If there is a "Northern Fortitude" plan, there will naturally be a "Southern Fortitude" plan.

The "Southern Fortitude" scheme refers to a hoax set up in the south of England...... The method is much the same, that is, to create a completely non-existent First Army.

"The First Army was led by George . Command Patton! Schuster introduced: "This army group is located in the Dover region, which is also in the southeast of Britain, with a strength of about 500,000 troops, and they are the main force attacking Calais!" ”

"No, it can't be!" Rommel shook his head and said, "They won't attack Calais!" ”

Neither in public nor in private, Rommel was reluctant to admit that the Allies would attack Calais.

"Your Excellency, Marshal!" Colonel Schuster replied: "I know you don't want to believe this, but please look at these surveillance reports...... It's half a meter thick, and we've got enough information, including its commander, George Brown. Barton's whereabouts! ”

General Patton was indeed a heavyweight, so his appointment as commander was quite convincing.

However, Qin Chuan knew that this was precisely to make the Germans believe, otherwise the Germans would not have known Patton's whereabouts at all.

"What about aerial reconnaissance?" Rommel asked.

Unlike Scotland in the north of England, Dover is just across the English Channel and within range of German aircraft.

"We've done a lot of scouting!" Schuster replied: "There was even a bombing of his base, and it was confirmed that there was a large build-up of American troops there!" ”

Saying that, Schuster asked someone to bring a stack of documents and said: "This is the photo taken by our reconnaissance plane, and the photo after the bombing!" ”

Rommel flipped through the photos one after another, but Qin Chuan was not even interested in looking at them.

Of course they are fake, to be exact...... It was a set.

Barracks, hospitals, logistics warehouses, as well as tanks, artillery, and a large number of landing craft on the water.

British intelligence officers brought in the famous architecture professor Basil. Spence asked him to direct a film studio to set up a complete set of "sets" in Dover, where tanks, cannons, and warships were made of oil drums, wood, canvas, etc., and every detail was carefully scrutinized, the chimneys of the "warships" would smoke, the clothes would dry on the decks, and even the tracks of the tanks and the tire prints of the cars were constantly updated.

On the other hand, the blockade of the US and British air forces in this area is extremely tight.

If this "set" had not been prepared, it would have never allowed German reconnaissance planes to come in for filming, only everything was ready...... The Allied air forces would pretend to show flaws in their air defenses, and after the German "break-in" was filmed, the Allied air forces pretended to rush to expel them.

Qin Chuan didn't think he could find any flaws in these props, because all of them were aerial pictures of the Air Force, and they were taken from a long distance when the British deliberately burned tires and laid smoke, and the blurriness was comparable to that of a black-and-white TV full of snowflakes, even if there were any flaws...... It is also likely to be classified as a shooting issue.

"It's probably just a façade!" Rommel said: "They just deploy a small number of troops there!" ”

"Your Excellency, Marshal!" Colonel Schuster said, "We have three more spies who managed to get relevant information from there!" ”

With that, Colonel Schuster put the relevant documents in front of Rommel.

It was a report from a German spy on the movements of the First Army, and Rommel fell silent.

What Rommel didn't know was that this was also not true, and that the three spies might be true, that they were indeed sent by Germany, but that they had just disembarked and were arrested by British intelligence.

So, under some coercion and inducement, the three spies were plotted against by the British Intelligence Bureau, and then provided the German army with information that was completely carefully compiled by the British Military Intelligence Agency. There were even a few seemingly casual references to plans for an attack on Calais.

After looking at it, Rommel set his eyes on Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan didn't say anything.

Qin Chuan's pain lies in...... Although I knew that all this was false, I couldn't say it. Even if it comes out, it can only be a guess because there is no evidence.

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan said: "Didn't you think that these spies would be arrested by British intelligence officers and rebelled? ”

"Of course we did!" Colonel Schuster replied, "But what is the probability that the three spies, the lieutenant colonel, and the three spies are caught?" ”

This is indeed ...... Three of the three sent were arrested, which is really not a big deal according to common sense.

It's just that the German intelligence service didn't know that Britain had "super secrets", so the British knew about the code names and disguised identities of these spies even before they set off. So one catches one by one.

Rommel seemed to understand what Qin Chuan meant, so he nodded and said, "That's right, Lieutenant Colonel." If there is something wrong with this First Army and the situation reported by the three spies is consistent with it, then there is something wrong with the three spies! ”

After thinking about it, Rommel said to Colonel Schuster: "We can do this, let one of the three spies come back, and then we will know the truth!" ”

Qin Chuan shook his head and denied: "Your Excellency Marshal, although this is a feasible method, it cannot be verified!" ”

Qin Chuan also thought about this method, but was denied by himself.

"Why?" Rommel asked.

"Because Britain has imposed a wartime emergency control, Your Excellency Marshal!" Colonel Schuster replied: "No civilian vehicles, as well as boats, are allowed to drive!" In other words, even if we give the spy an order, he will not be able to return unless he swims through the English Channel! ”

So things hit a dead end.

At this time, Qin Chuan had to admire the meticulous intelligence of the British MI5...... Even Qin Chuan knew that they were fake, but there was no way to prove it.

Qin Chuan once again combed through the entire intelligence chain:

Radio listening, hearing what the British want you to hear.

Reconnaissance planes can only take pictures of what the British want you to photograph.

There are also newspapers, television, radio, etc., which often even carry the good news of the new marriage of an officer of the First Army, or what games are being played within the First Army, and the current situation is broadcast.

If Qin Chuan hadn't known that all this was "made", he would really believe that the Allies would have deployed heavy troops in the Dover area to prepare for an attack on Calais.

So, in this respect, Rundstedt and even Hitler would have been convinced of this, not because they were stupid, but because the enemy was too smart.

Even, Qin Chuan thought that even Rommel was a little shaken.