Rise from the sword

Chapter 688 Continue the attack!

French west coast.

Cherbourg.

A small village fifty kilometers west.

The terrain is undulating and gentle, and you can see endlessly from the roof. The roads are intertwined, the farmland is dotted, and the river flows through the edge. If you look closely, you can see a long railway running through it.

Typical French plain terrain.

If you ignore those bomb craters, it looks like a modern rural scene,
Put it in the country, that is good water and fertile land, and the rich people will have countless big landlords fighting for it.

In France, such rich lands can be seen everywhere.

at this time.

Two majestic and huge air defense towers stand in the center of this terrain. At the intersection of the road and near the railway, there are also bunkers around, which are incompatible with the pastoral style here.

On the top of the anti-aircraft tower, there are six turrets that are clearly visible to the naked eye, and the long dual-mounted gun barrels extending from the turrets point to the sky on the west side, bursting out dazzling muzzle fireworks from time to time.

on the west side.

It was a full five Allied full-strength divisions that surrounded the two air defense towers, and there were nearly a hundred fighters circling in the sky.

"Fire."

In the army artillery channel, the commander's shout sounded.

On the positions of the five infantry divisions in the rear, nearly a hundred large-caliber artillery pieces fired at the two air defense towers, and shells fell like meteor showers towards the air defense towers.

boom boom boom

Dense explosions rose from the body of the anti-aircraft tower and its surroundings.

The Germans were naturally not to be outdone. The twelve dual-mounted 128 high-level dual-purpose guns on the top of the tower leveled their barrels, and the muzzle fireworks bloomed.

The two sides launched an artillery battle.

The Allied artillery has an absolute advantage in number, but the artillery has a short range, lacks a solid bunker, and is less accurate than the 128 artillery with a solid base. Because the anti-aircraft tower is tens of meters high, it is extremely difficult to aim.

But the Germans had problems of their own.

Due to the hasty construction and low priority, the fully protected metal turret prepared for anti-aircraft artillery in the design was not installed here in Cherbourg, but a semi-open turret.

Resources are in infinite supply, but installing these requires technicians, which are not infinite.

Both anti-aircraft battles had losses, but the Allied Forces suffered even more. A large number of artillery positions were precisely named, and the Germans only suffered casualties of some soldiers and damaged several turrets.

After half an hour of shelling.

"The first group, smoke bombs."

In the flight communication channel, a rough American English sounded.

After the words fell, more than a dozen circling fighter planes dived at high speed one after another, and after reaching the range, they fired smoke bombs mounted under the wings.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

A salvo of rocket smoke grenades fired at the anti-aircraft towers, puffs of white smoke rose above the anti-aircraft towers, and spread rapidly, eventually spreading a layer of smoke outside the two anti-aircraft towers.

"The first group, the ground penetrator."

In the communication channel, the flight commander's order sounded again.

Six dive bombers hovering at high altitude broke away from the hovering and dived towards the two anti-aircraft towers one by one.

The round of smoke bombs just now was very particular.

It not only covered the firepower of the anti-aircraft tower, making the Germans blind, but did not completely cover the anti-aircraft tower, and provided cover for the dive bombers without blocking the bombing sight.

But that's just a battle plan.

Although before the war, the military built a similar anti-aircraft tower in the UK, tested and drilled to perfect this tactic, and designed and manufactured special rockets and modified special attack aircraft.

But no matter how serious the training is, it is impossible to have real firepower.

And the anti-aircraft tower, he is mainly used for air defense!
In the first actual combat, facing the anti-aircraft firepower of the anti-aircraft tower strengthened by the epic level, the cover attack aircraft lost more than one-third on the spot, and because of the blocking of the anti-aircraft firepower, the effect of smoke laying was also very poor.

This also caused only two of the follow-up dive bombers to complete the bombing mission, and the remaining four all collapsed in the middle, and only one of the two bombs dropped hit the target.

boom····

A violent explosion sounded from a corner of the air defense tower. After the smoke cleared, the Allied commander looked and saw that the corner of the air defense tower was damaged, and one of the 128 dual-mounted turrets disappeared directly.

"Keep attacking."

Seeing that the attack was effective, the commander was overjoyed and immediately ordered the troops to continue the attack.

The gunfire continued, and so did the swooping roar.

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three days later.

"Lieutenant Sam called. Two anti-aircraft towers fifty kilometers west of Cherbourg have been captured."

Eisenhower, the commander-in-chief of the Overlord Project, received a report from the front.

"casualties···"

According to the procedure, the secretary was to report the casualties and losses of the battle, but Eisenhower stopped the secretary from reporting, and then gave orders without stopping:

"Order Lieutenant General Sam's troops to replenish and continue to attack westward, and clear all the anti-aircraft towers around Cherbourg."

"In addition, let him summarize the experience of this battle and pass it on to other troops in the form of a report."

"Yes."

The secretary was stunned for a long time, and after placing the front-line report on the table, he began to carry out the order.

After the secretary left, Eisenhower sat on a chair with a calm face.

At the very beginning of giving the order to attack, he knew that the attack would inevitably cause heavy casualties.

He couldn't be more clear about the defense capability of the anti-aircraft tower.

Although the troops in a single air defense tower are full of troops, it is no more than a super-organized regiment, with about 4000 people, and the combined strength of the two towers is less than a division, and there are not even 1 people.

However, the fixed gun position requires less personnel, the artillery has high accuracy, the thick concrete wall has strong defense, and it also has the advantage of being condescending.

Even if there is a ground penetrating bomb, it is impossible to win it without paying a huge price.

This allows the enemy to block the attack of five divisions plus support troops, a total of 1 troops, with less than [-] troops, and can even cause the attacking troops to pay a heavy price.

But the attack cannot be stopped, and the progress must even be accelerated.

In this war, the United States has blocked most of its bargaining chips.

In order to avoid the post-war depreciation, the world needs to accommodate the huge amount of super-issued U.S. dollars. Because of the war, the huge domestic industrial production capacity that has soared also needs a huge market to digest.

Or, if the war is won, the United States will continue to develop and grow stronger with the help of the victorious country.

Either.

Failure, or a tie, the United States will also begin to decline, and there will be an economic crisis more terrible than 29 years, and then the national economy will collapse, the government's credit will collapse, and capital will flow out in large quantities.

The British Empire also understood this truth.

Not only a failure, even if it is a tie, let the mustache completely integrate the European continent, and the British Empire will become a small regional country, trembling under the guns of Germany.

Therefore,
For the sake of the future, only a few million sacrifices can be easily borne by the United States with a population of more than [-] million.

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Moscow.

In a certain room, the bearded man was smoking with his pipe in his mouth. It was April and the weather was relatively cold. The air in the room lacked circulation, and the expression on his face was obscured by the thick smoke.

In front of him was a general.

"This time, the enemy did not use blitzkrieg, but a steady and steady strategy. After advancing a certain distance, they repaired on the spot, repaired roads and railways, built oil pipelines, and continued to attack after the logistics were improved."

"Without foreign aid."

The air pressure of the general's language is relatively low:
"It is estimated that within three months, it will advance to Moscow, and we have no way to resist it."

Although the blitzkrieg was powerful and fast, it also suffered great losses and great dangers.

Although the army sergeant mustache is not good at strategy, he is not a fool. The core reason for his choice of blitzkrieg before was the situation of the troops and his desire to end the war quickly.

At this time, with sufficient supplies and a large amount of human resources in the process of integrating Europe, the mustache has also become smarter, choosing to attack in multiple lines, and gradually encroaching on the mustache's territory with the advantage of armor.

In the process of slowly advancing, he can also divide and integrate the forces in the occupied areas and strengthen himself.

The bearded man didn't speak, but continued to smoke his beloved pipe.

"The Far Eastern Army has failed."

The general continued:

"The Japanese also continued to expand their territory to the north and east in the Far East. We have actually lost a lot of territory there."

"Although the other party initially explained that it was an accident and some troops were out of control, not long ago, they also sent reinforcements from the country."

After losing Ryukyu, the crazy Konoe Fumimaro got a fever, and actually sent some reinforcements to Ito and Tanaka, and cut some meat from the polar bear to supplement the mainland.

"What about the Western Front?"

The bearded man finally spoke.

The situation is tough, but there is hope, and that is Allies on the Western Front.

The allies have agreed to launch an attack in advance. As long as they can put great pressure on Mustache and force him to withdraw troops from the Eastern Front for support, then he still has a chance of winning.

There is no need to bow to others.

There will be no loss of eligibility for the Pacific Ocean in the future.

"very bad."

The general replied:

"Although they have launched the attack as promised, the progress is very slow. According to intelligence, the Allied forces spent ten days and mobilized more than one million troops, including the battleship fleet, but failed to take Cherbourg."

"Even casualties exceeded [-]."

The bearded pupil suddenly shrank.

In ten days, they attacked Cherbourg, a port on the west coast of France, and dispatched 100 million troops, including the battleship fleet. Backed by the United States, the Atlantic shipping lanes were unimpeded, and there was absolutely no shortage of supplies.

This failed to win, and even paid [-] casualties.

1 casualties a day.

Are the Germans that powerful?
There was another long silence, during which the bearded man added a lot of shredded tobacco to the pipe.

The pipe was burning, and the smoke was covering it, and he didn't speak until the room was filled with smoke:
"We need tanks, fuel, artillery."

"Send someone to talk to them and get a good price."

"As for the price, let them take it themselves and the Japanese."

"Yes."

The other two were fighting at home... The general sighed deeply.

He felt a little familiar.

Seems like it happened decades ago when the gang hadn't lost their braids.

(End of this chapter)