Chapter 474: Great Plan

"But have you ever thought about how long we need to prepare to transport so many troops to South America and enough materials for them to use, and we will not know our plans during the preparation process. In addition, with so many troops and materials, how can we transport them to the Americas? According to the minimum estimate, we need at least 500 transport ships. Do the Navy have so many transport ships? Even if we can temporarily requisition merchant ships to undertake transportation tasks, who can guarantee that this process will not be discovered by the United States and Canadians?

?So many troops, materials and ships are assembled, unless Americans and Canadians are fools, they will never know what we want to do." Xiao Jie pointed out one loophole in Eck's plan. Of course, this does not mean that he is unwilling to send troops to support Dawu. After all, Dawu and him have always maintained a very good relationship. And whether the French 1st Legion can hold on in South America will also have a great impact on France's future strategy. The reason why he said this was entirely because he hoped that Eck and the others could come up with a practical plan.

Both Ek and Dugor were silent. It was not that they had not thought about this problem, but that this problem was too difficult to solve. And time was so urgent that the South American war could start at any time. These forced them to come up with solutions as soon as possible.

Seeing Eke and Dugor in a dilemma, Xiao Jie knew that there was no way out of the way. So he smiled and said, "If you two have no good solutions, I can provide you with a suggestion." In Xiao Jie's mind, there are many ways to solve this problem. The most classic thing is the landing of the US and British forces in Normandy during World War II. At that time, before launching the Normandy Landing War, the US and British troops deployed a large number of suspicious soldiers on the other side of Calais, France, and released a lot of false news. Germany believed that the US and British forces would land in Calais, thereby relaxing the defense of the Normandy region. The US and British forces could achieve success in landing. Now, the difficulties encountered by France are very similar to those encountered by the United States and Britain at that time. Xiao Jie believes that if France uses the strategy used by the US and British forces in person, it will be very likely to hide it from the United States and Canada, and thus successfully land in South America.

"Your Majesty, what's the way?" Dugor asked hurriedly. Eck also had hope on his face.

"Actually, this method is very simple. We can deploy a large number of troops in the Normandy Peninsula, Calais, the Netherlands and Norway, and make a defensive line to attack the United States and Canada in the eastern North Atlantic. What do you think about the United States and Canada? At that time, we can legitimately gather a large number of troops and ships in these three places. However, since the implementation of this plan requires too much force, we can only deploy a small number of troops in Calais, the Netherlands and Norway, but

But the United States and Canada must think that we have deployed a large number of troops in those places. The troops we really want to land in South America are all deployed on the Normandy Peninsula. Finally, we are launching an attack on the eastern North Atlantic defense line established by the United States and Canada. However, the destination of the troops deployed in the Normandy region will be changed to South America. I think that when our troops appear on the coast of South America, the US President will definitely order their intelligence chief to be shot." Xiao Jie said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, this plan is so great. You are such a genius." Dugor exclaimed sincerely. He is an honest person after all, and generally does not praise others. But now, he is completely conquered by the plan proposed by Xiao Jie. He never thought that in his opinion, the problem that could not be solved was solved in Xiao Jie's hands.

However, after hearing Xiao Jie's plan, Eck was shocked. However, he found that it was also very difficult for France to complete the plan mentioned by Xiao Jie. "Your Majesty, although your plan is very shocking and perfect. However, judging from the situation we are facing now, it is almost impossible to complete such a plan." Eck said directly.

Xiao Jie was not unhappy about Eke's directness. On the contrary, he liked the ministers very much. This allowed him to avoid making mistakes. For France, this was absolutely very important. Just like Napoleon at the time, although he established an empire that was necessary to be huge, he did not do enough in appointing talents and correcting his own mistakes. This cannot be said to have nothing to do with the destruction of the Napoleon Empire at the time.

"Indeed, there are certain problems to complete this plan with our current strength. However, this is definitely not impossible." Xiao Jie said affirmatively.

"Then your majesty, I have a few questions, I hope you can answer it." Eck said.

"Tell me." Xiao Jie looked at Ek with interest. He also did not think that Ek was not giving him face. He knew that Ek was completely for the sake of the country.

"Your Majesty, according to your plan, how many troops do we have to use. The European war has just ended, and we don't have so much strength to complete this plan. In addition, many legions are still distributed in other parts of Europe. It is basically impossible to rush back to France in a short time. The war in South America may break out at any time. We are too late." Eck asked first.

"That's right. Our troops are slightly insufficient. However, we only need to assemble the main troops in Normandy, and other places can use strategies to make the United States and Canada think that we have deployed a lot of troops. Inevitably, we deliberately built a large military camp so that the troops would quietly turn back after they left the city, and then leave the city again. This way, the American and Canadian spies would definitely not know the real troops we sent. They would only think that we have sent a large number of troops. In addition, the troops deployed in the Netherlands and Calais were completely gone.

It is necessary to use elite legions, and we can use the newly formed French 4th and 5th legions. As long as the legion logo is changed, who knows which legion they belong to? As for the army in Norway, we can completely let the French 3rd legion enter Norway from Sweden. Anyway, Sweden has been almost settled, and I believe they can perform this scene well. As for the army deployed in Normandy, that is, the troops sent to South America, I personally think that the 89th legion and the 2nd legion of Iberia deployed in Central Europe can serve as the ones." Xiao Jie said.

Eck was silent and said, "But the 89th Legion and the 2nd Iberian Legion were sent to South America. How can we ensure the security of France and the stability of Central Europe?"

"I am not worried about France's principles. With the existence of the 88th Legion, I don't believe that any country can end up in a critical situation. Although the 88th Legion has not participated in the war for many years, no one dares to underestimate their combat effectiveness. If the United States and Canada take advantage of this period to attack France, let alone whether they can break through the naval blockade. Even if they can break through the naval blockade, it will give the 88th Legion a chance to test it." Xiao Jie said with a smile. He has always been full of confidence in the 88th Legion.

"As for the stability of Central and European countries, we can completely transfer the 2nd French Army from Poland to Central Europe. Poland is now our strongest ally, and there is no need to station so many troops in Poland. And the Eastern European countries are basically calm now, and there are occasionally some opposition forces. The 4th French Army and the 3rd Iberian Army can also completely eliminate the other side." Xiao Jie continued.

Eck nodded, and he was still very satisfied with Xiao Jie's answer.

"Then your Majesty, according to the plan you mentioned, we have to deploy a large number of transport fleets in Normandy, Calais, the Netherlands and Norway. Where can we find so many transport ships for a while? If merchant ships are collected, it will inevitably have a great impact on our economy and may also cause dissatisfaction among merchants. If this happens before the war comes, it will be very unfavorable for us." Eck asked with some concern.

"This, the Navy certainly does not have enough transport ships. We can only collect merchant ships. However, we can try our best to motivate the patriotic enthusiasm of merchants. From tomorrow, the Empire Daily will start to promote our conflicts with the United States in large quantities and the fact that the United States has hit our doorstep. I believe that merchants will fully cooperate with our actions." Xiao Jie said with a frown. He did not dare to fully guarantee this.

"Your Majesty, if you are your own merchants, I fully believe in their patriotic enthusiasm. But don't forget that there are still a large number of Jewish merchants. They are all profit-oriented guys, and I'm afraid they will find it difficult for them to cooperate with us." Eck was a little worried.
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