About half an hour after the train stopped at the factory, the ID plate read "Terto. Ripfert's Swiss military inspector walked up to Lynn, who was standing in the open air watching the workers busy.

"Mr. Knatsky, all the goods are in the right numbers! This is our verification form, please sign it here. ”

"Thank you for your hard work!"

Signing the slip on the other party's plywood, Lynn turned and gave Wolfrum a gesture, and the old fellow, who was also operating in Switzerland as a Norwegian person, carried two bags.

"A little Norwegian specialty, please keep it as a souvenir!"

The inspector, who was more than 10 years older than Lynn, looked at the other party with surprised eyes, everyone knows that Swiss law has harsh provisions on official malfeasance and bribery, although it cannot completely prevent officials from breaking the law, but compared with some other countries, the integrity of Swiss officials is still very commendable.

Seeing the other party's appearance, Lynn smiled calmly: "It seems that you have misunderstood, the weather is cold tonight, and it is almost Christmas, and everyone is working overtime, we have specially prepared warm spirits for everyone here, but it is easy to make mistakes when drinking now, so pack it for everyone to take back." If you don't believe me, you can go to our warehouse and have a copy. ”

The inspector tore up a copy of Lynn's signed list and left it, and put the rest into the black leather bag on his shoulder along with the plywood, and avoided Lynn's gaze and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but we do have strict limits in this regard, sorry!" ”

"It's a long-standing custom of the hospitable Norwegians." Lynn explained, not shoving the bag to the other person, but saying to Wolfrum, "Put the wine in the two gentlemen's cars." ”

The inspector tried to stop him, and Lynn said to him, "This liquor is best served with caviar or fresh herring, the latter is hard to come by here, so we only have some caviar for everyone." ”

Seeing that the major shareholder of the factory from Norway was so persistent, the inspector finally gave up his resignation, and he thanked him very seriously.

Lynn had a friendly smile on her face, and although her mastery of oriental human relations was still equivalent to elementary school, it was more than enough to deal with these Europeans. Don't have to spend a lot of money at first, slowly add weight, and let them enjoy the wonderful feeling of these benefits before they know it.

The older inspector looked at his companion, who was still standing beside the tracks and looking at the goods inside the carriage, and asked Lynn with a pleasant face, "Are these machines going to be assembled and put into trial operation tonight?" ”

"It's too late, and tomorrow is Christmas Eve, so the workers have to take a few days off to reunite with their families." Lynn replied, "It's good to put all the machines in place today, and the installation, commissioning and trial operation will be carried out on December 29, and strive to start construction before the arrival of the New Year. ”

The inspector looked at his watch, and it was almost 10 o'clock at this time: "In that case, we will go back first, and come back on December 29." ”

Lynn smiled and nodded, "Okay, if there is a delay in terms of time, I will call you to let you know." ”

"Hopefully, your business will not only be able to operate smoothly, but also be able to get more and more lucrative orders." The inspector, who did not smile from beginning to end, was still so rigid, serious, neither humble nor arrogant, and even this polite sentence was said dryly, but it was quite German like his name.

Lynn held the other party's outstretched right hand: "Thank you!" ”

Two Swiss military inspectors quickly left the factory through the front door in their Beetles.

At this time, Getad. Essland, Andrie's personal guard, the professional intelligence officer of the SS Security Service, came up to Lynn and said, "I looked at the frame number, it was produced before the war. ”

The reason why he brought Esslan was because he had a more professional understanding of the various machinery produced in Germany, and in addition to being able to identify the "Beetle" that the Swiss officials were riding in was produced before or during the war, he could also screen and confirm the lathe equipment provided by the Spanish side. As for the Andries, they stayed at their accommodation on this cold night, taking Dinah and Mr. and Mrs. Courtland to play bridge in the warm room. According to the adjusted itinerary, they will leave for France after the New Year to see if there is a suitable opportunity to acquire factories in the southwest of France, so as to form a mutually beneficial synergy with Pifil Enterprises and Caesars Defense in terms of production and technology. Around mid-to-late January, the group will transit through Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark, and from Denmark back to Norway to finalize the initial arrangements for the merger and acquisition of the company, as well as to deal with Erlikon-Piffer's purchase of the right to dispose of the wreck of the Tirpitz from the Norwegian political axe.

In today's Switzerland, nearly half of the cars on the road are made in Germany, and then there are British, French and Italian brands. Due to the lack of large-scale production of vehicles, the Swiss military is said to be equipped with a variety of tanks, and based on the successful experience of the Finnish army during the First Soviet-Finnish War, the Swiss soldiers assembled a batch of self-propelled anti-tank guns on their own, modeled after the German self-propelled guns, but the effectiveness has never been tested in actual combat. So, without any indication, Lynn asked, "What about these machines?" ”

Esslan replied: "Made in Spain, 70% new, average quality, a little worse than our machines. ”

"It doesn't matter, they're just there to cover people's eyes, to get them up and running, to normalize the arms exchange between us and Spain, and then to scale them up and raise the grade." Lynn sketches the outline of the future for this nascent arms business, which is still only a dilapidated factory building and second-hand machinery.

"Wait until the day...... Shall we re-establish ourselves and bring the good stuff back to Germany? Esslan asked curiously.

To this intentional or unintentional temptation, Lynn replied frankly and briefly: "No, there is no need, we will never lack factory machinery, maybe only technology!" ”

After a while, Wolfrum, who had quietly walked away, returned to Lynn's side: "They really didn't go far, they turned off the lights and peeked in the dark." ”

The corners of Lynn's mouth turned up slightly: "The IQ of the Swiss is really not to be underestimated, but it's a pity that their vision is too narrow." Tell Cam that he only needs to transport the machine into the factory tonight, and leave a team to take care of the factory and repair the roof the day after tomorrow, start indoor physical exercise on the 26th, and install and debug the machine on the 29th. ”

Wolfrum obediently turned towards the locomotive, and Lynn turned to look at the energetic workers at the back of the car with a cigar in her mouth, these were not ordinary people recruited from Switzerland. In recent times, Andriy has used his original intelligence resources to open a secret passage between northern Switzerland and Germany, specializing in helping former SS and Wehrmacht personnel escape from Allied occupation and infiltrate Switzerland. Berning's side is responsible for arranging for them to disguise their identities. In just half a month, there were more than 100 such "smugglers", and some of the new factories acquired by the Pifil Company were resettled, and the rest, except for those who needed to recuperate, would be digested through the normal employment of "Caesar Defense". According to Lynn's vision, "Caesar Defense" will be expanded to a large enterprise with 2,000 workers within six months, including the manufacture of firearms, ammunition, engines and various wheeled vehicles.

The instructions were conveyed by Wolfrum, and the foreman of the group of workers, Karl Brown, a former SS captain who had just absconded from Germany, had just escaped from Germany. Steinhoff immediately beckoned his men to slow down and take it safe, and the workers looked very different in age, ranging from twenty to forties, and were not uniformly burly and muscular, but their sensitivity to orders and obedience were rare for ordinary civilians. Looking at this scene, Lynn felt a little relieved, but the news he heard from the mouths of these absconders made him often anxious and sleepless for a while. More than half a year has passed since the surrender of Germany, but most of the German officers and soldiers who have been taken prisoner have not yet been freed. The most unfortunate of all were those sent to the Soviet Union, especially in Siberia, to serve in the Soviet Union, especially in Siberia, and the situation was not optimistic, even if they were able to remain on their home soil and be administered by the British, American, and French troops, especially the SS officers and soldiers, who were often subjected to heavy labor and inadequate provisions. Many of those who fled the lines and went into hiding at the end of the war were caught in Allied searches and clean-ups, and most of them were SS or Waffen-SS personnel, who were usually arrested and thrown into prison awaiting trial.

However, there is not an endless darkness hanging over Germany itself. The recent exodus from Germany, as well as Andriy's intelligence agents embedded on the mainland, have brought news that Allied forces in Germany have moved on a large scale during the winter, that some abandoned airfields formerly belonging to the Luftwaffe have been repurposed, and that both forces have begun to build fortifications close to the border. Prior to this, the two sides had stationed millions of troops in Central Europe, but they had only operated in their own areas, at most building barbed wire and guard posts along the border. In Lynn's view, the construction of a defensive line was an extremely important signal, and it meant that the Eastern and Western allies would move from their own ambitions to a military confrontation. With the current deployment and mentality of both sides, the possibility of an armed conflict or even a large-scale war is relatively small, but as the tension on the border rises, and some catalysts are given to them at the right time, a scene that has not been seen in history may emerge out of nowhere.

(To be continued)