My head of state, about the situation on the French....”

Kirsten's expression became a little embarrassed.

"Is there any problem? The information about France in your report is very vague, full of estimates and speculations. What remains is either the situation we have already grasped, or a lot of meaningless data. I want to know why this is the case."

Xu Jun still maintained that happy expression, holding his chin with one hand and gently tapping the folder on his knees with the other hand, but in Lieutenant Colonel Kirsten's eyes, it seemed more like a dangerous signal.

"My head, I can explain all this." Kirsten said anxiously.

"I cannot cover up these problems that Odin's Eye has had in the French intelligence gathering work, nor will I shirk the responsibility I should bear for, my head of state.

What I want to explain to you is that the main reason behind our decline in efficiency and quality in the French intelligence collection work is entirely because the current internal situation in France is too chaotic." "Confusion? I have no doubt about this at all. Let me tell you about the specific situation, Lieutenant Colonel."

"You know that the French government has been constantly migrating to the rear some time ago, and it is really difficult for our intelligence personnel to keep in touch with the headquarters under that situation, which has led to a lot of intelligence being delayed.

Although the French government has settled in Bordeaux, the situation has not improved at all. Now it is like a nest of an ant that has been stabbed. There is chaos everywhere and outside the city, without any order.

In this case, the risks that our front-line intelligence personnel take are rising sharply. Now every time they send intelligence to their headquarters, they risk their lives.

You must know the horror and chaos that enveloped Paris during the French Revolution. Bordeaux is almost the same as Paris in that time.

Once a person is considered to be suspected of a German spy, his best outcome is to be arrested by the French side and executed by a gun. I call it the best because in fact, the poor man is often torn to pieces by the fanatical mob before the French military police arrived."

Kirsten stopped and looked at Xu Jun.

The head of the empire was still sitting gracefully on the sofa, holding the exquisite teacup in one hand and tapping the folder on his knees with the other hand, looking happy. But Kirsten saw from the frequency of the head of the hand's fingers hitting the folders that the empire must be imagining the horror scene on the streets of Bordeaux.

"Continue, Lieutenant Colonel. I now understand the harsh environment in which frontline intelligence personnel are located, and they can still work in that situation, and I am pleased that they have these brave and determined intelligence officers.

However, this is not enough to explain the previous problem. What is the long speculation and the "reference only" that almost every piece of intelligence is called after it? Can't the Intelligence Department confirm the accuracy of the information it has collected with great difficulty?" Xu Jun raised his head slightly and looked at Kirsten.

"As for the order, my head. Please listen to me to continue to explain to you. There is a melee in the French government. The French cabinet is in a state of dispute every day, no, in fact, every minute. A new proposal and order will be issued almost every few hours, and then the French politicians will spend another few hours overturning it.

If the French cabinet had not yet held control of the army and the commanders of the army still preserved their sense of mission, the areas controlled by the French government would have been in anarchy long ago."

"This is a very troublesome issue, Weirle." Xu Jun turned his face and said to his chief of staff.

"Yes, my head of state, if the French government demands a truce, we must restore order in those areas in the shortest time. I am afraid that those French teams may not be able to maintain the situation. This will also be a very difficult task for our soldiers." Weirle frowned.

"How about leaving it to Qusiral? He should be a good candidate."

"I believe in General Qusheller's ability, but if he uses his Fourth Army..."

"As long as he is responsible for stabilizing regional order, there is no need to mobilize regular corps. I am preparing to draw a group from the garrison to carry out this work. Although they are a little looser than regular troops, it is also the reason why I chose General Quheerer. Quheerer is one of the generals I know who pays the most attention to the military discipline and military honors of the troops. For this work, the personal qualities of the person in charge are the most important."

"I understand, my head." Weirle nodded and said, "Your choice is indeed the most correct one."

"Okay, please continue to report, Lieutenant Colonel Kirsten."

"My head of state, according to the intelligence we have in our hands, the French government cabinet has now split into four factions.

Betton and Weigang, who represented the opinions of the vast majority of the French army and government leaders, had a very clear attitude. They both admitted that France had failed and proposed that in order to save France, the government must immediately engage in a ceasefire with us.

Our intelligence shows that the Betang argument has been endorsed by a large proportion of parliamentarians, who have an advantage in the cabinet.

Reynolds and Lebron are another faction. They oppose Beden's suggestion and have been trying to persuade the cabinet to agree to withdraw the government from France and continue to fight in North African colonies. A considerable number of hard-line lawmakers are on their side. Although they are at a disadvantage compared to Beden's faction, the gap is not very big.

The third faction was a politician named Pierre Ravar, who united Bordeaux Mayor Adrian Marquee and a group of other former government members to form a loose alliance.

Based on the information we have obtained now, this person is very keen on the theory of the Kuomintang Party, with great ambitions but very limited intelligence. His current performance seems to be more inclined to the faction of Betan, but the greater possibility is that he wants to take the opportunity to replace Betan.

After analyzing these situations, we concluded that this Frenchman had great potential to utilize, and if we support it, this person could play an incalculable role in the process of the empire completing its European strategy.

Of course, this is just one of our suggestions, and whether to adopt it or not will require you to make the final decision.”

“Ravar….”

Xu Jun touched his chin and looked at Weille, then turned his face to Kirsten and said, "He has been within our attention for this Laval for a long time. This person does have great value in use.

The task of Odin's Eye is to continue to monitor him, and if possible, let our people find an opportunity to test his attitude and establish a connection between him and us. In addition, we send someone to secretly protect his personal safety. Such people are the first target of the assassin's choice at any time, no matter which side the assassin comes from."

"As for orders, my head, I will make a proper plan as soon as possible."

"Very good. Now let's continue with the previous topic. Who are the fourth party power you are talking about?"

"The Fourth faction is an alliance of young military officers led by Charles de Gaulle.

Although he lost the support of the upper-level congressmen and his most elite direct troops due to that crushing defeat, he still gathered a group of low-level army officers and ordinary soldiers who were unwilling to fail.

They were unwilling to accept the fact that France had been defeated, and they were ready to fight to the end for the Third French Republic.

But now his faction is on the verge of collapse.

One of the reasons is that his philosophy is too radical for the French. After all, there are not many people who are willing to die in vain under the current situation.

The cold reality presented before them has begun to calm down some of the fanatics, and the power to follow De Gaulle is decreasing.

Another reason is that there were differences within them. De Gaulle's pro-British tendency aroused the dissatisfaction of many officers. They were not willing to accept the suggestion that De Gaulle fled to Britain after the complete failure of France and continued to fight with the support of the British.

Before resolving this internal discrepancy, it was difficult for Charles de Gaulle to have a substantial impact on the French political situation. Now he can only make some minor troubles for Renault and Beden at the cabinet meeting or incite the parliamentarian to create some obstacles.

According to our analysis of his daily speech and thoughts, as you once said, this person is a very dangerous existence for the empire.

We are now using various means to differentiate the power around him, trying our best to weaken his personal influence, and we are also monitoring his daily actions the most closely.

But for Charles de Gaulle, what measures should we take next still require you to make the final decision.”

Xu Jun narrowed his eyes slightly, he lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head and said in a deep voice: "For Charles de Gaulle, the Eye of Odin must strengthen his surveillance of him. If he finds that he has an attempt to escape from France, he will stop it at any cost, if necessary..."

Xu Jun suddenly paused when he said this, then shook his head and said, "Forget it. If you can't stop it, let him go. Let your intelligence officer remember to keep a close surveillance and not cause any harm to the target."

"As for your order, my head." Kirsten nodded and replied.

"The next step is the key part of the problem, my head of state. Now these four factions are arguing with each other at cabinet meetings every day, and none of the proposals and orders issued can last for a day.

At first, our intelligence personnel were able to meticulously submit the obtained information to the headquarters, but because these French people changed their direction too quickly, and the orders and proposals were inconsistent to the point where they were almost absurd.

This makes our intelligence personnel in the French government really embarrassed to report the newly obtained information. All intelligence on French government policies has become worthless, because even if they risk it, they may have to send another telegram in a minute to overturn the previous report, and our intelligence analysts are exhausted by these problems.

Now the staff of the Intelligence Service have reached a consensus. That is, before a faction in the French government truly possesses government power, intelligence on French government policies and orders will only be used as data reference and not as evidence."

Kirsten showed a helpless look when he said this.

"Haha, so that's it. But now I have a new doubt. Why don't you write what you said before into this report? Lieutenant Colonel Kirsten."

"Because this report is a general situation report, it is related to the strategy formulation of the Command. So what we list must be analyzed and confirmed intelligence and data. As for how to draw these data and conclusions and the intelligence collection process are not within the scope of the report.

And all unproven, lack of evidence, and time-limited information cannot be written into the report unless necessary, even if it is adopted, we must indicate "for reference only" or "for speculation only." Kirsten responded respectfully.

"I understand. This conversation gave me a deeper understanding of the work and abilities of the Eye of Odin, and I am very satisfied with your explanation."

Then Xu Jun turned his face and smiled and said to Weiller: "Willer, it seems that we have to put some pressure on the French. They still have the energy to quarrel there now."

"Yes, my head of state, it's time to wake those French politicians up, and we can't stay with them without limit."

"How about letting the Air Force bomb Bordeaux?"

"This...it seems too intense, my head of state. In fact, it is enough to let the army make a full-scale attack and a few small-scale tentative attacks."

"Okay, this issue will be discussed at the regular meeting in the evening."

Xu Jun lowered his head and continued to look through the thick crawler killer.

"Where is the current situation of the French side, you only have a very simple report here."

"My head of state, because the French team now has no secrets to us, let alone confidential information that needs our spy.

The morale of the French team has disappeared, and their elite troops are now basking in the sun in our prisoner-of-war camp.

The large number of technical weapons they carefully preserved fell into our hands. Our intelligence department and the advance team found one hundred and thirty brand new French fighter jets in the hangar of a French aviation school, all of which were the latest models and had almost never been used. We also found dozens of similar warehouses like this.

They let the new aircraft accumulate dust on the hangar, while the other side they let their precious pilots fight our elite air force in the old models of broken planes. This is really a confusing question, and I really can't understand the French way of thinking.

However, these seizures also remind us that the French must have some technical weapons in their hands, and there may be a certain number of tanks in addition to aircraft.

However, according to the current situation of the French army, it is too late to do anything. Not to mention that there are few professionals who can drive these weapons, even if they are trained in a hurry, they can only die in vain. The French should be very clear about this.

Besides, most of their fuel and ammunition reserve bases are under our control. I believe that the remaining tanks and aircraft of the French will only be used as infantry bunkers in the near future.”

Kirsten smiled at the corner of her mouth, and she continued after turning over a page of the documents.

"Our attention is mainly on the movements of the French Air Force and Navy. There is a clear intelligence that many of them are considering investing in the UK. We do not rule out the possibility of British intelligence personnel inciting them from this.

Most of these Frenchmen are low-ranking air force officers and ordinary combatants, as well as some ground crew members, naval base technicians and sailors, which will certainly affect our next step in combat in Britain, and we are considering taking measures to prevent this from happening."

"The commander is also very concerned about this, especially the movements of the French Navy. The Intelligence Agency must maintain strict surveillance of the French fleet and can use some special means at critical moments.

However, you must obtain my personal approval before taking any action. There is a comprehensive plan for the French Navy to deal with the command. I do not want any exotic things to happen."

"As for orders, my head of state." Kirsten nodded and replied.

"My head of state, we have collected very detailed information about the warships that the French navy stayed in Britain and the British colonial ports.

Among them is a Guba-class battleship and a Brittany-class battleship, one in Alexandria, Egypt, and one in Plymouth Harbor. They are now under the close surveillance of the British team. The other four light cruisers, eight destroyers and six submarines docked on the British are also at risk of being detained by the British. We believe that although those cruisers and destroyers are not strong and in large numbers, and those two battleships are old and decades ago, we cannot let go of any possible threats. So..."

"Oh? Wait a minute."

Xu Jun raised his hand to stop Kirsten's words. He slowly turned the teacup in his hand and closed his eyes and began to ponder. Weirle and Kirsten didn't know what was going on, and they looked at the deep-faced empire ducái.

"hehe...."

Xu Jun opened his eyes and smiled and said, "If it weren't for your reminder, I would have completely forgotten that the two warships existed. You can evaluate the combat effectiveness and threat level of these two warships, and then submit a report.

But according to my personal opinion, the threat to us by those two warships is not as serious as those four light cruisers and several submarines.”
To be continued...