Rise from the sword

Chapter 691 Whoever shoots down belongs to whoever!

"This is the territory of the Americans!"

Looking at Guam, someone said worriedly.

"It's not an official country yet, whoever takes it down will get it."

Zhang Dabiao sneered.

After the Spanish-American War, although Guam has always been under the trusteeship of the Americans, it was only a trusteeship and was not directly incorporated into the territory, at least not directly recognized by the law. In addition, it is now occupied by the Japanese, so there is a lot of room for manipulation.

This kind of dispute zone basically belongs to whoever owns it.

Of course, if the fist is hard, it must be able to hold it.

"What if the Americans come to us?"

Some young staff officers were worried.

"At that time, let the Americans find the little devil to go, or pay a few trillion dollars for hard work."

Zhang Dabiao snorted coldly.

What did their independent group eat, and what did they spit out?

and.

There is an old saying that he agrees with very much. What the soldiers get on the battlefield, politicians don't want to take it back. Want Guam?Then send the fleet over to get it.

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"How is Cherbourg?"

Hamburg, Kesselring looked at the old fox who just came back.

Fatty Ge made a mistake in standing in line, and after being knocked off by the mustache, Kesselring became the head of the Air Force and was responsible for bombing England.

Thanks to sufficient supplies and the implementation of the European Unification Plan, young talents from various countries, Kesselring was able to cope with all kinds of strange orders from the army corporal.

There is even some spare power to support the Eastern Front.

As for the Western Front and the fighting between Britain and the United States, the old fox has full power.

"Everything is planned."

The old fox's tone was very confident.

The disadvantages of the Western Front are actually much greater than those of the Eastern Front.

It is true that Tearf is terrible, but Yingmei who is fully engaged is even more terrifying.

Of these two, one is the world's strongest industrial country, with more than one-third of the world's industrial production capacity, an annual output of over [-] million tons of steel, [-] million tons of oil, a population of over [-] million, and a steady stream of immigrants.

Abundant human resources and strong industrial capabilities.

There is another one, although the sun never sets, the empire has a profound foundation for hundreds of years, the royal family has a strong ability to call, and the Commonwealth has a huge human resource. underestimate.

The combination of these two is terrifying.

Although the family has warehouses and almost unlimited weapons, equipment and supplies, the gap in military strength is too great. Even after the implementation of the European Union plan, a steady stream of servants joined the army, and the strength of the Western Front still reached [-] to [-] or even [-] to [-]. And it's getting worse.

So the old fox never thought about fighting head-on from the very beginning.

His plan is to rely on the five 'warehouses' on the western front to establish five defense zones, and use the air defense towers to link with each other to form a large deep defense line, consuming the enemy layer by layer, and then wait for opportunities to counterattack and eat their main force. The attack plan failed.

The terrifying defense and firepower of the anti-aircraft tower made it possible for a regiment to deal with an attack of ten times its strength and still have an advantage.

With the existence of 'warehouses', the troops do not need to worry about logistical supplies at all.

It depends on who can consume it.

Although the United Kingdom and the United States have destroyed more than 20 anti-aircraft towers around Cherbourg in half a month now, and all of them have cleared the outer positions of Cherbourg, the ability of such aircraft bombs to destroy the anti-aircraft towers is somewhat beyond the old fox's expectations.

But the impact is minimal.

With the warehouse as the center, there are nearly a hundred anti-aircraft towers in the central area of ​​Cherbourg, which are larger and stronger than the surrounding ones. There is also a mobile armored unit of the group army stationed inside.

The only thing that worried him a little was the casualties.

Even for the smallest anti-aircraft tower, there are only four 128 dual-unit anti-aircraft towers with high-level dual-purpose guns, and 500 people need to be deployed. Those who use artillery, some of which also have a 128-caliber shore-based naval gun, need to deploy at least 88 people.

Although some of the anti-aircraft towers retreated voluntarily, before the encirclement was formed, the old fox ordered the troops stationed to break through. There are tanks in the anti-aircraft towers, so it is very convenient to retreat.

However, the remaining 3 destroyed air defense towers, coupled with the enemy's air superiority, still caused him to lose more than [-] people. Note that this is the loss of personnel, not casualties, including deaths, captures, and serious injuries that cannot return to the team.

"How about the bombing?"

The old fox changed the subject.

He reduced the number of personnel by 3 people, and the British and American side only had a lot more, and the number of personnel reductions was not less than 10. When they arrived in Cherbourg, the air defense towers supported each other and formed an effective firepower network, which greatly reduced casualties.

At that time, it is the moment to decide the outcome of the war.

"good."

When the topic shifted to himself, Kesselin frowned slightly.

It is now late April and approaching May. Since September last year, it has been bombing for more than seven months, a total of 230 days. Excluding the bombing period on the Eastern Front, the bombing time in England is 210 days.

A total of 290 bombings were carried out, [-] sorties were dispatched, and [-] million tons of bombs were dropped.

On average, 1000 or [-] sorties were dispatched each time, and more than [-] tons of bombs were dropped.

Even if they were high-altitude bombs, generally higher than 7000 meters, and mostly at night, the British Empire was almost flattened, and there was no complete city or port in sight, which greatly slowed down its progress in attacking the western front.

The bombing effect was excellent, somewhat beyond his imagination.

But it also paid a heavy price.

The air defense capabilities of the United Kingdom and the United States are formidable.

Including the forced landing, the loss of six-engine giant bombers was as high as [-], and the loss rate was as high as [-]%. Excluding the escort fighter jets, the number of bomber crews lost exceeded [-] .

Among them, there are as many as 6000 elite pilots.

Fortunately, a large number of workers and technicians from the factory poured into the flight team to make up for this batch of losses, and foreign talents are also continuously replenished.

But the huge loss is still too great, and it has a great impact on morale.

He even had to resort to some special means to maintain morale. Of course, I have to mention the hysterical patient here. Throughout history, few people can hold a candle to boosting morale (brainwashing).

The dream of European unification, coupled with the supply of cheap materials in Shanghai, and then draw a few big pies, poke a few pain points, count the hegemony history of the empire that never falls for a few days, combined with its peak speech skills, can make countless foreign countries Young people are crazy about it.

The old fox saw good and bad from Kesselin's face. After a moment of thought, he quickly changed the subject:
"What about the Eastern Front?"

With the improvement of British and American air defense means and the entry into service of new aircraft, the loss of the fleet will definitely increase. Come back more from the front.

"Smooth than us."

Kesselring replied.

The Eastern Front was under the direct command of hysterics.

At this point in the topic, the two looked at each other, and both saw smiles in each other's eyes.

Victory on the Eastern Front not only weakens the enemy, but also strengthens oneself.

As long as you sprinkle supplies, Mark, to ease local conflicts, and then brainwash and propagate a wave, you can get good support in those places and harvest a group of cannon fodder-this trick mustache has already been mastered.

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White House.

"So far, the coalition forces have destroyed the German positions around Cherbourg, breached 23 anti-aircraft towers, and completed the siege of Cherbourg."

"Yesterday's statistics show that the total casualties in the battle were 7, of which our army suffered 7000 casualties, of which [-] were sacrificed, more than [-] were seriously injured and disabled, and lost weapons and equipment..."

President Franklin is listening to a military briefing.

Casualties and losses on the Western Front.

The attack on Cherbourg started less than a month ago. Before reaching the core position of Cherbourg, there were 17 casualties and more than [-] casualties. This figure is not scary.

During this period, Franklin's expression remained calm, without the slightest fluctuation, and even a private doctor came in to measure a wave of blood pressure. This dedicated doctor was worried that the president would suffer from health problems after hearing bad news.

Unexpectedly, the sphygmomanometer is as stable as an old dog.

obviously.

Such casualties were still within Franklin's expectation, or to be precise, within the acceptable range.

The core of modern warfare is logistical supplies.

The level of weapons technology on both sides is similar, and neither has epoch-making technology. In the current situation of the war, it is impossible to have astonishing tactics against the sky to decide the outcome, and there will be no major strategic mistakes such as the cecum of the Ardennes Forest.

True.

In terms of military strength, the Allied forces have an absolute advantage, three to one or even four to one, but in terms of logistics supplies, the Germans have an absolute advantage.

Those anti-aircraft towers, especially the main tower equipped with firepower, are almost equal to an immovable 15-ton battleship plus logistics supply ship. The main armor belt is thick.

There are warehouses, generators, and hospitals inside.

According to known information, outside of Cherbourg, there are 305 large-caliber coastal guns in the large anti-aircraft tower, and each gun has stored enough high-intensity ammunition to continue fighting for more than 30 days.

Take the single-door dual-mounted 128 high-level dual-purpose artillery as an example, that is, two hundred base shells.

Each base is 160 pieces.

When the food can be consumed at the highest standard, it can meet the consumption of the garrison for nine months.

There is even a tank warehouse, ready to have armored forces such as tanks in varying numbers.

Coupled with the lack of experience in how to deal with anti-aircraft towers and the lack of an effective strike system, such a huge casualty could not be more normal, and the casualties can be reduced when the experience matures.

Active offense, the core advantage is initiative, you can change moves continuously, and find the opponent's loopholes, while passive defense can only respond passively, lacking initiative.

of course.

Franklin was also prepared.

Cherbourg is a group of anti-aircraft towers, as well as the enemy's armored mobile units. The difficulty is much greater than that of a single anti-aircraft tower. The casualties will be much more terrifying than now, but the Allies can afford it.

At present, the number of serving soldiers in the United States has exceeded eight figures. Including the British Empire, the combined total strength exceeds 2000 million, and the reduction of personnel by only a few hundred thousand is just a drizzle.

"understood."

After listening, Franklin remained calm.

He still has the last hole card.

The Manhattan Project, which was affected by the German bombing, started repairing the destroyed enrichment factories, and a small part of production capacity has been restored. It is expected that the first experimental bomb will be ready to test by the end of this year.

By June next year, that is, one year later, five to eight live ammunition will be put into actual combat.

Once this weapon is in service, it only needs to drop a few in the heart of the Cherbourg air defense tower to settle the battle.

Attacking now will only delay the energy of the Germans, consume the national power of the Germans, avoid the progress of European unification, and protect the United Kingdom.

In case the British Empire of the little beard falls, the bearded man also falls, and the bearded man really gathers all of Europe. At that time, even if there are nuclear weapons, the war will not be won.

And, to prevent the Germans from also developing this weapon.

Intelligence shows that the Germans have not only established a space laboratory, but also started nuclear energy research. If the Germans had nuclear bombs, they would not be able to win.

"After they occupied Ryukyu, did they take further action?"

After listening to the report, the president turned his attention to the Pacific Ocean, where a very difficult enemy of the United States in the future is rising, and he still has nothing to do with this group of people.

There are no restrictions at all.

"No."

The secretary shook his head:

"The military speculates that they will continue to occupy the islands, which are expected to be the surrounding large islands."

"Let me know as soon as there is news."

Franklin paid more attention to the Western Pacific than Mustache.

Before the secretary answered, a general walked in:

"Mr. President, the delegation to the Republic of China has returned a message."

"Tell me!"

Franklin perked up.

In the process of capturing Ryukyu and Natuna, those people demonstrated the existence of space technology and a brand new powerful weapon that changed the pattern of naval warfare-missiles.

At night, the Japanese had two battleships, one heavy cruiser, and three destroyers at zero cost.

For this reason, he specially sent a delegation to discuss.

The demand for missiles is not high, so he can do his own research, but he urgently needs to understand space technology, and if he really doesn’t sell it, it’s okay to know a little about countermeasures.

Because he was afraid that the Germans would come and land in England or even the mainland of the United States, he had to deploy a large number of troops on the mainland, which resulted in a significant reduction in the number of troops actually sent to the Western Front.

at the same time.

"Mr. President, Mr. Donovan wants to see you."

The head of American intelligence, General Donovan, also came to the White House.

(End of this chapter)