Chapter 55: The 20,000-Kilometer Expedition (Supplement)
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As soon as the meeting ended, Turner got into General King's car, and he didn't notice that the president, who had been persisting until the end, was so tired that he lay down. In the room next to him, the doctor had been waiting for a long time to maintain his energetic and smart and capable image, Roosevelt flatly refused the proposal of a temporary recess to treat, and persisted until the last moment, and even watched everyone leave the venue with a smile.
"What should I do now?" Turner was very upset. "The president still refused to give up the fat man on the Great Britain. Now I feel that the United States is not supporting and aiding the British, but fighting this war for the British."
Admiral Jin said in a sarcastic tone: "Didn't you hear Clark say just now? The Germans won the Battle of Africa for Italy..."
"That's the German..." Turner shrugged, "Do we have this ability? We are all in a mess, Nimitz looked at us with a gaze, but the Navy still pushed the few essences and equipment into the fire pit."
"We blame it for ourselves, no one else." Although Turner himself opposed such a fast attack, everyone was initially acknowledged the overlord action he was responsible for. Marshall said it was very good, but he hoped to refine the landing part and let Eisenhower participate in it.
Turner knew what General Kim meant: he proposed Plan A, Plan B and even Plans one after another, and now he turned into a cocoon. Of course, Admiral Kim is a very courageous person, and he would not accuse Turner of "bad ideas", just as he clearly hinted that Nimitz should not act rashly, but after the latter made the mistake, General Kim was still willing to take the blame for others.
Admiral Jin is such a person. He appreciates you, likes you, looks down on you, you can do whatever you do, you have achievements, and if there is a problem, he will help you to support you. This is also the reason why the Navy supports Admiral Jin unanimously. Even Nimitz is respectful, not to mention Turner, he and Admiral Jin are completely in a relationship of prosperity and loss.
Li Hai, who is also in the rank of Admiral, is "politically correct". Unfortunately, this is useless. The navy does not welcome him and only makes mistakes. Once something happens, he will criticize himself and even scold you in turn. That's not a matter of fact. He is not willing to be a real villain or a hypocrite!
So no one hugged General Lee's thighs. Everyone still feels that he has a future with a true boss like General Kim. The same is true for the Army. Everyone feels that he has a future with Marshall. Even Patton, who has always been fearless, is also a proper person when he meets Marshall.
"No matter whether the president or Hull is, I will find a way."
"What?" Turner was startled and stammered, "You want to..."
The two words that followed were "coup". Turner had never thought of such a thing. It was Fatty Qiu who inspired him and made him understand that there was still another way in the world.
"What are you thinking about?" General Jin glared at the subordinate fiercely.
"I will do whatever you say." Turner immediately patted his chest and expressed his loyalty, just one sentence, "If you want to start a coup, I will make a plan."
"Things are not that simple..." General Jin smiled as he thought about it. Just kidding "coup" or something. The United States does not have such soil, and General Jin has no political ambitions. He just turned his mind quickly and thought of many things.
"Don't talk about whether Operation Overlord can achieve success. I'll ask you, there are at least 50 days from now to Operation Overlord, and maybe more than 60 days or even longer. Do you think the Germans will stay in the Falklands stupidly?"
"Of course not."
"If the Argentines turn to the Germans, the Germans will be strongly assisted, what will happen next?"
Turner took a breath of air conditioning: "That means not only the situation in Brazil is dangerous, but the South African route is cut off, and the entire South America will be in chaos."
"After the chaos in South America, will the army still have the heart to fight Azores?"
Turner shook his head, but immediately asked: "I'm afraid... it's difficult, right?"
"It's a bit difficult, but it's not impossible." Admiral Jin smiled a little strangely, "The two battleships we were originally planning to go to Argentina to demonstrate are two reasons: First, carrying out the overlord operation requires concentrating all our strength; Second, when the German main fleet arrived, it is extremely dangerous for this fleet to continue to sway in Brazilian waters..."
General Jin is an absolute national and has a high position. Of course, he will not do anything to inform and leak secrets to cause American interests, but if he wants to ruin the matter, he has some ways, such as retrieving these two battleships.
This decision is undoubtedly very correct in military terms. Turner believes that both the navy and the army generals will agree with General Jin's approach. These two battleships are not German opponents at all. Staying in Brazil will only increase the results of the Germans. When the US Navy encounters setbacks continuously, any warship is precious and cannot be ruined in vain.
But the reason why Turner was attracted by Admiral Jin and used it was never so simple. The meaning of this action was to be at least three turns. He immediately understood the profound intention: the Germans came, occupied the British Falkland Islands, cut off the American transportation line, and the US Navy was afraid to attack, but also retreated the warships deployed in South America. If you were Brazilian and Argentinian, what would you think? How would you choose?
Although Hull kept saying that he wanted to operate the British returned the Falkland Islands to Argentina, as long as Argentina agreed to join the alliance, would you take this obvious trick of sowing discord? Britain and the United States themselves retreated, and the Argentines rolled up their sleeves to fight the Falkland Islands with the Germans? Don’t joke internationally. The British and American Atlantic Fleet dare not say that they are sure to win in the face of the Axis Combined Fleet, let alone the pitiful navies of the Three South American countries.
"I'll give orders immediately and return to the East Coast quickly, the faster the better!" Turner came easily and added fuel to the fire, the faster the retreat, the more embarrassed the scene was!
"Operation Overlords will be carried out as planned, and all aspects of considerations should be more mature, meticulous and perfect..." General Jin said with a smile, "Even if we go to fight Falkland, we still need fleets, Marines, aviation, and all kinds of materials..."
After the bait was released, it depends on whether the Germans and the Argentines cooperated.
Just as General Kim used the method of fighting across the mountains, Secretary of State Hull went to London to coordinate the Falkland Islands, and Director Donovan went to Brazil to carry out subversion operations, while Argentine's Labor Minister Juan Peron was holding a secret meeting, and the planning of course was a great event.
"The leader... the Germans joined us. They occupied the island of Malvinas intact and wiped out all the British troops with almost no bloodshed. General Maschel expressed his hope that we would act as soon as possible. Germany not only supported you to be our supreme and only leader, but also took the initiative to return the island of Mashang to us. The time we waited for finally came..."
Peron nodded: "What are those wine bags in the city doing?"
"Everyone is secretly arranged, hoping to take the initiative. The American ambassador is very active in jumping up and down, trying to match them together, but there is no doubt that no matter what their opinions are between them, they unanimously oppose you, and the charges have been made up: populists, public enemies of the people, independent fascists!"
"Everyone wants to be an American lackey and want to be crazy!" Peron smiled, "You continue to connect according to the plan. I believe that the eyes of the vast majority of workers, farmers and ordinary soldiers in the army are sharp. Who really represents their interests?"
“What should you do with your safety?”
"They can't catch me!"
On September 13, senior German officers led by Mashar inspected military information on Malvinas Island. After occupying the Cambridge Island, the German army quickly deployed positions and unloaded supplies. After just a few days of efforts, the Cambridge Island's airport facilities, radar and air defense systems have been initially established, and the construction of ground fortifications is also in full swing.
In order to successfully advance the "Pearl of Peace" project and avoid interference from this 20,000-kilometer transportation line, Maschar's fleet brought a complete will of a transport ship full of materials and arms. At the same time, Madagascar, as an important transit base, began to hoard materials and reserve personnel. In addition, the German army successfully received everything left by the British army on the island, including the very precious nearly 20,000 tons of fuel.
Looking at the scene around him, Mashar was full of thoughts and remembered the scene where the Royal Navy encircled the Earl Spee. The Earl Spee, who was carrying out a mission to break the mission, was forced to sink into South America by the British. He had no way to go to heaven and had no way to enter the ground, and was forced to sink in Chile. Now the situation is reversed. Most of the British main ships that were showing off were sunk on the Atlantic Ocean. These old cruisers in South America were not opponents of the main fleet of the Axis.
"Sir, Mr. Peron and his supporters are here..."
"Welcome him now. No! Let's go over to greet him."
"General Maschar, I am very happy to see you again. I didn't expect that you would lead such a mighty fleet to visit Argentina after not seeing you for a few years."
"Mr. Peron, I am also very happy to see you and I admire you for your contribution to the Argentine people. The despise head of state and the Italian leader entrusted me to convey my greetings to you."
"Thank you so much!"
"Is the ceremony ready?" Mashar turned his head and asked the adjutant.
"All right, sir."
"What ceremony?" Peron was puzzled, "We should not do these red tape, just hold the meeting."
"You will know when you come. The Head of State said he would give you a surprise!"
Mashar almost pulled and pulled Peron to the scene, where there was only a bare flagpole with the British Empire's rice flag hanging... (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!