Chapter 230: To Each His Own Trick (1)

The arrival of the German Führer on the British Empire did not provoke much reaction from the British public, and in fact few British people knew that it had happened at the moment. Xu Jun's visit this time should be said to be a secret operation, even Petain, who saw him off at the airport, only thought that he was returning to Calais's headquarters base, and he never imagined that he would fly directly to England.

This is not the best time for the German Führer to appear in the UK, because the agreement between Britain and Germany has not yet been formally signed, and the German Führer's presence on British soil at this moment will trigger negative associations among the British public, who will see this as the German Führer is eager to show off his victory to the world, and at the same time put pressure on the British government to negotiate, once the British have this impression, it will be a great price to reverse in the future.

Therefore, Xu Jun blocked the news of his visit to the outside world, and only notified Army Group E and some British high-level officials. Xu Jun could have waited until the agreement was signed, and then descended into the city as a conqueror, rather than staying cautiously in a heavily guarded airbase on the outskirts of London.

There was an important reason for his trip, he had to meet some people in person, and some promises had to be confirmed by him in person, so that they could feel truly reassured. Germany's new Führer has always maintained good credit compared to his predecessor Hitler, and his verbal promises are more credible than most written agreements, and the traders will not even be able to sleep without his personal consent.

The Führer's fleet was parked on the tarmac of the airport, and the Führer's plane was covered with a canvas cover for secrecy. This time he brought a platoon of flag guards and a group of attachés, who followed him to England in ten Junkers JU52s. In addition to his immediate staff, the attaché also included more than a dozen staff members of the German Foreign Office, who had come to the front as the vanguard of the German negotiating team.

Xu Jun and his entourage lived in the senior officers' apartments arranged by Mueller himself, and the retinue group and the guard flag team occupied the entire apartment floor, and then a large number of guards on the periphery dispersed. The area within a radius of five kilometers was tightly cordoned off by the German Army, and two fighter squadrons were on guard duty in the air, and the soldiers were strictly ordered not to disclose the news of the Führer's arrival to the outside world.

"Your Excellency the Führer has arrived in the UK, I'm sorry I can't tell you more details, you just need to inform your superiors of this news, so that they can be ready to wait for your Excellency to summon you." Derek picked up a glass of gin from the table, raised his head and drank it down.

"Mr. Derek. Trust my bosses to be happy to hear the news, they've been looking forward to this opportunity for a long time. "John. Smith picked up the beautifully decorated crystal wine bottle and filled it to both himself and Derek.

Derek is a sleeper agent who is part of the intelligence department of the Wehrmacht Command, who had infiltrated the circle of the British House of Lords before the outbreak of the war, and had been passing on classified information leaked by members of the British House of Lords to the Eye of Odin.

Now that the war was over and Derek's mission was complete, Germany was in dire need of some intermediaries who were familiar with the various British factions, so Derek was added as a liaison envoy of the German High Command. When revealing his new position to his British friends. Most people were speechless in astonishment, they had no idea that this elegant and wealthy gentleman turned out to be a spy, and a native German.

"I'm going to leave after this drink, and there are still some people to inform. As an old friend, I would like to sincerely remind you, Smith, you must be careful, you have been exposed to and known too many secrets over the years, and I think you should probably find a stronger protector. Derek twirled his glass nimbly with his fingers. The transparent liquor shook with the glass, but not a drop leaked out of the rim.

"I know what you mean, in this filthy circle of power. Anything can happen. After so many years, I have more or less prepared some life-saving means, and I believe that they will not mess around until the last resort. Mr. Derek, are you soliciting me for the German government? Or is this just your personal opinion. Smith sat upright, his eyes nervously fixed on the German emissary.

"Both, my chief is very interested in your abilities and network, and I personally admire you very much, you are the best of the smart people I have ever met, with all due respect, I think your talents are buried by those stupid people with fat brains, and with your abilities, your career and status should be far from being limited to a small civil servant." With that, Derek took a sip of his wine and placed the glass with a third of the wine left on the table.

"If I agree to your recruitment, what can you give me?" Smith leaned back in his chair and asked, spreading out one hand.

"Whatever you want or can't think of, we will help you in every way, and with our help, and with your personal mind and ability, I can guarantee that you will achieve success that you could never have dreamed of before, and you will only pay a small reward for Germany."

"What kind of small return?"

"Loyalty, we only need your loyalty, of course, in order to ensure this, we will also use some means, but I believe you should be able to understand."

"You call this a little one? Mr. Derek, you have such a good sense of humor. If you want to have something, you have to give something, and I know this very well. However, your request is a little beyond my means, so I can't give you an answer just yet, can you give me a little time to think about it. Smith put his hands on the table and looked at Derek with a sincere expression.

"It's okay, it does need to be seriously considered, but don't delay too long, my superiors are busy people and they don't have a lot of patience." Derek picked up his glass, drained the gin in one gulp, and then stood up.

"Sorry, go first, I still have a date."

"It's okay, Mr. Derek, it's a pleasure to be able to talk to you, and I'll seriously consider your suggestion and hope to meet again soon." Smith stood up and held out his hand to Derek.

"Very well, Mr. Smith, you only have one chance, and I hope you can take it seriously. Good bye. ”

"I think I will, goodbye, Mr. Derek."

Derek walked out of the private room and walked out of the hotel, surrounded by the attendants waiting at the door of the private room.

Did he agree? Sir. A retinue in a crisp suit opened the car door for Derek.

"Not yet, but don't worry, he's obviously already impressed, this is a smart guy, he knows how to make trade-offs, this person will definitely make the right choice, he can't get out of our hands. The essential quality to do our job is patience. We have a lot of time to work on these things. ”

"Understood, sir, where are we going next?" The attendant took the co-pilot seat and asked Derek.

"How was the original plan arranged?"

"Go to the Dorchester Hotel and meet the liaison from the Foreign Office."

"So what are you waiting for here, drive, to the Dorchester Hotel."

Standing on the edge of the huge slipway cofferdam at the Canmel Ryder shipyard in Burnkender, looking at the huge battleships in the canal that had been mostly outfitted, Lieutenant Commander Humphridge, commander of the Chester Garrison Infantry Regiment of the British Army, let out a sigh of relief.

"Report sir. The blockade has been constructed. The adjutant of staff of the regiment headquarters stood beside the regiment commander and whispered.

"Clear this area and not allow any non-Army personnel to remain in the blockade zone." Humphridge put his hands on his lower back, his fingers sweeping over the entire area in front of him.

Captain Kane asked what the Navy personnel stationed at the shipyard were doing. Whether to detain them or let them go. The communications officer was standing at the door of the communications van, and he was wearing a headset and reported aloud.

"Find a closed workshop and lock them up, except for the naval personnel. There were also engineers and shipbuilders at the shipyard, who were not allowed to leave without further orders. Humphridge replied loudly.

"What we're doing now is all about saving the Army. I hope you all understand this and tell Captain Kane not to worry, this is my order, he just needs to carry it out seriously. Humphridge turned around and continued to look at the loot in the canal with a satisfied expression.

The battleship Prince of Wales, the second ship of the George V class, was launched in May of 39, due to Xu Jun's intervention, the Luftwaffe did not bomb Liverpool's port area as indiscriminately as in history, so the construction speed was much faster than in history, but it was also because of Xu Jun's large-scale sea strangulation tactics that worked, resulting in a long casting cycle for many key components, after the two offsets, the current hull completion of this battleship has reached eighty percent, if there is no accident, the installation of the main gun turret will be completed next month.

Now that the German invasion has interrupted the construction of this battleship, no one knows what the future of this battleship will be, and whether they can see the majesty of this battleship completely completed and sail her across the seas, most people are pessimistic about this.

The British Navy had a contingency plan before, and if there was a possibility that the battleship might fall into the hands of the enemy, it could consider blowing up the battleship in the canal, so as to avoid the battleship and the canal being used by the enemy at the same time. However, when the army entered the shipyard, it was found that the navy was not prepared to carry out the plan, and they did not even have the explosives to destroy the ship.

Lieutenant Colonel Humphridge had received the order early that morning, and it was the British Army General Staff that he had already begun preparations three days earlier, and his henchmen had even drawn up a detailed plan for the occupation.

When the long-awaited order was received, the Chester garrison immediately went into action, and most of these soldiers were reserve Native Army, although not very well trained, but more than enough to deal with shipbuilders and naval sailors. Lieutenant Colonel Humphridge was pleased with the actions of his men, and the Army fired several warning shots from beginning to end, with no one injured or killed in the occupation.

At the same time, the occupation of the major military ports and naval shipyards on the British mainland was also in full swing, and by the evening all the targets were already in the hands of the British Army.

At this time, the British Royal Navy personnel, who were still under encouragement, were still trying to fight with the German Navy envoys, but they did not know that they had little weight left.

Marshal Pound, Chief of Staff of the Royal Navy, later devoted an entire page of his memoirs angrily accusing the British Army of shamelessness, and defended the Navy's poor performance during the incident, saying that they were not the Imperial Japanese Navy who would be on the lookout for their own army stabbing in the back every day.

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