Chapter 864: Disguise
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Rundstedt was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly laughed, and several generals around him also laughed together, although they didn't know what Rundstedt was laughing at.
"You're right, Marshal Rommel!" Marshal Rundstedt laughed for a while, and then said: "It is true that there is some information that you do not know, and you ...... Your Excellency, Marshal, you have not seen that information and you have concluded that we have been fooled by it? β
Rundstedt enjoyed his breakfast as he spoke, and although he said "respect" in his mouth, his expression and movements were full of disdain.
Rundstedt looked down on no one in his heart, not even Hitler, who privately called Hitler a "Bohemian corporal" and described his supporters as "a bunch of hooligans", but he was respectful in front of Hitler.
Of course, Rundstedt also looked down on Rommel, who he thought was nothing more than a "boy scout" who could only act as a brave grassroots commander, and had no ability to sit firmly in the rear and "strategize".
(Note: Rundstedt's style was the exact opposite of Rommel's, as a nobleman, he believed that he was superior, so he never went deep into the lower ranks to inspect or boost morale.)
Rommel's eyes were full of anger, but there was nothing he could do about Rundstedt...... He can't change the minds of others, especially if this kind of thinking is still an inexplicable sense of superiority that he has brought into this world since he was a child and will carry it into a coffin.
"Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief!" Rommel said: "I have no intention of arguing with you about anything, I just want to get that information!" β
"Sorry, Marshal Rommel!" "Perhaps you have forgotten," said Rundstedt, "the FΓΌhrer issued an order that the officer only needs to know information related to his mission itself!" β
Rommel looked at Rundstedt in disbelief: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, my troops are stationed on the northern coast of France, and my two army groups are stationed on Calais and Brittany respectively, but do you think that the information about whether the Allies will attack Calais or Brittany has nothing to do with me?" β
"Yes!" Rundstedt replied with a blank face: "General Rommel, I can tell you that this information is about strategic issues, you just need to do what you are doing now!" β
Another implication of this is that everything Rommel did was only at the tactical level, and it was completely different from Rundstedt's strategic decisions...... This is what Rundstedt thinks of as "strategizing".
Qin Chuan sighed.
Maybe Rundstedt once led the German army to break through the Maginot Line, maybe he commanded the German armored forces to sweep through Europe and even point the sword against the Soviet Union, but now...... Rundstedt had grown old, a poor, ridiculous old man who was stubborn, stubborn, and unaware of the Allies.
If the Allied breakthrough of the Atlantic barrier was a victory, then at least half of the credit goes to the German commander-in-chief on the Western Front in front of him.
"If nothing else!" Rundstedt said: "I take my leave, Your Excellency the Marshal! β
As he spoke, Rundstedt wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and slowly got up and left his seat.
"Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief!" Qin Chuan said: "Are you using General Rommel as a cover? β
Rundstedt, who was getting up, obviously stagnated for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure and stood up straight, and replied: "I don't understand what you mean by this, Lieutenant Colonel, please be cautious about your speculation!" β
Rommel turned his puzzled gaze to Qin Chuan and asked, "What do you mean?" What cover-up? β
"Your Excellency, Marshal!" Qin Chuan responded to Rommel, and at the same time to Rundstedt: "Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief has received sufficient information from the British, from which they have come to the conclusion that the British will definitely attack Calais. However, His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief did not want the British to notice this and change the target of the attack, so he ......"
"I see!" Rommel stood up and said angrily to Rundstedt: "This is the real reason why I don't know the complete information, I have been fooled, I have been used, I have become a cover, a cover to deceive the Allies, a tool...... All I did in Brittany was to convince the Allies that the German army was unaware and that they were still strengthening the defenses of Brittany! β
"What's even more ridiculous is ......" Qin Chuan said: "Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief didn't realize it at all, and the Allies had known all this for a long time, everything. When His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief thought that he was strategically battling the Allies, it was completely uninteresting...... This information is exactly what the British gave you! β
"Shut up!" Rundstedt, who was about to leave, turned around angrily: "You have no right to say that, because you don't know anything!" β
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief!" Qin Chuan replied: "You are right, we do know nothing about intelligence, but it is precisely because of this that we have not been deceived, because that intelligence is just a lie carefully woven by British intelligence, and they use this net to trap you solidly, but not us!" His Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, arrogantly thinks that he is in control of everything......"
"What makes you dare to speak so disrespectfully!" Rundstedt trembled with anger: "Why do you think ......?"
"Just because he once defeated the British Intelligence Service!" Rommel interrupted Rundstedt's words, he knew that Rundstedt was going to use his rank and official position to force Qin Chuan, so he stood up without hesitation: "Maybe Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief knows that the British also designed a scam when they attacked Sicily, and all our intelligence officers, including Canaris, fell into this scam, but it only took him a cup of coffee to see through this scam!" β
Rommel glanced around, and then asked, "I want to ask, did any of you here have had such an experience?" None of you, none of you, none of you've ever been on the battlefield, you've never been in contact with enemy intelligence, you've never even been in tanks, you just know that you're in the office and commanding the battle with your imagination. Now, you are actually questioning a genius who once trampled the British intelligence agency under his feet, and asked him why he 'spoke so disrespectfully'! β
Rommel was obviously in a real rage, and spat out all the real thoughts that he did not usually say to Rundstedt, his superior.
The officers present were all stunned, because although Rommel and Rundstedt had fought openly and secretly before, there had never been such a direct conflict as now.
After a long while, Rundstedt, who had his back to Rommel, said coldly: "As you wish, Your Excellency Marshal, you will get that information!" β
With that, Rundstedt left the dining room, and although he tried to stay calm, he almost fell the moment he walked out the door.