Chapter 872 Intelligence

Western Front Command.

Rommel was flipping through documents in his office while cursing:

"These self-righteous bastards are ignorant and stupid. They can only bring resistance and harm to Germany!"

"They are the ones who know nothing!"

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Rommel has never been as chattering as he is now, and sometimes he even slams the documents on the table, so that Colonel Schuster, the director of the Intelligence Department who is responsible for receiving and cooperating with Rommel to organize intelligence, sits in a state of anxiety and dares not breathe... Even though he is Rundstedt's subordinate, he still dares not provoke a marshal like Rommel.

"You did it on purpose, didn't you?" Colonel Slaine glanced at Rommel, who was still indignant, and asked Qin Chuan in a low voice.

"What?" Qin Chuan asked back.

"Please, you know what I'm talking about!" Colonel Slaine said, "Don't treat me as a fool!"

Qin Chuan smiled, which was considered an answer to Colonel Slaine.

"Very good!" Colonel Slain smiled bitterly, "I'm not sure if we were fooled by the British Intelligence Agency, but what is certain is that... both marshals were fooled by you!"

Colonel Slain guessed correctly that Qin Chuan deliberately provoked the conflict between Rommel and Rundstedt.

This is actually another way of provoking.

For Rommel...Rommel hated being used by others the most, and he was used by Rundstedt. What's worse is that Rommel has not yet realized that he was used. He ran around on the front line like a fool while Rundstedt and others were enjoying wine and food in the back and laughing.

This is a shame for Rommel, a thorough humiliation, so when Qin Chuan revealed this, Rommel would of course be furious and turn against Rundstedt.

And the best excuse for turning against each other is obviously not "being used", which will only make Rommel stand in the perspective of "loser" and complain...No one in the army is willing to stand with such a commander who is no different from a complaining woman.

So a better excuse is to point out, as Qin Chuan said, that Rundstedt was the one who was fooled, fooled by the British, and that "Desert Fox" Rommel was right.

If this can be proved, Rommel can wash away all the shame imposed on him by Rundstedt, and humiliate Rundstedt in turn.

As expected by Qin Chuan, Rommel did choose this path. In fact, it seems that this cannot be said to be a "choice", but a subconscious reaction.

For Rundstedt, he is in a dilemma.

Rommel and even a lieutenant colonel challenged his authority.

If he still uses his authority to prevent Rommel from accessing intelligence or limited access to intelligence, it would be a cowardly performance, which would be regarded as not daring to fight.

The extremely conceited Rundstedt certainly couldn't stand this humiliation, so of course he would choose to fight.

The way to deal with the challenge is to put all the intelligence in front of Rommel and the ignorant and arrogant lieutenant colonel, and tell them with facts... These intelligence are true, and the Western Front General Command has not been fooled.

"I will even organize people to cooperate with them to check!" Rundstedt said to his subordinates privately: "Give them a good environment, and have someone send them the best food and accommodation every day so that they can concentrate on their work. But one day, they will come to me and admit their mistakes!"

At this time, Rundstedt did not realize that he had jumped into the trap set by Qin Chuan, or he felt it vaguely, but he jumped into this trap willingly in order to maintain his face in front of everyone.

The first half of what Rundstedt said was indeed done.

Qin Chuan, Rommel and others got five connected and spacious and bright offices, which were equipped with desks, telephones, telegraphs, etc., and also got 30 assistants including Colonel Schuster, the director of the Intelligence Department. They were responsible for finding and moving all the information Rommel needed from the data room, and assisting Rommel in checking and even verifying.

The food and accommodation were even more exaggerated. The 24-hour uninterrupted supply of coffee and juice was just a small matter. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper were all delivered on time, and they were luxurious, including first-class wine, steak, bread, roast duck, turkey, caviar...

But this was quickly rejected by Rommel.

"We don't need this kind of enjoyment!" Rommel said: "We are here to work, not to enjoy delicacies and wine. Just send us bread and coffee on time!"

"Yes, Marshal!" Colonel Schuster did not dare to disobey Rommel's order and immediately conveyed Rommel's meaning.

This was hard for Qin Chuan and Colonel Slaine. They had been eating plain tea and light meals on the front line for a while. When they saw these things, they couldn't help drooling. They finally had two good meals, but they didn't expect that they would be gone.

Fortunately, Rommel did not object to the place to live... The accommodation was opposite the office, about 30 meters away in another building, each person had a room, with a clean big bed, bathroom, and wine.

What's even better is that you can order food at any time in the dormitory. You just need to tell the waiter, and they will prepare the food and send it to your room within half an hour.

The reason why Rommel did not refuse may be that he didn't know these things at all, because except for taking a shower in this luxurious dormitory occasionally, he basically stayed in the office all the time. When he was sleepy, he would sleep on the table and continue working when he woke up.

This may be a normal thing for Rommel. Sometimes even Qin Chuan and Slaine, who have been on the battlefield for many years, find it a bit scary.

Of course, the most important thing is business.

The intelligence analysis this time is different from the last time... The "Mincemeat Plan" about the Battle of Sicily last time was actually just a corpse. The entire amount of information and the points that need to be paid attention to are not much. In addition, Qin Chuan knows the truth, so it is easy to find loopholes in a very short time.

But this time it is not so simple.

The amount of information is so large that only one aspect of the intelligence can fill the office. Although Qin Chuan also knows that this intelligence is false, it does not mean anything. He needs to find loopholes or logical errors in these intelligence to prove it.

And British intelligence personnel are not idle. In fact, they can be said to be the best intelligence organization of this era, so even if it is false intelligence, it has been carefully designed and demonstrated time and time again. In fact, true and false intelligence are mixed together.

Therefore, it is not as easy as Qin Chuan to find problems from it.