A submarine is being removed from the building of a large repair plant attached to the military port in Marseille, France.

This is the fifth German submarine assembled by the French manufactory Marseille this month, in addition to eight German submarines that have already been completed, are being delivered in batches to French ports on the Mediterranean coast in "cabins". The submarines will be assembled in France and subsequently added to active service in the Mediterranean.

At the same time, two detachments of the German submarine forces, which had experience in ship attacks, were moving south along the European coastline, preparing to cross the English Channel and the Strait of Gibraltar and enter the Mediterranean.

Germany's surface warship forces were destined to miss the sea, land and air melee that was about to take place in the Mediterranean, so the German Navy planned that when the British and American capital ships fully turned to the Mediterranean, they would set out to carry out a diplomatic breakup operation.

At the same time as the submarine forces were deployed, the Luftwaffe fleet was also moving to the Mediterranean, and a large number of German fighters were deployed to bases in Sicily, Malta, and Crete, and radar-carrying reconnaissance planes were also deployed.

By mid-February, the intensity of air battles over the Mediterranean, especially in the airspace around Gibraltar, was so inextricably linked by the French and British air forces that rumors circulated in nearby Spanish coastal villages and cities that "the fish are now too full to go out to fish, and they don't bite the hook."

At the same time, military operations on the ground continued, and on the Cypriot side, the Turkish Shenji forced the British to retreat to Egypt, and the Turkish Shenji launched a ground attack that caused the British forces on the island to stop all resistance and surrender to the Allied forces.

At the same time, Turkish ground forces moved south, advancing towards Damascus, and on 19 February, Turkish troops entered Tripoli. The newly established Eastern Mediterranean Allied Command was relocated to the area, and the Allied forces began to concentrate logistics supplies in Tripoli to reserve forces for the next advance to the Suez Canal.

All in all, the war planes of the Alliance for Human Renewals began to revolve around the Mediterranean with all their might.

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United Kingdom, Edinburgh, US Army First Army Barracks.

The First Army, which had arrived in Britain, had three integrated divisions and a large number of auxiliaries, and at this moment, the principal officers and senior non-commissioned officers of the three divisions were gathered in the large playground near the headquarters, along with the soldiers of a regiment of the 1st Red Division of the First Army.

The headquarters of the First Army was originally an earl's estate, and the square in front of the manor was very open, and the Americans turned the fountain into a latory platform, and hung a huge American flag behind it.

After the officers and soldiers had assembled, a general wearing a steel helmet appeared alone on the podium.

The military band blew the trumpet, and the officers and men in the square stopped whispering and turned their eyes to the oratorium, urged by the sound of the trumpets handed down from the civil war.

After saluting the officers and soldiers in the audience, the general began his speech: "Gentlemen, please remember that we did not come to join the army for the sake of the horse leather shroud, nor did we sacrifice our lives for the country. No war is won by sacrificing one's life for one's country, and if we want to win a war, we should let the enemy be wrapped in horse-leather and sacrifice one's life for the country.

"A lot of people say that Americans love peace, Americans don't like war, it's all fart. We Americans have always loved war, and we love fighting. Guys, when you were kids, you all looked up to basketball masters, long-distance runners, the best pitchers in the major leagues, tough boxers, and so on. We Americans are like that, we like winners, and at the same time we are very harsh and cruel to losers.

"Americans always try to win, because defeat is shameful for Americans. I have no regard for losers who have a smile on their faces when they lose. That's why we've been able to go unbeaten for over the past 100 years.

"In addition, I would like to remind everyone that the army is a team, and it lives, eats, sleeps and fights as a team. Individual freedom and equality are nonsense, and the bastard who shouts individualism simply doesn't know how to fight, and he will cause the whole team to suffer shameful defeats and sacrifices in battle.

"We have the best logistics, equipment, supplies, morale and people in the world.

"All we need to do is not only fire at the enemy, but we also have to dig up the enemy's internal organs and wash the tracks of our chariots! Don't question my statement, the Germans are the enemy, all you have to do is rush in, shoot at them, and splash their blood on the battlefield. When enemy fire shatters your best friend's face, you know what to do. All you have to do is do that, and I'll make sure that everything you do has a corresponding value!

"I also want you to remember that I don't want to receive news that we are holding our ground. I don't want to! We don't hold on, let the Germans hold on, we have to push forward, we have to hold on to the enemy, and then kick them in the ass and beat them to the ground!

"Forty years from now, when you're sitting with your friends and talking, and your grandson is on your lap and asks you what you were doing during the big war, you don't say, 'Oh sorry, I'm washing the toilet in St. Louisiana.'"

"Finally, soldiers, I want you to remember that I am proud to lead you in battle at all times and in all places. I'm done. It is now disbanded, and in thirty-six hours we will begin boarding operations. ”

After talking about George? Patton turned, not looking at his soldiers, and strode away from the oratorium.

At this time, the officers and men in the audience recovered from the shock brought by the speech, they saw off the general with applause, and then walked towards the temporary barracks where they were stationed, talking excitedly about the upcoming battle as they walked. As the general had just said, all of them looked quite excited, like children about to go to the playground.

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Just in George? While Patton was giving his soldiers a pre-battle lecture, the new battleship HMS Prince of Wales was welcoming two heavyweight guests in Scapa Bay.

Winston Churchill and Charlotte Roosevelt boarded the Prince of Wales, and the Atlantic Charter was formally signed in the large conference room inside the Prince of Wales.

However, this Atlantic Charter is very different from another time and space called the same name, it is not a joint declaration, but a "covenant" with specific provisions, Britain and the United States have adopted the Atlantic Charter, which stipulates that in future wars, the two sides will share glory and disgrace, advance and retreat together, and must not negotiate peace with the enemy country alone, mainly the Alliance of Human Innovation, and as long as one side continues to fight, the other side must not withdraw from the war.

Following the signing of the charter, the Royal Navy held a ship parade in Scarpa's Bay.

Charlotte watched the parade with Churchill on the bridge of the Prince of Wales, and shortly after the ceremony began, Charlotte said to Roosevelt: "Looking at the formation of the Royal Navy, I don't have the slightest feeling that the glory of the battleship has passed." ”

"But the truth is, it's the time of the Air Force. Although I am very reluctant to admit it, Lin Youde is obviously more far-sighted than me, an old fellow who was born as a naval minister. Churchill paused, then continued with a sneer, "but he didn't predict everything, and he probably didn't predict that Britain would not surrender." ”

"Maybe." Charlotte said noncommittally.

Churchill looked a little smug, and he continued: "In addition, he said that one day the power of ordinary people will be above that of the goddess, and I think it is also a fart, what is he going to rely on to fight the goddess?" Air Force? Without Shenji to contain Shenji, those toys of the Air Force are vulnerable at all. ”

Charlotte turned her head to look at Churchill, then was silent for a moment before she said to Churchill: "Do you know that Lin Youde wrote a song for his rocket research and development team?" ”

"He writes a lot of songs, doesn't he, I can't know every single one. What's wrong with that song, Miss Charlotte. ”

"There is such a sentence in that song: In the army that conquers the universe, the one who silently dedicates is me, and on the journey to the universe, the one who selflessly dedicates is me."

Churchill couldn't help frowning.

"It's just normal lyrics, and we often add similar phrases to our songs, don't we?"

"But you also have to know that the lyrics sometimes reflect the creator's personal thoughts," Charlotte looked at Churchill, and her voice was very serious, "With my personal feelings about Lin Youde, he may really have such thoughts, which is also in line with the pan-humanist manifesto as the general outline of his thoughts, no matter how powerful Shen Ji is, no one has ever been to the universe, and now Shen Ji's flight altitude record with magic armor is held by Lin Youde's favorite concubine Lin Qianxun, and now Germany is far ahead of us in rocket technology." ”

Churchill pursed his lips, and after a long thought, he said to Charlotte: "Maybe you're right, that guy Lin Youde may really covet the starry sky above our heads, but this has nothing to do with the current war, as long as we defeat him, then the Qiē technology he is now presiding over will become our trophies." This war is like that, the winner gets a qiē and can even redefine the world as he wishes, and the loser will have nothing left. ”

As Churchill's words fell, the fleet outside the porthole began firing a gun salute.

The roaring gun salute was mixed with a majestic whistle.

Today all the British warships in the harbor are fully manned and fully stocked, and all ships are in the best condition. With so many preparations, it is absolutely impossible to disband and continue to bask in the sun after only one parade.

After the parade, the fleet, which has been dormant in Scapa Bay for a long time, will be dispatched again.

On February 27, 1942, the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet pulled anchor.