November 18th.

West.

Cherbourg, Eisenhower office.

In the early morning, a ray of sunlight was shining, and General Eisenhower, the supreme commander of the Allied forces on the Western Front, was looking out the window at the morning light, and on the table, there was a cup of coffee with a slight hot breath.

On his desk is a huge combat map.

The allies representing the red arrows, like the red tentacles of the octopus, stretched out to the interior of France one by one, like a huge devil's claw, intending to touch the European continent, among which the Normandy region, the Cotentin Peninsula, and the Brittany region were almost covered by red tentacles, but all the tentacles stopped at Rennes and Caen.

Retracting his gaze, Eisenhower stared at the map on the table, his brow furrowed deeply.

The attack was as he expected, very tough.

Under the defense of the empty towers of Rennes and Caen, the Germans could attack and retreat, and the armored troops could retreat into the firepower coverage area at any time, and grasp the autonomy of the campaign anytime and anywhere, while the Allies were forced by the terrifying firepower of these two points, and they could not let go of their hands and feet, and it was impossible to penetrate deep into the heart of France.

But if you storm these two places, it will be much more difficult than attacking Cherbourg.

Although the Allies also strengthened their fortification equipment, the small Davy cannon, and the new ground-penetrating bomb were close to service, but the Germans also strengthened the defense of the air tower, and Rennes and Caen were not covered by the navy's heavy artillery.

It's not that you can't take it.

If you let go of your hands and feet, regardless of casualties and losses, the Allies can completely take these two fortress groups.

There is no fortress in the world that cannot be attacked.

Moreover, the Allies had an absolute superiority in strength, and the size of the air force was more than three times that of the Germans, with more than 12,000 planes that could be directly put into combat, while the Germans had only about 3,000 aircraft, and only with the help of the fire of anti-aircraft towers were they not eliminated.

But in the course of the offensive, the Germans' elite armored mobile forces and thick anti-aircraft towers and fortresses were bound to inflict heavy losses on the Allies.

When the time comes, it will be another Cherbourg.

With nearly $100 billion in military spending, millions of casualties, more than a million casualties, more than four months of war, and maybe even more, even if he wins these two places, he must step down, or even end miserably.

A lifetime will have to pay for this onslaught.

It's just...

Eisenhower's eyes flickered.

After knowing that it was not advisable to storm by force, he also tried other methods.

On the Western Front, the Allied air forces could only be said to have superiority.

After all, the Germans also have an air force, and even jet fighters have a huge technological advantage, and the British mainland is still being bombed indiscriminately, and on the side of the Siegfeiler Line, he is just suppressing the German air force because of its numerical superiority.

But naval power, that is almost perfect absolute superiority.

It can be said directly that all of Germany, all of the navy, is not enough for a detachment of the Allies to fight.

Eisenhower naturally did so, and after successfully landing in Brittany, he prepared to replicate the landing to open up a new battlefield in early November, landing in the Gulf of Tonkin.

But after half a month of fighting, not only did they fail to penetrate deep into the landing site, but they were also driven into the sea by the Germans many times, and if it were not for the superior naval forces, I am afraid that the landing force would have been completely annihilated several times.

The Germans built a large number of anti-aircraft towers along the coast of the Beibu Gulf, equipped with super-large caliber shore-based naval guns, which completely covered the entire Beibu Gulf region and could easily suppress any point of the landing force.

It turned out that even the superior naval forces of the Allies, with the preparation of the enemy, it would be difficult to project troops ashore and ensure the safety of the landing grounds.

And except for the Gulf of Tonkin there is no place for landing at all.

This situation gave Eisenhower a headache.

According to the orders of the highest level of the Allied forces, he must immediately launch an offensive to support the Eastern Front and further weaken the Germans, and the only option in front of him is to storm the enemy.

But the assault...

As a front-line commander, he must bear the price of the attack, it is inevitable to resign, and if he doesn't do well, he will be investigated.

Not to mention entering politics, even the business world is restricted, and you can only retire honestly.

"What should I do?"

Eisenhower propped his chin and fell into deep thought.

He doesn't want to retire yet, and he still thinks that he plans to run for president of the United States in the future and become the most powerful person in the world.

"There it is!"

While thinking about it, Eisenhower suddenly had an idea.

Although he is the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces on the Western Front, he is a big man in the eyes of the people, holding great power and above 10,000 people.

But in fact, all he can do is some small things, the work at the tactical level, the strategic level, the Allied Supreme Staff has long been formulated, and it is decided by the highest level of each country, and in this kind of meeting, he is just a wage earner, an executor.

That's why he dreams of becoming president in the future.

The top brass decided that the Western Front must be attacked, the situation must be opened, and he can only order the attack, and all he can choose is to attack head-on, or use the navy to play a mobile operation and bypass the enemy's main force.

Now that he can't get around, he can only attack, even if he knows that it is a pit, he will be unlucky as the commander-in-chief, but he must also order a strong attack.

But.

Doesn't the country say that if he can't do it, let others come?

that

Let those who are able to do it.

Of course, you can't resign directly, otherwise you will leave people with a handle, and you will have to exit gracefully, and you can also brush up a wave of prestige while throwing off the pot without a trace, and prepare for a comeback in the future.

"Doctor..."

Thinking of this, Eisenhower suddenly accidentally knocked over the already cold coffee, covered his head and shouted:

"Doctor..."

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November 18th.

Morning.

General Eisenhower, the top commander of the Allied forces on the Western Front and a five-star general of the US Army, was forced to leave his post to recuperate because he suddenly became unwell because he had been commanding operations for several days.

The incident happened suddenly, and after urgent consultation with the General Staff, the new President Truman made a decision, and the Supreme Command of the Allied Forces on the Western Front was taken over by General MacArthur, a five-star general of the American Army.

It stands to reason that the supreme command of the Western Front should be negotiated by the presidents of the two sides, but Qiu Fatzi took the initiative to propose that Lao Du be dictatorial, and Truman was happy to accept the good intentions, and regarded it as a symbol of Britain's old uniformity.

At this time, the announcement of Ping'an County had just been issued, but the newspaper of the "Overlord" missile had finally been delivered to Truman.

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Also at the same time.

The only safe England of the British Empire.

A new 50,000-ton container ship has arrived at a widened port

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Same.

Guam.

After several months of frantic construction, the port of Guam has expanded several times, and hundreds of large berths have begun to take shape.

Early morning.

After a hearty breakfast, the workers from the construction brigade were about to go to the construction site to continue the construction of the port of Guam, when they suddenly found that the dozen or so berths that had been built were nearly full of warships.

Moreover, all of them are super-large warships.

On the port warehouse, a thick oil pipeline was connected to the warship, and a ton of light and heavy oil was fed into the battleship's oil depot.

At the same time, a truckload of supplies was also hoisted into the warship's warehouse.

"This is..."

People suddenly speculated.

"It's definitely going to Miri."

Someone snorted categorically:

"The rice country treats us as human beings, squeezes our labor force, and legislates to exclude us, and the newspaper says that there are the corpses of our workers under the sleepers of every kilometer of railway in the United States."

"Back then, our skills were not as good as others, our strength was not as good as others, there was no way, we were bullied and admitted, now, we stand up, and the new and old accounts should be settled."

"Go back to the field, and you can't send warships to support the scene?"

Thanks to the newspapers and television culture and education vigorously promoted by Zhao Gang, even the ordinary workers in the construction brigade have a good level of thinking, and they can guess the purpose of the appearance of the warship.

"I think so."

A man in his forties smiled:

"Our eldest baby is in the navy, and she is still serving in a dynasty-class battleship."

"Dynasty? This is the world's number one battleship, why didn't you say it earlier? It just so happens that our class is resting tomorrow, I invite you to drink, everyone will not return if you are not drunk! ”

"Haha, then we're welcome!"

Amid the laughter of the workers, the replenishment fleet sounded its whistle and set sail.

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November 19th.

The next moment he received the news of the 'explosive' sanctions, Lao Du looked forward to the ambassador to the United States.

"Please."

Because it's so unexpected, after all, I've been invited dozens of times.

As a result, Lao Du was originally so angry that because all his subordinates and parliamentarians were sanctioned, and the entire Mi Li traitor was barreled into a hornet's nest, Lao Du, who was so angry, actually directly surprised him.

But then, he realized that they were here to inform the parliamentarians of the wanted and sanctions, and immediately his face returned to ugly, and his tone was cold:

"Let the National Guard send a few tanks, an escort van."

Do you really think that Mili is a mud man?

Do you really think that a little technical advantage is invincible in the world? Can you fight the world?

But he wanted to see,

When they really faced a threat to their lives, that group of people could not change their faces and threaten Miri.