The fifth watch is completed, what about my monthly pass?

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It didn't take long for Colonel Schuster to return.

He excitedly said to Rommel: "Your Excellency, it's not Dover! ”

"Are you sure?" Although this was completely expected by Rommel, Rommel asked.

"Sure!" Colonel Schuster said, "Because one of them recognized that it was in Shanklin!" ”

"Shanklin?"

"Yes!" Colonel Schuster replied: "I am very sure that this builder, François, happened to have contracted a construction project in the neighborhood. The direction of roads and railways, the location of rivers and bridges, etc., can be determined to be Shanklin! ”

Rommel and Qin Chuan got up and walked to the map as soon as they "soared".

Colonel Schuster said to Rundstedt with a little embarrassment: "Sorry, marshal......"

"No, you don't need to apologize!" Rundstedt replied: "You are doing the right thing, and it is I who gave you orders!" ”

With that, Rundstedt slowly got up, and Colonel Schuster hurried up to help him, and then led him to the map.

"Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief!" Rommel pointed to a point on the map and said, "Shanklin, diagonally across from Brittany...... As I expected, their target was the Brittany Peninsula! ”

Rommel's estimate made sense.

As far as landing operations are concerned, the most taboo thing is that there is no strategic depth...... In the absence of strategic depth, there is often a situation where one loses or loses all.

To put it simply, the landing force has its back to the sea and can only build one or two lines of defense on the beach.

At this time, if the enemy launches a counteroffensive, even if one of the dozens of counteroffensives can break through the defense line and force the defenders to retreat, the defenders will collapse on all fronts...... Behind it is the sea, and there is no way back.

The best way to solve this situation is to capture a peninsula.

The Brittany Peninsula, for example, is like a rhinoceros horn jutting out of the coastline, surrounded by the sea on three sides and connected to northern France on the other.

If this peninsula can be captured, it will also mean that the landing force will be able to gain a strategic depth that it did not have in an instant, and this strategic depth will be easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it can become a bridgehead for the landing force.

After a moment of silence, Rundstedt said, "You win, Marshal Rommel." I'll report this to the Führer! ”

Rommel raised his head and said, "Your Excellency, this is exactly the other thing I want to say to you!" ”

"What?"

"Actually, this is the lieutenant colonel's idea......" Rommel raised his head at Qin Chuan and said: "If we want to win this intelligence war completely, that is to say, we want to deceive the British intelligence agency, then we have to pretend that we don't know anything, and everything is going the way it was!" ”

"What do you mean...... And this includes the Führer? ”

Rommel hesitated, as if trying to see how Rundstedt would react to the offer before deciding how to respond, but in the end Rommel replied, "Yes, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief." Because of the stakes, I don't think this secret can be passed out of this command, which is why I sealed it down! What do you think? ”

"Field Marshal Rommel!" Rundstedt asked with a straight face: "Why do you think that reporting to the Führer will leak information?" ”

Rundstedt could not talk about loyalty to Hitler at all, in fact, as a nobleman, he despised Hitler in his heart, and repeatedly spoke ill of Hitler in private.

However, this can be regarded as grasping Rommel's sore feet...... If this had been reported to Hitler, Rommel would certainly have been punished in some way.

"Because of the spy!" Without thinking, Rommel replied: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, we have proved that the 4th Army and the 1st Army are non-existent or false, but the ridiculous thing is ...... The spies sent by our intelligence bureau have been constantly reporting relevant information to us, causing us to miscalculate, so I have reason to believe that all of these spies have been turned against us. In that case, do you think we can still trust the Military Intelligence? ”

After a pause, Rommel said categorically: "No, let me know that I can't trust anyone unless they are under my control and surveillance." ”

Qin Chuan secretly said in his heart that this is the case, no wonder he just said that he wanted to hide the information from Hitler, and Rommel agreed without thinking too much.

It's just that Qin Chuan and Rommel have a slightly different mind: Qin Chuan is worried about "super secrets, while Rommel is worried about the unreliability of the military intelligence bureau headed by Canaris."

Either way, Rommel had a good reason...... You must know that the Military Intelligence Bureau was Hitler's eyes and ears to the outside world, and if even it was unreliable, then the news would not dare to reach the Führer.

The fact is that this military intelligence is indeed unreliable, because the head of military intelligence, Canaris, is a member of the rebel group.

Rundstedt thought about it and found that Rommel's reason was too sufficient...... Even if he exposed the whole thing to Hitler, he was afraid that not only would he not be able to rectify Rommel, but he would be rebuked by Hitler.

Because under the extraordinary period when it was proved that the three spies had been plotted against him, Rommel's approach of taking the overall situation into account was of course correct, and the command of the Western Front naturally wanted to hide this important information from the Führer until the end of the campaign or the internal lines of the Military Intelligence Bureau were all dug up.

Thinking of this, Rundstedt nodded and said: "I agree, Marshal Rommel, I think this is the right thing to do!" ”

"So ......," said Rommel, "we may have to keep arguing!" ”

"What?" Rundstedt was a little puzzled by what Rommel meant.

"Just like before!" Rommel said: "You insist that the Allies will land in Calais, and I continue to suspect or think that the target of the Allies is Brittany. Let's put on a show for them! ”

Rundstedt didn't seem to be very reluctant to do so at first, because he thought it was an insult to him.

But suddenly, Rundstedt understood something...... If he did, it would mean that he had never made a mistake, not before, and not since.

Because, all this was done to deceive the British.

So Rundstedt suddenly rejoiced: "Of course, Marshal Rommel, I am willing to do this!" ”

Qin Chuan knew that this was actually Rommel's mercy under his hands.

Because the feud between Rommel and Rundstedt actually ended the moment Rommel came out of the "Bold Rooster" restaurant, or rather for the British Intelligence Service.

But Rommel is now giving Rundstedt a step down.

The purpose is simple, that is, it hopes to better cooperate with Rundstedt in the future deployment of the Allied forces...... The battlefield is realistic, and it makes decisions more from the perspective of interests than personal preferences.

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