Chapter 102, Planting the Sun (Part 2)
North Africa, colonial capital of Libya, Tripoli
At this moment, a new sun rises over this North African port city, which was built by the ancient Phoenicians and is known as the "White Bride of the Mediterranean". The entire port city and the ships in the nearby sea , all trembling and groaning in the high-temperature air waves of the atomic bomb explosion...
——The violent shock wave caused by this nuclear explosion destroyed the ancient mosques and Catholic churches in an instant, and buried tens of thousands of Arabs, European expatriates, and Allied officers and soldiers without discrimination into the radiation-filled Pile of scalding rubble. The deadly heat wave that followed scorched thousands of citizens into black coals, and also ignited all combustibles around them, turning the city into a blazing sea of fire.
More than 20 kilometers away from the center of the atomic bomb, in the waters south of the island of Malta, I stood on the top deck of the French luxury cruise ship "Normandie" that was forcibly requisitioned as a troop transport ship, looking at the rising flower at the end of the horizon in the distance, penetrating the sky and the earth. The bright mushroom cloud, the commander-in-chief of the US military in Europe, no, General Eisenhower, who has now become the commander-in-chief of the US military in Africa, couldn't help but take off his military cap and closed his eyes with a painful look on his face,
The Port of Tripoli is finished, the 5,000 North African British troops originally stationed here are finished, the 80,000 American troops he just evacuated there from South Italy are finished, and there are also supplies hoarded in the Port of Tripoli, especially those that are crucial for modern warfare. Two hundred thousand tons of fuel, all gone!
Without these military supplies to maintain the operation of the army, he really didn't know how to compete with the Soviets in the desolate and barren North African desert.
——At this time, North Africa produced almost nothing, there was basically no industry, food was not abundant, and the oil fields in Libya had not yet been developed.
Without the huge amount of supplies imported from overseas, it would be tantamount to wishful thinking to maintain a modern army fighting here for a long time.
To make matters worse, the latest telegram received by General Eisenhower was filled with more bad news:
First, French expatriates in Algeria broke out in an uprising and occupied the capital, Algiers, and seized a large amount of munitions, firearms and ammunition that the US military had previously stored there. The Free French troops stationed there either defected en masse and raised the red flag, or took off their uniforms and fled home with their guns in tow. The British troops stationed in Algeria were also demoralized and basically collapsed at the first touch. They only made symbolic resistance and were successfully disarmed by the insurgent nation.
As a result, the Allied North African front was cut off in the middle, and the rest of North Africa controlled by the Allied forces also generally showed signs of instability - there was no way, anyone who reads newspapers in the world now knows that, follow If the US and UK allies take sides, they will eat nuclear bombs... Who can bear this?
If it were in Europe, residents in big cities could evacuate to the countryside to avoid nuclear blasts. But in North Africa, there is a desert outside the city. Where do you want the Arabs and European expatriates in the city to go? After thinking about it, in order not to be stunned by the Soviet atomic bomb and the whole family ascended to heaven, it seemed that they could only raise the flag of rebellion and drive away the Americans and British before the Soviet atomic bomb fell on their heads.
Secondly, the Soviet Baltic Fleet... well, now it should be said to be the Soviet Atlantic Fleet. Immediately after the British surrender, they launched a massive attack and dispatched a huge task force including six aircraft carriers, four battleships and more than a dozen light and heavy cruisers. Bypassing the entire coast of Western Europe, they went straight to the Port of Tangier on the Atlantic coast of Morocco in North Africa, easily annihilating the small number of U.S. troops stationed there, and blocking the Strait of Gibraltar from the south.
When this move was struck, it was like poking a hornet's nest, causing the Allied forces to fall into a huge commotion and panic - because once the Soviet army blocked the Strait of Gibraltar, it cut off the most important link from the United States to the North African battlefield. The supply line is tantamount to grabbing the throat of the North African Allies. By then, the fleet transporting materials and supplies to the millions of Allied troops on the North African battlefield must bypass the Cape of Good Hope, enter the Indian Ocean, then pass through the Red Sea, and pass through the Suez Canal before reaching the front line... With such a long supply line and such a huge transportation volume, even with such a long supply line and such a huge transportation volume, The strength of the United States is also difficult to bear.
If you don't want to be dragged to death, you must break the situation as soon as possible in order to earn a chance of survival.
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As the commander-in-chief of the US military in Europe, no, in Africa, General Eisenhower naturally had to gather troops and organize a counterattack in order to regain this life-threatening chokepoint. And at the beginning, he also believed that he was capable of completing this task. In western Morocco, in Casablanca, not far from Tangier, the US military originally deployed four infantry divisions, one armored division and an escort squadron. It seemed to have a very strong force - but the problem was that the Soviets also knew this very well. While landing and raiding Tangier, strategic air force bombers were dispatched without hesitation. They stingily dropped three atomic bombs into the Casablanca area to play "planting the sun"... Obviously, after suffering such a series of vigorous nuclear explosions, the remnants of the US military in Casablanca no longer had to think about how to rush to Tangier and get through. The Strait of Gibraltar is over, let’s first think about how to save ourselves in the radioactive wasteland!
At the same time, General Franco, who had just completely lost the Spanish mainland and had to cross the sea and retreat to the port of Ceuta, was also under severe pressure from the White House and the Pentagon, and with the last Spanish army still loyal to him, he forced himself to Scalp launched a ground attack against Tangier. However, General Franco's troops encountered a group of Soviet naval aviation bombers on the way, and were bombed in the open desert wilderness with corpses strewn across the field and blood flowing into rivers. In the end, he was still unable to touch The outskirts of Tangier Port were defeated by the Soviet armored forces that took the initiative to attack.
What’s even more tragic is that before General Franco could escape from the battlefield of Tangier with his remaining defeated soldiers and return to the port of Ceuta, the terrifying rumors that “the Soviets are coming” and “the atomic bomb is about to be dropped” had already spread throughout the world. the entire Spanish Morocco. Therefore, because they did not want to become the fallout of the atomic bomb, the Spanish expats in Ceuta launched an armed uprising in extreme panic, expelled General Franco's confidants who had stayed in the city, and rejected Franco who had retreated from the front line. outside the door. The furious General Franco boldly ordered an attack on the city. However, the exhausted soldiers under his command no longer refused to work hard and dispersed in the blink of an eye... As a result, Franco, who was betrayed by his relatives and almost became a polished commander, , unable to gain a foothold in North Africa, he had to find a small cargo ship and fled to Sardinia with a few of his confidants to stay with His Majesty Pope Pius XII.
Faced with such a disastrous defeat, General Eisenhower bit the bullet and made another counterattack plan, preparing to rely on the 80,000 U.S. troops that had just withdrawn from southern Italy and assembled in Tripoli, as well as the military supplies pre-hoarded in Libya, along the North African coastline. Advance by sea and land to the west... Even if we cannot fight back to Morocco, recapture Tangier, and reopen the lifeline of the Strait of Gibraltar, we must at least recapture Algeria and block the Soviet fleet from the Mediterranean. However, the atomic bomb dropped by the Soviets in Tripoli put all his last efforts in vain.
Just like this, almost in the blink of an eye, half of the millions of Allied troops in the North African battlefield were gone. Thousands of military aircraft were destroyed or captured at the airport. Hundreds of merchant ships and warships were either destroyed or fell into enemy hands. Six More than a million tons of hard-earned supplies were burned... and the Soviet Red Army and the European Socialist Camp International Column that have landed in North Africa now only have three divisions combined.
Faced with such a military disaster that collapsed thousands of miles away, General Eisenhower was indescribable. Even though he had thousands of clever tricks and hundreds of plans, he faced this group of people who never followed common sense and dropped nuclear bombs at the slightest disagreement. The Russian idiot who cultivates the sun, as a "wise general", can only do nothing.
Thinking of this, Eisenhower looked down at the urgent telegram sent to him by President Truman, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh - the president promised in the telegram that he would send him more warships and more supplies as soon as possible. , more planes, more tanks... I just hope he can continue to persevere on the North African battlefield. But God be damned, the only thing he needs here is more nuclear bombs!
However, he also knew very well that the United States currently has no nuclear bombs, and the last atomic bomb produced was dropped in the Netherlands.
No matter how hard the scientists and engineers at the Oak Ridge Plant work overtime, the next batch of atomic bombs will not leave the factory until early next spring.
Because there is no nuclear bomb in his hand to retaliate, to this day, the only order he can issue is... retreat!
"...The land west of Tripoli seems to be definitely undefendable. The Soviet fleet may break in from the Strait of Gibraltar at any time! We must be prepared to withdraw from the Western Mediterranean now. Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily is scheduled to be abandoned. As for the fortified island of Malta...forget it, let's give it up! The Gibraltar Fortress can't withstand the Soviet atomic bomb, let alone the island of Malta."
Staring at the mushroom cloud that was gradually dissipating at the end of the sea level, after thinking silently for a while, General Eisenhower finally made up his mind. He turned to a group of staff officers and said, "...make a retreat plan as soon as possible. Remember to make sure Pope and Cardinals in Sardinia Take them away together! Then, our next basic combat strategy should be to use Egypt as a base, relying on the lifeline of the Suez Canal, and continue to deal with the Soviets in the Eastern Mediterranean, just like the British dealt with the Italians and Italians in North Africa. Just like Rommel in Germany..."
However, before he finished speaking, a secretary covered in cold sweat hurried over and brought a new piece of bad news, completely overturning his strategic plan: "...Report sir! The Soviets dropped an atomic bomb on Tripoli. At the same time, the Port of Suez was nuked! The Suez Canal was cut off!”
This terrible bad news caught General Eisenhower off guard, and he suddenly felt that the world was spinning in front of him - the Strait of Gibraltar was currently blocked, and the Suez Canal was cut off again. Eisenhower and the U.S. navy, land and air forces currently trapped in the Mediterranean battlefield , which is equivalent to becoming a quilt The trapped beast in the cage has neither logistical supplies nor an escape route. It can only growl, jump, and bar its teeth angrily in this strong cage in the Eastern Mediterranean, but it has no ability to break out of the cage. Its final fate is Most of them will slowly lose weight and starve to death until they are gone with the wind...
During this period, the Soviets, who seem to have sufficient nuclear bomb reserves, may conduct a few more nuclear explosions in order to serve as a warning to the monkeys.
God! How long will the Soviets prepare for a nuclear explosion? How many atomic bombs did they build? Could it be that I am addicted to playing with nuclear explosions now?
Then, another sharp spear that stabbed Eisenhower to death in the cage was also thrust in from the third opening of the Mediterranean Sea:
"...Report to General, the latest accurate information received! The Soviets declared war on Turkey this morning, and at the same time as they declared war, they sent a strategic bomber group to nuclear bomb Ankara, the Turkish capital! Their Red Flag Black Sea Fleet is about to leave from Dar The Darnell Strait breaks out!”
Hearing this even more terrible news, General Eisenhower couldn't help but his eyes darkened, he staggered, and almost fainted...
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PS: My idea for the last book, AKB Idol Cabinet, is going to be animated! 5pb mobile game project "Idol Incident" has announced that it will be adapted into a TV animation and will be broadcast in January 2017. It is a magical story in which all political parties in Japan are led by cute girls to compete for the votes of otakus. Everyone must remember to watch it! Alas, it would be great if Japan in the real world could become so cute. The current level of cuteness in Japan is far from adequate!