The sun never sets

The Alliance and the Axis confronted each other on a long border, and the fighting only broke out in Turkey. The People's Army attacked Turkey from both the north and the south. On the southern front, the Central Asian Military District set out from Egypt and entered Syria, supporting the Syrian government. Syria then joined the People's Revolutionary League and declared war on the Axis countries.

The deserts and coasts of the Middle East are very suitable for armored forces operations. Facing the coalition's sea of aircraft and tanks, the Turkish army could not withstand the impact of the People's Army and was defeated. It simply withdrew from the entire Syria and relied on the Zagros Mountains and Taurus Mountains in the Kurdish region to resist.

In the flat desert, the alliance with a high degree of mechanization and heavy equipment has a great advantage. Once in the mountainous area, the power of the heavy equipment is limited and the advancement speed is much slower.

After advancing to the Kurdish region, the battle was no longer based on penetration and flexible maneuvers, but became a battle of siege and position. The People's Army had to gnaw at the hilltops held by the Turks one by one.

The war on the southern front tended to sink into a quagmire, while the battle on the northern front was like wallowing in a quagmire from the beginning. Turkey and the People's Revolutionary League bordered each other in the Caucasus Mountains, where more than ten major wars broke out between Russia and Turkey. Sometimes, Russia had the upper hand; sometimes, Turkey had the upper hand.

After so many years of fighting, the front line is still there, and has hardly moved. In the Russian Empire, the Turks built many fortresses and fortresses on the border. When the [People's Revolutionary League] was established, the Turks built more fortresses, fortresses and warehouses in the Caucasus region, deployed many heavy weapons, and buried mines in many places.

Li Dayan once led his troops to attack Turkey from the Caucasus. The violent attack of the People's Army made the Turks lose a lot of land before they could react. However, Li Dayan also admitted that many tactics could not be used in the mountainous areas of the Caucasus, and mobility was greatly limited. When facing certain passes, they could only use artillery and infantry to gnaw at them bit by bit.

The Turks have always regarded the Caucasus Mountains as a key military area. After the end of the last World War, Kemal hired German officers to build many fortresses in the mountains. Some fortresses were dug out of the mountains to station troops, store supplies, and deploy artillery.

Outside those fortresses, there were mountains and soil that were more than ten meters thick, and some were even tens of meters thick, which could not be penetrated even by heavy aerial bombs and heavy grenades. Perhaps the German 800mm cannon could be of some use, but such a behemoth could not possibly enter the Caucasus Mountains.

Even if it was dragged in, it would easily become a target of attack because it was too heavy.

Chapter 948 Huge

In every war since the Industrial Revolution, steel, as an important war material, has always determined the outcome of the war.

From main weapons such as guns, artillery, tanks, warships, airplanes, to auxiliary weapons such as bayonets, grenades, land mines, sea mines, torpedoes, aerial bombs, helmets, bullets, and artillery shells, a large amount of steel is required.

The amount of steel consumed in the construction of military facilities such as barracks, fortresses, fortifications, underground tunnels, and auxiliary facilities such as railways, bridges, warehouses, and transport ships is extremely astonishing.

The battle on the front line requires the soldiers to have perseverance and courage. The competition in the factories of both sides depends on the workers' patriotism, labor level, perseverance, maximum capacity squeeze, complex mobilization and distribution of raw materials, labor, and finished products with factory owners, and the high-intensity, extremely complex, and precise dispatch of the national transportation system. Ultimately, it affects the military department.

In the absence of a technological gap between the two sides, steel production directly determines which side will win.

Obviously, the Axis powers' miserable steel production shattered the unrealistic fantasies of their military leaders (seizing living space, establishing a kingdom, and reviving the Roman Empire), which in turn plunged the country and the people into misery and bloodshed everywhere.

The German Empire's steel production reached 3700 million tons, far ahead of the Axis powers. Italy, which ranked second, had less than 200 million tons. As for Turkey, it had a large population, but its steel production was less than half of Italy's.

Among the three major camps of the Trade Union, the Axis and the People's Revolutionary League, the Axis had the least steel production. The Junker Officers Corps was obsessed with the glory of the past and believed that with the Prussian spirit and the general staff system, the German Army would always be the best in the world. However, the times had long changed.

Without enough steel production, war

You have to pay more when you do it.

On the southern battlefield, the Turkish army was helpless against the coalition's armored forces, lost more than 200,000 troops and large tracts of land, and retreated all the way to the Kurdish region, where they barely managed to gain a foothold by relying on the mountains.

On the northern front, the Turkish army also fought very hard.

The total strength of the Union's Caucasus Military District reached 83 troops, with more than 3000 aircraft, 4000 artillery pieces, and 1500 tanks. During the offensive, it consumed more than tons of supplies every day.

It can be said that the Turks are using flesh and blood to fight against the steel of the alliance.

But no matter what, Türkiye finally blocked the alliance's three-pronged attack, even if it paid a huge price, even if both the northern and southern fronts were in jeopardy, but it finally blocked it.

The Turkish president asked the German Empire for weapons, equipment and assistance, while at the same time asking the German Empire to launch an attack on the People's Army in accordance with the military alliance treaty. The German army fought hard on the European battlefield, but they did a good job on the surface. According to the announcement released by the German government, the German army was moving from one victory to another.

The German government took out many of the captured Red Army weapons and paraded the prisoners through the streets of Berlin to show off the German military's military prowess. The Turks thought the Germans had everything under control.

Turkey is now engaged in a bloody battle with the People's Army. How can the German army fight a "sit-down war" with the People's Army? Since May 1941, Germany and the People's Revolutionary League have entered a state of war. However, although both sides deployed a large number of troops on a front line of more than 5 kilometers, they did not really fight.

The Allies did not seize the Romanian oil fields, and the German army did not enter Poland as planned. This hurt the Turks, and they thought, "Are you guys just faking it?"

Can't we say that only the Turks were allowed to bleed and sacrifice while the German Empire remained idle on the Eastern Front?

At the strong request of the Turkish government, the German High Command re-discussed the feasibility of launching an offensive in Dongxian. After discussion, the offensive was feasible. According to the information collected by the intelligence personnel, although the People's Army deployed a large number of troops to western Poland, there were a large number of Poles in the more than 30 divisions on the border. As long as the German army launched an offensive and cooperated with the offensive of the intelligence personnel, those Poles would soon lose their will to fight.

Moreover, a major battle had just ended on the Western Front, and both sides were accumulating strength. The Red Army of the Workers' Syndicalists needed at least two months to recuperate before launching another offensive.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, fight a thorough annihilation war on the Eastern Front, support puppet states such as Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine, and then either use the puppet states to resist the People's Army or reach a peace agreement with the People's Revolutionary League.

"Is it really feasible to launch an offensive against the People's Army?"

In William III's view, the Supreme Command only considered the best case scenario, but did not consider the possibility of unfavorable war situation and the unwillingness of the People's Revolutionary League to negotiate. Perhaps, it was not because they did not think about it, but because they could not think about it. If they thought too clearly, the best thing for the German Empire to do now would be to surrender to the People's Revolutionary League, rather than trying to make a desperate effort to create a military miracle.

"If we can annihilate the 60 to 80 troops of the People's Revolutionary League, it will shake the alliance's will to fight, and it is possible to force them to sit down and negotiate."

William III looked at the huge map filled with flags representing the troops, feeling frustrated. "Then let's fight according to the plan."

Fight, fight, the sooner you fight the sooner.

William III had led troops and fought in wars. He was familiar with military simulations and could make correct judgments about the situation. He was not a famous general, but he could be called a good general and had a clear view of the current situation.

The neighbor to the east has a vast strategic space. Even if the German army completed a Jedi counterattack, created a military miracle, achieved the best results, and annihilated more than 80 people’s army, could it solve the problems on the Eastern Front?

It was several hundred kilometers from the border to Warsaw, more than 1100 kilometers from Warsaw to Moscow, and more than 8000 kilometers from Moscow to Chang'an. It was not enough to reach Chang'an. To the east of Chang'an, there were still large tracts of land and hundreds of millions of people. When William III thought of this fact, he felt powerless. When he looked at the map, his enthusiasm for fighting was almost gone.

"What's wrong with accepting the demands of the People's Revolutionary League, implementing land reform, and rewriting the constitution? It's better to be a figurehead than a king who loses his country."

William III thought so, but he could not say it out loud. Instead, he had to sign the battle plan sent by the Supreme Command and the General Staff.

He picked up a pen, wrote his name, stamped it, and then said to Halder, Krebs and others self-deprecatingly: "This moment will surely be mentioned repeatedly in the future, and I will be the one who is not honored."

"Your Majesty, Germany will surely achieve final victory!"

William III said nothing more, just shook his head, then stood up and returned to the palace.

Chapter 949: Carpet Bombing

On July 1941, 7, the German army broke the silence on the Eastern Front and launched an attack on the People's Army with 17 million troops. The German army's move was intended to rescue Turkey from the bitter battle, and also to annihilate part of the main force of the People's Army on the Eastern Front and establish

A series of puppet states.

The infantry divisions of the People's Army deployed in Gubin, Lifu, Luban and other places were beaten dizzy and could only defend themselves without any chance of fighting back. The Alliance did not build many fortresses in western Poland, and the semi-permanent fortifications that were repaired could only provide limited defense.

The German army launched an attack from the west and north, and the initial progress was smooth. The spy network lurking in various parts of Poland played a big role. After receiving the order, those spies were activated one after another, armed with long and short guns and bombs, and attacked bridges, railways, dams, warehouses and other places in Poland.

For a time, fires broke out everywhere in Poland, and even sabotage occurred in Belarus and Ukraine. These espionage activities delayed the speed of the Alliance transporting reinforcements and supplies to the front line. Although the exposed spies were quickly eliminated, they bought the German army precious time.

After the German army entered Poland, they not only carried out sabotage operations throughout the alliance, but also launched a political offensive, recruiting some Polish generals on the border to surrender. On July 7, they established the pseudo Polish Republic.

The establishment of the Republic of Poland triggered a series of chain reactions. Many Polish scholars and intellectuals in exile cheered loudly, and many Poles, including some officers and soldiers, joined the Republic of Poland.

The Union's forced implementation of Sinicized education in Poland has greatly offended the Polish elite, and over the years they have had many conflicts with the Union Central Committee over issues such as textbooks and teaching materials.

It takes at least two generations and fifty years to change the language, writing and tradition of a region. The Union controlled Poland for less than thirty years, and many people at that time are still alive. Through word of mouth, the Poles have not forgotten their history, nor the glory of their ancestors' "Pingdu Zhenlu".

Poland never perishes, it just disappears occasionally.

Ordinary Poles, farmers and workers benefited from the rule of the Union and had some good feelings towards the Union. However, the interests of the nation's elite, those who held the right to speak and had great influence in cities and the countryside, were harmed. They used their influence to spread the idea of resisting the Union and establishing an independent country.

It's just that the alliance was too powerful, and the Polish resistance was quickly suppressed. Now, the German royal army has arrived, and the hatred and oppression of more than 20 years can finally erupt!

As long as the area was under the control of the German army, Polish intellectuals came out to cheer for the new Polish Republic, and some Polish people who did not know the truth were also swept up in it.

This was the most glorious moment for the German army on the Eastern Front, but then it showed signs of weakness. Next, the German armored group and the Allied tank forces fought fiercely on the front line from Poznan to Lodz, and the air forces of both sides also fought desperately. From time to time, fighter planes would fall from the sky with long black smoke and increasingly rapid and sharp sounds.

In fact, from the very beginning, the German Air Force did not gain any advantage.

The People's Army's radar technology was more advanced than Germany's, and it also had many intelligence personnel planted inside Germany. The People's Army had already received relevant information before the German fighter planes began to assemble.

On the ground, the German army's "Sickle Blitz" achieved some results; but in the air battle, the German army did not gain any advantage. The German army had many "air combat aces" on the Western Front, with high technical and tactical levels, but they could not offset the disadvantages in fighter performance. Moreover, the People's Army had more aircraft.

As the German armored forces launched their offensive eastward, the Allies formed bomber fleets to carry out continuous, carpet bombing of German airfields, railways, roads, reservoirs, dams and important military factories.

The Red Army of the Workers' Syndicalists also bombed Germany, but usually only sent dozens or hundreds of bombers. It was not that the steel production of the Syndicalists was insufficient, but that they did not have enough oil.

Germany did not vigorously develop heavy bombers, nor did they have enough oil, nor did they have enough steel. Before the war, Germany's steel production was only more than 30 million tons. They had to build a navy, develop tanks and various types of transformable vehicles, as well as big guys like the "Gustav". Germany's steel was always insufficient.

But the Alliance is different. The Alliance's steel production is more than four times that of Germany. It has three major oil fields in Baku, Nanyang and Siberia, as well as some small oil fields in the Western Regions, Sakhalin Island and Daqing. Its oil production ranks first in the world, and its oil refining industry is also first in the world. Therefore, it can form a heavy bomber fleet.

Heavy bombers can drop heavy bombs, incendiary bombs, poison gas bombs, and even nuclear bombs. However, the People's Revolutionary League did not intend to use atomic bombs against Germany, not for humanitarian reasons. The high-explosive bombs dropped by heavy bombers are very lethal, not much different from small-yield atomic bombs.

The main reason for not using atomic bombs is that the nuclear pollution caused by atomic bombs is too serious and will affect the alliance's subsequent military operations.

The bomber fleet deployed by the Alliance was much larger than that of the Syndicate, with hundreds of them dispatched at a time. The bomb load of the "Sky Fortress" heavy bomber was 25.3 tons, and if two hundred "Sky Fortresses" were dispatched, the bomb load would reach 5000 tons. This was a terrifying force that was enough to paralyze a city, and the number of "Sky Fortresses" deployed by the Alliance in Europe exceeded 1000.

The bomb load of the "Sky Fortress"

The capacity is unprecedentedly strong, and the consumption is also first-class. It needs to be loaded with nearly 20000L of fuel each time it is deployed, which can fill the fuel tanks of 30 "Type 4 Tanks".

In today's world, only the People's Revolutionary League can afford the consumption of heavy bomber fleets, and only the People's Revolutionary League can train enough crew members and logistics personnel.

Every time a heavy bomber group is deployed, it consumes at least one to two million liters of aviation fuel. Even if there is some fuel left, it will be released for safety reasons when landing.

This kind of fighting style, except for the People's Revolutionary League, no other power can afford it. If the United States had not split, perhaps the United States could have done it, but the Axis and the Industrial Syndicalists did not have the strength to do so.

The huge group of heavy bombers brought a devastating blow to Germany. Thousands and tens of thousands of tons of bombs fell on German land, and the carpet bombing made the ground look like the surface of the moon.

In addition to the heavy bomber group, the alliance also has a large number of fighters, tactical bombers, light bombers, interceptors and reconnaissance aircraft. Before the heavy bomber group was dispatched, the alliance adopted an uninterrupted bombing of Germany, which greatly weakened the strength of the German Air Force and ensured the survival rate of the heavy bombers.

Chapter 950: The Salient

The Allied strategic bombing of Germany made the already bad situation of the German army even worse. Germany's military output was reduced again, and many troops on the front line were short of equipment.

To make matters worse, the coalition's heavy bomber groups also bombed Romania's oil fields, dropping hundreds and thousands of tons of high-explosive and incendiary bombs. The oil fields and refineries in Ploiesti were destroyed, and raging fires broke out, causing oil production capacity to drop by 40%.

This is just the beginning. The alliance will continue to bomb Romanian oil fields and use missiles to attack. At this time, the accuracy of the missiles is not enough, and the error when landing is very large. If it is used to launch a nuclear bomb, an error of more than 100 meters is nothing. But if it is used to launch an ordinary warhead, such a large error will weaken the lethality to almost nothing.

However, the use of missiles also has its advantages. It is very safe to launch an attack with missiles. There is no need to let heavy bombers brave the heavy artillery fire and interception by enemy fighters, which will reduce casualties on our side.

The accuracy of missiles is not high, and the error of one missile may be hundreds of meters. So we can launch ten or a hundred missiles. As long as we can destroy the enemy's important facilities, such as oil fields, petrochemical plants, etc., the resources spent on launching the missiles are worth it.

Moreover, the alliance is developing radio guidance technology, which will soon be put into actual combat, which can greatly improve the accuracy and hit rate of missiles. This technology can be used not only in ground-to-ground missiles, but also in ground-to-air, air-to-ground, and air-to-ship applications.

Advanced technology must be tested in actual combat to see if it is really useful and to be further developed. Missiles are not accurate enough now, but as long as they continue to develop, their accuracy will always be improved.

Germany was also developing missiles and had some success. Germany's V1 missile was difficult to defend against, but it encountered the same problem as the Alliance. The progress of the V1 missile was too slow, and the missiles that were produced with a lot of resources were of no use in actual combat.

Although the V1 missile can be improved in the future, what use is it to Germany today?

On July 7, on the front line of more than 27 miles northwest of Lodz, the German armored troops and the tank forces of the Allies continued to fight fiercely. The German army dispatched more than 100 tanks (including assault guns, self-propelled anti-tank guns and other modified vehicles) and nearly 3000 aircraft, including the famous "Tiger tank" and the "King Tiger tank" with thicker armor and heavier tonnage;

The Alliance deployed more than 5000 tanks (including assault guns, self-propelled anti-tank guns and other modified vehicles) and more than 4000 aircraft. In order to meet the supply needs of the front-line troops, the Alliance cut % of civilian railway transportation. Trains carrying ammunition, food, fuel, medical equipment and other supplies traveled on the tracks. Martial law was also imposed on the roads, and almost all transportation forces were used for the war.

Trucks towed artillery, loaded with infantry, or other things, moving forward day and night. The supplies stored in strategic warehouses were transported to the front line like flowing water, ensuring that the front-line troops had sufficient ammunition, fuel and food.

After two weeks of fierce fighting, the People's Army repelled the German army's repeated attacks, recaptured many towns, continued to break through to the west, and penetrated deeply before Lodz and Bydgoszcz, forming a huge Konin salient.

The Konin salient extended from the eastern front like a fist, with a front length of more than 150 miles and a base length of less than 70 miles. In addition, after careful reconnaissance, many organized troop bases were discovered in the salient. The German General Staff planned to encircle and annihilate the heavy forces of the People's Army in the entire salient through a coordinated pincer attack from the north and south wings.

If the plan succeeded, it would shorten the German front and greatly increase the mobility of the German Eastern Front. The General Staff's plan was supported by Field Marshal Kluge of the German High Command and General Zeitzler, Chief of Staff of the Army Headquarters, but was also opposed by the front commander and the Director of Armored Forces.

Since the beginning of the war on the Eastern Front, Germany has suffered huge losses in tanks on the Eastern Front. By August 9, only 12 tanks were left in the 495 armored divisions on the Eastern Front, with an average of only 40 tanks per division.

The improved Type 3 and Type 4 long-barreled tanks were able to penetrate the armor of the "38A-85" tanks, and the performance of the new Tiger and Panther tanks was far superior, but the gap in numbers could not be made up in the short term.

During the 22-day battle, the Germans lost 2500 tanks, an average of more than 100 tanks per day. The coalition lost more tanks than Germany, but the People's Revolutionary League quickly replenished the lost tanks and crews and restored their combat effectiveness, while the German armored forces failed to receive effective replenishment.

German tanks were known for their high cost, high failure rate and difficulty in repair. After the war, many Tiger and Panther tanks were abandoned on the battlefield due to failure. As for the King Tiger, the armor of that heavy tank was indeed very strong and could play a very strong role in urban street fighting, but the failure rate was too high. Almost all "King Tigers" had problems.

Moreover, the "Tiger King" was too slow, and by the time they arrived at the battlefield, the opportunity was already lost.

The German armored forces performed very well on the battlefield, especially the "Panzer IV", which played a pivotal role and destroyed many tanks and armored vehicles of the Alliance. Compared with those stronger, more advanced and more expensive heavy tanks, the Panzer IV was the backbone of the German armored forces.

If the Alliance did not have air superiority, if the Alliance did not use rocket launchers on a large scale, and if it did not have more and more advanced 155mm heavy artillery, the German "Panzer IV" would have achieved better results.

As for the famous Tiger tanks and King Tiger tanks, they often became disposable combat weapons in fierce battles, and once they were driven out, there was basically no way they could be driven back.

The German armored commander believed that the attack on the Konin salient would cause greater losses to the tanks, and the plan to reorganize the armored forces would fail. Moreover, even if the People's Army was repelled, what would happen? The Red Army of the Workers' Syndicalists on the Western Front was about to launch a new round of offensives. What could Germany do to resist?

Without armored forces, the only way for the German soldiers to resist the steel torrent of the Red Army was to use their flesh and blood. On the other hand, if the few remaining tanks were used on the Western Front, the Eastern Front would immediately collapse.

In fact, even if tanks were not used on the Western Front, the German army on the Eastern Front would still be unstoppable. Before the war, Germany knew that the People's Revolutionary League had a large number of tanks, but they judged others by themselves and thought that many of the huge tank forces of the Alliance were outdated tanks produced in the past, and never expected that the Alliance had so many new tanks.

"Perhaps, the German Empire had already lost since it failed to annihilate the main force of the trade union."

Chapter 951 Airborne Troops

The German General Staff believed that Germany had no hope of victory, but it could still fight a good turnaround in exchange for some favorable terms at the negotiation table, the so-called "fighting to promote peace". As long as the German army could show that it was useful and could play an important role in the fight against the trade unions, the German General Staff system and the huge army could be retained, and the German ruling class could be preserved.

To achieve this goal, the German General Staff did not hesitate to let the army take another military adventure without being well prepared and without sufficient weapons and equipment.

Rulers always use various excuses to send soldiers to die. This is the case in Germany and other countries are similar.

William III has already started thinking about his life after abdication. The Tsar cannot lose a war, because if he loses, the country will rebel. The German Emperor cannot lose a war either, because if he loses, the rebellion level in the country will rise rapidly.

In the last world war, Germany suffered heavy losses and William II stepped down in disgrace. Now Germany is on the brink of extinction again, and it is time for William III to bravely take up the responsibility.

But William III had some other ideas, he wanted to keep the throne of the Hohenzollern family. To this end, he put forward some ideas that others thought were whimsical.

Just as the German Supreme Command was having a heated discussion on whether to launch the Battle of Cornin, something unexpected happened in Italy - Ciano launched a coup, imprisoned Mussolini, announced his joining of the Human Reform League, and prepared to send diplomats to Paris to discuss withdrawing from the war.

The fascist leader, the founder of fascism, the Prime Minister of Italy, the warmongering maniac who boasted that he had "800 million bayonets" was easily overthrown.