Chapter 207 The New Battlefield (1)
The fierce questioning meeting was finally settled under Churchill's Tai Chi push, but the situation Churchill faced was different from that of Roosevelt. Roosevelt's difficulty lies in the fact that some members of Congress had distrust of the president due to the failure of the front line and needed to settle it urgently; Churchill's difficulty lies in the fact that he could not find a good way to get out of the predicament, and all the way out was placed on the Americans.
Until now, the members of parliament have become numb and have gradually had this idea: Britain is destined to be unable to beat Germany, and in the end, they must rely on the Americans to win. The British Empire either surrendered to Germany to become second-rate, or surrendered to the United States to become second-rate. For most nobles and bourgeois people, Americans are at least cute.
Everyone can understand what "persistence" that Churchill repeatedly reiterated, that is, he insists on not falling down, and then he will talk about it after the United States recovers its strength and gains the upper hand.
However, Churchill received bad news as soon as he finished the meeting: the Eighth Air Force suffered unprecedented heavy losses, and the Americans could not stand it and wanted to withdraw the personnel. In addition, the United States sent an emergency telegram asking the UK to take the research materials of the jet fighter, scientific researchers and semi-finished products to the United States with the ship to speed up research.
Facing the anxious cabinet members, Churchill pondered for a long time, and then brewed for a long time and finally made up his mind:
1. Understand the decision of the Eighth Air Force to retreat, express their gratitude to them for their hard work over the past year. The corresponding base and equipment are received by the Royal Air Force. The UK will independently carry out the mission of bombing Yar. We welcome the United States to continue to send air forces to the UK to fight later;
2. Agree to transfer all personnel and facilities and equipment for the jet research, but require the United States to promise that after the final research, the United Kingdom will obtain complete technical data and complete equipment.
Attley opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, and finally nodded in agreement with his agreement, which means that both the Conservatives and the Labor Party reached an agreement.
"Using this retreat opportunity, we can immigrate some of the people in the United States..." Churchill pondered for a moment and explained, "Secretly notify members of Congress, asking them to recommend five families related to shipbuilding, one family can be an engineer or technician, and the other four families should be industrial workers' families, and go to the United States or Canada as batches of immigrants."
Everyone in the cabinet was stunned and then reacted, secretly applauding the prime minister's old man: Immigration to the United States cannot be kept secret at the top of the board of directors. Once it is implemented, there will definitely be a big shot in front of the people. It is not good to refuse any one. The prime minister's cleverness is that each of them recommends 5 households. You can not only block the mouths of the parliamentarians, but also quickly form a community of interests and explain it to all parties. For the cabinet currently in internal and external troubles, it is one of the few strategies that can please the majority of parliamentarians.
Just as Britain and the United States struggled to sort out and communicate internally, the direction of Berlin was in high spirits. Goebbels solemnly congratulated Hoffman on the victory of the Berlin Air Defense War and the Battle of Madagascarden 6, but then asked Hoffman in confusion: "Yuan, is your idea of advertising through radio broadcasts true? Do you really plan to make peace with the enemy now?"
"Of course, as long as we come according to our conditions, anyone who is willing to implement peace with us can agree."
"It's okay for Britain and Russia to say that it seems a bit too cheap now for the Americans." Goebbels said unwillingly, "Now the Americans have been destroyed by the Panama Canal, the strength of the navy has been greatly weakened. Their 6th Army's strength is not worth mentioning. It is a good time for us to take advantage of the victory."
"Cheap?" Hoffman shook his head, "I don't think so. The power of the United States has not been fully exerted. What everyone sees is the tip of the iceberg. It will be more beneficial for us to stop the war when it is now prevailing and has overwhelming advantages. Besides, no one stipulates that war cannot be fought after peace, and then the war will unfold in a way that you can't imagine."
Goebbels has heard of the theory of "two or even three world wars". Although he does not understand why Yuan emphasized the need to solve Americans once and for all through multiple wars instead of now, this did not hinder his admiration for Yuan. Since Yuan said so, he would do it like this anyway, after so many years, Yuan was almost always right.
"It is an important matter for US radio. We must do it well. Signal relay stations in Portugal must continue to invest their strength, so that Americans can hear more voices, and the focus must be clever, and focus on politicians, capitalists, and Jewish people. Do not attack soldiers, and separate the US government and the American people as much as possible."
Voice of Europe radio hosted by Goebbels is becoming increasingly famous. After broadcasting the list of deaths, at least 10,000 American families listened to the radio in just a few days, and spreading from one to ten, ten to one hundred, spreading in a crazy way. Especially at 12 o'clock in the evening, Washington time, the whole family gathered in front of the radio and listened to the list of German announcers broadcasting. When they heard the name, they burst into tears, and if they didn't have a name, they seemed to be stuttering.
After the first list of air raids in Berlin was announced, with the collection and sorting of wreckage and remains, Germany continued to release the list of more than 4 oo people a few days later, and also announced the total number of prisoners of nearly 5 oo people, and even a recording was inserted.
A 19-year-old B-17 machine gunner from Virginia cried bitterly on the radio: "Mom...I am Sean...I am still alive! Our plane was shot down by the Germans. I became a prisoner after parachuting. The Germans said we had blown up the Berlin Cathedral and asked everyone to participate in forced labor to restore the church...I have to do 12 hours of physical work a day...Mom... Come and save me back!"
Another one is from Wisconsin, 29-year-old captain, second lieutenant. Although he did not cry loudly, his words were also heartbreaking: "Lily...I am Joe...I was captured by the Germans... Our situation is very bad, but I can hold on. The bad thing is that I have seen us fooled us and we were deceived to fight the Germans! The one who manages us is a retired German elementary school teacher who speaks English. He said, 'We fight for the dignity of Germany, to defend Berlin and the Yuan Dynasty, why are you Americans fighting? Germany has never offended you...' I can't answer!"
Although a very small number of bad-brained Junckers complained about Goebbels' propaganda and prisoner-of-war management methods, they believed that the Knights were not enough to cooperate in recording, and those who were willing to denounce Roosevelt, politicians and Jews could receive preferential treatment. If they were German, who could speak German and expressed their willingness to cooperate, they would be treated more relaxedly.
The onlookers were very happy about this kind of forced labor for building roads and bridges, and pointed at them. This time, he took so many planes and captured so many prisoners, which was considered angering at the bombing of Berlin. At this point, Hoffmann completely learned the mass line of the National Socialist Workers' Party to win votes and win the hearts of the people and come to power.
On May 9, at the Supreme Command meeting, Chief of General Staff Keitel informed the news that the victory of the Battle of Madagascar was over, but said uneasy: "From the reconnaissance situation, the US military appears to be retreating from the front line. The reconnaissance planes found that their transport planes and bombers were transporting intact troops on their return journey in addition to transporting wounded people; the only good news is that because the US aircraft were busy retreating, they finally couldn't free up their hands to bomb us."
Hoffman nodded: "This is expected. After Madagascar falls, it means that our flanks in Kenya can be fully covered. The Americans are forced into a dead end. As long as they make a second 6, they will be able to surround them."
"What should I do now?" said Jodel, the director of the Operations Bureau, anxiously. "Heinz informed that the enemy's defense line was very tight and the terrain was beneficial to them. There are at least 10,000 troops, and the equipment and firepower are not bad, and the forced attack is very much lost. It may take another week for Madagas to completely shrink the troops and then return to the sixth. Although the end of the Battle of Madagascar is more than planned, it is still impossible for us to join the clamp attack before May 25, and the Americans contracted too quickly."
"Do they have a retreat passage on the 6th floor?"
"I don't think so," Yodel pointed to the map and explained, "Nairobi is mountainous in the north and huge Lake Victoria to the west. The roadway passage can only be taken by *************, but even if we can retreat safely to ****************, it is useless. The coastline north of South Africa is all controlled by our army. Even if we do nothing now, the Americans are allowed to withdraw from 6 places. They have nearly 4ooo kilometers of roads to South Africa, which is farther from Paris to Moscow. There are no railways, only low-grade highways, dirt roads, and most areas cannot pass through. We can only walk, let alone spoiled US troops, even if we don't have to do it."
"Then you can only retreat from the air." Hoffman nodded, "Do you have the ability to cut them off?"
"It's very difficult. Africa has invested O-aircraft as a whole, most of which are fighter jets, but the number of US military aircraft, especially escort aircraft, is also large, and the air interception is not significant. Moreover, due to transportation issues, it is very difficult to maintain this O-aircraft."
Hoffman looked at the map, and after repeated thinking, he said: "Let the Down 6 troops go to the Dar es Salaamden 6 in ********** and set up the airport. I will draw the latest F-19oa8 from the local area to give you the enemy will be greatly restrained after the Berlin air strike. In this way, the aircraft can be drawn out and let the aircraft carrier move the aviation fuel and ammunition to the F-19o for use. As for the accessories... if there is no way, remove it from other aircraft."
"I heard that the Japanese joint fleet will set off on May 15th, and what will the battle to attack South Africa?"
Hoffman shook his head: "If you don't hit South Africa, let's go here!"
Looking down the place he pointed, everyone was stunned... (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!