One Thousand and Nine Is Not Necessary

? Things are actually not that complicated. After German bombers visited the British Iceland Air Force Base, the United States was doing its best to think about what they could do in this war. There is obviously no doubt about defeating Japan. After all, the various victories that have been coming from the front line do not need to be faked.

But the attack against the Axis powers has become very troublesome. The Germans managed the Atlantic Barrier to the brim, which really made the high-level Americans feel like a dog biting a hedgehog. Of course, the bombing of Iceland also made the operation against Norway very difficult.

So an important question was placed in front of the Americans: where can we win the greatest victory by fighting the Germans? After some thinking, almost everyone's conclusions point to an answer: impossible!

Yes, impossible! The Atlantic barrier run by Germany has no way for the United States to break it for a while, and the German-Italian coalition forces in North Africa have also defeated the British and American coalition forces. The situation on the Soviet-German battlefield has made the US high-level worried. The Icelandic bombing plan is to ease the pressure on the Eastern Front. just planned action...

The facts that have happened have proved that the plan to bomb Norway did not fundamentally solve the problem of Germany’s pressure on the Eastern Front. The United States must find a new way to completely help the Soviet Union stabilize its defense.

So everyone searched and searched, and only by fighting head-on with the Axis powers in the Middle East could it be possible to truly attract the attention of the German army. And this battle should try to get rid of the possibility of confronting the German army as much as possible. After all, it is not an easy task to defeat the German army that crossed the Suez Canal.

"This is really embarrassing... It is necessary to attack the Axis Army and avoid the most elite German troops... How do we fight this kind of battle?" At a meeting to study this matter, an American The general sighed, shaking his head and complaining.

Sitting next to him was General Bradley, a famous American general. This genius had just returned from an inspection tour in Africa. He glanced at the chubby colleague beside him, and looked at his colleague Marshall on the other side with some disapproval.

"The plan to reinforce the Middle East with 100,000 infantry has been going on for so long, and our troops deployed near the oil fields in Saudi Arabia are still pitifully small. At least it is too difficult to expect these troops to resist Rommel's attack." A director of the United States in the Middle East The officer who replenished the troops sighed, and said with some confidence: "Although we know that Rommel doesn't have many troops, they are all elites who have fought many battles, and the supplies are better than ours..."

"If you expect Mountbatten to defeat Rommel in the Middle East and create a miracle, it is better to study how to stop the German attack here, at least to keep the Middle East oil fields there, is the really important thing." Another general also agreed with the majority people's opinions. He believes that it is not worthwhile to send American soldiers who have finally been armed to die on a distant battlefield.

Roosevelt sat in his wheelchair,

He tapped the armrest of the wheelchair with his hand. He knew that many officers present here did not belong to his camp. In this kind of routine discussion, many people were using opposing opinions to try to pull people who supported President Roosevelt into the water.

Roosevelt also knew that it was very unrealistic to expect the Allied forces to defeat Rommel's African Army in the Middle East. If there was a chance, Patton and Montgomery would not lose completely in the North African battlefield. Now that the German army has shorter supply lines and stronger troops, there is no reason to lose to the declining Allied forces in the Middle East.

Although the United States relied on the United Kingdom and its own huge transport fleet to send more than 70,000 US troops and various equipment to the Middle East, there was still no way to stop the German army from continuing to advance. At this time, it is necessary to formulate a more reasonable combat plan to delay the collapse of the Middle East, and the content of this meeting is actually this.

"I have communicated with General Bradley. He also met General Patton and General Mountbatten in the Middle East. He knows the situation there better than I do." Marshall looked at the pale-faced President Roosevelt and interrupted softly. Everyone quarreled endlessly: "I have a plan that is still feasible, so let's discuss it."

If the entire United States is compared to the Shu Kingdom in the Three Kingdoms, then General Marshall is undoubtedly the embodiment of Zhuge Liang. This man, who is known as a think tank at the top of the United States, is an adviser and assistant to Eisenhower and even Roosevelt in the military. Half of the U.S. plans were written by him. It is no exaggeration to say that he helped the United States in another time and space win World War II.

Now that he opened his mouth to say that he had a new plan, of course everyone shut up. Boasting and real ability are completely two states. Among the generals sitting around the conference table, most of them can only fight on behalf of the interests of all parties. If they speak again at this time, they will expose their ignorance when dealing with difficult issues. Come on, no one would do such a stupid thing.

"General Bradley and I agree that direct counterattack against Rommel's African Army is not worth the loss. It will disrupt General Mountbatten's retreat defense deployment, and it will also increase our losses and accelerate our defeat. The speed." Marshall repeated the original words discussed by those people just now, and said it as an opening remark.

Then he continued to speak and said to Roosevelt, the leader: "However, what if we change our opponent? Apart from Germany, is it possible for our American army to defeat the armies of other countries?"

As he asked this question, he looked at several generals who represented the army at the meeting. These few people immediately patted their chests and reassured: "Of course! If it is not fighting the German army, then the army's combat effectiveness is still trustworthy! For example, the results of attacking Japan in the Pacific Ocean are the best proof!"

"After Germany occupied Alexandria, they broke through the Suez Canal defense line. Their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated, but it is indeed over!" He pointed to the map on the table and explained the problem to Roosevelt. : "Rommel did not cross the desert of Saudi Arabia, which proves that he still lacks fuel and lacks the support of his own power!"

Then he smiled and stared at Roosevelt: "However, not long ago, the Axis powers themselves brought their weakness under our noses! Now that we know what to do, we will use a whole chain reaction, a heavy blow to the axis Xin Guo's arrogance is gone!"

"Weakness? What weakness?" Roosevelt was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Marshall puzzled. For his subordinate, Roosevelt was very satisfied. At least in the Pacific battlefield, the US Army's successive victories were inseparable from Marshall's central scheduling and adherence to the strategic policy of first the Pacific and then the Atlantic.

"Not long ago, Turkey crossed the border and attempted to attack areas such as Syria controlled by the French government-in-exile. As a result, their attack was easily repelled, and our losses were so small that there was no need to report it..." Bradley smiled He opened his mouth, took Roosevelt's words, and introduced: "If I hadn't personally traveled to Africa, then this matter would not even alarm anyone here."

Marshall nodded, and continued: "Originally, we thought it was just a small-scale misfire incident in the border area. After all, neither side has any further plans to go to war... But after some investigation, we found that that It was an attack by Turkey!"

an attack? Just hit the scale of a border conflict? Roosevelt's eyes lit up, and he immediately grasped the crux of the problem. He looked at General Marshall and asked, "So, if we launch a counterattack against the Axis powers on the Turkish border, how much force do we need to invest?"

Marshall smiled slightly, then looked at the complex terrain of Turkey, and finally chose a relatively stable number: "The Germans once deployed some troops there. I think if we defeat them together with these troops, we need at least 7 divisions." The force...about 180,000 people."

"Do we have that many troops in the Middle East? Generals." Roosevelt did not say anything to Marshall, but adjusted his gaze to all the generals present: "Can we mobilize nearly 20 troops in the Middle East?" What about Wan's troops?"

"The local armed forces can cooperate with us. There are about 50,000 troops. The British and Indian troops can support between 100,000 and 120,000 troops. Our troops there, if all of them are counted, exceed 100,000. ...However, Mr. President, these troops cannot be all deployed, and a certain amount of troops must be left on the front to deal with the German attack, so the number of troops that can be deployed is only a little over 100,000." A general asked the left and right sides After the colleague, he opened his mouth to answer Roosevelt's question.

"General Bradley, if General Patton rushes from India to Baghdad to direct an attack against Turkey... Try to avoid the Germans and only annihilate the Turkish troops... Is 100,000 troops enough?" Roosevelt asked again Question, but this time, he asked General Bradley alone, not everyone.

So everyone, including General Marshall, focused their attention on Bradley who did not answer the question immediately. I saw the American general confidently answered Roosevelt's question: "Mr. President, if we lose this battle again, then there is no need to compete with the Germans for any interests."

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