Chapter 391 True and False

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"Oh, really?" Major General Voigt objected: "Then why did the British do this? I mean, by exposing their strategic goals, is it just to make us guess that they will attack Greece?"

"Because this goal is too obvious!" Qin Chuan replied: "The British themselves know this... As long as they mobilize their forces, such as adding hundreds of thousands of infantry, or driving many transport ships from the Suez Canal, these They're all under our watch, aren't they?"

There is no doubt about what Qin Chuan said. At this time, because the German army supported the independence of North African countries, it received support from all aspects, including the Egyptian guerrillas.

Therefore, any supplies passing through the Suez Canal were no secret to the German army.

"In this case!" Qin Chuan continued: "Any fool will guess that they are going to land in Sicily, just like all of us have guessed this! Sorry, I don't mean all of us They are all fools!”

The officers couldn't help but laugh.

Rommel added self-deprecatingly: "In front of you, we seem to be fools!"

The officers smiled again.

After the laughter stopped, Qin Chuan continued: "All this was expected by the British, so... the British found it difficult to hide their strategic purposes. For example, they pretended to attack Greece, but actually did this The false impression will only make people more suspicious that their strategic target is Sicily, which is almost like 'there is no silver here'!"

"What do you mean?" Colonel Slain couldn't help but ask.

"What?"

“‘There is no three hundred taels of silver here’, what does this mean?”

"Oh!" Qin Chuan realized that he had accidentally said a Chinese idiom.

"That's right!" Qin Chuan replied: "A man earned three hundred taels of silver... As you know, three hundred taels of silver were very valuable. He was worried about being stolen, so he buried the money in the ground. Then. ... Do you know what he did? He put a board here and it said: 'There are no three hundred taels of silver here'!"

The officers in the command post were stunned for a moment, and then suddenly burst into laughter.

"I'm glad you understood this story!" Qin Chuan said.

"Come on, Captain!" Colonel Sline said, "We're not that stupid!"

"Colonel Slain!" General Strike asked back, "What did you just say?"

"We're not that stupid, are we?" Colonel Slaine replied.

"Uh-huh!" General Strike raised his eyebrows: "There is no three hundred taels of silver here!"

The officers laughed again.

Rommel smiled bitterly and said: "Gentlemen, this meeting has almost turned into a joke conference, but what the hell? We have time... Now, continue to listen to what the captain has to say!"

"The British are obviously not that stupid!" Qin Chuan continued: "They know that it is useless to use the old method to hide their strategic goals, because Sicily is obviously much more important and more direct than Greece. Once Occupying Sicily can directly cut off our transportation lines and even open the door to landing in Algeria! Therefore, the British did the opposite, deliberately exposing their strategic purposes and leading us to doubt, just like just now, everyone Everyone thinks that Greece is the real destination, and that’s what the British want.”

Rommel couldn't help but nodded when he heard this.

After a pause, Qin Chuan continued: "The British can carry out bombing and reconnaissance on Sicily openly, because these will be considered false images anyway, so the more true they are, the more false they will appear!

"How is this possible?!" Major General Voigt said: "So that's it? The UK is just waiting for us to be deceived?"

"Of course it won't be like this!" Qin Chuan said: "Next step, the British will intentionally reveal some documents to us. These documents will clearly tell us... Their strategic target is Greece, and all actions against Sicily The preparations were all fake! Of course, the intelligence was made very real and was revealed accidentally, so we were just suspicious at first, but after having these documents... everyone will believe that their target is Greece!"

"It's unimaginable!" General Strike said: "They are taking advantage of our psychology, but the captain can guess this so quickly..."

Of course, these were not guessed by Qin Chuan. Qin Chuan was not that experienced. These were meat-stuffing plans that actually happened in history. However, there was another more likely possibility for the meat-stuffing plan at that time... In addition to Greece, there were also There is Sardinia.

"These are just your guesses, Captain!" Major General Voigt objected: "What if things are not as complicated as you think, and the Allies just want to land in Greece?"

"General Voigt!" General Strike interrupted: "Do you need me to remind you? We believe that the Allied forces will land in Greece. It is also a guess. What if things are really like what the captain said?"

Major General Voigt was speechless.

After a pause, Rommel frowned and said: "Yes, Greece or Sicily, these two possibilities are our guesses, and none of us can be sure. Now, I think we can only wait!"

"What are you waiting for?" General Strike asked curiously.

"Will what the captain said come true!" Rommel replied: "If it is as the captain said, the British will... intentionally reveal some intelligence to us, and this intelligence will mislead us into thinking that their real target is Greece. If this happens, it should prove that what the captain said is right, right?"

The officers nodded one after another.

Only Major General Voigt said with a smile: "No, this is impossible!"

"Why?" Rommel asked.

"Because the British intelligence personnel have to consider another question!" Major General Voigt said: "After the intelligence is revealed, they must also let themselves think that the intelligence has not been revealed, otherwise even a fool knows to change the plan, which... is almost impossible to do!"

Major General Voigt is right. This logic seems a bit confusing. Simply put, once the British realize that their intelligence has been leaked, then according to common sense, they should change the combat plan, so the leaked intelligence will lose its value to both the German and British armies.

So, everything Qin Chuan said can only happen in one situation, that is, the British army intentionally leaked the intelligence, the Germans got the intelligence but did not let the British find out, so the British thought that the intelligence had not been leaked and continued as planned.

It is indeed difficult to do this, but obviously... Major General Voigt underestimated the IQ of British intelligence personnel.