Chapter 1087 Can't hold back the fire
The White House and Oval Office, the trio are being overwhelmed by the latest battle reports on the Allied battlefield.
"I'm sorry! Damn British guy, he's still making plans at this moment!"
"Damn fat man, is his eyes really only a little bit long?"
"Don't they know the importance of North Africa? Once the Germans occupied the Suez Canal, cut off the supply line, and control the Mediterranean, can their British Isles still be able to defend?"
The desk was filled with countless pieces of paper. Whether it was the North African battlefield, the Soviet battlefield, the Asian battlefield, or the West Coast of the United States, all of them were bad news. It would be strange if President Roosevelt could be happy.
After gaining new forces of 2 million troops, Rommel has been like a chicken blood in the past few months, constantly pushing and crushing the British and French forces to retreat step by step, with heavy casualties.
At present, the German-Italy coalition forces led by the desert fox Rommel have reached the Alamein area, 350 kilometers away from Cairo, the capital of Egypt. It is getting closer and closer to the Suez Canal, and the entire Egypt is shaking.
Once the Germans occupy Egypt and control the Suez Canal, it will not only destroy the Mediterranean transportation line in the UK, but also allow the resources of blood transfusions from the Middle East, India and Oceania to forcibly bypass most of Africa to go to the UK's mainland.
The Germans can further gain control of the Mediterranean and threaten the Soviet Union on the flanks, and the entire world pattern will undergo tremendous changes.
By then, not only will the Soviet Union be unable to continue to obtain US military aid, but the British's life supply line will be cut off. Even if the Americans try their best to transfusion blood to the British, they will not be able to make the British Islands healthy.
You should know that the "wolf pack tactics" of German submarines are not a joke. In order to transfusion blood to the British Isles, the United States has to transport aid materials to London through the Atlantic Ocean, and has paid a huge price.
Roosevelt really couldn't imagine what kind of catastrophic consequences would be if the Suez Canal was controlled by the German army and the complete loss of control of the Mediterranean.
Actually, Roosevelt's roar and criticism are mainly about venting emotions, which has a strong subjective meaning. It does not mean that the British do not value Egypt and do not know what the Suez Canal means.
But the strength does not allow it, and the British have indeed tried their best.
You should know that in the face of many difficulties in the country, Churchill really fought his life and sent a total of more than 500,000 expeditionary forces into Egypt to ensure the safety of the Suez Canal.
Churchill was able to grit his teeth and send more than 600,000 expedition troops one after another. This is the current extreme strength of the British Isles. No matter how much it is, it will be a big deal!
In the past few months, the US-British Allied Forces, which were forced to the corner, have tried their best to resist the enemy.
With great casualties and serious material loss, with the strong support of the United States and the Royal Navy, the Air Force continued to attack the German supply line. In addition, Germany lacked oil resources, Rommel could only stop temporarily.
The two sides temporarily formed a confrontation near Alamein, Egypt, and are constantly engaging in wars of attrition and positional wars. The situation in the North Africa war is still extremely severe.
Currently, Germany's main source of oil is from Romania, which produces about 10 million tons of oil every year, basically feeding Germany's war machines.
The oil production in coastal provinces in Germany is only 500,000 tons per year, and the maximum production capacity of coal-to-oil is 5 million tons per year. Currently, Germany consumes about 12 million tons of oil every year.
Unfortunately, Romania's oil production capacity has reached its limit and is not enough to change the overall situation of Germany's oil shortage.
Since Germany's strategic focus is still in the Soviet Union, most of its oil production is used on the Soviet battlefield.
This led to the fact that although the German army on the North African battlefield was strong in military force and equipped with a large number of motorized infantry divisions, armored divisions and air force, the fuel shortage was a huge restrictive bottleneck.
At the same time, the poor performance of the pig teammates' Italian army is also very important.
Neither German nor Italian army looked down on each other. In the eyes of the German army, the Italian army was a "pig teammate" who "played soy sauce" and would lose in every battle.
Not to mention Italy, whether it is poor weapons and equipment, or the troops do not want to fight, etc., it is the kind of "pig teammates" who kill people and are desperate!
In addition, the unprecedentedly powerful African Armored Legion of Rommel was unable to break through Egypt and control the Suez Canal in one fell swoop, that is, the Germans believed too much in their password system.
The German Ennigcode machine can be said to be the most advanced cryptographic system at present. It has complex algorithm structures and encryption measures, which are not easy to imitate and crack. It once became the pride of the Germans, and they were very confident in their invention.
Little do we know that the UK has already mastered this cryptographic system through years of research.
This has led to the fact that Germany's intelligence is almost transparent, and it is also thanks to Rommel who often "does not apply if there is order, but does not stop it." He likes to play cards without reason. Otherwise, there would be no reputation as a desert fox and invincible record.
However, in terms of logistics transportation, that is not possible. For example, the African Legion's maritime supply line is managed by the Italian Navy, while the oil supply is managed by Germany.
Because the cryptographic system was cracked, the supplies transported by sea were often intercepted, which made it extremely difficult for African legions to recharge.
However, because Germany and Italy distrust each other and look down on each other, there are mutual complaints and shirking responsibility between the two. Rommel even believes that it is a traitor within Italy who betrayed the intelligence.
Therefore, the serious problems that the cryptographic system was cracked have been well covered up.
"His Excellency the President, the final thing is how to win the Battle of Alahman, and we can never afford to lose again!"
Marshall frowned. If it weren't for the German and Italian coalition's supply line being too long and the mechanized forces lacked oil, Egypt would have fallen long ago, and even the Middle East countries behind Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries would have fallen one by one.
In original history, the Battle of Alahman was an attack launched by the British Eighth Army under the command of Montgomery on the African Armored Corps of Rommel, led by Rommel.
During this battle, the two armies fought fiercely for twelve days, and the Allies led by Britain finally won. The German and Italian troops were forced to retreat to the Tunisian border, causing the hope of Nazi Germany and the Italian kingdom to occupy Egypt, control the Suez Canal, and occupy the strategically rich Middle East.
This battle completely reversed the situation on the North African battlefield and became a turning point in the North African battlefield in World War II.
However, in the current time and space, the active attacker was Rommel's North African Legion, while the British and American Allied Forces were trembling and passively retreating and did not dare to take the initiative.
Chapter completed!