The expeditionary force began to dominate Southeast Asia by recruiting defeated soldiers

Chapter 409 Zhang Chi: Invite the Author of The Adventures of Tintin

While the southward troops were attacking Lion City, Zhang Chi's layout in the European continent did not stop.

In early September, with the end of the Siege of Falaise, the Allies liberated the Gallic capital of Spring, and with the end of Operation Dragoon, southern Gaul was also liberated.

盟军主力，包括由布莱德利指挥的白鹰第 12 集团军群（下辖第 1 、3 集团军），以及蒙哥马利指挥的约翰第 21 集团军群（下辖约翰第 2 集团军和枫叶第 1 集团军）开始向着比荷卢边界挺近。

On the Eastern Front, Operation Bagration ended, and the Soviet army marched straight to the Vistula River. Although the capital of Great Poland was still in the hands of the Wehrmacht, anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was not far from falling.

The demise of Hans' Third Reich seemed imminent.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, a group of people under the banner of the Pentagon's Army Special Intelligence Group began to appear in the territory liberated by the Allies.

These people nominally belong to the Pentagon, but in reality they are a group of people bought from Commissioner Smith by Yegorov after he established contact with the Pentagon. In fact, they are an action team led by some capable synthetic agents.

Of course, the members of these teams are not aware of the inside story and naively believe that they are special staff members commissioned by the Pentagon and that they are serving the special interests of the United States.

(Hydra: Damn, I'm a substitute)

The task Zhang Chi assigned to them was to get in touch with some useful talents before the "Paperclip Operation" and try to trick them into going to Pegu to contribute.

Historically, the White Eagle launched the "Operation Alsos" to collect Nazi nuclear technology talents before the Soviet Bear.

Later, this action was expanded to other fields, considering that some Hans scientists might immigrate to Franco-Nazi sympathetic countries, South American ABC countries, or even other small countries to continue their research.

Therefore, the White Eagles searched for and even kidnapped high-profile scientists at all costs to prevent these highly confidential research works from making progress in other countries.

After all, Uncle Sam's top brass knew very well that once high-tech projects such as chemical weapons, missiles, and nuclear energy fell into the hands of other countries, it would pose a major obstacle to the White Eagle's impending world hegemony.

After the Nazi surrender, the operation gathered more than 1800 scientists involved in key technologies such as rockets, chemical weapons, aerospace, and biomedicine.

Zhang Chi also understood that famous scientists like von Braun, who developed rockets, Kurt Tank, who developed fighter jets, and Otto Ambrose, who developed chemical weapons (sarin), would definitely be the focus of White Eagle, and it would be basically impossible for his synthetic infiltration team to win over these people.

At this moment, the special intelligence team's first target was not a scientist, but a young editor of the Brussels Le Soir newspaper, Hergé, who was 36 years old.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Nazis were doomed. Yet, Hergé, the author of Tintin, had served the Nazis during their occupation of the Low Countries.

In other words, the entire Evening Newspaper became a cooperative media under Nazi control, advocating and defending its various actions.

Fearing that he would be liquidated, Hergé was so anxious that he could only get drunk in a tavern.

"Hey, you know what those Gauls do to those ladies in Chundu who have affairs with us?"

Hausmann, the Nazi officer in SS uniform next to Hergé, raised his beer glass to him with a malicious smile on his face.

"No...I don't know, what's wrong?" Hergé asked in a low voice, twisting his body uncomfortably while holding the beer glass.

"Those Gauls shaved their heads, stripped them naked, forced them to walk on the streets and humiliated them, just because they had to submit to us in order to survive." Nazi officer Hausmann said as he took a big gulp of beer.

When Hergé heard this, his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

Hausmann said with disdain: "It was obviously the Gallic men who abandoned their country and surrendered first, but in the end they blamed the women, blaming them for their infidelity. These Gauls are only so capable, tsk tsk tsk..."

Hergé could only nod awkwardly in agreement: "A Gallic chicken without eggs..."

However, his trembling shoulders revealed his fear.

The Allied forces are about to attack, and when that time comes, Nazis like Hausmann will just walk back to Hans. What will he do?

Even women who had affairs with the Nazis were humiliated like that. How could he, a media mouthpiece for the Nazis and a well-known cartoonist, have a good ending?

No...he won't be shot, right?

Hausman looked at the man in front of him who was shaking like a chicken and grinned.

Just by scaring this cowardly cartoonist and tricking him into going to the far East, he could get a boat ticket to North Africa and a few hundred dollars in greenbacks. Of course he was willing to do such a good thing.

In order to escape the leaking ship of the Nazis, he decided to try his best.

"You better be careful, Hergé..." Hausmann leaned forward and said mysteriously, "My friend at the police station said the guerrillas are putting a bounty on your head. Five gold bricks, just to take the life of a traitor like you!"

Hergé had stopped shaking, for God's sake, he had been so frightened that he almost fainted.

"I...I was forced. I'm just an ordinary writer. What else could I do? Houseman! Dear Houseman, you can testify for me, right? You forced me to write those works, right?"

Houseman glanced at him. "Testify? If they catch us, they'll just give us a bullet each, or just hang us with two ropes. Do you still think there'll be a fair trial? Those guerrillas hate us more than traitors do."

Hergé looked at Hausmann's nonchalant expression and finally reacted.

"Housman! My good friend, Hausman, you must have a way, right?"

Hausman was delighted, it was done!

But his expression remained calm and he tapped his fingers on the table.

Hergé seemed to have grasped a lifeline: "I have money. I have earned a lot of royalties over the years. I can give it all to you!"

Hausman curled his lips and said, "I'm going to the new world soon, what do I need those waste papers for?"

Hergé shook Hausmann's hand and said excitedly: "I know someone who can exchange them for gold. Please..."

There was a greedy look in Hausmann's eyes. Who wouldn't want to kill two birds with one stone?

"I know a guy with connections in the Allied forces who can keep you safe... By the way, do you still remember the book 'Blue Lotus' that you published in 36? Some friends in the East are very grateful for your righteous words and are willing to invite you to continue painting..."

Hergé was puzzled. "The one about Zhang (Hergé's friend Zhang Chongren) taking part in the war of resistance? Was it the Republic of China that was willing to protect me?"

Hausman shook his head: "It's another emerging Chinese force..."