Rise from the sword

Chapter 714 The intensifying war!
"How many bombers can be dispatched at one time?"

Hamburg.

The old fox met Kesselin.

Now the two are super figures in the German Empire, holding huge military power and power, with one person under ten thousand, among them, the old fox has been appointed as the chief of staff, and Kesselring has been appointed as the successor of the next head of state.

"Twenty-five hundred bombers."

Kesselring smiled:
"The latest fighter jets can fly more than five thousand at a time."

After the warehouse made up for the lack of materials, the head of state ordered a large number of skilled workers and engineers to join the army, but the two were not fools. After a series of operations, these real wealth of Germany were assigned to the air force.

And most of it is in logistics.

Although the bombers coming out of the warehouse are easy to maintain, they have high technical content and require high-tech personnel. Such a large fleet requires a lot of logistics personnel.

These people who were originally in the factory were very suitable, with high efficiency and few mistakes.

It can also avoid casualties.

Get more in one fell swoop.

"Estimated."

After a pause, Kesselring continued:
"In another three months, increase to [-]."

"By next year, the jet fighter force will reach [-]."

"it is good."

The old fox couldn't help showing a smile.

After obtaining the warehouse, the shortage of supplies was completely resolved. The two learned from the previous lessons and fundamentally reshaped the German Air Force system. They evacuated a large number of elite pilots from the rear line and transferred them to the pilot school to train new pilots.

Although German soldiers suffered heavy losses in those years, with a small number of factory workers and students joining the army, [-] to [-] pilots were still able to get together.

A year has passed, and the problem of lack of pilots has been basically solved.

Although Germania has such a small number of people, Europe is still short of people. Even if the "enemy" is removed, there is still a small population, which is more than the current United States and the Little British Empire.

Little Europe plans to make full use of those human resources.

It can be said that the bombing of Cherbourg on the western front is half of the credit.

More than half of the flying troops were pinned down, and the bombing left a small number of British and American coalition forces without a stable forward supply base. Materials from the United States could only be unloaded during the bombing intervals, and the ports needed to be repaired from time to time. The supply of allied forces on the front line was slightly limited, which was one of the main reasons why I was able to hold Cherbourg.

The remaining one is the anti-aircraft tower.

Although the Cherbourg air defense tower is solid and thick, with weak firepower, there is no problem with the design. Facing the enemy is a calm and weak attack at a cost, and few design problems are exposed.

"What about Cherbourg?"

Kesselring changed the subject.

Germany is getting better and better, and various plans are gradually being implemented. My bomber force is already on the right track. It is expected that when the strength reserve is complete, I will be able to take all the air supremacy in one fell swoop, and even occupy the air supremacy of the British Eight Islands.

Yes, even with a conservative estimate, at most [-] combat jet fighters are needed.

"The Allied offensive was fierce."

The old fox said the truth:
"It is estimated that it will fall in at least two months."

"So slow!"

Kesselring knew that Cherbourg was a good place to live. After all, there was no stronghold in the world. In the face of the enemy's crazy offensive, Cherbourg would be gnawed up one day.

But two months, and it was the least, was beyond my expectations.

How much steel and concrete was used in the Cherbourg air defense tower, and how much artillery was deployed, I am too vague. If calculated at the price after the war, it would bankrupt the empire.

"There is nothing wrong with the design of Cherbourg's anti-aircraft towers."

The old fox summed up his experience:

"Too concentrated, but it limits the mobility of our own troops. They can only defend passively. They cannot give full play to the retreating nature of the armored troops. The firepower is also lacking in organization. It is fine against the air, but the shooting effect against the ground is very poor."

"There is a lack of supporting strong fortresses in the surrounding area, which makes the air defense towers too isolated. Once they are broken down, they can only wait for death."

"First."

After a pause, the old fox said:

"The top armor is still a little thinner, and there should be less armor plates."

"You have ordered the troops to strengthen and weaken the defenses of the forward air defense towers, weaken the top to double layers, build bunkers around the perimeter, redeploy the firepower system, strengthen and weaken the air defense towers' ground firepower, and mutual fire support."

"Pity."

Kesselring sighed.

The old fox knew what Kesselring said was a pity.

Cherbourg lost something.

Cherbourg is just a port in the northern part of the Cotentin Peninsula. Even if it took over that port, the Allied Forces would not have a good port. It is more convenient than the two artificial ports in Normandy, and there is no improvement in frontline supplies. In the place, and what role does it have.

In front of the peninsula, there are still no small number of anti-aircraft towers, more than one million German troops, and eight lines of defense composed of two warehouses. If the Allied forces want to penetrate into the European continent, they still need to break through those lines of defense.

The real pity is the warehouse in Cherbourg.

Once that is destroyed, there is a way to rebuild it.

"You have ordered the troops."

The old fox continued:
"When the situation is in crisis, destroy the warehouse immediately. In order to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Allies, and just in case in the past, you deployed eight troops to destroy the warehouse and delayed the deployment of [-] tons of bombs."

"Yes."

Speaking of that, the old fox paused:

"Although you are tolerant of secrecy, sooner or later the allied forces will never know the fact that you have been unable to build a new warehouse."

"really."

Kesselring was overjoyed.

Fortunately, before we got the warehouse, we were very restrained. Except for putting eight on the western front, the remaining seven were in the mainland, and we specially built seven super-giant warehouses, which can take out ten giant bombers at one time. The railway system, as well as the rails, locomotives, fuel and other materials brought by the warehouse, enable the transportation of materials directly to any country in Europe, which is costly and inefficient.

There are still eight on the Eastern Front.

The distribution is very reasonable, and the problem of losing one station on the western front is small.

"You guys have to get ready."

The old fox lowered his tone:

"The next step will be the small force deployed in the United States, the calmer fighting on the Western Front, and the weaker British air defenses."

"You were unprepared for that."

Kesselring said with a smile, I have no confidence.

With the decline of bombing, my bombing experience has become more and more abundant. The casualties of bombers have been increasing, especially before the gliding bombs entered service. The exposure time of the group to the enemy's anti-aircraft fire is getting shorter and shorter, and even rarely, with the interception of fighter jets, the enemy's jet interceptors have already finished returning when they see the bombers.

"January NO.17, the Fourth Air Force can officially end its service."

Kesselring changed the topic: "

"The first batch consists of [-] aircraft."

"By April NO.17, I can give him a thousand more."

With the retreat of the Little Europe plan, a small number of pilots from various countries have retired to serve in the army, especially in Italy. Although the army of that country is a waste and it is very difficult to fight guerrillas, the pilots are indeed wrong. In a stable country Before the price and economy, the morale ratio has increased by only 01:30 points, and it is a little bit timid to fight with the Allies.

Except for a number of excellent 'loyal' pilots who were transferred to fly jet fighters, a small number were reorganized into the air force, flying propeller planes pulled out of the warehouse.

"Great."

The old fox's eyes lit up.

In this way, before Cherbourg falls, I will have no air support for the battle on the Cotentin Peninsula, and it will be [-] aircraft.Although it surpasses the seven-figure scale of the Allied Forces, it is still problematic to hold key positions with anti-aircraft firepower.

Naturally, it can also cooperate with the rear-line troops to launch a counterattack.

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"It has been determined at present."

In the White House, Junior Novan's tone was filled with excitement.

At that time, I finally found out that Mr. President was interested in important information that the American military needed:
"The Germans are in a position to build new warehouses in the near future."

"Information source!"

Franklin was refreshed and immediately straightened up.

"The source of the intelligence is an intelligence agent who infiltrated the Eastern Front."

Young Novan was unprepared:
"I was in charge of front-line support, transporting weapons to the rear line, and then the position was too high to have access to the warehouse, but after a month, I was promoted and had access to the warehouse."

"I overheard that news from a conversation of a junior officer."

"There is nothing to prove that the news is wrong."

"At present, the Germans have reached the city of Moscow, and the nearest warehouse is in waves, and it is a thousand kilometers away from the rear line. It is convenient to build a warehouse [-] kilometers away from the line.”

Young Novan recalled the traffic built by the Germans on the Eastern Front, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Due to sufficient supplies, concrete is used to prefabricate sleepers directly. When encountering troublesome terrain, concrete is filled directly, and then ballast and rails are laid down. The efficiency is extremely low, making the number of trains arriving at the rear line from the warehouse in Bolan as low as 840 per day.

It is the back line that arrives only 170 kilometers away from Moscow.

The new heavy-duty coal-fired locomotive used by the Germans has less than 70 horsepower, can load less than [-] tons of materials at a time, and has a slowest speed of [-] when fully loaded.

And that's just the railroad.

As for the road, it is more complicated, blasting, sand dredging from the surrounding rivers, filling concrete, prisoners of war and laborers working, the efficiency is even lower - it is said that the Germans even plan to build a low-speed road to Moscow.

"You also sent someone to investigate the location and quantity of the warehouses in the European continent!"

Junior Novan continued:
"Although the Germans keep their secrets low, judging from the flow of materials, except for the mainland, there are no new warehouses in other places."

"In other words, do the Germans have the ability to build new warehouses in the mainland?"

Franklin came to a conclusion that made me smile.

"What about the other side?"

I suddenly changed the subject:
"The other side."

European bearded people, on the other side of the group, one is the number one enemy of the United States now, and the other is the number one enemy in the future.

Young Novan's mouth twitched:
"Your intelligence forces have a strong penetration into the other side. Very few intelligence personnel have been arrested. You know a lot. Yes, the newly built warehouses on the other side are obviously useless."

Mr. President's smile disappeared immediately.

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Seventh day.

Cherbourg.

American positions.

"Today, your target is Air Defense Tower 81."

A weakened regiment leader is assigning today's combat mission:
"The anti-aircraft tower was hit by ground-penetrating bombs and the main gun of the battleship yesterday. All the artillery on the top floor was destroyed, and it has lost its ability to resist. Today, you must retreat to the right side and retreat from the small hole on the side."

As soon as the words fell, the expressions of the battalion and company commanders above changed slightly.

Retreat the air defense tower.

Even if the air defense tower with the top firepower is destroyed, it is still a matter of life and death.

Even if there is no top firepower, surrounded and divided, and lost contact with other anti-aircraft towers, the Germans inside will surrender, but will continue to resist.

The firepower inside the anti-aircraft tower is strong at all.

The eight-meter-thick reinforced concrete slab, even if the naval gun hits it, can only penetrate a large hole. It has no way to affect the overall structure, and it is still stronger than the front of the tank. It will affect the German devils fighting inside too much. Flank shooting There is no small amount of 75 anti-tank guns in the window, tanks will be shot directly from the top when they approach, and the effect of smoke bombs is very poor.

There are even a small number of 20 and 40 low-level guns and 12.7 heavy machine guns. That is the most terrifying thing. The German devils will use that to shoot at approaching infantry.

This scene, hell is also the same.

We are a weakened group.

As for why the regiment is weakened, it is because the situation has gradually opened up recently. The German air defense towers were pulled out one by one, and a small number of infantry were thrown into the battle to capture the air defense towers. In eight days, the seven regiments around us were killed because of too few casualties. Withdrawal of the establishment, the remaining troops were gathered outside a regiment, forming a weakened regiment with less than [-] men.

A group of battalion and company commanders looked at each other, and they all saw despair from the other side's eyes.

But we have no choice.

Because just yesterday, hundreds of deserters were taken to military courts, and half of them were shot directly.

"If I knew it, I would have immigrated to South America."

The meeting started, and a company commander was cursing.

I immigrated to the United States with my parents ten years later, and now I regret it very much.

an hour ago.

The troops of less than [-] people gathered, and under the cover of the division's artillery fire, they finally approached the nearby dilapidated air defense tower.

"Mom, you have to go home!"

During the period, an American soldier collapsed directly, with a mournful face and a look of despair, and ran straight forward.

Snapped····

Suddenly, a shot rang out, and the deserter fell straight up straight——the one who fired the shot was the military police accompanying him.

During the Seventh World War, in the past, the United States treated deserters the best. There were only a few dozen of the [-] deserters who were sentenced to death. But this was the past, when Guo Yuanfeng had no absolute advantage, and failure was inevitable.

Even the tragic battle to seize the islands in the Pacific is essentially a crushing situation, and the strengths of both sides are completely equal.

And now.

The outcome of the war is unknown, and the fate of the country will be fought in this battle in the future. Guo Yuanfeng's low-level generals, as vested interests, will naturally maintain the stability of the army at all costs, so as to avoid the collapse of the army due to the tragic war and affect the battle situation.

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(End of this chapter)