The Rise of the Third Reich

In the VIP lounge of the wooden YSL-style terminal building at Kabul Airport, a somewhat embarrassing scene is taking place. When Colonel Val T. Schellenberg, aliased as James Bond, was hugging Prince Daoud of Afghanistan, William Eddy (Rotenberg), who was on crutches and holding a corncob pipe, took several spectators with him. The loose German soldiers suddenly broke in.

"Are you German?" Colonel Val T. Schellenberg was stunned for a moment, and then asked in English that sounded very fluent with a London accent.

"Yes, I am Colonel Rothenberg!" William Eddy spoke very fluent German. "I am the chief military adviser of the German Wehrmacht in Afghanistan. I am here to help the Kingdom of Afghanistan fight the Bolsheviks."

A Wehrmacht colonel who can't even speak German? Val T. Schellenberg glanced at several soldiers wearing German military uniforms following William Eddy. The style of the military uniforms is not wrong, but the problem is that a few guys look too loose and don't look like German soldiers.

"I am Colonel James Bond," Val T. Schellenberg said calmly, trying to show a bit of the calmness of a British gentleman, "I am from London. It is a pleasure to meet you here."

William Eddy laughed, "Me too, I am very happy to see my friends from Germany in Afghanistan. I hope we will not meet on the battlefield in the future."

"Perhaps we will meet on the battlefield against the Bolsheviks." Val T. Schellenberg's mind turned quickly, and he already understood the origin of the other party and his purpose in Afghanistan.

These loose guys are definitely not German soldiers, and they are probably not British. The British will not be so rude and direct. Most of them will observe coldly from the side, and then draw wrong and biased conclusions. So most of these people are rude and savage American cowboys!

Thinking of this, Val T. Schellenberg showed a reserved smile and continued: "I am also here to help the Afghans... I think we have common interests in Afghanistan, right?"

"Yes!" William Eddy spit high-grade Cuban second-hand smoke into Val T. Schellenberg's face, then nodded and said, "Our German Empire has no permanent friends and enemies, only permanent interests, as long as the interests are consistent. Yes, enemies can also become friends.”

"This is also the principle by which our British Empire handles international affairs!" Val T. Schellenberg glanced at the Afghan prince who was standing aside and seemed a little dumbfounded, and said: "Our war with you is a brotherly war, and we must divide it. What matters is victory, not life and death. Maybe in a few months, our princess will marry your prince."

Princess and prince? William Eddie was stunned again and again, what is going on? Who is the princess? Could it be Princess Elizabeth? She is going to marry a German prince... What does that mean? Wouldn't it be an Anglo-German merger?

While William Eddy was thinking about it, Val T. Schellenberg had already taken the initiative to extend his right hand, smiled and said in fluent German: "Colonel, I hope our two great European countries can jointly support the Afghan people to resist the Soviet invasion. Let’s start a new career, resolve past conflicts, get back together, and lead the world together.”

William Eddy frowned, but still stretched out his hand and held it tightly with Val T. Schellenberg's right hand.

At this moment, "American Colonel Gingrich" with a somewhat gloomy face suddenly opened a small door that led to an unknown place, walked out with his head held high, and then said "British Colonel James Bond" with a mouthful He said in authentic London accent: "What the Afghan people need to resist the Soviet invasion is real support. Now that the ferocious Soviet Red Army is marching towards Kandahar, the Afghan people are in urgent need of strong support. How are you British going to help Afghanistan?" ?”

"This is Colonel Gingrich from the United States. He is also our friend in Afghanistan..." Prince Daoud of Afghanistan quickly introduced "Gingrich" to "James Bond".

"James Bond" nodded to "Gingrich" very gentlemanly, and then said: "We will not only provide the Afghan people with ordinary rifles, machine guns and light artillery, but also provide several secrets developed for the British mainland." arms!"

The secret weapon to defend the homeland? "Colonel Gingrich" was stunned again and again. This secret weapon should be secret. How could it be shown off in Afghanistan? Does everyone know this or is it still a secret weapon?

"What secret weapon?" German Colonel Rothenberg asked in American English.

The British James Bond waved to the "British soldiers" standing behind him, and immediately someone brought two suitcases, placed them on the ground and opened them carefully. Inside a suitcase was a pair of "round hammers" wrapped in linen. "Colonel Gingrich" immediately recognized them as two No. 74 anti-tank grenades, which were very deceptive. Churchill ordered 1 million to be built, but the regular army refused to take them because they were too easy to cause accidental damage, so they gave them to the National Guard and later airdropped them to the so-called French Resistance Movement. In the other suitcase were several items that looked like cotton vests.

"Is this a bulletproof vest?" German Colonel Rothenberg asked puzzledly.

Bulletproof vests are available in many countries, but they are not equipped with large numbers of troops. Firstly, it is because the bulletproof effect of the bulletproof vest is not very good; secondly, it is because the bulletproof vest is too heavy - most of the bulletproof vests these days are made of steel plate as bulletproof material, which is very heavy and makes it difficult to move when worn on the body.

"This is not a bulletproof vest, it's a 'Churchill' bomb vest."

"Bomb vest?" Prince Daoud's eyes widened. "How to use it?"

"Colonel James Bond" said: "Just wear it on your body, disguise yourself as an ordinary person, then blend into the enemy, and then pull the fuse..."

"Then what?" Prince Daoud asked again.

"Colonel James Bond" spread his hands, "Then it exploded."

"The person wearing this bomb vest..."

"Of course he died for his country!" "Colonel James Bond" disguised by Val T. Schellenberg glanced at the "German Colonel" and the "American Colonel" and said solemnly: "If our British mainland is invaded by the enemy, 46 million people will wear this bomb vest and perish together with the invading enemy! So no enemy can conquer the British mainland!"

Is there such a thing? German Colonel Rosenberg seemed to be frightened and exchanged glances with the equally surprised American Colonel Gingrich.

This bomb vest is too crazy! Could this thing really be the idea of ​​Prime Minister Churchill? Did Churchill really want to lead 46 million British people to fight the German Nazis to the end, and would rather die together than consider surrendering and losing half?

"This, this, the people of the British Empire are indeed invincible!" Prince Daoud broke the silence with a tone full of admiration, "But such a bomb vest is useless to us in Afghanistan."

"Useless?" Val T. Schellenberg asked, "Will Afghans be willing to be slaves of the Soviet Union?"

Prince Daoud shook his head helplessly, "Most of us Afghans have no concept of the country at all, they only know tribes and Allah!"

"Then let them sacrifice their lives for tribes and Allah!" Val T. Schellenberg said, "The Bolsheviks are all atheists. If he If we rule Afghanistan, there will be no Islam in Afghanistan. "

"But, but what about Kabul and Kandahar?" Prince Daoud said, "Now the Soviets are advancing rapidly towards Kandahar, they will soon occupy it, and then come to Kabul. And we don't have enough troops to defend Kabul..."

It is no problem for the Soviets to enter Kabul. The regular army of Afghanistan is not large in number. Even with the assistance of Britain, the United States and Germany, the weapons and equipment are still very backward, and the army is not well trained. It is difficult to fight against the Soviet Red Army, which has an absolute advantage in numbers, equipment and training.

"Then don't hold on to Kabul." Val T. Schellenberg said, "Afghanistan is a vast country with a land area larger than that of France. Plateaus and mountains account for 80% of the land area. It is impossible for the Soviets to control all of Afghanistan's territory."

Now the Soviets have dispatched 15 divisions, less than 200,000 people to invade Afghanistan. It is no problem to capture Kabul and Kandahar. But it is not enough to fully occupy mountainous Afghanistan. In fact, the Afghan government itself can only control a few towns. Most of Afghanistan's land is still controlled by countless tribes of all sizes. It is not an easy task to dig them out of countless ravines and valleys to participate in voluntary labor. Moreover, the Bolsheviks and Islam are still a bit incompatible at this time.

His view was agreed by German Colonel Rothenburg, who said, "Yes, the Soviets can only control the areas inhabited by Uzbeks and Tajiks to the north and west of the Hindukhun Mountains. In addition, there is a long transportation line from Herat to Kabul. This is a 1,300-kilometer transportation line. The terrain along the way is also very complex by European standards, and the environment is harsh, which is very conducive to guerrilla activities. However... the Afghan guerrillas need more weapons and ammunition. We should study how to help the Afghan people more effectively." Colonel Rothenburg glanced at British Colonel James Bond and American Colonel Gingrich, "Colonel Bond, Colonel Gingrich, I think we should talk alone... just the three of us, how about it?"