At present, the Western Front has better opportunities than the Eastern Front. Compared with the Eastern Front, the Western Front has a shorter distance and the cost of transporting necessary fuel is lower. The important strategic goal is where existing forces and weapons are easier to reach. On the Soviet battlefield on the Eastern Front, the war needs to be carried out under completely different conditions. {wx}

In addition, the British and Americans are not tough opponents like the Red Army or Soviet political leaders. The British are about to end their lives, and Americans may be depressed if they see things that turn against them.

Li Mo analyzed:

"If we succeed, we will crush the entire Western Front of the enemy. At that time, the situation on the Western Front will temporarily stabilize, which will allow us to draw troops to areas that are threatened on the Eastern Front. At that time, I did not believe that the Soviet Union could resist the attack of millions of our elite German troops for a long time, and we would definitely dominate our own destiny."

Li Mo not only attaches importance to the psychological role of the party leaders, the front line and the rear, but also the public opinion of the alliance countries and the psychological role of the army.

He was determined to "forever weaken the psychology of the Western powers", hoping to shake the enemy's confidence in a great victory, make them give up their desire to open up a second battlefield, and make them more willing to achieve peace through negotiations, Li Mo announced at the end of his speech:

"Victory belongs to Germany, and victory belongs to the great Germanic nation."

The Allies in the Ardennes area were surrounded by the German army again, which was twice in a row. The American people began to show pessimistic war-weariness. They held various anti-war marches. The people in these marches even vented their anger on Patton who returned to their country, saying that he was a "shame of the United States" and a "murderer", who sent countless Americans into the German army's encirclement. The glass of Patton's house was smashed several times a day.

The stubborn and strong Patton couldn't stand it and volunteered to serve as the Allied Commander in the Ardennes area. Patton would rather die in battle than to endure humiliation. Besides, Montgomery, the Allied Immortal Commander in the Ardennes area, also wanted to leave. Churchill had asked Eisenhower several times to transfer Montgomery from the dangerous area of ​​Ardennes. Montgomery was the ace general in Churchill's hands. Of course, Churchill was unwilling to let him die in the Ardennes area.

Patton got his wish and returned to the European battlefield to serve as the supreme commander of the Ardennes region.

In November 1941, the Allied soldiers in Europe were looking forward to the arrival of Christmas in the snow and snow, looking forward to holidays, gifts and good weather. It was so deadly that cold and wet clothes were placed on them. George, the commander of the 3rd Army of the Allied Army.

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While cursing the ghost weather, Patton asked the priest to write a prayer - he needed good weather. In this weather, the Air Force could not be deployed, and it was basically impossible for Patton's armored troops to break through without air cover.

Contrary to Patton's anxiety, Marshal Longdestedt, the commander of the German Army Group A, was applauding the harsh climate. He would use this opportunity to carry out a large-scale encirclement and annihilation war, because the Allies were desperate to fight with the German air force. The German aircraft suffered serious damage, and now there are only more than 3,000 left, and the Allies still have more than 5,000, although they have lost more than 8,000 aircraft.

The aircraft produced by the United States are still being transported to Britain and flew to France to participate in the war. Although the German submarines have been attacking the Allied fleets on the Atlantic Ocean, due to the invention of sonar, German submarines have been sunk more and more, and the results of the battle are getting fewer and fewer.

The German army annihilated more than 500,000 Allied troops in Belgium and the Netherlands, but did not completely defeat the Allied troops' fighting will. Therefore, the German army was trying to avoid consummation with Allied aircraft. It was forced to fight with Allied air force in blood. The second French battle could not be delayed. The longer it was delayed, the more unfavorable it was for Li Mo, and perhaps it was possible that the Allied troops would be reversed.

The Arden Mountains is located at the junction of the Allied Lieutenant General Hodges's 1st Army and the 3rd Army of Patton. The front is about 80 miles wide and the terrain is rugged and complex. The 8th Army, which was shorted by Middleton, is responsible for the defense.

The leaders of the Allied forces did not realize that there was a huge crisis lurking here, and instead devised it as a resting place for the various divisions who were frustrated in sporadic battles. Opposite the 8th Army position, the Germans had quietly concentrated the huge forces of 14 divisions in the night (7 of which were armored divisions).

Patton was aware of the unusual actions of the German army recently. On November 11, he asked Chief of Staff Guy to formulate a plan - the 3rd Army stopped advancing eastward and made a 90-degree turn. On November 13, Patton issued a warning to the commander-in-chief of the European Allied Forces Bradley (also Patton's long-time comrade), and reminded him that the 8th Army was in a very dangerous situation and must take action as soon as possible. But Bradley did not adopt Patton's opinion.

On the night of November 15, the German radio station began to remain silent. Patton felt keenly that the battle was coming, and he ordered the troops to immediately enter the state of combat and ready to fight the German army at any time.

At 5:30 on dawn on November 17, 2,000 German cannons shattered the good dream of the 8th Army. Three German full armies (SS 6th Armored Army, 5th Armored Army and 7th Army had a total of 200,000 troops) rushed towards the 8th Army like a tide under the command of Marshal Lundstedt. The German Army Group and Model's Maginot Line of Defense directly launched an offensive battle against Nancy City. The German army attacked more than 600,000 troops participated in defense and blocking aid.

The 8th Army was composed of the 92nd Airborne Division and its special condemnation team, the 28th Infantry Division (2 regiments were missing), the 9th Armored Division and some artillery units, and was no match for the German army at all. Soon, the German army surrounded them in several narrow areas such as Vaux, and advanced 30-50 miles to the depth of the Allied forces.

On November 18, Allied Commander-in-Chief Eisenhower held an emergency meeting at Bradley's headquarters to study countermeasures to deal with the German offensive, and decided to launch a counterattack against the Germans in the south to rescue the besieged troops. When Eisenhower asked Patton when he could launch an attack, Patton replied without hesitation: "On the morning of November 22."

The generals at the meeting thought he was talking nonsense, but Patton said quietly: "This is not a mess. I have made arrangements and my staff are formulating a combat plan. I can invest 3 divisions - the 26th, 80th Infantry Division and the 4th Armored Division on November 22. 6 divisions can be invested in a few days. But I decided to launch an attack with the troops at hand. I cannot wait, otherwise I will lose the unexpected effect."

Eisenhower agreed to Patton's plan. After the meeting, Patton immediately called Chief of Staff Guy and issued an action order: the 4th Armored Division advanced towards Arlon through Longwei, the 80th Division attacked by Tionville, and the 26th Division was ready to set off on standby. According to Patton's order, the command of the 3rd Army completed a lot of arduous work in the shortest time (20th to 22nd), including: (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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