In the end, the argument calmed down under the coordination of Eisenhower.

As a civilian who has little combat experience, Eisenhower served as the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces. His main task is actually this... to coordinate the relationship between Britain, the United States and even France.

"Gentlemen!" Eisenhower's voice was a little helpless and bored: "It's obvious that if we keep arguing like this, things will not go any further unless you can go to the front line to scold the enemy to death!"

After waiting for a while, when the conference room finally calmed down, Elin Howell sat back on the chair tiredly and said, "What I need is a plan, a plan that can break through the German defense line!"

Patton blurted out: "Just give me 400,000 gallons of gasoline, I promise to bring the army into Germany within two days!"

"This is nonsense!" Montgomery opposed: "No one can make such a guarantee!"

"I can!" Barton replied: "You know I can, so you dare not give me gas!"

What Patton said was obviously meaningful. He actually didn't really think that he could break through the German defense line in two days, but the problem was... In order to prepare for the "Market Garden" attack, Montgomery aired the fuel of the 3rd Army, which made Patton's 3rd Army unable to fight at all.

"The fuel consumption of each car during combat is 18 gallons!" Patton said: "A armored division needs 100,000 gallons of fuel per day, but do you know? The 3rd Army only has 32,000 gallons of fuel... If there are Germans attacking us, oh, that's great, we can only surrender because our tanks can't drive at all!"

In fact, everyone knows that Montgomery has his intentions to target Patton. He is worried that Patton will continue to steal his limelight, so he uses his command to pretend to be public and private.

Of course, Montgomery would not admit this.

"Note your words, General Patton!" said Montgomery: "This is for combat needs!"

"Oh, is that?" Patton asked back: "What is the result of the battle?"

"Enough!" Eisenhower said with a straight face: "It seems that we need to say one by one, it will be good for us all!"

After pausing, Eisenhower turned his eyes to Patton and asked, "General Patton, what do you think!"

Although Eisenhower has always been unsatisfied with Patton's indiscriminate words, one thing that has to be admitted is that Patton always has outstanding features in combat.

General Patton stood up with a smile of the winner, took the instructions from Eisenhower, pulled it away like a rifle, and stood majestic in front of the map, saying: "The final goal of Mr. Berlin is undoubtedly, of course, because it is the political center of Germany. But a more realistic goal is the enemy's industrial center in the Ruhr Valley!"

The officers nodded, and even Montgomery could not deny this because his "market garden" operation was formulated for the Ruhr Industrial Zone.

"We know that two-thirds of Germany's steel and more than half of the coal come from the Ruhr area!" Patton continued: "If we can capture this area, the German shells and explosives production will drop by 40%, which means our opponents will have no shells available!"

"Say something we don't know, General Patton!" Montgomery teased.

The British generals cooperated and made a burst of ridicule.

Eisenhower said unhappily: "Marrior Montgomery, it's General Patton's time!"

"Sorry!" Montgomery nodded generously.

"Don't worry about him!" Patton said with a smile: "I know what you are thinking, Lord Marshal, you want to disrupt my thinking, I think you may be disappointed..."

"Talk the point, General Patton!" Eisenhower reminded.

This is obviously not a harmonious meeting, because it must be carried out under Eisenhower's order or, perhaps, threat.

"Okay!" General Patton pointed to the map and said: "There are four roads to enter the Ruhr area, but only two of them are suitable for large-scale mechanized forces: one road is located in the north of Ardennes, which is the direction of Highway 69 of Operation Market Garden, passing through Belgium through the Netherlands, and then to Ruhr. Marshal Montgomery's attack on this road has failed."

Speaking of this, General Patton deliberately stopped, and the US officials cooperated and laughed a little.

"The other one is located south of Ardennes!" Patton continued: "We just need to pass through the 'Mes Pass' and don't need to pass through the Netherlands to reach the Ruhr area!"

"But General Patton..." Montgomery objected: "The south means being far away from the coastline. Do you know what it means?"

"Of course!" Patton replied: "It is closer to the coastline to the north, so we are more likely to get supplies and naval fire support."

"Not only that!" Montgomery said: "You must know that as the troops advance, we will go around the rear of the Germans' Atlantic Barriers, so we can achieve the navy and the army to attack the Atlantic Barriers and easily capture the coastal ports, and these coastal ports will become our new supply bases! This is also the reason why I chose Highway 69!"

"I know, Mr. Marshal!" Barton replied.

"So, are you still going to attack from the south of the 'Mess Pass'?" Montgomery's tone was sarcastic.

"I didn't say that, Mr. Marshal!" Patton answered calmly.

"Oh, very good!" Montgomery laughed: "So, you said so much, just to tell you that there is only one choice... Then Chang attacked along Highway 69 like me?"

The British officer couldn't help but laugh.

"I didn't say that, Lord Marshal!" Patton replied, his face unchanged, with a hint of mockery in his eyes.

Montgomery seemed to understand what Patton meant, so he stopped talking.

Eisenhower asked in confusion: "Joe, what exactly do you want to say?"

"We should attack at the same time from both directions!" Patton said: "That is, we will shoot two fists at the enemy, two fists that support each other and may reinforce each other. This will not only stretch the enemy's defenses to a wider extent and disperse their forces, but the two troops can also cover each other's flanks!"

After pausing, Patton continued: "More importantly, when attacking from the south, we will also threaten the Saar Valley in Germany, which is the industrial center in western Germany second only to the Ruhr area!"
Chapter completed!