Rise from the sword

Chapter 716 High-quality cannon fodder!
"The first million troops have left for the British mainland."

"Arrive in Europe for a week of training and expect to be ready to fight in two weeks."

In the White House, President Franklin listened to the report of the military personnel:
"The second batch, the third batch, the fourth batch, and the fifth batch are also being prepared. We have used all our transportation forces. It is estimated that 500 million troops and equipment will arrive in the UK in three and a half months."

After all-out preparations for the European war, the Liberty Ship continued to drop like dumplings. The tens of millions of US shipping forces were fully utilized to serve the army. In addition to the construction of the Atlantic shipping system for two and a half years, only 500 million troops could be deployed in a short period of time. It was delivered to the front line in just three months.

"Three months."

Franklin took a look at the list and fell silent.

There are 500 million army and army aviation troops, including more than 1 tanks, more than 1 armored vehicles, more than 1 trucks, more than 1 barrel artillery, and more than [-] aircraft.

This is an unimaginably large system.

Such a huge system of transportation, concentrated from all parts of the country to the east coast, and then crossed the Atlantic to reach the British mainland in three and a half months, this is the ultimate manifestation of the United States of America's maritime power.

No country other than the United States has achieved such a feat.

even.

The alliance of Britain, Germany and France, plus the little devils, even before the war, it would not work.

The United States, which accounts for more than 50.00% of the global manufacturing industry and more than 40.00% of shipping, has an annual output of [-] million tons of steel and [-] million tons of oil, making it the strongest country in history.

The height of the British Empire was not far behind.

but.

Putting down the list in his hand, he aimed his gaze at the world map on the table, and focused on the continent on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

then.

"Hey···"

Mr. President sighed deeply.

If it is on the other side, how long will it take for 500 million troops including their equipment and logistical supplies?
In other words, how long would it take for 500 million people to be transported across the Atlantic to the British mainland?
He has a very clear number in mind.

"How are the casualties at Cherbourg? How is the battle going?"

Mr. President continued to ask.

It is now late July, and about one and a half months have passed since the offensive began regardless of the cost. According to Eisenhower's estimate, taking Cherbourg will take at least two months and at the longest three months, and at least 30 American soldiers will be paid Death, up to 50.

"The No. [-] anti-aircraft tower has been captured."

The secretary is well versed in reporting news, and reports good news as soon as possible.

Sure enough, upon hearing the news, Mr. President suddenly smiled.

There are more than one hundred Cherbourg anti-aircraft towers, but the only ones that really make the military troublesome are the three super-giant anti-aircraft towers, which have dual 305 shore guns, eight 128 high-level anti-aircraft guns, and reinforced concrete over [-] Meter thick giant fortress.

One of them is in the center, where the warehouse is located, and it is named No. [-] anti-aircraft tower, and the other two are on its two wings, No. [-] and No. [-].

Mr. President is very happy to win one now.

Although it took one and a half months to win the first one, and it took four and a half months to calculate the three, but this is not how wars are calculated. After taking one, the enemy will be weakened by a third, and our side will gain a wealth of experience. You can win the second and third seats more quickly.

"Currently attacking the No. [-] air defense tower."

"And there are only more than 30 Cherbourg air defense towers left."

The secretary continued to report the good news.

"very good."

Mr. President felt that his blood pressure had stabilized.

There are more than 30 anti-aircraft towers, and only one-third of them are left. Then, it only takes one month at most to destroy and occupy the remaining anti-aircraft towers and occupy all of Cherbourg.

But at this moment, the secretary was silent for a while.

"How about the casualties?"

The President realized something was wrong.

His secretary has followed him for so many years, and he also understands the secretary's style of doing things - first report the good news, and then report the bad news. The more good news, the better, it means the more serious the bad news.

Of course, it is not absolute.

So right now he's not particularly nervous.

"As of yesterday."

The secretary paused and continued:

"There have been more than 30 deaths in our country."

"30 million!"

Franklin felt a palpitation in his heart, and continued to ask:
"Is it the last month, or did the Overlord Project die in total?"

30 dead.

If it was the second Overlord Project to start counting, then he could accept it. After all, before the storming of Cherbourg, the death toll had already exceeded 20. Calculated in this way, only [-] people died in the storming of this month and a half.

acceptable.

But if 30 people were killed in this one-and-a-half month attack...
"It's the number of deaths in the last one and a half months."

The secretary wiped his forehead.

bang...
The wheelchair was unsteady, and Mr. President almost fell down again. Thanks to the quick eyesight and skillful hands of the personal doctor beside him, as well as his professional skills, he was able to stabilize the wheelchair.

"That is to say."

Mr. President's hands trembled a little:
"Over 40 American soldiers have died since Project Overlord II began."

"It's 44."

The secretary gave a very accurate figure.

"understood."

The shaking of Mr. President's hands became more serious.

"Go down."

With a wave of his hand, the president dismissed the secretary, and at the same time dismissed the private doctor, leaving only one person in the presidential palace.

After a long silence, Mr. President looked at the world map.

The offense cannot be stopped.

Even, not only can't stop, but also needs to be strengthened.

The Germans must not be allowed to integrate the whole of Europe. Mustache must be restrained to the greatest extent. Otherwise, even if he has a big bomb, it will be difficult to completely win the war.

And according to intelligence, after the bombing last year, some information was leaked. The Germans also have similar projects, but the progress is much worse than that of the United States.

But casualties.

As an immigrant country, even after more than 100 years of cohesion, it is still far behind, and its tolerance to war casualties is far worse than other countries.

In this regard, Mr. President is even a little envious of Japan.

In terms of casualty tolerance and public tolerance, the United States is very biased.

He has made up for it, made speeches, created contradictions, created antagonism, sympathy, and even allowed the Germans to bomb the homeland, and staged and directed various domestic enemy attacks by himself, giving those serial murderers the title of serving in the German army.

But still far from it.

According to the current situation, it is estimated that 30 deaths will be needed to win Cherbourg. Then there are hundreds of anti-aircraft towers on the Cotentin Peninsula. Around [-] died.

Ultimately breaking through the Siegfeller line would cost the United States alone 90 casualties.

"I have to find a way to find some servants!"

"And it's a servant army with combat effectiveness."

Thinking of this, Mr. President's eyes moved from South America to Asia, and finally settled on the island countries in the Western Pacific.

The Americas are the back garden of the United States. Although there are still European forces remaining, it is a matter of minutes to clear them out. Recruiting servants is also very simple. Today, more than 20 troops on the Western Front are recruited from the Americas.

But well.

These people are beyond words, except for some elite troops, most of the combat effectiveness of the rest is not as good as that of Yidali.

More troublesome.

This group of people can make a lot of troubles in logistics, and Ke Na Kakou will do everything he can.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to continue recruiting people from here, it is simply helping the Germans.

After thinking about it, Mr. President turned his idea on the little devil.

Ever since he learned that the warehouses of the Germans were restricted, he speculated that the warehouses on the other side must also have restrictions. Such advanced and terrifying technology has no restrictions and is absolutely impossible.

As a result, Mr. President became bolder again.

But because of the previous lessons and the fact that the Indian Ocean is restricted by others, this time he plans to take it slowly.

Start planning with the locust first.

As long as you get the locust, come to a formal surrender, and then fill up the conspiracy army, as long as you have the locust, with the brainwashing of Bushido, it is not a big problem to get a high-quality servant army.

Anyway, the two sides have almost torn faces.

But before that, Mr. President plans to find some people for emergency.

His eyes continued to move down, and he came to a country in another hemisphere in the Asia-Pacific region. The servant army here, no, the strength of the allied army is quite good, the combat effectiveness is very strong, and because of the relationship of the British Empire, it is easy to recruit enough army.

It's just that there are fewer people.

This matter can be discussed directly with Fatty Qiu.

then.

"Let the news..."

Mr. President called the head of wartime news, that is, the person in charge of war propaganda in the country.

Economically, the other side has suffered.

Now, it's time to let the other side know that public opinion is also a very important battlefield. He is a little curious about what the people on the other side will do in the face of the turbulent public opinion in the United States.

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Hamburg.

Inside the old fox headquarters.

"estimate."

A staff officer is reporting the war game to the old fox:
"In another month, Cherbourg will fall."

"Ah."

The old fox nodded, agreeing to the deduction.

The construction of Cherbourg's anti-aircraft towers was hasty. Although the number was large and the firepower was fierce, there was a big problem with the deployment of firepower. Coupled with the lack of fresh reinforcements, the outcome was obvious and impossible to hold.

And from the very beginning, Cherbourg was ready to give up.

It is to buy time for the Western Front to gather troops.

Now that the goal has been achieved, all that remains is to consume the active forces of Britain and the United States.

"I have a plan."

The old fox continued, looking at a group of core generals around him:

"British and American would definitely be interested in our logistical approach."

"That's exactly where we can set a trap."

"You mean..."

A general narrowed his eyes.

The old fox smiled slightly:
"According to the predetermined plan, after destroying the warehouse, the remaining armored units will break out backwards."

"At that time, we can arrange a convoy of armored transport vehicles, send heavy troops to protect them, and attract the attention of the enemy..."

The old fox explained his plan.

The staff department formulated the old fox's plan into a more detailed and specific plan.

"correct."

The old fox finally said:
"Let the intelligence agencies cooperate to let Britain and the United States know the news."

Finally, the old fox asked the reinforcements:
"When will the first reinforcements arrive?"

When he said this, the old fox had a strange expression on his face.

Since June last year, not only the logistical problems have been completely alleviated, but some changes seem to have taken place at the Führer's side. The messy drugs are no longer taken, the body is gradually recovering, and the spirit is getting better. Although he still talks hysterically, but,
I can hear the words of my subordinates.

Speak with reason and logic.

He even learned the lesson of the last failure. After the striker arrived in Moscow, he did not continue to attack. Instead, he used Moscow as a training ground, fully digested the occupied area, and surrendered.

So much so that the old fox felt that this was untrue.

"The first batch of twenty divisions consisted of 30 people."

The officer replied:
"It is expected to arrive at the station in eastern France next month, where he will be able to enter the battlefield after a short training."

"These divisions are all combat-ready troops with high morale and very good combat effectiveness. There are also four armored divisions among them, all of which have experienced many actual battles with armored clusters on the Eastern Front."

"But they are all equipped with No. [-] tanks."

Finally, the staff officer added:
"The Air Force has arrived in five wings, totaling a thousand aircraft, and is currently undergoing adaptive training in eastern France."

"Ah."

The old fox smiled.

He recently heard an old saying in the Republic of China that a clever woman can hardly cook without rice.

No matter how good the supplies on the western front are, how many anti-aircraft towers there are, how fierce the firepower is, and how exquisite the command is, if he does not have enough troops and the gap between him and the enemy is too large, he will not be able to stop the enemy.

However, reinforcements are here now. According to the plan of the head of state, within three and a half months, his troops on the western front will reach 250 divisions, exceeding 400 million troops.There is also an air force with a scale of [-] planes.

And a new reserve force of 50.

Of course, logistical units are not included.

Although it is still far inferior to the Allied Forces, so far, there are more than 700 million British and American troops on the western front, and the number is still increasing. However, with the help of terrain and supply advantages, equipment advantages, and the air force's bombing of the British mainland, there is no defense. question.

Thinking of the new No. [-] tank that was first equipped on the Western Front, the old fox was full of confidence.

The armor steel has been changed, the defense has been slightly improved, the diesel engine, the mobility has been greatly improved, and the reliability has been qualitatively changed. Needless to say, the tank gun that surpasses the 88 artillery can penetrate any tank of the Allied forces.

just now.

He has [-] new Panzer V tanks in his hands.

The armored divisions driving these tanks are all elite German armored divisions and have undergone his one-year training.

After learning the lessons of Cherbourg's failure, the subsequent anti-aircraft towers on the Cotentin Peninsula have all been improved to strengthen firepower, defense, and surrounding facilities.

·····
July is fleeting, and the time is entering August.

Asia is peaceful.

Although the local guerrilla warfare of the devils is in full swing, with hundreds of thousands of locust troops running around, they are getting stronger and stronger, and the continuous blockade has millions or even tens of millions of hungry devils. Bushido, what locust.

Hold your gun and follow the guerrillas!
The locust was very anxious, but there was nothing he could do. He could only hope and surrender to the United States as soon as possible.

But in the world, almost no one pays attention here, and even the water splash can't float.

Li Yunlong is also very busy. The new tank is extremely powerful. Compared with the previous one, it is a qualitative change. With the addition of a series of supporting equipment, the demand for troops has further increased. He began to promote the transformation of the army, increasing the number of professional fighters, and some of them were directly stuffed into university training.

The rest of the bosses are also very busy.

Some retire to enjoy life.

But a large part is devoted to the construction of base areas, as well as the navy, air force, domestic science and technology construction, education construction, diplomacy, etc. A large part of people entered Zhaojiayu University one after another because of lack of knowledge and ability, squatting in the master's classroom for further study.

The huge, systematic, and perfect knowledge system has brought about a radical change in their thinking, they can see the world clearly, and they have formed a unified and clear plan for the future.

Zhao Gang is the busiest.

After the devil was killed, his work center was replaced by the Southeast Asian business system.

Southeast Asia has huge resources.

Iron ore, coal mines, rubber, etc. can almost meet the needs of all industries. Although there are also in the warehouse, you can't always rely on Boss Chen. As for your own side, let's store it first.

This is a huge system, an industrial supply chain spanning [-] kilometers, even if it is political commissar Zhao, even if he is assisted by a dozen masters from all walks of life, he still feels a little tricky.

But it's just tricky, everything is moving slowly.

August [-]nd.

The first skilled British Empire war laborers cross the Strait of Malacca and arrive in the South China Sea.

Although Fatty Qiu resigned to his fate, he still resisted and added a technology to the war labor to forcefully save the British Empire.

(End of this chapter)