Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Chapter 423 Bletchley Park

After receiving the news that the German troops in Libya had begun to attack Egypt, Churchill was shocked and his first thought was that his own intelligence had been leaked again.

The Germans must have learned about the oil fields from Spain and were worried that the oil fields would be attacked, so they rushed to attack; otherwise, they would not attack sooner or later, but they launched the attack just when he gave the order to the British Commander in the Middle East to destroy the Libyan oil fields. attack?

"Where is this damn guy hiding?!" Churchill muttered through gritted teeth.

Based on the clue of the "Ballista Project", the entire naval command was isolated and examined, from the commander of the navy to the cleaning servants; only the cats and dogs in the navy were pulled for interrogation.

This kind of review work has indeed achieved certain results, and the intelligence department has uncovered more than 40 suspects; however, the biggest reason why these people were listed as suspects is that their ancestors are of German descent.

Churchill was dumbfounded after receiving this report. Isn’t this nonsense? Aren’t the largest Germans in the UK the British royal family? Is it possible that the royal family should also be listed as suspects?

The senior officer of the Intelligence Bureau who was reprimanded by Churchill said helplessly. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, there is really no suspicious person besides this."

"..." There are only two reasons for not being able to find them; one is that these people are innocent; the other is that they were hidden very well.

Just as Churchill cursed these damn spies, the German bomber formation took off again; their bombing formation this time was even larger.

Not just across the strait; the Netherlands, Norway, and Denmark even launched large numbers of bombers from Iceland.

Dowding ordered fighter jets to take off to defend London. Once a bomber group approached, the British fighter group immediately pounced on it. Once it discovered that the British fighter planes were approaching, the German bomber group would flee.

But then there will be another fleet slowly approaching London, and the cycle starts over and over again. So Dowding could only let the fighter jets take turns to land at temporary airports around London to refuel, while the rest kept circling around London to ensure the safety of London's airspace.

Just after a day of bombing, Churchill received a call from Lord Adams. There was deep sorrow in Lord Adams' voice. "Your Excellency, Bletchley Park has been bombed by the Germans."

"What?!" Churchill almost screamed.

Bletchley Park is a mansion located in the town of Bletchley, Milton Keynes, England.

Just before the outbreak of World War II, the Polish Cryptozoological Bureau disclosed the German Enigma cipher machine's cracking technology to the British intelligence agency, and the British government relied on this information to launch an operation to decipher the Enigma cipher machine signals. The Government Cryptozoology School moved into Bletchley Park, with the school's Admiralty, Military and Air Force departments all occupying the ground floor of the house, while the top floor was occupied by MI6.

In addition, a telecommunications department, a teletype machine room, a kitchen and a dining room were set up in the mansion for the use of all employees.

In the early days, the water tower in Bletchley Park was converted into a radio room and named "Radio X". Although this name was later used as a nickname for Bletchley Park, in fact, due to the many long antennas protruding from the radio room, the radio room was soon moved away from Bletchley Park to avoid making the entire site attract outsiders. Suspect.

Bletchley Park's work during the war was mainly to analyze data from enemy countries collected by listening stations across the country. Generally speaking, the initial data collected by the listening station will be quickly sent to Bletchley Park by intelligence officers on motorcycles. Later, the listening station can even transmit the data directly using teletype machines.

The most well-known "accomplishment" of Bletchley Park in later generations is that it successfully cracked the encryption system of the German Enigma cipher machine; but perhaps Bletchley Park's greatest achievement is that it once Cracking the German FISH advanced teletype code.

The intelligence obtained through decryption at Bletchley Park was code-named "ULTRA". This information largely enabled the Allied forces to successfully sink many enemy U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic, and also laid the foundation for the Royal Navy's victory in the Battle of Matterhorn and the Battle of North Cape.

In addition, since the United States entered the war, British Prime Minister Churchill had agreed with US President Roosevelt to allow the two countries to share resources. Against this background, many American cryptographers went to Bletchley Park to work with British experts. At that time, British experts were mainly responsible for Germany's codes, while American experts were mainly responsible for cracking the codes used by Japan.

The estate was kept secret so well that during World War II, Bletchley Park was subject to direct air raids only once. On November 20 and 21, 1940, the enemy dropped three bombs over the manor. But the real target of the three bombs was the nearby Bletchley Railway Station. Among the three bombs, one exploded in the area opposite the messenger entrance of the mansion. The strong vibration slightly caused the adjacent cabin No. 4 (belonging to the school's Naval Intelligence Department) to shift slightly. However, because the huts are built on pillars made of bricks, people inside can continue to work while the crews move the huts back to their original locations.

At the height of the declassification operation, some 9,000 people worked at Bletchley Park, and as many as 10,000 worked there during the war. These recruits typically possess unique talents, such as being a chess champion, a crossword puzzle expert, a multilingual speaker, or an authority on mathematics.

The most famous example is that the Bletchley Park authorities used the Daily Telegraph's crossword puzzle as an interview test, requiring interviewees to complete the crossword puzzle within 12 minutes. In addition, the newspaper was asked to hold a crossword puzzle contest and then recruit the winner to participate in "a special task to contribute to the war effort."

At the end of World War II, most of the equipment and blueprints at Bletchley Park were destroyed. Although thousands of people had participated in the decryption work there, they all remained silent after the war. It was not until the 1970s that the identity of Bletchley Park's wartime decryption base was truly revealed to the outside world. After the war, Bletchley Park was occupied by various organizations, including British Telecom, the Civil Aviation Authority and PACE (Public Property Consultants). In addition, until 1987, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ, the reorganized Government Cryptozoological School) still had a training center at Bletchley Park.

"Was it an accidental explosion? Are there any casualties?" Churchill's voice trembled slightly.

"It was obvious that the German army's target was Bletchley Park. The German army dropped a large number of incendiary bombs. The entire estate burned for several hours, and no one survived."

"..." Churchill slumped in his chair, his face pale. After a long while, he roared hysterically. "How did the Germans know! It's a spy!! It must be a spy!!"

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