Enigma: 12th problem, HINT

Station X, Hut 8                                    July 14, 1941

 

Dear John Doe,

 

You know that Bamburismus was invented by Alan
Turing, the chief of our hut. You read his report.
Now to perfect your training you will implement
this method to treat a real case. Unfortunately we
are not in a hurry. Currently hut 6 monopolizes
all the bombes.

 

Personally I realized the first step (the most
tedious): find the depths.

Of course, we have recovered on an enemy ship the
tables of bigrams.

 

Now you only need to apply the Scrithmus method

to find the wheels that can be on right position
and thus decrease the number of combinations to
test on the bombes.

 

If you are lucky, you can even find the middle
wheel and why not all the wheels.

 

If you are very lucky, you can also find a crib
from the depths.

 

Finally, exceptionally, you can create a bombe
menu from the GRUND+2 and GRUND+1 alphabets.

 

Good luck!

 

Hug Alexander

 

01: KFWB ZMIE ECDO QPDF ZXQU EUGZ EQZA LIBN VETE TYPA

    QVOA VDUD .... KFWB ZMIE   shift = 0 (Reference)

02: ABSB KETO YKBL MXGR HKKU ZXMM XJNN PRLR ZMRD MIBB

              .... ABSB KETO   shift = 4

03: RJZF HUPC BSLM XYMZ YEVY MSFU NOHM MKOE CCRT ZHSY

    NJHH OTKU .... RJZF HUPC   shift = 5

04: TMTR UMXO JNSR KHKT DRZA MTMY FORO NMQI NTDR DYLP

    EEIK      .... TMTR UMXO   shift = 8

05: AUWQ LDXK ABWE SZLG GVOU AHOM HLLR HRTZ BOYT PGAC

    CHNI DZXW .... AUWQ LDXK   shift =10

06: XHOF ESGK RHGK HOXO YXZW PMYF WHIQ SQGY VCYP LDIB

    TKKF OZOZ .... XHOF ESGK   shift =12

07: NAVV ZLHZ OKPP QSPR RJDV JGMQ QYPJ JXVV YRJY EZBU

    ELPE DZSY .... NAVV ZLHZ   shift =15

08: WCVV IEOC AKRV HDAE IRZL GKDA NTDB OVQF BJIY ZHJE

    LPEX WRHV .... WCVV IEOC   shift =16

09: ABOF ATJY OLOF DBZS OKAD OEUE MYUV DAWQ KCVC CUAC

    PBSM LPEZ .... ABOF ATJY   shift =17

10: JXAD TEZE AJWK EZMB RANC CVOM TYSA DWUO PMTI KVEH

    UKZS ZHFL .... JXAD TEZE   shift =18

 

11: JXQX DMBG GSAH IBBT EEMW DZVB GKUK HNJY GOJO NMTN

    PTZK DROD .... JXQX DMBG   shift =  0 (Reference)

12: SXQL LIBZ FDEM IVZP XDDN NHZX FJDP KFDR DUKY MGBW

    CAVC ADZD .... SXQL LIBZ   shift = 26

13: NAHL OCXU MMJA XSVV EAWK MBJV TIPB BRVD PCSK ZAUK

    RJVP PANL .... NAHL OCXU   shift = 52

14: VQUC ZTNG DKZN UOLP VIUV THJX DOLZ OSDN PMQU ZOUE

    OMPX PRZN .... VQUC ZTNG   shift = 78

15: YKKO CUEQ EOTT NEVZ SVXU RTDI OXMF VFIW EKHR LCWO

    BKHN IFBQ .... YKKO CUEQ   shift =104

16: MKXH UIZM DMBW HCOV GCPT EQHQ GSVK RPLE HGGX CKUK

    WQSM GMVK .... MKXH UIZM   shift =130

17: NARC NFFY WXWO SQSV INGW VWLZ FQZI PLQJ ZSXM DIOO

    JONY SMNK .... NARC NFFY   shift =156

18: IJZI OCUY UEJX SUTF EQKB NURZ MPIP EAFY BVOD XUFM

    NHFR RGDU .... IJZI OCUY   shift =182

19: ORLZ WPUC BSMB ZXQD SNDS IUGI FQEB KHZM WWSE XMYQ

    XTRE SLJR .... ORLZ WPUC   shift =234

20: OZUS SKDJ QIQH TVUY FYGM EYLB WGTJ ZHQF PWQK VMIA

    QCPC MCVR .... OZUS SKDJ   shift =286

 

21: IRBG GIBF KEIT ASQP WQOH TXLL MWCN PWSF ZGEV WZUV

    XOGJ XEXB .... IRBG GIBF  shift =   0 (Reference)

22: MTWB APCV DZPY HXJM FXQL EGVD WFXM OWYC JICW JIDJ

    YYTF ZRXK .... MTWB APCV  shift =1248

23: GQAD GHCS MCWU GUPI JMRK CXTU YUOO BTHI DOPG FQNT

    DZNE      .... GQAD GHCS  shift =1872

24: PKHN SKXF YVBD FJPW JJOR FPOU RKKH NDYR GPDG WLWF

    SEMK MFBJ .... PKHN SKXF  shift =6240