"Take Cherbourg as quickly as possible?"

"Whatever the cost?"

Looking at the latest order, the people in the staff were very puzzled, and even several American Army generals rushed in directly and scolded Eisenhower:

"Are you crazy?"

"Do you know what it will cost to storm Cherbourg now?"

Hundreds of thousands of troops would have been lost by striking down dozens of individual anti-aircraft towers around Cherbourg, and now attacking nearly 100 anti-aircraft towers, what a heavy loss would have to be paid?

According to intelligence.

The Cherbourg fortification complex, with three giant anti-aircraft towers equipped with twin 380 mm and a mobile armoured group of 1,000 No. 4 tanks, attacked the area without being prepared.

In the end, the casualties are likely to be far greater than those of Verdun.

You may not even be able to take it.

"Execute the order."

Eisenhower's eyes were cold, and he commanded sharply.

In June last year, in June '44, at the beginning of the Overlord program, that is, before the situation developed and reversed, the total strength of the Germans was only more than seven million.

This number seems like a lot, but in 43 years, the total strength of the Germans was 10 million, and in just one year, the loss was nearly 3 million, which shows what a rout the Germans faced at that time.

Moreover, these seven million are the sum of the three armed forces, including the domestic troops, the troops of the Western Front, the troops of the peninsula, and the troops of the Eastern Front.

At that time, there were more than seven million Allied troops on the Eastern Front alone.

But in June, the other side completed an absolute reversal, not only blocking the Allied overlord plan and annihilating hundreds of thousands of people, but even launching a full-scale counterattack on the Eastern Front, annihilating more than one million prisoners.

Why did the Germans win?

The decisive factor is the 'warehouse'.

The Allied tanks on the Eastern Front also needed to be transported from Urral to the front line in the nearest way, and even from Central Asia, with an interval of more than 5,000 kilometers, while the Western Front needed to be reached from the continental United States all the way through the wide Atlantic.

The quantity is strictly limited by the mode of transportation, and it takes half a month to spend on the journey.

And the Germans.

Taken directly from the 'warehouse' less than a hundred kilometers from the front line and driven to the battlefield, it is said, there is no limit to the number yet.

The logistical gap between the two sides is so big that it has completely made up for the gap in troops, and even formed an advantage.

Can you not lose?

It was also because of this 'warehouse' that the enemy was afraid that the enemy would use this 'warehouse' as a means to land on the mainland and attack the cities on the east coast, and the United States was forced to deploy a large number of troops on the mainland to defend it.

The coalition forces need to get detailed information about this kind of thing, and they need to know how to counter this 'logistical facility'.

And.

Similar technology is needed.

This kind of technology is a super technology that can directly determine the outcome of the war, and its terrible military nature has been vividly demonstrated by the Germans and the group of people in the western Pacific.

Even one or even two more 'Verdun' would be worth it.

"You're deliberately killing someone! You're treason. ”

One general pointed directly at Eisenhower's nose and scolded.

"This is an order signed by the president."

Eisenhower was too lazy to explain, and he couldn't explain it, this kind of thing, the fewer people who knew about it, the better, and once it got out, it would cause a riot, so he just threw out an order signed by President Franklin.

Above is the battle plan for the Allied attack on Cherbourg at once.

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Far East.

Devil's 25th Army camp.

A few devils were gathered around, looking at a new tank assigned the day before yesterday.

Type 4 tanks.

"Yo Si."

Looking at the new tank in front of him, a devil tanker couldn't help but sigh again and again:

"This is the real tank."

As he spoke, the devil touched the thick barrel of the cannon, and his saliva couldn't help but flow out.

"yes."

The driver next to him had the same expression:

"A seven-to-five-millimeter main gun, a vehicle weighing thirty tons, a main armor of more than fifty millimeters, and a four-hundred-horsepower diesel engine, if there was this back then, Nomenkan would definitely not fail."

This tank crew is an old devil who fought against Tearraf at Nomenkan back then.

"This is from the country?"

A logistician asked.

"The 'big guys' in the country will give us this?"

The commander, who was still on the turret, snorted coldly.

Hearing this, everyone looked at the commander with puzzled expressions - listening to the commander's tone, the latest Type 4 tanks transported to the troops the day before yesterday were not transported by the empire itself?

Where else could that come from?

The crowd was puzzled.

"Those rotten shoguns, no one cares if we all die, and will give us the latest tanks?"

The commander snorted coldly.

After taking complete control of the troops and purging the diehards inside, Ito and Tanaka continued to brainwash the troops.

Improve the treatment, while the material is corrupted.

He also described the locusts and domestic retainers as relics of the shogunate period, trying to enslave and control the entire empire. The so-called jihad is to treat them as cannon fodder, and then the benefits go to the top.

A two-pronged approach.

For the general merchant class, as well as the devil soldiers who were already struggling at the bottom, this hand worked very well, and after being stripped of the bushido disguise, the hatred was easily aroused.

They are loyal to the Empire, but what does the Empire do to them?

Nowadays, many people in the devil army are dissatisfied with the top echelons of the empire and even the locusts.

"Who's that?"

Someone asked.

"It was made at a factory established abroad by General Tanaka and General Ito."

The commander gave the reason Ito made up casually.

"General Ito, General Tanaka."

Several people around immediately clenched their fists excitedly.

After receiving material support from the 'backstage', while improving military salaries and living conditions, and arousing hatred for locusts, Tanaka and Ito also disguised themselves as people who liberated the Japanese Empire to enhance their personal prestige.

"Sure enough."

There are devils who sigh:

"General Ito and General Tanaka are the ones who can save the empire."

"We must pay close attention to training, we must open up the territory for ourselves, our families, and the Yamato nation, and strive for a broad living space."

The commander spoke out about Ito's brainwashing propaganda.

"Hey."

The surrounding devils suddenly lifted their spirits, and they got into the tank again and started training.

Compared with the old bushido brainwashing of the devil and the satisfaction of the spiritual glory of nothingness, Ito and Tanaka's cards are obviously better, not only to meet the material needs, tobacco, alcohol, meat, and military salaries, but also to come up with the concept of fighting for themselves, their families, and the Yamato nation.

Removed the intermediary/middleman of the locust.

This hand directly made the devil soldiers scream, and their morale increased greatly, coupled with the solution of the logistics supply problem, as well as the advantage of equipment, the combat effectiveness was not weaker than the elite old devil at the beginning of the war.

When the devil was screaming to grab the territory.

Inside the headquarters of the 25th Army.

Tanaka received a piece of information:

"Tearaf assembled two armored divisions, two artillery divisions, five infantry divisions ready to launch a counterattack, about two hundred tanks, more than a hundred artillery pieces."

This source of information was actually concocted by the devil himself.

From several logistics officers and businessmen, fragmentary intelligence was gathered.

Kotaro Ito is a businessman, and after realizing the task assigned by the post-'ally' platform, he began to set out to build an intelligence network, a unique system, a chaotic situation, and the evacuation of the Far Eastern Army, which made the intelligence very leaky.

"It is said."

Ito paused at this point:

"I bought tanks and artillery from the Republic of China."

"The artillery was the artillery of the Germans, mainly 105 howitzers, as well as part of the 76-mm cannons."

"Among the tanks, most of them are light tanks such as the BT7, and the rest are a new type of tank, with a 75mm gun, and the overall performance is similar to our common No. 4 tank."

Although the bearded man intends to recapture the Far East and reduce the loss of land, and even wants to prostitute a batch of weapons, equipment and materials for nothing, and wants to leave the Pacific estuary, but,

The dream is plump, and the reality is skinny.

After learning of the help, the mustache decisively accelerated the speed of the attack, and in the face of the aggressive attack of the mustache, the bearded man had to curtail his dreams - from retaking the lost territory to delaying the attack of the little devil.

As a result, the supplies to support the Far East were greatly reduced, and the tanks were changed from new tanks to a large number of repaired light tanks and armored vehicles, and only more than 30 were given to the 'No. 4 Xie Mantou' of Grand Master Li.

Artillery, in the same way, was given only a small number of 105 howitzers, and the rest were mainly a eliminated 76-mm gun.

The number of troops has also been significantly reduced.

Anyway.

The little devil is not bad, even if this little force can't regain the lost territory, it can block the attack of the little devil and make them honest - that's what the bearded man thinks in his heart.

After listening to Ito's information, Tanaka smiled.

A smile from the heart.

"Yo Si."

"It just so happens that we can test the combat capability of our independent 25th Army."

After breaking with the mainland, the locust, and the base camp, although the local people didn't know yet, they were even sending new soldiers here, after all, the emperor was far away, and Tanaka Qin ordered his troops to be the independent 25th Army.

"No problem, right?"

Ito finally asked.

There is a driving force behind the current situation, and he knows very well that they must win this battle, and they must win beautifully, otherwise it will not be conducive to the future prosperity.

"No problem."

Tanaka is confident:

"At present, the total strength of our independent 25th Army is 300,000."

"There are two armored divisions, three hundred and twenty Type 4 tanks, enough fuel for three months."

"Three artillery divisions, armed with one hundred and eight Type 92 105 cannons, twelve base shells per gun, special half-track towing vehicles, and thirty 150 field howitzers."

"As for the 75 mountain guns, on average each brigade is armed with two."

"Even the Air Force is being formed."

"Whether it is troops or equipment, we have an absolute advantage, and there is no difficulty in this battle."

The younger brother's subordinates are obedient and work hard, so naturally the benefits will not be less.

"Yo Si."

Ito was smiling.

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Meanwhile.

That is, the end of April.

Port of Naha in the Ryukyus.

In the twilight, in the sky, an AWACS aircraft hovered high in the sky.

At the same time, outside the port, a state-of-the-art tank landing ship with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons was conducting training, and beside him, there was also a giant ship similar in appearance to the American 'Alaska' class for training.

"It's a pity."

Looking at the landing ship and the large cruiser, Zhang Dabiao sighed and sighed, with some regrets.

With the gradual regularization of the troops, the base areas have been gradually built from factories, to logistics and transportation, to the combat system, and the regimental headquarters has also begun to cultivate the ability to fight independently.

That is, do not use 'warehouse' to fight.

The tank landing ships in front of you, as well as large cruisers, were ordered with this kind of thinking.

It was planned that tank landing ships would transport troops, large cruisers would provide fire support, and theater air defense.

Of course, as always, in exchange for equipment, it also provides a full set of technology, as long as you give a little time to digest the base area, you can produce independently.

But after speculation, the General Staff finally found that

It's simply impossible to do it on your own.

Guam is too far away, more than 2,000 kilometers from Naha.

Although the landing ships can drive through, the large cruisers can also provide sufficient fire support, and the 305 caliber heavy guns are full of ground firepower.

However, at this distance, the Air Force cannot guarantee the safety of ships, the combat radius is not enough, and the Navy is not good - the main reason is that there are not enough people, there are ships, Boss Chen has everything everywhere, and he is not enough people.

I had no choice but to give up the idea of coming by myself and use the incredible means of 'warehouse' again.

"No way, who let us not have enough manpower?"

Wang Gensheng also sighed helplessly.

Independent combat has always been the dream of the army, and the 'warehouse' thing belongs to someone else after all, but in the words of Boss Chen, the ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny.

Why don't you ask Boss Chen to order a battleship with a thicker barrel, but a large cruiser in front of you?

It's not that no one is making trouble.

The battleship has a larger tonnage and needs more people, there are not so many people on their side at all, and even the large cruisers in front of them are seriously dissatisfied with the formation, so they can only drive and move, and don't even think about fighting.

But.

Although the appearance of the hull of this large cruiser in front of me is similar to that of the Yankees' Alaska-class, the actual combat effectiveness is completely different.

It's not a little bit stronger.

The three triple 305 naval guns were changed to two twin 305 naval guns, and the number of gun barrels was more than doubled, but the fully automatic loader, flexible all-angle loading, and the circulating water cooling system outside the tube made the amount of firepower delivery increase instead of decreasing.

Accuracy is also greatly improved.

The double-pack is inherently more accurate than the triple-pack.

The six-barreled 30mm anti-aircraft gun with the fire control radar can be aimed at the jet to shoot down, although the large-caliber anti-aircraft gun does not have it, but the four-seat twin-mounted anti-aircraft missile can easily deal with its own ten-round bomber.

As for naval battles.

There are not much fewer anti-ship missiles on this than the 01-class missile destroyers.

"Take your time."

Looking at the large cruisers that were staggering in front of him, Zhang Dabiao's tone was calm.

What they have is time.

The two then turned their gaze to the other side of the harbor, where hundreds of seaplanes were quietly moored to the water, and lightly armed warriors were methodically entering the cabin.

If the Navy can't, then the Air Force.

Without carrying equipment, one new seaplane could carry thirty fighters, and there were two or five hundred in the harbor in front of them.

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Gan, I was called over to be on duty at noon, brought a computer, and forgot my mobile phone.