Chapter 86 Gathering Stars

  The next morning, Josie and his party appeared at the Army Aviation Military Airport.

   In addition to the six bodyguards and Linden's white gloves, there was also a blonde beauty in green clothes.

   Needless to say, this woman is Ophelia.

   It's just that it's different from Feiyang when I first saw her. Now Ophelia looks listless and gloomy.

   People who don't know think what a vicious thing Josie has done to this woman.

   Well, putting a shock collar with a detonating device on someone that can't be removed is pretty nasty.

  After knowing the function of this collar, Ophelia felt bad all over.

   That is, Josie didn't tell her that a miniature bomb was implanted in the back of her head, double insurance.

   Otherwise, this woman would probably be even more gloomy.

  The plane that Josie is flying this time is the DC-3 that Josie is very familiar with. To be precise, it is its military modified version C-47.

  The English Channel is only more than 300 miles, which is nothing compared to DC's 1,600-mile voyage.

  After the start of World War II, except for a small amount of civilian use, most DC-3s were purchased by the military as transport aircraft. It was the largest type of aircraft used by the army for airdrops and transportation during World War II.

  U.S. paratroopers also use it.

   After about two hours of flying, the plane landed at the battlefield airport on the outskirts of Caen, a city in northern France.

  Stepping off the plane, you can still hear the sound of artillery fire from time to time in the distance, and you can also see fleets of aircraft flying by from time to time in the sky.

  Although it is already the end of July, it has been more than a month and nearly two months since the landing battle.

   But the Allied positions in France are still very dangerous.

   After all, France is only the size of a palm, and the Normandy landing zone is only about 200 kilometers away from Paris.

  In this distance, there are more than 4 million troops of the Allied and German troops crowded together, intertwined with each other.

  The depth of the Allied forces in the French area is still less than 100 kilometers. For the city of Caen in front of us, the Allied forces fought for a full 33 days, and the entire city was almost reduced to ruins. The German army had to withdraw.

  The Allied Frontline Command moved to the outskirts of Caen, which was last week.

  In the city of Saint-Lo, which is less than 50 kilometers west of Caen, the famous General Patton personally led the deployment and captured the city a few days ago.

   But generally speaking, the German army has begun to be defeated across the board, and it is only a matter of time before France recovers.

   "Mr. Kahn?" Not long after Josie and his party got off the plane, three jeeps sped up in the distance and stopped not far away. A lieutenant colonel jumped out of the car and asked them.

   Mainly the entire military airport, only Josie and his group are wearing suits and leather shoes, so easy to recognize.

   "It's me, what's my name?" Josie asked politely, reaching out her hand.

   "I'm Mark, General McGinnis' adjutant, he asked me to pick you up!" The lieutenant colonel shook hands with Josie.

As the bright lamp medicine was purchased and used in large quantities by the military, and it played a huge role during the landing battle, the original matter of General McGinnis being forced to retire naturally disappeared, but at the beginning there was no implementation in the army There is no shortage, so there is no new appointment, just a idle position in the general headquarters.

  But just a few days ago, a ridiculous thing happened.

On July 25th, the first step of the famous Cobra plan of the Allied Forces, in the carpet bombing of the German positions, he was the most unlucky general in World War II. The commander of an army group, Lieutenant General Leslie James McNair, was directly hit by a bomb from his own bomber and was blown into a pile of stumps.

   Coincidentally, McGinnis was the commander of the First Army before he was dismissed, and McNair was his successor after he was dismissed.

  So I can only say that God is helping McGinnis... Under the same circumstances, who is more suitable to be the commander of the first group than this old officer?

absolutely not.

  As for General Courtney Hodges, who took over this position in history, he was only the second in command of the first group before, and he was inferior to McInnis in terms of qualifications and prestige.

  So General McGinnis returned to his post cheerfully.

  For Josie, investing in General McGinnis has become the most successful investment since he came to Europe.

  McGinnis, who has returned to his old position, will be promoted to the rank of admiral, which is appropriate.

  Don’t even think about the five-star general, it’s impossible.

  Take Patton, commander of the Third Army next door, as an example.

  In the previous life, many people complained about Patton on the Internet, thinking that he should also get the rank of a five-star general.

  But as long as you know more about the requirements of a five-star general, you will know that Patton is indeed not qualified.

  Because one of the necessary conditions for becoming a five-star general is that he must have served as the commander-in-chief of the theater during the war... Obviously, it is impossible for Patton, who was promoted to general with other army commanders on the eve of the war, to have this qualification.

  McGinnis is naturally impossible.

  But being able to have an ally at the general level in the army is enough for Josie.

  Because the city of Caen is almost in ruins, and the city is relatively easy to become a bombing target, the frontline headquarters of the Allied forces is not in the city, but in a manor in the jungle more than ten kilometers away from the city.

   Arriving at the command post, after handing over the weapons he carried with him, Josie and his party, led by Lieutenant Colonel Mark, arrived at McGinnis' office unimpeded.

   "Josie, welcome to France!" Seeing Josie walking into the office, McGinnis immediately stood up and stepped forward to give Josie a warm hug.

   "Congratulations too, the officer has been reinstated. I came in a hurry and didn't have time to prepare a gift, so I can only use this box of cigars to express my heart!" After the hug, Josie took out a box of cigars without any logo from his pocket.

   "Hahaha, Josie, you are too polite, we don't need to be so polite!" Although McGinnis said not to be polite, he still took the cigar cheerfully.

   Don’t look at this cigar without any marks, it seems like a Sanwu product.

  But McGinnis, who is already familiar with Josie, knows that the more "three no products" in Josie's hands, the better things are, just like his wines.

In fact, this is indeed the case, because these things are tributes made by Daenerys's best craftsmen with the best materials, and the amount that can be given to Josie is extremely limited, and it is impossible to sell them out of.

   "By the way, why did you come to the front line suddenly? Although the German army has been defeated, it is still very dangerous, and it is not suitable for you to do business." After greetings, McGinnis asked.

"This is Ophelia Sarkistan, from Austria. We have a very important matter and want to see General Marshall!" Josie first introduced Ophelia, and then told about Austria's preparation for a coup d'état. speak eloquently.

   "Is she trustworthy?" After hearing what Josie said, McGinnis' face became very serious. He ignored Ophelia, but pulled Josie aside and asked.

   "As far as this matter is concerned, she is trustworthy. I have confirmed the authenticity of this matter through other channels!" Josie nodded.

  After listening to Josie's assurance, McInnis didn't speak, but kept pacing back and forth in the office.

   After all, this matter is of great importance, but if there is a little fake, the Allies may suffer a lot of unnecessary losses!

   Once this matter fails, McGinnis, as the referrer, will also bear most of the responsibility.

   After thinking for several minutes, General McGinnis clapped his hands and decided to gamble with Josie.

   He was able to return to his original position, and Josie can be said to have contributed a lot. In this case, why not continue to gamble?

  Anyway, if he lost the bet, for a person of his level, he lost his official title.

   For McInnis, who has already lost his official hat once, is this a big deal?

   "You wait here, I will report to General Marshall!" After thinking clearly, McGinnis urged Josie, and then walked out of the office in a hurry.

   Then Josie and his party drank tea in McGinnis's office for nearly two hours before a colonel came in and called Josie and Ophelia.

   Under the guidance of the colonel, the two walked around for a long time before entering a spacious conference room.

   Guys, gather the stars.

  At that moment, Josie had a thought in his mind, if a bomb with sufficient power was thrown into this conference room, what would World War II look like?

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