you rush to attack......"
"It's terrible that something like this is happening!"
Ferdinand. Foch, the current commander of the French Army Group "North", is now a 65-year-old man.
49-year-old Maxim. Wei Gang, he is Ferdinand. Foch's old partner, he was Ferdinand before the war. Foch's chief of staff, who has been following Ferdinand since the outbreak of the war. Foch.
What happened in Villare...... Even for the entire Entente, it was a terrible thing that could not have been worse, and it was no less difficult to deal with such a bad thing than to win a war.
A British general, a French lieutenant general, six generals of various divisions or corps, colonel-level officers of nineteen fronts and heads of various departments, so many important people could be captured, the whole incident not only shook France and England, but in fact all the countries that received the news could not believe that such a thing could happen.
"The President (Raymond. PoincarΓ© personally ordered me to take care of it. "Ferdinand. Foch shook his beard and said expressionlessly: "If necessary, you can carry out a covered shelling." β
"This ......" Maxim. Wei Gang was full of worries: "In this way, you will encounter unimaginable trouble. β
Dinan. Foch nodded: "I know." After a pause, his eyes sharpened: "But when necessary, I will give orders!" β