I asked you to escape, but you became a soldier in World War II

Chapter 158 Shooting yourself in the foot

Lin Chen’s words shocked everyone instantly, only Lina remained calm.

"You're talking nonsense!" Richard's body began to shake involuntarily.

"Do you have evidence?"

Lin Chen really had no evidence, because he could only roughly infer the situation. It was too much to ask him to go to the German-occupied area to take pictures of his family.

Richard also took this situation into consideration and asked this question.

Seeing Lin Chen silent, he immediately became excited.
"There is no evidence. You are slandering me. You will be brought to a military court!"

"Oh!" Lin Chen let out a long sigh. Almost every undercover agent who is dug out has to go through this process of death struggle. Although it is an old-fashioned drama, it is always like this.

It's nothing more than hoping for luck.

"Well, let's take a look at this commentary you posted!"

He copied the English words from the current affairs commentary onto the blackboard, explaining as he copied, "If you pick a few words from specific places in this article, what would you say?"

After saying that, Lin Chen circled a few words in it with a red pen.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

"A huge fleet bombing Berlin, Catfish."

Richard suddenly stumbled and almost fell.

"It's just a coincidence. You can dig out some content like this from any article." He was still quibbling.

"Okay, then let's take a look at the commentaries you posted a few times before. Almost every time they were posted before we attacked." Lin Chen circled all the commentaries he had posted before according to a specific order. The result was that they were all code words without exception, notifying the German army to be prepared.

"Coincidences, all coincidences!"

Major General Richard had completely lost his composure at this moment and started screaming hysterically.

But the way people looked at him had changed from sympathy at the beginning to anger now.

Those sitting here are all elites and they will quickly understand who to trust.

"If the content is a coincidence, then every time the Times is published in Germany, the German army mobilizes limited fighter jets to intercept it. Is that also a coincidence?" Lin Chen asked a soul-searching question again.

"We compared all the war records before and after your post overnight and found that whenever you posted, the German army would cause us heavy losses. However, the two times you didn't post because of something else, the losses of the Allied bomber fleet were much smaller."

"So I also found your commentary, and at the end you even asked that the safety of Bavaria must be guaranteed. This should be the area where your family is!"

After Lin Chen's analysis, everyone understood what was going on.
The person who admired Lin Chen the most at the moment was probably Lina. When she first heard that Major General Richard was going to be investigated, she couldn't believe her ears. How could such a general with outstanding achievements be a German spy?

But as the investigation deepened, the truth finally came to light.

"Richard, you are under arrest!" At this time, several British Royal Military Police armed with live ammunition walked in from outside the door. The leading officer showed Richard the arrest warrant with an expressionless face.

"Captain Lin, you are really smart, but do you think you won? No, we are all losers!"

He actually took out a remote control from his pocket.

"Hahaha, I have planted bombs all around here. If I die, you won't be able to live either!"

Everyone was shocked, and some even wanted to escape.

"Don't move. If anyone dares to move, I will raze this place to the ground!"

Richard has gone mad.

"Can you tell me when you rebelled?"

Lin Chen was probably the calmest person present. He even poured himself a glass of water and drank it leisurely.

"Do you think I want to rebel? The Germans have kidnapped my family. If I don't obey their orders, my family will be doomed. Do you understand? The country's security personnel are like farts. They can't do anything about German spies." He started crying as he spoke.

"That's not your reason for treason! Do you know how many Allied pilots died because of your betrayal? How many families were displaced?" Lin Chen said coldly, "Your family members' lives are precious, but other people's lives are as cheap as pigs and dogs?"

"No need to say more, I can't argue with you! Damn, transferring you into the team is the stupidest decision I've ever made! Let's all die together!"

He started pressing the remote control in his hand.

Everyone exclaimed and panicked.

but
seem
Not only was there no explosion, but there was complete silence all around!

Seeing this, the military police rushed over and arrested Richard. The leading officer punched him hard, and Richard's face was instantly bruised.

"This is impossible, how could it not explode?"

Richard shouted in despair.

Lin Chen glanced at him jokingly. Of course, he couldn't say that he had a natural sense of danger?
In fact, he discovered the bomb here on the first day he arrived, but he was just curious at the time. It was not until Richard said that the first mission was to catch an undercover agent that he suddenly had an inspiration.

"You don't have to scream. I've dismantled all the bombs. Oh, and I forgot to tell you that I've also captured all the people who helped you install the bombs. There are 11 people in total, right? Don't worry, they will also be executed. Maybe they will die before you, Mr. Catfish!"

"No, you are the devil! You must be the devil!"

Richard was taken away by the gendarmes, still mumbling and shouting.

Now in the conference room, Lin Chen has become the highest commander, and everyone looks at him with trust.

"Team leader, do we need to notify the military to cancel the mission to bomb Berlin?" Lieutenant Colonel Scholes no longer had the arrogance he had in the past, and now completely treated Lin Chen as his superior.

"No, I just want to let the Germans know that we are going to bomb, hehe." Lin Chen smiled wickedly.

"What is going on?" Saul and the others were also confused.

"Okay, stop asking. Everyone will know what the situation is in a few days." In the end, it was Lina who stepped forward to help him out.

In the following days, everyone, under the leadership of Lin Chen, studied as much information as possible about the landing area.

Many of these materials have been collected and compiled since 1943, so it is relatively easy to collect. However, large-scale bombing of Germany was never launched.

A whole month passed like this. Major General Richard and the captured German intelligence personnel were all interrogated, and a large number of German spies were caught following the clues. This surprised everyone, as it turned out that the German spy network had penetrated so deeply.

In the end, Richard and others were all convicted of treason and espionage and executed.

The matter of catching spies has come to an end.

What is even more exciting is that the Soviet army began to launch a series of spring offensives on the Eastern Front, which was later called the "Ten Counterattacks". The German heavy troop groups suffered a great loss in air supremacy due to the lack of fighter cover.

As a result, they suffered heavy losses one after another, and countless elite divisions were wiped out under the Soviet army's thundering offensive.

Only then did everyone understand how ruthless Lin Chen was.

Because the German army had not yet been subjected to heavy bombing by the Allies, it had been deploying its elite fighter planes on the Western Front, resulting in heavy losses on the Eastern Front.

This is what is called "shooting oneself in the foot"!

Now, the whole team is full of admiration for Lin Chen.

Unexpectedly, Lin Chen said something that shocked everyone even more.
"I estimate that tomorrow, or at the latest the day after tomorrow, our super fleet will launch a massive bombing raid on Berlin!"

Everyone got even more excited when they heard this.
Yes, the German fighter units must be urgently transferred to the Eastern Front, and the defense on the Western Front must be empty. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for bombing!

As it turned out, the situation was just as Lin Chen had expected. After listening to Lin Chen's report that night, General Li Mei extended the meeting time from 15 minutes to 1 hour, fully agreed with his idea, and drew forces from the elite US military to cooperate with Lin Chen in capturing the German spy organization.

This is how the scene above happened.

The bombing of Germany was also a complete success.
The Allies did not bomb Berlin at all, but instead concentrated on bombing the German military production areas.
The few German fighter planes that took off to intercept could only flee in embarrassment when faced with the concentrated attacks of the P-51 Mustang fighter planes.

Since the bombing carried a large number of incendiary bombs, these military industrial production areas suffered severe damage. It can be imagined that the German army's defense will become more difficult in the future, and the limited fighter forces will be exhausted to fill the ever-widening air defense gap.

The most fatal thing is that the Soviet army's strength on the Eastern Front is getting stronger and stronger, and the most powerful Army Group Center in the German Army can no longer withstand the powerful offensive of the Soviet army.

Many of Germany's vassal states began to flirt with the Allies. The situation of World War II had become very clear, and Germany's defeat was not far away.

Therefore, the primary task of the "Sailor" team was once again clarified, which was to open up a second battlefield and choose a suitable landing site for the Allied forces to land in France.

Lin Chen, the leader of the team, was promoted again for his merits and was given the rank of major.

The golden oak leaves look much more lively than the two small rectangles connected together before.

His position was also clear: the executive deputy leader of the "Sailor" team, and the leader was Brigadier General LeMay himself. However, General LeMay was particularly interested in strategic bombing, so he had no time to take care of this matter. Therefore, Lin Chen had the final say in the work of the team.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was already April 1944.

Based on the lessons learned from previous landing operations, the landing site selected by the Allies must meet the following three conditions:

First, the fighters will take off from British airfields, so the landing site must be within their combat radius;

Second, the sea voyage distance should be as short as possible to avoid long-term exposure at sea, so as to achieve the effect of surprise attack;

Third, there must be a large port near the landing site to facilitate the subsequent large-scale deployment of troops and equipment supplies ashore.

After close collaboration between the "sailor" team and other relevant departments, three suitable landing areas were finally selected from the 500-kilometer coastline from Würzingen, the Netherlands to Cherbourg, France: the Constantine Peninsula, Calais and Normandy.

However, further comparison revealed that

The Constantine Peninsula was rejected first because of its narrow terrain, which made it inconvenient for the Allied forces to deploy large troops and armored forces.

Calais and Normandy have their own advantages and disadvantages. The advantage of Calais is that it is closest to the UK, only 33 kilometers away, and is close to the German mainland.

The disadvantage is that the German defense is the strongest in this area. The defenders are all elite troops. The fortifications are extremely strong and covered with mines. There are no large ports nearby and there is a lack of major transportation lines through the inland, which is not conducive to deep development after landing.

Although Normandy is far away from Britain, it has three advantages: first, the German defense is weak, and the defenders are said to be third-rate troops; second, the terrain is relatively open, and more troops can be deployed at the same time; third, it is only 80 kilometers away from Cherbourg, the largest port in northern France.

Normandy is definitely Lin Chen’s first choice, but there are also opinions in the group that Calais is the best choice, as the success rate will undoubtedly be much higher.

Therefore, Lin Chen took his team members on several trips to the field for observation in B17 Flying Fortress bombers, and returned under the escort of fighter jets.

Most of the German fighter planes went inland to focus on air defense and had no way to stop Lin Chen and others' high-altitude reconnaissance.

The limited anti-aircraft guns also pose a very limited threat.

In the end, Lin Chen used his great prestige to convince other people in the group, and finally chose to submit the proposal of landing in Normandy to Eisenhower, the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in Europe.

After a long discussion, the Allied leaders finally finalized the battle plan based on weather, tides, and the phases of the moon. In order to commend Lin Chen's achievements, they code-named the operation after the ancient Eastern country's proprietary term - Operation Overlord.

This operation was also defined as top secret by the Allies.

The main task of the "Sailor" group was also changed to planning "strategic deception" against the German army.

Winning the war by deception was almost a common tactic in World War II. In fact, the German army was an "expert" in this regard, but this time it became the "victim."

To this end, under the planning of the "Sailor" team, in order to ensure the smooth implementation of the largest landing operation in human history, the Allies took great pains. While strictly concealing the true intention of the Normandy landing, they also deliberately revealed the illusion of landing in the Calais area.

In order to tie down the 27 German divisions deployed in Northern Europe, the Allies implemented an electronic warfare code-named "Galaxy Plan".

For example, a battalion of troops was disguised as a powerful US army group, and the "empty city plan" was used in Northern Europe: the battalion was allowed to continuously send and receive telegrams toward the Dover area.

The German radio monitoring and positioning units detected the Allied radio communications and determined that the main direction of the Allied landing was Calais, because the Allied headquarters was in Dover, opposite Calais.

What's even more amazing is that the Allies staged a "situational drama" in southeast England across Calais, starring General Patton himself - commanding the 1st Army Group based in Dover,

This huge army group, which was completely fictitious, could actually be mobilized "intensively".

Under the professional guidance of the British film studio, the "sailor" team planned fake barracks, fake hospitals, fake warehouses made of canvas, as well as fake planes, fake cannons and fake tanks made of inflatable balls. They even found professionals to paint these "equipment". As a result, after the German reconnaissance planes brought back high-altitude photos, the German high-ranking officers were convinced that the main forces of the Allied forces were "deployed" in the southeastern coastal area of ​​​​the United Kingdom closest to Calais.

The defense of Calais was constantly being strengthened, while other places became particularly lax.

According to intelligence from the French Resistance, even Rommel, the highest commander of the German army in the area, returned to his hometown in Germany to attend his wife's birthday party.

(End of this chapter)