Facing Kuznetsov's invitation, Patton just glanced at the translator coldly, and then said coldly with a stern face: "Tell the Russian dogs that based on their performance here, I treat them as enemies. I would rather cut off my head than drink with the enemy!"

This is quite rude and rude, especially to note that this is in a formal diplomatic situation. As the saying goes, diplomacy is nothing small, Patton's attitude is simply afraid that things will not be big enough.

Button's words immediately attracted the attention of the crowd, because it was impossible not to pay attention. This guy's style was outstanding before, and these words were almost yelled, just because he was afraid that the people around him would not hear clearly. Anyway, Livinov, who was more than ten meters away, was really listening, and his face collapsed at that time.

Anyway, the US representative who attended the cocktail party at that time recalled: "Barton was going to mess up everything. He was like a rude Texas cowboy riding a horse named 'Silly' and jumping around the venue."

At the critical moment, Kuznetsov's reaction was quick, and he immediately asked the translator to tell Patton: "My opinion happens to be the same as yours. Sir, since that's the case, why can't we two people with the same opinion have a drink?"

Kuznetsov's approach to taking the overall situation into consideration did not make Patton restrain himself. Instead, he pushed the interpreter away from the venue angrily. This action immediately caused an uproar. Even Livinov, who had a pro-British and American stance, could not bear it and had to protest to the US side.

Well, Patton is in trouble this time. It’s not 1945. Only one of the three axes has fallen. Germany and Japan, which are stubbornly resisting, still need the efforts of the Soviet Union. What’s more, the United States and the Soviet Union have just reached an agreement that the Soviet Union is preparing to declare war on Japan after the Overlord Operation. What did Patton do? It deliberately undermines the unity within the alliance and insults the meritorious generals who volunteered to assist the US Navy in the fight against the Japanese invaders. It was a bad guy without any grace.

Patton's behavior directly alarmed President Roosevelt, and the president had to summon Marshall to the White House immediately. Ask him why he recommended such a general to him. The old president asked angrily: "Are you sure Patton has so-called military talent? In my opinion, he is trying to destroy the allies and the upcoming overlord operation!"

Marshall was also very depressed. Although he had known that Patton was a troublemaker and knew that he was good at causing all kinds of troubles, he really didn't expect that this guy's level of trouble would be so high that there were not many people who could make President Roosevelt so angry, and this was a breakthrough of the sky.

"The bad effects must be eliminated immediately," Roosevelt instructed. "Also, let that bastard shut his mouth!"

Marshall left the White House with a head full of white hair. He knew very well that Patton was a great death this time, and his military career was probably completely over. No matter how capable he was, no one would be willing to accept such a deadly political time bomb. Even his old friend Eisenhower might not tolerate it.

In fact, Eisenhower was also very scared. He did have the idea of ​​enabling Patton before. Although this person was a little bit awkward, he was really good at fighting. He still had a tough battle with the Germans, so he couldn't just throw Patton away. According to his ideas, just let Patton secretly participate in the war and avoid those annoying news media.

But as soon as this incident came out today, Eisenhower immediately threw this idea out of the blue, because it was too dangerous. If Patton got fucked again one day, he would really not be able to withstand it. You must know that Eisenhower is a person who is determined to be the president, how could Patton ruin a big deal?

Eisenhower shrank his eggs, and Marshall was about to have a good talk with Patton, but what Marshall didn't expect was that before he could talk to Patton, this guy was in trouble again.

After leaving the party rudely, Patton became a hot commodity in the eyes of the news media. For American journalists who have no moral integrity, Patton with a big mouth is equivalent to a major news value. As long as this guy puts a few mouths on the front page, there will be no headache for the next week.

So not long after Patton left, he was immediately surrounded by a group of reporters. These unconscionable guys knew very well what Patton had. If he wanted to get big news from him, he had to follow the crowd. These guys first complimented Patton with a very unconscionable amount of compliments on Patton, and his bunch of flattery and good words to praise merit instantly made Patton, who was still angry just now. Then this guy started talking nonsense based on his nature and under the influence of drugs.

At the beginning, he was still in his old tune, trying his best to slander the Soviet Union, equate the Soviet Union with the Nazis, and vigorously advocated that he should immediately attack the Soviet Union, and it would be better to declare war on the Soviet Union immediately. In short, this guy has said everything in his heart, that's so refreshing!

In fact, the reporters were already very satisfied. Only these explosive news was enough for a month's sales. But who would have thought that when it came, an inadvertent problem brought about a bigger violent news!

At that time, a reporter asked how to transform these fascist countries after defeating the Axis powers, and whether all fascists and extreme ideas should be completely eliminated. To this question, Patton replied foolishly: "I don't think this is a good idea. The old order has been destroyed, and the new order has not been established. While we are busy destroying fascism, we must be wary of the proliferation of **. In my opinion, the best way to resist the expansion of the Soviet Union and ** in Western Europe is to temporarily retain those fascists. They did a good job in managing the country before. As skilled staff, they will achieve greater results!"

Good guy, this is a thunder! Because Patton's words completely violated all the agreements of the allies before, and were contrary to the Cairo declaration before. To put it bluntly, this was simply a storm.

For a moment, the journalists present were so happy that they almost fainted because happiness came too suddenly. But what they didn’t expect was that the greatest happiness was still behind!

Because immediately a reporter with ulterior motives and erotic hearts raised another question to Patton: "You mean, is it the same that ordinary Nazis joining their party to become Republicans or Democrats?"

Poor Patton didn't realize it was a trap and replied nonsense: "Yes, it seems to me that's about the same."

Good guy, the reporters are really going crazy and almost ran back to the newspaper. This major news must be published as fast as possible!

The front page of the New York Times was: "Barton said: Democrats & Republicans = Nazis." The Washington Post said: "General Patton said: Nazis are like Republicans and Democrats!"

In fact, when Patton saw these newspapers, he also woke up and knew that this time he might have been a big mess. However, this guy was still lucky at the time. He had also been tricked before. During the Torch Operation, he once turned against General Hewitt, but later he was not called brother. The previous slap incident did not hurt him a single hair. What's more, Patton didn't think he was saying something wrong.

So when the storm became more and more violent, Patton seemed to be extremely calm. After the catharsis above, Patton felt quite comfortable and naturally could not show signs of remorse. What's more, he thought he had seen such things for a lot of time, and his superiors had no choice but to treat him. At worst, he would be scolded by Eisenhower or Marshall. Then the big things turned into small things and disappeared.

But this time, Patton was wrong because the mastermind behind this time was a fairy. Li Xiaofeng wanted to mess with him so that he could never turn over again, so he would not let him get out easily. Moreover, within the US Army, Patton is no longer an indispensable figure. Anyway, everyone thinks that it is better to lose a big mouth and an old ruffian, and thinks that sacrificing him will not have any impact on the overall situation. What's more, this guy is still making mistakes, so don't tolerate it. After all, he has seriously offended the politicians in Washington.

Neither the Democratic Party nor the Republican Party could tolerate Patton's rhetoric. In their opinion, Patton insulted the two-party system in the United States and treated the Republican Party and the Democratic Party with the Nazis in the same way, which was simply a malicious provocation.

Politicians don't mind giving Patton a little color and letting him taste a little bit of excellence. Once a politician starts to exert influence, the first one that cannot stand is Eisenhower. Ike will definitely only choose to sacrifice Patton for his future political career.

Even the American public cannot tolerate Patton. People generally believe that Nazism is the number one public enemy of mankind. Patton actually speaks good things for the enemy and continues to appoint those Nazis to act as a blessing. Why should the US team be involved in this war?

When Patton's remarks were widely spread, the public already believed that Patton was a sympathizer of the Nazis, a Nazi hidden in the US team. The slap incident of this guy was still vivid in my mind, which fits this image. Well, Patton soon changed from a war hero to a rat on the street.

Politicians didn't like him, and old friends gave him up. The public even maliciously attacked him, and Patton was at the end of the day. At the end of April, Victor Bernstein published a battle manifesto against Patton in the afternoon newspaper, fiercely denounced him. The article finally concluded in bold words: "Paton should be dismissed immediately!"

The situation was getting worse and worse, and Eisenhower had to take action immediately. On May 2, he ordered Patton to go to his headquarters to meet with him by phone. At this time, Patton also had a premonition that the result of the meeting would not be so wonderful, but he was still making the final effort. He took off his shiny steel helmet and did not wear his cherished pearl ivory-handled revolver. He wore simple soldier pants (Patton usually wore breeches) on his lower body and a casual jacket on his upper body. In short, he deliberately pretended to be low-key and down-and-out, hoping to play the tragic card.

When Patton arrived at Eisenhower's headquarters, the first person who received him was not Ike himself, but Dr. Dorn and Major General Clarence Adco. They presented Patton with an investigation material to endorse Eisenhower's next actions. Afterwards, Patton talked with Eisenhower for two hours. At the end of the meeting, Eisenhower announced on the spot that he would be removed from his post as commander of the First Army of Patton.

In order to leave some face to this veteran on the battlefield, the Supreme Command explained the decision: Patton was suffering from serious illness and could not continue to fulfill his obligations, and must return to China to cultivate immediately.

When reporters asked what disease Patton was suffering from, Dr. Dorn said: "Long-term hard work caused Patton to suffer from severe neurasthenia, which seriously affected his thinking, judgment and behavior..." Well, this is actually the American version of being mentally ill, but to be honest, Patton was really like a mentally ill at that time. Eisenhower, who was already the president of the United States many years later, recalled the unpleasant meeting:

"George's mental state was very unstable at the time. He was sometimes excited, sometimes depressed, and once cried like a child..."

Patton returned to the United States in disgrace, but this time he was not a hero, but a bear. Soon he fell into severe depression and tried to commit suicide by raising a gun. A year later, due to severe alcoholism, hepatic cirrhosis, liver and ascites, took the life of the veteran. At that time, he was already the most famous mental patient in the United States.

After Patton died, the guilty heart made Kim confess all this. He wrote in detail the whole story of his poisoning of Patton into a book and surrendered to the federal government. At that time, he said: "I want to confess everything like a man. I murder Patton. This is the fact. I must confess. But this does not mean that I apologize to Patton. I am just revenge for the victims of the tragedy on July 28, 1932!"

Jin En's surrender caused an uproar. Although some voices were also making noises for Patton, Jin En's confession more evoked Americans' memories of that tragic era, as well as their condolences and confessions for the unfortunate encounters of those poor veterans.

This wave soon swept the United States with the help of those who are interested. When the US government tried to take tit-for-tat measures against the Soviet Union on the issue of China, veterans dominated the public opinion: "Politicians must make us and our children work hard for their dirty purposes again. But fellow citizens, don't be fooled. And young men, don't join the army, otherwise you will lose everything you cherish like us. Then drive you out of Washington like a dog!"

War-weariness reached its peak, and Truman had to compromise with public opinion and gave up his plan to directly interfere in China affairs. Without the full support of the American godfather, Kaishen Logistics naturally became worse and worse.

But these are all later stories, so I won’t mention them for now. Back to the story itself, when Patton got out of the European battlefield in shame, Li Xiaofeng felt relaxed. He knew that the Americans would soon regret it. When Montgomery made a big fuss at the racecourse, and when they were unable to start the situation in France, the Ikes would miss Patton.

However, in early May 1944, the most attractive place on the European battlefield was the Eastern Front, which was the competition between Rokosovsky and Zhukov. Rokosovsky's Second Belarusian Front easily ran over Brest Fortress and headed straight for Warsaw. Zhukov was not at a disadvantage. His Second Ukrainian Front also rushed out of Ukraine, and his troops also pointed directly at Warsaw.

As the Red Army's double-set car, whoever could seize Warsaw first developed into a competition that the Military Commission would like to see. At that time, the two sides had similar strengths and were almost the same distance from Warsaw. The only difference was that there were a little more enemies on Rokosovsky, but Zhukov also had adverse factors. That is, his logistics supply faced certain problems, and the supplies were not so sufficient. Anyway, overall, the two sides were on the same starting line, which was a very fair competition. And these two people were also holding on to become the first person to liberate Warsaw.

Compared with the strong soldiers and strong morale of the Red Army, the Germans seemed miserable and miserable. Because Hitler's Spring Awakening Plan, the precious force that was originally supposed to be used to reinforce the Central Army Group was thrown into Romania, and then fell head-on into this mud pit. A large number of living forces were eliminated, resulting in the German army's deployment of troops and formations appearing full of holes.

Let me put it this way, the most powerful Central Army Group of the German army had been sieve by the Red Army, and it was really leaking everywhere. What's terrible is that Hitler could not draw out the troops that blocked the holes for a while, and the living forces that could be recruited in Germany were almost all called. Now the remaining ones are either technical workers, children who are underage or old men over 45 years old. Is it really appropriate to let these old, weak, sick and disabled people go to the battlefield?

There was no way to do it if it was not suitable. Hitler, who had lost the opportunity, took out all the bets he could find. He instructed Sperer to speed up the equipment production of the new troops and to arm Germany to the teeth as quickly as possible.

This request made Sperer too embarrassed. The head of state's military production plan made him in a mess. He finally put together hundreds of tanks to meet the spring awakening plan. Who would have thought that more than half of it would be lost in one hand? At this time, the head of state unrealistically proposed the idea of ​​arming a million-strong army. Do you think this is *******!

However, no one dared to say no to the head of state. Even Sperer dared not disobey the head of state. He could only bear it silently and try to achieve it with scientific means. The so-called scientific means naturally stop those "unscientific" plans that were entrusted by the head of state with infinite hope, such as the Tiger King, such as the e100 plan. Instead, the limited ones should be placed on those that can be mass-produced, such as Sperer's favorite e-25 plan... (To be continued.)

ps: Bow and thank Eternal Silence, zz120, Chuanli Huagui, the giant among giants, the First Guard Tank Brigade, go to bed early and get up and exercise more and comrade Juventus!
Chapter completed!