stonecrandall Chapter 666
Chapter 666
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: 0.034s Scan: 0.109sAt eight o’clock in the morning, news came from Europe, but it was not good news. Instead, it was the intelligence that the German army had captured Bournemouth, and began to expand their positions and continue to attack inland.
“Mr. President, the latest telegram says that the Germans have captured Woodring!”
“Your Excellency President, the British government has sent us a telegram formally asking for help!”
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At five o’clock in the morning, when the intelligence from Europe was getting worse, Roosevelt left the White House and went to the Pentagon, the headquarters of the US military, to learn the latest situation!
The Pentagon was extremely busy at this time. More than 6,000 staff members had all been woken up by phone calls. Before dawn, they had already rushed to the Pentagon to work!
“Where is the German vanguard now?”
The continuous telegrams clearly outlined the situation in Europe in front of everyone, and the news that the Eagle Sauce received was almost all about the British army’s continuous retreat and the loss of cities and territory bit by bit, which made the Eagle Sauce extremely pessimistic about the prospects of this landing battle!
“After the German First Guards Regiment captured Hill 337, they were heading towards Burleigh. Burleigh’s defenders had limited manpower and were severely damaged in the air raid, so Burleigh should not be able to hold on and will probably be captured before ten o’clock!”
In front of a huge map of the sun never sets, the Chief of the General Staff reported the situation while a young staff officer drew and marked the map, marking the latest situation on the front line.
The sun never sets defenders were marked with blue, and the Germans were marked with red.
At present, the attack arrows marked with red were becoming more and more scattered, and it seemed that the Germans seemed to have a sense of attacking from all sides.
“Woodring is a key transportation hub in the south. If the German army captures this place, they can attack to the north and stop the British army from moving south. If Burleigh is captured, the German army can immediately attack Southampton to the east!”
Roosevelt immediately found the location of Southampton on the map. He had heard of this place. It is one of the famous ports in Europe. If this place is captured by the German army, the follow-up troops of the German army can land on the British mainland more conveniently!
Therefore, for the British mainland, Southampton is more important than Bournemouth!
“What are they going to do next?”
Although Roosevelt could see the importance of Bournemouth, he was still not sure about the next move of the German army.
After all, Southampton is so important that the British army must have a lot of troops stationed here. Currently, only 100,000 German troops have landed on the shore. Although they are attacking everywhere and seem to have unlimited energy, their number is too small after all. The fierce attack at this time is just to ensure the safety of the landing site.
When they expand outward to a certain extent, their power disadvantage will restrict their offensive. Without sufficient troops, the German army cannot expand indefinitely. In that case, they will be full of loopholes. As long as the British army seizes an opportunity, they can give this German army a fatal blow!
“Judging from the current situation, the German army has two options. One is to hold the Woodring area, and then attack westward, drive the British troops in the west to the north, expand their safety range as much as possible, hold their positions and wait for subsequent reinforcements to come ashore!”
“The second possibility is to launch an attack on Southampton immediately, and take Southampton by force before the British army has time to react.
This port city is vital to the German army.
If they take it, the southern gate of the sun will be completely opened, and the subsequent transport ships and more landing troops of the German army will be able to land from here continuously.
By then, the German army will have too many troops and the landing speed will be too fast.
Even if the British army tries its best, it may not be able to drive them into the sea!
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Admiral Charles’ words made the staff nod frequently. They can only see these two possibilities at present.
However, if they were asked to choose, they felt that the first possibility was obviously greater, because the German army’s strength was really limited.
Although the British army had only 50,000 people in Bournemouth, they had more than one million troops around them.
This one million troops could be assembled in place before tonight at the latest.
At that time, the German army would face a siege of more than ten times the number of heavy troops!
With such a huge gap in strength, even if all the German troops were elite, they might not be able to stop it!
“”Major General MacArthur, what is your opinion?”
Roosevelt saw that another staff officer frowned and did not express his opinion, nor did he follow the crowd to echo what Admiral Charles had just said. This made him feel a little curious.
It seemed that MacArthur seemed to have other different opinions in his mind?
“”I’m sorry, Mr. President, I’d like to ask, is there any latest intelligence from the European continent?”
At present, the intelligence about Europe received by the British Empire is basically sent from the British Empire. Most of it is intelligence provided by the British Empire government, and a small part is intelligence collected by the military attachés and intelligence personnel themselves.
However, there is almost no intelligence from the European continent, which makes MacArthur feel very strange.
War is never a matter of one party, but a matter of two or even multiple parties. At present, their intelligence mainly comes from the British Empire, but there is no latest intelligence about the German army, so it is difficult to make a comprehensive judgment on the German army’s intentions!
After all, the German army has only landed 100,000 people, but unless The German commander was a fool, otherwise they would never have used only these 100,000 men to fight the entire British-Sun-Sets Campaign!
That was not fighting, but sending soldiers to their deaths!
Therefore, the German army must have another major move next. If they could not grasp the subsequent movements of the German army, it would be difficult to make a comprehensive judgment.
Everyone present was smart. MacArthur just asked a question, and everyone immediately understood what he meant.
The faces of many staff officers present suddenly changed. Yes, the movements of the German army were unknown. They were speculating here. They didn’t even know where the main force of the German army was. Their previous speculations were meaningless!
“Director Donovan, please explain the situation!”
Roosevelt nodded to a middle-aged man in his forties next to him. Everyone looked at each other and noticed the CIA logo hanging on his chest.
CIA is the abbreviation of the Central Intelligence Agency. This intelligence agency was originally established by President Roosevelt in 1939 after the outbreak of World War II in order to spy on the Axis powers.
However, because the war had been advanced by twelve years at this time, he also took office early, so the CIA was also established 11 years in advance.