Chapter 2: The Hercules Plan
"Second Lieutenant, this is a personal item sent to you by the gendarmerie, if you need anything, please contact the hotel reception!" The hotel lobby manager, dressed in a black tuxedo, placed a small wooden box on the coffee table and bowed out of the room.
Qin Lun looked up at this luxurious hotel suite, which is only a five-minute walk from Marienplatz, which can be regarded as the most upscale hotel in Munich. The furnishings in the rooms are mainly rosewood and rosewood, which looks elegant and noble, in the classical aristocratic style of the Renaissance.
Opening the wooden box sent by the hotel manager, Qin Lun looked through the personal belongings that Gerhard had stored in the Zài gendarmerie before he was imprisoned.
The wooden box contained a small number of items, a Luger pistol, a WEMPE German Air Force watch, and a miscellaneous notepad and small items, the most notable of which was an Iron Cross with a small Nazi swastika in the center.
Qin Lun's eyes lit up, he took out the Iron Cross, put it in the middle of his collar, and walked around in front of the mirror proudly.
When he was reading history books in Handan Prison, he liked this kind of medal of honor for courage and dedication, especially the Iron Cross awarded by the Third Reich in history.
After admiring himself for a while, Qin Lun finally poured himself a glass of red wine, sat on the mahogany chair, and thought about what Skorzny said to him that day.
The Second World War was not close to the same as Qin Lun's known history, the Germans conquered Stalingrad at the end of 1942, and in the summer of 1943, besieged the Soviet capital Moscow again, forcing Stalin to make the decision to move the capital to the Far East at the end of the year.
The Allied landings in Normandy were nearly a year ahead of schedule, beginning in July 1943 and lasting three months, and the decision of the Americans to enter the war in anticipation of the fruits of victory turned into a catastrophe.
By the end of 1944, leaving aside the Asian battlefield, the number of casualties of the American army in the European theater had reached 3 million, of which the death toll exceeded 60%, more than 10 times that of Qin Lun's time and space.
However, perhaps due to the historical inertia of another plane of space, the Third Reich, although stronger and more brilliant, was still slowly dying.
In 1945, the Third Reich was also bled under the siege of the whole world, and it walked into the imperial twilight uncontrollably.
However, the other Western powers were even more tired of this protracted war and were eager to end it. At this time, the SS Foreign Intelligence Service received a top-secret piece of information.
The heads of state of the three countries, including US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, will meet in Casablanca, Morocco's largest city, in a week's time.
The specific content of the meeting was not mentioned in the intelligence, and according to the existing clues, the three major allies of the conference will carry out a consolidation of their own unconventional war forces. The integrated Allied war forces may be greatly enhanced, which will be extremely detrimental to the future war of the Third Reich.
Upon receiving this information, the SS Foreign Intelligence Service immediately reported it to Führer Hitler. Hitler ordered the conscription of Germany's best fighters and special abilities into a special einsatzgruppen.
After the formation of the special task force, it will be led by the commander of the special forces in Fort Orning, Lieutenant Colonel Skorzny, and immediately go to Casablanca, Morocco. The primary goal of the operation was to assassinate the three Allied leaders, and the secondary goal was to detect the unconventional warfare forces that the three great powers were planning to integrate.
The battle plan of the Einsatzgruppen is codenamed the main mission of the Apostle - "Hercules"!
Hercules is one of the most famous heroes of Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmone. Haunted by Zeus's wife Hera for his origins, he later completed twelve of the twelve tasks that King Eurystheus deliberately made difficult for him, known as the "impossible".
The German headquarters named the battle plan "Hercules", indicating the difficulties in this battle plan, just like the twelve "impossible" missions that Hercules encountered. And Hercules's great achievement of finally completing twelve tasks also pinned on the high expectations of Hitler, the head of the Reich, for the Einsatzgruppen.
Looking at the content of the tasks that had already been shown in the death list, Qin Lun grinned lightly, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth. He loved the task that was full of unknowns and challenges from the start.
It's no wonder that the difficulty of this mission extends from the sergeant major level to the brigadier colonel rank, and if you want to participate in the assassination of the three Allied leaders, you really need a third-rank high-ranking apostle to have this ability.
If it weren't for the fact that the Special Operations Team had other powerful plot characters, Qin Lun would have had to give up regrettably. He loves challenges and mysterious adventures, but not to death.
After only half a day's rest in the hotel, the commander of the Einsatzgruppen Skorzny came over, accompanied by two men and a woman, in addition to the special forces of Fort Orning.
"Gerthard, this is Captain Bock of the Air Force paratrooper unit...... This is Baron Weidenbele, and Lady Monica! Skolzny pointed to two men and a woman.
Qin Lun looked up at the three of them from left to right, and Captain Bock, who was also a lieutenant with him, was wearing a field blue officer's uniform. With a stern demeanor, a straight waist, a concise handshake with him, and a stern smile with a hint of indifference, he was a typical German soldier.
Baron Weidenbeyler was handsome, about thirty years of age, with a large back and a mustache. He wears a gray gown with a waistcoat and white shirt underneath, and a top black hat.
When the baron saw Qin Lun looking at him, he took off his hat, put his cane under his armpit, and politely stretched out his hand.
"It's a pleasure to meet another German battle hero!" Weidenbele's gaze swept over Qin Lun's Iron Cross, smiling and nodding in acknowledgment.
"I'm also glad to meet an orthodox Juncker!" Qin Lun learned the indifferent look that Gerthard should have in his memory, and said indifferently, "However, the empire has long since abolished the title of nobleman, and it doesn't seem appropriate for you to call yourself a baron!" ”
(Germany abolished the system of aristocratic titles during the Weimar Republic)
"Hehe, my title was awarded by the German Emperor, not by myself!" Weidenbel smiled and shrugged his shoulders without mind, "I don't care if I have this title or not, it's just that my acquaintances are used to it, and everyone has continued!" ”
"Please forgive me for my presumptuousness!" Qin Lun apologized in a timely manner, still a little surprised in his heart.
You must know that there are only three people in the German Empire who can be called emperors, Wilhelm I, Friedrich III and Wilhelm II. Even Wilhelm II, who abdicated in 1918, is twenty-seven years away.
If it is true, as Weidenberger says, his barony was conferred by the German Kaiser himself, and he has been accustomed to it from that time on. He must have received the title in 1918, and he should have been an adult by then, definitely not in his thirties, as he seems.
It seems that he is also one of the strange people mentioned by Lieutenant Colonel Skorzny! Qin Lun's mind flickered, and his eyes once again looked towards the last member of the Einsatzgruppen and the only lady.
Compared to Weidenbeyler, who was dressed in a dress, Mrs. Monica was even less like the main force of the Einsatzgruppen who was going to participate in combat missions. The lady wore a top hat with flower arrangement, dressed in court dress, a black princess dress on the outside, a shirt embroidered with ribbon lace on the inside, and a velvet shoulder on her shoulder.
In addition to the fact that the costume and atmosphere are not very harmonious, Mrs. Monica seems to be well-read and reasonable, and she is a mature beauty of the royal sister type. The slender figure outlined by the princess dress is convex and backward, with slender eyebrows and a round chin. Although the cheeks are shaved and the cheekbones are a little high, they have a cold and arrogant beauty unique to Eastern European beauties.
"It's an honor to meet you, beautiful lady!" Qin Lun bowed straight with his waist straight.
"Second Lieutenant Gerthard, please don't be polite!" Mrs. Monica took off her long gloves and stretched out her jade hand in front of Qin Lun.
Monica's actions made Qin Lun stunned for a moment, and he quickly came back to his senses, hurriedly took the woman's little hand, and kissed it with his lips.
"Huh!" The young man's clumsy kiss made everyone chuckle subconsciously.
"Well, with the exception of Mr. Kluger, an interrogation expert hired by the Intelligence Service, all the rangers in Munich have arrived!" Skorzny clapped his palms and turned everyone's attention back to him, "Please bear with me, don't go out!" In the afternoon we will take a special train to Hamburg, meet up with several other members of the Einsatzgruppen from Berlin, and immediately depart for Casablanca! ”
Then Skorzny inquired about the weapons and equipment they needed, and left everyone alone. Towards the end of the afternoon, the SS lieutenant colonel not only brought back the weapons and items that everyone had requested, but also the interrogator Kluger.
Despite the completely different physical appearance, Qin Lun quickly recognized the familiar "interrogation expert", another serial killer - Clown Grant.
When everyone came to the military train station on the outskirts of Munich, Qin Lun also met Lin Feng, Xiaolian and the shemale Lily from the accompanying special forces queue. Lin Feng's identity is a signal soldier of the Einsatzgruppen, and Xiaolian is a field ambulance.
And when Qin Lun saw Lily's identity, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. Lily has really changed from a shemale to a plot beauty, and is a secretary with a bewitching figure. If this is not the evil taste of the broken starry sky, then it is estimated that when it arranged the identity of the apostle, it fully calculated the most suitable role for the apostle's character.
The train was an armored train assigned by the German military, with thick steel armor covering the carriage and locomotive, and a 650 mm train gun in the middle. In addition, there is also a squadron of Fort Oning's special forces on the train, who are the most basic manpower part of the Einsatzgruppen.
If it is possible to reach Casablanca safely, in the "Hercules Plan", this special forces squadron will be responsible for creating chaos in the city, as well as breaking off the mission. All the German special forces in the squadron, including several medics and signal corps, had already written suicide notes, and none of them intended to leave Casablanca alive.