"We have more than 100,000 casualties in North Africa, and in Tunisia alone we have 20,000 soldiers who will never return home. But Tunisia was still in the hands of the Germans and Italians, and the German-Italian army there was still growing. Major General Ryder of the United States said with chagrin.

When he led the American army in the capture of Algiers, the losses were small, but in the attack on Tunisia, the losses were heavy. Even with the continuous influx of British and American reinforcements from the rear, it still did not break through Tunisia, which was defended by more than 300,000 German-Italian troops.

Although he did not take action in Algeria and Morocco, he quickly stuffed 250,000 troops, including 100,000 German troops, into Tunisia, making the allies who were still stabilizing French power a step late and hitting a hard nail.

The battle in North Africa went smoothly, and he did not experience the defeat of El Alamein, and Lao Xi still wanted to continue to conquer to the east, so the current commander-in-chief of the Afrika Korps is still Rommel, and he was not transferred back by injury. Although General Anim, who had a prominent ancestor and two marshals, still came to Tunisia to take charge of the command here, with the supplementary support from the proximity of the base, the combat effectiveness of a total of 150,000 German troops was not dragged down by the Noodle Army, giving the Americans a head-on blow.

"No matter how many enemies there are, we will destroy them all!" Barton snorted coldly beside him.

His Seventh Army suffered heavy losses in Morocco, and had temporarily stayed in Casablanca to receive follow-up American reinforcements to replenish and recuperate, but before he could finish his recuperation, he was urgently transferred to support the Tunisian side. But the constant burning battle** made Barton not complain, on the contrary, he preferred to rush to the battlefield immediately.

"We must step up our offensive and take Tunisia as soon as possible. The Germans and Italians were already prepared, and they certainly understood that our next goal was Sicily, and finally to land in Italy. Every night, the German-Italian army will have one more day to prepare, which means more casualties for us in the future. So, at all costs. Take Tunisia as soon as possible! Eisenhower also said categorically.

After such a long battle, Britain and the United States have long figured out the strength of the Axis powers. If you want to quickly open up the situation and reverse the passivity of public opinion, a big victory is indispensable. At the same time, they targeted the Italians.

They also understand that persimmons are looking for soft pinching.

Because of Mussolini's insistence, there were no German troops stationed in Italy, and with only the already famous Noodle Army, both the British and the Americans were confident that they could successfully land and sweep through the whole of Italy, breaking out a victory in the heart of the Axis powers.

Moreover, there is a force there that absolutely occupies the high ground of public opinion in the West -- the Holy See.

Behind every war in the West, there is more than just money. There is also often the Holy See, another promoter.

Even if there are wars that they don't touch at first, it won't be long before they get involved and add a boost.

The Holy See is like those invisible family tycoons, and the intricate and huge forces behind them usually do not enter the eyes of ordinary people at all.

But just think about how powerful this is a huge power that has been accumulated for thousands of years, and even ruled the whole of Europe for a certain period of time, you can imagine how powerful the Holy See can be, which has never broken its inheritance.

With the development of modern civilization, they are just retreating and hiding in the face of modern science, but what a big family in Europe. Which major power, which country, has severed ties with them?

The rise of a single Sovietist ideology can erupt with a force that will tremble the whole world. So how much power will the Holy See contain, which has become the mainstream of faith in the Western world?

Perhaps the New World was less affected. Capitalism has collapsed faith with the relationship of interests of red fruit and fruit constructed by money, but the name of the Pope is still engraved on the ruins of the remnants of faith.

Someone controls the money, someone controls the soul.

But who would be naïve to think that the Holy See rules only over faith and soul?

Even the perfect body of God is two-handed, so one hand controls the spirit, the other hand controls the matter, and both hands must be hard.

While faith is only a fig leaf, the tentacles of a vast mixture of interests have spread throughout the Western world.

The Jews also believe in God, but that God is not in the Vatican. It was not a big deal, but the sound of gold coins in the pockets of the Jews brought disaster.

Lao Xi's actions against the Jews. There are several reasons, but one of the driving forces behind it will definitely be the Holy See.

Much of the Nazi gold of later generations was not only in Switzerland, but also in the Vatican.

No one can tell how much, just as the wealth of the Holy See in the Vatican has been multiplied by the major forces and consortia controlled by his subordinates, and no one can count them anymore. Except God knows, at least no living person can say it clearly.

Say a thousand things and ten thousand. If you want to have an advantage in Europe, you can't get around that papacy.

The rise of the New World and capital made many Protestant churches in the garb of the Bible flourish, especially the United States, which had no aristocracy, was the base of these Protestants. If you infiltrate the ruling forces in the United States, you will find a central role for the Protestant sects. So the relationship between the Americans and the Holy See is not very good.

And the British, who are so powerful that they claim to be kings on most of the world, have a strong dialogue under the influence of the corruption of capital, and naturally have a bad relationship with the Holy See.

The rise of capitalism means that wealth is lost from the hands of the privileged people who control the mind, so the Holy See hates the major Western capitalist powers that rely on contracts and laws to maintain the foundation of power, but can dialogue with the Holy See on an equal footing. So for a long time in World War II, the Holy See was biased towards the Axis powers.

Britain and the United States tried to persuade the Holy See, but they had already invested a lot in the Nazis, and the Holy See, which had also received fat dividends with the expansion of Germany and Italy, categorically rejected the olive branch of Britain and the United States.

Britain and the United States could only come to the city, holding a big stick in one hand to force the palace, and with the other hand to come up with enough distribution of interests, to compromise the relationship between the two sides and obtain the support of the Holy See.

This is another hidden core of the Torch Project.

With the support of the Holy See, morally the Allies would have been halfway to victory.

So, for the sake of future European interests, the Americans will never back down this time. No matter how big the casualties are, in the face of huge profits, the cost of life is acceptable.

The Americans continue to build up their troops, and now 210,000 U.S. troops are in North Africa. The British army, due to the war on its own soil, currently has only 120,000 men, led by Admiral Alexander. However, due to the large number of Americans and the large amount of aid, the commander-in-chief was still Eisenhower.

"We need more soldiers!" Montgomery unceremoniously proposed, "Although we have more artillery and tanks than the Germans, the Germans and Italians have more troops than we have!" ”

The Germans were still reinforcing Tunisia, not only from Europe, but Rommel even transferred three more divisions from the Suez Canal front, so that the Allies were no longer superior in numbers. The British could not draw much reinforcements and could only count on the Americans.

"There are still 8 divisions on the way, and they will arrive soon!" Eisenhower glanced at Admiral Alexander, who was sitting silent, and replied lightly.

With the Army's performance, the Americans focused more on Europe.

The brutal fighting in Great Britain, although mainly British, still caused more than 50,000 American casualties, and more than 10,000 corpses or ashes were transported back home.

In previous lives, the total number of US Army casualties in Europe was just over 170,000. By now, the number of casualties of the US Army, which has all kinds of protection, has exceeded 50,000.

And that's just the beginning.

Tunisia has not yet been conquered, Sicily has not yet landed, Italy has not yet been swept away, and even if they land on the European continent, they will still have to face the crushing of German tanks that are coming back.

Americans had to brace themselves to meet the unknowns of Europe.

……

"The U.S. military hasn't moved in New Zealand for a long time." Fan Chong said, "Could it be that they have really given up the two-front combat strategy of the two oceans?" ”

"After all, we are at war with the Japanese, and they can rest assured that they will take care of Europe, and when our battle with the Japanese is almost over, they will definitely be active again." Meng Xiang said with a smile.

"Yes, Americans are not going to give up. However, now their attention has shifted to give us the best chance! They can't take care of it, so let's do it! Fan's eyes lit up.

Meng Xiang smiled and nodded, "I think those boys should be in place!" ”

……

"We've crossed the Great Barrier Reef!" Ding Fuyang moved away from the extra-large binoculars and waved his fist excitedly.

"It's thrilling! Without detailed charts, it's hard to get through this devilish land! Especially to control this big guy. If it weren't for the fact that I had been familiar with the drill for a while, and I was familiar with the surrounding sea conditions, it would have been hard to say this time. Zhong Shuqian sighed.

Compared to several Assassin-class submarines he was familiar with, this I-400 submarine was even more difficult to operate in those narrow places.

But for the sake of this expeditionary plan, Meng Xiang had to transfer some elites of the attack submarine force to take charge of the Yi 400. Because of this operation, 28 refitted I-400 submarines alone were dispatched.

There is only one purpose, which is to transport troops and transport heavily armed Chinese soldiers to Australia as quickly as possible.