It took five days for Qin Chuan, Colonel Slein, and Rommel to sort out all the information in detail.

Originally, this was the job of the intelligence department on the Western Front, which had to classify and organize the information, and even make an index of the information, and finally form a complete chain of information that could be verified from all the information, and mark where there were doubts and what had been confirmed, and how to verify them.

But the troops stationed in France, especially the troops in Paris, they don't do that, they simply pile up this information and report it to their superiors.

For this, the head of the intelligence service, Colonel Schuster, expressed his guilt to Rommel on more than one occasion: "Sorry, Your Excellency Marshal! I didn't do my job! ”

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

Rommel's words, on the surface, "don't blame you," are actually more hurtful than any harsh condemnation, because another meaning of "staying too long in a peaceful society" is that they are no longer worthy to be called an army, they are a product of being corrupted by the privilege of life and enjoyment.

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

Colonel Schuster didn't dare to respond to anything, so he could only apologize vigorously and bury his head in embarrassment.

In the end, all this information was almost sorted out.

There are three main components of intelligence:

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

German intelligence indicated that the British 4th Army and the American 15th Army were massing in Scotland and intended to cross the North Sea to attack Norway.

"There's no doubt about that!" Colonel Schuster said: "The British 4th Army had about 250,000 men, and the American 15th Army had about 50,000 men. They have at least two army headquarters, an airborne division, four infantry divisions, an armored division and an armored brigade. ”

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

"Radio listening!" Schuster replied: "They sometimes include the number of the unit in their communications, such as 'The Seventh Army asks for more sleeping bags'!" ”

Saying that, Schuster flipped through the documents for a while, then took out a stack of documents and said, "Here, this is a summary of the surveillance telegrams!" ”

Qin Chuan took a copy and flipped through it casually.

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 of Kiara on the coast of Norway!" Colonel Schuster replied: "The mountain range is 1,700 kilometers long, with an average altitude of more than 1,000 meters. And in the process of listening to the 4th Army, we found many requests for mountaineering equipment and mountain warfare instructors! ”

Qin Chuan looked at the telegram, and it was indeed similar:

"The second car even asks for a maintenance manual in the plateau environment!"

"The 80th Division urgently needs to replenish the iron spikes and snow sleeping bags for mountaineering!"

"The 79th Division demands that an instructor who has long agreed to be sent immediately to teach about mountain combat techniques!"

……

In all these ways, the plain-coded telegrams, coded telegrams, and broadcast radio wave signals, from battalion-level units all the way to group armies, all kinds of orders, reports, requests, and corresponding replies are chaotic but detailed and orderly.

"Plus!" Colonel Schuster continued: "The British reconnaissance planes also carried out reconnaissance frequently, and at the same time the Norwegian partisans were sabotaging transport lines, attacking oil refineries, etc.!" ”

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

After looking through a few documents, Rommel said: "Norway has a lot of high-quality iron ore and rare metals that we desperately need. On the other hand, attacking Norway can echo the Soviet Union, and once they successfully land in Norway, they can flank Army Group North with the Soviet Union to the east, and threaten the entire transport line of the Eastern Front to the south! ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!" Schuster replied: "That's exactly what we're worried about!" ”

Qin Chuan didn't speak, because he knew that it was fake, and everything was fake.

The entire 4th Army and the US 15th Army did not exist, and these were just fictitious things that the British used to take advantage of the German radio surveillance and the strategic importance of Norway...... All this was done by only 22 officers and 334 newspaper personnel.

The British called it the "Northern Fortitude" plan, which was designed to hold back the German forces on the Eastern Front and prevent them from reinforcing France on a large scale.

But Qin Chuan couldn't refute anything.

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

On the other hand, the British intelligence service has eliminated almost all German spies, and even if a few are not found, they will never be allowed to enter this area.

In modern times, it may seem difficult to do this, but in this day and age it is simple

The British approach was simple, imposing a wartime emergency mechanism on the whole 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 sent new spies, even if these spies were in Britain, they could only walk to the area where intelligence needed to be collected without a car...... This is unimaginable, because even if he can successfully reach the designated place through the levels, he is afraid that the war is over.

Therefore, this plan of "Northern Fortitude" is almost flawless.

Because none of these points can be verified, and everything that happened in Norway, such as the guerrilla sneak attack and sabotage, and the large number of reconnaissance by British reconnaissance planes, and even the capture of British spies in Norway, and according to the confessions of these British spies, is:

"The British military is in a state of snow and knows what the snow is like in Norway!"

"Will the Norwegian bridges withstand the weight of the M4 Sherman medium tank!"

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

……

These spies were all real, and they were really captured by the Germans, some even managed to commit suicide before being captured, and some were captured by the Germans by luck, and then had to give their mission under severe torture.

Of course, Qin Chuan knew that these spies were actually being used, and they didn't know until they died that everything they did was just for the Germans to see.

But their sacrifice was also 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 attack of the British 4th Army and the US 15th Army.