Chapter 222: The Messenger

Qin Chuan's plan was actually very simple, that is, to use the method of "Jiang Gan stealing books" to pass on false information to the British.

Of course, you can't pretend to be drunk and fall asleep like Zhou Yu and let Jiang Gan steal the book...... If this could have convinced the British, the war would not have been fought at all, and the British would have died a long time ago.

The first thing Qin Chuan had to do was to ask the cartographer to make a fake map.

In fact, it is not a fake map, all the terrain and coordinates on the map are real...... Alexandria was originally a place for the British, and the British probably carried out detailed surveying and mapping of the geography of this area, and Qin Chuan did not dare to cheat in this regard, otherwise it would be easy to show his feet.

What is untrue is that the German army is subordinate to the defensive line, which is the weakness that Qin Chuan said before.

Then, Qin Chuan needed to find a suitable "messenger".

This is a difficult problem, because the ordinary "messenger" has no chance to send the "letter" at all, and even if it is barely "delivered", it will arouse the suspicion of the British...... This is also the difficulty of the plan.

However, Qin Chuan still found a suitable "messenger".

The Italian infantry division included a unit called the Baldia Division, which was formed as a colonial unit in the Baldia region of Libya, and like other colonial units, its soldiers were mostly Libyans and only the officers were Italians...... Originally called the Baldian Army, it was only scattered in previous battles pursued by the British, and was reconstituted after the Germans moved into Africa and launched a counteroffensive, but it was no longer the size of an army but a division.

The combat effectiveness of such an army can be imagined, and it is basically the kind that runs away without a trace when it hears the sound of gunfire.

The German and Italian armies would use this division on the front line, mainly to use them to lay mines on the front line.

It is clear that the "messenger" should be looked for in this division.

Colonel Slain immediately found the commander of the Baldia Division, Major General Bergonzoli.

Of course, it was impossible for Major General Bergonzolli, who was the division commander, to lay mines with the soldiers at the front.

"General!" Colonel Slain sat down at the headquarters of Major General Bergonzolly and said the first thing he said: "In view of the fact that our battle plans and whereabouts have been repeatedly known to the British in advance, we have reason to believe that there are British spies lurking in the troops, and this is the purpose of our trip!" ”

What Colonel Slein said was true, and even the entire Afrika Korps knew about it...... For example, the British often knew exactly the location of the German Panzer Division, or knew the route of the Italian transport ships and then bombed them.

So don't think about it, it must have been the Italians who leaked the information.

But this is really wrong to the Italians.

The Germans had a lot of intelligence that even the Italians did not know, and the Italians simply did not have the conditions to leak it.

The fact is that the British army obtained that information by "super secret", and the British army was very clever in "blaming" it to the Italians...... This had at least two advantages: one was that the German and Italian armies were suspicious of each other, leading to discord between the two armies; More importantly, the Germans would not suspect that the code had been deciphered and leaked, so that the British could always use "super secrets" to obtain information.

At this point, British intelligence officers are extremely sophisticated, even ruthless...... In fact, they had deciphered the information that German submarines were besieging British merchant ships many times, but for fear of arousing the suspicion of the Germans, they suppressed the deciphered information and did not report it, and the result was that the British fleet suffered heavy losses under the attack of German submarines.

Of course, the Germans at this time did not know this, and the Italians did not know either, and at the same time suspected that something was wrong within their own troops.

This was especially the Bardia Division, which was made up of Libyans, because of its chaotic organization and the fact that it had been broken up and regrouped, and that Egyptian and Libyan spies in the service of the British could easily blend in.

"Colonel!" Major General Boganzoli couldn't help frowning and replied, "We have already conducted several investigations at your request, but you know that...... They are Libyans, they have no identity and many of them have no permanent residence, we can't find out all about each of them! ”

This is one of the reasons why the Baldia Division is prone to infiltrating spies...... Libyans don't have any ID cards or anything else that would identify them, and some of them don't even have houses, and certainly no neighbors.

"But that's not enough, General!" Colonel Slain said, "You know, the British are going to attack soon, and now is the time when we need to purge the spies the most, or they will report all our information to the British!" ”

"Okay!" Major General Boganzoli spread his hands and replied: "If you want to find out anything, please, my adjutant will cooperate with you!" ”

As he spoke, he called out to an officer who was busy sorting out his papers: "Colonel Mario! ”

"Yes, General!" Colonel Mario soon stood in front of everyone.

"You cooperate with their work!" As he spoke, Major General Bergonzoli lowered his head and pretended to look at the documents.

Bergonzolli did not like the domineering attitude of the Germans...... Knowing that he was a general and that the German officer in front of him was only a colonel, but he could speak to himself in a commanding tone, made Major General Bergonzolli feel that his dignity had been violated.

However, there was no way around it, the Italian officers were all shorter in the face of the Germans, and Bergonzoli in particular was still the commander of the dispensable Baldian Division.

"Yes, General!" Colonel Mario respectfully invited Colonel Slain and Qin Chuan to another room.

At this time, it was time for Qin Chuan to speak.

"We need a list of suspicious people!" Qin Chuan said: "I think you must have such a list!" ”

"Yes!" Colonel Mario replied, then rummaged through the drawer for a while before taking out a list from the file and handing it over, and said to Colonel Slain, "Colonel, I want to warn you that they are just suspicious!" ”

"You just have to do what the second lieutenant tells you to do!" Colonel Slane casually handed the list to Qin Chuan, and replied in a stiff tone: "You don't need to remind you of the rest." In the meantime, you'll have to go with us to the front! ”

Colonel Mario couldn't help but look at Qin Chuan, his eyes full of anger, because he felt that this was an insult to him...... A colonel actually had to obey the orders of the second lieutenant.

So Mario decided to resist something not too much.

"Colonel!" Mario replied, "Maybe I can send my assistant to assist you, he is the one who handles the elimination of spies......"

"Colonel Mario!" Colonel Slane unceremoniously interrupted Colonel Mario: "Isn't my order clear enough?" Maybe I should have your general come with us personally! ”