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Chapter 14 Chapter Thirteen

Sun Tzu said: "Where an army of 100,000 troops is dispatched to conquer thousands of miles, the expenses of the common people and the tribute of the public house cost thousands of gold per day; there are internal and external turmoil, those who are idle on the road, and who are not able to do things, 700,000 families will stay together for several years to fight for a day's victory." Victory, but love Juelu Baijin, who does not know the enemy's situation, is not benevolent, is not a general, is not the master's assistant, and is not the master of victory. Therefore, Mingjun is a virtuous general, so he moves and wins people, and success comes from all The hometown, the prophet, can't be taken from ghosts and gods, can't be imaged from things, can't be tested from degrees, must be taken from people, and those who know the enemy's feelings.

Therefore, there are five use rooms: there is the countryside, there is the inner room, there is the reverse room, there is the dead room, and there is the living room.All the five rooms rise up, but no one knows the way. It is called the gods, the treasures of the emperor. Those in the countryside use them because of their fellow villagers; Use it from time to time, those who are dead will spread it out to the outside world, let us know it, and pass it on to the enemy, and those who are alive will repay it. Therefore, in the affairs of the three armies, there is nothing to be close to, nothing to reward, nothing to keep secrets, nothing that cannot be used without sage wisdom, nothing that cannot be used without benevolence and righteousness, and reality that cannot be obtained without subtlety. No time required!If the matter has not happened yet, but those who heard it first, both the time and the informant will die.

Wherever the army wants to attack, the city wants to attack, and the people want to kill, they must know the names of their guards, left and right, visitors, gatekeepers, and housekeepers, so that we will know them. It is necessary to ask the enemy to come between us.Therefore benefit it, guide it and give it up, so it can be obtained and used in reverse, because it is known, it can be obtained in the hometown and in the interior, and it is used; The life can be done as scheduled, and the master must know the things of the five rooms, and the knowledge must lie in the counter room, so the counter room must be thick.In the past when Yin was prosperous, Yizhi was in Xia; when Zhou was prosperous, Lu Ya was in Yin. Therefore, only the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will be close to the generals, and those who can surpass the wisdom will surely achieve great success. This is the most important thing for soldiers.

Sun Tzu said: When an army of 100,000 marches across thousands of miles, the expenses of the people and the expenditure of the state cost thousands of gold a day; there are turmoil at home and abroad, the transportation team is tired and busy on the road, and there are 700,000 households that cannot produce normally. A stalemate for several years is to strive for victory on the last day. If you are stingy with titles and money and don't understand the enemy's situation, you are not benevolent to the extreme. Such a person is not a good general of the army, and such a general is not good for the monarch. Assistant, such a monarch is not a good one who can win. Therefore, the reason why a wise monarch and a virtuous general can win by dispatching troops, and his achievements are superior to others, is because he knows the enemy's situation in advance. To know the enemy's situation in advance, do not use superstition. Methods to seek help from ghosts and gods, do not use analogy with similar things, and do not use the number of movements of the sun, moon, stars, and celestial beings to verify this proof. It must be obtained from a person, and it must be obtained from a person who knows the real situation of the enemy.

Therefore, there are five types of spies: the country, the inner, the anti, the dead, and the living. All five types of spies are used.To make the enemy confused about the law of our actions, this is the method of inscrutability, the magic weapon of the monarch.The so-called countryside refers to using ordinary people of the enemy country as spies, and the so-called inner room refers to using the officials of the enemy country as spies.The so-called anti-intellectual means to buy and use the spies sent by the enemy for our own use. The so-called deadly information is to deliberately spread false information to let our spies know and leak it to the enemy's spies. The enemy will execute the spies after being deceived. , It is a spy who is sent to the enemy's side and can return to report intelligence.

Therefore, in the affairs of the armed forces, there is nothing more trusted than spies, no rewards are more generous than spies, and affairs are not more secret than spies.It is not a man of great ability who cannot use spies, nor a man of benevolence and selflessness, nor a man who is careful and skillful to get the truth from espionage.Subtle!Subtle!There is really nothing that does not use spies!If the matter of using the room has not yet started to act, but the enemy knows it in advance, the spy and the person who told him will be executed. Whenever our army plans to attack the enemy, prepare to capture the city, and prepare to kill the enemy, we must know the names of the chief guarding the city, the assistants around the chief general, the officials who convey the report, the gatekeepers, and the counselors, and order our spies. To understand clearly.

It is necessary to find out the spies sent by the enemy to spy on our intelligence, buy them and use them, and then release them back to the enemy after fighting for them, so they can be used as anti-information; knowing the real situation of the enemy through anti-information, so anti-information and internal information can be used for counter-information. I used it; through the dead time to create a false situation, it can be passed on to the enemy; through the back time to know the real situation of the enemy, so the mission can be completed on schedule in the lifetime. These five kinds of situations used by spies, the monarch must know, to know the truth The enemy's love lies in the anti-intermediary, so the anti-intermediate cannot but give generous treatment.

In the past, the rise of the Shang Dynasty was because Shang Tang reused Yi Yin who knew the situation of the Xia Dynasty; the rise of the Zhou Dynasty was because King Wu of Zhou reused Ziya who knew the situation of the Shang Dynasty. A talented person will be able to succeed as a spy.This is the outline of military operations, and the entire army relies on the intelligence of spies to act. The five methods of using space mentioned by Sun Wu can be said to be very comprehensive. The methods of using space seem to be five, but they are used in ever-changing ways. It depends on whether the generals will use them. Since ancient times, it has not only been limited to wars, but has been widely used in all aspects of diplomacy and economy, and a large number of military books and strategies have appeared. There are also special counter-measures in the 36 strategies, which we will return later. To introduce.Anyone with a bit of historical knowledge knows that it was Chen Ping who helped Liu Bang to win the world, and Chen Ping was the best at countermeasures. At that time, Xiang Yu, who was fighting with Liu Bang for the world, had a very loyal general, Zhou Yafu, and Chen Ping used it on Zhou Yafu. Counter-intuitively, he took out ten thousand taels of gold to buy off the soldiers of Chu State, and spread rumors outside. Xiang Yu was already very suspicious, and he soon distrusted Zhou Yafu. If you don't listen, you will lose your chance.Zhou Yafu was so angry that he died without treatment. The state of Chu has no generals, so there is no reason to be invincible.

The use of time is very subtle and unpredictable, so we should focus on the more clever and more effective methods.In modern business wars, insidious means abound. Some use the name of studying abroad to collect information, some install bugs in the opponent's commercial buildings, and some buy the opponent's staff at high prices. Most of the time is spent on the role of money, which is a feature of modern society. In ancient times, it was mainly manifested in ethnic struggles and religious disputes. In the Revolutionary War, our underground workers and intelligence that penetrated into the enemy The personnel are for the liberation of the people. Therefore, it is possible for them to defeat all enemies by relying on great wisdom and courage. As far as the earliest use, there have always been endless debates. From the use of women, it is generally considered to be Dilai as mentioned in the Bible. pulled.

In the 10th century BC, in Asia Minor on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea.The two nations, the Hebrews and the Philistines, fought bloody wars for years. In the deserted land, the sound of killing was loud, blood flowed like rivers, and dead men, women, and children were everywhere. After a bloody battle, there were not many non-Litus left, and there were not many fighters left.The bearded chief lying on the ground was still bleeding. "Everyone, think of a way, otherwise we will be doomed, and we will all be killed by that giant!" Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one spoke.

The giant the chief said was a strong Hebrew man named Samson. He could eat a cow at a time, and he could tear a man alive with two hands. The beef leg bone caused the brains of more than 1,000 Philistine warriors to bloom. Now the confidence of the Philistines has completely collapsed, and the next step is to die. "No, we can't die like this. This is the last battle, we must kill this devil!" "Da Cong, we can't kill him by force, we can only use women!" A white-haired elder spoke. "Using a woman? Haha...ha..." If the chief was laughing, it would be better to say he was crying. "I can't agree to this method. Send women to them to have children for them, and then let their children beat us!" "It's enough for us to send them a woman..." "One, which one is it?" "It's Delilah." The elder said the woman's name. "Dililah!" Everyone suddenly understood that all the men who had a one-night relationship with Delilah fell under her skirts. She is not only beautiful, but also charming. "You all know that Samson's favorite thing is female sex, why don't we match up with her?" "I'm afraid... I'm afraid... Delilah won't go." The elder said, "I can do that. I will make Delilah coil around Samson like a snake until all his blood is sucked dry." The chief was overjoyed and immediately sent someone to call Delilah. After a while, Delilah came. She was wearing a long pink dress, her long black hair almost fell to the ground, and her eyes were shining like jewels. The men all stared at her blankly. "Dililah, come here, I want to show you something," said the elder, taking a round-headed scimitar from the leather pouch. "Did you see it? This knife is the weapon that killed your parents, and it is the weapon used by the warriors of the Xizuolai tribe." "Is this the weapon used by the Hebrew warriors?" Delilah asked. "Is that wrong? As long as you go to them, you will see this kind of knife. This kind of knife was made by Samson's father." "What a Samson, I want to kill him with my own hands!" When Delilah said this, tears welled up. "That's very good, I'm about to send you to the Hebrews," said the chief. "Then let me go right away." "No, I'll go tomorrow and stay with me tonight." Delilah understood. She walked up to the chief and fell delicately into his arms. They didn't always have sex that night. More importantly, the chief explained to her how to listen to the information of the Hebrews and how to send the information out.Until Delilah remembered it all in her heart. "You can go at ease, when it's done, each of us Philistines will give you a gold coin." "I don't want a hook, I want Samson's life, and I want revenge." "Then I'm relieved!" The chief hugged Delilah and soon fell asleep. The next day, just after dawn, Delilah set off on a white horse. When the sun rose, she had come to the valley occupied by the Hebrews. In the valley, horns are sounding and flags are flying. Samson, the Hebrew strongman, is training on the hillside. He is naked on the upper body, and the lower body is a tiger skin. His muscles are black and shiny like iron. He lifts up a huge boulder. , was thrown into the valley all of a sudden, and there was a rumbling sound as the boulder rolled... A soldier came to report, "General, a woman was found over there, who seems to be a Philistine." "Kill it too, take her meat, and feed it to my lions." "General, that woman offered to see you." "Then tell me to come too. After seeing her, I will feed her to the lions." Delilah dismounted from her horse and started up the hill.Her red dress was like a ball of fire, fluttering in the wind. From a distance, she looked like a fairy descending to earth. When Samson saw her, his whole body went limp: "You...you are the famous Philistine beauty Delilah?" "Yes, I came here specially for you, I want to be with you, because you are the greatest hero in the world!" "Yes, yes, you are the most beautiful woman in the world, of course you should be with me!" Samson walked over.One hand gently held up the beauty: "Say it, beauty, I will give you whatever you want." "I only want you!" "Haha..." Shen Bu burst out laughing, his greedy eyes lost sight of anything for a moment. Sitting on the giant's arm, Delilah watched the phalanx of Hebrew soldiers and saw their training formation. Delilah also recorded their numbers. The dozens led by Samson Wan Dajun, relying on the force of the non-Litu tribe cannot defeat them. Samson issued an order to withdraw troops, and the large group of people drove back to the camp. When they returned to the camp, Samson ordered people to put on a big banquet. He drank ten tanks of wine, and he couldn't open his eyes. Ra was dancing for him. While dancing, she walked through the crowd. When she came to a Philistine spy, she threw him a handkerchief. Soon, the first batch of information was sent out. At night, Delilah used all her charms to make Samson go crazy several times. He couldn't help himself, and he fell at her feet like a puddle of mud, still holding on to her long gown. Delilah kept sending out information, but the chief was no longer satisfied with the information, and he sent orders to Delilah again and again: to kill the Hebrew giant as soon as possible. That night, Delilah snuggled into Samson's arms and asked, "Sun, did you have such great strength when you were born?" "of course." "It seems that there is no way to kill you?" "Why do you ask that?" Samson was annoyed. "Look at you, even I don't believe it anymore, I just want to know your secret, and I want to see if you really love me!" "Of course I love you." Just as Samson was burning with desire, Delilah refused to let him approach her, and Samson had no choice.I had no choice but to tell her: "If you tie me up with seven wet green leather ropes, then I will be helpless." Delilah was delighted to hear this, and she soon drove Samson out of his wits, and he fell asleep. Delilah ran out the door and gave the signal, and a group of Philistine soldiers rushed in, and they tied Samson up with seven wet green ropes. The Philistine soldier shouted, "Samson, you are dying!" Samson opened his eyes and saw that there were Philistines around him, and then he looked at the green rope on his body, and he understood immediately. He laughed loudly, and with only a light force, the rope broke all at once. , The Philistines cried out in terror and ran away like rabbits. When Delilah came, she cried and said, "It was the Philistines who forced me to tell the secret you told me with a knife. I can't help it!" Samson believed Delilah's words, took Hao into his arms and said, "They can't kill me." After a few days, Delilah began to question Samson's vitals again, and Samson had to say to her again: "Just wrap me from head to toe with freshly spun cotton yarn, and I will lose all strength." That night, Delilah wrapped Samson in freshly spun cotton yarn and yelled loudly, "No, the Philistines are coming!" Samson woke up startled, and when he saw the cotton yarn on his body, he became angry: "Who did this?" Delilah said, "Someone must have overheard our conversation, but that's not true either. Why are you so angry?" Samson thought for a while and stopped talking. One day, Delilah was having an affair with Samson on the hillside, and she saw a lot of hair on Samson's long hair, so she said, "Shall I cut your long hair?" Samson panicked and said, "No, that's not allowed!" Delilah understood right away, and said deliberately, "I want your hair, I want it!" "No, that can't be done. I brought it from my mother's belly. As long as I cut off the seven locks, I will have no strength at all!" That night, when Samson fell asleep, Delilah got up, first cut off seven locks of his hair, and then gave a signal, called the Philistine soldiers, and bound Samson with ropes. They carried Samson out, and Samson woke up from his dream. Seeing the Philistines around him, he yelled, "Let me go..." and stretched his legs vigorously, but there was no strength left. Soon they arrived at the camp of the Philistines. Torches were already burning in the camp, and the Philistines shouted, "Kill him!" "Cramp his tendons!" "Skin off him!" "Break his bones!" The chief said: "Don't kill him, let him make it difficult for us to work, first goug out his eyes." Two Philistine soldiers came up and put out Samson's eyes with spoons. Samson cried out and passed out.Samson was put on iron chains, and he was grinding for the Philistines day by day. The heavy stone mill made a rumbling sound, and as soon as he stopped, someone beat him with a whip. As the months passed, Samson's hair grew back, his superhuman strength returned, and he waited silently for his moment of revenge. On this day, the Philistines celebrated the Summer Harvest Festival, and they brought Samson to the palace to sacrifice his blood to their ancestors. Samson went up to the hall, and he called out, "Dilara, are you here?" Delilah, who was sitting in the chief's arms, said, "Here I am, you blind man, what do you want?" "I want you to die with me!" The Philistines all laughed, and Delilah said, "You are going to die soon, and you are talking big. I won't die." Samson became angry. He walked to the center of the hall and slammed into the huge pillar... There was a loud bang, the palace fell, and the Philistines cried out. Samson and Dilai Ra was gone, all the people were gone. The Hebrews later buried Samson and Delilah together. For thousands of years, the Hebrews have announced the name of the hero Samson, and Delilah has become a legendary woman, the spy book of all countries in the world. On the Internet, it is said that she is the first woman to incorporate sexual function into the espionage business, and she is well-deserved as the world's number one female spy. Tokyo before World War II.It is an intelligence center where spies gather. In this bustling city known as "Paris of the Far East", in addition to more than 6 million Japanese, there are also embassies of various countries in Japan and thousands of spies of all kinds in disguise. and intelligence personnel.Some of them are for the benefit of their own country, some are for money, they are all active behind the scenes. In the lobby of the Japanese Kuroki Hotel, a middle-aged man in his forties came hurriedly.He is slender, with high eyebrows, stylish clothes, and extraordinary demeanor. On behalf of the influential Kashiwagi "Exchange", "Geopolitics" magazine in Germany, and the Dutch "Business Report" and other newspapers, he made a special trip to Japan to interview insiders Izvestia, writing a special article, this reporter is called Zogel, and his real identity is a Soviet intelligence officer. Autumn is here, and it has been two weeks of irritating drizzle, water everywhere on the roads, and the air is damp.Zogel stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking at the dead branches and leaves in the open space in front of the hotel, with a heavy heart. Recently, he carefully studied Hitler's usual methods for the past two years. …Now the whole world knows that Germany is preparing to invade the UK on a large scale, while the news about the Soviet Union is silent. It is very likely that Hitler is playing some anti-game again. The attack on the UK is just a strategic camouflage, and the real purpose is still unknown. , Zogel tried his best to collect information in this regard. Then the phone rang. "Which one is it? I am Zogel." "Didn't you go out? I heard that Japanese women are still very interesting." "You are……" "I'm Huck, the publisher Huck in Berlin." "It's Mr. Harker. Very good. I'll come to you right away." Mr. Harker came to Japan from Kashiwagi, and before coming to Tokyo, he had been to Moscow, Zogel decided to open a hole in him. He invited Huck to his house as a guest. During the chat, Zogel inadvertently asked: "Do the Russians react to Germany's preparation to attack Britain?" Huck drank the wine in his arms, then shrugged his shoulders and said: "Whatever his reaction is, the head of state has already formulated a plan to completely wipe out the Russian army's vital forces at the October combat meeting!" Talking nonsense, Zogel's every nerve was shaken. This was the first time he had received such accurate information. After sending Huck away, Zogel couldn't wait to send a warning to the Central Headquarters in Moscow for the first time through a secret radio station; Hitler was actively preparing to launch a war against the Soviet Union. This day is August 18, 1940. The matter was so important that the head of the Intelligence Department of the Soviet Army's General Staff immediately sent an urgent telegram to Zogel, asking him to provide detailed and accurate information quickly and to pay close attention to the development of the situation. On the evening of December 30th, Zogel sent more detailed information to the headquarters; "Hitler has concentrated 80 elite divisions in the border areas of the Soviet Union. Launch an offensive on the front lines of Moscow and Leningrad, and occupy the entire Soviet Union within six weeks to two months!" Zogel sent reports to the headquarters one by one. The radio experts of the Japanese intelligence agencies intercepted the code-named "Ramza" more and more frequently, but they could not decipher it for a while. Tokyo has a powerful foreign spy network and is in constant fear.In order to find the place and station where the report was sent, the anti-espionage agencies throughout Tokyo were put into action. Cars equipped with radio direction-finding locators patrolled and searched everywhere, and plainclothes spies filled every corner of the streets and alleys... Facing the danger of exposing himself, Zogel still accelerated the pace of work. In May 1941, the Moscow headquarters received Zoger's secret telegram: "Hitler intends to attack the Soviet Union at the end of May this year!" In the middle of the night of May 30th, Zogel received information: Hitler personally received the Japanese ambassador to Germany Hiroshi Oshima two days ago, and officially notified Japan that Germany would launch a full-scale attack on the Soviet Union by means of a surprise attack on June 22nd. . Zogel immediately rushed to the secret dispatch location: "It is urgent! The war will break out on June 22, 1941." This is the exact time the Soviet government first got Hitler's offensive. After the urgent telegram was sent, Zogel fidgeted and waited anxiously for a call back from the headquarters. Several days passed, but the headquarters remained silent without any reply. Nine days have passed, and the headquarters has not yet responded to the call, and Zuo Geer's heart is burning. On June 13, a telegram finally came from the headquarters. After receiving the telegram, Zogel’s hands trembled with excitement. He turned over the code form and concentrated on translating the telegram. Pale, bead-sized beads of sweat oozed from his forehead. Finally, he jumped up in surprise, holding his head and shouting: "My God, they doubt the reliability of the intelligence." After speaking, he suddenly fell down on the chair and didn't move for a long time. He felt exhausted and his heart almost stopped beating. But at last he gritted his teeth and jumped out of his chair, and once again sent a final telegram: "Repeat again, 'Ramza' urgent telegram, the German 9 armies, consisting of 150 divisions, will launch an attack on the Soviet Union on June 22." Beginning in the summer of 1940, Soviet diplomatic representatives stationed in various countries, military attaches and their staff have systematically and comprehensively reported information on Germany’s preparations for an invasion of the Soviet Union. The most famous spy agency is the German anti-fascist resistance organization code-named "Red Orchestra", which has given the Soviet Union great help since World War II.The most important leaders of this organization were Dr. Harnak and Lieutenant Colonel Boyzan, a member of the Communist Party.In addition to members of the German Communist Party, there are also some social-democratic independents in this organization. Workers, scholars, teachers and actors, painters, soldiers, and military officers are all its members. The "Red Orchestra" was active until August 1942, when it was uncovered by Himmler's spy agency. As early as mid-February 1941, an intelligence officer from the "Red Orchestra" walked into the Soviet Consulate in Berlin. He brought a Russian-German conversation manual. The text follows the Russian sentence pattern.Such as: "Are you a Communist?" "Put your hands up!" "I'm going to shoot!" "Surrender!" and so on. Berezhkov, a staff member of the Soviet Embassy in Germany, asked him: "Where did you get it?" The intelligence officer said: "It was obtained from the German barracks. The German soldiers now have a copy for each of them, and they are learning Russian sentences." Berezhkov asked: "You mean they are preparing to attack the Soviet Union?" The intelligence agent said: "Yes, if they don't want to attack the Soviet Union, there is no need for them to come and learn Russian." Berezhkov nodded. He agreed with the "Red Orchestra" agent and immediately sent the conversation manual to Moscow by secret diplomatic mail. In May 1941, Soviet diplomats stationed in Germany wrote a detailed report. The main conclusion of this report was that the actual preparations for Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union had been completed, and there was no doubt about the scale of such preparations. Attacks can happen at any time. On a hot August evening in 1940, U.S. intelligence agent Woods met with a National of the Third Reich in a theater in Berlin. The German claimed to be a friend of Reichsbank manager Shahit. The ballet "The Nutcracker" was being performed in the theater. When it was Christmas night, the little girl Mary got a nutcracker. At night, she dreamed that the nutcracker turned into a prince. The man suddenly walked up to Woods, put his ear on him and said, "Sir, can you come out for a while? I have something important to tell you." The German whispered as he walked: "I'm anti-Hitler, and I have friends who have access to the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces. Do you understand? I mean I can see their secret stuff." The German looked around as he walked, looking like a thief who has stolen something. Woods didn't like him at all, but because of the needs of diplomatic and intelligence work, he still listened to him patiently, and walked with him to a corner of the theater. The German found no one around, so he took out a small note from his suit pocket, stuffed it into Woods's hand, and whispered, "Don't lose it, I'll read it when I get home." That night, Woods hurried home in the car without finishing the show.When he got home, he carefully opened the little note under the desk lamp, and there was the following sentence on the note: "Hitler's base camp has held a meeting on preparations for war against Russia, and a 'Baba Rosa' plan." For such important information, Woods did not delay for a minute, and immediately sent it to the US State Department in code. On the same day, U.S. Secretary of State Hull received the telegram. After reading it for a long time, he was still dubious. He said to himself: "Is this possible? Hitler is already engaged in a fierce battle with Britain. It is possible for him to attack the Soviet Union again." ?" In January 1941, just after the passage of the "Barbarossa" plan, the mysterious German came again. He found Woods and sent him a copy of the document. Woods sent the document to the State Department through a special channel, and Hoover, who was the director of the FBI at the time, proved that the document was reliable after a special technical appraisal. The next day, Hoover rushed to President Roosevelt's office with the document. "Mr. President, we now have a very important document that will enable us to bargain with the Soviet Union." President Roosevelt took the document and looked at it carefully. After reading the document, he said: "It should be sent to the Soviet government immediately, which is good for all of us." On March 1, 1941, U.S. Secretary of State Hull urgently summoned Umansky, the Soviet ambassador to the United States. Secretary of State Hull said straight to the point: "Ambassador Umansky, we urgently invite you to tell you that we have received a special piece of information." Ambassador Umansky's eyes widened in surprise, but he did not speak. Hull went on to say: "This information is very reliable. It is that Hitler is ready to launch a war against Russia and has made a war plan." The Soviet ambassador didn't say a word, and listened silently to Hull to finish the situation. Hull went on to say: "We are sending this information to the Soviet government free of charge, which is the instruction of President Roosevelt." After receiving the information, Ambassador Umansky said again and again: "Thank you, thank you. I will report it to the Soviet government as quickly as possible." On January 17, 1941, the British Joint Intelligence Service had new facts about the preparations of fascist Germany to attack the Soviet Union. These facts showed that Germany was withdrawing its troops from the Western Front and massing on the border with the Soviet Union. Roads, railways and airports, secret military preparations are underway in Romania and Finland. At the end of March 1941, Churchill learned that the German tank unit had been dispatched from Bucharest to Krave. Hearing this news, Churchill said to the director of the Joint Intelligence Agency: "What does this mean? This is really a light that illuminates everything in the East. The sudden German mobilization of such a large tank force from Krafft, so needed in the Balkans, can only indicate Hitler's intention to attack Russia in May." Churchill pondered for a while and said: "These important information must also be handed over to the Soviets. You inform Eden and ask him to send a letter to Cripps, the British embassy in Moscow, and notify the Soviet government through this letter." Churchill attached great importance to this letter. A few days after it was sent, he called Eden and asked, "Have you received my letter to Stalin?" Eden replied: "The letter hasn't arrived yet." Churchill was a little unhappy. He said: "I don't understand why the Soviet Union is preventing the delivery of this letter. This is a very important letter. It has very important military significance and must be sent to Stalin immediately." It was not until April 22 that Churchill's letter was transferred to Stalin.In this way, the entire update lost three weeks. On April 4, the British Foreign Office sent another urgent telegram to the British ambassador to Moscow, Cripps, saying: "Hitler's current attempt to attack Yugoslavia will delay his previous war plan against the Soviet Union. If so, for the Soviet government, it can create an opportunity to take advantage of this situation and drive its own positions. This delay shows that the enemy's strength is limited, and the Soviet government should understand that Hitler will sooner or later have as long as he can. attacking the Soviet Union." Ambassador Cripps immediately relayed this extremely important information to Stalin. Intelligence agencies around the world took action, and all intelligence was sent to the Soviet Union through different channels. And Stalin didn't believe anyone, whether it was intelligence from the Soviet Union, or intelligence from the United States and Britain, but in any case, the achievements of Zogel and the "Red Orchestra" will last forever. This is a glorious part of the world's anti-fascist war. Page.
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