Take Taobao to fight against Japan

"Oh, Falk! . . . "

After a wave of rhythm, Cunningham was trembling with anger, and was about to reach out for the gun in a rage.

"General Canning, please maintain your gentlemanly demeanor. Anger will not solve the problem. This will not only reveal your incompetence and stupidity, but will also bring you great disaster."

Before Cunningham ran away again, Yang Fan snorted coldly: "Before you do something stupid, I suggest you look back at General Auchinleck, General Rich, and General Mark.

In this regard, they are much better than you, the commander of the naval fleet. "

"you……"

Yang Fan's cold eyes struck, like an indestructible sharp blade, Cunningham couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart, and then subconsciously looked back.

I don't know if I don't look at it, I was stunned when I saw it, Cunningham saw Auchinleck, Rich, Alexander and other army generals all as stable as old dogs, there was no anger on their faces, and it seemed that they didn't hear Yang Fan at all. It's like humiliating yourself and the British Empire.

Seeing this, Cunningham immediately transferred the hatred value to Auchinleck and others, and asked in an extremely angry voice:

"Hey, what's going on with you all? Don't you hear that this hateful Chinese commander is insulting our British Empire? Shouldn't you say something?"

"..."

Regarding this question, Auchinleck really couldn't answer the question, because they had already experienced Yang Fan's strength, and they had been deflated many times before and after, and they had been tamed by Yang Fan long ago.

American generals such as Stilwell, Patton, and Sutherland held back smirks, and they were all happy to see the proud Brit crushed by Yang Fan.

After Cunningham was embarrassed for a while, Auchinleck finally couldn't help but speak: "General Cunningham, as a senior general of the British Empire, I think you should have a calm mind.

Although General Yang Fan's words were harsh, what he said was indeed very reasonable, and the suggestions he put forward were also very feasible. I think we can sit down and discuss slowly instead of blindly resisting. "

"My dear, General Auchinleck, how could you say such a thing?"

Hearing this, Cunningham's pupils tightened, and he stared at Auchinleck with incredible eyes and said:

"What good did this commander do to you? Let you protect him so much!"

Auchinleck said with a cold look: "General Cunningham, please pay attention to your words! If you continue to make something out of nothing, I can only think that you are provoking our British Empire Army!"

"Oh, Shet!"

Cunningham was choked up immediately, and he never dreamed that these guys would bend their elbows so blatantly.

"Well, General Cunningham, please listen to my last words!"

Cunningham refused to enter, so Yang Fan was naturally not very good-tempered, and said in a cold tone: "Since your navy has lost the courage and has no guts to attack the port of Taranto, then leave this matter to our Huaxia Huben Navy." Go do it.

We only need your Mediterranean Fleet to provide us with the necessary cooperation and cover, so there shouldn't be any problems, right? "

Cunningham rolled his eyes and said, "General Yang Fan, I admire your courage and self-confidence, but I really want to ask, do you have a navy? With those two aircraft carriers, several submarines, and those small Poor frigate, is it also worthy of being called a navy?"

"General Cunningham, it's up to you to decide whether you deserve to be called a navy. Besides, since ancient times, have there been few battles where the few have won the many, and the weak have defeated the strong?"

Yang Fan said coldly: "I just want to ask you one more question, has your Mediterranean Fleet really become a group of cowards? Have you really lost the courage to cooperate and cover?

If that's the case, I can only say that there is nothing I can do to help. At worst, our Chinese Expeditionary Army will return immediately, and we must first concentrate our efforts to wipe out the domestic invaders.

As for whether your British Empire died standing up or kneeling and surrendering to the German slaves, it has nothing to do with us in China! "

Chapter 1309 Going the other way

"Deputy Commander Yang, please don't worry!"

Seeing that Yang Fan was really angry, Stilwell quickly cast a consoling look at him, then looked at Cunningham seriously and said: "Cunningham, as the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in the North African theater, I have the right to order The fleet participated in the coordinated operations and provided cover for the Huaxia Huben Navy to attack the port of Taranto.

If you insist on refusing to cooperate in the battle, then I can only appeal to the Allied Command and ask the British Empire to send another admiral who dares to fight to replace you.

I think there should still be a few such admirals in the mighty British Empire, and they shouldn't all be scared out of their wits. "

"Oh, Shet!"

Clay figurines were also a little angry, being ruthlessly squeezed out in public, no matter how thick-skinned Cunningham was, he couldn't hold back, and roared angrily:

"Since you all want to seek death, then I will grant you. Isn't it just to cooperate with cover operations? The fleet of the British Imperial Army can escort you to the front line at any time."

"Very well, this matter has been settled. As for the specific implementation details, we will discuss it later."

Before Cunningham had a chance to repent, Yang Fan took a picture of the board, and then picked up a telegram on the table and wrote:

"Next, let's get to today's topic. Just now, the Allied Army Headquarters sent us another telegram, urging us to organize a counterattack as soon as possible, repel Rommel's army, and ensure the smooth flow of transportation lines between the European battlefield and the Asian battlefield.

In addition, the Allied Army Headquarters asked us to allocate part of our troops as soon as possible to assist the Soviet Caucasus Front Army, preventing the German army from breaking through the Caucasus Mountains and establishing direct contact with the 26 Turkish divisions on the Soviet-Turkish border. "

"So the main reason for calling everyone here today is for these two things. What should our combat goals be?"

"Our operational goal is only to expel the German army and ensure the safety of the Suez Canal, or should we determine a more aggressive goal?"

"The other thing is, should we immediately send troops to reinforce the Soviet Caucasus Front Army? If so, which army should send how many troops?"

"Please feel free to speak freely about the above matters, I want to hear everyone's opinions."

As soon as Yang Fan finished speaking, a US military staff officer answered immediately:

"Since it is an order from the Allied Army Headquarters to counterattack the German and Italian Allied Forces, there is nothing to say. Of course, it must be resolutely implemented. We should have fought a beautiful counterattack long ago!"

"No, I don't think that when the Allied Forces Headquarters issued an order, we must carry it out unconditionally."

At this time, a British staff officer didn't know whether it was purely arguing, or he was unwilling to go to the Rommel Army so hastily, and immediately retorted loudly:

"It is completely understandable that the Allied Army Headquarters is eager for a beautiful victory to boost the morale of the army, but after all, the Allied Army Headquarters does not have a complete understanding of the frontline situation. I think we should have our own independent and accurate judgment!"

The U.S. military staff officer said with some displeasure: "I'm afraid it's not as simple as it seems on the surface. I think the most fundamental reason is that you have lost the courage to fight and dare not take the initiative to attack the Germans, right?"

Another US military staff officer immediately chimed in and said, "That's right, since the Allied Forces Headquarters has issued an order, we must carry it out unconditionally.

The best defense is offense. If we are afraid of the enemy and dare not fight back, but just keep defending, we will be eaten by the German army sooner or later, there is no doubt about it! "

The British army staff officer said: "Damn it, do you Yankees dare to fight? When has our British Empire been afraid of war? But being brave and fearless does not mean being reckless!"

"Hmph, who can't speak beautiful words? But can just beautiful words defeat the enemy? Can it change your cowardly and cowardly nature?"

"Oh Shet! Damn Yankee, you..."

"enough!"

Sure enough, the words were not speculative, and it was only two or three sentences. The staff officers of Britain and the United States were about to pinch each other. Yang Fan frowned, and shouted: "Shut up all of them, just arguing can solve it." Question?"

There was a thunder on the ground, and the American and British staff officers who were about to have a big fight immediately fell silent, not daring to fight each other again.

Because before that, through large-scale brawls and military confrontation drills, Yang Fan had established enough prestige to become the well-deserved leader of the North African Allied Forces.

Even though there are still many British and American generals who are not convinced by Yang Fan, at least in public, they will never dare to challenge Yang Fan's authority.

Seeing that these shrimp soldiers and crab generals were so weak and engaged in unnecessary quarrels, Yang Fan turned his gaze directly to Patton and asked softly, "General Patton, what do you think about this?"

"His Excellency Deputy Commander-in-Chief."

Patton nodded at Yang Fan, and pondered: "Although I really want to immediately launch a counterattack against the German and Italian coalition forces according to the order of the Allied Army Headquarters, and win an extremely beautiful victory.

But to be honest, the Allied forces in the North African battlefield at this stage are far weaker than the Germans in terms of strength, weapons, combat literacy and morale.

Therefore, I think it is the most stupid choice to launch a counterattack directly from the front and fight recklessly with the German and Italian coalition forces. "

Yang Fan smiled slightly and said, "General Patton, please continue."

"Okay, Your Excellency the Deputy Commander-in-Chief."

Patton glanced at Yang Fan and saw that he didn't seem to have any objection, so he continued: "I think at this stage, the best decision for the Allied forces is to choose a solid stronghold and wait for the Axis forces to attack. The military is fighting a massive war of attrition."

"Through the war of attrition, taking advantage of the logistical supply lines to consume a large amount of military supplies of the Axis army, especially fuel, this is the biggest shortcoming of the Axis army."

"As long as the Axis troops run out of fuel, their aircraft and tanks will become useless. At that time, the time for the Allied counterattack will come."

"very good!"

Yang Fan couldn't help applauding, because Barton's thinking was exactly the same as his.

Although Yang Fan has always emphasized that the best defense is offense, he has always belittled the British for losing their courage and the spirit of taking the initiative to attack, scolding them bloody.

However, this does not mean that Yang Fan will turn the Allied forces from defense to offense because of this, and will lead the Chinese Expeditionary Army to the forefront to fight Rommel's army to the death.

Because Yang has never made a loss-making business that kills one thousand and loses eight hundred. For Yang Fan, a miserable victory is tantamount to failure, and it is a failure that is completely unacceptable.

"Ah, continue to stick to the defense?"

"What does he mean by that?"

"Why does it feel wrong!?"

However, at this time, Auchinleck, Rich and others were all confused, because they agreed that Yang Fan would definitely emphasize active attack and resolutely carry out the counterattack order from the Allied headquarters, but they did not expect him to come suddenly and do the opposite Of.

Chapter 1310

"General Yang Fan, what you mean is that you don't plan to carry out the counterattack order from the Allied Army Headquarters, but are going to hide and defend?"

Hearing this, Cunningham got excited again, and mocked in a cold voice: "How can I remember that just a few minutes ago, you were still emphasizing that the best defense is offense, and you kept saying that our British Empire Navy has lost the spirit of active offense.

Why did you come to your place now, but became like this again?I would love to hear your explanation! "

"General Cunningham, don't worry, I will give you a perfect explanation."

Yang Fan smiled, and said without any panic: "If you just follow the order of the Allied Army Headquarters to fight a beautiful counterattack, the execution of this order is very simple.

And I am also very confident and sure to win a victory that satisfies the Allied Army Headquarters!

However, as General Patton said just now, launching a counterattack directly from the front and fighting recklessly with the German and Italian coalition forces is the most stupid choice. Doing so can only kill one thousand and lose eight hundred. "

"Destroying the enemy to win is important, but every soldier's life is equally important. They are not pawns on the sand table, not war consumables, but fresh lives!"

"So, in my dictionary, defeating the enemy and achieving victory has never been the ultimate goal. My ultimate goal is to achieve the greatest victory at the least cost. It is definitely not to use the blood of thousands of soldiers to stain the credit books!"

"The general manager said it well. Our Huben army has always been invincible, but we have always fought with our brains, and we will never be foolish and reckless, and we have never traded at a loss."

"That's right, this is the foundation of our Tiger Ben Army's foothold."

"Sun Tzu's law of war says: go up to the army and attack the strategy, secondly attack the army, and then attack the city. When it comes to war strategy, we Chinese talents are the ancestors of this aspect!"

Hearing the highlights, Meng Wu'an, Sun Liren and others applauded and echoed, and it was time to help the head of the family.

"Hmph, speaking is better than singing."

Cunningham would definitely not buy it easily, and with deep resentment, he would naturally not give up this opportunity to fight back.

After a pause, Cunningham asked very sternly: "General Yang Fan, what's the use of just talking nicely, I just want to ask if you have any practical counterattack plan,

If your answer is just to stick to the defense, then please take back the previous slander against me and the British Empire, and admit that you and your Chinese army are actually a group of cowards while apologizing in public. "

"General Cunningham!"

Stilwell frowned when he heard that, he really didn't expect this guy to be so stubborn, so recalcitrant, it was really annoying.

Lu Shengfeng, Meng Wu'an, Sun Liren, Wang Liguo, Liu Qiang and other generals of the Huben army all glared at this annoying ghost. If it wasn't for the fact that the other party's identity was not simple and the occasion was wrong, they would not have been used to him long ago.

"Okay, don't worry, listen to me slowly."

Yang Fan waved his hand, looked around and said loudly: "Shoot people first, shoot horses, and shoot snakes to shoot seven inches. Only by finding the enemy's vital points can we draw fire from the bottom of the pot, and achieve the ideal effect of four or two.

Then I would like to ask General Cunningham, where is the key point of Rommel's African Army? "

Cunningham snorted coldly with disdain: "Does it need to be said, the biggest shortcoming and key point of the Axis army lies in the logistics supply line."

"Well said, there should be applause here."

Yang Fan slapped his hands with a smile, and then asked: "General Cunningham, how can we completely cut off the supply line of Rommel's African Army?"

"Do you think I'm a primary school student?"

Cunningham glared at Yang Fan, this way of questioning and answering made him very uncomfortable, but finally he answered: "There are nothing more than two supply lines for the Axis troops in the North African battlefield, one is the sea route, and the other is the air route.

At present, their most important supply line is undoubtedly the shipping route. If they want to cut off the shipping route, they will naturally have to gain control of the Mediterranean Sea. "

"very good!"

Yang Fan smiled and nodded: "So, my plan is to gain control of the Mediterranean Sea, cut off the supply line of Rommel's African Army, and turn their aircraft, tanks and armored vehicles into a bunch of useless decorations!"

Having said that, Yang Fan stood up, walked to the military map in the conference room, picked up a wooden stick and drew on the map: "To achieve this goal, we must use two approaches...".

In order to do a good job, one must first sharpen one's tools. In this battle plan that had been formulated long ago, Yang Fan decided to proceed in three steps: the first step was to sneak attack on the port of Taranto, severely damage the Italian navy, and initially obtain the sea dominance of the Mediterranean Sea.

At the same time, Yang Fan will also send a sufficiently strong engineering team and garrison troops to the British military base on the island of Malta for the construction of an air base, and build a strong defense system that can be attacked, retreated and defended.

The strategic location of the island of Malta is very important. It happened to be stuck in the sea line from Italy to Libya, so it must be firmly controlled by itself.

The second step is that when the construction of the air force base is completed, Yang Fan will dispatch a sufficiently powerful air force to the island of Malta to completely block the sea and shipping lines of Rommel's African Army.

The third step is naturally to start a full-scale counterattack and defeat Rommel's African Army.