"Miss President," Admiral King said in a very stern voice, "the air supremacy in the Western Mediterranean is almost entirely in the hands of the Alliance for Human Reform, do you want us to fight in such a situation?" ”

"That's what an aircraft carrier is all about, isn't it? I have already approved your plans to upgrade the existing aircraft carriers, the renovation of the escort aircraft carriers is also underway, and you now have quite a few aircraft carriers, do you want to put these aircraft carriers on the sea to bask in the sun and do nothing? ”

"We have indeed added many escort aircraft carriers, but even if the upgraded Assault is counted, there are only seven regular aircraft carriers, and the deck length of the modified escort aircraft carrier is much shorter than that of regular aircraft carriers, and it is basically impossible to take off dive bombers and torpedo planes carrying large bombs, and can only attack submarines with small bombs, which is a veritable escort aircraft carrier."

"Admiral Kim, can't you let these escort aircraft carriers carry only fighters on air defense missions? It is even possible to have all aircraft carriers with fighters, focusing only on fleet air defense, and leaving the rest to battleships and cruisers. Eisenhower, who was present at the meeting, said that he was about to leave for Europe to serve as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army's European theater, and because of this connection, he was able to attend this emergency meeting of the highest-level government.

Seeing that the people below the big leaders of the army had spoken, the deputy director of the Navy's War Department who was present immediately said: "The biggest difference between aircraft carriers and land airfields is that land airfields are quite difficult to destroy under the current conditions; even if the runway of the airfield is blown up, it can be filled in and repaired quickly, even if the hangar is blown up, the tent erected outside can still be used as a hangar, and the planes on the tarmac can also be reduced in a certain way as long as the strategy of scattering and placing them is carried out, even if the planes are completely destroyed. Pilots at land airfields also have a relatively high survival rate, and as long as new aircraft are in place, they can resume operations as soon as they are replenished.

"Aircraft carriers, on the other hand, are much more vulnerable, and if they can't make full use of their mobility advantage so that the enemy can't find themselves, they will be at a disadvantage in the confrontation with land airfields. And the Western Mediterranean did not have much room for us to maneuver, and the Germans could cover most of the operational sea areas with their reconnaissance aircraft if they wished. Therefore, in order to seize the sea supremacy in the Western Mediterranean, we must occupy the coast of the Western Mediterranean and have shore bases. ”

"Then let's carry out a landing operation on the west coast of North Africa." As soon as the admiral finished speaking, Eisenhower replied without hesitation, "If you want a land base, then we will land and get a land base." The French are now focused on attacking Egypt from Libya, Algeria and Morocco are very empty in defense, and we can land in Morocco with the support of an air base in Gibraltar and seize Moroccan air supremacy. Once our Army has occupied the airfields in Morocco, we can set up a forward air base for the Army's Ninth Air Force to be stationed. The Ninth Air Force and the Royal Air Force would then provide air cover for ground operations, while the Army forces would attack Algeria along the coastline. ”

The participants looked at each other.

"Does the Army have a specific operational plan?" War Minister Shi/Tingsheng asked.

"Yes, actually, when I was ordered to begin the formation of the team of the future European Theater Command four months ago, I ordered the chief of staff I was looking for to start working on the battle plan. In addition, I have selected the most suitable front-line commander for the implementation of this plan, and he has now arrived in England with his command. ”

Charlotte immediately looked down at the information in her hand.

"George? Barton? ”

"Yes."

"Well," said Charlotte, biting her lip, "I think a landing operation in North Africa is necessary, but we also need to take into account all aspects of the situation, a landing operation is quite complex, and it cannot be decided by a single meeting. But we can decide to take this as the way forward, and I need a more detailed battle plan, General Eisenhower, please submit your battle plan to the Army Operations Department, and we need to communicate with the British, after all, to use their bases. In addition, a transportation plan needs to be prepared...... Anyway, after this meeting, all of this is up and running so that when we finally decide to do the landing, we can start executing it right away. ”

Charlotte paused, then picked up her pen and crossed a line on the list of meeting contents in front of her, indicating that the issue had been discussed.

"It's not enough to use conventional force," Charlotte scanned the conference room as she brought up a new topic, "It is foreseeable that there will be quite a fierce confrontation with the gods in the Mediterranean in the future, and we will need to concentrate a sufficient number of gods near the Mediterranean to fight the enemy." Do you have any suggestions on this? ”

"Spaniards." Howard was obviously not willing to attend the meeting only as a weapons expert, so that he could almost say that he had nothing to do in the following meetings, "And the Turks, these two countries are still swinging, aren't they, and they also have a god. ”

Charlotte shook her head slightly: "Of course, winning over Spain and Turkey will greatly benefit us, but it is not easy to win over these two countries, Turkey now has a clear tendency to favor the Human Innovation Alliance, and it is thankful that it will not join the Human Innovation Alliance, and Spain has been ignoring our various temptations, and it seems that it intends to maintain its neutrality to the end." I don't think this kind of support that is necessarily going to be won should be included in our strategy, and we should base our plans on the worst-case scenario. ”

"I think the British should be asked to transfer all the Indian gods to Egypt." Secretary of State Cordell said, "The war is going on, and they should not continue to keep the Indian goddess in India, because no one is going to attack India in the current situation." In addition, we should urge Russia to put pressure on the Germans on the Eastern Front to force the German gods on the Eastern Front to remain on the Eastern Front. Doing these two things will basically ensure the balance of the power of the two gods in the Mediterranean Rim, I mean, if you include the gods of France and England. ”

"And what if Turkey enters the war?" Charlotte asked in a concerned tone.

"Then we have to send the Divine Queen here," Hull looked at Charlotte, "Miss President, you alone, plus the Shun Miss Tachibana Qinli, can offset the power shift caused by the Turkish Divine Queen's accession." ”

"No, you can't trust that Yingzhou person," Shi/Tingsheng objected loudly, "She and Lin Youde's concubine, the spy leader Matsudaira Chihiro, are best friends who grew up together, and we should fight for Mexico to enter the war, and they can send a god-concubine." ”

"And then leave the Yingzhou people who may be Lin Youde's secret stake alone in the United States?" Howard asked rhetorically, "Oh my God, this is terrible, all she has to do is capture a Divine Queen with a magic armor - no, the Battle Queen uses it - and then she can choose which industrial base to destroy by drawing lots, and no one can stop her." ”