Rise from the sword

Chapter 693 Departure!

"Taking Cherbourg as quickly as possible?"

"At any cost?"

Looking at the latest order, the people in the staff department were very puzzled, and several American Army generals even rushed in, yelling at Eisenhower:
"Are you crazy?"

"Assault on Cherbourg now, do you know how much it will cost?"

Taking down dozens of individual anti-aircraft towers around Cherbourg would cost 10,000+ troops, and now attacking nearly a hundred anti-aircraft tower groups, how heavy a loss would it have to pay?

According to intelligence.

In the Cherbourg fortification group, there are three giant anti-aircraft towers equipped with double-linked 380 mm, and an armored mobile group composed of a thousand Panzer IV tanks, attacking here without proper preparation.

The final casualties may far exceed Verdun.

It might not even be possible to get it off.

"Excuting an order."

Eisenhower's eyes turned cold, and he ordered sharply.

In June of last year, that is, in June of 44, at the beginning of the Overlord Project, that is, before the situation developed and reversed, the total strength of the Germans was only more than 700 million.

This number seems to be a lot, but in 43, the total German military strength was 1000 million. In just one year, they lost nearly 300 million troops. It can be seen how defeated the Germans were facing at that time.

And the 700 million is the total of the three armed forces including domestic troops, western front troops, peninsula troops, and eastern front troops.

At that time, there were more than 700 million Allied forces on the Eastern Front alone.

But in June, the opponent completed an absolute reversal, not only blocking the Allied Overlord's plan, annihilating tens of thousands of people, but even launching a full-scale counterattack on the Eastern Front, annihilating more than one million prisoners.

Why did the Germans win?
The deciding factor is that 'warehouse'.

The tanks of the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front also need to be transported from Ural to the front line the nearest, and the farthest is even transported from Central Asia, with an interval of more than [-] kilometers. On the Western Front, they need to go all the way from the continental United States through the wide Atlantic Ocean. .

The quantity is strictly limited by the mode of transportation, and it takes less than half a month to spend on the road.

And the Germans.

It is taken directly from the 'warehouse' less than a hundred kilometers away from the front line, and then driven onto the battlefield. It is said that there is no quantity limit.

With such a large logistical gap between the two sides, it completely made up for the gap in military strength, and even formed an advantage.

Can you not lose?

Also because of this 'warehouse', the United States was forced to deploy a large number of troops on the mainland for defense because they were afraid that the enemy would use this 'warehouse' as a means to land on the mainland and attack cities on the east coast.

The coalition forces need to obtain detailed information on this kind of thing, and need to know how to counter this kind of 'logistics facility'.

as well as.

A similar technique is required.

This kind of technology is a super technology that can directly determine the outcome of a war. Its military horror has been fully demonstrated by the Germans and the people in the Western Pacific.

It is worthwhile to come to 'Verdun' even once or even twice.

"You are deliberately killing people! You are treason."

A general pointed directly at Eisenhower's nose and cursed.

"It's an order signed by the president."

Eisenhower was too lazy to explain, and he couldn't explain it. The less people know about this kind of thing, the better. Once it is spread, it will cause riots, so he directly threw out an order signed by President Franklin.

Above is the battle plan for the immediate Allied attack on Cherbourg.

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Far East.

Devil 25 army camp.

Several devils were gathering together, looking at a new tank assigned the day before yesterday.

Type IV tanks.

"Yo Xi."

Looking at the new tank in front of him, a ghost tanker couldn't help but sigh with emotion:
"This is a real tank."

While talking, the devil touched the thick gun barrel, and couldn't help but drool.

"Yes."

The driver next to him also had the same expression:
"[-]mm main gun, [-]-ton vehicle weight, [-]mm main armor, [-]-horsepower diesel engine, if it had this back then, Nuomenkan would never have failed."

This tank team is an old devil, and he had a gun fight with Shilafu at Nuomenkan back then.

"Is this transported from China?"

A logistics devil asked.

"The group of 'big shots' in China will give us this?"

The commander who was still on the turret snorted coldly.

Hearing this, everyone looked at the commander in unison, with puzzled expressions—from the commander's tone, the latest Type [-] tanks transported to the army the day before yesterday were not transported from the mainland of the empire?

Where else could it have come from?
Everyone is puzzled.

"The group of corrupt shoguns, no one cares if we are all dead, and will give us the latest tank?"

The driver snorted coldly.

After thoroughly controlling the troops and purging the internal diehards, Ito and Tanaka continued to brainwash the troops.

At the same time as the salary is improved, the material is corrupted.

He also described the locust and the important domestic ministers as remnants of the shogunate era, trying to enslave and control the entire empire.The so-called jihad is to use them as cannon fodder, and then the benefits go to the top.

A two-pronged approach.

For the general merchant class and the ghost soldiers who were already struggling at the bottom, this move worked very well. After being stripped of the Bushido disguise, hatred was easily aroused.

They were loyal to the empire, but what did the empire do to them?

Nowadays, in the devil army, many people are dissatisfied with the high-level empire and even the locust.

"Who is that?"

someone asked.

"It was made in a factory established abroad by General Tanaka and General Ito."

The captain told the reason Ito made up at random.

"General Ito, General Tanaka."

Several people around excitedly squeezed their fists.

After receiving the material support from the "backstage", Tanaka and Ito also disguised themselves as people who liberated the Empire of Japan to enhance their personal prestige while improving military pay and living conditions and arousing hatred for the locust.

"really."

Some ghosts lamented:
"General Ito and General Tanaka are the ones who can save the empire."

"Hurry up and train, we must open up the territory for ourselves, our family, and the Dahe nation, and strive for a broad living space."

The captain spoke out about Ito's brainwashing propaganda.

"Hi."

The devils around immediately cheered up, got into the tank again and started training.

Compared with the devil's old-fashioned Bushido brainwashing and the satisfaction of nihilistic spiritual glory, Ito and Tanaka's cards are obviously better, not only meeting material needs, cigarettes, alcohol, meat are complete, and military pay is full, but also for themselves, family, The concept of fighting against the Yamato nation.

The intermediary/middleman of locust has been removed.

This action directly made the devil soldiers howl and their morale greatly increased. Coupled with the solution to the logistics supply problem and the superior equipment, the combat effectiveness was not weaker than that of the elite old devils at the beginning of the war.

When the devils are screaming to grab the territory.

Inside the 25th Army Command.

Qin Tanaka received a piece of information:
"Tearalf has assembled two armored divisions, two artillery divisions, and five infantry divisions to prepare for a counterattack. There are more than 200 tanks and more than 100 artillery pieces."

The source of this information was actually fabricated by the devil himself.

From several logistics officers and businessmen, fragmentary information was collected.

Kotaro Ito is a businessman. After he realized the mission assigned by the post-'ally' station, he began to build an intelligence network. The unique system, the chaotic situation, and the withdrawal of the Far East Army made intelligence loopholes very many.

"It is said."

Ito paused when he said this:
"The tanks and artillery were purchased from the Republic of China."

"The artillery is German artillery, mainly 105 howitzers, and some 76mm cannons."

"Most of the tanks are light tanks such as BT7, and the rest are a new type of tank with a 75mm gun. The overall performance is similar to our common No. [-] tank."

Although Big Beard intends to take back the Far East to reduce the loss of land, and even wants to prostitute him a batch of weapons and supplies for free, and wants to leave the Pacific Ocean estuary, but,
Dreams are full, reality is very skinny.

After learning that there was assistance, Mustache resolutely accelerated his attack speed. Facing Mustache's aggressive offensive, Mustache had to scale back his dreams—from regaining the lost ground to delaying the attack of the little devil.

As a result, the supplies to support the Far East were greatly reduced, and the tanks changed from new tanks to light tanks and armored vehicles that were repaired in large quantities. Only more than 30 of the "No. [-] Xie Mantou" of the head of Li Datuan were given.

The artillery is the same, only a small number of 105 howitzers are given, and the rest are mainly 76mm artillery that has been eliminated.

Troops were also greatly reduced.

Anyway.

The little devils are not very good, even if this little force can't regain the lost ground, it can still block the little devils' attack and make them calm down--that's what the bearded man thought in his heart.

After listening to Ito's information, Tsutomu Tanaka smiled.

Smile from the heart.

"Yo Xi."

"Just right, I can test the combat capability of my 25th Independent Army."

After breaking with the native land, the locust, and the base camp, although the native land didn't know it, it was even sending recruits here. After all, the sky was high and the emperor was far away. Tian Zhongqin ordered his troops to be the 25th Independent Army.

"is that OK?"

Ito finally asked a question.

There is a driving force behind the current situation, he is very clear, so they must win this battle, and they must win beautifully, otherwise it will not benefit the prosperous life in the future.

"no problem."

Tanaka is very confident:
"Currently, our 25th Independent Army has a total strength of 30."

"There are two armored divisions, 320 Type IV tanks, enough fuel for three months."

"Three artillery divisions, equipped with one hundred and eight 105-type 150 cannons, each with twelve base shells, special half-track tractor vehicles, and thirty [-] field howitzers."

"As for the 75 mountain artillery, on average, each brigade is equipped with two."

"Even an air force is being formed."

"Whether it is military strength or equipment, we have absolute advantages. There is no difficulty in this battle."

The younger brother is obedient and works hard, so the benefits will not be less.

"Yo Xi."

Ito smiled.

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at the same time.

That is the end of April.

Ryukyu Naha Port.

In the twilight, in the sky, an early warning aircraft hovered at high altitude.

At the same time, outside the port, a latest tank landing ship with a displacement of more than 3000 tons is undergoing training. Beside him, there is also a giant ship similar to the US 'Alaska' class.

"pity."

Looking at the landing ship and large cruiser, Zhang Dabiao clicked his tongue, feeling a little regretful.

With the gradual formalization of the troops, the base areas have been gradually established from the factory, to the logistics transportation, to the combat system, and the regiment headquarters has also begun to cultivate the ability to fight independently.

That is, do not use the 'warehouse' to fight.

The tank landing ship and large cruiser in front of me were ordered with this kind of thinking.

According to the plan, tank landing ships transport troops, large cruisers provide fire support, and theater air defense.

Of course, as always, in exchange for equipment, a full set of technology is also provided, as long as you give some time to digest the base area, you can produce independently.

However, after speculation by the General Staff, it was finally found that,
It's impossible to do it by yourself.

Guam is too far away, more than 2000 kilometers away from Naha.

Although the landing ship can drive past, the large cruiser can also provide sufficient fire support, and the 305-caliber heavy artillery has full firepower against the ground.

However, at this distance, the air force cannot guarantee the safety of ships, the combat radius is not enough, and neither can the navy—mainly because there are not enough people, there are ships, and Boss Chen has everything everywhere, but he is not enough.

Helpless, I had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​coming by myself, and once again dispatched the incredible method of 'warehouse'.

"No way, who made us not enough manpower?"

Wang Gensheng also sighed helplessly.

Independent operations have always been the dream of the army. After all, the "warehouse" belongs to others, but in Boss Chen's words, the ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny.

Why don't you ask Boss Chen to order a battleship with a thicker barrel, but order the large cruiser in front of you?
It's not that no one made trouble.

The battleship has a larger tonnage and needs more people. There are not so many people on my side, and even the large cruiser in front of me is seriously dissatisfied. I can only drive and move, and don't even think about fighting.

but.

Although the appearance of the large cruiser in front of me is similar to the Yankee's Alaska class, its actual combat effectiveness is completely different.

The strong point is not 01:30.

Three triple-mounted 305 naval guns were changed to two double-mounted 305 naval guns, and the number of gun barrels was more than doubled. The delivery volume has not decreased but increased.

Accuracy is also greatly improved.

Doubles are inherently more accurate than triples.

Six-tube 30mm anti-aircraft guns are equipped with fire control radars, and jets can be aimed and shot down. Although there are no large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, four dual-mounted anti-aircraft missiles can easily deal with their own ten-shot bombers.

As for naval battles.

The anti-ship missiles on this are not much less than the 01-class guided missile destroyer.

"take it easy."

Looking at the faltering large cruiser in front of him, Zhang Dabiao spoke calmly.

They have plenty of time.

Afterwards, the two turned their attention to the other side of the port—where hundreds of seaplanes were quietly moored on the water, and lightly armed fighters were lined up to enter the cabin in an orderly manner.

If the navy doesn't work, then the air force.

Without equipment, a new seaplane can carry thirty soldiers, and there are two to five hundred of them in the port in front of us.

　Gan, I was called to be on duty at noon. I brought my computer and forgot my mobile phone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)