That night, Rommel and others took a helicopter from Metz to the French front...... If they did not return by night, they would have to spend the whole day in Metz due to the blockade of Allied warplanes during the day.

Of course, they also made a stop in Paris on the way.

As mentioned before, the commander-in-chief of the Western Front is Rundstedt, and no matter what the plan or outcome is, it needs to be discussed with Rundstedt.

At this time, of course, Rundstedt was at the command...... Although his habit is not to "go to work" until 10 o'clock in the morning, at this very moment, as a commander, he can no longer stay in the villa and sleep a lot.

Seeing Qin Chuan and Rommel walking into the headquarters, Rundstedt couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Everything's fine, isn't it?" Rundstedt asked.

"Yes, everything works!" Rommel replied, a hint of disdain at the corners of his mouth.

Qin Chuan knew what that meant...... It is clear that Rundstedt is unwilling to bear the responsibility of "deceiving" the Führer, and it is even possible that he has come up with a plan to exonerate himself and shift the blame to Rommel.

This is also the reason why Rundstedt breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Rommel.

However, Rommel did not have time to discuss this with Rundstedt, and he said to the map: "Your Excellency, the Führer has agreed to our plan of retreat, but the plan has changed slightly......

"Hmm!" Rundstedt said: "I will discuss it further with the Führer later!" ”

"No, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief!" Rommel said: "The Führer realized that it was possible for enemy spies to infiltrate the High Command, and out of the need for secrecy, this plan was communicated verbally by me!" ”

"Well, Marshal!" Rundstedt nodded helplessly.

The retreat plan was not complicated, the Germans south of Calais retreated diagonally to the Maginot Line, and the Germans south of the Brittany Peninsula retreated to the Central Plateau in southern France.

The first point is to conserve strength, especially armored and mechanized units, and retreat as much as possible at night to avoid being bombed by the Allies.

Second, it is necessary to ensure that most of the materials and machinery are withdrawn in time.

The third is to block the British troops and let the American troops go first, especially the French troops led by the American-backed General Giraud...... This is what I said earlier, manipulating the prestige and morale of the two French armies from the German point of view in order to close the gap between the two French armies.

At the same time, Rommel's proposal to use the French to "protect" the important bridge was immediately sent to the security forces.

However, this was not very necessary, because at the same time that Rommel and others were making changes to the battle plan, the Allies were also making adjustments.

What made Eisenhower decide to make the adjustment was a piece of intelligence from MI5 chief Harke.

At the time, Eisenhower was working with Montgomery and the commander of the U.S. 12th Army, Omar Brown. Nelson. General Bradley discussed the next day's offensive plan.

In this high-level command, the most powerful is obviously Montgomery.

Needless to say, Eisenhower had been a civilian with no experience in commanding operations until he became commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, and General Bradley's experience in commanding troops only began with the African campaign against Sicily.

Montgomery, on the other hand, was a famous general who fought against the German army for many years and defeated Rommel the "Desert Fox" in Africa.

This aura gave Montgomery the right to speak at the top for a time.

"I think we should continue the current offensive!" Montgomery said: "Just as we did at 'Utah Beach,' the enemy lines were bombarded with naval guns and planes until the enemy's fortifications and armored units could no longer withstand our attack!" ”

The idea was very much in line with Eisenhower's style, as his previous work was diplomatic and interpersonal, which determined that he was not good at taking risks.

The same is true of General Bradley, whose character can be summed up in four words: "stop when in doubt", that is, always be in doubt and vigilance, and advance step by step...... Most of the generals of the U.S. military have this command style, and so are the tactics of the U.S. military, which leads to the fact that in the Pacific theater, a few Japanese snipers hiding in the forest can block a regiment or even a division of the U.S. army, because they suspect that there are Japanese ambushes in the forest, and they must use artillery fire or bombs to level the forest before advancing.

So, the three of them hit it off and decided to play at the rhythm in front of them.

Obviously, this battle plan was too conservative, and only a general like Montgomery who liked tradition in everything could have made it......

If this kind of fighting continues, the main force of the German armored forces has already withdrawn from the "Atlantic barrier", and the Allies may not be able to notice it for a long time, and they are still bombing the "Atlantic barrier" indiscriminately.

At this moment, Halque walked in from outside, looked at Eisenhower with a telegram in his hand, and hesitated.

Eisenhower knew what Halque was hesitating...... "super-secret" information was not accessible to anyone.

So he asked Montgomery and General Bradley to avoid it for the time being.

In fact, Montgomery was only asked to avoid embarrassing General Bradley, who knew about "super secret" as early as in Africa.

"This is the code we just deciphered!" Halker sighed and said, "You're right, they know about our deception plan!" ”

Eisenhower took the telegram and looked at it, and replied: "It is completely expected, and I am afraid that few of our airborne troops will survive!" ”

"Yes, that may have been a trap set by the Germans!" Harque replied reluctantly: "We believe that the Germans may have been the first to wipe out the French partisans and seize the radio station and even instigate some of the partisans." Then ......"

"And then the Germans used the partisans to send us false information?" Eisenhower had no idea that this would be the case.

"Yes!" Halque nodded awkwardly: "So, those airborne points are likely to be given to us by the Germans...... They've set up an ambush there! ”

Although Halque was reluctant to say this, because it would be a disgrace to him to MI5, he still had to admit it in order not to cause more serious consequences.

Eisenhower laughed angrily: "Well done, Mr. Director...... You sent several of our airborne divisions into the trap of the Germans and sent the entire Allied army to attack in the wrong direction! ”

After a pause, Eisenhower continued: "Also, you were confident that you could defeat the 'Legendary Sergeant' before, but now it seems ...... It doesn't seem to be so! ”