Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 397: Secret agents

Tripoli is called the jewel of North Africa. It is not the Italians who are bragging about themselves. This ancient city with a history of two thousand years does live up to its reputation.

This land was once occupied by the Phoenicians, the Romans, the Vandals and the Byzantine Empire. After the demise of Byzantium, the territory called Terra Bruce by the Arabs has been under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. .

Until 28 years ago, taking advantage of the opportunity of armed confrontation between Germany and France for the ownership of Morocco, the Italians suddenly declared war on Ottoman Turkey on the grounds that their country’s interests in North Africa were violated by the Turks, and finally modernized The Italian army defeated the decadent Ottoman Empire and seized the land from the Turks.

But this is already twenty-eight years ago. The subsequent World War I radically changed the colonial situation in North Africa. The defeated Germany was expelled from Africa, and the colonies it owned were divided up by the powers. After the disappearance of the forces in North Africa that could contain France, all the pressure was concentrated on the shoulders of the Italians. The original plan to **** blood from the colonies also came to a halt with the sudden European war.

Although the Kingdom of Italy gained part of the benefits by reversing the battle in World War I, the ensuing global economic crisis not only consumed all dividends, but also lost most of its savings. . Italy’s degree of industrialization is not very high compared to that of the top powers. However, due to the lack of local resources, it is very dependent on import and export trade, and the domestic government agencies are bloated and slow to respond. As a result, after the crisis broke out, Italy should not have been severely affected. The kingdom still suffered heavy losses.

This crisis has exposed Italy’s fragile political and economic structure to the world. What makes those in power fear that the unemployed caused by the industrial depression and the lower working class are uniting, and the strength of the labor movement is rapidly increasing. If the method is suppressed, it is very likely that a revolution will evolve. At that time, the Italian nobles and parliamentarians will be inevitable. The lessons of the Normanov dynasty are in sight.

In order to get rid of the domestic predicament, the Fascist movement in Italy came into being. Mussolini’s rapid rise and seizure of power is not without the support and promotion of the high-level Italian forces. This new century Caesar is just the original power class. The ultimate goal of a pretense introduced is to suppress the progressive thinking of the domestic labor movement and to divert the dissatisfaction and contradiction of the citizens against the incompetent corruption of the traditional power of the empire.

Mussolini is not an idiot. He also knows that he must rely on these deep-rooted traditional forces in order to be in power. The interests between the two parties are deeply entangled, and Mussolini can also benefit a lot from it. He is happy to cooperate with those old powers and dignitaries. Of course, the other party generously gave Mussolini a huge reward. The entire Italian power class is on his side. Mussolini's orders are on this country. No one can refuse.

"This is Mussolini’s order, you know, it’s Mussolini! He doesn’t care about our difficulties, he just wants to see the results. The Virgin is above, can’t you people move? Use your head! I don’t want to see any of you being dragged out by the military police and shot to death. This kind of thing hasn’t happened before.” Major Giordano, the head of Italian military intelligence in Tripoli, roared, splashing in his hands. His horse whip lashed fiercely against the smooth top of the sixteenth century antique round table in front of him.

"But Major, it's Baron Anthony who insists on..." An intelligence officer wanted to explain to his superiors.

"Don't mention this to me, this is not to explain your dereliction of duty. Where are Baron Anthony and his elite team now? Is there something wrong, why the contact has been cut off for two days, the person in charge remembered Report to your superiors. Where was the support unit originally assigned to them, don't tell me the **** are all drunk." Giordano threw his whip on the table, pointing his finger at the tip of the intelligence officer’s nose Asked.

"We have dispatched search troops, but the clues were interrupted when they reached the border. According to the local checkpoint commander’s report, a troop did indeed cross their defense line under the leadership of a local guide. He also Recognized the photo of Baron Anthony." Another intelligence officer quickly stood up to relieve his colleagues.

"Why did he cross the border? Wasn't the original plan to wait for the target to enter our control zone and then intercept it as appropriate?" Giordano asked loudly.

"Maybe the situation has changed. Now we lack first-hand information."

"Then check, you must find this squad, if you are still alive, bring this group of idiots back, if there is an accident... then you must find their remains as much as possible. I am now I just hope that the French don't find them first, otherwise we will become very passive." Giordano held his forehead with his hand, the explosion in front was too intense, and he felt his brain swelled now.

"The French shouldn't find them yet, otherwise they should protest to us now." The previous intelligence officer offered his opinion.

"Captain Malchimer, it is only a matter of time in my opinion. We can only expect the search team to find the Baron and his party first. Although Baron Anthony is wearing a disguised identity document, it is difficult to guarantee that he is not with him. Carrying other sensitive textual information, if our people can find them in advance, then we can also deal with the items that may cause trouble in time, so that the people of the algorithm will be investigated, and we can also accidentally get lost and stray into the French territory. To explain the whole thing.

On the contrary, if the French find them first, then life and death will lead to a diplomatic dispute. In the end, someone must be thrown out to be responsible for the incident. Anyway, it won’t be someone in the Venetian Palace, it must be One of you and me. "Giordano sat down at the table, rubbing his temples with both hands.

"The search team has crossed the border disguised as a caravan. It is said that the French suddenly increased the patrol density on the border. They should have noticed something." Malchimo reported.

"The French intelligence services are not fools, they are also tracking their targets. Now I hope the search team can find Baron Anthony smoothly, but you all know that this is the Sahara Desert. I don’t know how many caravans are mysterious here every year. No trace was left after the incident.” Another intelligence officer said.

"It would be great if it was what you said, Giuliano." Marchimo shrugged.

"Okay, let’s deal with the issue of Baron Anthony first. We don’t have any other way. Remember to organize the previous investigation records. If the above is really to be held accountable, we can also have a reasonable statement. "Major Giordano continued to rub his temples, he felt much better than before.

"However, Rome’s order must be implemented. If it fails again, it will not be prevaricated by a few investigative reports. Our leader will not tolerate failure, especially if he personally intervenes. People don't understand, since the task is so important, why the superior is unwilling to support us some experts, and instead sent an inexperienced son brother over." Giordano couldn't hide his depressed mood when he said this.

The intelligence director secretly sighed, the Italian intelligence agency didn't know when it became so corrupt. Before Giordano joined the Military Intelligence Agency, the Italian Military Intelligence Agency was the leading intelligence agency in Europe. It was extremely active in the war and had obtained confidential information from many allied countries. There was a period when Italian spies spread all over the world, even in small countries at the corners of the horns, Italian agents under the guise of commerce and diplomacy appeared.

But when the Caesar of the new century came to power, the situation became worse and worse. A group of Mussolini’s confidants were placed in the highly professional command post, and a group of Mussolini was also fired. Approve front-line personnel who they consider unreliable. The intelligence agencies within the military are now flooded with the backbone of the Fascist Party. The funds of the Italian Military Intelligence Agency were embezzled and misappropriated, overseas agencies were revoked and streamlined, personnel were recalled or simply demobilized on the spot.

The root cause of these problems is the change in the ideals of the senior intelligence agencies. They are trying to please Mussolini, so they must cater to the leader’s "strategy", and the world in the eyes of this leader is only This circle along the Mediterranean coast.

It is important to know that Italy has a long tradition of espionage. Earlier, Apennines was still in a period of city-states. A large number of spies of various types emerged in Italy. They unscrupulously stole the politics and commerce of European countries. Intelligence, with money and beauty, buys off officials from various countries, and sometimes assassinates some targets that employers regard as threats.

At that time, the Apennines’ spy assassins were known to have no bottom line. In order to complete their tasks, they had no morals at all. The industry norms that these people followed were to recognize money and not recognize people. They could do whatever they could to meet the needs of employers, even if they were Be ruthless when you meet your close relatives and friends~IndoMTL.com~ Although the current Italian military intelligence personnel cannot be compared with the spies of the year, they also follow the concepts of their predecessors. The agents stick to their professional ethics. Being loyal to your country and the promises you have made is the same without any discipline and bottom line when performing tasks.

"Are we still in control of the target." Giordano also knew that it was difficult for his subordinates to talk, so he turned back to the topic.

"There is no news yet, but according to the original estimate, he should have entered the border of Libya. We have arranged eyeliners in several important towns on the border and ordered them to report to the headquarters immediately if they find the trace of the target. "Marchimo replied.

"Once you find the target, immediately monitor it. Don't act rashly or let the other party notice it. After the other party is frightened, destroy the intelligence information you carry. In addition, I plan to dig out some hidden enemies from him. It may only rely on the power of one person to act alone, and there must be a group of accomplices to receive support from various places. The opinion of Rome is the same. If conditions are available, we can take this opportunity to dig out the enemy’s network of relations in the colony. This involves Top secret, you don't want to spread it out, it's about everyone's future and destiny, you two must keep this in mind." Giordano patted the tabletop and stood up.

"I will go to the headquarters to attend a meeting in the afternoon. You will first draw up a plan for specific actions, and then give it to me for approval."

"Yes, sir." The intelligence officer stood at attention and saluted the supervisor.