Chapter 474: To meet de Gaulle
"The real thoughts and strategies of Hitler and the German army are not known for the time being!"
To Eisenhower's surprise, Adjutant Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Gault only responded awkwardly.
Eisenhower, on the other hand, fell silent, frowning deeply and pondering.
Because he clearly remembered that after the end of the Battle of Tunisia, the heads of state and staff of Britain and the United States had heated discussions about concentrating forces for an offensive across the Channel and opening up a second battlefield as soon as possible; or to attack Italy and Sicily, as Churchill and the British demanded, to make a knife in the belly of the enemy, and to drive the Italians out of World War II once and for all; Dismantle the Axis Allies of the German army and make Germany a lone country.
And it can also contain a large number of German troops, because once Italy withdraws from the battlefield, then the German army will have to send a certain number to replace the gap of almost 30 divisions in Italy, which means that once Germany does this, the German army will be very dispersed, and there will be no extra troops to protect the homeland, or launch a large-scale counterattack.
But now Churchill's favorite Battle of Sicily has ended, and it has ended with the defeat of the British and American allies.
In this regard, Britain and the United States also suffered some vitality, so when Eisenhower thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh deeply and helplessly.
"That's right! Commander! De Gaulle: How do we solve it? He is now arguing with Giraud, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the rogue government in France, and President Roosevelt does not like de Gaulle either! ”
Just as Eisenhower was full of distress, Adjutant Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Gault abruptly changed the subject.
"I'll go meet him!"
Eisenhower nodded in reply.
He and President Roosevelt had different views on De Gaulle, and President Roosevelt did not like de Gaulle as a person and found it difficult to communicate and cooperate with the other party.
Churchill, on the other hand, believed that Eisenhower could be used to control de Gaulle.
Eisenhower himself, on the other hand, was worried that de Gaulle would have a stalemate with Giraud and other reactionary forces, and that there would be infighting.
For Eisenhower, who needed a stable rear, he was absolutely unwilling to watch infighting and chaos in his rear.
Especially after the defeat in the Battle of Sicily, he could not let these violent events affect the morale of his army.
So he was going to meet for a while with this arrogant figure, who had always regarded himself as the president of France, to see what he wanted to do this time.
"But now the people on both sides of De Gaulle and Giraud, we don't want to offend!"
Adjutant Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Gault worried.
"There will always be a way to solve things, and we must not make any mistakes in a situation like the current demoralization depression! Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to regain our fighting strength and morale in the short term! ”
"And only when an army is united and in step can it send troops to win the battle, and vice versa!"
Eisenhower retorted with a slight wave of his hand.
"Our relationship with the French is about the same as with the British; Although we all have European blood, and we are facing the same enemy, and we have agreed to build a military alliance against the enemy in unison, to deal with the Germans! ”
"But because of the intricacies of history, ideas and geography, our relationship with the French will not be as solid as we appear on the surface!"
Then Eisenhower continued.
"And the reason why we came to London, England, and Sicily, Italy, and even Europe for the purpose of fighting; It's not that we're here to mess around, to find women, we're here to defeat Germany and save Europe! ”
"We are shouldering the great responsibility of fighting fascism and ending this damn World War II!"
Eisenhower finally said what he really thought in his heart.
"Yes! Commander! ”
To this, the adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Galt, also replied with a military salute and loudly.
Then the two of them didn't say much, and went about their own work.
At this time, Chen Yanlong was also thinking about Germany's way to become a world power: "For example, the simplest thing is the establishment of the European Union, which he conceived a few days ago, to defeat Britain to control the oil in the Middle East, and to develop African colonies, and the way to fight against the Soviet Union is to fight hard, and then divide it into the 21st century."
As for the annexation of Poland and Ukraine, as well as Austria and Czechoslovakia, which had already been occupied, this would be an unshakable European hegemon.
But the price of this is to completely defeat the Soviet Union, and there is no way to win over and borrow the strength of the Soviet minority to split the territory of the Soviet army, then the battles of Moscow and Stalingrad will have to find a way to fight fiercely one more time, and it must be a complete victory, otherwise once the army is defeated, then the German army will fall into a very dangerous situation, which is definitely worse than the situation in the original history when the German army lost the Battle of Kursk, and it is difficult to clean up. 12910