69novels Chapter 674
Chapter 674
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Hearing Eisenhower’s words, Roosevelt did not comment.
He turned to look at another person beside Eisenhower,”General MacArthur, what do you think?”
MacArthur actually did not agree with Eisenhower’s point of view, because in his opinion, although the German army had achieved good results, the German army’s military disadvantage was still very obvious. In this case, if the German army continued to attack, it would only expose a larger gap. As long as the British army could seize one of the opportunities, they could give the German army a fatal blow.
In fact, taking this German offensive as an example, as long as someone from the British army could react in the first time and follow the German attack line to attack Warminster or Bath, they could destroy the German plan and even put Guderian in a passive position. If things went wrong, he would be surrounded by the British army in Bristol.
MacArthur was a traditional general. He did not like people like Guderian who always liked to attack unexpectedly.
He preferred the traditional tactics, fighting a regular war with the enemy in a rigid and orderly manner.
So in MacArthur’s eyes, although Guderian had become famous for his military exploits, in his heart, he did not recognize Guderian very much.
On the contrary, MacArthur preferred Manstein.
MacArthur’s mentality was obviously a common problem for young generals who had just graduated from the military academy, had never been on the battlefield, and had not been beaten.
Once they suffered a disastrous defeat on the battlefield and were severely taught a lesson by the enemy, they would not have such naive ideas!
In history, after experiencing the island-grabbing war in the Pacific battlefield, MacArthur’s thinking had changed a lot.
In the Korean War, he had creatively landed in Renchuan according to the situation on the battlefield, and divided the North Korean army into two in one fell swoop, completely disintegrating the advantages that North Koreans had previously gained on the battlefield, completely changing the situation of the war, and allowing the United Nations forces to gain an overwhelming advantage.
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Renchuan landing battle was a surprise attack, which shows that MacArthur at that time had learned to be flexible and no longer stick to dogma!
“I think the German army will not continue to launch an attack. They should stop to digest the existing results, and then wait for more troops to land on the shore. After gaining an advantage in manpower, they will launch an attack on the key cities where the sun never sets!”
MacArthur’s words were quite standard, nothing outstanding, and nothing wrong to pick.
Roosevelt nodded slightly after listening. He didn’t know much about war and military affairs, and could only learn about the situation from his generals. Since the two young men had expressed their opinions, it would be his job to make a judgment based on the situation!
“General Charles, if the current situation continues, how long can the British mainland hold out?”
To help or not to help the British mainland, this is a question.
And it is a very critical question, because if they help openly, it would be tantamount to going against Hans and declaring war on Hans!
The Hans in 1928 was not the weak Hans in 1918 after the end of World War I. The country was in chaos and looked like it could explode at any time.
At this time, Hans could be regarded as the world’s top in terms of industrial strength and military strength. Going to war with such a top power, even a powerful country like the Eagle Sauce had to think twice!
Charles thought for a while, looked at the garrison and mobilization of the British mainland’s army, then shook his head and said,”President, excuse me for being blunt, a large number of factories in the British mainland were destroyed in the previous bombing, which greatly weakened the military and industrial strength of the British mainland.
Although their army seems to have a large number of troops, their equipment is backward or even lacking, and the soldiers are undertrained and lack combat experience.
Such an army cannot stop the German attack!
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No one present had any objection to this. Since the German landing, the performance of the British army has proved that what Admiral Charles said is correct!
Take one time for example, under the noses of millions of British troops, Guderian dared to attack with only 200,000 people in his hands, conquered several cities in a row, and then made dumplings of more than 300,000 British troops in the southwest!
The performance of the British army in this battle can only be described as clumsy. Even if the Gauls or even the Boreans were put in the position of the British Empire, their performance would not be worse than this!
This is enough to show that the five million troops hastily assembled by the British Empire, although it sounds bluffing, are actually made of paper and have little combat effectiveness.
Such an army will only be beaten if it encounters Hans’s battle-hardened division on the battlefield.
What’s more, the German army also destroyed a large number of British military factories. Coupled with the naval blockade, the British Empire was short of supplies. This noose-like suffocating blow was also gradually destroying the war potential of the British Empire.
“So, how long do you think it will take for the turning point in the British-Sun Battle to appear?”
North America is too far away from Europe, so even if the Eagle Sauce decides to aid the British-Sun, it will take a long time to prepare and deploy. If the time is too short, they may not have enough time to send troops, and the British-Sun will be defeated!
If that happens, the Eagle Sauce might as well keep his troops in place and not provoke Hans for the time being, and develop secretly behind closed doors.
Of course, if time permits, Roosevelt still hopes to send troops to intervene.
If the British-Sun with low blood can be saved, then the Eagle Sauce will naturally take the position of Allied leader in the hands of the British-Sun.
This position will be of great help to the Eagle Sauce in dominating the world and taking over the existing world order created by the British-Sun.
Historically, Roosevelt did this!
But At this time, the war came earlier, the Eagle Sauce was worse prepared, and the German army was stronger, making the situation full of uncertainty!
If they participated in the war but failed to win, then they would lose more than they gained!
So Roosevelt has been hesitating. During this period, as the British Empire’s occupation gradually worsened, Chukir, who was in the Eagle Sauce, kept asking to see President Roosevelt, hoping that President Roosevelt would stand on the side of the British Empire and help them deal with the evil Hans together!
But Roosevelt has been slow to make a decision, so he did not meet with Chukir.
At this moment, the situation in the British Empire has further deteriorated. He knows that he can no longer hesitate. Whether to aid the British Empire or not, he must make a decision as soon as possible!
“When the German army has 100,000 troops, they can only control the safety of the landing point near Bournemouth. With 200,000 troops, they can launch a quick attack and even surround the 300,000 troops in the southwest of the British Empire. If the German army continues to increase its strength to 500,000, I think they will be able to capture Southampton. When their strength exceeds 1 million, they will go north and attack the capital of the British Empire!
And this time, I think, will not exceed a week!”_