Chapter 237 The Best of Both Worlds

The next second, the French soldiers shouted excitedly: "God, you... you are Charles, you are Charles!"

The soldiers only reacted at this time and started talking one after another:

"Is he really Ciel?"

"The Ciel who always helps us win battles?"

"Yes, he also gave us a lot of supplies, including marching quilts!"

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Then, the soldiers rushed up to shake hands with Ciel:

"Nice to meet you, Colonel!"

“Thank you for the supplies you gave us, there is hope!”

"You are our pride, Colonel!"

The German officer also stepped forward to salute Charles, shook hands with Charles with admiration, and said in blunt French:

"You are an honorable enemy, Colonel, and I am so lucky to see you in person."

"No, I should say, I'm so lucky to be alive to see you!"

The French soldiers laughed "haha", and their laughter was full of pride. They could understand what the German officer meant.

A German soldier said something in German that others could not understand. The German officer translated:

"Berg said that Ciel has a nickname in our army. We call Ciel the 'War Knight', which means a knight born for war!"

The French soldiers said "Wow" in unison, and the next second they shouted in rhythm:

"War Knight"!

"War Knight"!

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The soldiers gathered more and more. When they heard that Charles had come to the front, they dropped what they were doing and came from all directions to join them. The trenches were all surrounded up and down.

Many German officers and soldiers also came over after hearing the news, and they all wanted to see Charles' true appearance.

The French soldiers involuntarily grabbed their guns with vigilance in their eyes. They were worried that the German soldiers would take advantage of this rare opportunity to harm Charles.

A captain squeezed in from the crowd. He saluted Charles expressionlessly, and then politely stepped aside: "Colonel, let's talk inside!"

Charles nodded and followed the captain, advancing along the trench amidst the cheers of the soldiers, and then got into the captain's command post.

"Sorry, the conditions here are limited!" The captain asked Charles to sit down on the low stool, bent down and took a tooth cup from the shelf and handed it to Charles, with a hint of apology in his tone: "This is the only thing that can entertain you. ”

The tooth cup contained freshly heated coffee, which was made by mixing instant coffee with snow and burning it with a candle.

Charles thanked him, took a sip of the coffee, and said, "It tastes okay, except for the burnt smell."

The captain laughed: "You are very straightforward, colonel. When those generals came to inspect, they either refused to drink a sip, or they pretended to say, 'It tastes great,' but the expressions on their faces said otherwise."

Ciel calmly replied: "If I become a general, maybe I will do the same!"

The captain smiled "hehe", he knew that Ciel would not, because his influence has far surpassed those so-called generals, unless he didn't know this.

The captain took a simple low stool and sat in front of Charles and asked, "Tell me, what is the purpose of your coming here?"

Then he added: "Please forgive me, Colonel, I have to talk to you from the perspective of a soldier!"

"Of course." Charles replied: "I am also talking to you from the perspective of a soldier!"

"What do you mean..." The captain looked at Charles in confusion.

At this time, another cheer came from outside the tunnel. Lieutenant Denis came in from the outside and whispered something in the captain's ear. The captain nodded slightly.

"Thank you for sending the turkey, Colonel!" the captain said expressionlessly: "But if you want the soldiers to cancel the truce agreement, I can't do it. Our agreement is not like the high-level ones that can be torn up at will."

Charles listened to the captain quietly and replied unhurriedly: "That's just a Christmas gift, Captain!"

The captain said "hmm" without saying anything. The expression on his face seemed to be a smile but not a smile, as if to say, let's see, I don't believe you don't ask for anything!

Charles didn't pay attention. He took another sip of coffee, looked up at the captain in the candlelight, and asked, "You know about the killing order, right?"

The captain secretly said, here he comes, he wants to use this to threaten me.

"So what?" the captain asked.

After a pause, the captain added: "We will not compromise, colonel. Although I am grateful for your understanding and help, this cannot be done..."

"Perhaps there is a way to get the best of both worlds." Charles interrupted the captain.

"What?" The captain looked at Charles in confusion. He didn't understand what having the best of both worlds meant.

War and truce?

How can this be the best of both worlds, they are contradictory!

Charles came closer and lowered his voice: "You can start a war, but no one knows where your bullets will hit, Captain! You just need to make an agreement with the Germans and put up a wooden sign on each other's trench as a target... "

The captain understood instantly and nodded: "Good idea, Colonel, very good idea!"

Then, the captain's eyes gradually softened when he looked at Charles, and his stern face relaxed like melting ice.

Before this, the captain had always been wary of Charles, thinking that Charles was a lobbyist sent by the generals.

He didn't blame Ciel, because this was Ciel's duty. He was also a soldier and had to obey orders.

However, there is a clear distinction between public and private affairs, and the captain has to stand on the opposite side to discuss the issue with Ciel.

However, the captain now realized that Ciel was not who he thought he was, that Ciel was one of his own.

Charles raised his cup to the captain and said, "Not even just Christmas, Captain. You can agree on a breakfast time in the future. Put up the sign and finish breakfast quietly. Put away the sign and play as you want. Do you agree?"

"Yes, Colonel!" The captain nodded heavily: "I think, I think the Germans will agree!"

"That's good!" Charles took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and said, "It's almost dawn. I'll have someone hold the infantry gendarmes. They will come after dawn. I hope you will be ready before then. Is that okay?"

"No problem, Colonel!" The height in the tunnel was not high enough, so the captain could only sit and stand up to salute, but it was still very standard.

"Well, the purpose of my trip has been achieved." Charles said, "I should go back. Merry Christmas!"

"Merry Christmas, Colonel!" The captain's voice was a little choked.

He really didn't have any requirements, he just came to save us.

No one, no one would care about the lives of frontline soldiers like Charles!

"Colonel!" The captain called out to Charles who was about to get out of the tunnel.

"What?" Charles turned around.

"My name is Claude, Colonel!" The captain stepped forward and said, "My men and I fervently hope that one day we can fight under your command!"

Charles nodded and turned to get out of the tunnel.