Chapter 598: What exactly do you say Hitler's military purpose was?
Even Director David Pitt, the head of MI5, and Director John Scarlett, head of MI6, waited silently for Churchill to finish his fury.
But at this moment, there was a sudden and rapid knock on the door, but it turned the attention of Churchill and Director David Pitt away.
"Who? So rude, don't you know that we are having a meeting of high-ranking officers? Are there no guards guarding the door? Churchill, who was interrupted by such a rapid knock on the door, roared angrily.
"It's me! Alexander! ”
As soon as the words fell, Commander Alexander's voice came in.
"Hmmm! Alexander? Why did you come back to me? Aren't you going to Eisenhower with Marshall? ”
Hearing this, Churchill was slightly stunned for a moment, and then said in surprise.
"Because Cunningham's carrier fleet is now fighting the German carrier fleet in the Mediterranean, we postponed a little to Algiers to meet Eisenhower!"
"But now I have urgent information to tell you, this is the information sent back by the most secret intelligence agent lurking in the German Navy!"
"They risked their lives to teleport to me, that's why I came to you in a hurry! Prime Minister Churchill! ”
Alexander, who had been agreed to open the door of the conference room, walked into the conference room with a solemn expression and replied anxiously.
"What information?"
After hearing this, Churchill's eyes also lit up and he hurriedly asked.
"It's about the latest movements of the German Navy, they have assigned two more aircraft carrier fleets to escort Rommel as he prepares to attack Morocco!"
Alexander said with a heavy heart.
"What! Is this information true? How could the Germans go and attack Morocco? What's in it for them there? ”
"If the Germans were going to fight a counterattack in North Africa, shouldn't they have attacked Libya, Tunisia and Algiers? How could you suddenly attack Morocco! ”
After hearing this, Churchill stopped paying attention to and insulting the high-ranking officials of the intelligence department, but hurried to his desk and opened the map of the Mediterranean.
Morocco is located in the northeastern corner of Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean and choking the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea, and has a very important strategic position.
Churchill still knew about this, but now it is still a Spanish colony.
Moreover, Spain is now a neutral country, although it is supported by Germany and Italy, and Franco, who is now in power, can take control of Spain, but Franco did not declare Spain's entry into World War II and join Germany as an Axis power.
"Could it be that Franco joined Germany and became an Axis power to fight us? There is also a possibility that Morocco now belongs to the pro-Nazi French puppet government! And Spain has a share in it, too! ”
Churchill muttered to himself as he stared at the map of the Mediterranean with wide eyes.
"Alexander, what do you think? What exactly do you say Hitler's military aims were? If the Germans really want to attack Morocco, what do you say their purpose is now? Is it the idea of hitting the ports of Ceuta and Melilla? ”
Ceuta is a port city located in the north-central part of Morocco, located on a narrow peninsula along the Mediterranean coast at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, connected to the Gibraltar region of southern Spain by an isthmus, bordering the Strait of Gibraltar, choking the throat of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Because by occupying Ceuta, it would be possible to achieve the purpose of controlling navigation on the African coast, and it would be possible to compete with Gibraltar, which had been swallowed alive by the British.
Because the northern shore of the Strait of Gibraltar is the choke point of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, the strategic position is also very important.
If the Germans annexed all the overseas colonies of Ceuta and Melilla, and the Strait of Gibraltar, then the entire Mediterranean would be controlled by the Germans, and Britain would have to engage in a frontal assault with the German Navy if it wanted to enter and exit the Mediterranean smoothly.
"I think if the Germans really want to attack Morocco, I'm afraid the first place to occupy is Ceuta, so that they can compete with the Strait of Gibraltar that we have occupied!"
Commander Alexander, without thinking about it, bluntly stated his opinion.
"Nope! I will never let this happen, I will never let Hitler get what he wants! I now want you to inform Eisenhower at once, and they will immediately send the aircraft carrier fleet to Morocco and the Strait of Gibraltar to stop the German attack! We will never allow Hitler to occupy Ceuta and the Strait of Gibraltar! ”
"For the sake of safety, we will also draw some fleets from our Royal Navy to assist in the battle!"
Hearing this, Churchill immediately gave an order with a fierce gaze.