The decisive battle against the Third Reich - Chapter 895
c892 Suspect
Qin Chuan was a little surprised to be able to convince Antoine.
It should be said that Antoine was on the wrong team from the beginning. After France was liberated, Antoine was more likely to be suspected of being a spy than a hero, unless Antoine could always conceal his identity.
This made Qin Chuan relieved, and at least he had an explanation from Annette.
On the other hand, Antoine’s return is also valuable. As the deputy captain of the radio protection team, he knows many small details about contacting the British Intelligence Agency, such as adding some unknown codes to the code to indicate identity… For example, Antoine starts with “F” on the fifth to last word.
Qin Chuan and others checked the messages and found that this was indeed the case. So I couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat. If they recklessly used these radios and decoding books to communicate with British intelligence agents and tried to deceive them, they would not only fail to deceive the British, but they would also be deceived by the British again.
“So, your anger before was all fake?” Qin Chuan asked Antoine.
“I should have reacted that way, shouldn’t I?” Antoine replied.
This can be regarded as an unexpected gain, and then Qin Chuan and others can safely formulate a deception plan against the British Intelligence Agency and lurk people in advance.
In the conference room, Rommel drew several circles on the map, and then said to the officers: “These locations are low-lying areas. As the lieutenant colonel suggested, we have opened several artificial rivers and prepared water for them.” All we have to do to prepare is to put up gates. Of course, these man-made rivers are well camouflaged and difficult for Allied aircraft to detect… What we have to do is to use the radio to tell the British that these areas are suitable for airborne landings. No one is laying mines here and there are no anti-airborne troops, do you understand?”
“Understood!” the officers replied in unison.
After the meeting, Rommel said to Qinchuan with admiration: “A very beautiful battle, Lieutenant Colonel. In this way, we not only solved the problem of guerrillas in the rear, but also basically solved the threat of Allied airborne troops… I knew it was the right choice to bring you here early!”
The Allied forces on the other side became nervous when faced with this situation.
“We can’t get in touch with the guerrillas!” Eisenhower told Halker: “This brings a lot of uncertainty to our parachute operations. We have no way of knowing where the Germans will deploy in the coming period. More mines or where better to parachute. At the same time, without the coordination of the guerrillas, our airborne troops can easily get lost in the dark and fight alone!”
“General!” Halker replied: “These are not the point. The point is that they believe that we will attack Calais, so no matter how they deploy, they will put their main force in the east instead of the west!”
“Are you sure?” Eisenhower asked: “This is another point that worries me. Did the Germans notice something when they made these actions at this time?”
This was Eisenhower’s intuition. He always felt that something bad was happening.
“No, General!” Halker said: “Our remedial plan is going very well. As far as I know… they had a strong interest in General Cramer at the first time. And, that is, at that time Start blocking messages!”
What Halke was talking about was that Qinchuan sent people to surround the German Western Front headquarters in Paris.
What he didn’t know was that the Germans did this not because they believed Kramer’s words but precisely because they found a flaw.
Eisenhower was silent. He didn’t quite believe what Halker said, because before that… the arrogant British MI5 had been defeated by the Germans once.
“Do you know the German’s legendary staff sergeant, Mr. Director?” Eisenhower asked.
“Of course!” Halk replied.
“When we attacked Sicily, MI5 once designed a ‘meat plan’!” Eisenhower said: “You had great hopes for this plan, but it failed. Can you tell me that this is the plan?” why?”
Halke took up his pipe to hide his embarrassment and surprise.
Eisenhower would ask this, which means that he already knew that it was the ‘legendary sergeant’ who had seen through MI5’s plan… Of course, MI5 did not want this matter to spread, because it would make MI5, the so-called global The number one intelligence agency lost face.
But it wasn’t just MI5 who knew the secret, but also Spanish spies… although they didn’t have direct knowledge of the whole process. However, it is not difficult to guess the whole story from the development of the war situation in Sicily and the emergence of “mincemeat” in Spain, so it has been spread in the intelligence community.
“It’s the ‘Legendary Sergeant’, general!” After thinking about it, Halke could only admit: “‘The ‘Legendary Sergeant’ saw through our deception plan!”
“So, Mr. Director!” Eisenhower asked: “This time, I heard that the ‘Legendary Sergeant’ appeared in France with Rommel. Why do you think… he won’t see through your plan again? Woolen cloth?”
Halke remained silent, because this was indeed possible, and it could even be said that this was what he had been worried about… The Edinburgh 4th Army had been exposed before, and Halke believed that it was the “Legendary Sergeant”‘s idea.
Because Halke heard that Rommel and the “Legendary Sergeant” were at odds with Rundstedt because they did not believe that the Allies would attack Calais.
Therefore, they had actually been fighting for a long time, but Halke did not tell Eisenhower.
At this moment, Halke’s assistant opened the door and came in. After handing over a piece of information, he whispered a few words in Halke’s ear.
Halk’s eyes lit up, he flipped through the documents in his hand, and then excitedly said to Eisenhower: “General, I couldn’t answer your question just now, but now I can!”
As he said that, Halke handed the document in his hand over.
Eisenhower took it and looked at it, and immediately looked up in surprise and said: “Have you contacted the guerrillas?”
“Yes, General!” Halke replied: “They attacked the German jamming station and restored our communication for more than an hour. Although the time is short, it is enough for us to understand what we need!”
Eisenhower nodded while flipping through the documents, muttering to himself: “Yes, they sent the latest location suitable for airborne landing, which is highly consistent with the location of our aerial reconnaissance!”
This is of course, there is no water in the low-lying areas, and the pilots look down from the air to see a large open area.
“It seems that you are right, Mr. Director!” Eisenhower said: “It’s time for us to attack. Otherwise, our coordination with the guerrillas will become more and more difficult, and we will not be able to grasp the latest airborne points!”