The generals of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke more and more ruthlessly, Ayers was also firmly on the side of Admiral Panson, Secretary of State Hull and Legal Counsel Pena themselves had a good relationship with Panson, but they were still more on Roosevelt's side in their hearts, and they all broke out in a cold sweat when they saw this situation - if this matter is not handled well, it is the split of the White House staff team, and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff may resign unanimously, this is in the war!

The two did not dare to slack off, and after hurriedly reassuring everyone, they hurried to see Roosevelt, but they were unexpectedly stopped by the guards, saying that the president was discussing important matters with his special assistant!

At this moment, Hull and Pena are also hairy, what do you mean, the secretary of state and the legal counsel are not as important as a special assistant?

Pena is usually a very calm person, but at this time, he was directly angry, pointed to the two guards at the door and said: "I announce with the White House legal counsel that you two have been dismissed, and immediately go and report to your supervisor!" If you don't leave, I promise I'll take you to court!" ”

The two guards were frightened, and one dared to speak: "Adviser Pena, we are following the orders of the special assistant......"

"Special assistant?" Hull was also annoyed, "In the White House official sequence, except for the chief assistant to the national security adviser, no assistant can be ranked in the top ten, but my diplomatic adviser and Pena's law are both ranked in the top five, didn't you learn these when you joined the company?" ”

I am afraid of the word "serious" in everything, no matter how powerful Hopkins usually is, but once someone starts to be more serious, he can't take it out and talk about it!

The two Secret Service guards were immediately dumbfounded and hurriedly stepped aside, not daring to block the door of the Oval Office any longer. At this time, the quarrel has attracted the attention of many people......

Ailes and Leahy were walking over, and they had already heard what was going on from a distance, and the former pointed to a secret service officer next to him, and said, "You are the duty supervisor today, go and change those two guards, they are no longer suitable to stay here!" ”

"Yes, Mr. Ayers." The head of the Secret Service hurriedly said as he summoned two new guards and led them forward......

Seeing Ayres and Leahy coming, Hull and Pena didn't speak, both nodded, and then pushed the door and walked into the Oval Office!

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The small turmoil that occurred in the White House was controlled and spread, and people outside did not know about it.

The next day, September 4, Special Assistant to the President, Harry Hopkins, was again ordered to visit the Soviet Union to discuss the schedule for a new round of Allied summits – something that has been the norm for almost a year, and no one doubts.

Only a few people noticed that Senator Truman, the vice presidential candidate, who had been in and out of the Oval Office at any time for some time, was denied today—the president had urgent business and had no time to see him!

Otherwise, everything is normal in the White House.

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Of course, Li Junhao is clear about what happened in the White House, and knows that his goal has been temporarily achieved - yes, only temporarily!

His judgment was that Roosevelt should have listened to the words of the four advisers, but he still had doubts in his heart, so he did not immediately make major changes; Sending Hopkins out to do the foreign affairs that he is good at is actually a scheduled itinerary; Not seeing Truman for the time being doesn't mean much, the vice president is a marginal figure (except for the sudden death of the president), let alone a candidate.

He knew what Roosevelt was waiting for—waiting for the results of Operation Market Garden, to see if he, the "prophet", was still in good spirits? Then you will consider whether to trust yourself again...... Ha ha! This is a "politician"!

Now, Li Junhao's desk has the latest information sent by the CIA, and with a simple scan, he knows that this "market garden" will be worse than the one in his original history! ——

On the side of the Allied Expeditionary Force, Montgomery, who was promoted to the rank of Marshal of the British Army, resigned from the post of Commander of the Allied Army, directly established a "British Expeditionary Force Command" and immediately began to organize and implement the "Market Garden Operation"!

For the new marshal, the most angry thing was naturally that the US army withdrew two airborne divisions, and also provided a "false" intelligence for this, saying that the German army had "ambushed" armored forces and a large number of air defense forces in the Netherlands, obviously in order to send the airborne troops to the Pacific theater to fight the Japanese army in order to obtain the interests of the Far East!

Of course, he will not be fooled, he will definitely complete this battle plan and slap the Americans in the face!

To accomplish these operations, Montgomery reorganized the required airborne forces......

The Allied First Airborne Army, which was originally scheduled to participate in the operation, consisted of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions of the United States, the 1st Airborne Division of the British Army, and the 1st Airborne Brigade of the Polish Army, with a total strength of 35,000 troops.

Originally, there was still the Polish 1st Airborne Brigade, but when Montgomery thought about it, this time he put his breath in his breath and used all the British army! So, the Polish Airborne Forces do not use!

In fact, the Poles also knew the information provided by the US military, although they did not have the ability to verify it, but after all, there was a danger, and it was better not to participate!

In addition, Montgomery also strengthened the British 30th Army, the ground force that participated in the war, and in addition to the original 7th Armored Division, 50th and 51st Infantry Divisions, the British and Australian 9th Divisions and the New Zealand 2nd Division were added, increasing the total strength to 100,000 people!

He also instructed the General Staff to re-examine the battle plan several times to ensure that there were no problems......

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Although the British army claimed to carry out the "Market Garden Operation" alone, Eisenhower, commander-in-chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force, did not want to completely turn his face with the British army, and a number of high-level people in the United States also approved the European air force to help the British army with various mentalities, so Marshal Montgomery still concentrated enough air capacity and cover aircraft group, and successfully implemented the battle plan.

At 1:45 p.m. on September 17, more than 5,500 transport planes, 2,596 gliders, and more than 8,000 fighters and bombers of the British and American armies, as well as more than 35,000 personnel, 568 artillery pieces, 1,927 military vehicles, and 5,230 tons of supplies, were successfully airborne in Eindhoven, Hlafur, and Arnhem, launching the largest airborne combat operation in the history of human warfare.

Half an hour after the first batch was airborne, Montgomery ordered the ground troops, codenamed "Garden", to attack......

(End of chapter)