Guderian could clearly feel that with the advance of the front step by step, the resistance faced was getting bigger and bigger, and the French had been exhausted in this war, but after all, there were still individual units that maintained a high level of combat effectiveness, and the American and British teams maintained a high level of combat effectiveness with strong logistical assistance. Even the Germans admired the logistics capabilities of the British and Americans, and Guderian, after seeing a list of captured American troops, praised the chewing gum and self-heating convenience food on it. (Historically, there should have been no self-heating of food, and this idea originated from some powerful traverser.) The latter really improved the troops' diet, with a large bag of everything from staple foods, meat, vegetables and condiments, and even a self-heating device, fruit concentrates and toothpicks! All it takes is a glass of water for a soldier to eat a hearty main meal. A portable fast food provides enough energy for a soldier to consume in a day. Compared to the convenience food of the Americans, the compressed biscuits in the pockets of German soldiers were simply hard to swallow!

Of course, compared with the degree of food and clothing, Guderian is more worried about the speed of equipment upgrades in the United States and Britain! After a few months of war, the technical superiority of the Germans was not as obvious as it was at the beginning, and the Allies also learned from the war and quickly adapted to the German tactical and equipment system. Even the Tiger tank could not be as unscrupulous as it was at the beginning of the war, and it was easy to hit a double-digit exchange ratio! Although the Entente failed to come up with a tank that could match head-on, they had already made the corresponding artillery, which surprised not only the Germans, but even Xu Jie! Because the Americans brought out a new weapon that has never appeared in history! M3 type L50 anti-aircraft gun! And what is even more unbelievable is that the Americans actually equipped this anti-aircraft gun with tungsten alloy armor-piercing shells!

When this weapon first appeared on the battlefield, it gave the German army a great shock! A Tiger tank was hit in the first shot from 800 meters away. After the armor-piercing shell directly penetrated the armor, it ignited the ammunition depot, and the huge turret was thrown directly into the air! This is the only time since the Tiger entered the battle that it has been killed by a single shot! Although the lower armor is not as good as the upper head and the front of the turret. And the probability of hitting is not very high, but this strike means that the United States and Britain already have weapons that can penetrate the Tiger tank head-on, and the Americans have long considered the possibility of a supermonster in Germany, and they not only equipped the anti-aircraft gun with special armor-piercing shells. Even at the time of training, the time for the US air defense forces to train to fight tanks is almost the same as the time to train to fight planes! These crooked anti-aircraft guns have become a magic weapon for the Americans to restrain the German armored clusters, and if conditions permit, these artillery pieces have become a nightmare for the German armored forces!

The Americans still have a lot of new gadgets, and when they recover from the initial blow, the technology tree that the Americans pointed out before the war also made the Germans suffer a lot. Among other things, the efficient radio communication system and radio proximity fuse caused the German infantry casualty rate to skyrocket, and this kind of shells that fanned down after the explosion overhead were far more effective at hitting the infantry than hitting the aircraft! It's not that the VT fuse can't hit the plane, but that these shells hit the infantry too well, facing the steel storm that is falling head-by-head. Most of the bunkers are useless, after all, most of the bunkers don't stand in the way of the overhead! The value of trenches and breastworks has declined dramatically. There was even a grenade that smashed down a whole section of trenches and all the casualties of a German soldier, you must know that the Germans are very dedicated to repairing trenches, basically they are all polygonal, and there are shelters and machine gun nests, so they are all served in one pot! It shows the power of the air bomb fuse!

Perhaps frightened by the German tanks, the Americans were also strengthening their individual anti-tank capabilities while researching new anti-tank guns and ammunition. In the late stages of the Iran war. The Americans found that the Chinese bazooka is a good thing, cheap, powerful, and easy to operate, but the range is a little shorter, and the accuracy is a little worse. Judging from the performance of the shooting range of the first generation of bazookas, it is good that this thing can hit targets 70 meters away, while the effective killing distance of these bazookas in actual combat is only 50 meters! After combining China's technology and standards, the Americans finally came up with a Bazooka-type rocket launcher with a repeatable state and an effective range of more than 80 meters in actual combat. Of course, because the gravity is large, it is generally operated by two people.

At the beginning of the war, this weapon was originally the equipment of a company-level fire platoon. But with the overly strong performance of the German armored forces, a large number of Bazooka bazookas crossed the sea to France. Now this infantry anti-armor weapon has been devolved into the platoon! Each battle platoon has an anti-tank squad equipped with 3 bazookas! And the company level has a 90mm recoilless gun that can fire armor-piercing shells! If these weapons could only cause some trouble for the German armored forces in the field, then they became a nightmare for some German armored forces in urban warfare. Especially those bazooka squads, in groups of three, can appear in any place you can't imagine, sewers, ruins, rooftops, basements, etc., can become a passage for these guys to move and launch attacks!

This is true in the big picture, and in some small aspects, the invention of the Americans also caused a lot of trouble to the Germans, not to mention the small mines that can only blow people up, this is all rotten. The Americans used a completely new directional mine, which in appearance was fan-shaped, and then wrote in Chinese and English on the curved edge of the fan-shaped mine, "This is facing the enemy!" "This kind of mine is not as numerous as small mines, nor is it as complex as a jumping mine, and the biggest feature is that even if it is violent, it is very violent, once it is activated, it can spray thousands of steel balls within a radius of more than ten meters! All unprotected targets will be swept into pieces by this steel storm, and its biggest feature is that it is simple, rough and inhumane!

The other grenade launcher, simplified from the 30mm machine gun, was also the most reluctant opponent of the German infantry, and this grenade launcher had completely departed from the prototype cannon, which did not emphasize the rate of fire and the muzzle velocity. Just emphasize the charge of the ammunition. This weapon makes up for the gap in the direct fire of gun grenades and 82mm mortars, which can be fired both directly and flat, according to the words of the Americans. Because of the existence of such a thing, mortars are completely unnecessary. Whenever such light artillery, which could be carried by the infantry, or put on jeeps, it would deter the offensive of the German infantry. Accompanied by a series of short and thick cannon sounds, dozens of shells can cover a target on a basketball court in an instant! Whether you're standing, lying on your stomach, crouching in a trench or hiding behind a rock, you'll die!

Although the Germans, relying on powerful armored forces and air superiority, drove their opponents into a corner! But the dog jumped over the wall when he was in a hurry. As the initial landing point and the most fortified fortress of the Entente* regiment in France, the northwestern region of France from Saint-Nazaire to the north and further west was almost composed of the most complete defense system and the highest combat effectiveness of the Entente side in the entire French battlefield. Then they made a move on the weak link in the rear, but this time they faced an opponent who was hard from the inside out, and they were not facing an egg, but an iron lump! The entire battlefield is a king-size fortress. You come and gnaw it!

Originally, the Germans could still rely on air superiority and use bombs to blow up a bloody road. However, after the Huaxia Air Force joined the war group, the air support of the Luftwaffe never met the requirements of the army once, and there was even a matter of bombers being beaten back by the other side before they reached the battlefield! The senior officials of the German Army asked the Air Force for more support, and at the same time integrated their own equipment and prepared to work their own. Faced with dense fortresses and blockades, as well as elusive anti-armor squads, the Germans distributed a large number of heavy mortars and light howitzers that originally belonged to the battalion or even regimental level into separate fire support squads to each assault group. And the assault units were reinforced with engineering units, and even the rifles in the hands of the infantry were massively replaced with submachine guns and assault rifles. These elite units, armed to the teeth, would be the spearhead of the Germans. Cut through the opponent's defenses under the cover of heavy artillery and bombers.

"In addition to the terrain and the situation, we have a big advantage in all other aspects. Each assault group can be assigned to a sufficient number of wrecker vehicles and at least 2 companies of tanks, which are specially modified. These include tank No. 4 armed with short-barreled howitzers and two 30mm guns, and the infantry of the assault group is mechanized, and the infantry fighting vehicles and armored transporters they ride can withstand the steel-core armor-piercing shells of general-purpose machine guns. And we also have at least one artillery battalion of supporting fire for each assault group, and they can receive fire support at any time. Lieutenant General Hape will be in charge of the breakthrough, at the final stage of the preparation for the campaign. Based on the experience of previous engagements, he stopped one by one of the reinforced assault groups, and at the same time launched a centripetal assault on the opponent's main position. Although in the past the Germans preferred to concentrate their forces on a point. But it's a pity that the opponent has shrunk into an iron lump this time, and attacking in multiple directions to disperse the opponent's forces is the best choice. Even if you want to concentrate your forces, you won't be able to spread out your huge forces!

Guderian thought about it and felt that it should not be a big problem to do this, after all, the German army still had the upper hand in general, and after breaking Saint-Nazaire, the gate of the Brestany Peninsula was about to open, and although the rest was difficult to fight, it would not encounter this kind of unprecedented fortress point. However, in order to be safe in the period, he still suggested waiting until the heavy artillery units from the Eastern Front were in place before launching a general attack. Guderian's armored forces were elite, but they lacked such decisive units as cannons and heavy howitzers!

"The Germans are about to attack Saint-Nazaire, our last strong fortress, and we are going to let it hold out for at least three weeks, so that our personnel and most of our equipment can be withdrawn from France. Isn't your navy going to do anything? General Patton asked when he returned to Nimitz's envoy that he had always thought that the Allied navies would send fleets to support the army.

"Of course we're going to do something, but not right now, we're waiting for an opportunity. The Navy will not abandon its brothers in the Army. The other party replied in an almost official tone. The U.S. Navy and Army do have some conflicts sometimes, especially when it comes to military spending, but this time, Nimitz really wanted to pull the Army, and was even ready to send large gunboats, including battleships, to sweep the ground, and he also sent a telegram to Roosevelt, saying that the Navy now has the ability and confidence to help the Army hold the city. But then, Roosevelt's call back prepared Nizmi for war, but did not agree to a fleet sortie. This left Nimitz a little confused.

"I really didn't expect that the most staunch capitulation faction in the French would be the heroes of the 1st World War, which is quite an irony." After dealing with Nimitz's callback, Roosevelt said to a sleek U.S. military officer who had just walked into his office. "Are the British really going to do this?"

"Yes, Prime Minister Churchill himself admitted to this and hoped that we could provide them with logistical and intelligence assistance, but the British were in a hurry this time, and they were doing everything possible to delay the process of surrendering France and buy time for their own preparations. The British fleet has already stated that even if the American fleet is not involved in the operation, they will enter the port of Saint-Nazaire to provide fire support to the army. The officer replied.

"I don't care if Pétain lives or dies, I value the impact of this attack more than anything I know. Simply killing one person won't have much of an impact on the bigger picture, and I need you to amplify the impact of the assassination and bring the entire French capitulation faction to a standstill, whether it's intimidation or bribery or whatever! Of course, one thing had to be done, and I would like to see the French fleet outside the port of Saint-Nazaire! Only the participation of the French fleet in this battle will allow it to finally throw itself into our arms! I don't care if you go through Darlang or whatever, you have to do that. Roosevelt concluded.

Although the French campaign is nearing the end, the contest between the two sides has entered the most critical moment, and the defeat of France will definitely not be the end of the war, but the beginning of approaching the peak! Britain was about to face the most dangerous moment in hundreds of years, China and the United States were in good shape after a long warm-up, and the Allies were in full swing! Earth's most powerful forces are about to collide in the fiercest way!

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