The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The information of the three spies was quickly transferred to Rommel at the Western Front Command.

The spy's codenames were "Brutus", "Garbo" and "Bronx".

Their identities are French fugitives, businessmen, and scholars.

Among them, "Brutus" attracted everyone's attention, not only because the intelligence about the 1st Army mainly came from his hands, but more importantly, he seemed to disappear for a while.

"'Brutus' is a German-French!" Schuster introduced: "A pure German!"

At this point, Qin Chuan and others clearly understood what was going on... Hitler's blood theory believed that the purer the blood, the better and nobler it would be.

Of course, such people are also more likely to be trusted and promoted.

"Because he grew up in France!" Schuster continued: "Many people have forgotten his German identity. We got in touch with him a few years ago and became our spy in France. A few months ago, He entered England as a French escapee and successfully gained a place in the 'Fighting France'."

Schuster flipped through the document and said: "He is the liaison officer of Fighting France and is responsible for the liaison between Fighting France and the United Kingdom. Because of his position, he sends us a message every few days. A dynamic report about the First Army, and these dynamic reports are very consistent with the intelligence we heard about the First Army!”

In Qin Chuan's view, this "Brutus" has undoubtedly been incited to rebel.

But from the perspective of Rommel and Schuster, they still remain skeptical... After all, it is not certain that the spy has been incited to rebel, so one must proceed with caution, otherwise it means losing a very good spy and also cutting off a very good one. Good source of intelligence.

"When did he disappear?" Rommel asked.

"Two weeks after he arrived in England!" Schuster replied: "For a whole week, 'Brutus' had no contact with us. Before that, he would contact us once every three days. He His explanation was that the radio broke down due to moisture and it took him several days to fix it!”

"Everything went smoothly after that?" Rommel asked again.

"Yes!" Schuster replied: "He successfully entered the 'Fighting France' and obtained the position of liaison officer because of his advantages in communications and English!"

After a pause, Shuster added: "Although this position is insignificant, it has access to a large amount of important intelligence. We were all excited about this success at first. But now it seems that this is most likely the British intention." Arrangement: An insignificant position prevents us from suspecting him. It is natural that the liaison officer can obtain important information, and this important information forms a complete intelligence chain with the intelligence we monitored. Plus that military base... So, we. Everyone has fallen into this trap!”

At this time, what Colonel Schuster said was completely on Rommel's side, that is, he believed that there was something wrong with the "First Army".

"Now..." Qin Chuan said while drawing on the paper: "Suppose he was arrested by the British the week he disappeared. We have a 'super spy' who happened to see this scene. Then this 'super spy' must In the same place as 'Brutus', which is Dover."

"Yes, Dover!" Colonel Schuster flipped through the file and said, "December 3rd to 10th last year!"

"We don't know exactly what day he was arrested!" Rommel said: "Maybe he hid for a few days, so any day is possible!"

"We don't need to be sure!" Qin Chuan said, "We just need to say it's early December!"

Rommel nodded in agreement: "Early December, Dover. Here comes the difficulty... If this 'super spy' had obtained the information in December last year, why did he not issue a warning until now?"

There was silence in the headquarters. It was indeed difficult to find an excuse, an excuse that would not make the other party suspicious.

After a while, Shusterten stood up, flipped through the documents, and said excitedly: "We are very lucky... On December 1st, a spy codenamed 'Matt' happened to be exposed in Dover. He He was hunted down by MI and the British police and then went into hiding and we were never able to get in touch with him."

"Until now?" Rommel said, "You still can't get in touch?"

"No, Marshal!" Schuster replied: "He came back a few days ago. Do you know how he came back? He came back from Richboro with only a life jacket and a propeller modified by hand from a lawn mower. Swim over!"

This is indeed a bit incredible, but the narrowest point of the English Channel is only 34 kilometers. However, since 1875, people have been challenging to cross the English Channel by swimming without using any man-made objects, and many people have succeeded.

The spy had a life jacket and a propeller. Although the propeller failed due to water intrusion due to insufficient sealing, it was not impossible to cross the English Channel.

"Very well, this all can be explained!" Rommel said: "The spy accidentally discovered something while hiding in Dover and was unable to warn us until he escaped a few days ago. return!"

"Yes!" Schuster replied: "Let's test 'Brutus' with this!"

Qin Chuan said nothing.

In fact, he was in trouble.

This plan should be called perfect. The successful return of a spy. Although he failed to obtain valuable intelligence because he had been hiding from the British, the time coincides so well with this exploratory plan. If nothing else happens... this time It was entirely possible to fool the British Intelligence Service with a test.

But Qin Chuan knew this was impossible.

For such a big thing as a spy escaping from the UK, the German Military Intelligence Agency will definitely report it to Hitler, and reporting to Hitler will definitely come into the view of MI5 because of "super secrets", so they will have a certain understanding of this matter. knowledge of the spy's whereabouts and the intelligence he obtained.

But it's worth a try. Maybe this "Brutus" will reveal his flaws due to his guilty conscience?

As a result, a set of experimental plans was quickly designed.

That night, when getting in touch with "Brutus", Colonel Schuster asked: "Did you miss anything in early December?"

"No, no!" Brutus's telegram replied: "But it has been a few months, maybe I will forget something!"

"'Matt' is back!" Shuster called back immediately: "He told us he saw something in Dover!"