After receiving Roosevelt's will, Hull immediately called a meeting of various arms dealers, and after receiving Roosevelt's assurance, each arms dealer went home and began to build a new factory to prepare for increasing production. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The production capacity of the United States during World War II was indeed extremely terrifying, the production of the King of Land War tanks reached 80,000 or 90,000 in history, and the cannons, known as the god of war, produced 54,532 light artillery pieces (37-105 mm), 49,775 air defense (60-120 mm) pieces, and 7,803 heavy field guns (more than 155 mm). Historically, Japan, on the other hand, produced only 604 field artillery pieces with a caliber greater than 105 mm from 1941 to 1945, which was a fraction of that of the United States. This is also why later generations of Japanese people are so convinced that Japan entered the war in World War II out of helplessness, not for aggression, because later generations of Japanese could not understand why Japan wanted to fight against such a powerful United States.

At this time, the U.S. productive forces had gradually been stimulated, and although it had not yet officially ended, the Lend-Lease Act had made the U.S. military products not short of sales at all.

-- The El Alamein Line

The El Alamein Line is located between the city of El Alamein on the Mediterranean coast of northern Egypt and the Katara depression in the south, in fact, El Alamein does not have any particularly important strategic location except for a railway station, and its south is a large area of rocky plateau, known as the Ruwisa Ridge, which is the commanding height, which can overlook the surrounding area, and continues 32 kilometers to the south is the Katara lowland, and the south of the lowland is the Sahara Desert. To the north, the Mediterranean Sea.

War attaches great importance to logistics, so ancient wars often need to rely on rivers and cities, modern wars have to defend their own transportation arteries, and the entire North African war can basically be regarded as a war between two armies along the Mediterranean railway.

Ochinleck walked in the trenches, constantly cheering up the soldiers, he hoarded all the troops he could muster here, and built three fortifications adjacent to each other, each occupying about 20 kilometers of frontal defense, the defense area consisted of trenches, light and dark fire points, anti-tank gun positions, minefields and barbed wire, Rommel had to crash into these positions if he wanted to advance, and if Rommel wanted to flank, then the first thing to deal with would be the terrifying desert.

"Rommel's logistical line is getting longer and longer, which is good for us." As he walked, Auchinlake said to Norrie, a lieutenant general in the British Army's 30th Army, and the main front-line leader here.

"Our American friends are hurrying to help us transport weapons, and troops in Sudan and other places are also hurrying to move over, so it is extremely important that we can stop the first attack of the German-Italian forces." Norrie is also very aware of his advantages and disadvantages, he said: "The German army is very advanced in weapons, whether it is artillery or tanks, we can only rely on numbers to win, now we lack tanks and/or artillery, there is no shortage of people, now there are more than 70,000 people squatting in the defensive line, and it is still increasing." ”

Although Britain has few natives, it can't support many of its colonies, and at this time there are two Indian brigades, one New Zealand brigade, one South African division, and one Egyptian division squatting on the El Alamein defense line, which really has the feeling of a United Nations army.

"The news just came that Alexandria received 50 American-made "Grant" medium tanks, I will transfer them all to you, you must hold here! Ochinleck said sharply, "In addition, the air force of Malta and the air force of the whole of Egypt will support you, hold on!" Hang on!! Persistence is victory!! ”

And in Deba, which is located less than a hundred miles of the defensive line, the German-Italian forces are gathering, and Rommel looks at the information detected from the opposite side, looks at the map from time to time, and falls into thought.

Rommel knew that his time was running out, and that the further back he went, the greater the advantage of the British army, and he had to seize the time to attack.

Rommel pointed to the map and said, "Immediately order the troops to reach the combat position, and at three o'clock in the morning on March 23, it will be the time for our attack!" ”

When the time came, unlike history, due to the small losses in the early stage and the greater replenishment of the German army, Rommel's three infantry divisions and two armored divisions launched an attack together, which made the plan to use artillery to besiege the Germans on three sides failed, especially the German No. 4 tank, 75 mm artillery and 90 mm of inclined armor, attacked everywhere in the dark night, just like the god of war in the world, the German army assaulted until 9 o'clock in the morning, and a steady stream of British air force support came to El Alamein, Only then did the embarrassment of the British army be alleviated, and Auchinlake also let go of the pace of preparing to escape.

The first day of the Battle of El Alamein ended in the loss of countless lives, the commanders on both sides frowned at the battle situation, the Germans did not break the El Alamein line in one breath, and the British army did not expect that the losses in a defensive battle could be so huge, and the fear of the German army was even stronger.

Rommel walked at the headquarters and took a big sip of water, and Messer came in and said, "Your Excellency, where did so many planes come from?" If it weren't for these planes, we'd probably be drinking at El Alamein station. ”

Rommel closed his eyes and said, "Didn't you find out? The tanks opposite us are American-style tanks, the planes above us are American-style planes, we are not fighting the British, we are fighting with the Americans...."

At this time, an officer took a telegram and handed it to Rommel, Rommel looked at it, shook his head and handed it to Messer and said, "The plane that took off from Malta has been constantly attacking our logistical supply lines today, and we have lost more than 700 tons of supplies today. ”

Hearing this, Messer also said with some dejection, "With Malta behind us, it's really like a fish in the throat." ”

Rommel snorted and said, "In that case, let's find a way to take him!" ”

Malta, located in the middle of the Mediterranean, is very small, only 316 square kilometers, and the population is only three or four hundred thousand, and the population of small counties in Chinese mainland is about the same, although the place is subordinate, but the location is extremely important, its north is Italy, south is Libya, by controlling this island, you can build an airport on it, to carry out air strikes on the North African battlefield or transport and drop strategic materials, and at the same time air force fighters and naval warships stationed on it, you can attack the enemy transport fleet in the south or protect your own transport fleet.

At the beginning of the war in Africa, the German and Italian air forces bombed the island indiscriminately, almost completely destroying the military facilities on the island. Soon after, the U-boat of the German Navy secretly infiltrated the Mediterranean Sea through the Strait of Gibraltar, and blocked his sea route, but Britain obviously knew how important this small place was to the war situation near the Mediterranean, and almost always tried to reinforce the island of Malta.

Historically, due to the early start of the Soviet-German war, the German army has been unable to reinforce the war in Africa, and now, the Soviet-German war has not started, after a telegram from Rommel was called, Hitler looked at the map, and also felt that this stinger must be removed, and immediately talked to Mussolini on the phone, the Luftwaffe and the Italian Air Force stationed in Italy on March 24 dispatched 1,300 sorties to bomb and attack the island of Malta again, and this time, the German-Italian coalition was determined to set foot on the island of Malta, And occupy it.

-- Berlin

"Well done, Rommel is quite capable." Jiang Cheng looked at the newspaper and said with a smile.

Chen Nan poured tea for Jiang Cheng and said, "General Rommel now has a very high reputation in Germany, and he now has a nickname, called the Desert Fox. ”

Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "Sun Tzu said, soldiers, treacherous ways, so you can show that you can't, you don't need to use it, Rommel defeated first and then won, and the way of using soldiers, but Alamein is not easy to fight, Britain's heritage is too strong, coupled with the fact that the Americans continue to replenish the blood of Britain, although the African campaign is fought well, it is still far from victory." ”

Chen Nan said complimentarily, "The owner is familiar with military books, so naturally he will not be wrong." ”

"Slap the sycophants!" Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes and said, "But I'm quite comfortable with what I said, keep working hard." ”

Chen Nan smiled hesitantly.

Jiang Cheng put down the newspaper and said, "But if the Mediterranean cage can't be broken by Germany, our aircraft carrier in Italy won't be able to come out, so we have to find a way." ”

Chen Nan immediately took out the map and opened it to Jiang Cheng, Jiang Cheng looked at it with a snort, and said, "The strategic purpose of Rommel's Afrika Korps is to take the Suez Canal to cut off the blood vessels from Asia to Britain, but we are going out, even if we take the Suez Canal, as well as the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, it is not easy to get out safely." ”

Chen Nan came up with an idea and said, "Owner, the east is not bright, the west is bright, and the Mediterranean Sea is not a mouth." ”

Jiang Cheng hummed and said, "After Germany took Malta, there was only one Gibraltar to the west, Spain.... Chen Nan, immediately mobilize our secret agents in Spain, check the current political situation in Spain, and I want to know how many people in Spain are fanatical supporters of joining the Axis powers. ”

Chen Nanbu's intelligence network worked very efficiently, less than two days, a large amount of intelligence was continuously gathered, and in the past two days, the war in Africa has not stopped for a while, the German army continues to increase the intensity of the offensive, Britain is also dead in El Alamein, the two armies have won and lost each other, because the island of Malta was conquered by the German-Italian coalition forces, Rommel's logistical pressure was suddenly much smaller, and there was a steady stream of oil supplies, Rommel made full use of his advanced tank advantages, and the tanks were formed in a separate formation to the left and right, Sometimes showing weakness and sometimes attacking fiercely, so that the German army will always have a local superiority, but the British army is not bad, and the minimum number can withstand attrition, and for a while, neither of the two armies can help anyone.

- Spain

This is the first time Jiang Cheng has entered the city of Spain, and the exotic scenery is different from Germany and France, which makes Jiang Cheng full of curiosity about Spain.

"Franco is a person I'm interested in right now, he's actually doing a good job." Jiang Cheng looked at the construction scenes everywhere outside the car, and said to Chen Nan next to him.

"What the owner said is, if I want to judge, Franco should be a cruel patriot, he is different from Hitler and Mussolini, he seems to see himself very clearly, he knows how much strength he has with Spain." Chen Nan said with a smile.

Jiang Cheng hummed and nodded, the reason why Franco was so controversial in later generations was not only because when he was in power, Spain not only did not get involved in World War II, but also in the late period of World War II, the economy developed extremely fast, and more importantly, he did not leave the world to his descendants like some other dictators, but returned it to the king he had cultivated. And this king, as soon as he came to power, began universal suffrage, and this is completely in line with the political correctness of the West, so that Franco's reputation in the West does not have much influence because of his Nazi party background.

"What is Spain's attitude towards both sides now? I'm talking about the folk. Jiang Cheng asked.

Chen Nan said with a smile, "The assistance of Germany and Italy during the Spanish Civil War naturally also brought a lot of impact, although Spain insisted on not participating in the war under the leadership of Franco, but in the people, there are too many people speaking for Germany, and many newspapers and radio stations have the shadow of Germans, so to speak, the flour is moldy, and the British pour it; If the road is broken, the British bombed, the child is sick, the virus spread in the UK, it is a big flood, then it must be the British that used weather weapons. ”

Jiang Cheng only felt a black line on his face, weather weapon? I vaguely remember that a certain game does have this thing, but if you want to say that Britain really has this thing, Germany doesn't have to fight, just surrender, or it will rain heavily on you every day and you won't drown you!

"Now Britain and the United States are constantly using aid to lobby Franco and the Spanish elites, they will never attack Spain, that is completely to send teammates to Germany, and although Germany is half dead, it does not have the confidence to drive into Spain, after all, in that case, it is not good that Franco will really ask the British army to land and the German army to start fighting, then Germany will lose a lot." Chen Nan continued to explain the situation in Spain.

"Oh? In this way, the key point of all the problems is actually Franco? Jiang Cheng asked.

"Yes, what do you mean?" Chen Nan somewhat guessed Jiang Cheng's thoughts.

"He's blocking our way home!" Jiang Cheng's eyes narrowed slightly, "Maybe we can change someone who is willing to open the door for us." ”

The car smacked on the Spanish road, and Franco in Madrid only felt a cleverness, he looked around suspiciously, shook his head, and continued to listen to the reports of the people below on the recent period of construction.