West coast of France.

Cherbourg.

A small village fifty kilometers to the west.

The terrain is gently undulating, with rooftops as far as the eye can see, roads crisscrossing the country, farmland dotted and rivers flowing through the edges, and a long railway line running through them.

Typical of the terrain of the plains of France.

If you ignore those craters, it is like a modern idyllic rural scene,

In China, it is the best water and fertile land, and the people on the rich side will have countless big landlords fighting for it.

And in France, such rich land can be found everywhere.

At this time.

Two towering anti-aircraft towers stand in the middle of this terrain, at the intersection of highways, near the railway, and surrounded by bunkers, which do not fit in with the idyllic style of the area.

At the top of the tower, the six turrets are clearly visible to the naked eye, and the long twin barrels extending from the turret point to the western sky, and from time to time dazzling muzzle fireworks burst out.

On the west side.

It was a full five Allied divisions that surrounded the two air defense towers in an encirclement posture, and nearly 100 warplanes were circling around the sky.

"Fire."

Inside the Army Artillery channel, the commander's shouts rang out.

On the positions of the five infantry divisions in the rear, nearly 100 large-caliber guns of more than 100 guns fired at the two anti-aircraft towers, and one shell after another fell towards the anti-aircraft towers like a meteor shower.

Boom Boom Boom ·

Dense explosions rose in and around the tower of the air defense tower.

The Germans were naturally not to be outdone, and the twelve twin-mounted 128 high-level dual-purpose guns on the top of the tower were flattened with gun barrels, and the muzzle fireworks bloomed.

An artillery battle ensued between the two sides.

The Allied artillery was absolutely superior in numbers, but the artillery had a short firing range, lacked solid cover, and was inferior in accuracy to the 128 gun with a solid base, and it was extremely difficult to aim due to the fact that the anti-aircraft tower was tens of meters high, low to high.

But the Germans have their own problems.

Due to the haste of construction and low priority, the fully protected metal turret for anti-aircraft artillery in the design was not installed here in Cherbourg, but a semi-open turret.

The resources are infinitely available, but they require technicians to install them, and these are not unlimited.

In both anti-artillery battles, there were losses, but the Allies were even more heavy, a large number of artillery positions were accurately named, and the Germans only suffered some casualties and damaged a few turrets.

After half an hour of shelling.

"The first group, smoke grenades."

In the flight communication channel, a rough American English sounded.

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen hovering fighters dived at high speed one after another, and after reaching the range, they fired smoke grenades mounted under their wings.

Woohoo·····

A volley of rocket-fired smoke grenades was fired at the towers, raising white smoke on top of the towers and spreading rapidly, eventually spreading a layer of smoke on the outside of the two towers.

"The first group, the ground-penetrating bomb."

In the communication channel, the command of the flight commander sounded again.

Six dive bombers hovering at high altitude broke away from the circle and dived towards the two anti-aircraft towers in turn.

The round of smoke bombs just now was very particular.

It not only shielded the firepower of the anti-aircraft towers, making the Germans blind, but also did not completely cover the anti-aircraft towers, covering the dive bombers without covering the bombing sight.

But this is only a battle plan.

Although before the war, the military built a similar anti-aircraft tower on British soil, tested and practiced to perfect this tactic, and designed and built specialized rockets and modified specialized attack aircraft.

But no matter how serious the training is, it is impossible to live ammunition and real firepower.

And the anti-aircraft tower, he is mainly used for air defense!

In the first actual battle, in the face of the anti-aircraft fire of the anti-aircraft towers that were epicly strengthened, the covering attack aircraft lost more than one-third on the spot, and because of the blocking of anti-aircraft fire, the smoke laying effect was also very bad.

This also led to the fact that only two subsequent dive bombers completed the bombing mission, and the remaining four all collapsed in the middle of the road, and only one of the two bombs dropped hit the target.

Boom...

A violent explosion sounded in the corner of the air defense tower, and after the smoke cleared, the Allied commander looked and saw that the corner of the air defense tower was damaged, and one of the 128 twin turrets disappeared directly.

"Go on the offensive."

Seeing that the attack was working, the commander was overjoyed and immediately ordered his troops to continue the attack.

The sound of artillery continued, as did the roar of the dive.

·····

Three days later.

"Lieutenant General Sam called, and two anti-aircraft towers fifty kilometers west of Cherbourg were taken."

Eisenhower, the commander-in-chief of the Overlord program, received a report from the front.

"Casualties..."

According to the procedure, the secretary next had to report the casualties and losses of the battle, but Eisenhower stopped the secretary's report, and then gave the order without pause:

"Order Lieutenant General Sam to continue the attack to the west after replenishing his subordinates, and to know all the anti-aircraft towers around Cherbourg."

"In addition, let him sum up the experience of this battle and pass it on to other units in the form of a report."

"Yes."

The secretary was stunned for a long time, and after putting the front-line report on the table, he began to carry out the delivery order.

After the secretary left, Eisenhower sat down in his chair with a calm face.

At the beginning of the order to attack, he knew that this attack would inevitably result in extremely heavy casualties.

The defensive capabilities of the anti-aircraft tower could not have been clearer in his heart.

Although the troops in a single air defense tower are full, it is only a super-formed regiment, about 4,000 people, and the combined strength of the two towers is less than the strength of a division, and there are no 10,000 people.

However, the fixed gun position has few personnel requirements, high artillery accuracy, strong defense of heavy concrete walls, and condescending advantages.

Even if there is a ground-penetrating bomb, it is impossible to take it without paying a huge price.

This allowed the enemy to use less than 10,000 troops to block the attack of five divisions plus support troops, a total of 100,000 troops, and even make the attacking troops pay a heavy price.

But the offensive cannot be stopped, and even the pace must be accelerated.

In this war, the United States has blocked most of the chips.

In order to avoid a major devaluation after the war, the over-issued massive amount of dollars needed to be accommodated by the world, because the war, the soaring domestic huge industrial production capacity, also needed a huge market to digest.

Or, the war is won, and the United States continues to grow strong with the help of the victorious powers.

Either.

Failure, or tie, and the United States will also begin to decline, with an economic crisis that is even more terrible than in '29, and then the national economy will collapse, the government's credit will collapse, and there will be a massive outflow of capital.

The British Empire understood this.

Not just a failure, but even a tie and the complete integration of the European continent by the mustache would have made the British Empire a small regional power, trembling under the guns of Germany.

So

For the sake of the future, millions of sacrifices are just a few million that the United States, with a population of more than 200 million, can easily bear.

······

Mosco.

In one room, the bearded man was smoking his pipe in his mouth, it was April, the weather was still cold, the air in the room was not circulating, and the thick smoke obscured the expression on his face.

In front of him was a general.

"This time, instead of using blitzkrieg, the enemy fought steadily and steadily, advancing a certain distance and repairing in situ, repairing roads and railways, building oil pipelines, and continuing the offensive when the logistics were perfect."

"If there is no outside aid."

The general's tone was relatively low:

"It's expected that within three months, we will be advancing to Mosco, and we have nothing to do to resist it."

Blitzkrieg is certainly powerful and fast, but it also has great losses and great dangers.

Sergeant Mustache is not a fool because of his strategic skills, and the core reason for his choice of blitzkrieg is the situation of his troops and the desire to end the war quickly.

At this time, with sufficient supplies and a large amount of human resources obtained in the process of integrating Europe, the mustache also became smarter, and chose to attack on multiple fronts, gradually encroaching on the bearded territory with the advantage of armor.

In the process of advancing slowly, he can also divide and integrate the forces of the occupied territories and strengthen himself.

The bearded man didn't speak, but continued to smoke his beloved pipe.

"The Far Eastern Army has been defeated."

The general continued:

"The Japanese also continued to expand their territory in the Far East to the north and east, and we have lost a lot of territory there."

"Although the other party explained at the beginning that it was an accident and that some of the troops were out of control, not long ago, they also sent reinforcements from the country."

After the loss of the Ryukyus, the crazy Konoe Fumiro's brain was hot, and he actually sent some reinforcements to Ito and Tanaka to cut some meat on the polar bear to replenish the locality.

"What about the Western Front?"

The bearded man finally spoke.

The situation is difficult, but there is hope, and that is friendly forces on the Western Front.

The allies had promised to launch an attack ahead of schedule, and as long as they could put pressure on the mustache to withdraw troops from the Eastern Front, then he still had a chance of winning.

There is no need to bow to others.

He will not lose his qualification to compete in the Pacific in the future.

"It's bad."

The general replied:

"Although they have launched the offensive as promised, the progress is very slow, and according to intelligence, it took the Allies ten days and more than a million troops, including the battleship fleet, to fail to take Cherbourg."

"Even more than 100,000 casualties."

The bearded pupils shrank suddenly.

In ten days, he attacked Cherbourg, a port on the west coast of France, and dispatched a million troops, including a fleet of battleships, with the United States at its back, and the Atlantic shipping lanes were unimpeded, and there was absolutely no shortage of supplies.

In this way, they failed to take it, and even paid 100,000 casualties.

There were 10,000 casualties in a single day.

Are the Germans so strong?

There was a long silence again, during which the bearded man added a large handful of tobacco to his pipe.

The pipe was burning, the smoke was enveloping, and it was not until the smoke was in the house that he spoke:

"We need tanks, fuel, artillery."

"Send someone to talk to them and get a good price."

"As for the price, let them take it themselves and the Japanese."

"Yes."

The other two were fighting at home····· The general sighed deeply.

He felt a little familiar.

It seems that this happened decades ago, before the gang had lost their braids.

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