Chapter 344: Ike's Choice

"It seems that we are going to speed up the action of the 'Overlord' plan."

Realizing that the mustache was likely to be working on the German version of "Manhattan", Zhong Yi knew that there was not much time left for him before other countries developed nuclear weapons.

Dead Fish Face is finally no longer silent, "MI6 will shift the focus of intelligence work to Germany." ”

"Yes, we don't need to involve a lot of energy in Germany's military operations, we have to focus on military scientific research. I have a hunch that perhaps Germany will be our worst enemy. ”

Regarding His Majesty's worries, Mu Yu did not think that it was groundless, but felt that it was very likely.

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The Azores in the Atlantic Ocean attracted the attention of the world for a period of time after the signing of the treaty between China and Portugal. However, with the Han Emperor's tough counterattack, even Germany, which had the strongest opposition, gradually accepted the fact that the Han State would occupy this strategic point on the Atlantic route.

At least, the German navy simply did not have the strength to threaten the sea and air bases of the Han army in the Azores.

After some competition, Franco finally chose the big league - "Which one did I choose?" It is easy to please God, but it is difficult to send God. The sea area in the circle is full of the navy of the Han country, and there are nearly two million large alliance army in Galicia, the most important thing is that Spain this year, like Portugal, has the same grain harvest, and also points to the Han country's aid to food!

Moreover, in the Phalangist army, there was a large number of Han armaments. Today's Spanish Defense Force, which relies heavily on imports from Han in terms of armament, plans to rebuild Spain's large navy point to the early delivery of those warships ordered in Han!

It was precisely the dual control of the economy and the military that made Franco have gone from choosing between the Entente and the Central Powers at the beginning of the war to having no choice now, and is firmly tied to the chariot of the Grand Alliance.

After this period of open and secret fighting, the Atlantic submarine formation of the Royal Navy of the Han Dynasty finally succeeded in driving out the German sea wolves in the Bay of Biscay.

For a long time, the battle under the Atlantic Ocean was the highest military secret of Han and Germany. Few people know the outcome of the battle between the Dahan's Dongfeng-class and Germany's latest U-205 submarine, and the report given to Jiang Yunzhi by Rear Admiral Lin Jie, commander of the submarine formation, was extremely simple: Our department can already guarantee the safety of the Bay of Biscay.

But for the Allied Atlantic Theater Command, this was enough. Jiang Yunzhi also didn't have the heart to understand what "silent lurking" and what "group tactics" were, as long as there were no German submarines in the Bay of Biscay, as long as the troops preparing to land stopped staring at the sea surface with fear.

The main fear was that after the start of the landing operation, the German submarines began to cause trouble under water. Whether they were driven away or sunk, and how to drive them away or sunk, was not within Jiang Shuai's consideration, that was what the Imperial Admiralty should worry about.

Guan Canghai, Long Xiaotian, Xiao Guoxing, Giriziani...... Generalissimo Chiang's Five Tiger Generals have less Rommel, who always likes to keep a cold face, but there are more Spanish Army General Gutierrez and Turkish General Ilkel.

Of course, there were also generals from other countries of the Grand Alliance, such as General Sun Liren of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, who gathered at the Allied headquarters in A CoruΓ±a.

Driving out the German U-submarines, who were likely to cause trouble, and taking the Bay of Biscay meant that the Allies had removed the last obstacle to landing in Britain.

Jiang Yunzhi has already received His Majesty's handwritten edict, and he is fully responsible for the landing campaign. As for the time, His Majesty means that it can start at any time, depending on the situation at the front!

Since the Battle of Gibraltar, the Allies had been stationed in Spain for more than two months without moving. In the words of some officers: the ass is about to sit out of the ball!

Hearing the news that the Battle of Britain could finally begin, even these high-ranking generals in the conference room could not remain calm. Whether it was for the officers of European countries such as Italy and Spain, or for the soldiers of this line of countries of Han Chinese descent, the capture of Britain was ...... Well, the official version of the Grand Alliance is the liberation of Britain, and it all has a very special significance. In the past 200 years, which country has not been bullied by the British? Which of these countries in the Grand Alliance is not the bitter lord of Great Britain? Far away, China's two opium wars...... Well, let's not mention the matter of the Eight-Nation Alliance, it seems that the ancestors of several people in this conference room also robbed the imperial palace in Beiping; More recently, the Spanish Armada sank and the Italian Battle of Taranto Bay......

The British Empire has dominated the world for as many years as it has plundered and enslaved other countries.

Now that the wall is falling, everyone is retreating, and the rapid decline of the sun has attracted a group of hungry wolves who want to divide the interests in the name of revenge.

Landing in Britain - Operation Overlord was officially put on the agenda at the highest level of the Allied command.

Although Rommel had been poisoned, his thoughts on the landing campaign had a profound impact on the Allied commanders.

Although the assembly point of the Allied forces had shifted from the west coast of France, as originally conceived, to the mouth of the Betanthos River in Spain and the Asol Islands in the Atlantic. However, the final landing site of Operation Overlord was Lyme Bay in the south of the British Isles -- which was quite consistent with Rommel's strategic idea of landing in the south of London, and even the specific landing site was only a few dozen kilometers south.

The landing plan also basically adopted the tactics designed by Rommel, "abandoning the attack on large and medium-sized harbor cities in the landing campaign, and focusing on landing more troops in the weak areas of British defense, after consolidating the landing field, transporting more armored forces ashore, and using the mobility of armored clusters to break through the British defense line in one fell swoop and directly attack London." ”

It is not known how Adolf would have felt if he had known that he was bent on protecting the British, and that the Allies had adopted a landing plan that had been conceived by his former captain of the guard, Field Marshal Rommel.

But for Jiang Yunzhi, the battle plan does not distinguish between nationalities, and genius belongs to all mankind.

Well, in fact, Jiang Shuai also admitted that he misses his good brother very much, which has nothing to do with Rommel being a German.

In the previous two weeks, a detachment of the Northern Fleet had crossed the St. George's Channel and escorted a large convoy into the Irish Sea, and although Ireland had long been declared a "permanent neutral country", the Northern Irish Army Republican Army, with the support of the Han, had taken control of the cities of Newry and Rostrefer. Although defeated by Montgomery's British Army at the Battle of Belfast and greatly weakened, Montgomery was transferred back to the British Isles to deal with a military standoff between Parliament and the Crown. The Northern Ireland rebels were given a respite.

The appearance of this Han fleet forced Montgomery to withdraw part of the troops on the Cornish Peninsula to strengthen the garrison in the direction of Wales and prevent the Han army from launching a landing campaign in Ireland based in Northern Ireland.

Although Montgomery also judged that this fleet should be a suspicious plan of the Allies, he did not dare to gamble. After the loss of naval power, the defense of the British island has become a state of disarray. For hundreds of years, when the Royal Navy became the number one in the world, no other country's army could threaten the British mainland. Moreover, because countless overseas colonies needed a strong navy to deter them, Britain never paid much attention to the construction of the army.

But...... Although Montgomery was not an easy person to throw in the towel, he knew that if he did not receive American support in Iceland, he would rely on the strength of the British Army...... Don't talk about him Montgomery, even if Arthur is reborn and the knights of the Twelve Round Table reappear, it will not save the fate of Britain.

June is the best season in the Northern Hemisphere. But at the U.S. European Command in Reykjanes, Iceland's capital, Eisenhower's heart was still as cold as winter.

The Grand Alliance forces on the Iberian Peninsula had begun to make changes, and the Azores Islands, which had long been coveted by the United States, had finally fallen into the hands of the Han army, and it was believed that his old rivals would not miss this best opportunity to capture Britain.

Eisenhower was not convinced by the defeat in Africa. Fortunately, at the last moment, he successfully organized a great retreat across the ocean, and with General Marshall's strong support, President Truman reluctantly agreed to continue his appointment as commander of American forces in Europe.

The island of Britain cannot afford to be lost, and the United States cannot afford to lose Britain, its most hardcore ally. Eisenhower was equally confident that he would defeat the Allies on the island of Britain and win back the reputation he had lost in Africa.

However, President Truman was unable to make up his mind whether to withdraw from the war in order to protect the United States, or to rescue his ally Britain and fight the fascist army to the end.

Therefore, Eisenhower had to lead the American army into Iceland first, rather than landing directly in Britain to join Britain's home army.

In Eisenhower's view, the civil strife between the two fascist powers, Germany and Han, was "a God-given opportunity" for the Entente bloc! "It gave the United States the best chance to win the war.

But without an order from the White House, the U.S. military in Iceland could only stand still. I don't know if British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who has flown to Washington, will be able to convince the president and Congress.

Knowing that the Han fleet had sailed into the Irish Sea, the Allied landing operation would definitely begin in the near future, but ...... The good-natured Ike can't help but want to scold his mother!

Are those politicians in Washington still fantasizing about continuing negotiations with Han? That dictator is a demon, and he can't let it go unless he gets enough benefits, as in the Soviet Union.

Eisenhower never thought that the Fascist Han Emperor, who had been clamoring for human rights for the Native American Indians, was a reasonable man.

"His ambitions will not end in the UK. Is the United States going to repeat the tragedy of Britain's appeasement policy before the outbreak of war? ”

"No, I must not allow the iron hooves of fascism to trample on the world of freedom and civilization at will! I'm going to write to the president again, and even if President Truman removes me, I'm going to do my job. This is typical American stubbornness and righteousness.

In the sea breeze, Eisenhower, who had made up his mind, just wanted to return to the headquarters to send another telegram to Washington to persuade the president to allow the American troops to land in Britain ahead of the Allied forces, but he saw a staff officer of the headquarters running over out of breath, and before he could even catch his breath, he stood up and saluted: "Report to the commander, the chief of the general staff is calling!" ”