That night, Rommel and others took a helicopter from Metz to return to the French front... If they didn't return in the dark, due to the blockade of Allied fighter jets during the day, they would have to stay in Metz to build for a whole day.

Of course, they were still staying in Paris on the way.

As mentioned before, the commander-in-chief of the Western Front is Longdestedt. No matter what plan or result is, it needs to be discussed with Longdestedt.

At this time, Longdestedt was of course in the command center... Although his living habits were not going to work until 10 o'clock in the morning, at this extraordinary moment, as the commander, he could not continue to sleep in the villa no matter what.

Seeing Qin Chuan and Rommel enter the command center, Longdestedt couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Everything is OK, is it?" asked Longdstedt.

"Yes, everything is normal!" Rommel replied, with a hint of disdain on the corner of his mouth.

Qin Chuan knew what that meant... It was obvious that Longdestedt was unwilling to bear the blame for "deceiving" the head of state, and he might even have thought of a plan to exonerate himself and push the blame to Rommel.

This is also the reason why Longdested breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Rommel.

However, Rommel had no time to argue with Longdstedt. He said to the map: "Only the Commander-in-Chief, the Head of State has agreed to our retreat plan, but the plan has changed a little..."

"Yes!" Longdstedt said: "I will discuss further with the Head of State later!"

"No, Commander-in-Chief!" said Rommel: "The Head of State realized that enemy spies might sneak into the Supreme Command. For the need for confidentiality, this plan was conveyed by me verbally!"

"Okay, Marshal!" Longdestedt nodded helplessly.

The retreat plan is actually not complicated. The German army south of Calais retreated along the diagonal line to the Maginot Line to shrink, while the German army south of the Brittany Peninsula shrinks to the central plateau in southern France.

The first point is to preserve strength, especially armored troops and mechanized troops, and to retreat at night as much as possible to avoid being bombed by Allied forces.

The second is to ensure that most of the materials and machines are removed in a timely manner.

Third, we must block the British troops and let the American troops go first, especially the French troops led by General Giro, supported by the United States... This is what we said before, to control the reputation and morale of the two French troops from the perspective of Germany to narrow the gap between the two French troops.

At the same time, Rommel's suggestion to use the French to "protect" important bridges was immediately reached the security forces.

However, there is no need for this, because just as Rommel and others made changes to the combat plan, the Allies were also making adjustments.

What made Eisenhower decide to make adjustments was an intelligence from MI5 Director Harke.

At that time, Eisenhower was discussing the attack plan for the next day with Montgomery and General Omar Nelson Bradley, commander of the 12th Army Group of the United States.

In this high-level command, the strongest one is obviously Montgomery.

Needless to say, Eisenhower was a civilian before becoming the commander-in-chief of the Allied Army, and General Bradley's military experience only began with the African attack on Sicily.

Montgomery was a famous general who fought with the German army for many years and defeated the "Desert Fox" Rommel in Africa.

This halo allowed Montgomery to once have the right to speak at the top command.

"I think we should continue the current offensive!" Montgomery said: "Just like we did at Utah Beach, we used naval guns and aircraft to bomb the enemy's defense lines until the enemy's fortifications and armored forces could not resist our attack!"

This idea is very consistent with Eisenhower's style, because his previous work was diplomatic and interpersonal, which determined that he was not good at taking risks.

The same is true for General Bradley. His character is described in four words as "stop when there is suspicion", that is, he is always in suspicion and vigilance, and advances step by step... Most generals of the US military have this command style, and the tactics of the US military are the same. This leads to the fact that the US military often hides in the forest on the Pacific battlefield, a few Japanese snipers can block a regiment or even a division of the US military, because they suspect that there are Japanese ambushes in the forest and must use artillery fire or bombs to flatten the forest before advancing.

So, the three of them hit it off and decided to fight at the rhythm in front of them.

Obviously, this combat plan is too conservative, and only a general like Montgomery who likes tradition and straightforward things will be formulated...

If this continues, the main force of the German armored troops has withdrawn from the "Atlantic Barrier". The Allies may not be able to detect it for a long time and are still bombing the "Atlantic Barrier".

At this time, Hark walked in from outside, holding the telegram in his hand and hesitated as Eisenhower.

Eisenhower knew what Halke was hesitating... "Super Confidential" intelligence is not accessible to anyone.

So he asked General Montgomery and General Bradley to temporarily avoid it.

In fact, Montgomery avoided it just to prevent General Bradley from being embarrassed. Montgomery knew "super secret" as early as Africa.

"This is the code we just deciphered!" Halke sighed and said, "You are right, they know our plan to cheat!"

Eisenhower took the telegram and looked at it, and replied: "It's totally expected that few of our airborne soldiers will survive!"

"Yes, that may be a trap set by the Germans!" Halke replied helplessly: "We believe that the Germans may have eliminated the French guerrillas first and seized the radio station and even instigated some of the guerrillas. Then..."

"Then the Germans used the guerrillas to send us fake information?" Eisenhower didn't expect that this would be the case.

"Yes!" Halke nodded awkwardly: "So, those airborne points are probably given to us by the Germans... They have set up ambush there!"

Although Hark was reluctant to say this, because it was a shame to him to MI5, he still had to admit it in order not to cause more serious consequences.

Eisenhower laughed furiously: "Good job, Mr. Director... You sent several of our airborne divisions into the German trap and made the entire Allies attack in the wrong direction!"
Chapter completed!