"What does he have about the defense of the Four Islands?"

"He believes that the four Caribbean islands will not be the focus of German attacks for the time being, and he is more worried about the direction of Central America." Clark explained. "We have less than 100,000 troops in Central America, scattered on a large tract of land from Guatemala to Panama. He believes that it is easy to be attacked by both Japanese and German armies."

Everyone looked at the map with concern and thought that it was not an unfair worry. Central America is very small in depth and its wings are facing the sea, so it is indeed easy to be attacked. Fortunately, the main force of the Japanese army is on the front line of Australia and New Zealand, and it seems that the risk is not so great.

"What's his countermeasure?"

"Deploy a strong reserve team in Mexico, ready to reinforce the Central American direction at any time, and delay time as much as possible, waiting for the navy to restore its strength, the Central American Caribbean War Zone is highly dependent on maritime rights. Without maritime rights, you can only be passively beaten everywhere. Not to mention 300,000 troops, even adding 1 million is not enough to make a fuss." Clark said, "So my thinking is slightly different from those of the Navy. If you are sure that the main German fleet is attacking westward, I suggest using the Atlantic Fleet to block the entrance and lock them in the Caribbean cage."

Ingram smiled bitterly: "The enemy is strong and I am weak, so it is impossible to block it. Could it be that the enemy's eight battleships drove over and I used several Alaska-class battle patrols to block it? Isn't that an egg hit a stone?"

Clark may not be able to lead troops to fight, but the overall situation, leadership and organizational strength are still first-class. In order to help Walter Kruger complete the defense system of the Caribbean theater in Central America as soon as possible, he recommended his chief of staff and classmate Alfred Maximilian Glenther (this man who served as commander-in-chief of NATO Allied forces in history) to Kruger, because after Li Qiwei became the commander of the Fifth Army, he hoped that the chief of staff would use his familiar Taylor. Clark met Li Qiwei's requirements while promoting his old classmates. Even though the Chief of Staff and Chief of Staff of the War Zone seem to be in the same way, for Clark, who is well versed in the organizational system, he knew that this was completely two levels in the future.

After Clark became the deputy chief of staff, he didn't care much about the operation. Usually MacArthur was in charge of Clark's work, organization, personnel, logistics, coordination, etc., and MacArthur was impatient to care about these trivial matters, and basically Clark could make the decision after he made a decision.

However, Glenser did not rely solely on classmates to climb up. He was not weak in ability. He basically planned the combat orders issued by Clark (Clark himself basically did not care about the battle). From the name, we can see that Glenser was a descendant of the Germans of the Holy Roman Empire (although he was born in the United States). Therefore, the Loyalty Act was a joke within the army. The most capable and the most outstanding generals were almost all German. Hoover also knew this factor and never dared to act rashly in the army.

When Dewey heard that the commander and the chief of staff were both German and had good relationships and practical experience, he was relieved. He was afraid that he would have had conflicts with the generals and the staff and logistics officers. He still remembered the conflict between Patton and Smith.

The Walter Beadell Smith War began as secretary of the Joint Council and the United Nations Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, and later served as chief of staff of Eisenhower and participated in the North African campaign. Smith was cold-hearted, tough and rude, and had many enemies but was afraid of going to the battlefield. During the Kenyan campaign, Patton once found Smith shivering in a trench and shivering and felt strange. When he asked closer, he found out that he was avoiding artillery fire. Patton was very angry because the one who fired the gun just now was the US artillery rather than Goodrian's troops.

A senior general was so afraid of enemy artillery fire, which was a strange story in the world. Not long after, even the British and Australians knew about it. After being ridiculed for a long time, Patton was angry and complained to Eisenhower to get rid of Smith. But Ike didn't take this matter seriously. He thought that Smith could not go to the front line, but was a competent butler and thug who could mercilessly dismiss an old friend who was incompetent to work. The strategic retreat from Kenya was Smith's deployment. Patton was so angry that he wanted to duel him repeatedly.

Marshall mediated a lot about this matter. Even Dewey, who was not concerned about the military, knew that the conflict between the two was now Patton died in his country. Smith followed Eisenhower to Australia. The whole thing finally calmed down for a while, but Dewey was still worried about the conflicts and conflicts between senior generals. This kind of conflict was not only between the three navy, army, air and the army, but also within the army and the navy. As the president, he could not make a fair decision based entirely on right and wrong, and could only hope that everyone could work together for the sake of the country.

In his opinion, although the navy's tricks were a bit damaged, it was a good move to turn the situation around in a weak situation. However, in order to avoid causing conflicts, he could not express his support publicly, so as not to think that the president personally defeated the army.

MacArthur, who had not spoken much, suddenly added: "I am not particularly worried about the Germans' occupation of Trinidad and Tobago and attacking Recife after they attacked north. The thing I worry most now is the same as General Kruger, who is afraid that our army will not have enough strength to fight west, whether Panama or Venezuela. As for other parts of Central America, if Mexico supports it, the problem will not be particularly big."

Everyone nodded with a serious expression. Venezuela originally had 50,000 troops, but after the British Guiana troops retreated, their troops increased to more than 60,000, but they still seemed to be no match for the German army.

Turner knew that MacArthur hadn't given up on the idea of ​​letting the Atlantic Fleet go to fight to the decisive battle, and he was not inconvenient to openly reject the Army's request, so he explained again: "The Navy hopes to buy more time, we."

Nimitz waved his hand and stopped Turner from continuing to speak, saying, "This is how the Navy hopes that the Army and Air Force can be as slow as possible in Trinidad and Tobago, killing the German fleet, and at the same time make a promise that if the German army occupy the island and attacks Recife or the main four islands of the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Fleet will be fully deployed to meet the enemy; if the German army then attacks the Venezuelan front line, we hope that the Army can hold on until 5 weeks in late February, and the Navy will basically have 7 aircraft carriers, and we will strive to fight with the German army once! At this stage, light warships, submarine units, HNAs, and Marines can all be put into battle according to the needs of the battle."

Nimitz's opinion is very clear: if the German army goes north and east, the Atlantic Fleet will attack now no matter how difficult it is; if the German army goes west, it hopes that Venezuela will last for 5 weeks, wait for the two Essex-class ships to officially form combat effectiveness and improve the winning coefficient. In short, unless the German fleet retreats, in late February and early March, the Atlantic Fleet will strive to pull out and fight.

Admiral Jin's mouth moved. He actually didn't want to attack so quickly. He and Turner hoped to wait for the aircraft carrier to reach 910 in May before pulling it out. However, he is a smart man. He has now retreated to the second line and should respect Nimitz's authority. Since he promised on behalf of the Navy, he should not destroy it himself, so as not to have two voices from the Navy.

Nimitz's speech was still important. Seeing that General King and Turner were not heard, Ingram agreed. Spruins considered it and believed that Nimitz's suggestions were basically acceptable in politics and military terms. He agreed. Several generals of the Army and Air Force looked at each other and basically accepted Nimitz's point of view. MacArthur could no longer realistically force the Atlantic Fleet to disappear like the Pacific Fleet, and the Army completely caught it blindly.

Seeing that the three armies finally reached an agreement, Dewey finally felt a big stone in his heart falling to the ground, and he concluded with the opportunity: "Since the armies have reached an agreement, I hope that you will deploy the next stage of combat policies in accordance with the spirit of the meeting, and defeat the German offensive with active and steady defense, and buy time for the country."

No one talked about what to do about the war in Hawaii at the meeting. Everyone agreed with surprise: Hawaii is just waiting for death. If it can be delayed for a few days, Dewey even asked his subordinates to draft a press release, preparing to deliver a presidential speech to the whole country once Hawaii is completely lost, calling for perseverance and never surrender! In fact, the occupation of the Aleutian Islands by the Japanese army has broken the precedent, it is nothing but sparsely populated and unobtrusive. The loss of Hawaii is not this at all, so he has to have a gesture.

The German side was not aware of the decision to suspend the Atlantic Fleet's attack by the US military. In the combat plan led by Ozawa, Mashar, Crank and others participated, the removal of the Atlantic Fleet interference was the top priority.

At noon on January 24, the main force of the German fleet officially entered the Guyana air defense circle, and Dulles' plane flew towards Lisbon under the protection of 8 TA152s. The US pilot who flew B29 used fuel savings and deliberately or unintentionally raised the altitude to more than 8,000 meters. He wanted to see the joke of TA152, but he didn't expect that the other party would fly faster and faster at altitude and become more and more flexible. Seeing that the US military is so challenging, the TA152s are not willing to be outdone. He practiced various interception formations. If this was a b29 that was bombed, he would have been shot down for a long time.

The maximum voyage of the Ta152 with two extra fuel tanks is more than 2,400 kilometers. While doing tacitly, he escorted Dulles' special plane to Lisbon from Azores.
Chapter completed!