In August 1943, Russia held a grand state funeral - in order to make the state funeral go smoothly, Natalia carried out an iron-fisted purge in Moscow, forcibly suppressing the forces that were ready to move after the death of Iron and Steel.

Unlike when Iron Ji was alive, Natalia threw an olive branch to the various factions while sweeping, and applied the soft policy that Iron Ji never disdained to use.

British intelligence believes that Natalia is more clever than Iron Ji when it comes to evaluating her governance skills.

On the day of the state funeral, the headquarters of the Human Innovation Alliance issued a long message of condolence, declaring that Iron Ji was a worthy opponent and that the Alliance regretted her loss. On the same day, Sissi, who personally killed Iron Hime, also issued a telegram in her personal name, saying that although she fought to the death on the battlefield and had no time to worry about anything else, after the battle, she still deeply regretted the death of Iron Queen, and expressed her wish to go to Moscow in person to mourn.

Subsequently, German President Viola? Lin and French President Charlie also sent messages of condolence.

This gesture could not be more obvious, and politicians around the world understand that the Alliance for Human Renewals is showing goodwill and hoping for a unilateral truce with Russia.

The United States, of course, was not to be outdone, and two days before the state funeral, the vice president arrived in Russia with a huge condolence procession, not only to many dignitaries, but also to bring a package of aid to Russia; The British also made up a delegation, but the gifts they brought with them were naturally much more modest than those of the Americans.

Lin Youde first launched a huge counterattack in North Africa, and then the Xinming government also launched a large-scale sabotage war named the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, and the troops behind the enemy line launched an all-out attack to attack various strongholds of the US army.

In this way, accompanied by the sound of gunfire, the funeral of Iron Ji came to an end.

The summer of 1943 came to an end with the summer of 1943 coming to an end with the fact that Russia's chariot was galloping through the Algerian sea of sand, and MacArthur, the commander of the U.S. Asian Theater, was thundering in the face of small red flags scattered all over the ground.

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In mid-September 1943, Algiers, the capital of Algeria.

Barton looked sullen.

"Lin Youde, this person, tactical literacy is actually like that," Patton patted the table with his hand, "He is just ahead of those fools in terms of combat philosophy, as long as we adopt his set of combat concepts, he will have no advantage, and the battle in Conjunis also proves this." He may be an outstanding military theorist, and he may still be a great strategist, but in terms of tactics, his abilities are actually exaggerated. ”

"But," Patton sighed heavily after uttering the almost inevitable turning point, "why am I now being sent back to Algiers, do you know why, Norman?" ”

At Patton's side at this time was the Norman of the 29th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army? Brigadier General Kunta, he tried to answer: "The enemy's air superiority? ”

"There are reasons for that, but it's not their responsibility to do a good enough job with the Allied Air Force after the enemy's jet return, Norman." Barton waved his hand, walked to the door with his iron cup, and looked at the scenery outside with yellow as the main tone, "I will return here because he is more familiar with this sand sea than me, I don't know if it is the Chinese combat experience in the Persian Gulf that inspired him, but he is indeed better at fighting in the vast desert than me." This feeling was particularly evident after the war had been transferred from Llonice to Algeria. ”

Patton's withdrawal from Tunis was forced by circumstance, because Tonis was too close to the Allied air base in Sicily, the jet fighters deployed in Sicily kept 70 percent of the air supremacy in Tunisia in the hands of the Allies, and the German tactical bomber units deployed in Sicily were more comfortable supporting the Tunis operations and could organize a considerable air offensive.

In addition, at the beginning of the year, in order to prevent Lin Youde from committing a ground attack on Angelita, Patton had to disperse his troops, so that Lin Youde had the opportunity to concentrate local superior forces to occupy some key points, in short, in June, Patton already felt that Tonis was a little stunned.

Later, the risky blow carried out by the top of the coalition forces, coupled with the fact that Lin Youde transferred the experienced Shenji from the Eastern Front, the balance of power of the Shenji in North Africa changed subtly, and Patton took the opportunity to demand the withdrawal of troops from Luncis and reorganize the situation in eastern Algeria.

The coalition command agreed to Patton's request.

As a result, the focus of operations in North Africa shifted to the Algerian desert, and the range restrictions of Allied jets made it possible for them to fight for a short time after flying over Algeria, and as British intelligence said, the logistics of Allied jets were quite complex, and it was impossible to transfer jet bases to field airfields closer to the front line in a short period of time. In this way, the Allied forces would not have overwhelming air supremacy in Algeria and would not be able to rely on air superiority to advance in a step-by-step manner, as in Lunisia.

Barton thought that he could have a dignified armored duel with Lin Youde in the Algerian desert.

But Lin Youde didn't play with him, according to the text that Patton collected from the dead German officers, Lin Youde adopted the idea of attacking mainly with light infantry in the Algerian desert, and the German light infantry in jeeps galloped like cavalry in the Algerian wilderness, attacking the logistics supply depots of the British and American forces everywhere, and after the attack, they used the gasoline and ammunition of the British and American forces to supplement their own consumption, and then rushed to the next supply depot.

As a result, Patton's assembled armored forces were in supply difficulties before they could engage with the German armored forces, and could only shrink near a few small ports in eastern Algeria.

Lin Youde also had no intention of attacking these coastal strongholds, and the main forces of the German armored forces all bypassed near these strongholds and marched towards the rear.

Patton had tried to flank the German troops, taking the rear route of the Germans who had crossed his stronghold, only to be beaten by the 88 guns that were waiting for him.

As a last resort, Patton had to retreat from eastern Algeria to avoid his forces being divided and encircled in several coastal strongholds. Of course, Barton will not be beaten so passively all the time, as he said, as long as he understands Lin Youde's thinking, it will be easy to deal with it, because Lin Youde is actually not strong in tactical literacy.

After the initial loss, Patton also broke up his troops, don't you like to drive around, I also accompany, so the American rangers driving Dodge jeeps in the sand of Algeria and the German light infantry driving Daimler Mercedes barrel cars fought a hand-to-hand mobile battle, the Rangers' fighting eased the supply situation of the American armored forces, so that the American troops could deploy troops in a wider area to prevent the German armored forces from interspersing, and the two sides could finally have a serious armored battle.

After two hard encounters, Lin Youde didn't get a bargain, and the supply line was extended, so Lin Youde stopped the offensive and began to build a defensive line on the spot.

At this time, Eisenhower began to urge Patton to attack.

"Those generals in London," Patton said, looking at the American soldiers working outside the house under the scorching sun, "they should have come to North Africa to see it for themselves, and feel the yellow sand and the sun." Then they won't come up with that whimsical battle plan. Whoever gave the order that I should go deep into the Sahara to detour the German army should be thrown into the Sahara for a whole day, and then let him feel the cold of the Sahara Desert at night. ”

Unlike what many people think, the terrible desert is not only the heat and lack of water, the desert as a heat carrier performance is very bad, the heat accumulated during the day will soon be dissipated, so the night temperature of the desert is very low, generally a few degrees to more than ten degrees, Tripoli has observed a terrible temperature difference of more than 30 degrees during the day and minus 1 degree at night.

Norman sighed and echoed: "Ike can't help it, now the coalition forces urgently need a proof that can prove that we can defeat Lin Youde, and this evidence must be strong enough." Now no one believes that MacArthur can quickly take over the Ming Kingdom, so they can only count on North Africa. ”

"If you want me to say that we can land in France," Patton pouted, "a second battlefield will be opened quickly, so that the Russians will give up the idea of making peace with Lin Youde for the time being, and observe for a while." ”

"The Germans are deploying more jets into French territory, and the Allied Command will not take this risk to attack France."

Barton took a deep breath and didn't answer, silently staring at the glare of sunlight outside.

This world really didn't take air supremacy very seriously when Lin Youde crossed over, but in 43 years, no one dared to ignore air supremacy.

And Germany, which has been "tuned" by Lin Youde in this time and space, is far stronger than Germany in another time and space in terms of air supremacy.

In another time and space, Germany's air supremacy is actually not as strong as many people think, even in the 40 years of the Germans' devastating era, the German army has not been able to fully obtain air supremacy on the Western Front, and the British Air Force not only controls the sky of its own land, but also frequently crosses the strait to attack Germany.

One of the most important reasons why the Sea Lion Project was abandoned was the British Air Force's Survival, the Mustache of Another Time and Space who tried several times to assemble ships along the Low Countries and the French coast, but was disrupted by the British Air Force's bombers, who frequently attacked the ports of the Netherlands, Belgium and the French coast, destroying the ships assembled in them for the Sea Lion Project. For this reason, the mustache did not get angry with the "little fat man", but in the end there was no way at all. In the end, the mustache realized that the little fat man was not reliable at all, and his air force could not even cover the assembly of ships if it guaranteed air supremacy over the strait when it landed.

So, Dodge's Fighter Command did play a vital role in protecting England, but it was the boys of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command who really stopped the Germans directly. Without fighter cover, they bravely rushed into the airspace of the Third Reich in a mass-produced bomber made of wood, and finally directly stopped the mustache's desperate idea.

Of course, even if the sea lion did want to carry it out, the Royal Navy would not agree.

At that time and space, the only one who could say that he had complete air supremacy was the great American father, the Yankees completely mastered the air supremacy after 43 years in the Pacific, and when it came time for Europe to open up a second battlefield, he completely controlled the sky.

But the situation in this time and space is different, the Luftwaffe's air supremacy has been greatly strengthened, and the "short legs" problem that plagues them in another time and space has also been solved to a certain extent, so it is not a good idea to rashly attack France and the Low Countries.

So if you want to open up the situation and give the Russians a reassurance, you can only use your brains in North Africa.