173 reckoning

Two months, the word Roosevelt is too familiar, in the last ten days, he heard the most time, is two months!

Britain provided a lot of information, such as the fact that Germany had planted a large and highly effective spy agency at the British top, which had been the flashpoint just two months earlier. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Two months earlier, Britain had prepared a surprise attack on the French fleet that had surrendered to Germany, but had lost the battleship Resolve, leaving the H fleet still alive.

Also two months ago, Germany began a large-scale purge of domestic spy agencies, including the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, all of which were inexplicably eliminated.

It was still two months ago that the last credible intelligence from the intelligence agencies returned that Germany was mass-producing new fighter jets.

Also two months ago, the Germans discovered Libyan oil, turning the North African battlefield from chicken ribs into another main battlefield.

The situation of the whole world war, too, became quite delicate with the discovery of this oil field.

Calculate the time, the Germans began to attack London on August 1, and it took 2 days to completely destroy the air defense system in the southeast of the British mainland, so the preparation for this air raid should have started more than two months ago!

Of course, what is even more interesting is that two months ago, the government of Charles de Gaulle in exile in France provided an interesting announcement that they had organized an assassination attempt against Hitler, which seemed to have failed......

"So many things happened two months ago, and who can tell me what really happened more than two months ago, when France was defeated?" Roosevelt looked at the four staff members in front of him and asked.

"Mr. President, we can't investigate this yet!" The intelligence officer replied helplessly.

"Building an oil field is not something that can be completed in two months! Now the power of Libya's oil fields has not yet fully exploded, and it has made us so uncomfortable. Roosevelt shook his head, feeling a bitterness on the tip of his tongue.

He supported Britain in this war, and in fact there was a price to pay, not only in terms of domestic opposition, but also in terms of the consumption of the United States itself.

It is said that the United States has unparalleled production capacity, and they all say that the United States has a vast land and resources, but who can say whether the materials that produced these weapons and equipment were produced by the United States?

Throughout World War II, the United States produced tens of thousands of M4 tanks, hundreds of thousands of aircraft of various types, 30 aircraft carriers, and hundreds of escort aircraft carriers......

If you count the famous auxiliary equipment such as the free wheel, steel, petroleum, and rubber, does the United States, which has taken out these materials, really not feel the difficulty at all?

In real history, at the end of World War II, the United States mobilized more than 10 million troops -- the United States won the war, but it was absolutely not "lying down"!

Germany has discovered a new resource point, which is equivalent to opening a mine when playing the game, and the resources have increased accordingly.

It is obviously a painful thing to continue to consume with an opponent who has more resources, obviously to consume more supplies.

"Help Britain stabilize the North African battlefield as much as possible! If the North African battlefield is lost, it is really hard for us to believe that Britain will continue to hold out. Roosevelt said helplessly.

Yesterday, several congressmen who opposed US entry into the war came to the White House to lobby Roosevelt, hoping that Roosevelt would not disregard US interests and get involved in a war in Europe and put the entire Pacific Ocean in danger.

Before the outbreak of the war, the Nazi Party in the United States also had a lot of power, and the salute was also very popular in the United States, until the outbreak of the war, after the United States suppressed the Nazi activities at home, it was considered to be better.

However, in comparison, the domestic affairs of the United States are already very few, and its current situation is much better than that of the British mainland, which is afraid of being bombed every day.

However, the United States is now too much of a song and dance, and war has spread in Europe, the heart of the world.

On the other side of the Asian theater, Japan's expansion has shaken core U.S. interests in the Pacific.

Hidden under the glamour, it is the embarrassment and helplessness that the United States may fall into a two-front war, and it is also the responsibility and pressure of the United States to shoulder the identity of the world's factory.

"We also have two reliable eyeliners in Italy." When the intelligence officer talked about this, he was somewhat spirited.

He spread out a few photographs and some telegrams, and reported: "The German side is frantically rushing oil equipment to Africa, and there is news from the French colonies that they have seen a large amount of equipment arrive. ”

"French colonies? The Germans are taking advantage of the French Bisse! It's really a good budget! Rubbing his hand on his temple, the representative of the military praised it.

Originally, the capacity of North Africa was very tight, and in fact, supporting Rommel's attack on Egypt almost put the ports of the entire Italian colony at full capacity.

Roosevelt calculated that the construction of oil fields in Germany would not go too smoothly, and in fact took this aspect into account.

Now the question is, because Germany saved the French fleet and cooperated lightly with the French fleet a few more times on a mercenary basis. At this time, it is not a problem to use French ports and transportation forces to transfer some "civilian equipment"!

Bizerte is a port with a throughput of more than 20,000 tons, which is about the same as Tripoli, and is perfectly suited for transporting civilian supplies that don't have to be sent to the front line.

The oil equipment that landed here does not have to cross a long supply line to Baierdi or even Matrouh, it only needs to go to the central plains of Libya!

Counting the terrible North Africa, where some petroleum products can be produced and gasoline is no longer scarce, this distance is much shorter than originally thought!

"Now it's complicated! We can no longer estimate the pace of construction of Libya's oil fields at the rate of our own assessment! "The head of the industrial department spoke out about his concerns from his own professional point of view.

He wondered what he would have thought if he had known that Germany was secretly producing a kind of "floating dock" in Italy, ready to be towed directly by steamer to Sirte, where it would be built into a port with a throughput of more than 100,000 tons.

Li Le originally developed the floating dock to prepare for landing in Britain shortly after, but soon the problem of insufficient capacity in North Africa jumped to the surface, and the German Navy came up with this solution to solve the problem of transportation capacity for the army.

As a result, the floating dock immediately became a magic weapon to save the transportation of goods from North Africa, and was secretly put into construction in Italy without even a day's delay.

As Germany's secret weapon, although this thing cannot cross the battlefield like the Tiger tank, it can ensure that the infinite number of Tiger tanks can eat and drink without worrying -- this can only be said to be great in two directions.

"It can't be estimated, the worst possibility, Libya is estimated to be able to produce some simple products such as gasoline!" Roosevelt nodded and said.

"Then don't be stingy, we don't have the conditions to be stingy anymore." The representative of the military looked at Roosevelt and opened his mouth to persuade such a sentence.

Originally, he was not in favor of tilting too many weapons and equipment, as well as strategic materials, to Britain. But the situation has changed, and he does not dare to continue to stubbornly insist on his ideas.

Seeing that the military representatives who did not approve of expanding support for Britain had changed their minds, Roosevelt also knew that something had to be decided immediately.

He thought for a moment, then turned to the head of diplomacy on the side and said, "The plan needs to be changed...... 500 tanks, we will try to squeeze out for the British, and at the same time find a way to get 400 fighters for them! ”

This amount is estimated to be twice the amount of weapons and equipment aid that Britain wants to actually get, and the person in charge of diplomacy immediately has a comfortable expression on his face.

How long has it been? Over the course of a few months, the pressure on his shoulders grew, and he even began to suffer from constipation.

The British were even worse, do you know why Churchill asked for 2,000 tanks and 300 fighters as soon as he opened his mouth?

Because in the beginning, when they asked for something, they could only get half or half of it. So the British began to open their mouths in the hope that the Americans would come up with a little more!

It's all forced by the battle situation in front of you, it's really a very sad battle situation. The head of diplomacy looked at the military representative with a constipated expression on his face across from him, and almost didn't laugh out loud.

In the previous meetings, he went to negotiate with the British with such an expression after the end, and this time it was finally the turn of the military representatives to be deflated.

You know, now you can talk about 300 tanks and 300 planes at every turn, but they are not produced things.

All of this equipment has been taken out of the army's active equipment, and it is truly the "active equipment" of the United States.

Although most of the equipment is facing obsolescence and replacement, the new products are still on the production line, aren't they?

As the saying goes, if the old doesn't go, the new won't come, but the current situation in the US military is that the old has gone, but the new hasn't come yet.

In this way, it is more embarrassing, because at this time there is still an Asian perverted Japan staring at the United States in the Pacific!

"Find a way as soon as possible, if it doesn't work, mobilize a group of bombers to the British, let them find a way to destroy the oil fields in Libya!" Roosevelt started to give another batch of bombers.

The person in charge of industry did not speak for a long time, and finally found an opportunity for him to play: "Mr. President, then Britain will have to pay the price of two more ports!" ”

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