V4CH31: Cooperation

"Cooperation?" Sharon shouted at Wehrle, "You want me to betray my fatherland and cooperate with you invaders?! I will never agree to your request, I would rather be killed by you than do such a thing. If I choose to cooperate with you, even if I see my brother, he will be ashamed of me. I am not willing to meet him with the face of a German lackey."

　　"Hahahaha, Miss Sharon, listen to me calmly and let me finish my sentence first. You can decide whether to agree or not after listening to my suggestion." Wehrle smiled and said to Sharon who was full of anger and excitement, "We are not asking you to betray your country or for you to betray those of your comrades. Our cooperation will be based on reciprocity and mutual benefit, and your cooperation with us will not only bring no harm to your country but may bring very great benefits to Poland, such as the kind of freedom you now desire."

　　"What?" Sharon was completely confused by Wehrle, what was this German general talking about, that in order to get an ordinary girl like herself to cooperate with them, they would trade Poland's freedom, this was a pipe dream, something that was simply impossible. Sharon felt that she was not that valuable, she felt that this old German guy must be deceiving herself, and could not help but begin to doubt what Wehrle had said earlier. Whether her brother was really in a Russian gulag like he said, and whether Laquent was really a traitor who betrayed his comrades and his country like he said. She couldn't help but lower her head and begin to ponder.

　　"Miss Sharon, I know what you are thinking right now, you must feel that I am now deceiving you with vain things, and I also believe that you must be full of doubts about my words. I can't blame you for being suspicious of me, it's a normal reaction, and if it were me, I would be suspicious of these things that completely overturn my original understanding.

　　Well, let me first prove the correctness of the information about your brother, this is the personal statement of that lieutenant of yours, which clearly describes the true image of your brother's capture. That Laquent, who was actually a member of the Communist Party developed by Russia in Poland, led his men to surrender and handed over their positions intact to the Russian army as soon as it started to attack. He exposed the flank of your brother's company to the Russian army, and as a result, the company had to surrender with their hands up after suffering heavy losses. As soldiers, I think your brother and the others did their duty, and they deserved their title of soldiers."

　　Wehrle said slowly in a deep tone, "These are the accounts of your lieutenant, Major Hantsov of the Russian intelligence service, and although we cannot be certain about this yet, I personally feel that this should be the truth. It was he who conducted the interrogation of your brother in the Russian POW camp, and that's why they know so much about you. They easily gained your trust with the information they received from your brother and used you as a cover to organize an armed force here. Then they rely on this armed force to complete some secret orders given to them by Russian intelligence. Including this one today. You must have thought that your attack on our convoy was the result of an intelligence error, but in fact, it was all premeditated and the target of the attack was our convoy. But they really overestimated your strength, so you paid for it with your lives."

　　"You're saying that this was all arranged by Laquent, I don't believe it, I don't see any signs that Laquent knew about this beforehand. He was taken aback when he learned that there were so many officers in your convoy, and that surprise was definitely not feigned, I could tell." Sharon said.

　　Wehrle smiled and shook his head, he slowly extinguished his cigarette in the canister on the table.

Then let out a long sigh: "Good point, he was indeed unaware of this matter, in fact, he was also betrayed. The real mastermind of this attack was Hantsov, who tricked Laquent into robbing this convoy. This was clearly explained in his confession. Because he found out that although Laquent was a staunch communist, he was still a patriot who only wanted to change Poland according to the Russian communist system, and he thought that this could only be done with the help of Russia, so he chose to betray his comrades and his country to work for the Russians.

　　But Laquent had always wanted to liberate Poland from his heart, while the Russians wanted to completely wipe the country off the face of the earth, as was clear from what they were doing now in the Polish territories they occupied. After some time, Khantesov found that Laquent's philosophy conflicted with the Russian approach to Poland, so he reported it to his superiors, and as a result, Laquent lost the trust of those Russians. But because he was still of use they let him live. This attack was actually a trap for the Russians to get rid of Laquent. Whether your attack was successful or not, Laquent could not escape death. This is the content of Hantsov's own words, if you do not believe me, I can call him again and let him tell you face to face."

　　Sharon listened to Wehrle's words after the whole person limp in the chair dumbfounded speech, she now felt that her previous dreams in a flash collapsed. The person she trusted had been deceiving herself, and not only that, that person had also deceived those partisans who were full of patriotism, causing them to die without knowing that they had actually been used by the foreign forces with evil intentions. Strong anger flared up from Sharon's heart at the thought that she wanted revenge, revenge for her brother, revenge for the partisans who had died in battle.

　　Here she looked up and said loudly to Wehrle: "Can you guarantee that the promise you made earlier will be fulfilled? Can you make the Poles free again?"

　　"Of course! I promise you that if you will cooperate with us, we will keep our promise." Wehrle replied with a smile, Sharon was now behaving exactly as he had expected, which amused the Lord Chief of Staff.

　　"You're only a Brigadier General, I doubt you have the authority to do that, and I'm still not sure what you want me to do for you," Sharon said with her eyes fixed on Wehrle's face.

　　"Oh, I'm so sorry, I haven't introduced myself to you. I beg your pardon. I am Brigadier General Wehrle, Chief of Staff of the German Army's "Cypriot" Corps, and next to me are Brigadier General Müeller, Corps Commander, and Brigadier General Hans, Chief Military Adjutant and Corps Staff. I don't know if you've heard of our corps, but if you have, you should know the identity of our superiors."

　　"You mean "Cypriot"? The most powerful legion in Germany that the radio keeps talking about? You are the commander of that corps! That means the one I wounded was... God, it can't be..."

　　Sharon had long been tired of hearing the name of this corps on the German radio, the same corps with the fierce name that had beaten the British and French armies to death in France. What shocked Sharon, even more, was that she knew exactly who the real owner of that legion was, the commander who was considered to be a rare genius in Europe for a hundred years, the number two head of Germany's powerful armed forces, Germany's vice-Führer Reinhardt Von. Stade. The man who was called God's apostle.

　　Sharon then realized that she really almost got into big trouble, that the apostle's men were now sitting in front of her, which proved that the big man who was wounded by herself was the German deputy head of state. Now think if that man really died in his own hands, the Germans would indeed use all of Poland to bury their leader. That Wehrle was not scaring her at all, and the situation might be worse than she thought, and any horror might come to the Polish people then.

　　Sharon took a deep breath and tried hard to calm her heart which had been beating desperately since the last second. She now fully believed the German general's words, and if the man who made the promise was really the one who made it, he did have the ability and power to fulfill his promise. But now it was the German general who made the promise and not the apostle, and Sharon still didn't know exactly what those Germans wanted for themselves, and now she was a little worried whether the Germans would be as reputable as they were said to be.

　　"Your Excellency General Weil, you can tell me exactly what you want me to cooperate with you, I am just an ordinary girl, and can't do anything for you." Sharon didn't notice that she had unknowingly started to address Wehrle with respectful words.

　　"Ah, Miss Sharon. What we want you to do is actually quite simple. We will purposely create an opportunity for you to lead those captives to escape, after which you will use the prestige you have built up from this act of bravery to reorganize a strong guerrilla force. We will then be responsible for providing your guerrillas with the weapons and supplies you need, and we will give you the information you need. Then you will lead your partisan group to those areas occupied by the Russians to carry out sabotage operations."

　　Wehrle smiled and said, "You and your men will try to sabotage the Russian facilities, capture their officers and collect their intelligence. We will give you enough support. Of course, it is a secret, no one but us will know that you are working with us on this matter, you can rest assured of that. You just need to grab what we need from the Russians. We will arrange the specific matters for you in advance, we will have special people to meet with you, and we will also send you instructors and deputies, you can rest assured that they will never come to spy on you, they will be served by some excellent soldiers in active service of the German Army, and to show that we will never arrange intelligence officers around you."

　　"Do you mean to say that you want me to go to those Russian-occupied territories and wreak havoc, like Laquent? I'm more than willing to cause trouble for the Russians in order to avenge those deceived comrades, but what can I do to organize a strong guerrilla force?" Sharon said with a frown.

　　"You can rest assured that after this ambush, word of your bravery will spread throughout Poland. Of course, we will also contribute to this, and then we will provide you with enough weapons and supplies, and even money. The rest will depend on your own efforts, and our men will contact you after you have organized your team, at which time they will convey our orders to you. For every successful attack you make on the Russians, we will release a group of captured Polish prisoners of war as a reward for your successful attack. Then the civilians in the concentration camps, and finally those of the Polish elite. We will continue to modify the rules and regulations of our operations in Poland, which should bring a period of peace to Poland. Finally, we will foster the formation of a new Polish government by those Polish elites. Poland will be reborn as an independent and autonomous vassal state of Germany. The rest I think should wait until you finish your mission."

　　"Do you mean that Poland will not be able to become a truly independent and sovereign state in the end? It would still have to exist as a vassal of Germany, and what would be the difference between that and now. Also, why did you think of choosing me, there's nothing outstanding about me." Sharon was a little dissatisfied with Wehrle's promise.

　　"Miss Sharon, you should think about it with your head. In the present situation, how much of Poland can survive when they become independent from Germany. I don't think 10% of it could. If German troops withdraw from Polish territory, the Russians will cross the demarcation line. Your independent sovereign state will be completely finished. Now it is because of the defense of the German army that the Russians are abiding by the agreement and do not dare to cross the demarcation line. And the existence of Poland as a German vassal state will do her no harm, and in time you will see what I mean.

　"I can tell you that His Excellency the Vice Führer is so disgusted with the existing policy of the German government in Poland that he has decided to change it. You are not unaware of the last purge he carried out, in which the officials who stained the reputation of Germany and brutally oppressed the Poles were punished by the Vice Führer in the most severe way. Don't you think that after this the SS no longer dare to arrest people? Don't you see those changes in Poland now? This is the true ideal of our Vice Führer, who does not want Germany to be the brutal conqueror of Europe, he wants Germany to be the true leader and protector of Europe. When you really understand his ideals, I think you will also be full of admiration for him, he is a truly great man."

　　"As for our choice of yours, it was a purely inspired idea. The resistance you showed to us before could be better used against those enemies, who would never expect that someone like you, who hates us, invaders, would choose to cooperate with us. You can use this to reconnect with the Russians, and you can rest assured that we already know their contact points and secret codes here from Hantsov's mouth, we will hook up with them for you when the time comes. We can then arrange a few shows for you to gain their trust. And then we'll teach you how to use their trust to your advantage. Hantsov speaks highly of you in the reports he gives to his superiors, and he wants to develop you as one of them, which will give you more cover to work for us.

　　And we have plans on how to make those partisans hate Russia and willingly attack the Russians, we will give you some documents when the time comes, Those documents clearly document what the Russians did in the occupied areas of Poland, and anyone who really loves Poland as a country will be angry about it. Of course, we actually did not do much better than them, but I believe that after the new policy of the Vice Führer is implemented, our image in the eyes of the Poles should be able to be very much improved."

　　Wehrle stood up and walked over to Sharon, smiled at her, and said, "Now what do you think, can we cooperate?"

　　Sharon first lowered her head and thought for a moment, then also stood up and said seriously: "I do not know if what you say is true, but what you say is indeed very attractive. Your plan makes me feel that you are as cunning and treacherous as the devil, but I still decide to believe your words. For the sake of my beloved Poland, for the sake of my family and friends, I would not hesitate to borrow the power of the devil. I am willing to cooperate with you."

(TL: never trust Nazi's folks...)

　　"You are a smart girl, and I am glad to talk to a smart person like you. About your brother, I will use our best agents to get him out. This is also a gift from me to you. Now we can have a good discussion about the details of the arrangements for your escape at night."

　　Wehrle turned to the guard and said, "Go get some food, I see our allies are already hungry, and by the way, order the sentries on duty tonight to stand by me after dinner, I have a task for them to complete." Wehrle then smiled and said to Sharon, "Come and sit down over here, my child. I have a few papers here now for you to sign. When you sign them, you will have completed a huge turn in your life path, and I am sure you will never regret your choice today in the future."