This mystery seems to be difficult to answer anytime soon.

Coming to the Grand Hotel Berlin, the accommodation here is much better. Manstein settled Wang Weiyi and the others, politely said goodbye, and said that he would come to pick them up the next day to attend the banquet under His Majesty the Emperor.

After sitting in the room for a while, a little bored, someone brought the newspaper of the day.

The front pages of the newspapers reported that Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg had been appointed Chief of Staff, and that 1st Class General Ludendorff had been appointed Supreme Commander-in-Chief of First Quartermaster.

At the same time, the newspapers also reported on the "Hindenburg Plan" drawn up by the two perfectly matched commanders.

Wang Weiyi couldn't be clearer that the emergence of the "Hindenburg Plan" made Hindenburg and Ludendorff the supreme rulers of Germany's fate.

To Wang Weiyi's great surprise, under the "Hindenburg Plan", there was an article:

"Creator of the Somme Miracle"!

That's right, it's Wang Weiyi - Ernst Bream! The article begins with a description of the "brilliant and great" victory of the German counteroffensive on the Somme.

Wang Weiyi smiled.

In fact, the Somme counteroffensive was not as great as the newspapers said. Strictly speaking, the Germans merely restored their previously lost positions, but did not inflict further heavy casualties on the Anglo-French forces.

And from the second paragraph of the article, the focus is on the commander of the third company of the supplementary battalion of the 16th Bavarian Infantry Regiment: Ernst Brem.

He and a temporary "hired" Chinese laborer, Guo, miraculously destroyed the British Army's invincible Prince Sobock Battalion and the 19th Welsh Infantry Regiment while surrounded by more than 100,000 British troops, annihilating more than 500 enemies. And it was inspired by the "Ernst Miracle" that the German soldiers fought bravely and finally won the Somme victory.

The article is as if you have seen it with your own eyes, and it describes the course of the battle in vivid and vivid terms.

The articles "Creator of the Miracle of the Somme", "Mr. Miracles", "Hero of Germany" are full of praise. However, the word "tank" is not mentioned, and it seems that Lieutenant Ernst and his companions made such a victory entirely with their own hands.

Wang Weiyi could only smile bitterly.

How can there be more than 100,000 British troops? There were so many enemies surrounding him, and he drowned himself with a mouthful of spit. Propaganda is nothing more than exaggerated propaganda.

The war has been going on until now, in addition to genius commanders like Hindenburg and Ludendorff, heroes like Wang Weiyi who are low-level officers are needed to boost everyone's morale.

The "Miracle of the Somme" gave the German propaganda establishment the best chance to do so

While reading the newspaper, the waiter at the hotel knocked on the door and told Wang Weiyi that there was an officer outside who wanted to see him.

Officer? Wang Weiyi was stunned for a moment, tidied up his clothes, and asked the waiter to bring in the officer who wanted to see him.

It was a colonel in his forties, tall and thin-faced. As soon as he saw that the other party's official rank was much higher than his own, Wang Weiyi hurriedly stood upright.

"Hello, Lieutenant Ernst Brem, Maker of the Somme Miracle." The colonel said lightly: "I am Colonel Caljes Nikolai of the Military Intelligence Directorate of the Army Staff. ”

Nikolai? Chief of military intelligence Nikolai?

Wang Weiyi's spirit suddenly gathered: "Colonel, it's an honor to meet you. ”

"I'm honored to meet you." Although he said this, he did not hear the slightest meaning of "honor" in his words, he sat down, and his eyes fell on the newspaper that Wang Weiyi was reading: "Lieutenant Ernst, now your story is being told throughout Germany, and on the streets of Berlin, there are two people whose names will be enthusiastically sought after as soon as they appear, one is Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, and the other is you. ”

"I'm ashamed that I didn't do much." Wang Weiyi said lightly.

Nikolai's sudden appearance here so quickly was enough to arouse his own vigilance.

Judging by Richthofen's attitude towards him, this person is not likeable, but most of the people who do intelligence work are like Nikolai.

Sure enough, Nikolai then changed his words: "It's just that I'm curious, according to the news from the front, you have captured a total of three tanks before and after." Ah, on this point, our spies lurking in the British sent similar information, and confirmed the surrender of the British tanks."

It must have been replaced by the information itself. However, until now, Wang Weiyi still did not dare to relax in the slightest, he believed that since Nikolai came, he must have another purpose.

Nikolai looked at Wang Weiyi: "What makes me curious, why are the British tankmen so willing to work for you?" And three tanks in a row are working for you? Do you have any magic? What is even more strange is that all three tanks were destroyed on the eve of the victory, and none of the tankers survived, which is too strange. ”

"I don't quite understand what you mean." Wang Weiyi said calmly.

Nikolai smiled slightly: "Lieutenant, we also did something similar, let a German officer kill many of his own people, and then fled to the British, and as a result, he became a hero in the eyes of the British." Ah, of course, I know that you are certainly not such a person, and if there is any offense, I must forgive you. ”

Wang Weiyi's heart was put down.

Nikolai only suspected that he had made some kind of shady deal with the British, or more directly, that he had been bribed by the British to become a spy.

If that's the case, it's much easier. No one can tell the truth about the three No. 1 tanks.

"Colonel, I feel insulted." Wang Weiyi's face also became gloomy: "It's your right to be suspicious, and you can also investigate me, but you have no right to doubt a German officer's loyalty to Germany!" I have spoken this carefully with Miss Heinrich Elena. ”

"Yes, Heinrich did say such things to me." Nikolai stood up at this point: "I didn't mean anything else, it was just curiosity that drove me to do it." Ah, His Majesty the Emperor will summon you tomorrow, I will not disturb your rest, I hope we can meet again after the feast of His Majesty the Emperor. ”

Wang Weiyi smiled and sent Nikolai out, but at this time he felt a kind of crisis. Especially Nikolai's last words, it was clear that he was telling himself that he would never give up on this matter.

We have to find a way to get rid of this crisis as soon as possible, otherwise Colonel Nikolai and his Army Staff Military Intelligence will haunt them like a ghost.

(Take my son out of the city today, send it early, and come back in the afternoon with two chapters, ask for recommendations.) )