The decisive battle against the Third Reich

It took five days for Qin Chuan, Colonel Slaine and Rommel to carefully organize all the information.

These were originally the duties of the Western Front Intelligence Office. They had to classify and organize the intelligence, and even create an index for the intelligence. Finally, based on all the intelligence, they formed a complete intelligence chain that could be mutually verified and marked where. There are doubts about what has been proven and how it was proven, etc.

But the troops stationed in France, especially the troops in Paris, would not do this. They would simply pile this information together and then make a report to their superiors.

For this reason, Colonel Schuster, the director of the Intelligence Division, expressed his guilt to Rommel more than once: "Sorry, Marshal! I didn't do my job well!"

"It's not your fault, Colonel!" Rommel replied coldly: "After all, this is Paris, and you have stayed in a peaceful society for too long!"

On the surface, Rommel's words meant "I don't blame you", but in fact they were more hurtful than any harsh condemnation, because another meaning of "staying in a peaceful society for too long" was that they were no longer worthy of being called one. an army, a product of corruption by a superior life and enjoyment.

Of course, Rommel was not just referring to Colonel Schuster.

Colonel Schuster did not dare to respond, so he could only apologize and immerse himself in work in embarrassment.

Finally, I finally sorted out all the information.

Information is mainly divided into three parts:

The first part is from Scotland in the north of England.

German intelligence showed that the British 4th Army and the American 15th Army were gathering in Scotland, and they planned to attack Norway across the North Sea.

"There is no doubt about this!" Colonel Schuster said: "The British 4th Army has about 250,000 people, and the U.S. 15th Army has about 50,000 people. They have at least two military headquarters, one airborne division, and four An infantry division, an armored division and an armored brigade.”

"How did you get this data?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Radio monitoring!" Schuster replied: "They sometimes include unit numbers when communicating, such as 'Seventh Army requires more sleeping bags' and so on!"

Shuster flipped through the documents for a while, then took out a stack of documents and said, "Here, this is a summary of the wiretaps!"

Qin Chuan took one and flipped through it.

Colonel Schuster continued: "And we believe that the offensive target of the Allied 4th Army is Norway!"

"Why?" Qin Chuan asked again.

"Because there is a mountain range called Kiara (now translated as the Scandinavian Mountains) on the coast of Norway!" Colonel Schuster replied: "This mountain range is 1,700 kilometers long, with an average altitude of more than 1,000 meters. And we are monitoring the 4th Army During the process, I found many requests for mountaineering equipment and mountain warfare instructors! ”

Qin Chuan looked at the telegram and found something similar:

"The Second Automobile Company asks for maintenance manuals for high altitude environments!"

"The 80th Division is in urgent need of replenishing spiked shoes and snow sleeping bags for mountaineering!"

"The 79th Division requires the immediate dispatch of instructors who have already agreed to dispatch to explain mountain warfare techniques!"

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There are so many, clear code telegrams, coded telegrams, broadcast signals, from battalion-level units to group armies. Various orders, reports, requests and corresponding replies come and go in a chaotic but seemingly detailed and orderly manner.

"In addition!" Colonel Schuster continued: "The British reconnaissance planes also conduct frequent reconnaissance, and at the same time, the Norwegian guerrillas are also destroying transportation lines and attacking oil refineries, etc.!"

Rommel nodded and said: "They do have a reason to attack Norway!"

After flipping through a few documents, Rommel said: "Norway has a large amount of high-quality iron ore and rare metals that we urgently need. On the other hand, attacking Norway can echo the Soviet Union. Once they successfully land in Norway, they can go east to attack Norway." The Soviet Union attacks the Northern Army Group and threatens the entire Eastern Front transportation line to the south! "

"Yes, Marshal!" Shuster replied: "This is exactly what we are worried about!"

Qin Chuan said nothing because he knew this was a lie and everything was a lie.

The entire 4th Army and the US 15th Army did not exist. These were just fabrications made by the British army using the German army's monitoring of radios and Norway's strategic importance... There were only 22 officers and officers who operated all of this. 334 operators.

The British called it the "Northern Resolute" plan, whose purpose was to hold back the German troops deployed on the Eastern Front so that they could not massively reinforce France.

But Qin Chuan could not refute anything.

The first is that Scotland, that is, northern England, is too far away from Germany, which is beyond the reconnaissance range of German reconnaissance aircraft.

On the other hand, the British Intelligence Agency has eliminated almost all German espionage personnel. Even if there are still a few that have not been discovered, they will never be allowed to enter this area.

If we were in modern times, it would seem difficult to do this, but in this day and age it is very simple

The British method is simple, implement a wartime emergency mechanism across the country...all civilian vehicles except military vehicles are not allowed on the road. Military vehicles are also subject to strict scrutiny.

Therefore, even if the German army sends new spies, even if these spies are in the UK, they can only walk to the areas where they need to collect intelligence without a car... This is unimaginable, because even if he can pass through the layers The level was successfully reached at the designated location, I'm afraid the war is over.

Therefore, this "Northern Resolute" plan has almost no flaws.

Because none of these points can be verified, and everything that happened in Norway such as guerrilla attacks and sabotage, as well as a large number of reconnaissance by British reconnaissance aircraft, and even British espionage personnel were captured in Norway, and according to these British espionage personnel 's confession is:

"The British military is in a hurry to understand the snow conditions in Norway!"

"Can the bridges in Norway bear the weight of the M4 Sherman medium tank?"

"The deployment and equipment status of the German army in Norway!"

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These spies were all real, and they were really captured by the Germans. Some even successfully committed suicide before being captured. Some were captured by luck by the Germans, and then had to confess their missions under severe torture.

Of course Qin Chuan knew that these spies were actually being used. They didn't know until their death that everything they did was just for show to the Germans.

But their sacrifices are meaningful.

Because the Germans were fooled, they did not transfer many troops back from the Eastern Front... Most of the troops originally planned to be transferred back to France were transferred to Norway to face the attacks of the British 4th Army and the US 15th Army.