Chapter 558: The Spanish Rebellion (Part II)
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"A woman? Can you accurately identify this woman? Himmler asked.
Mendoza thought for a moment and shook his head and said, "It's hard, I don't know if the person I saw is really her, you know, there is disguise in this world." ”
Himmler nodded, he believed Mendoza's words, when a man was about to betray his organization, he was afraid not of the consequences of his betrayal, but of the fact that he was not betraying cleanly enough, and that his new allegiance to his master would be unhappy.
Himmler looked at the materials and thought about it, only a confession is not enough, if there is physical evidence, then it can be made into an iron case, Himmler is ready to start from both weapons and gold.
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"Boss, Himmler has come to Madrid, and he seems to have made the man in prison speak." Chen Nan said to Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Cheng was a little surprised and said, "Good job, it seems that Hitler has put a lot of pressure on him, is Canaris here?" ”
Chen Nan shook his head and said, "No, this is very strange, after all, Himmler should be in charge of domestic affairs, and Canaris should be in charge of foreign affairs, but now Himmler is in charge of this matter, in addition, we also found that Himmler seems to have other tasks." Could it be related to Canaris, you say? ”
Jiang Cheng thought for a while, smiled slightly and said, "Hitler is actually a very suspicious person, Franco is so resolute in international affairs, and he is not afraid of Germany's ideas, it is obvious that someone told him something, what about neutral countries, is there still one less neutral country destroyed by Germany?" The last time it was negotiated, Spain did not seem to be at all worried that Germany might actually enter with arms.... Hitler naturally didn't feel anything at first, but now that Franco is dead, it's hard to say that he didn't think about anything, or heard something, so it's okay, Canaris didn't have a very good relationship with us, give Himmler a little news, but don't let him think about us. ”
Chen Nan lowered his head and said, "Don't worry, I know what to do." ”
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"Gold is a good thing, it's a pity." Himmler looked at the pound by pound gold bars and shook his head, this is the gold obtained according to the clues found, Himmler looked at the gold bars, which were engraved with the British logo, Himmler smiled slightly, and the physical evidence was finally available.
The higher the purity of the gold, the better, in order to facilitate the use, banks or financial institutions in various countries will melt their own gold bars, and engrave on them, and even number, and the gold in Himmler's hand is fully numbered, which is the gold from the United Kingdom.
In fact, at this time, the Spanish Falangists who got the news had already believed the information tortured by Himmler, after all, if Germany did it, Himmler did not need to go to such great lengths to prove himself, and more and more evidence began to prove that this matter really had nothing to do with Germany.
According to the inscription on the anti-tank gun, the Germans found out the whereabouts of this gun, which should be in an armored division, and the Gestapo went to search that armored division and found that the anti-tank gun was sleeping soundly in the warehouse.
Then the investigators found that the inscription on the anti-tank gun, which had been bombed and fallen from a tall building, had been revised, and a team of experts jointly formed by Spain, Germany and Italy had recovered the inscription and found that the anti-tank gun with this number should have been lost during the French campaign. At that time, although the whole strategy was a victory, it was not without defeat at all, and this anti-tank gun should have been captured and taken away.
Himmler let out a long breath and, after reporting to Hitler, began to announce the results of the investigation.
At this time, only five days had passed since Franco's death.
But at this time, Himmler suddenly got a corpse, the body was a white woman, died in an accidental car accident, such a thing would not have bothered Himmler, but the woman's car bag had a map, the map marked the hospital, hotel, and path where Franco was killed, and the anti-tank gun logo was also drawn on the hospital.
Himmler immediately guessed that the woman was probably the mysterious woman Mendoza had said, but when he saw the body, he found that the woman's face had been severely damaged, but he still asked Mendoza to recognize it, and Mendoza immediately said that the woman was the person he met at the time, and the evidence was the lighter in the bag that he remembered, and he thought that the woman was smoking at that time was extremely sexy.
Himmler immediately asked people to start investigating the origin of this woman, and found that all the identities of this woman were forged, but what surprised Himmler even more was that he also found a secret letter on this woman, and the content of the secret letter was actually related to Canaris. Himmler knew how serious this matter was, and he immediately sent his henchmen to forward this secret letter to Hitler, and as for what Hitler thought of this matter, he could not control.
As he had imagined, Hitler did not say anything about the secret letter, as if he did not know anything, and Himmler understood that the more Hitler did this, the more he became suspicious of Canaris.
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Grandes hugged Himmler and said, "Great, thank you to our German friends, for helping us find out about the conspiracy of the British!" It is unforgivable that these damned Englishmen should try to drive a wedge between our fraternal feelings. ”
Himmler smiled and said, "I have a Chinese friend, he said such a sentence, called the clear self-purification, the turbid self-turbidity, the fact can not be changed, the British must think that your country is inclined to us, afraid that we will attack the fortress of Gibraltar under the pretext, so this is why such a tragedy was made!" ”
Obedient to the sound of the gongs and drums, Grandes immediately understood the meaning of Himmler's words, and he said excitedly, "We, the Spanish people, will not be fooled, but it is a pity that we have not yet elected a leader who can lead us, otherwise we must have declared war with Britain now, and the cannonballs may have hit the head of the fortress of Gibraltar!" ”
Himmler was very satisfied with Grandes's statement, and he smiled and said: "I think this matter will be resolved soon, as long as there are people who are willing to stand up and shoulder the responsibilities entrusted to him by the Spanish people, and who are willing to contribute to the new world order, I believe that both at home and abroad will support him." ”
Grandes nodded and said, "The Spanish Falangist Party Congress is about to be held, and maybe everything will be decided at this meeting." ”
Himmler immediately said: "The leader will naturally have enough supporters if he wants to!" ”
The two smiled and shook hands, and the deal was struck.
Franco's assassination case can be said to be full of twists and turns, especially after it was revealed that Germany may be related to the assassination case, people from all sides have taken action one after another, and now the Spanish government and the German government have jointly released the news, and the news that Britain has forged Germany's assassination of Spanish Führer Franco has immediately spread all over the world, and when Chiang mediator in Chongqing got the news, he immediately called Dai Li, asking him to learn the advanced experience of Europe, while Roosevelt, who was in Washington, sent a telegram to London, asking why he acted so recklessly.
And Churchill in London said with a bewildered face - what the hell is going on??
-- London
"Conspiracy! This is a German conspiracy! Churchill roared loudly, he just got the news of Franco's murder when he suspected that Germany did it, just like Hitler suspected that Britain did it, when it was revealed that Franco was killed, the assassin used German equipment, and the assassin said in prison that he was supported by Germany, he also gloated and said to the people next to him, "Look, Hitler made a bad move, he pushed a key country to our side." ”
As a result, he was not happy for a few days, and now it was revealed that it was the British who killed Franco, and he saw God alive, his head went crazy to kill Franco, and Franco, who spent so many materials with the United States to stabilize, what is this cannon going on.
"Prime Minister, now Parliament has asked us and the MIA to give an account of Franco's assassination. Also..."The secretary next to him whispered.
"What explanation? We haven't done it at all, are these parliamentary elders willing to believe that Himmler rather than me, Churchill? Churchill glared at his secretary and said.
The secretary lowered his head and said after a while, "People outside are saying that we should find a way to assassinate Hitler instead of Franco, and some people say that the Prime Minister at that time could kill the Ballista without notifying the Parliament, and now it is possible to assassinate Franco without telling others, and there are even people who demand the arrest of Mr. Menzies, believing that his assassination of Franco has tarnished the glory of the British Empire." ”
"Nonsense!!" Churchill gulped down his cigarette and said, "Damn Germans, you don't admit it, bastard!!" I'm! And those council masters, too, are a bunch of bastards, even if we really killed them? Franco is a Nazi! What's more, it has nothing to do with us at all! Immediately issued a statement to the outside world that Britain did not admit any connection to Franco's assassination, and expressed its suspicion and condemnation of Germany! ”
Germany and Britain insulted each other in the international community for assassinating Franco, and Spain, as the protagonist, had just finished the party congress at this time, the new Führer was newly released, and Grandes was elected with a high vote, of course, Germany contributed a lot, and he also made a speech immediately after being elected, condemning the British assassination of the former Führer Franco, and calling on the people of the whole country to prepare for war against Britain. In his speech, he said: "Just a week ago, the British assassinated our Führer in our capital, so will in a week the British bombers bomb our houses?" Gibraltar, which had always belonged to Spain, was still occupied by the British, and if our Spanish ships wanted to go to sea, they had to get their consent, and we had to tell the British that Spain couldn't bear it anymore! The days of the threat of cannons in front of the gates of Spain should also be over!! Just as he finished speaking, the shooting sounded, and it was another assassination, but fortunately, this time no one was injured or killed, although it was not found who fired the shot, but at least, the German suspicion was completely cleared, and now everyone thinks that Britain must have done it - except for Churchill, he is going crazy, how could he not have thought that Germany would do such a desperate thing, and at this time it is still splashing dirty water, and there is no end?
The speech, which was like a declaration of war, was immediately applauded by Hitler, Mussolini and others, but it also aroused the concern of many people in Spain, Franco's policy of neutrality was actually the least risk to Spain, especially the result of the two sides enjoying the benefits made many Spaniards feel that this was not bad, especially the opposition and guerrillas in Spain, taking advantage of the opportunity to rise up, while shouting the slogan of peace, not war, and launching an attack on the government army -- well, there is nothing wrong with it.
Grandes was a little flustered at first when he saw the sudden chaos in the country, but Himmler immediately reassured him. He said to Grandes, "With the German army of five million backed by you, what are you afraid of?" The Führer is pleased with your performance and has already begun to develop a plan for the battle against Gibraltar, and if Spain recovers the fortress of Gibraltar, then you will be the first in hundreds of years! Your historical status will be even higher than that of Führer Franco! ”
Higher than Franco's historical status! This was something that Grandes had never dared to imagine, and he immediately relentlessly began to bloody suppress the opposition in the country, and at the same time began to prepare for an attack on Gibraltar, and invited German troops to enter Spain in order to attack Gibraltar with Spain. He had been a military commander, so it was clear that it would be too difficult for Spain to take the fortress of Gibraltar without the help of Germany.
How difficult is it? Let's talk about the location of the fortress of Gibraltar, he is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and there is only one passage that can be destroyed at any time to connect with Spain, although the entire fortress is only less than 6 square kilometers, but all of them are in the rocks, surrounded by cliffs, that is to say, there is no place to land on the beach, and there are 4 infantry battalions, 1 heavy artillery regiment, 2 anti-aircraft artillery regiments and related engineers and air defense units in the fortress at this time, there is enough food and fresh water inside the fortress to eat for ten years, and the fortress is armed with 11 heavy artillery batteries, There are guns from 233 mm to 155 mm, anti-aircraft guns are even denser, and there are navies and airfields, which can be said to be a model of defensive fortresses, to take here, how many people will fall, no one knows, but the thought of being able to cut off the passage from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, then the price is worth it, Hitler, after receiving the invitation of Grandes, has decided to send the most powerful offensive force to Gibraltar.