Eventually, the quarrel was settled under Eisenhower's coordination.

As a civilian with little combat experience, Eisenhower served as the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, and his main task was actually this...... Coordinate relations between Britain, the United States, and even France.

"Gentlemen!" Eisenhower's voice was slightly helpless and bored: "Obviously, if we keep arguing like this, things will not go any way, unless you can go to the front line and curse the enemy to death!" ”

After waiting for a while, when the conference room finally calmed down, Ellinghower sat back in his chair tiredly and said, "What I need is a plan, a plan that can break through the German lines!" ”

Patton blurted out: "Just give me 400,000 gallons of gasoline and I promise to bring the army into Germany in two days!" ”

"This is!" Montgomery objected: "No one can make such a guarantee!" ”

"I can!" Patton replied, "You also know that I can, so you don't dare give me gas!" ”

Patton clearly meant something, he didn't really think he could break through the German defense in two days, but the question was...... Montgomery drained the 3rd Army of fuel in preparation for the attack on the "Market Garden", which made Patton's 3rd Army unable to fight at all.

"The fuel burn of each vehicle in combat is 18 gallons!" "An armored division needs 100,000 gallons of fuel a day, but you know what? The 3rd Army had only 32,000 gallons of fuel...... If the Germans attack us, oh, that's great, we'll have to surrender because our tanks won't move at all! ”

In fact, everyone knows that Montgomery has intentions against Patton, and he is worried that Patton will continue to steal his limelight, so he uses his command to pretend to be public and private.

Of course, Montgomery would not admit this.

"Watch your words, General Patton!" Montgomery said, "This is for the needs of war!" ”

"Oh, really?" Patton asked rhetorically, "What was the outcome of the battle?" ”

"Enough!" Eisenhower said with a straight face: "It seems that we need to say it one by one, so that it is good for all of us!" ”

After a pause, Eisenhower turned his gaze to Patton and asked, "General Patton, what do you think!" ”

Although Eisenhower has always been dissatisfied with Patton's unscrupulous words, one thing that has to be admitted is that Patton has always excelled in combat.

General Patton stood up with a victorious smile, took the baton from Eisenhower's hand, drew it as if it were a rifle, stood majestically in front of the map, and said: "Gentlemen, there is no doubt that our ultimate goal is, of course, Berlin, for it is the political center of Germany. But a more realistic goal is the enemy's industrial center in the Ruhr Valley! ”

The officers nodded their heads, and even Montgomery could not deny it, as his "Market Garden" operation was designed against the Ruhr industrial area.

"We know that two-thirds of Germany's steel and more than half of its coal come from the Ruhr area!" Patton continued: "If we can capture this area, then the Germans' production of shells and explosives will drop by 40%, which means that our opponents will have no shells left!" ”

"Tell us something we don't know, General Patton!" Montgomery teased.

The British generals let out a burst of laughter in cooperation.

Eisenhower said with displeasure on his face: "Field Marshal Montgomery, it's General Patton's time!" ”

"I'm sorry!" Montgomery nodded generously.

"Whatever!" Patton smiled and said, "I know what you're thinking, Your Excellency, you want to disrupt my thinking, I think you may be disappointed......"

"To the point, General Patton!" Eisenhower reminded.

This was clearly not a harmonious meeting, for it had to be ordered or threatened by Eisenhower.

"Okay!" "We have four roads into the Ruhr area, but only two of them are suitable for mass mechanized troops: one is north of the Ardennes, in the direction of Route 69 of Operation 'Market Garden', through Belgium through the Netherlands and then to the Ruhr, and Marshal Montgomery's attack on this road has failed," said General Patton, pointing to the map. ”

At this point, General Patton deliberately paused, and the American officers also let out a little laugh in cooperation.

"The other, south of the Ardennes!" Barton continued: "We just need to cross the 'Metz Pass' and we don't need to go through the Netherlands to get to the Ruhr area!" ”

"But General Patton ......," Montgomery objected, "to be south means to be far from the coastline, do you know what that means?" ”

"Of course!" Patton replied, "The north side is close to the coastline, so it is easier for us to get supplies and naval fire support. ”

"And that's not all!" Montgomery said: "You know, as the troops advance, we will go around behind the German 'Atlantic Barrier,' so that the navy and army can easily capture the coastal ports by flanking the 'Atlantic Barrier,' and these coastal ports will become our new supply bases!" That's why I chose Route 69! ”

"I know, Your Excellency!" Barton replied.

"So, are you still planning to attack from the 'Metz Pass' to the south?" Montgomery's tone smacked of sarcasm.

"I didn't say that, Your Excellency Marshal!" Barton replied unhurriedly.

"Oh, good!" Montgomery laughed, "So, you said so much just to tell us that we only have one choice...... Then Chang attacked along Route 69 like me? ”

The British officer burst into laughter.

"I didn't say that, Your Excellency!" Barton replied, his face unchanged and a hint of mockery in his eyes.

Montgomery seemed to understand what Barton meant, so he stopped talking.

Eisenhower asked suspiciously, "Joe, what do you want to say?" ”

"We should attack from both directions at the same time!" "That is, two fists at the enemy, two fists that support each other and have the potential to reinforce each other," Barton said. Not only will this stretch the enemy's defenses more widely and spread out their forces, but the two armies will also cover each other's flanks! ”

After a pause, Barton continued: "More importantly, attacking from the south, we will also threaten the Saar valley in Germany, which is the industrial center of western Germany after the Ruhr area!" ”