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"Mr. Wen, the fight finally started, and the US Second Army and the Soviet Mediterranean Front collided with ......"

Early this morning, Xin Jie ran to report to Wen Desi on the latest situation in North Africa.

He looked gloating and said with a smile: "This time the United States lost its pants." Zhukov made dumplings in the Libyan desert, ate five divisions in one bite, and the Second Army was almost wiped out, losing 140,000 officers and soldiers in this battle, it seems that Benghazi cannot hold ......"

"Hahaha, I didn't expect this Maozi to be so able to fight in Africa, isn't there no water and soil adaptation......" Wen Desi also smiled.

"Yes, a lot, a lot of heat stroke. According to our intelligence, at least several thousand Soviet troops showed symptoms of heat stroke, but they were prepared in advance, the combat vehicles were equipped with air conditioning, and the infantry units also prepared a large number of medicines and facilities to prevent heat stroke and cool down, so there was no chaos. ”

The red-haired people are not stupid, they also know that it is very difficult to fight across latitudes, so they have made a lot of preparations in advance.

Before the Soviet Union sent troops to Africa, it imported a large number of equipment, equipment, and materials for tropical use in China

First of all, there are air conditioners, electric fans, motor generator stations, small and medium-sized generators, as well as various substation and transmission equipment, as well as a large number of electrical components. This list is amazingly large, with 1.6 million units of various air conditioners and 3 million units of various electric fans ordered.

This has made China's air conditioner manufacturers and electric fan manufacturers very happy. China and the USSR traded a lot of materials every year, and the USSR had to import a lot of materials and equipment from China every year, but the least of these two things were. This is normal, because most of the territory of the Soviet Union in this plane is in the cold zone and the cold temperate zone, and there is no need for it. And the USSR itself had its own production capacity, so the number of imports was pitiful.

Yes, the Soviet Union can produce air conditioners and fans by itself, although the quality is comparative, but it will definitely work, but this time it is too urgent to produce it domestically.

In addition, the Soviet Union also ordered 50,000 sets of desert-type color steel prefabricated houses from China, which have good thermal insulation effects and are easy to build. This kind of prefabricated house designed by later generations is modular and fool-proof, and it does not require any training to build, just follow the instructions, and find three or five people to build a 20-square-meter house in ten minutes, which is very convenient. The most important thing is that it is much more comfortable to live in this kind of house than in a tent.

Both warring sides have purchased a large number of color steel prefabricated houses from China, and the Soviets could not sit still when they saw that both Germany and Italy, Britain, France, and the United States had such convenient and comfortable prefabricated houses. went directly to China and placed a large order of 50,000 sets.

In addition, there are 5 million sets of tropical desert military uniforms, 2.2 million sets of tropical desert tents and other equipment suitable for the desert.

There is also a large number of heatstroke prevention medicines, if we say that the Soviet Union can produce everything else, but this heatstroke medicine is really not available, and they do not have tropical areas, where do they need this? So this time they went to China and ordered thousands of tons of heatstroke prevention drugs in one go, what kind of cool oil, Ren Dan, Zhuge Marching Pill, and so on, all of them were packed.

There are so many big orders, but the relevant enterprises in China are very happy.

Of course, China does not accept rubles, only physical goods or real money, so the money they give to enterprises is advanced by Chinese import and export companies. The Soviet Union paid for these goods with all kinds of non-ferrous metals, iron ore, uranium ore, oil, natural gas, timber, pulp, medicinal materials, and various specialties. After China's import and export companies receive these raw materials, they will sell them to related enterprises, and this model will form a complete industrial chain, the purpose of which is to make everyone earn and make a fortune.

And China also provides transportation services for these goods, and China will send what they buy by Eurasian railway to Budapest, Hungary, or to the Arab port of Latakia, according to the requirements of the Soviet Union. They would then send them to Africa by their own cargo ships, and if they could reach Cairo, the supplies would even go directly to them. Now this Eurasian railway can be renamed the World Island Railway, which is already transverse Europe, Asia and Africa.

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United States, White House.

"Damn it, those hateful Russians!" said the president of Ghana, gritting his teeth and venting his anger viciously.

When the bad news of the battle in the Libyan desert came, the whole United States was at a loss. The red hairy son is so good at fighting!

The United States lost five divisions, 140,000 men, thousands of tanks and thousands of combat vehicles in this five-day campaign, and the Second Army was almost completely annihilated, and the attempt to drive the Soviet Red Army into the sea was a complete failure. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, lost only more than 200 tanks and less than a thousand combat vehicles, and lost less than 30,000 personnel, firmly gaining a foothold in Africa.

The loss of technology, weapons and equipment is nothing for the United States, but it is troublesome to lose so many people. The most important thing is that this battle was the first large-scale battle after the United States went to Africa, and it was actually lost so badly, which did a great deal of damage to the morale of the American military and the people.

"Lloyd, this idiot! He can't beat Zhukov at all, and the front line must be replaced!" Garner said, looking at Admiral Marshall, Chief of Army Staff. "You have to be able to fight, who do you think is more suitable?"

Marshall thought for a moment and said, "The commander of the 2nd Armored Division, George Patton, can replace Lloyd. In addition, we must create a North African Corps, commanded by Joseph Stilwell. ”

In this battle, the Second Army of the United States Army was commanded by Major General Lloyd Fredendyr, but he was unfortunate enough to be caught by Zhukov's complete set and fell into the streets. In fact, his command did not make much mistakes, and the troops and equipment of both sides were about the same, and the main reason why he lost so badly was that the US officers and men generally lacked actual combat experience. And Zhukov brought this group of troops, but they were long-tested veterans, and most of the officers and soldiers participated in the Soviet-Finnish War and the Sus-Swedish War.

Other conditions are similar, the gap between this veteran and the new recruit is so big, there is no way. But these reasons could not convince the angry masses in the country, so Fredendole had to come to be the backbiter.

"That's not all, the Soviets wiped out five of our divisions, and we'll send another ten divisions to Africa!" Ghana said viciously.

The impact of this fiasco was too great, and everyone in the United States was clamoring to give the red haired son a good look. Well, the middle and lower class people feel that they have been slapped in the face, but they simply want to take revenge. And for the upper echelons, it is the interest, this is the control of the Suez Canal. Now that the United States has mastered the Panama Canal, if it masters the Suez Canal again, it will be equivalent to getting two chokepoints in the world, which is not a great good thing.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the Suez Canal collected more than $5 billion a year just for tolls. There aren't that many ships now, but Britain collects £20 million a year in tolls, and this kind of good business has made the eyes of the plutocrats in the United States green. Not to mention, the canal is strategically important.

It seems that the British can't hold this canal now, so the United States must increase its troops, and it must not let it fall into the hands of the red hairs of the Suez Canal.

Americans can think of this problem, and people in other countries can think of it too. The Suez Canal, along with Egypt and North Sudan, is one of the chips that the mustache gives to the beard. If it weren't for the sake of this canal, how could he have cared about the emancipation of the African people with the bearded demeanor that has always been unprofitable. The independence and freedom of the African people are his business.

Of course, the mustache did not have a good heart, and he had the intention to use this bait to tie the red hair to his chariot, but for the Russians, this temptation was irresistible. So here comes the bearded man.

Although the bearded man is Georgian by blood, he is more Russian than a Russian in spirit, and his greed for the land is carved into his bones. With his temperament, once he takes advantage of it and tastes the sweetness, he will definitely continue to increase investment. How can Egypt and North Sudan alone be enough?

Such a fertile land in Africa must of course continue to be liberated!

And for this situation, Wen Desi is naturally happy to push the boat. In the history of the original time and space, there was no hot war between the United States and the Soviet Union, which is a matter of great regret to the vast number of onlookers. And now this regret is gone. They will fight hard in the hot land of Africa, and there is no doubt about the combat effectiveness of the Soviet Red Army and the American Army.

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San Francisco, Neptune Marine Group Inc.

Neptune Shipbuilding Group Inc. is the property of the Zenith consortium, its predecessor was Neptune Shipyard, and after more than 20 years of development, it has developed into a giant trust enterprise. It is not only the largest shipbuilding company on the West Coast, but also the largest shipbuilding company in the United States.

Up to now, Neptune's shipyards are not limited to San Francisco, and now 7% of the shipyards and related enterprises on the West Coast are Neptune ships, and there are several large shipyards on the East Coast. However, the Neptune shipyard, where the headquarters is located, is still the most technologically powerful and the most capable of shipbuilding.

The headquarters of the Neptune ship, the 50-story 226-meter-high Neptune Tower, stands next to the dockyard next to the harbor.

The top floor of the office building of Neptune Tower is a high-rise office, and on the seaside side is a floor-to-ceiling glass window that occupies almost the entire wall. Standing here, you can see the entire San Francisco Harbor District.

At this moment, the successor of the Zenith Consortium and the boss of the Neptune ship, Mr. Banazal Sith Jr., was standing in an office, watching the busy scene in the shipyard with a telescope.

He is the eldest son of the helmsman of the Zenith Star Consortium, Banazar Sr., who is 27 years old this year, and is called the "Prince of Zenith" by American high society. He is currently the general manager of this shipbuilding empire, which oversees 22 shipyards and dozens of upstream enterprises such as turbine factories, machinery factories, and processing plants.

The attention of the "Prince of Zenith" fell on an aircraft carrier that was about to be completed.