Roosevelt was much more far-sighted than Churchill, and he knew that although the French were defeated, they would certainly not be willing to die for the mustache, so he always opposed the Vichy France as a target, so as not to provoke the French and make them want to take revenge on the allies and fight for the Germans with all their hearts. His strategy really had a certain effect, although the Vichy French army, especially the navy, once participated in the war against Britain out of revenge for the British attack on the port of Toulon and the psychology of a certain group of British bombers "mistakenly bombing" the French reservoir, but thinking that this was to help the Germans who had destroyed their own country, everyone's war spirit was inevitably greatly affected, and they found that after the Allied navy and air force avoided fighting with them as much as possible, the French pride was satisfied, and they no longer went all out and began to grind foreign work. This undoubtedly greatly reduced the pressure on the Allies.

Roosevelt knew that the lifeblood of Vichy France was stuck in Germany, and if they wanted to turn against the water, they would soon be suppressed, but as long as they could do it to this extent, it would be a great benefit to the allies, otherwise if such a former power firmly contributed to the mustache, then the victory of this Shijie war would be far away. Also out of consideration not to irritate the French, the U.S. military abandoned the nearer and easier Dakar in favor of Casablanca, the capital and largest seaport of the Arab Commonwealth, the capital of the Krim

Although they were allies rather than vassals like Vichy France, Spain and Portugal had a similar mentality towards the "Iberian twin bears", tacitly understood by the governments and allies of both countries. Although the main force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet passed through the islands of Spain and Portugal on the way, it drove bloodlessly to the port of Casablanca, and directly launched an ultimatum against the defenders in the port, ordering them to surrender immediately.

In the view of US coach Eisenhower, the leader of the Arab Federation, Kerim, is currently far away in the Middle East to quell the rebellion, and there is no time to return in a hurry, and the defenders of Casablanca have no spiritual support, with their hundreds of combat ships, a powerful fleet with several battleships, and a huge landing force of more than 300,000 people, it is only an easy matter to take Casablanca, and if the defenders are still sensible. should take the initiative to surrender. lest they lose their lives needlessly.

However, the defenders of Casablanca responded with silence, and the Americans immediately launched a heavy artillery bombardment of the fortress of Casablanca, but the enemy returned fire far more sharply than they had originally estimated. What Americans don't know is. Although the British battleships were sunk in Alexandria because they were salvaged too late, Alexandria was underequipped and staffed. Time dragged on too long. In the end, the repair had to be abandoned, but with the help of German technicians, the Arab Federation rescued more than a dozen naval guns, including 4 battleship main guns. These naval guns were ordered by Kerim to travel thousands of miles by sea to the fortress of Casablanca, Morocco, which greatly enhanced Casablanca's ability to defend itself against enemies from the sea. In particular, in order to further win over Krim, the mustache also sent people to help him improve the fortifications and train the artillery, so that the defense of the fortress of Casablanca was even stronger than when the French occupied it

Under the premise that the calibers of the two sides are similar, even a battleship must not be able to please the fortress, and it did not take long for a German bomber wing stationed in Casablanca to take off and launch a counterattack against the US fleet, causing great trouble to the US fleet without aircraft carriers. In less than a day, the American army had 1 heavy cruiser and 2 destroyers (after sinking one, they received an order to withdraw from the range of the fortress guns, otherwise the losses would be much greater. and 2 minesweepers were sunk one after another, another 1 battleship and 2 light cruisers were heavily damaged, 1 battleship and 1 light cruiser were slightly damaged, but the fortress of Casablanca remained unmoved

Seeing that artillery bombardment from the sea would not be effective, Eisenhower immediately decided to choose another location to land the Army first, and then let them capture Casablanca from behind. In fact, this type of attack is the most effective means of dealing with fortresses in history, and even famous fortresses like Sevastopol Fortress cannot withstand it, let alone Casablanca, which has a relatively weak defense.

However, the Americans did not expect that Kerim had bought a 280 mm caliber K5 train gun from the mustache, not to mention the super long range, and the accuracy was surprisingly high, even for surface targets at a distance of 45 kilometers. The commander of the 2nd Army of the U.S. Army, Feridenda, made another fatal mistake by not ordering the troops to move quickly by carrying supplies ashore, giving the Moroccans time to bring in the train guns. As a result, the high-explosive shells weighing more than 250 kilograms accurately fired by the K5 train guns from outside the range of the US artillery caused huge damage to the US troops, and it took the US troops less than a month to finally complete the landing, and this gave Kerim time to lead the army back to the west

If it was the time of the uprising, the Klim rebels who walked on their feet would not have been able to rush back to their homeland Morocco from the Arabian Peninsula during this time, but after entering the axis, they could use the Italian sea to transport 100,000 troops of his most elite Moroccan regiment to Tunisia in just ten days, and then rush back to their hometown by train, which was enough time for them to repair and prepare for battle

As early as when Kerim set off from Jerusalem, he had already issued a general mobilization order to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia by telegram, and it was quickly conveyed, and when he arrived in Casablanca, the troops under his command were not only 100,000 field troops plus the same number of local garrisons, but also more than 200,000 mobilized soldiers, and after ten days at most, this number will increase to more than 600,000, which means that Kerim will have 800,000 troops at that time, and this is not the limit

Muslim countries have always had a very strong mobilization capacity, and even agrarian countries are often able to reach a mobilization ratio close to that of industrialized countries (just look at Ma Jiajun's mobilization capacity, and that's not a state). But historically, due to their lack of organization, they have often been synonymous with the rabble. However, once the Muslim army has a wise commander, its potential combat power can be fully unleashed, and Kerim is such an outstanding commander who has been silent for decades, the Spaniards, the French, the Italians, and the British have all tasted it, and now it is the turn of the Americans (to be continued......