Chapter 871: Spies
The information of the three spies was quickly transferred to the Western Front command Rommel.
The spy's code names were "Brutus", "Garbo", and "Bronx".
They were French fugitives, businessmen, and scholars.
Among them, "Brutus" attracted everyone's attention, not only because the intelligence about the 1st Army came mainly from him, but more importantly, because he seemed to disappear for some time.
"'Brutus' is a German-Frenchman!" Schuster introduced: "Pure Germanic! ”
Speaking of which, Qin Chuan and the others understood what was going on...... Hitler's theory of descent believed that the purer the bloodline, the better and more noble it was.
Of course, such people are also more likely to be believed and promoted.
"Because he grew up in France!" Schuster continued: "Many people have forgotten his German identity, and we got in touch with him a few years ago to become our spy in France. A few months earlier, he had entered England as a French fugitive and had managed to secure a place in 'Fighting France'. ”
Schuster flipped through the documents and said: "He is the liaison officer for 'Fighting France,' and is responsible for the liaison between 'Fighting France' and Great Britain, and because of his position, he sends us every few days a report on the dynamics of the First Army." And these dynamic reports are very much in line with the intelligence we have heard from the First Army! ”
In Qin Chuan's view, this "Brutus" has undoubtedly been reversed.
But from the point of view of Rommel and Schuster, they remained skeptical...... After all, there is no certainty that the Spy has been turned against him, so care must be taken, otherwise it would mean losing a very good Spy and cutting off a good source of information.
"When was the time when he disappeared?" Rommel asked.
"Two weeks after he arrived in England!" Schuster replied: "For a whole week, 'Brutus' had no contact with us. Before that, he would contact us every three days, and his explanation was that the radio station was out of order due to moisture, and it took him a few days to fix it! ”
"Everything went smoothly after that?" Rommel asked again.
"Yes!" Schuster replied: "He managed to enter 'Combat France' and was given the position of liaison officer because of his superiority in communications and English!" ”
After a pause, Schuster added: "This position is insignificant, but it has access to a lot of important information, and we are all excited about this success." But it now appears highly probable that this was deliberately arranged by the British: an insignificant position which prevented us from suspicion of him, and the fact that the liaison officer had access to important information that in turn formed a complete chain of information that we had heard. Plus that military base...... So, we all fell into this trap! ”
At this time, what Colonel Schuster said was already completely on Rommel's side, that is, he thought that there was something wrong with this "First Army".
"Now ......," Qin Chuan said while drawing on the paper, "Assuming that he was arrested by the British the week he disappeared, and we have a 'super spy' who happened to see this scene, then this 'super spy' must be in the same place as 'Brutus', that is, Dover." ”
"Yes, Dover!" Colonel Schuster flipped through the file and said, "December 3-10 last year!" ”
"We don't know exactly what day he was arrested!" Rommel said: "Maybe he hid for a few days, so any day is possible!" ”
"We don't need to be sure!" Qin Chuan said: "We just need to say that it is the beginning of December!" ”
Rommel nodded in agreement: "Early December, Dover. Here comes the difficulty...... If this 'super spy' had already received information last December, why had the warning not been issued until now? ”
There was silence in the command headquarters, and it was really hard to find an excuse, an excuse not to let the other side suspect.
After a while, Shusterten got up, flipped through the papers, and said excitedly: "We are lucky...... On December 1st, a spy codenamed 'Matt' was exposed in Dover, and he was hunted down by the MIA and British police, and then hidden, and we have not been able to contact him since. ”
"Until now?" Rommel said: "I can't get in touch now? ”
"No, Your Excellency Marshal!" Schuster replied: "He came back a few days ago, do you know how he came back?" Swimming from Ridgeborough with just a set of life jackets and propellers hand-modified with a lawn mower! ”
It's a bit of an incredible, but the Channel is only 34 kilometres at its narrowest point, but since 1875 there have been many attempts to cross the Channel by swimming without the aid of any man-made objects.
The Spy had a life jacket and thrusters, which failed to enter the water due to lack of airtightness on the way, but it was not impossible to cross the English Channel.
"Well, all this can be explained!" Rommel said: "The spy stumbled upon something while hiding in Dover, and was unable to warn us until he escaped a few days ago!" ”
"Yes!" Schuster replied: "Let's use this to test 'Brutus'!" ”
Qin Chuan did not speak.
He actually has a word of suffering.
The plan should be called perfect, the successful return of a spy, and although he had not been able to obtain valuable information because he had been hiding from the pursuit of the British, the timing was so consistent with this tentative plan, if nothing else...... It was entirely possible that this temptation would deceive the British intelligence services.
But Qin Chuan knew that this was impossible.
The German military intelligence bureau will definitely report to Hitler for such a big incident of the spy escaping from Britain, and reporting to Hitler will definitely enter the British MI5 field of vision because of "super secret", so they will have a certain understanding of this matter, including the spy's whereabouts and the information he obtained.
But it's also worth a try, maybe this "Brutus" will show his flaws because of his thief's weak heart?
As a result, a tentative plan was soon designed.
That evening, when he got in touch with "Brutus", Colonel Schuster asked: "Did you miss something in early December?" ”
"No, no!" Brutus' telegram replied: "But it's been a few months, maybe I'll forget something!" ”
"'Mart' is back!" Schuster immediately called back: "He told us he saw something in Dover!" ”