The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"A large number of armored vehicles, tanks and aircraft!" General Kramer did not hide his pessimism: "There are also countless warships. When the tanks and armored vehicles move, the dust and exhaust almost cover the entire sky... I have never seen With so much supplies and equipment, with all due respect, Marshal, our opponent is much stronger than us!"

"General Kramer!" Rundstedt interjected: "Marshal Rommel and his men have always believed that the Allied First Army did not exist. They did not assemble in Dover... What do you think about this? ?”

"Of course they are real, Marshal Rommel!" General Kramer said to Rommel seriously: "I saw it with my own eyes in Dover. Before leaving, George Patton invited me to have dinner with him. There are also many commanders of the 1st Army, the commander of the 3rd Armored Division, the chief of staff of the 5th Infantry Division, and the Airborne Division, etc. They are very well prepared... They occasionally mention Calais during the meal, I believe. They plan to attack Calais!"

Rommel nodded, then glanced at Qin Chuan behind him.

"Marshal Rommel!" Rundstedt raised his glass like a winner: "To General Kramer, to him for finding the truth for us... I think this is the end of the debate between us. It’s over!”

Rommel raised his glass and replied helplessly: "Of course, Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief!"

"I won't mind your verbal conflict with me before, Marshal Rommel!" Rundstedt said with a gentleman's smile, and raised his wine glass towards Qin Chuan: "Of course , and your arrogant and ignorant subordinates. I won’t mind. You can be forgiven for being young and energetic, but I hope you and your subordinates know that the battlefield is not a place where people are forgiven.”

"Of course, Commander-in-Chief!" Rommel replied. After looking at Qin Chuan behind him, he replied: "My subordinates and I apologize to you!"

"I accept it!" Rondstadt nodded: "Not because of anything else, but because we have a common enemy!"

When Rommel stood up to leave, Rundstedt deliberately called him from behind.

"General Rommel!" Rundstedt said: "I hope this will not affect our cooperation, what do you say?"

"Of course, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief!"

"In addition..." Rundstedt confessed: "Can you explain the additional offices and investigators in the command headquarters for you, and then let them return to their jobs?"

Rundstedt's move was simply unnecessary. All the personnel in the headquarters, including Schuster, were from Rundstedt. It was just a matter of his words to withdraw this special investigation agency.

But Rundstedt wanted Rommel to go in person. The purpose was obvious, which was to humiliate Rommel in front of low-level officials.

Rommel gritted his teeth and replied without looking back: "Of course, Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief!"

On the way to the headquarters, Rommel turned pale and said nothing. When the car stopped in front of the command post, Rommel even sat in the car for a few seconds, as if he didn't know how to explain this to Colonel Schuster. To be more precise... he was mentally prepared for humiliation. .

Colonel Slain said: "Perhaps I can convey the order for you, Marshal!"

"No, Colonel!" Rommel replied with a straight face: "This is my business!"

Rommel never backed down in the face of difficulties, and this time was no exception.

After saying that, Rommel got out of the car, put on his military hat, straightened his uniform and walked towards the headquarters.

In the office, Colonel Schuster and others were still running back and forth among the large piles of information and documents, hoping to find something that could expose the 1st Army, but apparently they have not been able to find it until now.

"Your Excellency, Marshal!" Colonel Schuster saw Rommel coming in, so he stepped forward with the documents and said, "We found a few unreasonable places. I was wondering if we could..."

"Colonel!" Rommel interrupted Colonel Schuster: "Tell your men to stop what they are doing, I have an order to issue!"

"Yes, Your Majesty Marshal!" Shuster noticed something from Rommel's expression. He glanced at everyone with a puzzled look and gathered his subordinates around.

"Marshal Your Excellency!" Qin Chuan said: "Before you issue the order, can I say a few words to them first?"

Rommel nodded.

"From now on!" Qin Chuan said: "We have to stop everything we are doing, everything!"

"Why?" Shuster asked hesitantly.

"Because..." Qin Chuan replied: "We have found a new breakthrough. I believe that this breakthrough can allow us to find the answer, and it is not difficult to do it!"

As soon as these words came out, Rommel and Colonel Slain looked at Qinchuan in surprise.

"What do you mean, Lieutenant Colonel?" Rommel asked.

"Your Majesty Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied: "Do you still remember the test we did on 'Brutus' before?"

"Of course I remember!" Rommel replied: "But it has failed!"

"No, it didn't fail!" Qin Chuan replied: "In fact, I think it has worked!"

"I don't understand!" Rommel said: "Lieutenant Colonel, if you are trying to save face for me, I don't need to..."

"No, Your Majesty Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied: "Do you think I would do such a stupid thing?"

Rommel was stunned for a moment, then spread his hands: "Then... tell me your reasons, Lieutenant Colonel!"

"Because we tested 'Brutus'!" Qinchuan replied: "This made the British Intelligence Agency mistakenly believe that all of us...I mean, including the Western Front Command and even the Führer, were all interested in the Allied Forces' 1st The Army Group became suspicious, so they implemented a remedial plan!”

When it came to this, Qin Chuan stopped talking.

After waiting for a while, there was no sound from Qin Chuan, so Rommel asked doubtfully: "What's next?"

"You know what happens next, Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied.

"No, I don't know anything!" Rommel said angrily: "I was just humiliated in that French restaurant and saw a captured subordinate safe and sound..."

At this point, Rommel opened his mouth wide. After a long while, he said to Qin Chuan: "You mean, Kramer is the remedy plan?"

"Yes, Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied: "The British did not know that we were the only ones who suspected the 1st Army, so they hurriedly remedied it. Before that, everything the British Intelligence Agency had done It’s all watertight and flawless, but it’s precisely this remediation plan that… brought us a flaw, and they delivered it to us with their own hands!”