c_t; "The French have decided to give in, and our journey in France is coming to an end, but before we can do so, we need to deal with the Entente and the remnants of the French regiment entrenched in the northwest of France. 【Full Text Reading】().79xs-Since Huaxia has intervened in the war on a large scale, it may be a little difficult to deal with it with the military forces that we originally deployed on the Western Front, and the combat effectiveness of the Huaxia Air Force is still as strong as ever, which can be seen from their recent battles in the Bay of Biscay, and I have to say that I am a little disappointed by the results of this 'engagement' reads;. I hope that next time, it won't happen again. The next stage of our military power in France will be concentrated on the Brestany peninsula. We're going to leave all the remaining hundreds of thousands of American and British troops there! In addition, the French Navy must not fall into the hands of the Entente, and if it does not, destroy them completely! "At Sanssouci Palace, the Kaiser issued an order for the final battle against France. With the capitulation of the French politicians, (at least the Germans already seemed to be.) ）

The battle had finally come to an end, and the Germans seemed to have to work hard to win the battle. But in fact, in the eyes of the German front-line commanders, the final battle was probably the most 'fierce', with a large number of enemy forces compressed into a fortified area. The Germans would face the strongest line of defense they had ever encountered, and behind this line were more than 800,000 Allied troops! There are also thousands of aircraft, as well as air and sea support from the UK. Faced with such an enemy, the Germans had no choice but to rely on firepower and troops to crush the opponent's resistance little by little. The Germans didn't like this kind of hard-hitting style of play. Their army's proud superiority in equipment will be offset by the opposing side's various obstacles, mines, bunkers, and defense artillery. And the Germans were also very tired after fighting to this extent, especially the navy and air force!

The navy didn't say much and went straight back to its bases in Crete and Italy for resupply. About half of the carrier-based aircraft units were gone. Don't think about regaining combat effectiveness in 2 months. As for the Air Force? The relative rate of losses is not as exaggerated as that of naval aviation, but if you talk about absolute losses, the number can simply be described as staggering! In the space of a few months, the Luftwaffe alone threw away tens of thousands of aircraft of all kinds! About half of them were bombers of all kinds, and of course, not all of these losses were caused by combat, but also scrapped, accidents, and training losses. Such a large rate of battle damage almost offset the newly added production capacity of the Luftwaffe. In other words, now the Luftwaffe is only guaranteeing that production and losses are equal. And the loss of thousands of crews along with these aircraft made the Luftwaffe even more heartbroken. Although the Entente lost even more. But apparently the other side has better industry. Germany, Austria-Hungary and now the Italian puppet regime obviously do not have as much industrial capacity as China, the United States and Britain! Even if France had succumbed, the Allies would still be at a disadvantage in terms of overall national strength.

"From the General Staff, the Air Force was able to quickly complete the adjustment and concentrate on attacking the northwestern part of France. There were the last resistance of France and the main forces of the Entente. The Army is ready. They can attack at any time, it's up to us. Difficult? "After the meeting, Richthofen summoned Air General Kesselring, who was in charge of the front command, to hear his views in addition to the assignment. [Fast update, refreshing website pages, few ads, I like this kind of website the most, be sure to praise]

"Anyway. We're all going to win the battle in the end. It's just a matter of how much it costs. Even if we don't attack, these enemy forces entrenched in France will eventually withdraw. They have no value here. Kesselring said carefully.

"This is a very dangerous point of view, we cannot allow hundreds of thousands of Entente troops to withdraw to England like this, which will have a very negative impact on our next phase of the battle. Our next stage will be an offensive against Great Britain, and if nothing else, we will be the first army to land on the British Isles in hundreds of years, and even the conquistadors of England after the Romans! Richthofen interrupted without waiting for Kesselring to finish.

"Although the Supreme High Command has not yet reached a conclusion, I have consulted with the Commander of the Navy, Count Spee, and believe that it is before the Indian Raid is launched. We should get rid of Britain! This was the time when Britain was at its weakest, a large number of his army forces were trapped in the French theater, the air force had been greatly weakened after months of fighting, and the aircraft carrier formation had also been heavily damaged, if the British Isles could be taken, then the position of the Allies in Europe would be unshakable! And I can even negotiate a solution to the Indian problem. Count Spee said that the solution of the British problem is equivalent to the solution of the Indian problem, and we can save a lot of time and unnecessary losses! It can even be argued that the British have succumbed and we have won the war! "Richthofen gave Kesselring a 'handover' in advance. In his opinion. After the end of the French campaign, the Battle of England was bound to break out. The Red Baron, who has already reached an agreement with the Navy, is 90% sure of convincing the High Command!

"Marshal, I am afraid that this goal will be difficult to achieve. The losses of the air force of the British were indeed heavy, according to our estimates. The British have already lost no less than 5000 aircraft of various kinds. But they replenished faster, and their aircraft production capacity increased by almost 75% compared to the same period last year! Now the size of the British Air Force is not only not shrinking, but even slightly increasing! Of course, because of the loss of pilots, their combat effectiveness may only be the same as at the beginning of the war, or even slightly lower, but even so. It is still difficult for us to completely overwhelm our opponents in this cross-strait 'engagement', and let's not forget that behind the British there are also the United States and Huaxia, and the Huaxia Air Force has now entered the war on a large scale, and they have invested at least one air force and thousands of fighters! The withdrawal of the Allied air forces from France would greatly strengthen the British defenses, and I am not optimistic about the prospects of this 'engagement'. Kesselring's face changed.

In the months of 'engagement', the Allied air force lost far more planes than the Allies, and almost all of the more than 10,000 planes that the French had hoarded before the war were lost, and almost all of the remaining planes of the French air force were produced during the war. The losses of the Americans were second only to the French, they threw away nearly 7,000 planes on the French mainland, while the British lost the least, only about 5,000 aircraft, according to the most conservative estimates of the Luftwaffe, the size of the British Air Force should be around 14,000 units, of which the number of single-engine fighters should be around 7,000, and the number of twin-engine fighters and night fighters is about 2,000. ←→x79 novels, others are bombers and seaplanes, etc. In terms of composition, this is a defensive air force, although the offensive is insufficient, but it is coordinated with the radar network and anti-aircraft artillery units along the British coast. This defense is just right!

"But if you count our allies, we have more than 45,000 planes! In the future. Our production capacity can still be increased, and Austria-Hungary has also indicated that their war potential has not yet reached its limit. In Italy, Speer also said that the Italian aviation industry also has the ability to increase production. I have three times as many as the British, with a higher capacity, and the Americans and the Chinese have indeed intervened. But they were going to cross the Atlantic, and the navy had promised that when France completely surrendered, the navy would be responsible for the blockade of the British Isles. This is our only chance to end the war quickly! If Britain could not be taken at the opportunity, Germany would be bogged down in a protracted war of attrition. In a long battle, the economy and industry of the Allies will be dragged down by each other. This time we will not be as lucky as we were in the First World War. "Richthofen's attitude was very resolute, and there was no room for questioning or denial in his tone. He looks at the issue from a strategic point of view, unlike Kesselring, who is more tactical in his view.

"Do you think the Navy will be able to keep China and the Americans out of the British Isles? I do not think that the High Seas Fleet can withstand the naval power of the two superpowers, China and the United States, at the same time. Although the High Seas Fleet has dealt a heavy blow to the opponent, the addition of the Huaxia Navy can not only easily erase the results of this 'engagement', but also make the Allied fleet substantially improved. If the High Seas Fleet suffered heavy losses, it would have been difficult to deal a fatal blow to the British transport lines with the Allied fleets having free navigation. Our chances are slim. Kesselring stubbornly insisted.

"No, we have a great chance. The British fleet would remain on the home turf, the U.S. fleet would return to the homeland for supplies and maintenance, and even if the Chinese navy entered the war on a large scale, their forces would be dispersed. As for the French fleet? It will be up to us to decide where he goes, and if we are lucky, we can get the ships of the French Navy. Even a portion of it will be a huge help to us, so our chances of victory in the English campaign will depend entirely on your performance in the next phase, if we can successfully deplete the Allied air force in the final battle, and wipe out hundreds of thousands of Allied remnants. It would be much less difficult for us to capture the British mainland, and if we could force the French navy to surrender, we would have an even greater advantage. Count Spee would like me to assure you that the Navy can 'draw' a fleet of 6 to 8 aircraft carriers at any time to match your operations. Go for it. I'm waiting for news of your success!" There was a sense of decisiveness in the words of the Red Baron, the words of the Air Marshal had already set the tone for the next stage, and Kesselring had no choice but to do as ordered!

This was a major project, and the first thing Kesselring had to do was to immediately adjust the deployment of the troops and to have the engineering units under the Air Force arrange for the emergency repair of the airfield and the construction of a temporary airfield. The combat distance of the Luftwaffe was still on the short side, and the range of the bombers was sufficient. But the fighter is still a little stretched, the FW190 is a little better, and the BF109 can really only be used as a front-line fighter. The difficulty of the German air force offensive was not in the inability to muster a sufficient number of aircraft, but in the inability to find enough airfields and provide sufficient logistical supplies! Moving the air force on the Eastern Front to the Western Front would definitely be a logistical disaster, but now Kesselring had to do it again, because after the addition of the Huaxia Air Force, the Luftwaffe on the Western Front was no longer enough to suppress the opponent.

"The Huaxia Air Force has deployed at least 700 fighters in northwestern France, but they play a bigger role than the 1,500 Spitfires of the British! First of all, the 'sex' of these Huaxia aircraft is the most advanced, and some of the 'sex' can be described as miracles in our opinion, I never thought that propeller planes could fly so fast! These new Ishilia Falcon crushed the various planes of the other belligerent countries in every way! What's more, the range of the Cascha Falcon fighters is very large, and they can do it with fewer crews while maintaining the same patrol intensity! The addition of the Huaxia Air Force even made us lose air supremacy in part of the airspace! A wing commander at the front complained in his report. And it is precisely for this reason that Kesselring realized that relying solely on the air force of the Western Front was not enough to suppress the opponent, and that if the fighter force could not control the sky, it would be a nightmare for the bomber force! Since the quality is not comparable, it can only be forcibly suppressed by quantity!

It stands to reason that the best way to completely expel the opposing air force from the battlefield is to smash the opponent's airfield. But unfortunately, this method did not work much for the Allied air forces concentrated in the northwest of France, because even if all the airfields in France were disposed of, the Chinese Shicha Falcon and the American P47 could still take off from the airfields on the British mainland! As long as the Entente was not afraid of losses, then the Luftwaffe would not be able to solve the problem once and for all, as for the bombing of the British mainland now? Yes, but it won't do much! Therefore, Kesselring could only use the most stupid method, keeping a large number of fighters in the air in the theater of operations for patrolling, and destroying the Allied air force at any time.

And the price of this is that the Luftwaffe needs to concentrate a large number of aircraft, a very large number of aircraft, and there will be about 5,000 fighters alone to barely be enough, 5,000 fighters! This means that nearly 50 fighter wings are deployed at a distance of up to 400 kilometers from the front line! And that's just fighters, if you count bombers or other aircraft, then the front-line airfields will be even more crowded! Looking at the dense airport markings on the map, Kesselring once half-jokingly said that we were stuffing a shark into a sardine canned box!

While the Luftwaffe was preparing for the final battle, the navy and army were not idle, and Guderian had been under the city of Saint-Nazaire for four days, and after receiving sufficient supplies and reinforcements, he would be the vanguard of the whole army and wipe out the last Entente ** force in France. At this time, he has a powerful assault force of 5 armored divisions and 7 mechanized infantry divisions in his hands, and has received a large amount of heavy artillery and air support, but he also does not dare to be careless, because this time, he needs to attack a city that the opponent has focused on defending! And the city also has fire support from the Navy!

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