As time flies into April, the breath of spring becomes stronger, and the whole Western Europe is swept in the high spring. From time to time, you can smell the fragrance of flowers and plants in the air from time to time, and you can hear the chanting of the spring breeze. On the battlefield with cloudy battles in the Western Front, the past March was crazy and calm. In general, the Allies and the Germans did not engage in the crazy battles I imagined throughout March, and the two sides only had an extremely wonderful air battle on the blue sky.

In order to weaken the potential of the German war and to destroy Germany's living forces, the Allies sent strategic bomber formations to bombard the German industrial zones countless times, but the Allies completely underestimated the German air defense force. Each batch of strategic bomber clusters of the Allies would be violently blocked by the German air defense artillery fire and the desperate interception of German fighter troops. The bombs that really landed on German territory were pitifully few.

In particular, the German ME262 jet fighter played the role of an Allied air nightmare. Allied pilots found that no one of their own aircraft could compete with the German ME262 jet fighter. Moreover, with the increase in the number of ME262 jet combat, the pilot's proficiency increased and the improvement of aircraft performance improved. The Germans formed an insurmountable jet chasm in the sky, and Allied pilots had to helplessly call some areas where ME262 jet combat active, the jet corridor.

Unfortunately, the number of ME262 jet combat is relatively rare and the output is not high. In addition, every pilot must go through two to three weeks of adaptive training before flying ME262 jet fighter onto the battlefield. This series of insurmountable difficulties make it difficult for the Germans to gather enough jet fighters in a short period of time to form an air strike cluster against the Allies, otherwise the German bombers would have already launched a strike. If all fighter pilots flew jet fighters onto the battlefield, it would be a nightmare for the air force to survive.

However, with the continuous increase in production and quality of the ME262 jet fighter and the latest Ta-183 jet interceptor is about to be put into use, the Germans have already won quality in the future sky battle.

At noon that day, in the Allied Supreme Command, Eisenhower recruited all the Allied generals from the battlefield to discuss the Allied's next action plan.

At present, the Allied forces have fully expanded their troops throughout the Western Front and have begun to prepare for the attack on the Maginot Line. However, how to attack and where to launch the attack is still the focus of endless debate among the Allied forces. Generals at all levels of the Allied forces expressed their opinions, Wang Po was selling melons and boasting about themselves, and the attack plan was also strange, which made Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Army very troubled.

"Gentlemen, everyone is here, let's start our meeting today! However, before the meeting begins, I still want to say, I don't want everyone to make noise like the previous few times. We hold a combat meeting, not a vegetable market to sell cabbage, I hope everyone can maintain a gentlemanly manner." At the beginning of the meeting, General Eisenhower, who has been obviously thin recently, gave generals at all levels an epidemic prevention shot.

The meeting room was as quiet as water for a moment. The Allied generals at all levels who wanted to speak out their opinions were tactfully shut up and did not speak first.

After half a salary, Eisenhower asked with satisfaction, "Since everyone has nothing to say, let me say a few points first."

Eisenhower changed into a heavy expression, "Comrades, it's very serious! It's very serious. Our great Allies have reached a very dangerous juncture, and our strategic bombing of the Germans ended in failure. As of last night, we have lost 135 B-29 Super Aerial Fortress bombers, 200 B17 bombers, and 358 escort fighters. Although we can replenish the lost planes soon, the pilots cannot.

Now except for a hero, Lieutenant Bush, who successfully escaped, thought that other pilots had no voice. This is a heavy blow to us and we must take action. Since the sky cannot do so, we will attack from the ground. I hope that everyone here can actively provide suggestions to defeat the fascism as soon as possible, liberate the European people from the yoke of darkness, and make their due contributions."

Eisenhower's enthusiastic speech resonated with the Allied generals on the battlefield. They all respected Marshal Eisenhower's noble sentiment for the country and the people.

However, this time, the Allied generals at all levels who usually proposed combat plans were a little weak. They no longer proposed their combat plans, but just hung their heads and flattered them.

Eisenhower was very dissatisfied with everyone's performance, frowned and asked, "Don't just talk nonsense. I don't listen to the silly words, so let's talk about how we should attack!"

Everyone was shocked. They usually proposed combat plans and made up the slogans and nonsense for quarrels. They had never carefully considered how to attack the German army. Today, General Eisenhower asked the main topic, but everyone didn't know how to speak.

After a few minutes, everyone still didn't say anything, which made Eisenhower's face darker and darker, and blue veins appeared on his old and rough skin, which was a sign that a volcanic eruption killed all human beings.

Just when everyone was at a loss, British Army General Montgomery stood up as proudly as a turtle and said, "General Eisenhower, I have drafted a combat plan and I want to ask you to take a look."

"Oh, let me tell you, I believe General Montgraley will surprise me." Eisenhower smiled at the corner of his mouth.

Montgmali walked proudly on the aristocratic step, came to the large combat map, held up the silver-glowing baton, and said, "Gentlemen, my combat plan is actually very simple. For the specific content, I will copy a copy and hand it over to everyone. I will call this combat plan the "Market-Garden" action plan.

It is to take all the remaining paratroopers in our hands at once to an important area behind the Maginot Line, occupy important bridges and targets, and put the German defense into chaos, which I call it (market). Immediately afterwards, our ground forces quickly launched an attack, assaulted from weak areas on the Maginot Line, cooperated with the paratroopers to completely defeat the German defense, and drove away the German troops in Belgium. I call this (garden).

"Wow," Montgmarley's words finished, and the command center was like a rooster falling into a hen's flock. Montgmarley's combat plan could be described as walking a tightrope, and its level of adventure was simply terrible.

Montgmarley's dead opponent, US Army Lieutenant General Patton, retorted without hesitation, "General Montgmarley, your plan is too risky! Let's not talk about the possibility of success, I just want to ask, what if our ground forces cannot meet with the paratroopers in time? During the Battle of Normandy, our most elite paratrooper divisions were wiped out. Do you have to worry about losing all the paratroopers?"

"Yes! General Patton is right." Patton's best friend, Lieutenant General Bradley, also made a questioning voice, "General Montgmarley, your plan is indeed too risky. I always thought you were a calm general. I didn't expect you to propose such a risky plan, which really made me expect."

Regarding the opposition from the two old opponents, Montgmarley said in preparation, "I have considered the opinions raised by everyone, and I understand that this plan is indeed too risky. But can you propose a better combat plan?"

After a pause, Montgmarley raised the volume. "If we attack the Maginot Line from the front, we will be hit and bloody. The incomplete fortifications on the Normandy beaches will cause our great Allied forces to lose nearly 100,000 elite troops, and five main divisions have lost their combat effectiveness. If we attack the more solid Maginot Line, how many people will die? In this case, only my plan can break through the Maginot Line with the least casualties and the fastest speed, and then form a local number advantage and completely defeat the German army in Belgium."

Everyone was speechless for a moment. Under Montgmarley's clever gaze, they couldn't raise their heads. Indeed, although Montgmarley's plan was extremely risky, it was still very feasible. At least, it was a hundred times better than hitting the Maginot line of defense. But the opponents still had a glimmer of hope and stared at General Eisenhower, hoping that the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces could make an objection.

But they were disappointed, and Eisenhower then agreed to Montgmarley's combat plan in an agreement. "I think General Montgmarley's plan is very interesting."

After careful consideration, Eisenhower walked to the battle map as elegantly as a king, stood beside Montgmarley, pointed to Belgium on the map, and said without refutation, "A few days ago, I received a call from President Roosevelt. He was not satisfied with our recent situation in Europe. The president meant that the war between us and Germany should be resolved as soon as possible, forcing the Germans to negotiate with us, and then concentrated the troops on the Pacific battlefield. As long as we win on the European battlefield, we can get more bargaining chips at the negotiating table."

After putting down his hand, Eisenhower continued with a serious expression, "Didn't you notice it? When we fought the German army on the Western Front, the Eastern Front seemed a little too calm."

"Wow," the generals discussed again. Only then did they realize that during the decisive battle on the Western Front, the Soviet Union, which was far away on the Eastern Front, did not have any major moves to attack the German army. Even if the Soviet Union was defeated by the Germans at present, it should not be so calm that the Germans could calmly transfer the troops on the Eastern Front to the Western Front.

Eisenhower waved his hand and stopped everyone's exclamation, "Stalin is a very powerful strategist. He understands very well that it will be more beneficial to him if we fight the Germans to the death. Therefore, although he launched a comprehensive counterattack on the Eastern Front, he is all about appearances. In fact, his real power is very limited. It can be said that Stalin and the Germans have achieved some silent tacit understanding on the Eastern Front and allow the Germans to transfer the main force away. Since our allies are so shameless, why should we take care of him!

So we have to find a way to force the Germans to negotiate with us, so that after the Germans fail on the battlefield, they will make concessions at the negotiating table. To achieve this goal, we have to push the troops to the German border. Therefore, I agree with General Montgmarley's plan very much."

In the huge command center, the calmness of death was once again in peace. General Eisenhower's words were like a sharp needle, inserted into the hearts of everyone, and the red liquid flowed out of pain. The generals then truly realized that they had forgotten the existence of the Soviet Union. It seemed that the Soviets were truly despicable and the real winners after the Western Front.

War serves politics, and politics is established above war. Stalin successfully transferred the war to the Western Front, giving the Soviet Union more time to accumulate strength to deal with the Germans. Therefore, Stalin did not cooperate with the battle on the Western Front, but instead instigated the Germans to mobilize the elites from the Eastern Front to the Western Front. Let the Germans fight both sides of the US and British troops, which is the most despicable thing for Stalin.

The generals then fully understood why Montgomery, who was extremely calm in daily life, proposed this risky and extremely aggressive combat plan. It seemed that Montgomery had already smelled some political smell, so he proposed this (time market-garden) action plan to attack the German army.

"Do you have any objections? If not, we will implement General Montgmarley's (market-garden) action plan." Eisenhower made a statement, hoping that generals at all levels of the Allied Forces can also respond actively.

This time, no one spoke again. Everyone understood that this combat plan might not be Montgmarley's idea, but was proposed by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill for political purposes. It would not work if their own opposition was effective, so it would be better to implement this plan well.

After figuring this out, everyone remained silent and didn't speak like a turtle.
Chapter completed!