Chapter 29: Ambush
Casablanca's city-wide martial law raid on the "Gentlemen's Alliance" ultimately yielded little to gain. When they searched the hiding place where the German intelligence officers were located, the "Gentlemen's Alliance" and the Hydra Force had all left, and even the local German intelligence agents had completely withdrawn.
It's not that the Allies are too wasteful, it's Casablanca's unique limitations. Morocco itself was a colony, and its inhabitants were largely Arabs of Islam, and the city's inhabitants had little affection for either side of the world war. Both the Allies and the Germans were enemies in their eyes.
Coupled with the previous shelling, the local residents were even more uncooperative with the Allied forces, and there were even a number of violent confrontations between military and civilians in the city, making the city-wide search in Casablanca full of loopholes. Under the leadership and camouflage of the intelligence officers, Skorzny and the others were very obedient and quickly withdrew to the outskirts of the city.
Here, the German intelligence officers would continue to hide until the night, and then return to Berlin by a U-boat that had come to pick them up with the research materials of the "Super Soldier Project" and Baron Weidenbele, who had degenerated into a vampire bat. Skorzny and Baron Stark will lead the "League of Gentlemen" and Hydra special forces to intercept the all-important Allied military line.
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Morocco has a long and narrow territory, with a coastline of more than 1,700 kilometers and complex terrain. The central and northern parts are bordered by the rugged Atlas Mountains, the Upper Plateau and the former Sahara Plateau to the east and south, and only the northwestern coastal area is a long, narrow and warm plain.
Morocco's population and essence are concentrated on the western coast, with Casablanca being the country's largest city. Morocco is still a Spanish colony, and Rabat is its de facto political center.
Morocco has a railway that is close to the west coast, starting in El Gadida in the south and connecting to the port of Ceuta at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar. At present, the port of Ceuta was under the jurisdiction of the Allies, and important men and goods transported by the military trains were to be transported through the Channel to Portugal and then to England.
The port of Ceuta has a complex population of Muslims, Jews, and Hindus, and although it is geographically part of Africa and was once ruled by Muslims, it has been working to eliminate Muslim influence in order to spread Christianity since the Portuguese King John I occupied Ceuta in the early 15th century.
Even when Portugal ceded Ceuta to Spain in the 17th century, this religious policy did not change. Culturally, therefore, the port of Ceuta is completely different from the Muslim city of Casablanca and can be considered part of Andalusia. In fact, even the natives of Port Ceuta never saw themselves as Moroccans, but as part of Spain.
The local population of Port Ceuta was disgusted with the excesses of the Spanish dictatorship, and regarded the Allies as liberators, and the relationship between the military and the people was acceptable. If the military train was allowed to reach the port of Ceuta, the "League of Gentlemen" would never have been able to do whatever they wanted, as they had done in Casablanca, and they would have been in the city for half a day before they could be pulled out by the Allies.
As for the sea, the narrow Strait of Gibraltar and the Bay of Biscay are also different from the vast Atlantic, which is full of English fleets anchored in the ports of southwestern France, and German submarines have no chance of sneak attack.
Attacking the train had to do so on the way, and Skorzny and Baron Stark chose the location in the small city of Ganitra in central Morocco, not far from Rabat.
Morocco's western coast is a long, narrow and warm plain, which is why cities such as Casablanca and Rabat are more prosperous. Ganitra is a small fishing port with a more complex topography than an ordinary coastal city, backed by a folded mountainous terrain, upstream of the mouth of the Sebu River. The treacherous canyon railroad bridge that Skorzny had Lady Monica simulate was just outside of Geneitra.
Of course, if the "League of Gentlemen" wants to attack the military columns, the most important key is not the terrain, but that they must first catch up with the military columns. It would not be right to say that the Allied manhunt in Casablanca did not bear any results, at least they delayed the "League of Gentlemen" and left the Germans several hours behind the ranks.
In Morocco, where there are no Mercedes and no planes, it is not easy for the "League of Gentlemen" to catch up with a train that has been departing for hours. Luckily, the Hydra forces solved the puzzle for them.
"Horses? Lieutenant Colonel, are you going to use these horses to catch up with the train? Captain Bock looked at Skorzny with a strange expression.
During World War II, the speed of trains was generally not fast, and ordinary steam trains were generally designed to run at a maximum speed of no more than 100 kilometers per hour, and they ran at a maximum speed of 60-80 kilometers per hour in peacetime. And it is difficult for a best racing horse to travel more than 80 kilometers per hour, in other words, even if the horse can run faster than the train, it is limited, not to mention that at this speed, the horse will not be able to run several kilometers.
"Hehe, Captain Bock, don't underestimate these horses, they have taken the special biochemical drugs of the Hydra Army, and they can run at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour for a full six hours!" Baron Stark came from a distance with his cane, accompanied by the Red Skull.
"Our intelligence officers have inquired, the Allied military trains are armored trains, and they are slower than ordinary steam trains, so we can catch up with them before nightfall!" Skorzny patted the neck of the horse next to him and made a rare joke, "It's just that our butts are going to suffer a little!" ”
"Then I don't have any doubts, let's get off early!" Bock said with some excitement, "We intercepted the Allied 'Super Soldier Project', and if we can kill Albert Einstein, the chief scientist of the Allied Unconventional War Force, then even if we fail to assassinate the heads of the three countries this time, 'Hercules' will be a complete success." ”
"Even if Germany cannot defeat the whole world, it will definitely end this war with dignity!" Skorzny glanced at each other, and they all saw an uplifting glimmer of hope in the eyes of their colleagues.
As the war entered its sixth year, these German elites had long since seen that the Reich was exhausted. The Third German Reich was not defeated on the battlefield, they were brought down alive by the Allied forces that gathered the manpower and material resources of the world.
Germany was no longer able to win on the conventional battlefield, and could only count on unconventional war forces to turn the tables and end the war. At this moment, Skorzny and others suddenly realized that the turning point of the war was in their hands, and the "League of Gentlemen" seized the golden key to the door of victory.
"In the name of the 'League of Gentlemen'...... In the name of 'Hydra'...... In the name of 'Germany'......"
"Bet on the glory of the warriors and we will win!"
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The valley is filled with heavy morning dew in the early morning, and the cool of early spring permeates the mountain streams.
"Chirp, chirp!" A green-covered insect jumped out and landed right in front of a large head, as if startled by the light gray pupils of the behemoth, and the green insect quickly jumped away, and disappeared into the depths of the grass in the shaking of branches and leaves.
"How's it going, Gerthard, is there any movement down there?" A head with green grass suddenly grew on the ground beside Joey, and it was none other than Captain Bock wearing cover.
"No, the military column hasn't arrived here yet!" Joey tilted his head to glance at the railroad bridge below, and replied faintly.
Joey and Bock are now hiding right on the right cliff of the Canyon Railroad Bridge, condescending to the railroad bridge ahead. Skolzny set the ambush here out of desperation.
On the plains, the guards on the train could see the attackers from a distance, and the Allied armored trains were so powerful that it was difficult for the "League of Gentlemen" to approach the trains, and only in such dangerous terrain did they have the opportunity to touch the trains and launch a series of sabotage and attacks.
"Perhaps...... Our information is wrong, they have already passed the railway bridge! Bock frowned slightly, and said a little restlessly.
"This is impossible, the torrential rain and mudslides not only limit us, but the impact on the railway will be greater, and they will not be able to go to the front!" Joey shrugged his shoulders indifferently, he wasn't pretending to be calm, but judging from the news from Xiaolian, the Allied army had indeed not arrived here.
After setting out yesterday, the "Gentlemen's Alliance" was suddenly hit by torrential rain and several mudslides on the way, and it was impossible to reach the original attack site before nightfall.
Skorzny was frustrated that they would never be able to catch up with the army again, but after asking the locals along the way, they discovered that the rainstorm in early spring was extremely widespread. Not only did it slow down their catch-up, but it also had a greater impact on the railway, as the Allied army was trapped in Rabat by the mudslide and did not reach Ganitra that night.
Seeing that the hope had not disappeared, the "Gentlemen's Alliance" quickly whipped up, and finally arrived at the site of the attack in the early morning - the canyon railway bridge, at the cost of the violent death of all the horses and the exhaustion of all the personnel.
Due to time constraints and insufficient explosives to carry, Skorzny vetoed Bock's plan to blow up the bridge. Only lay in ambush at both ends of the railway bridge, quietly waiting for the arrival of enemy troops.
The shallow stream below the gorge is an intermittent river that joins the Sebu River in the spring when there is plenty of water. In the summer, the stream breaks off, revealing a rocky gravel beach at the bottom of the stream.
Due to the large drop between the upper and lower reaches of this intermittent stream and a large waterfall, the river is erratic and has multiple forks. Looking down from the cliffs of Joey's Hidden Canyon, you can clearly see nine different forked rivers, like a hydra "Xudra" crawling at the bottom of the canyon.
"Woo~~" While Bock and Joey were talking softly, the sound of a train whistle was faintly heard in the distance of the canyon!
"It's coming!" Joey and Bock stopped discussing, and a gleam flashed in their eyes at the same time.