Chapter 439: Controversy
"Northern France!" Rommel gave the answer.
In fact, this answer is not difficult to guess, not to mention that Britain has tried to land in northern France before, the Soviet Union has always asked Britain to fight back to Europe, and more importantly, you only need to open the map to know that if the Allies want to shift their center of gravity, they can only move to northern France.
(Note: Historically, the Allies had other options after winning the North African campaign, such as southern France, Italy, and Greece, but the protagonist held the line of Sicily and Gabez, and the Allies had only two options: Greece and northern France)
The Germans even knew that the British would one day land on the north coast of France, so they began to build fortifications on the north coast of France, also known as the Atlantic fortress, in 1940.
After a long silence, Rommel said worriedly: "If the Allies land from northern France...... We're in trouble! ”
Qin Chuan knew what Rommel was worried about, Germany was fighting with the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front, and at this time millions of troops were attacking Moscow with all their might, if the Allies landed on the north coast of France based on Britain, plus there were also powerful naval and air forces of the Allies, especially at this time, the "Atlantic Barrier" was only a small part of the completion (until the Allies landed in Normandy in 1944, the most complete part of the "Atlantic Barrier" project only reached 68%).
So, if the Allies had chosen to land from northern France at this time, they would indeed be "in trouble", as Rommel had said......!
At this time, Qin Chuan couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.
You must know that the reason why the Allies did not land in Normandy in northern France until 1944 was not because the Allies were unconditioned, but because Britain and the United States had a mentality of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight...... In fact, the United States is hesitating and swaying in the middle, it has interests at both ends, landing can enhance its international status and suppress Britain, and if it does not land, it can sit back and watch the Soviet Union and Germany lose both.
And the reason why Britain and the United States were able to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight was because they had a good excuse, that is, a campaign against Italy in the Mediterranean direction.
This allowed Britain and the United States to tell the whole world, especially the Soviet Union...... Britain and the United States did not fight, but fought with the Germans in Sicily and Italy.
As a result, the Soviet Union had nothing to do with Britain and the United States.
But now, Qinchuan is holding the Gabess line and also holding Sicily, and even the Greek defense will add tunnel fortifications.
As a result, almost all the passages for the Allied attack from the Mediterranean were blocked, so that the British, the United States, and especially the British, never made a mistake not to open a second battlefield.
Sometimes, Qin Chuan didn't know whether what he was doing helped Germany or harmed Germany.
Let's say that I helped Germany, and I have indeed been giving advice to Germany all along.
If you say that you have harmed Germany, what you do is likely to hasten Germany's demise.
Qin Chuan guessed correctly, the defeat in the Battle of Sicily caused a great shock to the Allies, and also affected their next strategy.
The Allied post-war conference was chaotic, and even British and American officers almost got into the conference room.
"The United States should bear the main responsibility for this failure!" Degangangyi's fist slammed on the desk: "Because it is clear that the Germans broke through the defense line of the 1st American Infantry Division and completely routed this division, and because of this, the weak flanks of the British army were exposed to the enemy's armored and mechanized units!" ”
"Oh, really?" Patton replied angrily with red eyes: "What about the fact that the main force of the Germans is in Enna?" Why don't you look through the battle records, I keep telling you that the main force of the Germans is in Enna, in Enna, but no one listens to me! The 1st Infantry Division faced the Germans with one division of four divisions, including one armored division and two mechanized infantry divisions, and what about you? You four main divisions against one infantry division, and now you come to laugh at the 1st Infantry Division being routed by the enemy?! ”
"But we're going to hit Messina! We are advancing on the enemy......"
"I'm sorry, you're pushing into the enemy's trap, and you're able to advance because the Germans want you to advance!"
"The truth is that it is because of your rout that the whole army is defeated!"
"So who denied my plan and made this stupid plan?" General Patton angrily slapped the minutes on the table: "Open it and see what is written on it." Look at how our commander judged the situation on the battlefield, and it turned out that everything he said was wrong, and the fact is that our commander was badly fooled by the Germans......"
"Joe!" Eisenhower interrupted Patton with an ugly face.
Compared to Montgomery, Barton did lose his manners. Patton's straightforward personality could not suppress the inner grumbling, especially the fault of the British, but they tried to put the blame on the American army...... This breath was hard to swallow.
Montgomery, on the other hand, knew that he should remain silent at this time, showing that he dared to do and bear the courage, and as for arguing and shirking responsibility, he naturally had subordinates to do it.
But to be honest, the American side was also at fault in this battle: at the last critical moment, both Patton and Eisenhower were deceived by Qin Chuan, thinking that the Germans would attack the beachhead garrisoned by the United States with all their might...... Because they were too worried about it, and they couldn't afford to lose anything if it happened, so they had to break away from the British and take care of themselves.
As a result, the British army suffered heavy losses from the Germans in an all-out blow.
"We should be aware of one thing!" Alexander spoke: "Both Britain and the United States were at fault in this battle, and there were serious problems of command and coordination between us, which ultimately led to the defeat of this battle......
Although this is true, it tastes different from the mouth of a British commander...... Idiots know that most of the blame lies with Britain, and Alexander is clearly putting the blame on both Britain and the United States.
The American officers in the conference room were full of righteous indignation, but there was nothing they could do.
"And I know!" Alexander continued: "We can't go on like this, now is not the time to quarrel, understand? If we continue like this, we will have another Sicily-like failure, and then there will be another time! ”
However, Alexander's prestige and such a biased behavior certainly could not stop the farce, and the Allied officers continued to argue endlessly in the conference room.