Of course it is impossible to approve Arnold's resignation. Arnold dared not take on this job. Could it be that the successor Commander-in-Chief of the Land Airlines dared to do this?

To cope with today's situation, there is still a purely theoretical response strategy, that is, to draw more crews and send more fighter jets to perform escort tasks, not short-distance escort but full-time escort.

But in this way, the possible losses of the personnel involved and the materials that need to be consumed will increase exponentially.

Arnold said it very clearly. There are more than 2,500 experienced crews left. If you want to rescue most of Patton's troops, you have to spend at least 500 more. This is exactly what the Germans think. When Arnold heard that the German army was only surrounded by the periphery and was not in a hurry to attack the encirclement, there were smart staff members who speculated that the German army intended to consume a large amount of their crew.

While replacing airplanes in the Pacific Ocean and replacing airplanes in South America, even if the US imperial family is big, it cannot afford such rapid consumption.

In the past month, the skilled crew has only added less than 200 units, but the loss has exceeded 2,000.

Experienced crews are all like this, and inexperienced crews are even more dead. The Germans are all Ta-152 and Do-412? No matter how bad it is, the F-190a8, which are all air-optimal fighters. If the Germans really don’t want Patton to retreat, it’s enough to just blow the attack aircraft a few more times in the temporary airport. Many fuels are piled up in the open air now. The Germans want to blow up the custody of the Germans, but Garland would rather send attack aircraft to blow up Recife than Patton.

How can I fish if the airport is broken?

Arnold is worried about not sending the crew to perform such a sure-death mission, while Garland is also worried about how to arrange and declare his military achievements.

The Air Force and HNA have been making a fortune in the past two days, and their record is definitely the standard of ace + Knight Cross. At the beginning, Garland was afraid that someone would lie about his military achievements, so he specially picked a few of the most photo guns to see, but no matter how you look at it, it is worthy of its reputation.

If the original standards are used, most of the fighter pilots in the three wings that attacked this time can apply for the Knight Cross. Therefore, he said to Rommel with guilt: "Or why I lock the standard tightly. If I raise so many Knight Medal applicants in one go (and add oak leaves, upgrade), I am afraid that the Supreme Command and the Head of State will collapse."

"What are you afraid of? You can declare as you should!" Rommel is very open-minded. "It's not a false report of military achievements. Americans came to us to kill us. How can you do it now? If you are too strict, aren't you afraid of your young men shooting you out?"

"That won't be!"

"Report, I will testify. The Army will report a few less at that time."

"How can you be so embarrassed?"

"There is a big battle behind the Army, and the Air Force will not have many opportunities to find such a good one." Rommel smiled, "I want to see how many plane crashes Americans can withstand!"

Whether to continue to send transport planes to rescue immediately became the focus of discussion early the next morning.

No one had any good solutions. The German encirclement situation had already formed, and the air force was far stronger than expected, which made retreat from the air a luxury. The army faction and the road and aviation faction were quarrel, and finally Li Hai from the Navy came forward to speak justice.

"I heard that the German army had several very famous siege battles on the Eastern Front, one called the Holm siege battle, the other called the Jamiansk siege battle, the most recent one was called the Central Asian Basin Battle. The defenders finally stood firm with their courage, confidence and persistence. The longest time even lasted for several months, and the German troops returned when the weather warmed up and the German troops returned." He paused, "I mean, can we ask General Patton to follow the example of leading the soldiers in the valley to hold on, and we will send transport aircraft to airdrop some supplies and ammunition to maintain his combat. See if we can support General Liqiwei to launch a counterattack."

Li Hai's words are almost a fantasy, and even Truman can't believe it.

Clark, who had just returned to Washington, shook his head: "The terrain is different, the situation is different, and the degree of tenacity between the two sides is different. I think it is difficult to stick to it."

Clark is aware of the officers and soldiers of the 5th Army and has psychological expectations. They can play a powerful and rapid side when the situation is dominant, but in the situation is unfavorable, they basically do not expect them to perform exceptionally well; in this desperate situation, as long as the decision to stop the air transport will completely collapse.

"What do you think you should do?"

"Save George and other officers out, as for others, they can only..." Clark hesitated for a moment and choked, "A glorious surrender can at least save their lives."

At this point, Eisenhower had a similar view, but when he watched a cluster of more than 50,000 people fall into the hands of the German army, he felt that he could not say this at all.

Turner despised the Army guys: Iceland also had tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, but they were not so scrupulous when they gave up on them. Now they are busy and starting to twist? In his opinion, the Patton cluster is obviously at a loss, and continuing to rescue is just to consume more power. The most important thing now is to stop the losses in time, and those precious aircraft crews still have to stay to defend Hawaii!

Truman sighed, knowing that he could not come up with a solution. In his position deep in his position, he dared not send out the call of Japan or Germany, "War to the last man and shoot, and never surrender" and "The whole person will be broken and serve the Emperor!". Not to mention that the people below will definitely not listen to him. Even if they listen to him, what's the use of killing, it will only increase the killing.

"Photo to George and let him decide."

Truman thought for a while and finally said: "Air Airlines finally arranged 30 of the best transport planes and sent enough fighters to help George and some important officers retreat!"

Arnold agreed. If he didn't even agree to such a request, he felt that he would be tortured by his conscience for the rest of his life.

Hearing Washington's arrangements and hints, all the senior US military officers who knew the news were going crazy, and they all jumped in furiously to scold Washington and the Joint Conference. Arnold was the number one person they criticized.

"Everyone, calm down." Patton spoke slowly. The continuous battles and tortures of the past few days have completely deformed him, but the eyes that had been deeply sunken still had a little glow.

Before Hewitt retreated, he wanted several close subordinates to knock Patton unconscious and dragged him onto the plane to retreat, but eventually failed. Patton saw through their tricks, took out his gun and pushed it on his temple, and told them that if he dared to get on the plane, he would commit suicide immediately! This intense emotion eventually made Hewitt and the Navy give up their actions. Hewitt could no longer see that Patton had any desire to survive. He only wanted to die, but before these tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were properly placed, he didn't want to die!

"Listen to me a few words. First, the Land Airlines will also send planes to retreat. There may be hundreds of places. You can discuss who to deport. I will allocate several places to each of you. You can designate the personnel you think are important to retreat. Anyway, I will not go, but there is one thing I remind you that walking from the air may not be safe, and the probability of death is not small; second, there are only two ways for officers and soldiers who do not want or cannot walk in the air." Patton paused, "Slowly, first, leave the valley to surrender to the German army. I heard that the other commander was Rommel, a commander with a knightly manners, at least his life can be saved; second, follow me to break through the siege and fight out a road of blood and death! Those who want to surrender can sign up tonight. Pay attention to leave weapons and supplies..."

"Did Patton surrender? This is not his style." Rommel smiled. "I thought he would stick to it and fight us until the last moment."

Major General Pockman, who was in charge of contact, looked embarrassed: "Our army was at the end of our lives and had to surrender to your army, hoping to give us appropriate treatment in accordance with the Geneva Convention."

"Of course, this is OK, but there is one thing, you must ensure that the equipment, supplies, vehicles, etc. are intact and must not be intentionally damaged or damaged, otherwise..."

"I know, I know, we understand." Whether it is the Army and Navy, everyone knows that as long as you surrender to the Germans, you will basically be fine as long as you ensure that the equipment and supplies are intact, you can even receive some preferential treatment. At worst, you can become a SS! The Army and Navy are now familiar with this "secret".

On September 17, the US military sent away the last batch of retreating aircraft, although they drew enough escort units, they still lost 5 of the 30 aircraft.

On September 18, the remaining US troops walked out of the valley to surrender to the German army, but most of them had light weapons, tanks, few vehicles, and some were also broken. This situation made Gauss, who rushed to the news, frowned. He reminded Rommel: "It's not right. Americans cannot have so few tanks and vehicles... There must be a problem!"

Rommel smiled: "I know there is a problem, but the biggest problem lies with Patton."

"he?"

"I've shown up, and he has not shown up for a long time. What are he thinking? Although the American representative in charge of contacting me explains and covers it up in every way, and is injured and physically unsuitable, as long as Patton has a breath, they should come to see me. Where are the people now?"

That night, Patton led the troops willing to break through the siege and attacked the northeastward direction and finally the only young officers from the three infantry battalions and several commands of the Roosevelt Group were willing to break through. Other senior officers either took a plane and left in an urgent manner, or expressed that they did not want to fight again, but wanted their brothers to save their lives.

Patton gathered all the tanks and vehicles he could find to break out of the siege. At the beginning of the night, he had the first move, but when the second armored grenade division, who was detouring to the right, came back to his senses and began to intercept, the breakout cluster could no longer rush.

At dawn, Rommel received a battle report: all the US troops who broke through last night were annihilated by our division.

"Where is Patton?"

"He opened the way for the troops on an m26 tank..." The staff member who reported was paused, "He was hit by an assaulter in our army, and the ammunition exploded, and all the crew died. Only after interrogating others did they know."

"What a pity..." Rommel said sadly, "Burn well, he is the bravest American general I have ever met!"

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