The person Lin Wei was looking for was named Salre Mori. During the showdown with the mafia, Salre Mori carried out strict arrests. He directed the military and police to arrest nearly a thousand mafia members. Without parliamentary approval, he revoked Sicilian "democratic rights" legal provisions and repealed many laws protecting Sicilians. He ordered the suspension of the work of the Sicilian courts and authorized the military to handle legal affairs with full authority. He also instructed the military and police to deal with Mafia members. "Feeling is the best evidence. If necessary, just arrest them. If necessary, issue a shooting order." "Nearly a thousand suspects were convicted or sentenced to death without formal investigation and trial. In more than a year, at least 2,500 people in Sicily were exiled, sentenced, or shot. On the streets of Palermo, prison vans often roar past, sirens blaring. Since 1925, in Sicily, the law has degenerated to the point of losing its basic fairness. It is in this environment that the Mafia people are pressed step by step and often face desperate situations. This is what Lin Wei admires the most. He is ruthless and ruthless, which is absolutely not a problem for Heinkel & Renault who have no experience. If Salley Mori can be poached by Lin Wei, Lin Wei's original intention of controlling the foreign legion can definitely be realized. .
In order to see this figure with his own eyes, Lin Wei asked Crawford to discuss with the Italian side, then suspended his trip and waited in Paris for the arrival of Sarre Mori. During this period, Lin Wei took the time to visit Louis & Renault met with the scheduled commander-in-chief and met Heinkel & Renault with his own eyes. After the conversation, Heinkel lived up to Lin Wei's expectations. From Lin Wei's heart, Heinkel & Renault had become The SS Foreign Legion is, of course, mainly the best choice for the French supreme command.
After meeting with Heinkel, Lin Wei happily gave him the title of deputy national commander of the SS. When Lin Wei was about to leave, Heinkel and Lin Wei had already talked about everything. Friends, at least in Heinkel's heart, he considers Lin Wei his confidant.
Now that the Foreign Legion matter has been settled, Lin Wei must meet with his French comrades. The Fire Cross Regiment was established in 1927, and its main influence is within the French Army. Whether it is Gamelin or General Wei Gang, Marshal Pétain to the end. When they served within the army, they turned a blind eye to the Fire Cross Regiment, so that they could ensure that the Fire Cross Regiment continued to grow and develop. Although Germany and France are feuding, there are very few people in the Fire Cross who hate Germany. On the contrary, they are relatively close to Germany. Of course, there is no influence of Marshal Pétain.
The meeting between Lin Wei and the leader of the Fire Cross Group went very smoothly, and it was so smooth that even Lin Wei felt a little incredible. Lin Wei only showed this intention slightly, but the people in the Fire Cross Group were more anxious than Lin Wei. The whole atmosphere was reversed. The people in the Fire Cross Group kept asking Lin Wei about his specific plan and promised to actively operate it. Make sure the Foreign Legion thing succeeds. Lin Wei responded passively, saying whatever he thought of. Originally, Lin Wei thought things would not go so smoothly, so he didn't think much about the follow-up plan. Unexpectedly, this move hit him in the foot.
In the end, Lin Wei couldn't hold on any longer and had no choice but to run away. The first thing he said after returning to the hotel was, "Crawford, prepare a plan for the Foreign Legion for me immediately, and have it ready for me tomorrow!"
"Pfft...!" Crawford was about to take a sip of water and almost spit it out. In the end, although he held it back, he choked enough and slapped his chest twice hard. Crawford said dumbly, "Leader, do you want to kill me? Let's do this. I will go to the concentration camp to be a guard!" This way you can live longer!”
"Get out of here!" Lin Wei said angrily, "Oh God, I am a national leader, why am I surrounded by people like this? God, please give me a qualified adjutant!"
Being a qualified adjutant in your eyes is not a task that humans can accomplish. Abdominal row is abdominal row, Crawford can only ask, "Leader, what happened? You are not going to see the Fire Cross Regiment today." What? I remember you specifically told me last night that I could give myself a day off. Could it be that I just gave myself a day off and you can’t handle it today? "
"Crawford, you are my angel!" Lin Wei flattered him wildly, and then told everything in detail. Crawford kept a serious expression at first, but as Lin Wei As the story unfolded, Crawford's expression became increasingly weird.
"Ah well... that's it! Leader, just leave it to me tomorrow!" Crawford said confidently, but his tone was a little weird. It might be that he had suffered an internal injury just now and has not recovered yet.
"Okay, it just so happens that Salre Mori should arrive in Paris tomorrow. I want to meet him! I heard that he is very unhappy now. Mussolini, why can't he use such a good person?" Lin Wei looked at his watch and made an estimate.
Crawford nodded and expressed that he had no objection to Lin Wei's arrangement, and the matter was settled. Lin Wei and Crawford called the people who followed Lin Wei out and were going to find a place to have dinner. Anyway, there was nothing much going on today.
Mori has been idle again since he destroyed the Mafia. It seems that the Mafia incident did not make Mussolini have any special thoughts about Mori, so Mori did not have a good time in Italy's political career. It was not very satisfactory, so when Lin Wei contacted Mussolini to ask for someone, Mussolini and Mori unanimously agreed. Mussolini mainly wanted to get his hands into the SS Foreign Legion, and Morrie simply had a bad time and wanted to try his luck.
Lin Wei gave Mori enough courtesy and went to the train station to greet him personally when the train arrived in Paris. In fact, this is normal. Talented people can always be respected. Of course, if they are deliberately suppressing you, just change places. Mori looks very young in appearance, but Lin Wei knows that the person in front of him is already over sixty years old, but it can be seen that Mori is very good at taking care of himself. He looks like a fifty-year-old man, but at this age It was also very big in the SS. Although it cannot be said to be unique, it was still rare.
Out of respect for the old man, Lin Wei said hello first, and then immediately took Mori into his car.
"Find a quiet cafe!" Lin Wei calmly ordered the driver. Although they had just met, Lin Wei had already determined that Mori would like a quiet place. Facts have proved that Lin Wei's estimation was not wrong. Mori showed his old age. Although the expression of satisfaction was only a tiny bit, Lin Wei saw it.
The car was driving smoothly, but Lin Wei and Mori were thinking about their own things. People should not be judged by their appearance. Who would have thought that the kind old man in front of them would be the man who almost wiped out the mafia that would become famous in the future. , but if it weren’t for the remaining Mafia members helping the United States attack Italy during the war, and if Italy lost the war, the Mafia might disappear permanently.
Compared with Lin Wei's thoughts, Mori was much simpler. He was only slightly surprised by Lin Wei's youth. Although he had heard that the leader of the German Armed SS was a young man, he did not expect him to be so young. Mori has also met many so-called young talents in Italy, including the current Italian Foreign Minister Ciano, but comparing what Lin Wei has done, Mori can easily compare the gap between the two people. Ciano is far from Lin Wei's opponent.
Soon the car stopped in front of a coffee shop. Several military police opened the door. Lin Wei and Mori got out of the car and took a look at the appearance of the coffee shop. The pink decoration seemed not suitable for the current occasion. , but there is simply more than one cafe on this street. It was less than a hundred meters away from here. It was obvious that there was no need to continue taking a car at such a distance. After asking for Mori's permission, Lin Wei and his group walked to another coffee shop. This coffee shop was not as decorated as the one just now. It's nice to look at, but it's more suitable for a place to talk, and the cafe just now is suitable for couples.
After sitting down, Lin Wei brought up a topic that was incompatible with the atmosphere of the coffee shop, "Mr. Mori, I heard that you studied a lot of criminal law when you were dealing with the mafia. Is that true?" Lin Wei He stared at his cup, as if talking about an insignificant question.
This is true. In order to force the captured mafiosi to cooperate with the police, Mori even restored many of the torture methods of the medieval Inquisition, including the infamous "beef tendon box" and so on. The beef tendon wooden box is a wooden box 100 centimeters long, 70 centimeters wide and 50 centimeters high. The victim is pressed on his back, his hands and feet are tied to both sides of the wooden box, tightened hard, and then the whole body is poured with salt water. Beat with special beef tendon. The torturer suffered unbearable pain, but no scars were left. If you still don't confess, then you will pluck out the hair on your body one by one, knock off your nails one by one, burn the soles of your feet with a soldering iron, and use pliers to clamp your genitals? The torturer was tortured to death with his hands connected to the power source.
Not only that, in the winter of 1926, the last mafia group in Sicily was surrounded in the town of Ganji. Mori drove the local people into an open space and pointed 94 cannons at Ganji Town. Mori loudly announced: "I will order the cannon to fire in another five minutes. I don't want street fighting and let the dirty blood of the Mafia people be stained." With the hands of my soldiers, I will turn them into cannon fodder and turn Ganji Town into ruins!" At this moment, the sound of horse hooves sounded in the darkness, and the five mafia leaders each rode a horse. They came slowly from a distance, as if they were the victors of this war. Morrie could no longer bear the arrogance of these country bumpkins and ordered them to be detained and shot to death. This military operation was the famous "Battle of Ganji" in Italian history.
"Haha..." Mori didn't seem to care about Lin Wei's question. He behaved like a gentleman from beginning to end and said with a smile, "Young leader, you are right, but what you do is similar to what I do. Almost all the Jews in your country were arrested under your order! And I only do this to the mafia, which is a little worse than your method!" There was a counterattack implicit in his words, which shows that Mori really didn't want to show off. He was so kind.
"Mr. Morrie, good job! This is how you treat people like this!" Lin Wei gave a thumbs up and said, not feeling sad about the fate of those mafia gangsters at all. Since they are garbage, they must go to the place where garbage is. , Lin Wei's idea is that simple. After listening to Lin Wei's words, Mori also smiled. The first conversation between the two was very pleasant.
Specifically, Lin Wei admired Morrie's ruthlessness, and Heinkel needed the help of such a person. Otherwise, Heinkel would turn the Foreign Legion into a veritable cannon fodder army.
"Old sir, I think you already know!" Lin Wei finally said, "The newly formed legion needs a savvy person. Of course, you are the most suitable choice in front of me. How about it? Think about it?"
Mori didn't seem to be in a hurry to answer this question, but asked, "Young general, can we ensure victory in this war?" Lin Wei wanted to say yes, but he couldn't finish the words. The United States is the most uncertain factor. Whether Germany can win depends on the attitude of the United States, not the armed forces of the Soviet Union. Now the Soviet Union is no longer so scary in Lin Wei's eyes.
After thinking for a long time, Lin Wei still gave an ambiguous answer, "There is a great chance that the victory of the war will be on our side!"
"Are you worried about the attitude of Americans?" Morrie asked. Another General Rano-like character. Why do these old guys always have such enigmatic expressions? Lin Wei commented secretly in his heart.
"Yes, but I want to make it clear!" Lin Wei, who looked around and found nothing unusual, said, "Although the United States is powerful, I can guarantee that they will not actively join the war. If Just for the Soviet Union, then Mr. Mori, don’t doubt the strength of the German Empire! Now I still want to ask, Mr. Mori, is he willing to join the Foreign Legion? This place is very suitable for you. I can give you anything you want. Something!" As he spoke, Lin Wei took off his dagger and solemnly handed it into Mori's hand.
Lin Wei's move was beyond Mori's expectations. Looking at Lin Wei's solemn expression, Mori still sighed and said, "I hope to get full support. Although I am Italian, to be honest, I still appreciate the German system. I originally put my hope in Mussolini, but..." Mori said bitterly, "Mussolini is not capable of turning Italy into a powerful country. The current situation is already Italy’s limit!”
Morrie accepted Lin Wei's dagger, which made Lin Wei very happy. I was very sorry to hear Mori's words when I was happy. Lin Wei didn't know what the situation in Italy was like since he was not Italian, but Lin Wei knew that Mori's words were the truth, so Lin Wei could only remain silent. .
"By the way, Mussolini once told me!" Mori said, "He is going to send two divisions of black shirts to join the Foreign Legion. Let me ask you what you think!"
"No problem, you can worry less this way!" Lin Wei had no objection. Although the Foreign Legion could help, the SS itself was still composed of Germans, including those volunteers who got up early to join. If they themselves are not good enough, the foreign legions will not be able to turn the tide even if they leave.
The only thing left is to introduce Mori and the people of the Fire Cross Group. The Fire Cross Group's lack of interest in Mori was also noticed by Lin Wei. It was just because of Mori's age that there was nothing wrong with him. Well behaved behavior. Mori didn't seem to have any reaction to the rude behavior of the Fire Cross members. Only Lin Wei, who learned about Mori's past deeds, knew that the Fire Cross would definitely suffer a big loss at the hands of Mori in the future.
Finishing this matter has put down a huge stone in Lin Wei's heart. It's almost October now, and Lin Wei's planned trip has been delayed for a long time. So after notifying people in China to help establish the foreign legion, Lin Wei Wei and his party immediately boarded the train back to China. In Lin Wei's plan, everything must be resolved within the year. As for 1941, there are still things in 1941.
The end point this time is the Skoda Arsenal in the Sudetenland, but at the critical moment, it is still possible to use it for public benefit. Lin Wei is going to stop in the Ruhr area to take a look at the situation of the Panther tank, and by the way, check out the weapons that the Krupp family has been researching. Helicopters, Lin Wei has always been looking forward to armed helicopters, but Lin Wei also knows that with current technology, it is difficult for armed helicopters to achieve what Lin Wei expected. In fact, when armed helicopters became tank killers, they were already in their sixties. era of the Vietnam War.
Lin Wei only regarded the armed helicopter as a surprise weapon and only needed to use it twice by surprise. Of course, it would be the best thing if there is a surprise.
At the same time, on the British battlefield, the landing German Army Group B was ready to launch another offensive. After tearing apart the British defensive city chain and occupying Wales, Army Group B took a long rest. This was because in the battle to conquer Wales , Germany's power consumption was huge. The most important reason was that Germany's logistics power was somewhat insufficient.
Although the UK is not as vast as the Soviet Union, it is separated from Germany by the English Channel. As we all know, Germany has always been relatively weak on the ocean. When the Germans face the ocean, they are even more vulnerable than when facing the vast land. end. In order to attack Britain, Germany mobilized all river ships, but it was obviously unrealistic to keep these ships transporting supplies. After all, Germany itself also needs these ships. The domestic canal network and transportation lines cannot be separated from these ships. Once these ships are used for a long time, Germany's economy will have problems!