Standing in front of the guard post in the wolf's den, Gascoll asked his assistant to help him arrange his military uniform. He rushed here in the dust, not wanting to show a trace of bad state in front of the Führer.

At about the same time, the officer at the checkpoint also finished checking his documents, respectfully handed the leather officer ID card back to Gascoll, and saluted: "You can pass, General Gascoll!"

It was a carefully arranged process according to the security plan devised by him and Heydrich, and he only got to know the strict process today, and although there were Wehrmacht intelligence officers who knew him, they were still stopped by the SS who were also on duty. It's not easy to get through a checkpoint like guò.

He took his assistant to the checkpoint and continued to walk, step by step into the wolf's den, until he finally stood in front of a gate. There was a soft knock on the door, and after hearing Anna inside, Gascoll pushed open the door and walked in.

"My Führer, Gascol has been ordered to come. Gaskol stood upright and made a solemn German salute. There will always be those who will be loyal to his leader, who are born soldiers, obedient ones, and the cornerstones that form a strong fortress. Gascoll was one of those people, loyal to Accardo, from his soul, who regarded intelligence work as his life, and even his fellow Heydrich praised him as a true soldier of the Reich.

"I'm sorry to get you here. But there are a lot of tricky issues that you need to deal with. Accardo pointed to Wen Jiàn on the table, and said with a smile, "You know about the beehives, right?"

Gascoll nodded: "Yes, Führer, the accuracy of the intelligence sent back by the beehives has been confirmed with the SS intelligence channels in charge of security, and the Soviets are indeed investing in the development of new weapons. ”

"The Soviets are expected to develop new weapons, because we can't stop people from following us. But there is another piece of information that is definitely worth studying in depth, and with this information, we can even make a fuss in the Balkans. Accardo stood up, put the information on the coffee table in front of Gascol, and said with a smile: "What do you think about the Soviets' winter offensive plan?"

"Führer, as far as I know, we began to prepare antifreeze and cold-resistant equipment for winter operations 10 years ago, and now all the equipment used on the front line has undergone extreme cold-resistant equipment, and if our weapons cannot fight, then the enemy can only fight with wooden sticks. Gascoll is full of confidence when he mentions the preparations for winter operations, and the intelligence department of this plan is also involved, responsible for a lot of confusing disinformation and cover, although it is only a side understanding, but from those scattered clues, you can see that the entire preparation work is huge and comprehensive, so Gascol is also very sure of Accardo's preparations.

Accardo also nodded, after all, he personally advocated the wintering plan of the entire Eastern Front, he knew how well prepared Germany was, so he was also full of confidence in the German army's operations this winter. He smiled and pointed to the report form on his desk, showing off to Gascoll: "The storage and distribution of winter clothes is being carried out in secret, at least this winter, every soldier in the German army will not be cold, this is the result of our efforts all along." ”

After a pause, he continued: "The Soviets are waiting for their secret weapon, and they hope to equip them with some new weapons before the winter comes, so that we can be caught off guard in the winter, but unfortunately we have all their plans, so we can know that they are not ready to launch a counterattack immediately." ”

Pointing to the Balkans, he said to Gascoll: "Order the beehives to collect a comprehensive collection of the plans and stages of the preparation of the Soviet Red Army." I need to know their ammunition reserves, their training, and even the movement of each general. Try to gather all the intelligence for us. ”

"I have ordered that a part of General Kluger's troops be transferred to form Army J with the new recruits, to divide the Balkan Peninsula with Italy and Turkey, and to create a German outlet to the sea in the Mediterranean!" he tapped on the map, and finally said firmly: "I have given the order of the Supreme High Command to this plan, and the commander of Army Group J has nominated me for approval, an expert in armored warfare, General Hermann Hoult." ”

"So, my Führer, the battle for the Balkans is about to begin?" asked Gascoll excitedly. His intelligence department has been operating there for seven years, just to cooperate with this military operation, and now the time has come to test the army intelligence department, whether it will succeed or fail, it will depend on the next few days.

Referring to the battle in the Balkans, Accardo still sighed: "Diplomatic efforts have failed, Greece and other countries have naturally fallen to the United States and the British royal family, after all, our Axis powers have absorbed Turkey, as long as they are not stupid, they can guess that we will definitely compromise with Turkey on the Balkan issue." ”

Greece and Yugoslavia are not fools, and the main reason why their diplomats have been at odds with Germany is that they are afraid that Germany will sell out its Balkan interests in order to draw Turkey in. Now that Turkey has joined the Axis powers, it is no longer clearer that Greece and other Balkan countries have naturally begun to fully rely on the United States and the British royal family, and the United States has also sent a lot of military goods to the Balkans when the Soviet Union attacked Germany in order to make trouble for Germany.

Now, the last fig leaf has been torn off, and war in the Balkans is on the verge of breaking out. Italy is sharpening its knives in the west, Turkey is eyeing the southeast, Romania and Germany are at the top of Mount Tai in the north, and the people of the Balkans have taken up arms to defend their homeland. However, compared to the nearly 1 million Axis troops around them, the British garrison and the local army here were too small.

The British had only 3 battalions of combat troops here (the rest had been transferred to North Africa), and an additional regiment of soldiers was stationed in Crete. Greece has 10 divisions with about 150,000 troops, and other countries have 20 divisions with 330,000 troops. Approaching 500,000 troops seems to be a decent number, but these forces lack heavy weapons, air force, and naval support.

However, for the locals, who were determined to defend their homeland to the death, they were so comfortable facing the impending invaders that many were optimistic that their opponents were only 200,000 men (the Germans had about 200,000 troops). The commander-in-chief of the Greek army even optimistically estimated that as long as the German offensive was stopped, the offensive in the remaining directions would be stopped, and he even declared to reporters in public that if the Germans invaded the Balkans, it would be a turning point in the war.

Obviously, the Greek army was not as verbal as their commanders, and they knew that they could not stand up to the more than 1,000 tanks and nearly 1,000 aircraft mobilized by the Germans, so they began to dig fortifications and build strong defensive positions in important defensive areas.

After thinking for a while, Accardo remembered that Gascoll was still standing in the room, so he smiled awkwardly and continued: "I did not call you here because of the upcoming battle in the Balkans, but because there is an important situation I want to discuss with you and see how to deal with it. ”

"Oh, what's the situation?" asked Gascoll, waiting for Accardo to come back to his senses, when he was suddenly told by the Führer.

"This is a record of sorties sent by the Air Force, as well as an operational record of intercepting enemy aircraft, you see what is strange on it. Accardo found a record from a stack of papers on the table, handed it to Gascoll and said, "Don't look at that Hartmann shooting down the 100th plane yesterday, I'm really surprised by this, but it's not what I want you to see." ”

"The few people sent to the front by the Führer are all hot now, that Wren, and now there is another Hartman. After Gaskol complimented him, he looked at the record seriously, he was able to sit in his current position, not by sycophants, he knew that the Führer came to him to ask him to work, not to compliment him.

"My Führer, on the record, since July, the number of air force take-offs of the Soviet Red Army has been close to zero. But after July 23, the number of Soviet aircraft taking off suddenly increased, which was very wrong. There is no reason to take off and die without any basis. Gascoll frowned, and at a glance saw the unusual take-off of Soviet planes after the 23rd.

"Look at this again. Accardo handed another document to Gaskor, not an intelligence, but an order, an operational order from the General Staff of the Army, ordering the tank units of the Eastern Front to hit in batches in the direction of Kyiv for the modification of thickened armor.

"The news was leaked...... Wait a minute...... It wasn't leaked, but it was discovered by the other party. After reading it, Gasco immediately came to his conclusion: "The order was issued on the 21st, if the news is leaked, then the other side will take action on the 21st, and the other side only began to take off in large numbers on the 23rd to attack, apparently the news was obtained later." ”

This was also the conclusion of the SS intelligence. Accardo nodded: "Electronic detection has found that there is a radio station on the other side near Kyiv, which is not active, so it is impossible to determine its specific location." However, it is true that there are Soviet spy services working in Kyiv to provide some intelligence information to the Soviet high-level. ”

"My Führer. Gascol stood up: "Leave this to me, and I will do my best to catch these people, after all, I am familiar with this kind of thing." ”

Accardo smiled: "I'll wait for your news, go ahead!"