Rise from the sword

Chapter 672

"I don't know."

On the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula, there is a small port. In the twilight, a small boat docked silently. Several Americans got off the boat and walked into the port. During this period, one of them chattered endlessly:
"How dare they join the Germans?"

The Iberian Peninsula is located in the westernmost part of Europe, with the Strait of Gibraltar to the south. There is no need to introduce it here. Everyone knows the importance of this place, a place where the British Empire refused to let go even if it died.

To the north is the Iberian Mountains, and further north is France.

There are two countries here, Putaoya and Spagna, once the overlords of the sea, but it is already the old calendar, and now the two countries have sunk to the west, eating up all their money, and the days are getting worse day by day.

That's why this American cowboy doesn't understand, how dare these two guys take refuge in Mustache?

Don't want to be economical anymore?
"do not know."

The leader shook his head.

The Iberian Peninsula is adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean in the west, and both teeth have long coastlines. They have many interests in South America, but the Americas are the backyard of the United States, so the two teeth of the industry rely on the United States to a large extent economically. .

One of the core factors of standing in line in war is economy.

After the war broke out, supplies were in short supply, prices soared, and the currency depreciated. The reason why the two countries were able to persist was because both England and the United States gave great assistance to the two countries, especially Spain, which is adjacent to Gibraltar. The two countries are even more generous.

So he didn't understand either.

How dare these two countries rely on Mustache.

Without the aid from the United Kingdom and the United States, the economy of the two countries would inevitably collapse, and no matter what the ruler was, it would be very troublesome. The reason why President Roosevelt has such a great reputation now is because he solved the domestic economic problems.

Of course, another important factor in standing in line is the situation, which is more important than the economy.

If the Allies were doomed, he could understand.

But the current situation is uncertain. Although Mustache suddenly exerted strength, took out a large number of advanced weapons and equipment, and launched round after round of counterattacks, the coalition forces are not weak. It is hard to say who will win and who will lose. Is it too urgent to stand in line at this time?

These two are neutral countries.

It is not in line with normal operation!

Under the leadership of the liaison officer, the group continued to walk into the port and arrived at the residential area of ​​the small port.

At this time, the night had already fallen, but tonight the moonlight was strong, illuminating the night, and a group of people looked out, and could see a huge building under construction at the end of their field of vision.

The lights were still on.

"Air defense tower."

The corner of the leader's mouth twitched.

This thing first appeared in Berlin and was mainly used for air defense. Due to its fierce and powerful firepower and strong armor, it was very difficult to deal with, so the bombers tried to avoid it.

Fortunately, there are only three or four seats at the beginning, which can almost be ignored.

But since June last year, the Germans have been blessed by God, building such anti-aircraft towers everywhere, just like building blocks, covering the entire Siegfried defense line in a short time.

Even strengthened.

The reinforced concrete is thicker, the height increases, and the volume directly increases.

More firepower.

There are also many functions.

The double-mounted 128 anti-aircraft guns have been increased from four to six and equipped with closed armored turrets. Twelve new 88mm anti-aircraft guns have been added, and the number of small-caliber anti-aircraft guns has doubled. Two 203/305 caliber heavy guns were fired.

In the early days of the Overlord Project, on the west coast of France, five divisions fought against this kind of anti-aircraft tower.

The coalition forces consisted of two infantry divisions, two armored divisions, a motorized infantry division, and an attack aircraft brigade. The opponents were two adjacent air defense towers and two regiments of infantry.

Squadrons of attack aircraft carried heavy armor-piercing rounds designed to penetrate battleship armor.

The fighting lasted three days.

As for the result, the attack aircraft brigade was disbanded, and the five divisions returned to the British mainland for repairs. There was no official report on the battle. Then, four months have passed, and these five divisions have never appeared again.

As for the two anti-aircraft towers, the sound of the guns remained the same.

In the same month, Cherbourg also had a dozen of these anti-aircraft towers, causing the fleet with several battleships to fail, and those battleships have also stayed in the dock until now.

Since then, the coalition forces have never launched an attack on the anti-aircraft tower.

Now, there are two of them here. From the looks of it, it is estimated that the construction is almost completed.

In other words, without seven or eight divisions, without naval heavy artillery support, don't even think about it.

"Could it be forced?"

A possibility came to the mind of the American.

The Overlord's plan was thwarted, and millions of troops were blocked from the Siegfeller's line of defense, and the allies on the Eastern Front suffered another disastrous defeat. Once they lost a large area of ​​territory, and they were defeated in winter.

The mainland of America has been bombed, the polar bears have been bombed, and the British Empire has been bombed!

The Third Reich is in full swing, just as it was four years ago.

After the Overlord Project, the Germans deployed more than a hundred divisions in France. Liangya and France were separated by a small Iberian mountain range. With military strength, it was easy to subdue Liangya.

Thinking of this, the American intelligence officer breathed a sigh of relief.

There is no good result in coercion!
"Let's just give the German a little trouble."

The leader of this group, the American officer, was full of pride.

The purpose of their trip is to enter Liangya, gather local resistance forces to launch guerrillas, cause trouble for the Germans in the rear, disperse the forces of the Germans, and support the frontline battle of the Overlord Project.

How strong is the anti-aircraft tower?Just avoid them.

A group of them may not be able to make many waves.

but.

During this trip, for the joint operation of the United States and England, a total of hundreds of trained teams were sent into Liangya. When hundreds of waves gathered together, it was enough to form a huge wave.

"That's our contact point. I've already arranged your identities."

said the liaison.

Thanks to the previous bribes, although they failed to win them into the same camp, they also deployed a large number of intelligence forces. In addition, the strength of the two teeth itself is weak, and the Germans have not entered for a long time, so their lurking is very easy.

"What about the people in the town?"

After settling down, the team leader asked.

It was only around seven o'clock at this time. Although the sky was already dark at this time of winter, but tonight was full of moon and the temperature was still warm. He didn't see many people along the way.

This is not normal.

"They're all going to the anti-aircraft tower."

The contact answers.

"Are you all arrested to work as coolies to build anti-aircraft towers?"

The team leader's eyes lit up.

Where there is oppression, there is resistance.

Now that the Germans are tyrannical, these resistances are very weak, but it doesn't matter, he is here, and when he gathers these resistances, he can form a big force. Finally, the power of the whole country is gathered, and with the frontline troops, it will definitely set off a huge wave. wave.

"It's time to build an anti-aircraft tower."

The liaison officer glanced at the new team leader, and according to Shantou's order, he must follow this command:

"However, it is not forced, but voluntary."

"Volunteer?"

The group leader felt a little bad.

How could it be voluntary?How could it be voluntary?Nowadays, those people in the United States are a little unwilling now, but here they are voluntary!Or build fortifications for the enemy.

"Correct."

The liaison's tone is concerned:
"The Germans recruited people to build anti-aircraft towers and paid 1 mark a day. People from many villages around here went."

"1 mark salary per day."

The group leader frowned.

This amount is not low.

He recalled the information he had seen before coming here.

The Germans are very rich in supplies. Fuel, which is controlled in the United States, is in sufficient supply in its homeland. Even France, which is in the occupied area, also has enough fuel. The price of food is even cheaper than before the war.

If that's true, you're in big trouble.

The war has been going on for so long, the whole of Europe is miserable, and the people have long been tired of it. At this time, no matter who it is, as long as the people can afford food and clothing, provide jobs, and provide stable prices.

Definitely get direct support.

But he didn't understand.

Industrial agriculture is as strong as that of the United States. In the state of war, under the intervention of the government, the price of domestic food is also soaring. The Germans have been smashed. How can we reduce the price of food and supply it adequately?

"After the Germans came, the supplies here became very abundant."

The liaison officer continued, his tone increasingly somber:

"The supply of food, clothing, fuel, and medicine is very sufficient, especially the price of food is about [-]% lower than before the war, and you can also buy it directly through Mark."

"It's even possible to buy a car, as long as you mark enough."

"So, it is difficult for us to win support here, and even many young people plan to join the German army."

After speaking, the liaison officer added:
"It's like this all over the country!"

"how so."

The group leader muttered to himself.

Things have developed like this, and he understands the reason.

Liangya, especially the country he was in at this time, had experienced a war before, and the lives of the people were very bad. In addition, the world war has been fought for so long, and prices have soared, making survival difficult.

At this time, someone suddenly gave them enough food and clothing, money in their pockets, and security in their lives. Naturally, they were regarded as liberators, and it was normal for some people to support them enthusiastically.

but why.

Why, the German guy can take out so many supplies?
He couldn't figure it out.

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Hamburg.

"France, Portoa, Spagna, Bolan, Romania, Holland, Belgium... etc. have all signed new economic and military contracts with the Empire."

Kesselring received the latest news, which was forwarded by Wolf Security.

"understood."

After waving his hand, Marshal Kesselring was not very happy.

New economic and military contracts, the empire's weapon to control Europe.

With the help of the unbelievably sufficient supplies in the warehouse, a full set of daily necessities such as food, cotton, and common medicines, are sold to countries at low prices to stabilize the situation in various countries.

There is also fuel, as well as ordinary vehicles in the warehouse.

And use the mark to place a large number of orders to various countries, such as clothing, aquaculture and other commodities that are not in the warehouse, forming an economic cycle.

Because the materials in the warehouse are all at zero cost, you only need to pay the transportation cost, and the European railway is smooth, and after the enemy's bombing is blocked, the transportation cost is very low, so in this economic cycle, the empire has benefited greatly and the economic conditions have been greatly improved. improve.

In the military, soldiers are recruited from various countries.

Through economic pressure, accompanied by military pressure, coupled with the empire's repeated defeats of British and American attacks, the Eastern Front was also a big victory, and all countries were forced to compromise and agreed to sign a treaty with the empire.

Since then, the empire has completely integrated the power of the entire Europa.

But in Kesselring's view, this is really not a good thing, and the hidden dangers are too great.

All these situations originated from those ten strange warehouses.

There, most of the materials in modern society, steel bars, cement, rails, locomotives, food, fuel, cotton, cooking oil, medicine bottles, guns, ammunition, airplanes, cannons, tanks, cars, and trucks are all available.

It means that the empire has more industrial and agricultural production capacity than the United States, except for shipbuilding.

But what if one day, this warehouse fails?
Although he, the old fox and Speer are trying their best to build warehouses and store materials, because the front-line war involves a lot of power, after the introduction of the new economic and military contracts, the consumption of materials has doubled, and the warehouse materials seem to be unlimited, but the number of ten seats, However, the speed of shipment is limited, resulting in slow progress.

According to the current restrictions, in half a year, the remaining ones will be used by the entire empire for one and a half years at most, and the supply for the entire continent will be even shorter.

At that time, because of warehouse supplies and war needs, the rapidly shrinking industry and agriculture could not support the imperial needs, and the empire was afraid that it would collapse soon.

He believes that many people have seen this crisis.

including heads of state.

But, they have no choice.

The Allied forces are pressing down on the border, and there is still a gap in the overall strength of the two sides. Germany can only continue to strengthen its own strength, and the bombing cannot be suspended, and England cannot be given time to recover.

"The war must end as soon as possible."

Kesselin flashed sharply, and then he called several senior Air Force officials:
"Increase the recruitment of pilots from other countries, focusing on recruiting those who have hatred for Britain and the United States. After training, they will be incorporated into the bomber brigade."

"Strive to increase the size of bombers to [-] within three months."

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at the same time.

"One hundred and fifty million dollars."

Zhao Jiayu, Political Commissar Zhao raised two fingers at the people coming from the United States, one of which was slowly bent to half:
"With only [-] million U.S. dollars, I can immediately deliver [-] heavy-duty concrete ground-penetrating bombs, and provide a complete set of production technical materials. With your country's industrial capacity, it only takes ten days to produce them."

"This kind of bomb can penetrate five-meter-thick reinforced concrete. It can easily penetrate those anti-aircraft towers and destroy the enemies inside. Your country's current dive bombers can easily carry it."

"One hundred and fifty million dollars."

Hearing this quotation, the American general who came over was dizzy for a while.

Good guy, the cost of a top-level battleship is direct.

The quotation was too high, the general was naturally unwilling to be taken advantage of, and bargained for a while, but political commissar Zhao refused to let go, even if he offered a lot of benefits, he promised to train a large number of pilots, technicians, and after the number of overseas students, he would also give up part of the price. After the technicians who fled abroad, they only reduced the price to [-] million US dollars.

"I need to contact the country."

Finally, the American military officer said so.

The principle of the ground penetrating bomb is actually not difficult, and the design and manufacture are not difficult.

To put it bluntly, it is just an armor-piercing projectile. The United States of America has actually researched it a long time ago. The [-]-pound and [-]-pound ground-penetrating projectiles that rely on the barrel modification have passed acceptance and entered service.

But the problem is.

These two types of penetrators cannot penetrate the reinforced anti-aircraft towers of the Germans.

Even if a large number of experts are organized to form a team for research, it is expected that a bomb that can penetrate the concrete on the top of the German anti-aircraft tower will be produced next year.

The Overlord Project is about to be implemented again, and the frontline battle is imminent. They urgently need useful ground penetrators, so they approach this group of people.

(End of this chapter)