Rise from the sword

Chapter 606
mid-August.

Hamburg.

In this bridge capital of the world, the largest port in Germany, the greatest hero of Germany at the moment, the two marshals who are highly valued by hysterics, the desert fox and the smiling Albert, had a rare meeting.

Although the meeting time was very short, after all, the two of them now hold the power and are super busy people, but in this short period of time, the two still exchanged some in-depth information.

"How is the situation on the Western Front?"

After a simple greeting, the Air Marshal first cut to the topic.

One and a half months ago, the German troops defending on the western front took advantage of the stormy weather, the port of the British and American allied forces was damaged, and the planes could not take off. They gathered [-] tanks and launched a counterattack, annihilating more than a dozen divisions one after another, cutting off the coalition forces from Tentacles protruding from the landing field.

It's a pity that the coalition's strong sea and air superiority is absolute. Facing the terrifying firepower of attack groups and naval artillery groups, the German troops on the western front were simply unable to destroy the landing field and drive the coalition forces into the sea.

As for the strength of more than a dozen divisions, for Britain and the United States, which have sufficient human resources and a total strength of more than 2000 million, it is a drop in the bucket, and it is not even a loss.

It is foreseeable that for a long time to come, there will be more, more tragic and larger-scale battles on the Western Front.

A new fierce battle is about to begin.

A new consumption is about to begin.

Kesselring Albert is very concerned about the situation on the Western Front. However, he has been busy with the bombing of the United States by the Air Force recently. He can only have a rough understanding of the intelligence on the Western Front and lacks a detailed and in-depth understanding.

"The situation is stable at the moment."

Desert Fox nodded:
"Although I can't destroy the two artificial ports on Normandy Beach, these two ports have limited unloading capacity and are also vulnerable to bad weather. Therefore, Britain and the United States can only maintain a landing force of [-] divisions."

"The troops in Calais have already returned to defend the Normandy area. The fortification system of Cherbourg, Caen and other nodes has been initially formed, and the shore artillery group has also been built. With the strength of only [-] divisions, even with the support of the navy and air force, it is still possible. Impossible to go deep and attack."

"However, after the coalition forces failed to attack Cherbourg, they began to expand the artificial port. It is estimated that after five months, they will be able to gather enough troops and weapons to launch an attack."

Hearing this, Albert breathed a sigh of relief.

The situation on the Western Front is stable, and the situation will not change within five months. For Germany, this is the best news.

This meant that the Western Front had five months to fortify its defenses.

At present, the western front has sufficient building materials, reinforced concrete, sufficient construction equipment, sufficient food, sufficient weapons, sufficient ammunition, and sufficient manpower. As long as there is time, the Atlantic Fortress, the anti-aircraft tower group, and the fortress group at each strategic node can be initially built.

At that time, in the face of the well-prepared attack of Britain and the United States, it will also be able to defend.

The old fox continued:
"However, we are not feeling well."

"The enemy's sea and air superiority is too great."

"In the past one and a half months, nearly half of the casualties of the troops on the Western Front were caused by the enemy's air force,"

"Although the construction of 120 anti-aircraft towers has begun, the project volume is too large. There has been a lack of bad weather recently. In many places, it is often repaired at night, and enemy aircraft are blown up during the day."

"Construction is well behind schedule."

There is no shortage of fighter jets, the Germans have no shortage of fighter jets, they are made by themselves, they are pulled out of weird warehouses, there are too many, and there is no shortage of fuel for aircraft. Today's fuel-deficient Germany, all of its own fuel warehouses are filled, and the flying troops spend every day Fly fast.

What's missing is the pilot.

Germany originally lacked human resources. At the beginning of the war, there was a shortage of air force pilots. Coupled with the Sea Lion project, the air defense on the western front, the fierce battle on the eastern front, too many losses, and the arduous task of defending against local bombing, the air supremacy on the western front is basically a little nor.

Anti-aircraft guns are enough.

So is ammunition.

But there are still old problems. The local air defense pressure is too great, and a large number of troops are deployed on the mainland. The Western Front has enough anti-aircraft guns, and there are not enough people to use them.

Moreover, ground air defense can only focus on defense. The mobility of the aircraft is too strong, and it can choose the battlefield at will and launch an attack at any time.

"Can you transfer some flying wings to me? Two or three wings will do."

asked the fox at last.

It is impossible to seize air supremacy on the western front, and the gap in numbers is too large, which is very clear to the fox.

It may be too much to transfer all the planes on the Eastern Front.

But as long as some aircraft are sent to supplement the defense loopholes caused by the lack of mobility of the anti-aircraft artillery units, anyway, the equipment and supplies currently needed by the troops can be obtained from the warehouse, without the need for logistics troops.

"No."

Kesselring sighed:

"Recently, Britain and the United States have expanded their bombing of the mainland. Most of the flying wings are deployed in the local air defense. Although the eastern front is calm, the head of state is keeping a close eye on it and cannot be mobilized. In addition, the bombing plan is being implemented, let alone a wing. Even if it is a squadron, I can't take it out."

At first, Kesselring planned to give the newly formed flying wing to the Western Front, but the sudden expansion of the bombing plan and the intervention of the head of state made the Western Front flying wing dove again and again.

"Pity."

The old fox sighed.

If there is a little flying force, it doesn't need too many, just two hundred or so. It only needs these planes to seize part of the air supremacy for the attacking armored force, and he will be able to win even greater victories.

Equipment and ammunition have been provided, as well as fuel, but Germany's current manpower situation, the Western Front Flying Wing, can only be if in a short time.

"and."

Looking at the old fox, Kesselin hesitated for a moment before continuing:
"For a long time to come, you will not be able to get enough pilots on the Western Front."

"why?"

The fox was suddenly curious.

Although human resources are lacking, with the arrival of sufficient resources and sufficient aircraft and fuel, the flying troops can freely train new pilots, excellent fighters, and combat losses begin to decrease.

Whether it is the Eastern Front, the Western Front, or the homeland, it is an air defense operation, and the biggest loss is the aircraft, and the pilots can parachute to escape most of the time.

In addition to the recruitment of foreign pilots from allied countries, it is reasonable to say that with the recruitment of his own country, at most half a year, he can get enough flying teams, even if it is not as good as Britain and the United States, it will not be too small.

Although he didn't put his hope on getting the Air Force either.

"Things have changed."

Kesselin gave a wry smile:
"According to the list, in the next year, a large number of long-range heavy bombers will be provided in the warehouse, totaling more than 200, as well as [-] million tons of aerial bombs and over [-] million tons of aviation fuel."

"After bombing the United States, the head of state plans to carry out high-altitude bombing with thousands of planes, spreading bombs all over the British Isles."

"in addition."

As he spoke, General Kesselring paused, his voice bitter:

"Just yesterday, the head of state issued an order to expand the army by another 300 million."

The old fox suddenly widened his eyes.

He suddenly realized that too much equipment and supplies, especially those that appeared suddenly, were not a good thing either.

Things are not good right now.

It's like a person who has been poor for a long time and is used to living a hard life suddenly has a large amount of money that is almost inexhaustible.It's easy to get hotheaded, make inappropriate decisions, and end up worse than the poorer end in the beginning.

From the analysis of the current situation, for Germany, bombing the British mainland has the best effect.

Where there are frontline military bases of the British and American coalition forces, ports where materials enter, military airports where a large number of aircraft are parked, and airports where weapons are produced, the crisis on the western front can be quickly alleviated.

In the beginning, after getting 180 bombers, the head of state planned to flatten the British mainland.

But Brits are not so easy to bomb.

The new heavy bomber has extremely powerful performance and a long range. It can carry 35 tons of explosives from Europe to the United States. It can even bomb the British Isles with a full load of more than [-] tons of explosives.

The self-defense firepower is also very powerful. There are six double-mounted [-]mm remote-controlled anti-aircraft turrets. This machine gun has the advantages of stable ballistics, fast response, long range, and fast rate of fire.

The bomber can fly at an altitude of 5000 meters. Except for the latest jet aircraft, it is impossible for any propeller fighter to reach this altitude. It is very safe to fly.

But no matter how advanced it is, it is just a propeller bomber.

No matter how high it flies, it has to be lowered to a height of about five kilometers when bombing, otherwise there will be no accuracy at all.

However, her huge size predestined her speed and maneuverability to be far lower than that of fighter jets. No matter how powerful her firepower was, she was only a target. Against nimble fighter jets, she would suffer great losses.

Unless there is an escort fighter escort all the way.

Germany, which suffered from conservative bombing, has a deep understanding of this point.

Before, when British and American bombers bombed the mainland, there were no suitable fighter jets to escort them all the way, and the formation was also chaotic. At that time, the local fighter wing had very high results, often shooting down a large number of bombers without much loss.

However, with the development of the war situation, the British and American P47 long-range models and p51D are in service, escorting bombers throughout the process, and more and more perfect box formations.The number of bombers shot down by the local air defense force suddenly decreased, and its own losses also increased sharply.

Even sometimes it is not as good as the anti-aircraft artillery unit.

present.

More than [-] fighters, attack aircraft, and bombers are stationed in the UK, and there are countless radar alerts.The German Air Force was not capable of escorting the bombing of Britain.And according to intelligence, Britain's latest jet aircraft 'Meteor' has also entered service, which can completely threaten high-altitude bombers.

Once the large-scale continuous bombing of the United Kingdom begins, the bomber fleet will inevitably face the locust-like British and American fighter groups, and fierce conflicts will break out between the two sides, which will be a brutal war of attrition.

Germany does not have the huge flying team of Britain and the United States.

And to bomb the UK, 180 bombers are really not many.

At that time, the two relied on this reason to let the head of state give up bombing the British mainland and instead bomb important American cities, industrial areas, technological areas, ports, etc. with weak air defenses, weakening the logistics of Britain and the United States.

But right now.

There are [-] bombers, millions of tons of bombs, and tens of millions of tons of fuel in the warehouse.

Enough to fill the UK.

There is also an incredible amount of food, cotton, cars, tanks, armored vehicles, aircraft, fuel, artillery, guns, ammunition, medicines, and even a small amount of rare ores that are stuffed into the entire empire warehouse.

In addition to clothing, it meets almost all the needs of the Wehrmacht, and also meets the needs of the entire German Empire and even the entire Europe.

As such.

For German tanks, there is almost no need to consider logistics, and even most of the transportation is saved, and only combat needs to be considered.

As such.

The huge domestic basic factories and huge production capacity are no longer needed, except for a few advanced factories and scientific research institutions, the rest of the factories and farms are no longer needed.

It is enough to meet all kinds of food, medicine and other resources in Europe, and it has also greatly eased the contradictions in the security situation on the mainland, and the police force does not need so much.

then.

Police, workers, technicians, logistics and transportation personnel... German human resources suddenly increased again.

It is not difficult to create 300 million new troops.

But this is not a good thing!
"I understand somewhat."

The old fox suddenly said:
"Why, the price of these materials is so low."

"We have no choice."

Kesselring replied, and then he raised his tone:

"However, we are not helpless..."

"I am working with Speer to use these materials to build a large warehouse group and store as much weapons and equipment as possible, fuel, food, cotton, medicine, etc., to prepare for the pain after the war."

"It also prevents the other party from suddenly cutting off the supply and cutting off our 'warehouse'."

"As long as we can quickly force a truce between Britain and the United States, and then use these stockpiles to survive the painful period, Germany can gain the whole of Europe."

"Yes."

The old fox also nodded:
"As long as we can block the attacks on the east and west fronts for a period of time, drag the war into a stalemate, and annihilate a large number of their troops, we can force Britain and the United States to withdraw from the war."

"With no chance of winning, Britain and the United States will never fight us recklessly."

"correct."

Before leaving, Desert Fox asked Kesselring a question:
"Why bomb Oak Ridge?"

The bombing of the United States this time mainly focused on industrial areas, such as several large industrial areas, important factories such as aircraft engine manufacturing plants, the White House, oil fields, ports, and university laboratories.

It stands to reason that navigation is a problem for such a long-distance bombing.

But the United States has not implemented complete radio silence. It is not difficult to locate these factories through spies, and there are perfect flying landmarks in the United States, and navigation is very simple.

The old fox didn't understand, Oak Ridge, there didn't seem to be any important factories here.

"According to information."

Kesselring replied:
"The Americans here have a high-secret research project. The head of state suspected that it was researching space technology, so he ordered me to send [-] bombers to bomb here."

"Sixty!"

The old fox was startled.

This number has reached one-tenth of the total scale.

"What about our research plan?"

asked the old fox at last.

"The head of state is personally responsible for this matter, and I don't know the specifics."

Kesselring said:
"However, the laboratory has demonstrated quantum effects."

　The phone number is a bit messy, sorry...
　　One more chapter tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)