Chapter 985: Fighting for Face

The USS Treasure Island and the battleship Kunpeng quickly broke away from the main fleet with a group of warships, and sailed west of the Mediterranean Sea sixty nautical miles from the Allied fleet, tasked with intercepting a possible fleeing enemy or flanking the Allied fleet in the ensuing battle.

After calculating the time when the two fleets met, Xu Fei turned on the monitor video from John, and this time, the scene was even more exciting and intense.

"President Truman, tell me what we should do now, less than half an hour after the start of the war, our Egyptian theater of operations retreated on all fronts, and lost all the heavy weapons and the absolute superiority of the air force;

Why are the rockets that destroyed the Japanese army so powerful, could it be that their rockets have long eyes, and 65,000 planes were all destroyed by their rockets in more than five minutes;

The 600,000 troops of our Second Army Group of the British Empire, as well as the artillery units of the entire Egyptian theater of operations, and more than half of the tank clusters, were all wiped out by their rockets;

How many of these weapons did they use, and if they continued to bomb on such a large scale in the future, would we be able to stop them, even if we had coastal artillery and anti-aircraft artillery? Churchill asked aloud as he looked at Truman with a dark face.

John was also very good at choosing a surveillance position, he happened to be standing sideways by Truman's side, and as long as someone spoke in the entire conference room, he could move slightly to take a full picture.

Truman was actually very annoyed, the decisive battle in Egypt was the most critical moment for him to save face, but he didn't expect that there were not many troops to destroy the Japanese army, but the firepower was countless times stronger than before;

Rocket car. He knew that Soviet Russia had a large amount of this equipment, and it was said that it was launched from the position. The rockets in the sky can be described as obscuring the sky;

The fact that the Japanese army can directly cover thousands of square kilometers with rockets is the most terrifying news for the Allies, that position can have such a wide distance, and the rockets of the Japanese army can directly tear through the defense in any situation, and the coastal defense plan seems to be a joke.

"Prime Minister Churchill, don't you pay attention to the follow-up news? The troops who destroyed the Japanese army were supported by their powerful air raids. Now they can only slowly follow our troops, and do not dare to attack on a large scale;

This shows that their military strength is limited, although with advanced aircraft and powerful firepower they have destroyed our air force and heavy firepower. But they are not capable of encircling and annihilating our present forces;

Then our troops only need to prepare their pockets in Libya, and when the army that destroys the Japanese army enters, their airfield will not have time to be repaired to support their front line;

We can completely surround this force, annihilate it or make a forced landing. Then the army would be divided into numerous small units to storm their rear, and victory would be won;

In the future, as long as our strong navy can block the Suez Canal. Then we don't have to worry about the follow-up reinforcements of the Japanese army. Truman thought for a moment and then said in a deep voice.

What Truman wanted now was a dying struggle, and he didn't care how many Allied people would die, and no matter how many losses the Allies would lose in the future, he would abandon all other ideas except to get a victory so that he wouldn't be stinking for thousands of years.

Churchill rubbed the fat on his face that was gradually dissipating, and he was nervous for half the night but received this desperate news, he was also facing the same predicament as Truman, he also hoped to win, but now the situation was tangled. As soon as the Allies were defeated, even a few of his marshals could not give an opinion on how to redeem them;

Truman also had to use crowd tactics to win this battle. Churchill knew what the other party was thinking, and he did not want to expose this mutually beneficial but extremely dangerous method, but his eyes were full of worry and anxiety and said:

"Admiral Eisenhower's telegram said that our Combined Fleet had lost contact for more than half an hour, and that was our largest maritime power in the Mediterranean, and if something went wrong, our subsequent movements would be very troublesome, even"

Churchill's mouth even the North African army will be wiped out without an exit, but the people present do not know the meaning of it, Marshall on the side is silent, he has Eisenhower's secret telegram in his pocket, he understands why Eisenhower has such a proposal, and it is sent to him and not to Truman;

Truman now needs victory in the war as a positive image before he steps down, but Eisenhower is thinking about the security of tens of millions of troops and the country, Marshall is the chairman of the Joint Staff, and at some point has the ability to intervene militarily in national decision-making;

But then he Marshall would also become a sinner in history, even if his actions were beneficial to the people of the country, but in essence he was hollowing out the government, which was not allowed by the Milley Constitution.

He was silent, hardly daring to think about it, let alone do it, for he glanced at the other two who had followed Truman to England, but they were silent and would not express their opinions.

Mi Ying's current military department is not optimistic about the situation, but unfortunately Churchill and Truman both have common interests, they will never give up on the war, once they admit defeat, that kind of shame and their reputation will be completely over.

Truman listened to Churchill's words and nodded slightly, the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean is now the largest fleet of the Mi Army, plus the British Mediterranean Fleet and the H Fleet, which are absolutely superior forces if they fight with the previous German fleet;

Now that the war in the North Sea has stopped, most of the Allied fleets have withdrawn to the military ports of Britain and France, where the combined fleet of several fleets is not as strong as the Mediterranean fleet, and the United States still has a few fleets in the country, but most of those fleets are new fleets that have not officially fought, even if they are drawn here, it is useless.

"The whole North African theater and the Mediterranean War meant the future of our allies, and we had no choice but to win, to let the High Command continue to liaise with the Combined Fleet;

Even if our army is unable to defeat the enemy for the time being, it is better to destroy the 1st Mixed Fleet of the Japanese army first, so that we can quickly break through into the Middle East after winning victory on the ground battlefield. Truman said to Marshall in a deep voice.

"Destroy the enemy's fleet, what worries me is that now the fleet that destroyed the Japanese army has begun to fight our fleet, and according to the usual practice of destroying the Japanese army, as long as they are prepared, our fleet will be very dangerous;

Your Excellency the President, Your Excellency Prime Minister Churchill, I would advise them to reconnoiter more after contacting the fleet, and if the Japanese fleet has already left the port, we had better maintain the highest vigilance to prevent a sneak attack. Marshall said indifferently. (To be continued......)