Section 02: Ran Ni Ya is transferred to the Eastern Foreign Military Agency

  The German army, with its superior forces and at the cost of high energy and weapons, occupied the eastern shore of Lake Ladoga, encircling from land and water the second largest city in the Soviet Union, Leningrad, the birthplace of Bolshevism, and successfully joined forces with Finnish allies, achieving a major military and political victory.

  On December 1, 1941, a jubilant Lee gave a speech in the Berlin Reichstag, claiming that Leningrad had been completely surrounded. His sarcastic tone brought laughter from the parliamentarians and audience, perhaps he wanted to add some humor to Sunday: "... at this moment, Mr. Stalin, who is named after steel, is angry with his army of tofu dregs, or maybe he is throwing a stack of defeat reports on the face of a certain marshal, but I ask you to remain calm, what is needed for victory is fighting spirit and not anger, spitting on the face of defeated generals has no benefit to the entire war situation... As long as you calm down and put yourself in your own situation, you will find that surrender is the only choice..."

  There is one thing he said wrong: Stalin punished defeated generals, not just by spitting in their faces...

  Of course, not everyone was praising the Führer's merits. Halder, who had always been a thorn in Hitler's side, spoke ill of him behind his back. At the subsequent joint meeting of the Army Chiefs of Staff, he said to his subordinates in a tone of great disrespect: "Concentrating so many troops and weapons, losing so many lives, even an idiot can win. The Soviet army is not made of straw, the key is to hold on." He nervously told General von Brauchitsch: "Do you know? If Finland hadn't provided us with anti-freeze, all our tanks would have frozen up." Brauchitsch also resented Hitler for bypassing them and dealing directly with the field commanders, and he went around saying that if Hitler didn't start treating him like a human being, he would resign. "Surrounding Leningrad is nothing, surrounding Moscow is the real deal," he said sourly to Hoth, meaning to have him pass it on to Hitler.

  However, both of these two men had to admit that after the German army occupied the eastern shore of Lake Ladoga, the fall of Leningrad was only a matter of time.

  After bringing Rania, Li De originally wanted her to go to the Gladdenburg team for training. That night, Li De secretly came to her dormitory near St. Paul's Church and said: "Dear Rania, I want to train you into a first-class female agent, so you should go to Gladdenburg for training first."

  Rania narrowed her eyes and said that she had graduated from there in September. She boasted that she had received training from the Latvian General Staff, the Soviet KGB, the GRU of the Soviet Army General Staff, and the German Grenzburg, and was now a versatile agent.

  "No wonder you were able to take down that bald guy with just three punches and two kicks." Li De said, while also stroking her face.

  She brushed aside his hand and said: "You're overestimating him, I can kick him down with just one foot."

  Li De said with a hint of displeasure: "Perhaps I should send you to Japan to study Judo."

  "Great, I'll also learn Japan's Aikido and China's Shaolin Kung Fu," said Rania.

  "Yi Kwang-su is from Korea." Li De-quan corrected.

  "Nonsense! I studied international politics in KGB, what makes you think you know more than me? Joke!"

  "Really? I'd like to hear more." He didn't believe it, or rather, he was unwilling to believe due to his pent-up anger. Rania gave him a lesson: "On August 22, 1910, the Japanese government of Itō Hirobumi forced the Korean government to sign the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty. Japan officially annexed Korea."

  Li De suddenly lost interest in his studies, stretched and yawned, saying: "Teacher Rong, I have arranged for you to go to the Eastern Foreign Military Office of the General Headquarters of the Land Army, report tomorrow."

  She gazed at him languidly, a sweet smile floating on her pale face, and said softly: "My leader, thank you."

  Li De Mo stroked her face, wanting to kiss her. She pushed him away coquettishly, with a resolute and expectant glint in her eyes. She pulled her legs, which were originally under the bed, onto the bed, playfully letting him take off her boots.

  Li Deben wanted to refuse, but at this time his brain was no longer in control of his hands. The youthful aura she emitted had caused even his brain to be derelict in its duty. He used trembling hands to undo the buckles on her boots.

  She lay quietly with her eyes closed, the church bell and moonlight giving her serenity a surreal feel, like a holy goddess. Controlled by primitive desires under a sacred cloak, Li De buried his head between her two legs. She endured for a while, turned over and pressed onto Yuan Shou's body, unbuttoned his pants, and lowered her head...

  ……

  On her first day of work, the head of the Eastern Foreign Affairs Office arranged for Rania to visit and study at the Berlin Military Academy, with Yuan Shou's naval deputy officer ordered to accompany her.

  In 1810, under the influence of Napoleon, the first military academy to train high-ranking staff officers was finally established in Berlin, which also set a world precedent. It is the German Military Academy, and its first principal is General von Scharnhorst. The famous military strategist Clausewitz once served as the principal of the school for 12 years and wrote the world-renowned "On War".

  In 1859, the school was renamed the Military Academy and was closed down by the victorious powers after World War I. It reopened in 1935. The entire academy is divided into three departments for teaching purposes: the Basic Department, the Staff Department, and the Army Command Professional Department. One must complete the study of the previous department before entering the next one, which is quite different from other countries' military forces. In fact, a German army staff officer who has studied here becomes a joint staff officer after completing his studies, rather than just an army or navy staff officer.

  Rania was not used to the stereotypical academic atmosphere of the college, and because of the face of Lieutenant Colonel Ginsel, head of the Eastern External Military Affairs Office of the Army Headquarters, he insisted on visiting with a hard expression. When Deputy Officer Schmont came looking for him, she was visiting the house where Clausewitz wrote "On War", a green-tiled red-walled building.

  Seeing the heavily sweating Colonel Schmundt, R?nnia was overjoyed. But that wasn't all - Schmundt had brought a message from the Führer: to depart at once and inspect the 4th Panzer Army in Heeresgruppe Nord.

  Rania couldn't believe her ears and pointed at her own nose, asking: "You didn't hear wrong? Let me represent the Yuan Shou?"

  After being confirmed, she was so happy that she jumped up and clapped her hands. When she found the professor from the college who accompanied her to explain staring at her coldly, she restrained herself a bit. But as soon as she walked out of the meaningful room and onto the lawn, she simply did a beautiful flip on it.

  To the Army General Staff, originally accompanied by her Colonel Kinsel, who was in a bad mood due to his incompetence and failure in intelligence gathering during the war against the Soviet Union. The booklet on the Soviet Union he compiled for every officer was nicknamed "Red Donkey" because its content was completely at odds with reality. This morning, as soon as he arrived at work, General Halder scolded him severely for a mistake in the name of a location on the map, and he was still fuming about it.

  Rania was afraid that her Eastern campaign would be cut short, so she hurried to find General Haarde. She burst into the Chief of Staff's office in a frenzy, seeing the General and Commander-in-Chief talking, Haarde was angry about something and scolded her severely: "Why didn't you knock? The Eastern people are really barbaric."

  Rania was both angry and embarrassed, said "sorry" after carefully closing the door, then carefully knocked on the door, knocked for several times before someone inside responded.

  Rania sat half-arsed on the sofa, listening to them discuss business.

  Halder stormed: "The attack on Moscow is no longer possible this year. Reinhardt's 3rd Panzer Group has been stuck in place after occupying Klin, and Guderian's 2nd Armored Army not only failed to capture Tula but also began a general retreat. He brazenly told me that he destroyed the Kashira hydroelectric power station north of Tula, cutting off Moscow's power supply. Marshal Brauchitsch, this is what our generals are like. Our attack on Moscow has degenerated into a campaign to cut electric wires. Without the Führer's permission, they wouldn't dare retreat even if they had the guts."

  "Alright, let's not waste our breath on this. The Führer is quite skilled himself and has launched a powerful offensive towards the Svir River behind our backs. It seems it will be successful. Let's plan for next year instead." He said, glancing at Renia as he spoke.

  "Mobilizing 200,000 people, even a fool can win if he is in command." Halder was still scolding the Fuehrer when Brauchitsch nudged him and pointed to Jodl.

  Harold stopped complaining and turned to Rania, asking: "What's your comment on Director Kinsella?"

  Rania didn't expect to be asked this question, but she still told the truth: "I was seconded to the Eastern Military Section for ten days. My impression of Director Kinsella is that he is kind and gentle, but not suitable for the work in the Eastern Military Section. He doesn't even speak Russian. Of course, some things can't be blamed on him alone, as the scope of the Eastern Military Section is too broad, including Japan."

  She saw the two of them smiling but not speaking, and she continued: "The day before yesterday I was organizing files and found a meeting record. Before Operation Barbarossa began, Colonel von Gienanth convened a meeting with Russian exiles, at which many Russians made some good suggestions, such as political commissars also being bound by orders and should be persuaded to switch to the German side, or at least not forced to fight to the death. Apparently, this record was not handed over to you by the Colonel."

  "You're telling me to hurry up," Halder said irritably, a mixture of excitement and mischief on his face.

  "I'm done," said Rania, and then she was startled because a voice came from behind her.

  The sound came from behind the three pots of lush flowers, hiding his head between the fortune tree and the money fig, who wouldn't notice if he didn't look carefully. It turned out that the two bosses had just been asking questions to others, not knowing their own height, stepping on each other's feet, talking loudly, her face was red with anger, wishing she could find a seam in the ground to drill into.

  He didn't hear what the man said, nor did he know how she walked out of the office, until the man stretched out his hand: "Byron, the newly appointed head of the Eastern Foreign Military Affairs Office."

  Rania's mind went blank: "Ah... Ha, congratulations, what did you say?"

  The new boss is younger than Jin Ce, looks energetic and full of energy, urging her to hurry up. Seeing Rania stunned, he explained: "Two directors let us go to the front line to familiarize ourselves with the situation, Belo will accompany us."

  Rania suddenly felt invigorated, her footsteps light as she sprinted towards the office. At the door, she met Jin Cai'er who was carrying a stack of files out. Rania greeted him with a hint of guilt, to which he retorted, "I have to destroy these files before I leave, lest someone reports behind my back."

  Rania's mind went "boom" and she was speechless, Byron pulled her inside the door: "Alright, don't bother explaining to him, it'll only make things worse."

  Byron leaned against the door frame, one hand on his hip, eyeing her up and down. Rania was stared at until she felt hairy, stuttering: "General, I...I have something on my face..."

  Byron smiled and replied, "No, there are no rice grains on your face. I just want to remind you that I know about your relationship with the leader. Before you report back to him, I hope you can listen to my thoughts. Hmm."

  Rania knew he had misunderstood, that superior didn't like people who were presumptuous - even to their former superiors. She could only make a string of vows and oaths, followed by another string of expressions of loyalty. A distant horse knows its strength, after a long time one can see the heart of man, she firmly believed they would cooperate happily.