The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"Rommel!" Perhaps out of anger, Rundstedt called Rommel by his first name when he saw him.

"How dare you..." Rondstedt blushed and pointed at the strange guards everywhere inside and outside, and said, "Who gave you this power! You actually surrounded my headquarters, you I seem to have forgotten that this is my headquarters, this is Paris..."

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief!" Rommel said, "I'm sorry I didn't inform you, but it happened suddenly..."

"This is an act of rebellion, Rommel!" Rundstedt was shaking with anger: "You have to know your identity and be responsible for everything you do! You'd better know what you're doing!"

"Of course, Commander-in-Chief!" Rommel replied: "I will be responsible for everything I do! At the same time, I know what I am doing. I just need you to give me a few minutes to explain. Then, I believe You will also agree with my approach!”

"This is ridiculous!" Rundstedt said: "I don't want to hear any explanation from you. I order you... to withdraw all the guards to your rat's nest immediately. Otherwise, I guarantee you will regret it!" "

Rundstedt does have this strength, because this is Paris. As long as he gives an order, more troops, namely those belonging to Rundstedt, will rush to the headquarters.

But in the current situation, Rundstedt did not think that Rommel would be stupid enough to launch a rebellion with only one battalion of troops.

"I don't want to have any misunderstandings, Commander-in-Chief!" Rommel shrugged, and then directly asked Kramer, who was standing next to Rundstedt: "General Kramer, my subordinates want you to answer a few questions. Question, is that okay?”

"Of course, Your Majesty Marshal!" Kramer was a little confused. He didn't understand what this matter had to do with him.

Rommel raised his head towards Qinchuan. Qinchuan stepped forward and saluted Lundstedt and Kramer respectively, and asked Kramer: "General, these questions are about Dover. As far as we know "Your journey is from South Wales to London and then to Dover, isn't it?"

"Yes!" Cramer replied, then asked, "Any questions?"

"No, it's no problem, General!" Qin Chuan then asked: "I just want you to recall when you knew you were going to Dover, or that you were in Dover!"

"What's the problem?" Kramer protested, "Do you think I'm a spy?!"

"Stop this stupidity!" said Rundstedt, "unless you want me to use the Guard!"

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief!" Rommel said, "You only need to wait a few more minutes, a few more minutes!"

Rundstedt snorted and acquiesced to Rommel's request... After all, he was Rommel, Hitler's subordinate, and Rundstedt did not want to have a fierce conflict with him easily.

"General Kramer!" Qin Chuan repeated his question: "Please recall it!"

"On the train, they told me!" Cramer said.

"Who are they?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Colonel James who is with me!" Cramer glared at Qin Chuan. He was not used to Qin Chuan asking questions like this, especially when Qin Chuan was still his old subordinate in principle.

But under Rommel's eyes, Cramer could only reply helplessly: "Colonel James is the officer who was ordered by General Eisenhower to transport me to Dover and then to Sweden!"

"Did he tell you that you were going to Dover?"

"Yes!" said Cramer. "Then, as the train stopped, he told me that Dover had arrived. General Patton and his men were waiting for me, and they asked me if I liked Dover, and Several people are complaining about the traffic in Dover, saying that the roads and railways are occupied by the army!”

"Have you seen any road signs about Dover?" Qin Chuan said: "I mean, such as the address on the house plate, talking to a civilian on the roadside, or some landmark buildings! "

Cramer thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "No, Colonel James has always been with me, never leaving. As you know, my identity is..."

Kramer spread his hands, seemingly unwilling to reveal the identity of his prisoner.

"So, General Cramer!" Qin Chuan finally asked: "Can you sketch out everything you saw in Dover based on your impressions, I mean topographic maps and large buildings?"

"Of course!" Cramer nodded firmly without thinking.

As a soldier and a veteran general from World War I, he will certainly have a strong sense of direction and mapping abilities. He can even remember the terrain and landforms there, especially important roads, railways, and bridges. strategic goals.

Colonel Schuster took away General Kramer, and Qinchuan nodded to Rommel to indicate that it was done.

"Then..." Rundstedt asked doubtfully, "That's it?"

"That's it, Commander-in-Chief!" Rommel replied.

"You'd better give me an explanation, Marshal Rommel!" Rundstedt's anger seemed to have calmed down a bit, but it was not difficult to see from his fierce eyes that he would not let this matter go.

"The British played a trick, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief!" Rommel replied: "They took General Cramer to another place, which was their real military base, and then told him that that was Dover!"

After hearing this, Rundstedt couldn't help but be stunned on the spot. It took him a while to react, and then he laughed.

"This is ridiculous, Marshal Rommel!" Rundstedt said: "I know you have been unwilling to admit your mistakes, but don't you think it is shameful to avoid it in this way?"

"We found a few businessmen who are very familiar with the terrain of Dover!" Rommel replied: "You know, there are many such businessmen in Paris. They have maintained business relationships with Dover for several years. They visited almost every corner of Dover, and they could tell if it was Dover even by looking at General Cramer's sketches!"

Rundstedt's expression couldn't help but change, but he still insisted: "You are wasting your time, Rommel!"

"I don't think so, Commander-in-Chief!" Rommel replied: "In fact, you just heard it. All of General Cramer's information, that is, the name of Dover, comes from the enemies around him: closure, indoctrination , revealed intentionally or unintentionally, prohibiting General Cramer from communicating with the people and letting him see what they wanted him to see... Your Excellency, the Commander-in-Chief, the British and Americans, they clearly knew that General Cramer would return to Germany and then What he saw told us, and that's what he did."

After a pause, Rommel added: "So, I am very sure that the place where General Kramer saw tanks, armored vehicles and a large number of military supplies was not Dover! You were fooled by the British Intelligence Agency. In fact, it was We were fooled by British Intelligence!"

The anger on Rundstedt's face disappeared, replaced by shock, embarrassment and helplessness.

He obviously believed that Rommel was right.