Chapter 1711 Reliable Information

Balloons are very easy to deal with. As long as you shoot a few shots at it with a fighter jet, a few bullets can be solved. If you have to talk about the problem, it is how to find it. After all, this thing is at an altitude of 10,000 meters.

In short, since the existence of this weapon has been discovered, a solution to it must be found. Roosevelt does not need to give instructions on any details, but only needs to mention the macroscopic treatment.

Soothing one's own emotions, not causing panic, and at the same time fooling the islanders into thinking that these balloons are useless, this is Roosevelt's countermeasure.

Some small balloons are not worth worrying about Roosevelt too much. For Roosevelt now, the most important thing is still the confrontation with Germany. After the Midway Island is solved, the trouble on the back is solved. Let’s concentrate on dealing with the Germans!

"Our intelligence system has observed that the Germans are planning a major military operation recently, code-named Operation Ice Cube," Donovan told Roosevelt.

"Is the information accurate?" Roosevelt asked with deep meaning.

Donovan is in charge of all the military intelligence, and every time he thinks he has found exactly what he needs, but as a result, he is led into a ditch by the Germans, fighting against a young guy like Reinhardt, Donovan. always lose.

Now, the President's questioning with suspicion made Donovan's face turn red instantly: "Mr. President, if the information is still wrong this time, then transfer me away and send me to the battlefield."

You can't always be fooled, can you? Donovan has been very careful. If the information is wrong again this time, then he will simply go to the front line and become a death squad, and there is no need to do any information.

"You know," Roosevelt said. "Tell me about it."

"The following is our guess," Donovan continued.

"Wait, where's your intelligence?" Roosevelt asked. He just said a few words, and the following is a guess?

"Our intelligence is Operation Ice Cube," Donovan said. "So far, we can only identify the name of this intelligence."

After a long time, the intelligence is Operation Ice? Roosevelt's brows furrowed. Only by knowing ourselves and knowing our enemies can we be victorious in every battle. Although old Roosevelt had never studied Sun Tzu's Art of War, he also knew the truth.

"Let's talk." After waiting for a few minutes, Roosevelt slowed down and said to Donovan.

"We think that the Germans are about to land on Greenland, and then use Greenland as a springboard to attack Canada, and we have to strengthen the defense in the north." Donovan said.

These inferences of Donovan can't actually be called inferences. These days, in the White House, research is being carried out every day. What are the strategic goals of the Germans?

After everyone's unanimous judgment, it is the most convenient and effective to take Greenland.

Greenland, next to Iceland, the German plane took off from Iceland, and the battleship departed from Iceland, just like walking around in front of your own house. Offensive, can certainly capture Greenland.

In this way, with Greenland as a springboard, we can continue to fight Canada. After landing from Canada, the German army can stage a scene in Europe.

Before, they just deduced that when the Germans occupied Iceland, this plan seemed to be getting closer and closer. Now, Donovan has got the exact information, called Operation Ice.

Where are the ice cubes? Of course Greenland! So, when he got this name, Donovan knew that the next step for the Germans was to occupy Greenland.

The Germans took their way through Canada. In this way, even if the Atlantic Defense Line, which was painstakingly laid out in the continental United States, was useless, thinking of this, everyone present hated it: "Our Atlantic Defense Line!"

"Only relying on the defense line is not enough." Roosevelt was very open, and it was simply whimsical to count on that project to stop the Germans. Just look at Europe.

Through that project as a shell, it is an important purpose to have so many funds flowing to the places where they are really needed.

"Now is a good opportunity." Arnold, a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said: "Haven't we always been looking forward to destroying the German Navy? Now, the opportunity to hit the German Navy hard!"

Greenland is not so easy to conquer. Iceland in the past was caught by surprise because the United States did not notice it. Now, it will definitely not make the mistakes of the past.

The United States also has experience. In the last naval battle of Midway, although Midway was eventually occupied by the islanders, it sank the main fleet of the island nation. When its own bomber formation appeared with specially made bombs, it sank them against them. The combat of surface ships is quite effective.

The tactics from the last time can be repeated this time!

The U.S. Navy suffered heavy losses, but the Army Air Force has been expanding. Now that you know the next goal of the Germans and prepare in advance, you will definitely be able to achieve the goal.

"No, the Germans are very vigilant, their naval formations are also very strong, and they have enough land-based long-range fighter jets. If we dispatch bombers directly, we will definitely suffer heavy losses." At this moment, Marshall on the side proposed. Objections.

If the attack on the island country can be successful, it will not work on Germany. The two are not of the same order of magnitude. Before the American bombers flew, there must be a large number of German fighter jets to intercept them.

You can't despise the enemy. This is a lesson learned with blood and life. Whoever despises the Germans will die miserably.

At the beginning, Nimitz proposed to deploy a large number of fighter planes in Greenland, and when the Germans came to attack the Germans, what happened? The German bombers came first and blew up the air force base in Greenland. The weather there was freezing cold and it has not been repaired yet. If you want to support it, you can only take off from the nearby Canadian base.

"Yes, even if we take off and bomb before the German navy arrives, it will fail because the other party is too vigilant." Arnold is good at summarizing, and some recent experiences have proved the vigilance of the Germans: " If we want the sneak attack to be successful, we can only wait for them to land in Greenland and attack when they return."

After the landing, when these words were uttered, everyone present was stunned. If the Germans landed on Greenland, would that be great? The whole of Greenland will become German territory, and then use this as a springboard?

If Greenland is lost, then the continental United States will face a direct threat, typical of the dead.

Now, Arnold is saying that there is only hope without Greenland, which is unacceptable.

"No, absolutely not. In the anti-landing operation, the enemy must be blocked on the beachhead. If the enemy landed, there is almost no hope of winning." Nimitz said.

This is the simplest truth. You can't even hold a beach. When the most elite infantry of the Germans comes up, they still expect to push the enemy back into the sea?

"Then can we stop it?" Arnold asked rhetorically.