Chapter 261 lead the way
While the British army received the "Sheerman" tank and conducted intense training, Qin Chuan, Rommel and others were still having headaches for the Greek militia.
"The militia have many more weapons in their hands!" General Streck said: "The most troublesome thing is explosives. They secretly brought the explosives into the factory and then blow up our machines. It's hard for us to find out who did it!"
Qin Chuan can understand this that many of the Greek militias were veterans who had undergone regular military training. They only needed to install a simple timing device for the explosives, and they could calmly place the package containing the explosives in an inconspicuous corner of the factory, and then "boom" after they left.
"Luckily..." General Streck said: "Our arsenals strictly use prisoners isolated from the outside world, and the defense is tight, so there is no impact on the steel plant for the time being. The No. 1 blast furnace was blown up and No. 2 blast furnace was blown up, which will take several days to repair."
Because blast furnace iron smelting is simple in process and large in yield, most countries adopt this method of iron smelting.
On the other hand, because the German army was insufficient copper production could not meet the sharply increasing demand for bullets and shells on the battlefield, it produced steel-shelled bullets and shells on a large scale (same was true in the Soviet Union), which also led to a sharp increase in demand for iron.
"Have the village not been investigated?" Rommel asked.
"Of course there is!" General Streck replied: "But it is not difficult to imagine that the investigation will not have any results. They will not tell us where the guerrillas or explosives are hidden!"
"Where did they get the explosives?" Rommel asked.
"It was the British who did it!" said Colonel Slain: "They carried out airborne at night through transport planes and submarine transportation!"
"We get intelligence from the captives!" General Strek said: "They have a stronghold on Mount Izi, which was the preparation they made for retreating from Greece to Crete a few months ago. The militia stored food and some equipment there. I believe they would hide the explosives there, but not many people knew the detailed location of the stronghold!"
Upon hearing this, Colonel Slain couldn't help but turn his attention to Qin Chuan.
"Second Lieutenant!" said Colonel Slain, "I remember you once arrested a militia major, and I believe she should know the location of the stronghold!"
General Streck nodded: "Their commander is a colonel, the captain is a major, and this rank is enough to know more information!"
"This will not be useful!" Qin Chuan replied: "This major will not say anything. Major Kleiman has interrogated her many times, but has found nothing!"
Hearing this, the officers couldn't help but remain silent. They had seen the backbone of the Greek militia, and they had successfully captured several militias, but these militias would rather die and die than surrender.
"These Greeks are incredible!" Rommel said with a frown: "Greece has surrendered, what are they still holding on to?"
Rommel, a European, seemed to be difficult to understand, and even before the war, the Germans thought that the Greeks on Crete would welcome the Germans to land.
But as an Asian, Qin Chuan feels it is normal, because most Asian countries are the same, except for fence-skinned grass like Thailand.
Greece in World War II was one of the most Asian countries among European countries, which may be related to their Athenian culture and Spartan culture.
After thinking about it, Qin Chuan said, "It's impossible to let her confess, but it may be possible to let her lead the way!"
"Lead the way?" Colonel Slain smiled and said, "If she can't confess, will she be willing to lead the way for us?"
General Streck and Rommel also looked at Qin Chuan with doubtful eyes.
Qin Chuan nodded and replied: "You might as well give it a try. We have no better way!"
Eunice was arranged to produce shell casings in a bullet factory... A prisoner like her would not let her be exposed to gunpowder and other work that could cause damage.
On that day, Eunice worked as usual to another group of prisoners to change shifts.
After a routine body search, Eunice walked towards the dormitory under the escort of several Italian soldiers.
Just a few steps, Eunice looked alertly at her right hand... There was a jungle outside the barbed wire, and Eunice noticed someone was hiding inside.
Eunice couldn't help but get nervous.
She was almost certain that those who hid in the jungle were Greek militias, because there would be no one else to do this except them.
She was nervous because she was not sure what the Greek militia had intended... were they here to kill her traitor?
After thinking about it, Eunice believed that the Greek militia would not have completely believed that they had become traitors just because of the few words the Germans shouted, not to mention that if they were traitors, they would not have worked hard here again.
Or...Eunice thought of a possibility: they were worried that they would provide more important information, so they sent someone to silence them?!
Thinking of this, Eunice couldn't help but sigh, took off her hat and exposed her blonde hair, and then walked to the most conspicuous side. She was worried that the militia would accidentally attack others because it was dark and could not see her position.
Then Eunice waited, waiting for the gunshot that ended her life.
With a "bang", the gunshot sounded.
But it was not Eunice who fell down, an Italian soldier covered his chest and then slowly fell down.
Then there was another "boom" explosion, and the entire barbed wire was blown into the sky. In the smoke and darkness, someone shouted: "Run, Eunice, Colonel sends us to save you!"
Eunice was stunned when she heard this, and then ran towards the exploded barbed wire mesh gap without saying a word. The prisoners also rushed towards the barbed wire mesh in a scream.
Italian soldiers hurriedly raised their guns to shoot, but they could not stop the crowds of people coming. For a moment, gunfire and shouts were everywhere, and the factory was in chaos.
Eunice moved quickly and ran into the jungle in a few steps. Several people were using tree trunks to cover the shooting of the Italian army.
One of them threw a rifle to Eunice and shouted, "Retreat, we cover!"
Eunice looked back and saw a team of Italian soldiers rushing in this direction, so she didn't dare to say anything, so she turned around and got into the jungle and ran all the way.
Only gunshots came from behind, occasionally a few screams and grenade explosions. Then the gunshots became weaker and weaker, and they stopped after a while.
Eunice looked back and looked behind her. She couldn't bear to let her comrades die for her, but at the same time she knew that she could no longer fall into the hands of the Italians, otherwise the comrades would die in vain. More importantly, the information she knew might also fall into the hands of the enemy.
Chapter completed!