69novels Chapter 559
Chapter 559
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: 0.041s Scan: 0.049sSince the navy and the army can’t help, everyone’s hope can only be placed on the air force!
“What are you doing? Why are you looking at me like that?”
The Air Force Chief of Staff felt something was wrong.
“The Air Force is fast and can rush to Iron Tower City as quickly as possible. It is not affected by terrain and hydrological conditions. So you are the only ones who can do this now. Come on, you are the hope of the whole village!”
The Chief of General Staff patted the Air Force Chief of Staff on the shoulder in an encouraging tone. Everyone nodded when they heard this, obviously recognizing the Chief of General Staff’s point of view!
“Didn’t I say this before? Our fighter planes can’t fly that far. If we just send out bombers and transport planes, our planes will be shot down by the enemy if they fly over Iron Tower City!”
“If it’s not possible during the day, then what about at night? The enemy’s planes can’t take off at night, right?”
This problem has been discussed before, so everyone knows what the Air Force is worried about.
So everyone started to think, and came up with many ways and ideas to help the Air Force solve this problem.
“Our own planes can’t take off at night, right?”
Hearing this idea, the Air Force Chief of Staff couldn’t help rolling his eyes. They couldn’t take off and land at night, which was applicable to the air forces of all countries. Hans’s fighter planes couldn’t take off at night, but wasn’t it the same for them?
“We can take off before dark, and then use the flying time to enter the sky above Iron Tower City at night. Then we just need to drop our soldiers down!”
“So how do we get back?”
“When you come back, we will use searchlights to guide you in advance, and then turn on all the lights at the airport so that you can see the runway. If that doesn’t work, we can also clear a piece of water on the Thames for you to make an emergency landing on it!”
Obviously, the idea given by the other party was well thought out and feasible.
The straight-line distance from Fog City, the capital of the British Empire, to Eiffel Tower City, the capital of Gaul, is about 400 kilometers. At the speed of aircraft in this era, it takes about 3 hours for them to take off from the mainland and fly to Eiffel Tower City. In other words, if they take off at six o’clock in the evening, then when they arrive over Eiffel Tower City, it will be nine o’clock in the evening!
Because it was early winter, it got dark early. At nine o’clock, the sky was completely dark. Even if the Germans found them, they could not take off fighters to intercept them!
As for the landing problem after completing the mission, the method given by the other party seemed to be more reliable, so after hearing this explanation, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force thought about it and nodded in agreement with this idea!
“Well, if you insist, then I have no objection!”
Seeing that the Air Force did not object to this plan, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, the only thing they can hope for now is… If the Air Force also refuses, then there is really nothing they can do!
“However, since our planes can fly to the Iron Tower City, why not fly to where Mainz lives and launch an airstrike to kill him directly?”
Someone raised a question, if the problem can be solved directly with bombs, why should we send paratroopers to solve it?
“The problem is very simple, because we cannot accurately identify the specific buildings in the Iron Tower City at night, nor can we determine where Mainz lives, so we cannot accurately drop the bomb on his head. After all, bombs have no eyes, and they will not automatically track their enemies!”
“As for our airborne soldiers, they will have about an evening to sneak into the city and ambush at the key places leading to the Palace of Versailles. As soon as Mainz appears, they can snipe him!”
When carrying out such tasks that require improvisation, soldiers are more reliable than iron bombs!
After hearing this explanation, everyone suddenly realized it, so no one opposed the proposal and everyone voted in favor!
Because December 15th was coming soon, there was no time to lose, and everyone did not waste too much time. They immediately ran to the army for screening, selected two elite soldiers, formed an assassination team, and prepared to take a transport plane to quietly go to the Iron Tower City to carry out the assassination mission.
This plan was very covert. In order to prevent leaks, the British high-ranking military issued a gag order. Except for the top leaders who knew about this plan, everyone else was kept in the dark!
However, because time was short, if these assassination soldiers wanted to successfully carry out their mission, they had to have the help and guidance of the local people in the Tower City. Otherwise, if they were thrown into the Tower City, they might get lost in the huge Tower City, or they might be killed by the German patrol soldiers before they could take action!
So, before these soldiers set off, the British Empire sent an encrypted telegram to the MI6 spies lurking in the Tower City, asking them to be responsible for receiving a group of guests!
The content of the telegram did not reveal the identities and purposes of these people. It only explained the work of helping them to hide, cooperating with them to complete the mission, and assisting them in transferring after the mission was completed!
Not surprisingly, the moment this telegram was sent, it was immediately It was intercepted by Hans’ intelligence agency!
Because the SS already knew about tomorrow’s important event in advance, they have been strengthening the security and alert work in the Iron Tower City in the past few days to prevent possible sabotage.
A few years ago, on the streets of Vienna, Mainz was assassinated by the opposition and the Junker nobles. The assassination attempt almost succeeded. If Mainz had not been wearing a bulletproof golden silk clothing, he might have died like Crown Prince Ferdinand in Sarajevo!
As an eyewitness at the scene, Heydrich was deeply impressed by the incident, so he has been vigilant and guarding against possible similar incidents!
At this time, Heydrich, who was already the director of the SS Intelligence Department, immediately noticed the strangeness of the matter after intercepting this intelligence!
Although the content of the telegram was very brief and did not reveal too much information, he was still alert in his heart.
“”Hurry up, call Secretary Baumann and make an appointment. I want to see the Führer right away!”
Heydrich took the telegram, made a phone call in advance, and immediately took a jeep to Mainz’s residence.
When he saw Mainz, Heydrich immediately reported the telegram he had intercepted and deciphered.
“What do you think?”
Mainz glanced at the telegram, then put it down and motioned Heydrich to sit down and talk.
“I think they are most likely planning to assassinate you to stop your next move!”
This is similar to what Mainz thought.
The British Empire may indeed do this.
Although this will break international conventions and set a bad precedent for other countries, the British Empire, which is already in a critical situation, obviously can no longer care about so much!
Even if other countries may do the same thing to them in the future because of their action of assassinating leader Hans, that is a matter for the future.
If they don’t do it now, then their country may not be able to be saved!
They chose the lesser of two evils and took the risk!