Iron Cross Fire

Kust's plan shocked Kemal, not because it was so good in combat, but because the attack was actually mediocre.

What shocked him was Kuster's political boldness, his courage to go against the requirements of the Allied leader William II, and his blow to Russian politics.

Normal officers should be dedicated to their duties on the battlefield and fight the battles they should fight honestly.

Only Kuster was different. He started thinking about future interests before the battle was over. This was not ordinary foresight.

However, this also inspired Kemal's thinking. With his unique patriotic feelings and national spirit, he also began to think about the future.

This state lasted until April 17, when Kemal's army arrived and he had to lead the army into the Caucasus battlefield.

Before leaving, Kuster was extremely cordial, hoping that he could ensure that all orders were completed and play a model and positive role for the Turkish army.

Kemal naturally agreed, and then left without looking back.

Watching him drive away, Kuster also returned to the headquarters and looked at every part of the map carefully.

Kemal's troops were deployed to the western part of the battlefield as soon as they arrived. The fighting here was not too intensive, and their main function was to delay the Russian army and make them unable to move.

Anyone would be angry if they were assigned such a task, but Kemal was not.

The reason was that Kuster explained the reason clearly. He said that the combat effectiveness of the Turkish army was worrying and could only be used as a filling-line division.

In order to prevent him from misunderstanding, Kuster said that his ability was trustworthy, but most Turks were not as trustworthy as him.

Kemal agreed with this, but the outside world did not agree with it. They believed that Kuster deliberately suppressed Turkey's future potential stocks and did not want Turkey to develop.

Turkish newspapers denounced Kuster for attacking allies, which caused an uproar in Turkey and expressed their desire to withdraw him.

Enver wanted to take this opportunity to exclude Kuster, but the German and Austrian emperors sent him two telegrams respectively, which made him give up this idea.

The one from Germany was signed by the German emperor, proving that it was written by him.

The telegram was written in the same frankness as the German Emperor, stating that if Enver dared to dismiss Kuster, he would dare to send people to the Turkish Palace to brush the copy.

As for the Austrian-Hungarian one, it was quite complicated. There was no signature of the Austrian Emperor on it, but instead the signature of the Austrian Parliament.

What does this mean? Was it the work of Wiltok's group of bastards?

Kuster clenched the telegram in his hand, frowned and hesitated more and more; the strength of holding the paper gradually increased, gradually rubbing the paper into a wrinkled ball, and the handwriting on the paper became blurred due to moisture.

He had always regarded the Russian Communist Party as his biggest concern, but now after careful thinking, it seems that the real biggest concern is not the Russians, but himself! His group of dishonest subordinates!

Kuster felt a headache and stopped thinking about these useless things, thinking that everything was just too suspicious.

He originally wanted to prepare for the battle and release some false news to see how he would be evaluated.

At first, the news he got out of fraud made him quite satisfied. At least he knew that Enver had been dishonest behind his back and spread bad things about him. Unfortunately, he had Kaiser Wilhelm to follow him. Anyone who dared to find fault with him would end up with a black eye.

The Kaiser also supported him as always, so much so that a joke was created: Kuster was the Kaiser's half-brother.

What's more terrible is that such jokes would also be made within the Allies. Even the Kaiser himself was not angry after hearing it, but was happy to keep it on his lips.

So Kuster was given the title of "fake Hohenzollern family member" in a high-sounding manner, which made him very helpless.

But compared with the telegram from Austria-Hungary, the Kaiser's move was so affectionate.

The signature of the Austrian Parliament made the telegram that was originally beneficial to Kuster extremely complicated. What was hidden behind it, Kuster never understood.

This hurt Kuster, making him more anxious and difficult to command the troops.

Finally, Kuster gave up thinking and decided to fight the war well, build his reputation, and build a good relationship with the German Emperor first, and then take care of those things.

However, he still had some concerns, so he asked the German Emperor to train a group of intelligence personnel for him.

The German Emperor said that this was easy to do, and then he took out a hundred people who could speak Russian from the intelligence department.

Kuster thought that this was too much and didn't want it, but the German Emperor forced it on him, so Kuster accepted it reluctantly.

Until the end, the German Emperor suddenly asked him what he wanted to do as if someone reminded him.

Kuster knew that there was someone behind him, so he became serious and said that he was going to deal with Russia, and then the German Emperor agreed.

After Kuster hung up the phone, he estimated the next action. Of course, this was still a political action, and the military continued to drag it out.

And this dragged on until April 22, when all the intelligence personnel sent by Germany were in place.

This shocked Kuster. He didn't know who was so capable that he could train so many intelligence talents in a few days.

After asking the leader, he found out that the Kaiser had directly selected them from his own ranks. He was impressed by the Kaiser's wealth.

After confirming the number of people, Kuster planned to send some of them to Russia to get information and also to deal with the Kaiser.

Most of the rest went to Austria to find out what happened in Austria-Hungary.

The leader was stunned when he heard the order: Why should I go to Austria instead of Russia if I am learning Russian? !

Kuster was shocked to learn that they knew Russian. After all, he himself did not know Russian, and he felt inferior when he met a group of language masters.

But the Kaiser was too targeted! It seemed that he was going to force Russia to death.

But there was no problem. Kuster was in the Caucasus, and the only people who could fight him were the Russians.

The Kaiser's good intentions were real, but the bad things he could do made Kuster even more upset.

Now he had the pressure of reputation, so he could only send all the spies to Russia.

If he wanted to ask the Kaiser for help later, unless his ministers were all fools, he would not get anyone.

After forcing himself to calm down, Kuster thought about it and thought that there were many things to do now. The main thing was military affairs. The Kaiser had been urging him and seemed to be impatient.

The Kaiser's people cannot be said to be useless. At least they can play a role in turning the tide of the war in the military. After all, Russian intelligence is almost one-way transparent to Germany.

You must know that although the war is fought for resources, intelligence is equally important! As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know the enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles." Later, a mistake in Germany's intelligence led to the reason for the United States to join the war.

In this way, the Kaiser's people really helped.

And organizing all intelligence personnel together to establish an intelligence department that belongs to them alone will always be helpful in the future.

Thinking of this, Kuster's eyes lit up, staggered to his feet from the chair, and started his work.

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