A military camp outside London, England.

"Military seat, have the specific action plan been decided?"

Sun Fumin, the chief of the Hu Ben Expeditionary Army, just returned to the camp. Zhao Mingruo, Yan Chaoren, Zhou Zhen and others who had been waiting for a long time could not wait to greet him.

Facing everyone's expectant eyes, Sun Fumin nodded with a smile on his face and said, "Well, I'm settled, let's go into the house and talk!"

"Okay! OK!"

"Looking at the appearance of the military throne, we are assigned to the offensive mission!"

"Military, can you talk about it now? What is the specific content of the Overlord Action Plan?"

"We're responsible for attacking which area?"

Zhao Mingruo and others surrounded Sun Fumin with a smile and walked back to the military headquarters. After closing the door, they couldn't wait to ask.

After the Battle of Tunisia and the Landing Battle of Sicily, the Chinese Hu Ben Expeditionary Force led by Sun Fumin had been resting for more than half a year and was basically in a state of nothing to do.

It was not until two months ago that the entire Hu Ben Expeditionary Force moved to the Isle of Great Britain and was preparing to participate in the upcoming Normandy landing.

After spending half a year of idleness, Zhao Mingruo and others were naturally very idle. They had long thought that they could fight on the battlefield again and defeat Nazi Germany earlier, and then the Allies could concentrate all their strength to deal with the Japanese devils.

Everyone on earth knows that there were three major countries in the Axis camp during World War II: Germany, Japan, and Italy.

However, compared with the Nazi Germany and the Japanese devils who fought stubbornly, Italy signed an unconditional surrender letter as early as September 3 last year, officially surrendering to the Allied forces, and then declared war on Germany, becoming a member of the Allied forces.

The Allied forces landed on Sicily in July 1943, which was a major historic feat of the Allied forces. At this point, the history of the Allied forces being beaten to death by the Axis powers in North Africa has finally ended.

The territory of Italy that the Allied forces invaded shattered all Mussolini's fantasies, and he could no longer restore the so-called "Roman Empire".

But the problem comes from this. Since the Allies have already attacked Italy, why didn’t the Allies led by the United States and Britain go directly north from Italy to attack Germany, instead of opening up the second battlefield in Europe, rather than opening up the second battlefield in Normandy in western France?

You can tell by looking at the world map that logging in from France seems to be more difficult than logging in from Italy. Not only does it require a series of movements, but the risk and difficulty of logging in will also be much greater.

Moreover, when attacking Germany from Italy, it also had the effect of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao", so France was naturally liberated.

That's right, at the beginning, many senior Allied leaders represented by the British Prime Minister did want to open up the second battlefield in Europe from Italy.

However, this strategy aroused vigilance and criticism from the Soviet Union and made strong opposition.

In fact, the strategy that looks perfect is not that easy to use.

Although the Allies have landed in Italy, if they attack Germany from Italy, the Allies will face two insurmountable difficulties.

The first major difficulty: Italy's cheating terrain.

Although Italy surrendered in 1943, the head of state supported Mussolini and became a fascist puppet regime in northern Italy.

The steep Albis Mountains are still controlled by the Axis powers, which has caused great difficulties for the Allies to move north.

Italy is obviously a dead end. The Apennine Peninsula is full of mountains and hills, and the rivers are crisscrossing. This is very troublesome for the mechanized forces of the Allied forces.

At the same time, the Germans built a very strong Gustav defense line, which ran through the entire central region of the Apennine Peninsula.

The defensive design of this defense line comes from the famous German general Kesselin, whose defensive skills are comparable to Marshal Mandel in the German army.

The defense line he designed was Casino in the middle, looking in the middle, and it can be strong on both sides. The German divisions deployed on both sides can rely on the terrain to fight step by step.

The third Battle of Cassino, which the Allies had all their might, was about to succeed, and Germany actually transferred the First Paratrooper Division directly from the Leningrad front.

This division is one of the most powerful troops in Germany. After the desperation arrived at the Casino line, it laid mines everywhere. As a result, most of the Allied personnel involved in the attack were missing after the war.

In the end, in the fourth strong attack, it was through the bravery of the Polish Carpathian Division and the New Zealand Legion and the use of human lives to break through this line of defense.

The German army voluntarily gave up this line of defense due to insufficient troops, but the Allies were also awakened to the fact that if this continued, they would probably not be able to see the Rhine in this life.

Because, the Alps in front pose a greater threat to the Allies and are more insurmountable.

The second biggest difficulty is undoubtedly the logistical problems faced by the Northern Expedition of Germany from southern Italy.

If it lands in Italy, the UK will inevitably serve as its main logistics base and military source.

In this way, the Allies must transport supplies from the British and American lands through the Strait of Gibraltar, and the logistics supply line will be thousands of kilometers long.

When Britain wants to cross the long supply line in the Mediterranean, it will inevitably be attacked by unlimited German submarines.

Since the beginning of World War II, the situation in Britain has been very bad. Not only has Germany been infinitely bombarded many cities, but it has also encountered infinite attacks from submarines.

For some time, the British Prime Minister was too lazy to look at the loss data, only looking at how many cargo ships were launched.

Under such circumstances, if you go to Italy to transport materials, 80% of the damage will lead to the loss of Britain's war potential.

Compared with Italy, Normandy is only hundreds of kilometers away from the British mainland, and the consumption and risk of opening up a second battlefield are much smaller.

In addition, there is another factor outside the battlefield, that is, time is a more critical killer.

At present, the Soviet army is already striding to recover lost territory. If the Soviet army enters Berlin, Europe will inevitably be dominated by the Soviet Union.

Both Britain and the United States knew that for them, the longer the war would delay, the more various conflicts would increase in the country.

Therefore, the difficulty of opening up the second battlefield in Europe in Italy is much greater than opening the second battlefield in northern France!

Sun Fumin replied with a smile: "The Overlord Operation has been confirmed. As the General Secretary had predicted before, the Allies will officially launch landing operations on June 6, with the landing location in Normandy, France.

The first wave of attacks focused on five beaches, namely Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Sward Beach, Gold Beach and Juno Beach.

Our Hu Ben Expeditionary Force was listed as the first attack sequence and was responsible for attacking Gold Beach!”

"Wow, are you really going to land in Normandy?"

"The chief executive is so amazing. He actually calculated it a year ago!"

"Yes, yes, the chief is really a god!"

After Sun Fumin finished speaking, the room couldn't help but exclaim, and Zhao Mingruo and others all extended their thumbs and praised them from the bottom of their hearts.
Chapter completed!