Chapter 161 Only Charles Can Do It

In the small town of Fairvoor, the rain stopped for the first time, and a vague rainbow of seven colors hung on the sky.

But the reporters had no intention of enjoying the beautiful scenery after the rain. They gathered together to discuss today's war:

"It is said that the headquarters does not know the latest battle situation, but maybe they are unwilling to tell."

"They only wanted to say that Charles's troops broke through the defenses of Andrusi and Tamon."

"So, it won't be that fast for them to reach La Forks, right? It will take at least two days, so we have to wait here for two more days!"

…

In the minds of reporters, a war should be about the enemy and ourselves taking a stance, one defending and the other attacking, with the battle line continuing to move forward bit by bit.

Therefore, even if Charles's troops had tanks that could successfully break through the enemy's defense lines one after another, it would take two days to reach the La Fox defense line more than ten kilometers away.

But Kobdo, the military reporter for "Morning Post", doesn't think so.

He knew that things on the battlefield could not be thought of in this way. At this time, all the forces of both the enemy and ourselves were concentrated on the long line of defense in front of him, and the rear was very empty.

It is like an egg, except for the hard outer shell, which is completely empty inside.

Once a certain part is breached, it is like piercing the hard shell to reach the hollow interior. If the fuel and ammunition supplies can keep up, Kobdo even believes that this force can fight all the way to Berlin.

Of course, Charles's goal is not Berlin but La Forks, and the battle may end in a few hours.

Kobdo did not share these words with reporters who were also his competitors. From time to time, he raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of the enemy.

There was no rain, but nothing could be seen. We could only vaguely see our own trenches and soldiers running back and forth.

Kobdo pulled his assistant Swan aside.

Kobdo hoped to be close to the front line for interviews so as not to miss opportunities that might come, but Swann felt that this was too dangerous.

"You don't know what this means!" Cobdo said anxiously: "We may get first-hand hot spots a few hours earlier than others, which is enough for us to publish a special issue!"

"Maybe not!" Swann didn't believe it: "If there is, there should be some movement at the headquarters! And those soldiers..."

Swann raised his head towards the passing patrol: "Look at them, are there any signs of victory? Victory will not appear suddenly, Khovd, there will always be some signs!"

"That's because they don't know!" Cobdo explained anxiously: "No one realizes how fast this battle will be, but it may be much faster than we think!"

But Swann still shook his head.

…

Just as Cobdo thought, Joffre's command did not expect it, nor did the soldiers guarding the trenches opposite the Germans on the front line.

Joffre and his staff were still guessing where Charles's troops were now.

The soldiers on the front line were on alert, fearing that the Germans would attack them at an unexpected time.

However……

A white flag suddenly and slowly rose in the German trenches. It waved cautiously a few times to attract the opponent's attention.

"Don't fire, don't fire!" Colonel Kurt gave the order loudly. He thought it was a messenger sent by the Germans to convey something.

However, when he saw clearly that the man who came up was a German officer and a colonel, he knew that things were not as simple as he thought.

"We surrender, colonel!" the German officer said in blunt French, with a look of helplessness on his face.

"What?" Colonel Kurt was stunned and asked in confusion: "How many people do you mean?"

Khalil looked at the French officer in front of him with an equally incredulous look. Didn't he know that La Fox had been surrounded?

"Of course all of them!" Khalil replied: "You have won!"

Colonel Kurt looked shocked: "But, but...why is this?"

Khalil looked helpless, God, they didn't know what was going on, but he had to surrender to such a waste!

If it weren't for the purpose of avoiding unnecessary casualties, Khalil felt that he should wait for Charles's troops to arrive, so that at least he would still have dignity!

…

At Xiafei's headquarters, the staff officer who was answering the phone suddenly froze on the spot. He listened with a surprised look on his face, and then shouted as if he had discovered a new world: "They surrendered, they surrendered..."

He screamed loudly, silencing all other sounds.

The people in the command center all cast strange looks at him, wondering if the staff officer had been stimulated in some way.

"What surrender?" Xiafei, who was pacing back and forth anxiously, said with impatience and reproach in his tone: "Are you dreaming, Gerald?"

"No, General!" the staff officer replied loudly: "Colonel Cote's call from the front line, he said that the Germans have surrendered, Charles's troops have occupied the town of Arloni and successfully joined forces there, and the Germans have no choice! "

The headquarters was silent for a while, then suddenly burst into cheers.

There were also a few ignorant communications soldiers who rushed out of the headquarters and shouted: "The Germans surrendered, we won!"

Xiafei sat back in his chair in a daze. He looked very "calm" among the cheering crowd. He kept repeating one sentence in his heart: I actually want to know the situation of the war from the Germans!

Deputy Commander Kanais took out his pocket watch and looked at it. He compared the attack time on the file and found that the total time it took was one hour and forty-seven minutes, less than two hours.

It has been less than two hours since Charles's troops started the battle, and with only a 2,000-man army, they have successfully recaptured Lafox.

The initial estimate of the number of prisoners is over 10,000, most of whom are troops in the Lafox area, and they have not fired a single shot or a single cannon.

And it is also this army that has thwarted the attacks of the French commander-in-chief several times, causing France to lose a large number of tanks and troops.

It is simply a miracle!

Kanais shook his head slightly: "Perhaps only Charles can do it!"

...

The news of victory quickly spread from the headquarters to the entire town of Fervo, and reporters also heard the news.

But they were still confused:

"What happened?"

"Joffre organized troops to attack the enemy? Otherwise, why did the Germans surrender?"

"But we didn't hear any news or gunfire!"

...

Only Kobdo knew what was going on. He spread his hands to his stunned assistant, as if to say: Do you believe what I said now? But it was too late!

"We should have captured the moment when the Germans surrendered!" Kovdo said helplessly, "That would have made our news headlines and sold a lot, but now we can only be like everyone else."

Kovdo glanced at the front line with regret: "Charles is much faster than I thought!"

He actually didn't expect it to be so fast, otherwise he would have left his assistant behind and went up alone with the camera.