Chapter 1303: Scattered Clues (I)
The intelligence room can be said to be the largest number of people and the largest organization in the General Headquarters of the First Army, in order to screen and store that huge amount of information, Lotus and Fran have opened up an underground space for it to be used exclusively by the General Staff, and seventy percent of the nearly 200 staff officers work here.
At the same time, it is also the office with the most resource consumption, not only equipped with a rather rare glowing magic stone, but also a refreshing chaos drink served for free late at night, and its treatment is extremely envied by other departments.
But there are often complaints within the intelligence room.
Since the spy plan was put forward by the Pearl of the Northland, the results have gradually appeared, from the secret letters collected by Yongdong and Wolf Heart from two or three a week at the beginning, to nearly a hundred a day now.
Although the main function of the General Staff was to analyze intelligence where it was established, most of the intelligence at that time came from reconnaissance and investigation and war situation reports, which were not only neat and concise, but also mostly traceable. However, the hundreds of messages every day are all inconsequential and problematic, and it takes a lot of time just to figure out the true meaning, making the selection process like a tedious jigsaw puzzle.
Of course, that's not the worst.
Compared with reading and analysis, dealing with MeSign is the most headache.
Theoretically, the ever-increasing number of messages is counterintuitive, after all, the devil is now blocking the Red Mist border, and it is not so easy to get information out, but after Hill Fox took over as the head of spying, the means of transmitting information have suddenly become diverse.
For example, it is tattooed on the inside of animal skins, or packed into the sandwich of a flat arm, or simply stuffed into the belly of a salted fish...... As long as the nobles of the occupied territories did not stop their trade, they could not stop the flow of news from the enemy-occupied territories, and most of the time even the messengers did not know that they were part of the intelligence chain.
However, because of this, MeSign can be described as diverse, for example, the feeling of taking out the silk strip from the belly of the fish is definitely not very good, let alone having to endure the fishy smell to clean it and then check it.
If the daily work of writing reports while drinking afternoon tea at a leisurely time becomes rummaging through a mass of garbage-like items to find all sorts of letters and then restoring them into useful information, anyone will complain.
But even so, complaining is complaining, but no one dares to be lazy - after all, this department is also the institution that Edith and Iron Axe value the most, and dragging in front of the two is undoubtedly self-defeating.
Walking into the intelligence room, Northland Pearl saw that Iron Axe was talking to Hill Fox, and there were dozens of notes in front of the table in the center of the room, apparently all of which had been re-transcribed by the staff officers.
She scanned it roughly, and found that most of the news came from the Eternal Winter Kingdom.
A large part of them are scattered messages such as "another devil unit has been stationed in the north of a certain city today", "a certain nobleman died inexplicably, and his title was replaced by such and such", "there are huge living stone monsters infested in the direction of the border", and it is difficult to see too much valuable information from them.
However, it is not surprising that the reason why the espionage program can progress so quickly is not only due to Hill's credit, but also inseparable from black money.
Ever since she suggested contacting the sender of the black card, the people behind the scenes have also come to the fore - although it is only the agent, they are still honest and willing to help Greycastle. The group originated in Dawn and also has a certain influence in Wolf's Heart and Eternal Winter, of course, this influence is mainly manifested in the underground black market and rats.
Since it is the information collected by the rats, its quality is naturally not high, and perhaps there are still a lot of street rumors and fallacies in it, but no matter how inefficient, it is much better than the previous smear.
In addition, there were a few things that caught her attention, and that was the news of "forced boatmen" in several places.
"What do you think?" Iron Axe also noticed the arrival of the Northland Pearl and took the initiative to ask.
"If I'm not mistaken, Garcia, the daughter of the Three Kings, brought with her a large number of ships when she attacked Eternal Winter. Edith pondered for a moment, "If the Church hadn't destroyed those ships, they'd probably still be somewhere in Eternal Winter." ”
"Looks like you're more concerned about that, too. ”
"Compared with other intelligence, this news can at least be verified by multiple parties and has more credibility. "The role of a sea ship is nothing more than transportation, either the devil has a large number of troops to be transferred, or he intends to attack from the sea." However, I don't think the second point is very likely. ”
"Why?" Iron Axe asked.
"After fighting for so long, there is no reason why the devil should not know the power of artillery, and whether it is an attack on Dagong Island or Sunken Pond Bay on a sailing ship, it will be heavily shelled before landing. At the speed of a sailboat, it is no different from sending to death. Edith explained, "As for sneaking around the Wolf's Heart Harbor and going directly into the Dawn and other places, you will face the dilemma of insufficient red mist. So I prefer the former - for war purposes, the devil needs to gather troops on the front line more quickly, and land and water are the most reasonable option. ”
After saying that, she looked at Ciel, "What do you think?"
Ciel bowed slightly to Edith, "My lord, analyzing the situation is not my forte, so I can't tell which way the enemy will move. Putting these clues together and handing them over to the staff was the only thing I could do. ”
It's a good talent.
Edith thought to herself that it was obviously more valuable to be able to judge her own talents and know what to do with her than to blindly go along with herself, and it was no wonder that His Majesty would appoint him to be in charge of the spy plan.
"Since even you can't see any more clues, there's probably no way. Iron Axe said helplessly, "So we only know that the devil is mobilizing troops, but we don't know their specific distribution and strategic purpose, which is really tormenting." ”
"The main thing is that the wolf's heart has been evacuated relatively thoroughly, so that Hill has lost the opportunity to plant an eyeliner on the front line, if you don't evacuate the residents, maybe we will catch the devil's whereabouts a long time ago. Edith half-jokingly.
"I dare not disobey His Majesty's orders. Iron Axe shook his head, "What's more...... Nor could the First Army put all its hopes on rats. ”
"Intelligence isn't going to be trivial forever, my lord. Hill Fox said suddenly.
Iron Axe raised an eyebrow and said, "You mean, these messages will be more and more complete?"
"That's right," he replied, "and the most important thing I've learned from my stay at the Dawn Circus is that with proper planning, the intelligence line expands automatically. ”
"Oh, can you elaborate?" said Edith with interest.
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