After the London Giants Conference Agreement was made public, the Allied forces on the east and west fronts were greatly encouraged. Everyone knew that Hitler was doomed and the war was about to end.

The frontline Allied troops advanced more rapidly and demonstrated stronger combat effectiveness.

The Joint Operations Staff in London has officially begun work and has achieved some results.

On May 16, the Joint Operations Staff held another meeting.

General Montgomery, Chief of the Joint Operations Staff, had a look of pride on his face.

He was previously mainly responsible for commanding the British Commonwealth troops that landed on the Western European continent. In the process, he did not achieve very dazzling results, and his light was eclipsed by Eisenhower.

He even had many conflicts with Eisenhower because he was unwilling to let the troops of the Commonwealth countries overcome difficulties.

I originally thought that the Chief of General Staff of the Joint Operations Staff would be a sinecure, but now it seems that the power of this organization is growing little by little. Here I can command the best staff members among the four giants, and the results achieved are obvious.

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It's more comfortable here than at Eisenhower's High Command.

All the eyes of the big shots were focused on the Joint Operations Staff, and reporters from all over the world who came to Paris also wanted to interview him.

Montgomery's vanity was greatly satisfied, and he was naturally elated.

After all the main personnel from the four countries arrived, Montgomery asked the staff to distribute some aerial photos to them.

When everyone was browsing the photos, Montgomery looked at the huge map and said:

"What you are seeing now are the results achieved since the Joint Operations Staff carried out strategic bombing, and the Nazi arsenals in various places suffered heavy blows.

It is almost certain that they have lost the ability to produce jet aircraft, and the production of heavy equipment such as tanks and artillery has also been greatly affected.

Its war capabilities are declining day by day."

He paused, glanced around and then continued:

"If the strategic bombing continues for three months, the Third Reich's industrial production capacity and war capabilities will definitely drop to 20 to 30% of their peak levels."

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Before the establishment of the Joint Operations Staff, or before the opening of the second battlefield in Europe, the Allied air forces began bombing the Third Reich homeland. The results achieved today were not achieved in a day.

It's just that Montgomery took all the credit on himself, and everyone smiled slightly and did not correct him.

"Hitler's navy exists in name only, and the air force has only its last breath left." Khrushchev said contemptuously:

"The army still maintains a size of two to three million people, but it has lost the protection of aircraft and tanks, and can only rely on Iron Fist rocket launchers for close combat.

Such a Nazi army cannot hold out to the end under the three-dimensional attack of the Allies, and collapse will happen sooner or later!"

U.S. Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Turner nodded in agreement.

Montgomery sneered,

"Although the countdown to the demise of the Third Reich has entered, we cannot underestimate the enemy. The closer to the last moment, the crazier the Nazis become!

Take a look at this document and I hope you don’t act too shocked.”

He raised his hand and dropped a document on the table.

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Khrushchev frowned, but still reached out and picked up the document.

"The Clausewitz Plan?"

Khrushchev muttered something in a low voice, and then looked down quickly.

The brows gradually relaxed, and then they were tightly knitted together, showing a very tangled expression.

After reading it, he said angrily:

"What a bunch of savage beasts. They seem to have a deep hatred for all civilizations created by humans."

Lieutenant General Xiong Yuanchun, Lieutenant General Turner and others also read the Clausewitz Plan and looked solemn for a while.

The determination and madness revealed in the plan were shocking. The Nazis treated their own people and the people of other countries as nothing.

As long as they can continue their political power and rule, they are willing to pay any price.

Montgomery spoke earnestly and worriedly:

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"There is no doubt that the Allied invasion of the Third Reich will be very difficult and the sacrifices will be huge. We must prepare in advance."

The combat staff immediately reported the progress of each front to personnel from the four countries.

The fastest advance was made by Patton's Third Army, which was not far from Antwerp, a good port in Belgium.

If the port of Antwerp can be successfully captured, the efficiency of the Allied forces' material transportation and personnel mobilization will be greatly improved, and there will be no worries.

However, the Port of Antwerp is within the strike range of V1 and V2 missiles, and it is difficult for the Allied Air Force to completely destroy the German missile launch base.

The attack on the port of Antwerp will certainly not go well.

The Joint Operations Staff began a meeting on how to assist Patton's Third Army in capturing the port of Antwerp.

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Rundstedt had moved his Western Front headquarters from Paris to his home city of Munich.

After losing Paris, Mustache originally planned to remove Rundstedt, but Keitel stopped him.

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The German Army's capable generals were either removed from their posts or killed by Hitler, leaving very few available today.

Replacing Rundstedt is very simple and only requires an order.

But who will take over the position of commander-in-chief of the Western Front after Rundstedt?

There is simply no suitable candidate to be found, so the veteran can only remain in his position.

When the Supreme High Command issued the operational plan for the Ardennes Counterattack to all German units on the Western Front, the marshals and generals were shocked.

Marshal Rundstedt directly stepped on the battle plan drawn up by the head of state himself, and said very angrily:

"This is simply a replica of the Manstein plan in 1940. Is the Führer an old fool? It is no longer the time in 1940. This is to push all the remaining imperial troops into a pit of fire and give it to the Supreme Command.

Report, this combat plan does not conform to the actual situation and cannot be implemented!"

Everyone in the headquarters nodded frequently, and almost no one was optimistic about the Ardennes counterattack.

Lieutenant General Speidel, the chief of staff, picked up the battle plan written by the head of state, pointed to a sentence in the plan and said:

“The head of state has repeatedly emphasized that the content of this plan must not be changed and must be implemented 100%!

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Marshal, we all know the character of the head of state very well. Since he has spoken such harsh words, it means that the Ardennes counterattack is inevitable, and our opposition has no effect!"

Rundstedt was about to get angry again, and Speidel said hurriedly:

"The SS, Air Force and logistics departments are already preparing for the Ardennes Counterattack. The war machine has been running at high speed according to this combat plan. Everything has already started and there is no time to stop it.

Besides, since this is the work of the head of state, it may not be a complete failure.

Even if the hope of victory is slim, we should strive for it with all our strength. Once we succeed, the corrupt situation on the Western Front will be reversed instantly.

By then there will be a second Dunkirk, and the empire will have nothing to worry about."

Marshal Rundstedt stared blankly at the huge battlefield situation map on the Eastern Front and murmured:

"But it's not 1940 anymore!"

This sentence contains too much helplessness, bitterness and sadness.

Manstein, who formulated the operational plan to sweep across Western Europe in 1940, is now serving as the commander of the security forces under the Zhongxia people.

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Germany now has no air force and insufficient tanks;

Although 20 new divisions and 250,000 fresh troops were added, these people had only received less than two months of military training and had no combat experience.

Now the enemy and we are still in a stalemate. Once this balance is broken, it is either victory or death. There is no third option.

The battle plan drawn up by the head of state himself is not a bad one. It has only one shortcoming:

That is, this combat plan was drawn up on a map and lacked actual basis.

The only shortcoming would be fatal.

On May 16, perhaps stimulated by the agreement at the Allied Giants Conference, Mustache personally called Rundstedt and asked him to speed up preparations for the Ardennes Counterattack.

He famously said on the phone that if Rundstedt was not qualified for the post of commander-in-chief of the Western Front, he would personally rush to Munich to take over the command of the army.

Rundstedt had no chance or time to hesitate and decided to counterattack according to the battle plan.

The participating troops will be divided into three groups, all the way out of the Ardennes Forest, attacking towards the Moze River in France, striving to annihilate the US First Army or drive it away from the Moze River.

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The second and third routes mainly attacked the Allied forces in Belgium, with their troops pointing towards Antwerp, in an effort to create a second Dunkirk.

Judging from the map, the battle plan is perfect and highly feasible.

After completing the deployment, Rundstedt also had a glimmer of hope.

His hope mainly stems from the fact that the Allies are still unaware of his deployment.

The German army concentrated three armored divisions, but the total number of tanks was less than 500.

These 500 tanks will all be used in the attack on the US First Army.

Göring had previously promised to provide support with 1,500 to 2,000 combat aircraft, but in the end only 500 aircraft were able to successfully take off to participate in the war.

As time passed day by day, various German combat units successfully entered their predetermined combat positions.

The Allied forces on the Western Front knew nothing about this and were still advancing step by step.

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