Chapter 797 Montgomery's sortie order
"We now have the strength of the 21st Army, the 2nd Army of the British Army, the 1st Army of the Canadian Army, and the 1st Army of the Airborne Army of the 1st Army of the Airborne Army of the 7th Army of the Patton, are there any other troops supporting the war?"
But Montgomery soon continued to ask again.
"And the naval forces of Hewitt and Cunningham, and our reserves!"
"The total force exceeds more than 400,000, which is comparable to the last time we dispatched the 15th Army Group, which is about 500,000 troops. Even this time our weapons and equipment are better than the last time, but we have more new recruits!"
"In addition, Eisenhower is also rebuilding the Third U.S. Army Group, with more than 7 troops and 52 divisions (32 infantry divisions, 18 armored divisions and 3rd airborne divisions, with a number of more than 400,000. This is our most powerful reserve force!"
"However, this time the Battle of Sicily and the Battle of Casino did not dispatch this reorganized army group to carry out support operations!"
"They are now gathering in our homeland Solcom, Dartmouth, Poole, Weymouth, Liverpool, Cardiff, Swansea and other places. Even our Queen Elizabeth and Queen Maria are involved in the work of transporting them!"
"Because each ship can transport the strength of a division, it only takes 5 to 6 days to reach the Atlantic Ocean from New York!"
"In fact, the US military was originally preparing to mobilize more than 1.5 million troops and 90 divisions came to our UK to assist in the war. However, due to the Pacific War and many problems on transportation lines, the US military can now only transport 15 to 22 divisions to our UK for reserve training!"
"Of course, by the end of this year, we can send another 38 divisions to us to help us open up the second battlefield in Europe together!"
Bertram Ramsey thought for a while and replied.
"If you want to mobilize so many troops, wouldn't you have to use at least 30 airports and more than a thousand ships, as well as a large number of warehouses and hospitals!"
"And then I'm afraid there will be a lot of food to consume. In addition, how is our logistics supply line? Have you kept up with the mobilization of so many troops?"
Montgomery was surprised and asked immediately.
"I have to ask Prime Minister Eisenhower and Churchill to find out this question, because as long as they are communicating!"
"I also heard from Cunningham, because if they want to mobilize a large fleet to carry out transportation, they have to go through Cunningham's level!"
Bertram Ramsey replied.
"How do you feel about our first round of attacks?"
After Montgomery looked at the other party, he changed the subject.
"If this is the Normandy area, then we can use 8 to 10 bombers to bomb more than 300 tons in more than an hour, and then the Normandy area can be bombed into a mess of scorched earth, or even a ruin with corpses everywhere!"
"But because of Sicily here, because the last time we dispatched an air force to bomb, the German army also dispatched a large number of new aircraft and missile groups to counterattack us!"
"So if we want to win the final victory, we may have to seize sea power and air power first. Otherwise, if we rashly let the army land on landing operations, we may die in vain!"
"Even if you can successfully capture a certain beachhead position, you will probably spend a huge amount of troops and sacrifice!"
"I personally don't really recommend this kind of practice of losing troops and losing generals, and I don't really want to see such a situation appear in front of you!"
Bertram Ramsey said without any concealment of his personal thoughts.
At the same time, his eyes also shifted to the island of Sicily, where everything was pitch black and quiet, as if there was no sign of life there, it was a deserted island floating quietly on the sea where the cold wind whistled.
Let the surging sea water continue to rush, and the dark night is densely covered.
"Then let's attack our air force and airborne troops first!"
"At the same time, our fleet also carried out ship gun bombardment support operations, as well as amphibious landing operations!"
"Even if we were to die in the battlefield early this morning, we would never be able to retreat like the last time, and we would be defeated like the mountain!"
After hearing this, Montgomery stared at Bertram Ramsey with a sharp look, and immediately decided to make a decisive decision.
"Well! I'll give your order right away, Commander!"
"May God bless us invincible!"
Bertram Ramsey nodded gently and agreed.
Then he turned around and left, ready to issue a combat order.
But Montgomery's eyes were sharp like an eagle's rushing to eat, showing its sharpness.
"I only need to win this battle, don't fail!"
"Because we can no longer fail!"
Finally, Montgomery sighed to himself.
Then he left his command room and went to the aircraft warehouse to inspire and watch the pilots who were preparing to fight on the aircraft carrier.
Chapter completed!