For Hitler, it was better to have him admit defeat than to chop him up with a single knife. Germany and the Third Reich were all he had. If he discarded it all, he would be a walking dead. And now Britain and the United States not only want to kill Germany, but also make Germany lose all the gains that were hard-won in the war, and the next three or four generations will have to repay their debts without a head and face, such a condition is simply humiliating for Hitler!

Naturally, the Führer would never have endured such humiliation, so when he learned from the German ambassador to Switzerland of the so-called conditions offered by Britain and the United States, he was furious and categorically ordered to break off contacts with Britain and the United States, saying that he would rather die than be insulted.

In this way, the contact naturally ended in nothing, anyway, Lierwin was quite depressed, obviously the Germans had the intention of surrendering, but they were blocked by a madman, what do you call this?

Soon it became clear to Lierwin that in order for Germany to surrender, it was necessary to solve the trouble of Hitler first, and with Hitler there, there was no drama at all. Soon she devised a plan to slaughter lions and present it to Churchill for criticism. The heart of this plan was to unite Hitler's opponents within Germany with a political assassination attempt to get rid of Hitler and win peace in Germany.

However, Churchill was not optimistic about this plan, because after the last failed assassination attempt, Hitler raised his vigilance, and the Gestapo and the secret police dragged dissidents in Germany through the net. Most of the German opposition was either arrested and imprisoned or shot outright, and was bloodied. Can these men be able to organize another assassination attempt against Hitler with their current strength?

Churchill was seriously skeptical of this, and even thought it was a joke, but in order to save some face for Learvin, he did not directly refuse, but allowed Learvine to give these people some support, but did not expect too much from them.

Naturally, Lierwin's side was full of energy, but Churchill and Roosevelt had abandoned the political solution to Germany and returned to Montgomery's plan for a second amphibious landing.

In the eyes of Roosevelt and Churchill, this second amphibious landing was at least a little more reliable than the assassination of Hitler. However, there are differences between the two countries about the scale and specific goals of this second amphibious landing.

Churchill naturally hoped to take Germany as soon as possible, so he hoped that the scale of this amphibious landing could be made larger, and finally two or three army groups were invested, and no German flanks were attacked, it would be meaningless, it was better to advance directly towards the Netherlands and Belgium.

In the final analysis, Churchill's plan was actually greatly influenced by Montgomery, and to a large extent it was a copy of Montgomery's first plan. However, the landing site was changed from the riskier Netherlands to Amiens, France.

As I said before, there are many problems with this plan, and the first thing to bear the brunt of is the troops, and Montgomery's previous plan to use one or two groups plus three paratrooper divisions was enough to drive the Allies crazy. This time, Churchill actually asked for the use of two or three army groups, which is several times more than Nima, okay!

This scale is no less than the second overlord operation, Qiu Fatty, don't be funny, okay!

Of course, Churchill was not a military idiot, he also had a certain solution. For example, if there are not enough troops, in his words, the east wall can be demolished to make up the west wall. Anyway, there is not much progress on Caen's front, and some troops can be transferred for the second amphibious landing!

As for the shortage of materials, Churchill's solution was even more simple and straightforward: "Directly stop the aid to the Soviet Union, anyway, our goal is to take Germany before the Red Army, why should we provide the Soviet Union with valuable supplies and let them get ahead of us?" ”

Well, this suggestion is really shocking, and doing so is tantamount to directly dissolving the anti-fascist alliance, won't the USSR jump to its feet? Churchill probably decided that the Soviet Union would not dare to blow up the thorns, anyway, the Soviet Union is now fighting on two fronts, does it dare to turn against Britain and the United States?

Qiu Fatzi is so shameless and undisciplined, and what is even more terrifying is that he relies on his personal personality charm and influence, and there are still a large number of people in Britain and the United States who support this proposal. So the pressure suddenly fell on Roosevelt's shoulders.

Did Roosevelt like the Chubble Fat Man's plan? It's hard to say, but Lao Luo is still a little bit of a bhikshu fat man, so he doesn't agree with this method. Roosevelt preferred a small amphibious landing, not to penetrate directly into Germany, but to attack the German forces in northern France from the flank, cutting off their escape routes to Germany and annihilating them in the area north of Paris.

According to Roosevelt's assumption, the size of this force attacking the Germans from the flank did not need to be too large, and a group of armies was too many, and a reinforced army was enough for the task. In his opinion, this unit should be equipped with a relatively large number of armored units, and the speed advantage of the armored forces should be used to tear apart the German defense line from the flank and outflank it.

In this way, there is no need to worry about materials and troops, and the materials of the army are still squeezed out for the American imperialists. And there was no danger of offending the USSR either. In the end, the reputation in history is better, otherwise in the future, it will be said how incompetent the Anglo-American allies were, and even the second-rate troops of the German army on the Western Front could not defeat them, so they could only think of crooked moves.

When Roosevelt put forward this proposition, the British were a little disdainful, thinking that the old president was indeed too old, and he could have taken a detour in one fell swoop, what a strategic short-sightedness!

Anyway, the initial controversy was quite heated, and at one point Churchill had a certain advantage, but at the end of August, when the Red Army bypassed Warsaw and headed for the heart of Poland, the controversy soon faded. Churchill had to abandon his claims.

Why? Because the situation is obvious, the Russians are simply a wild boar, and they are rushing forward regardless of it, and no force can stop them. This kind of hurricane rush really made the British and American who were circling around Caen very faceless. Of course, it was not a matter of face that made Churchill abandon his original idea, but a solid practical problem.

The fact that the Soviet Red Army could even ignore a huge politically influential city like Warsaw and rush forward with its head buried in it, doesn't this show that it is already determined to seize Germany?

There may be comrades who want to say, in this case, Churchill has no reason to give up, after all, his plan can attack Germany faster, right? Not really, as mentioned earlier, the biggest problem with Churchill's plan was that it needed time to prepare, the assembly of two or three group armies and the preparation of materials, as well as naval and air coordination and reconnaissance.

And now Britain and the United States have two or three months left? The Reds over there are all going crazy and rushing forward like bulls, where is there two or three months of preparation time for you! In Churchill's view, in three months' time, the Red Army would probably have reached the city of Berlin, and there would be no point in landing in Amiens at that time.

Churchill felt that there was no time left to implement Montgomery's plan, and that he could only break through the Caen line as soon as possible and rush to Germany as soon as possible with his existing forces. If such a noisy discussion continues, I can really only watch the Russians eat the fat of Germany.

So Churchill resolutely abandoned the plan he supported and agreed to Roosevelt's plan instead. For Qiu Fatzi, the most important thing is to get on the road no matter what.

Britain and the United States quickly agreed to prepare for a limited amphibious landing in mid-September and early October at the earliest, sending one or two armored and infantry divisions to Amiens. Soon the plan was decided, but just as Britain and the United States were preparing to actively implement it, unexpected circumstances interrupted their plans.

What's the situation? The Anglo-American allies finally broke up the German army in front of them!

What's going on? In fact, it is very simple, the German troops on the Western Front are not very strong, and the confrontation between the Allied forces on the front line of Caen is actually relying on one breath. But this breath cannot last forever, and once it reaches its limit, it will naturally collapse.

In fact, as long as the British and Americans stubbornly fought and did not give the German army a chance to breathe, this kind of collapse would come faster, but the British and American soldiers were too delicate, and they took a break to catch their breath and bask in the sun, and did not concentrate their armored forces for a surprise attack, which made the German army persist alive.

Of course, once they reach the limit, they don't have to play any amphibious landing flank attack, the same will collapse. It's just that this kind of collapse came a little suddenly, so that the British and Americans were not very prepared.

In this way, Britain and the United States are a little dumbfounded, and their feelings have been dragged out for a long time in vain, knowing that the Germans only have their last breath left, so the ghost is engaged in an amphibious landing, and it is enough to directly rush and attack it to collapse.

And a very important reason for this painful situation is that Montgomery's "Hippodrome" operation suffered a heavy setback, and the field marshal's concentrated punch was blocked by the Germans, which made Britain and the United States have to mumble in their hearts, and they have to overestimate the combat effectiveness of the German army, which delays time.

Well, the top brass of Britain and the United States can no longer care about spitting Montgomery and the Germans, now that the passage has been opened, then don't wait, hurry up and open the way!

Slow! There's a small problem here. The Allied landing in Normandy was naturally a good move that the Germans expected. The Germans really did not expect the Allies to land in that poor country of Normandy, because it was not in accordance with military principles.

We can see that there is hardly a deep-water port available on this part of the Normandy beachhead, and what do you want to do in this part of Normandy, you ask? The consumption of millions of military supplies is staggering, and the absence of a deep-water port means that large cargo ships cannot dock to deliver supplies to the beachhead, and the Americans will not fight without enough supplies.

As we can see from the map, the only large deep-water port that can be used in the vicinity is Cherbourg, northwest of Normandy, and Caen is a decent port. It is conceivable that these two ports alone would not be able to meet the enormous needs of the Allies.

Not only is there a problem with the port, but there are also many swamps on the beachhead in Normandy in the direction of Caen, which is also a difficult point to limit the transportation capacity of the Allied forces, even if the Americans have invested a large number of amphibious vehicles, the problem has not been fundamentally solved. The poor terrain was also a factor in the delay in opening up the situation after the Allied forces landed.

It's not just the terrain that's the problem, we all know that the throughput of the road transportation rail is the largest. And there is only one railway line from Cherbourg and Caen to Paris, and it must be unbearable for such a railway to bear the supply of a million-level army.

So we later saw that the Allies advanced all the way to Paris, but when they were approaching Paris, they suddenly prepared to bypass Paris, what was the reason? Or is this megacity of a million people too burdened to be supported by the railway from Cherbourg to Paris alone. Had it not been for the sudden uprising of the people of Paris, the Allies really would not have intended to liberate Paris so sooner.

In other words, even if the Germans are now retreating in the direction of Paris, the speed of the Allied pursuit cannot be improved, after all, the Germans can pat themselves on the ass and leave, and even destroy and loot the relevant facilities before leaving. But the British and Americans can't do that!

They have to take care of the mouths of the common people in the liberated areas, right? Do you want to build roads? This, combined with supply difficulties due to limited transportation capacity, greatly slowed down the Allied advance.

At this time, I don't know if Montgomery suddenly got his senses or if Churchill put too much pressure on him. In short, the field marshal suddenly proposed: "Let's not engage in this kind of front-line pushing, the speed is too slow and the efficiency is too low." Why don't we concentrate our armored forces and assault forward, and stab the Germans in one fell swoop! ”

Well, Roosevelt and Churchill raised their hands and feet in support of the proposal, but problems arose. As mentioned earlier, the supply is difficult, and it is definitely impossible for all the armored forces to rush forward, and it is definitely only possible to let some of the armored forces soar first. So the question is, is it to let the British armored forces rush forward? Or let the American armored forces rush?

Don't think that Britain and the United States are really good enough to wear a pair of pants when they stand on the same front, whether it is a politician or a soldier, they are selfish, who doesn't want honor? Who doesn't want to be a big hero?

Anyway, neither Montgomery nor Bradley wanted this American difference to fall into the hands of the other party, especially Bradley, he felt that it was clear that we Americans paid the bulk of the money, so the natural material supply should be tilted towards the American army, and he should let his troops play the vanguard, so why should he take care of the emotions of the British?

But this is only what the Americans think, and what they take for granted is probably another idea on the side of the British. For example, Montgomery thinks that there is nothing to fight about this matter at all, and it is natural that his armored troops should be the vanguard!

In Montgomery's view, the Americans would not fight at all, and would be useless except to kill the enemy with supplies. Such a technical task should be entrusted to the more professional and capable British soldiers. Moreover, Montgomery took it for granted that this suggestion was made by him and should be carried out by him.

Anyway, the British and the Americans are arguing about this issue, and no one is willing to be a head shorter anyway, and they are all trying to be the vanguard.

"What? Montgomery and Bradley got into an argument. Hearing this news, a certain immortal was also a little happy, because he had been looking forward to this day for a long time. As the saying goes, neither the British nor the American generals will allow this opportunity to make war exploits slip out of their mouths.

It's the same in history, but it was Barton and Montgomery who made the most trouble back then, and now that Barton has returned to the field, Bradley has no head bird to use, so he can only roll up his sleeves and start working.

In fact, what Li Xiaofeng was really interested in was Eisenhower's attitude, this famous "American traitor" in history, in order to gain political prestige, sold Montgomery well in the British and American armies, and once gave Montgomery the priority of supplies, so angry that Patton jumped to his feet. Of course, in the end, Montgomery was ruthlessly embarrassed, and Patton, who was tied hand and foot, still broke through the Rhine before him, making Churchill and Montgomery a joke.

Anyway, Eisenhower was a pure politician, and Patton was a treasure when he was useful, and discarded like garbage when he was useless. During the Battle of the Ardennes, when the American army was in danger, who turned to the rescue, or Patton, who was pitted badly by Eisenhower.

"Eisenhower favored Montgomery." Yakov 1510 introduced.

Li Xiaofeng smiled at this, and he didn't take it seriously, anyway, this is a feud between Britain and the United States, the more fierce the trouble, the better, anyway, he doesn't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, it's better to fight dog-eat-dog. Of course, Li Xiaofeng must know that this is impossible, the two old hooligans will definitely control the dispute within the allowable range, and there will be no palace fighting scene of tearing and fighting.

After thinking about it, Li Xiaofeng suddenly asked again: "Does our intelligence officer have any information about the British and American attitudes towards Paris?" ”

Yes, Paris was important for the Red Army, and if this heavy burden fell on the shoulders of the British and Americans, it would inevitably slow down their already not-so-fast advance. In any case, Li Xiaofeng will never allow Britain and the United States to abandon Paris.

Yakov flipped through his notebook and said: "Judging from the feedback of the intelligence officers, Britain and the United States are indeed inclined to bypass Paris. ”

Li Xiaofeng frowned unconsciously, this is not good news, it seems that he can only take action again to pit the Americans and the British. After thinking about it, he instructed: "Give me contact with the French Communist Party and the French underground resistance, and I need to have a good talk with their liaison in the Soviet Union...... Well, also call General de Gaulle, chairman of the French National Liberation Council, and tell him that I would like to meet with him in ......the near future." )