ACT611: The clouds are rising
As soon as he first began to cooperate with the U.S. government, Zhao Jian learned through the exchange of information that the predecessor of Broken Dawn was actually a branch of the ancient Freemasonry. This secret society, which originated in England, usually keeps a low profile and has its own unique beliefs and moral codes.
Because of its advocacy of the supremacy of freedom and the principle of non-dogma, there are a large number of factions within Freemasonry, influenced by personal ideas, national nationality and other factors.
In fact, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who advocated an alliance with Star Castle, was himself a member of Freemasonry. But because the American branch to which he belongs has a very short history, he only knows a little more about the "brother organization" of Broken Dawn than Zhao Jian.
For this reason, Zhao Jian tried to negotiate with the old Masonic Associations of Britain and France, but the British side refused to make any kind of representations with him. These stubborn and corrupt gentlemen have a very tough attitude, and in their eyes, Zhao Jian is the same as the group of nouveau riche in the United States.
The situation was even worse for the Freemasons in France, who were bloodily suppressed by the Nazis during the German occupation. There were traitors who provided the Gestapo with membership lists, and the vast majority of the members were secretly executed after being arrested, and a small number of survivors were missing.
The Nazis were so anxious to hunt down Freemasons, and ⊕ must have something to do with the Broken Dawn.
At this time, although the guerrilla movement intensified, most of the former European countries, including France, were still subservient to Nazi Germany and its allies.
However, with the beginning of the Battle of Mars, the German army, which was engaged in two-front warfare, had to transfer nearly 70% of the troops on the Venus side. Hitler hoped that the Italian allies and the client states such as Bulgaria would share their worries here, but this proved to be of little avail.
True! On paper, the Italians seem to be quite powerful, and it should not be a big problem for the unruly client states to send security forces to deal with the guerrillas. So the Germans, who took it for granted, were soon pit out of blood by their own innocence.
Three days after Japan successfully used the golden cicada to unhull the Zhao ship, Walter and his party took the German submarine U-47. Secretly came to New Paris, which was occupied by Nazi forces.
This once-vibrant and romantic city is now shrouded in a prison-like atmosphere of lifelessness under the white terror, revealing depression and dilapidation.
The submarine arrived at the Paris spaceport in the evening, and in order to avoid the shattered star area, the Germans deliberately turned on their stargate jammer, temporarily connecting the jump line between Jupiter and Venus. This is not only because of Walter's status, but also because they carry a "special cargo".
Before the submarine arrived in Paris, the German occupation forces had blocked the harbor four hours in advance, and there was not a single ship in sight in the empty harbor. On the pier stood a row of anticipatory German military officials.
The young man at the head has a seven-point resemblance to Walter, but the cold Sven's cold face is completely different from Walter, and he is the second son of the Bolton family...... Andrew. Mr bolton. After seeing the submarine coming down from the clouds, the other party raised his hand and glanced at his watch, and his brows suddenly furrowed.
Soon, the U-47 landed smoothly in the harbor with the guiding lights on, and as soon as the hatch opened, Walter was the first to emerge from it, fanning his neckline and shouting loudly. He behaved like a living monkey. Andrew's brow is getting tighter and tighter.
"Andrew! I didn't expect you to greet me, my brother is so happy! ”
"Brother, you're late."
"An-la! It was only three hours late. ”
“…… What about things? ”
Rather speechless, Andrew had long been accustomed to this, and he did not have a problem with the concept of time. continued to entangle with his idiot brother, and went straight to the point.
"Hey, hey! I knew you were going to ask this, huh! Here you go. ”
Walter said, taking out a wooden mask from his bosom and holding it in front of his brother. As soon as Andrew saw this thing, he immediately felt an urge to get angry. Resisting the urge to go berserk, Andrew asked as calmly as he could.
“…… What is it? ”
"Souvenirs of going to Japan! I remember Andrew, you loved collecting masks when you were a kid. So I picked one carefully. What do you think? Not bad, right? ”
"I ...... All right! Brother, maybe I didn't say it clearly enough, what I'm talking about is not this ghost...... Mask, but cargo J, where is this thing now!? ”
The voice that is almost squeezed out of his teeth, Andrew, who is known for his "calm and calm" on weekdays, can always be driven crazy by the other party's words in the face of his own brother. Fortunately, Walter knew that flirting should be accepted as soon as he saw it, and did not continue to stimulate the other party.
"Oh! You say the sprouts, Irma, bring the box. ”
As soon as Walter's words fell, several German submariners were struggling to get a metal box out of the cabin. The box looked like it was made of some kind of alloy, and it was not hard to tell from the red faces of the submariners that it was not an ordinary weight. After the box was lifted out of the cabin, it took the combined efforts of four strong men to lift it off the submarine and put it on a cargo trailer to send it away.
"Huh? Don't you need to inspect the goods on site? ”
"Brother, jokes are enough, you should know how dangerous that thing is."
Watching the goods go smoothly, Andrew was reluctant to stay in front of his disappointed brother for even a minute longer. But as soon as he turned around, before he could take a step, his right hand was grabbed. When Andrew looked back, he saw that Walter was looking at himself pitifully with an expression like an abandoned puppy, and he looked so cheap that he wanted to kick his feet.
"Let it go."
"Andrew, we brothers haven't seen each other for a long time, let's have dinner together in the evening!"
"Sorry! I'm not the same as my brother, my time. Space. Yes. Limit! ”
After finishing the words word by word, Andrew shook his right hand fiercely, and then silently turned to leave, while Walter sighed in frustration and shrugged helplessly at Irma behind him.
"Looks like I'm hated by my brother!"
"It didn't start today."
Habitually spitting out a groove, Irma, who felt that her temperament was more compatible with Andrew, followed Walter into the car that came to pick him up. What they brought this time was regarded by the Germans as a "trump card" that could turn the tide of the Martian war, and both Hitler and Heinrich had high hopes for it. A new storm is quietly taking shape...... (To be continued......)