Chapter 507: Admiral Marshall on his way to Plymouth

The Prime Minister's Office, located on Downing Street next to Whitehall in Westminster Borough, London, is a Georgian-style building.

Today, however, Churchill is here to criticize and punish them in the 5th and 6th Intelligence Divisions, and to discuss with other high-ranking generals of the army, navy and air force how to deal with Rommel's landing battles with Guderian in North Africa and the Middle East.

So Admiral Marshall, who had just arrived in London, did not go to see Churchill, but went to Buckingham Palace to meet with George VI.

Buckingham Palace is located in the city of Westminster, London, and is the royal residence and residence of the British royal family. There are more than 700 halls and rooms such as ceremony halls, concert halls, banquet halls, and galleries in the palace, and there is also a vast imperial garden outside the palace.

While Marshall was in full swing with the Crown, they toured the Royal Gallery, the Royal Stable, and the Royal Flower Garden, under the protection of a large number of royal guards.

And King George VI was also very warm and friendly, hoping that Marshall could stay in the palace and let him enter the friendship of landlords.

This is because heads of state who come to the UK for state visits generally stay in the Hanjin White House, and are guarded by the royal guards in the royal palace dressed in ceremonial clothes.

But Marshall tactfully rejected the king's kindness, because he was not the head of state, President Roosevelt, so in order to prevent himself from doing something that would be criticized by the domestic media; He decisively refused to stay in Buckingham Palace, the main building is 5 floors.

Although the King was a little unhappy about this, he still stopped forcing Marshall to do something he was unwilling to do.

Later, when Marshall and the British king had finished their party, he was escorted by a large number of guards and flew to the barracks where the American troops were stationed in Plymouth Harbour for the night.

Because after the defeat in the Battle of Sicily, in order to consolidate the British defenses and prevent the German army from attacking Tunisia, North Africa, or Britain proper, the United States opened up numerous naval bases in Britain.

Of course, the reason why the US military has made this bigger is to build more amphibious training centers to train more naval units and landing combat units, so as to prepare for a future counterattack on the interior of Europe for landing warfare.

So Marshall was not at all worried about whether he had a place to stay overnight, so he refused the kindness of Churchill and the British King to stay in the Hanjin White House, or the Prime Minister's House, and Churchill's Mansion.

But for Marshall's overnight stay in Plymouth, many officers persuaded Marshall to stay at a nearby high-ranking hotel or guesthouse.

Marshall, however, disagreed with them, because his purpose was to find a way to win a victory for the British and American allies and boost the morale of their troops.

Of course, what he wanted most was to reinvigorate Eisenhower, who had suffered one defeat after another, and to enable him to lead his troops to victory.

Because he still had a good impression of Eisenhower anyway, and did not want to see him disappear into the military world because of this defeat, and become unknown.

And with the arrival of Admiral Marshall, a large fleet also came with the bunkers.

This fleet consisted of more than 140 Canadian battleships, 5 battleships, 20 cruisers, 120 destroyers, 3 low-board heavy gunboats, 5 battleships, 5 cruisers, 45 destroyers, and 52 warships of other sizes dispatched by the United States.

In addition to these fleets, there are a large number of transport ships of various types, support vessels, and minesweepers, as well as three Casablanca-class escort carriers and two Essex-class fleet carriers.

"Rommel, Guderian! Where and when will you both conduct the landing operation? ”

When I was flying from London to Plymouth in Devon, England, in the southwest region of England, England, I was thinking heavily on the plane.

"Be sure to investigate where and when they landed in North Africa and the Middle East before they carry out landing operations! Otherwise we will be very passive and be caught off guard by these damn Germans! ”

For a long time, Marshall clenched his fists tightly and secretly made up his mind.