The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Hitler also knew this, or he couldn't wait to hear Rommel's explanation, so he flew to the French-German border.

Then, while Rommel and others were still in the air, they received a telegram from Hitler changing his goals.

"The target has been changed to Metz!" Rommel said.

"Metz?" Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned: "'Maginot Line'?"

"Yes!" Rommel said: "The head of state also seems to want to know about your arrangement on the 'Maginot Line'!"

Qin Chuan nodded in agreement.

Or it can be said that... because Hitler suspected that Rommel was following, he also suspected Qinchuan, thinking that Rommel and others wanted to rely on the "Maginot Line" to confront Hitler.

But obviously, Hitler will soon discover that Qinchuan's deployment on the "Maginot Line" is oriented towards France... This will reassure Hitler and choose to believe in Qinchuan, Rommel, Rundstedt and even the whole thing thing.

Sure enough, when the helicopter landed at Metz Airport, Major Finn who came to greet them saluted Rommel and said: "The head of state is inspecting the fortification area, and General Rumanlin ordered me to pick you up!"

After riding on the road for more than ten minutes, the two men, led by Major Fein, entered Metz to build a fortification.

Rommel looked at the seemingly brand-new facilities around him with interest, nodded towards Qin Chuan, and said: "Lieutenant Colonel, it was not like this when I saw it last time. Good job!"

As the elevator went down, several people reached the penultimate floor... Qin Chuan remembered that it was the location of the underground train.

After walking into the passage, Qin Chuan realized that he had remembered correctly. Hitler and several officers were pointing and discussing something in front of the underground train under the dim light. One of them was Lieutenant General Lu Manlin.

"Hey, they're here!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin saw Rommel and Qin Chuan coming in, and waved to them enthusiastically: "Here they are, Lieutenant Colonel!"

Rommel couldn't help but glance at Qin Chuan unexpectedly, and said in a lower voice: "This guy seems to be a little different!"

"Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied: "He is just a person who wants to save his life, and he thinks this line of defense can do it!"

Rommel nodded in understanding.

The two walked up to Hitler, who was wearing a straight military uniform, and stood up to salute. Hitler nodded and returned the salute casually.

"My Marshal!" Hitler held Rommel's hand affectionately and said, "I'm sorry to pull you back from the fierce battlefield, but you know... what you said in the telegram is of great importance!"

"Yes, I understand, Your Excellency the Führer!" Rommel replied.

"Lieutenant Colonel!" Then Hitler held Qin Chuan's hand again and said: "Before this, Lieutenant General Lu Manlin has told me everything you have done here, and he thinks highly of you. I think you It is completely worthy of such an evaluation... More importantly, I see hope that there are people like you in Germany who are far-sighted and can think from Germany's perspective. If there are more people like you in Germany, I won't need them. What are you worried about?”

"Thank you, Your Majesty the Head of State!" Qin Chuan replied.

"So..." Hitler said while walking along the underground train track: "Let's discuss the Allied attack! Are you sure that all the spies we sent to Dover were incited to rebel?"

"Yes, Your Excellency the Führer!" Rommel said as he handed Hitler a document.

Because the light was too dim, Hitler only flipped through the document and closed it.

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin very considerately invited everyone to move forward: "There is a conference room just in front!"

The lighting in the conference room is much better than outside, and it is also equipped with a desk, map, telephone, etc. From this detail, it can be seen that Lieutenant General Lu Manlin has indeed put a lot of effort into this line of defense.

As Hitler looked through the documents, Rommel explained: "The British made the entire deception plan flawless until General Kramer appeared in front of us!"

"General Kramer?" said Hitler. "The General Kramer they sent back via the Swiss Red Cross?"

"Yes!" Rommel replied: "The British were clever but were mistaken. They tried to use General Cramer to make us believe that they had assembled a large amount of armaments and supplies in Dover, but the Lieutenant Colonel saw through this scam!"

"Oh ho ho..." Lu Manlin looked at Qin Chuan with admiration: "Lieutenant Colonel, tell me how you saw through them?"

Qin Chuan turned his eyes to Hitler, who nodded slightly in agreement.

Qin Chuan replied: "It's very simple. I just asked General Cramer to draw the terrain he visited and then let others recognize it!"

"Is it that simple?" Lu Manlin said. He obviously didn't realize the point of this.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied lightly: "It's that simple!"

However, Hitler knew the secret. He looked at Qin Chuan with approval and said, "So, you are sure that these supplies and equipment are not in Dover, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty the Head of State!" Qin Chuan replied: "The place they took General Cramer to was Shanklin, but General Cramer thought it was Dover... General Cramer himself was kept in the dark."

Hitler once again turned his attention to the document and said as he flipped through it: "So, for a long time... all the spies we sent to Britain were incited to rebel, and they were even incited to rebel soon after arriving in the UK! They have been providing us with false intelligence. , this information is all what the British want us to know!”

Hitler's voice became louder and louder, and finally became angry.

"This is the empire's shame!" Hitler waved his fist: "It is also my shame. The spies are beside me but I don't know about it at all! What's more, they are still using false information to cover up the entire truth. Let me make a mistake!"

It was rare for Hitler to admit his mistakes in public.

However, he seemed to be using another way to cover up his command errors... Its command was caused by wrong intelligence, not because of him.

Obviously, Hitler paid more attention to his "military genius" and separated the enemy's strategic deception from military affairs!

"I will never let them go!" Hitler said angrily: "I will thoroughly investigate the people involved in this matter, and then throw them all into prison!"

After a pause, Hitler asked Rommel again: "So, my general! Tell me about the 'Atlantic Wall'. We can hold it, right?"

"No, Your Excellency the Führer!" Rommel shook his head and replied: "The other purpose of my coming here is to tell you...we can't hold it!"