In a way, Rundstedt is right.

The British used German radio interception on the side of the 4th Army to deceive the Germans, and could not prove that the radio communications of the 1st Army were also deceptive, or even that the 1st Army was also a hoax.

And even this proved the reality of the 1st Army from another side

"The fake military base is like this......" Rundstedt raised the telegram in his hand: "There is nothing but weeds and stones, and the real military base...... I'm sure you've seen it in the photos! Hospitals, barracks, warehouses, and so on, they have significant differences, Marshal Rommel! ”

Rommel was speechless.

After a pause, Rundstedt continued: "Moreover, we can easily guess what the British are doing this, to create tension in the direction of Norway to attract our forces and attention, and then to strike a fatal blow to us in the south, that is, in the direction of Calais!" ”

"Field Marshal Rommel!" One of the generals next to Rundstedt chimed in: "What the enemy puts in front of us is usually one true and one false, congratulations, you have found the fake one!" ”

The meaning of this is obvious, that is, the remaining one is true.

Rommel couldn't help but turn blue with anger, but he couldn't refute their statement, so he could only grit his teeth and say: "Let's see, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, I will prove that this 1st Army is also false." What the enemy has in front of us is not necessarily true or false, but more likely...... These are all fake, the real one, they didn't put it out at all! ”

With that, Rommel left with the two of them in a huff.

Back in the office, Rommel couldn't help but scold: "These bastards, they would rather sacrifice the entire Western Front and even Germany for the sake of their own face, and I actually work with them, they even call themselves nobles......"

Although Rommel said this anger, it also made sense.

Because military intelligence is not like evidence collection in a case.

When collecting evidence, it is necessary to follow the principle of presumption of innocence, that is, to assume that the suspect is innocent, and if there is insufficient evidence, he cannot be found guilty.

However, military intelligence is more of a "presumption of guilt", that is, the information obtained should be assumed to be a trap set by the enemy, and as long as there is a suspicion or a flaw, it should be judged as false information before a reasonable explanation is found.

The Allied 1st Army was obviously suspicious, because the 4th Army's telegraph interception had already been proven to be false, and the 1st Army's interception could not be trusted, or it could be argued...... All the information about the 1st Army that the Germans could hear was probably what the British wanted the Germans to hear.

So naturally, the British Intelligence Bureau wanted to misunderstand that the direction of the Allied attack was Calais, so from the perspective of the German army and the professionalism of military intelligence, it could basically be determined that the target of the Allied attack was not Calais but somewhere else.

The problem is that Rundstedt and others do not make such an objective analysis, and add their own subjective will to intelligence, so they come up with a set of specious theories and come to a contrary conclusion.

"So!" Colonel Slein said: "We must directly prove that the enemy's 1st Army is also in trouble!" ”

"It's hard to prove it!" Colonel Schuster said: "I have just analysed the surveillance records of the 1st Army and the 4th Army, and I have found that there is a big difference between them...... The 4th Army tended to reveal the number of its troops, while the 1st Army was much more secretive, and they usually used code names! ”

Rommel asked Colonel Schuster suspiciously: "So, you also believe that there is a problem with this 1st Army, right?" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!" Colonel Schuster replied: "I have to believe this, because the 4th Army ...... I had always thought it must exist, but it turned out I was wrong! ”

After a pause, Colonel Schuster plucked up his courage and said, "There are some things that I don't know if I should say...... Your Excellency, in fact, I think you have won. Even though many people think that the winner is not scored, in my opinion it is not! ”

Colonel Schuster, as Chief of the Intelligence Division, knew what was right and what was wrong.

Listening to Colonel Schuster's words, Rommel's anger calmed down a little, but he still spread his hands helplessly: "But what can I do?" We still can't save this war! ”

"What if...... I mean if! Colonel Slein said: "If the military base of the 1st Army is fake, why don't we bomb it?" ”

"They've done it already!" Colonel Schuster replied: "But the result is that everything is fine...... Several of their landing craft were sunk by us, and an explosion occurred at an oil storage warehouse, igniting a fire and smoke! ”

Colonel Slain shrugged his shoulders helplessly, which proved that the 1st Army was real.

However, Qin Chuan knew that the British had been prepared for this for a long time...... The Luftwaffe bombers were deliberately put in, but the bombing did not sink any landing craft and did not blow up the oil storage tank, because everything on that set was fake, and of course there would be no real oil storage tank.

The sunken landing craft was a few old and broken ships that the British had sunk themselves, but they only disguised their appearance, so it looked like the sinking process was no different from the real ship.

The oil storage tank is the props team that detonated a mixed tank of gasoline and diesel, and the fire was blazing and smoke billowing out, which is the strength of the film production company, and there are even firefighters, water trucks, ambulances, and various personnel who run back and forth to fight the fire and rescue the wounded...... When the German reconnaissance planes were filming these, they had no idea that they were making a movie.

"Well, it seems like we're going to have to start with a spy!" Colonel Slane said, "Why don't we test those three spies?" ”

"How to tempt?" Rommel said: "Shall we send a telegram asking: 'Hey, have you been arrested, and how much benefit have the British given you?' ’？ ”

"I'm sorry, I'm just talking about it!" Colonel Slain was a little embarrassed.

"Maybe that's the way to do it!" Qin Chuan said: "But we need to find a suitable person, or have enough information!" ”

"What information?" Rommel asked.

"For example...... Can we speculate when and where these spies were arrested? Qin Chuan said: "Then, we pretended that there was a super spy who witnessed the whole incident!" ”

Several people turned their eyes to Schuster.