Chapter 102: Planting the Sun (II)

North Africa, the capital of the Libyan colony, Tripoli

At this moment, a new sun rises over this North African port city, which was founded by the ancient Phoenicians and is known as the "White Bride of the Mediterranean", and the entire port city and the ships in the nearby seas are trembling and moaning in the heat of the atomic bomb explosion......

-- The violent shock wave triggered by the nuclear explosion destroyed the ancient mosque and the Catholic church in an instant, burying tens of thousands of Arabs, European expatriates, and Allied officers and soldiers into a hot pile of rubble filled with radiation. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and the ensuing deadly heat wave scorched thousands of citizens into black charcoal, and by the way, ignited all the combustibles around it, making the city quickly turn into a raging sea of fire.

More than 20 kilometers away from the center of the atomic bomb, in the waters south of Malta Island, standing on the top deck of the French "Normandy" luxury cruise ship that was forcibly requisitioned as a troop carrier, looking at the bright mushroom cloud rising at the end of the distant horizon and running through the heavens and the earth, the commander-in-chief of the European forces stationed in Europe, no, Admiral Eisenhower, who has now become the commander-in-chief of the US forces in Africa, could not help but take off his military hat and close his eyes in pain.

The port of Tripoli is finished, the 5,000 British troops originally stationed here are finished, the 80,000 American troops he has just withdrawn there from southern Italy are finished, and the supplies and supplies hoarded in the port of Tripoli, especially the 200,000 tons of fuel oil, which is vital for modern warfare, are all finished!

Without the supplies that kept the army running, he really didn't know how to fight the Soviets in the desolate and barren desert of North Africa.

-- At this time, almost nothing was produced in North Africa, there was basically no industry, there was no abundant food, and Libya's oil fields had not yet been developed.

Without the huge amount of supplies imported from overseas, it would be tantamount to wishful thinking to maintain a modern army to fight here for a long time.

To add insult to injury, the latest telegram received by Admiral Eisenhower was filled with more bad news:

First, the French diaspora in Algeria revolted and seized the capital city of Algiers, seizing the vast quantities of munitions and firearms and ammunition that the American military had previously hoarded there. The Free French troops stationed there either defected en masse and raised the red flag, or took off their uniforms and absconded home with their guns in tow. The British troops stationed in Algeria were also demoralized, basically crushed at the touch of a button, and were successfully disarmed by the rebel nation after only symbolic resistance.

As a result, the Allied North African front was cut off from the middle, and the rest of North Africa controlled by the Allied forces also showed signs of instability -- there was no way, as anyone who reads the newspapers in the world now knows that following the US-British allies will eat nuclear bombs...... Who can stand this?

If it were in Europe, residents of large cities could evacuate to the countryside to avoid the nuclear bombardment. But in this part of North Africa, where the desert is out of the city, where do you let the Arabs and European expatriates in the city go? Thinking about it, in order not to be caught in the soul by the Soviet atomic bomb, the whole family ascended to heaven, and it seems that they can only raise the anti-flag head-on, and drive the Americans and the British away before the Soviet atomic bomb falls on their heads.

Secondly, the Soviet Baltic Fleet...... Well, now it should be said that the Soviet Atlantic Fleet, immediately after the surrender of Britain, launched a large attack, sending a huge task force including six aircraft carriers, four battleships and more than a dozen light and heavy cruisers, bypassing the entire coast of Western Europe, smashing the port of Tangier on the Atlantic coast of Morocco in North Africa, easily annihilating the small number of American troops stationed there, and blocking the Strait of Gibraltar from the south.

This move was like a hornet's nest and plunged the Allies into a great commotion and panic -- because once the Soviet army blocked the Strait of Gibraltar and cut off the most important supply line from the American mainland to the North African battlefield, it would be tantamount to choking the throat of the North African Allied forces. At that time, the convoy transporting supplies to the millions of Allied troops in the North African theater would have to go around the Cape of Good Hope, enter the Indian Ocean, and then pass through the Red Sea and through the Suez Canal to reach the front line...... Such a long supply line and such a huge volume of transportation are difficult to bear even with the strength of the United States.

If you don't want to be dragged to death, you must break the game as soon as possible in order to earn a chance to survive.

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As the commander-in-chief of the US forces in Europe, no, Africa, Admiral Eisenhower naturally had to gather troops and organize a counterattack in the hope of retaking this life-threatening choke point. And in the beginning, he also thought he was capable of this task. In western Morocco, not far from Tangier, in Casablanca, the U.S. military originally deployed four infantry divisions, an armored division, and an escort detachment, which seemed to be very strong -- but the problem was that the Soviets were also very aware of this, and at the same time as landing and raiding Tangier, they dispatched strategic air force bombers to drop three atomic bombs in front and back of the Casablanca area to play "planting the sun...... Obviously, after suffering such a vigorous series of nuclear explosions, the remnants of the US military in Casablanca no longer have to think about how to rush to the aid of Tangier and open up the Strait of Gibraltar, first think about how to save themselves in the radiation wasteland!

At the same time, General Franco, who had just completely lost the Spanish mainland and had to cross the sea to retreat to Port Ceuta, also launched a ground attack on Tangier with the last Spanish troops still loyal to him under severe pressure from the White House and the Pentagon. However, General Franco's troops encountered a group of bombers of the Soviet Naval Aviation on the way, and were blown up all over the field in the desert wilderness, and in the end, before he could touch the outskirts of Tangier Port, they were routed by the Soviet armored forces that took the initiative to meet them.

What is even more tragic is that before General Franco escaped from the battlefield of Tangier with the remnants of his defeated army and returned to the port of Ceuta, the terrifying rumors of "the Soviets are coming" and "the atomic bomb is about to be dropped" have already spread throughout Spanish Morocco. Therefore, because they did not want to become the radioactive dust under the atomic bomb, the Spanish expatriates in Port Ceuta launched an armed uprising in extreme panic, expelled General Franco's henchmen who remained in the city, and turned away Franco, who had been defeated from the front. The enraged General Franco brazenly ordered the siege of the city, but the exhausted soldiers under his command refused to continue to work for their lives, and scattered in the blink of an eye...... As a result, Franco, who had rebelled and almost became a bare-bones commander, could no longer gain a foothold on the borders of North Africa, so he had to find a small freighter and flee to Sardinia with a few henchmen to accompany His Majesty Pope Pius XII.

In the face of such an erosive defeat, Admiral Eisenhower once again made a counterattack plan, preparing to rely on the 80,000 American troops who had just withdrawn from southern Italy and gathered in Tripoli, as well as the military supplies that had been hoarded in Libya in advance, to advance along the coastline of North Africa to the west sea and land...... Even if it can't fight back Morocco, retake Tangier, and reopen the lifeline of the Strait of Gibraltar, at least recover Algeria and block the Soviet fleet out of the Mediterranean Sea. However, the atomic bomb dropped by the Soviets on Tripoli wiped out all of his last efforts.

In this way, almost in the blink of an eye, half of the millions of Allied troops in the North African battlefield were gone, thousands of military planes were destroyed or captured at airfields, hundreds of merchant ships and ships were either destroyed or fell into the hands of the enemy, and more than 6 million tons of hard-earned supplies were burned...... At present, the Soviet Red Army and the international column of the European socialist camp, which have landed in North Africa, add up to only three divisions.

In the face of such a military catastrophe, Admiral Eisenhower could not tell his bitterness, even though he had a thousand clever plans and a hundred schemes, but in the face of this group of Russian hairy people who have never played their cards according to common sense and threw nuclear bombs and planted the sun without saying a word, he, a "wise general," could only cry out in vain.

Thinking of this, Eisenhower looked down again at the urgent telegram that President Truman had sent him, and couldn't help but sigh a long sigh -- Mr. President promised to send him more warships, more supplies, more planes, and more tanks as soon as possible...... It is only to be able to continue to hold out on the battlefield in North Africa. But God is sorry, the only thing he needs on his side is more nuclear bombs!

However, he was well aware that the United States was no longer free of nuclear bombs, and that the last atomic bomb that had been produced had been dropped on the Netherlands.

No matter how hard the scientists and engineers at the Oak Ridge plant work overtime, the next batch of atomic bombs won't leave the factory until early spring next year.

Because he didn't have any nuclear bombs in his hands to retaliate against, to this day, the only order he could give was ...... Fall back!

“…… The land west of Tripoli looks like it will definitely not be defended. The Soviet fleet could break in from the Strait of Gibraltar at any moment! We must now be ready to withdraw from the Western Mediterranean. Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily are among the islands that are scheduled to be abandoned, as for the already fortified island of Malta...... Forget it, give it up! The fortress of Gibraltar could not withstand the Soviet atomic bomb, let alone the island of Malta? ”

After silently thinking for a moment as he gazed at the mushroom clouds that were dissipating at the end of the sea level, Admiral Dwight D. Eisenhower finally made up his mind and turned to a group of staff officers and ordered, "...... Make a plan for your retreat as soon as possible, and remember to take the Pope and the Cardinals of Sardinia with you! Then, our next basic policy of warfare should be to use Egypt as a base, backed by the lifeline of the Suez Canal, and continue to engage the Soviets in the Eastern Mediterranean, just as the British did against the Italians and the German Rommel in North Africa......"

However, before he could finish his words, a secretary in a cold sweat hurried in, bringing a new piece of bad news, completely overturning his strategic plan: "...... Report sir! At the same time that the Soviets dropped atomic bombs on Tripoli, they also nuke-bombed the port of Suez! The Suez Canal is cut off! ”

This terrible bad news made Admiral Eisenhower, who was caught off guard, suddenly feel that the world was spinning in front of him -- the Strait of Gibraltar has now been blocked, and the Suez Canal has been cut off again, and he Eisenhower and the US navy, army, and air forces currently trapped in the Mediterranean theater are equivalent to becoming trapped beasts in cages, with no logistical supplies or a way to escape, and can only roar, jump, and bare their teeth angrily in the solid cage of the Eastern Mediterranean, but they have no ability to break through the cage, and their final fate. Most of them will slowly emaciate and starve until they die with the wind......

During this period, the Soviets, who seemed to have a very sufficient stockpile of nuclear bombs, were afraid that they would carry out several more nuclear explosions in order to set an example to the monkeys.

My God! How long did the Soviets prepare for a nuclear explosion? How many atomic bombs did they build? Is it because you're addicted to playing nuclear explosions now?

Then, another sharp spear that had stabbed Eisenhower, the caged beast, was poked through the third hole in the Mediterranean:

“…… Report to the general, the latest accurate information received! The Soviets declared war on Turkey this morning, and at the same time as they declared war, they sent a group of strategic bombers to nuke-bomb the Turkish capital Ankara! Their Red Banner Black Sea Fleet is about to rush out of the Dardanelles! ”

Hearing this even more terrible news, Admiral Eisenhower's eyes could not help but darken, the soles of his feet staggered, and he almost fainted......

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PS: The brain hole of my last book, AKB Idol Cabinet is going to be animated! The 5PB mobile game project "Idol Incident" announced that it will be animated on TV, and it will be broadcast in January 2017, and all political parties in Japan will be led by a cute girl to compete for otaku votes.

Alas, it would be nice if Japan in the real world could become so cute, and now the cuteness of this country is far from qualified! (To be continued.) )