Chapter 197: Record
"The glorious Wehrmacht is invincible, and no enemy will be able to stop us." The voiceover was a little exciting, but it was still acceptable, and the German audience liked the excitement. Xu Jun sits in the middle of the first row of the makeshift screening room, with a bottle of Coca-Cola on his left hand and a bucket of popcorn on his right.
"The Wehrmacht has conquered the English Channel, and countless brave warriors are marching on Britain, determined to crush this most dangerous enemy once and for all." On the screen, there was a scene of the landing craft formation braving the rain of bullets and rushing towards the beachhead, and the composition and shooting angle of the picture were well chosen, which showed that the photographer had superb professional quality.
These images were of course taken after the fact, and the Germans did not encounter any enemy resistance on the beachhead from beginning to end. But the common people don't care about this, they want to feel the excitement of the war, it makes them feel that they are part of it, they will cheer the victory of the Wehrmacht and be proud to be German.
Under the guidance of Xu Jun, Goebbels installed hundreds of war correspondents in the army, and they recorded countless precious battle images on film. After editing and processing, these actual combat footage is not only used as propaganda materials to inspire the people, but also used as a battlefield record in military teaching.
By the time the documentary had finished, the staff officers had opened the thick curtains, and sunlight shone through the crystal floor-to-ceiling windows on the beige wool carpet in the room.
"The colors are very bright, and the scene is also spectacular, and I believe that when it is broadcast in China, the public will like it very much." Brauchitsch stood up with his waist on his back, relieving him a lot of pressure as Xu Jun regained control of the overall situation. Coupled with the frequent reports of smooth and successful battles on the front line, the mood of the commander-in-chief of the army is now particularly cheerful.
"Before the price of color film came down, most people could only look at black-and-white copies, and Goebbels has noticed this, and we are ready to inject money into newer manufacturing processes to expand Agfa's film production. I hope that the German soldiers could record everything they went through with their cameras. After speaking, Xu Jun raised his head and drank the Coca-Cola in the bottle, and then put the empty bottle on the low table.
"And this kind of soda, which is very popular with soldiers on the front line. We're working on new products, and it's a huge market. ”
The Coca-Cola Company has a medium-sized soda bottling plant in Germany, using puree produced by its U.S. parent company and German materials to produce Coca-Cola. The drink wasn't very popular in Europe at the time, but it was popular in Germany, where many Nazi officials were fans of the sweet soda, and interestingly, the American drink was also very popular among the SS.
Historically, after the United States declared war with Germany, the Coke factory remained operational, and it must be said that the needs of the SS played a large role in it. The new product that Xu Jun said is being developed is actually after running out of cola puree in history. In desperation, the alternative to the carbonated drink, which was made with fruit juice instead of syrup, was immediately accepted by the public, and the German named the drink Fanta, and its formula was immediately taken by Coca-Cola after the war. You can see how successful this drink is.
Brauchitsch didn't like to drink something that tasted strange, and he preferred handmade lemonade. The field marshal shrugged his shoulders and wanted to change the subject.
"My Führer, about the report sent back by General Bock from the front. What do you think. ”
"An order is an order, a plan is a plan, and of course it is okay to make a decision at the moment. But it must not become the norm. Xu Jun stood up, took the military hat from Tysenhofen, and then began to walk towards the door.
"I also think Manstein is a little too impatient, but it's hard to imagine that it took us so little time to get to London." Brauchitsch followed Xu Jun's side, nodded to the dozen or so officers in the room, and walked out of the lounge, which served as a screening room.
The speed of the German offensive really shattered many people's glasses, who would have thought that the British Empire would be so vulnerable. It took only a week for the Germans to go from the beach-grabbing landing to the arrival of troops in the imperial capital, and the media in various countries were full of exclamations, and the German Wehrmacht had once again created a miracle in the world's military history.
To be honest, Xu Jun was also a little surprised by the rapid progress of the German army, but he was not too surprised, because there was a precedent for this situation, and the London in front of him was too much like Jinling in 1937.
It can even be said that the situation in the capital of the British Empire at this time was a little worse than that of Jinling. The British did not have hundreds of thousands of infantry to use to hold back the German advance, nor did they have a network of rivers and lakes to hinder the movement of large corps. At the same time, the British faced an enemy that was far more powerful than the Japanese Army at that time.
London's geographical location dictates her current situation, and if the invincible Royal Navy of the British Empire is still around, there will be no problem at all. But once the British navy was defeated, London was open to the imperial capital, which had no strategic depth.
Bock's corps had taken control of the mouth of the Thames, and some of the troops were moving up the river, while the other was crossing the river and was outflanking the northern front along the edge of the eastern London city. It is estimated that within twenty-four hours, the Bock Corps will be able to join forces with Guderian's assault group and complete the blockade of the city.
The British's road network played a pivotal role in the campaign, and without those railways and roads, it would have been difficult for the Germans to complete such a large-scale corps movement, and logistical problems alone would have reduced the life of the staff officers of the High Command by several years. The panicked refugee influx of British civilians did the Germans a great favor, the mass migration of millions of people disrupted the plans of the British wartime cabinet, and the destruction and blockage of the southern roads were stillborn before they even began.
The British National Guard used up the last bit of military reserves in the coastal areas in vain, and the last mobile corps in the Dover area was surrounded and annihilated, which completely cut off the possibility of the British to make a comeback. At this time, the strength of the regular army of the British mainland, compared with the German army that landed, it was difficult to guarantee even stubborn resistance. The Churchill government had taken out everything that had been crushed to the bottom of the box, and the tenacious leader was still lucky, thinking that he would still have a chance to fight back, not knowing that he had already been sold out by his colleagues.
The arrangements made by the Eye of Odin began to surface, proving that the Golden Mark flowers were indeed valuable. There is now an undercurrent in the city of London, pro-German public opinion is beginning to spread among the citizens, and the hard-liners of the past have also died down, and they are no longer jumping up and down to make high-minded opinions. Some began to point the finger at Churchill and the wartime cabinet, claiming that the British people had been seduced by these war fanatics, and that the British Empire would not have ended up in the present field if it were not for the warmongers' strong advocacy of hostility to Germany. Some discerning people have found that the people who made such arguments were desperately touting the policy of the wartime cabinet half a month ago, advocating that they would fight the Germans to the end and never bow to the evil dictator, and so on, and it was obvious that these unscrupulous guys were currying favor with the invaders in this way and looking for a way out for themselves.
The Luftwaffe had seized air supremacy in southern Britain, and in fact the RAF Fighter Command was in name only, and although the RAF still had a sizable fleet of aircraft, it was all old and sluggish bombers and twin-engine fighters, which did not play any role in the war except to give the German pilots more trump cards. Most of the British fighter manufacturers are concentrated in the south of Britain, and the most critical component production plants and research and development centers are now under the encirclement of the German army, and the production of British aircraft has been completely stopped.
The Luftwaffe was systematically clearing the remnants of the 12th Royal Air Force Group, and at the same time began to turn its target to the 10th and 13th Fighter Groups, which in the eyes of the German High Command were purely used to comfort the people.
However, the Eye of Odin reported that the 10th Squadron had twenty of the latest fighter jets purchased from the United States, which had just arrived in England two weeks earlier and were flown by some hired American pilots. After receiving the information, the Luftwaffe attached great importance to this and entrusted the task of testing the strength of these opponents to the 51st Fighter Wing.
The 51st Fighter Wing did not dare to slack off, and directly dispatched a large group of fighters, led by Wing Commander Merders. As a result, it was discovered that this fighter, called Tomahawk by the British, was no match for the German ME109 at all, and Merders alone won four shot down records that day.
In the flight report, the super ace said very tactfully, judging from the performance of this American aircraft in air combat, it is obvious that the British were cheated by the Americans. Xu Jun abridged Merdes's report and forwarded it to the French side, and Petain couldn't help but wipe a cold sweat after reading it, knowing that this batch of parallel goods was originally sold to them.
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