"How many bombers can be dispatched at one time now?"

Hamburg.

The old fox and Kesselring met.

Now the two are superfigures in the German Empire, wielding huge military power and power, one person is above 10,000 people, of which the old fox is the chief of the General Staff, and Kesselring is designated as the successor of the next Führer.

"Two thousand five hundred bombers."

Kesselring smiled:

"The latest jet fighter can fly more than 5,000 at a time."

After the warehouses made up for the lack of supplies, the Führer ordered a large number of skilled workers and engineers to join the army, but the two were not fools, and after a series of operations, these real assets of Germany were arranged in the air force.

And most of it is in logistics.

Although the bombers from the warehouse are easy to maintain, they are highly technical and also require highly skilled personnel.

These people who would otherwise be in the factory are a good fit, with high efficiency and few errors.

It also avoids casualties.

Kill more than one stone.

"Expected."

After a pause, Kesselring continued:

"In another three months, it will be raised to 3,300."

"By next year, the jet fighter force will be able to bring up to 10,000 aircraft."

"Okay."

The old fox couldn't help but smile.

After obtaining the warehouse, the problem of lack of materials was completely solved, and the two learned from the previous lessons, fundamentally recast the German air force system, and evacuated a large number of elite pilots from the front line and transferred them to pilot schools to train new pilots.

Although Germany has suffered heavy losses in soldiers in recent years, with a large number of factory workers and students joining the army, 10,000 or 20,000 pilots have been scraped together.

A year has passed, and the problem of the lack of pilots has been fundamentally resolved.

Although there were only so many Germans, there was no shortage of people in Europe, and even if the 'enemy' was removed, there was still a large population, no less than the current American and British Empires.

Greater Europe plans to make full use of these human resources.

Cherbourg on the Western Front has been able to hold out until now, and the bombing can be said to account for half of the credit.

More than half of the flying troops were pinned, and the bombing made a large number of British and American forces lack a stable logistics supply base, materials from the United States could only be unloaded intermittently during the bombing, the port also needed to be repaired from time to time, the railroad was almost destroyed, and the supply of materials to the Allied front on the Western Front was severely limited, which was one of the main reasons why he was able to hold Cherbourg.

The only one left is the anti-aircraft tower.

Although the Cherbourg anti-aircraft tower, although strong and thick, had strong firepower, it had problems with its design, and in the face of fierce enemy attacks at any cost, many design problems were exposed.

"What about Cherbourg?"

Kesselring changed the subject.

Germany is getting better and better, various plans are gradually being implemented, and his bomber force is already on the right track, and it is expected that when the strength reserve is complete, it can win all air supremacy in one fell swoop, and even occupy air supremacy on LinkedIn and the three islands.

However, even conservative estimates suggest that at least 10,000 combat-ready jet fighters are needed.

"The Allied offensive is fierce."

The old fox told the truth:

"It is expected that it will be lost in two months at most."

"So fast!"

Kesselring knew that Cherbourg could not be contained, after all, there was no fortress in the world that could not be taken, and in the face of the enemy's frantic offensive, Cherbourg would one day be gnawed down little by little.

But two months, and at most, was something he didn't expect.

He knew exactly how much steel and concrete was used in the Cherbourg anti-aircraft tower, and how much artillery was deployed, and if calculated at the price before the war, it could bankrupt the empire.

"There are big problems with the design of the Cherbourg anti-aircraft tower."

The old fox summed up the experience:

"Too much concentration limits the mobility of their own troops, they can only defend passively, they cannot give full play to the offensive nature of armored troops, their firepower is also unorganized, they are okay in the air, and the effect of shooting on the ground is very poor."

"The lack of supporting forts around the perimeter has led to the isolation of the anti-aircraft towers, and once they are penetrated, they can only wait for death."

"Finally."

After a pause, the old fox said:

"The top armor is still a little thinner, and more armor steel plates should be added."

"I have ordered the troops to strengthen the defense of the follow-up anti-aircraft towers, strengthen the top to the double level, build bunkers around the perimeter, redeploy the fire system, strengthen the ground fire of the anti-aircraft towers, and fire support from each other."

"It's a pity."

Kesselring sighed.

The old fox knew what Kesselring's pity was.

It doesn't really matter if Cherbourg is lost.

Cherbourg was only a port in the northern part of the Cotentan Peninsula, and even if it were taken, the Allies would only have a good port, which was more convenient than the two artificial ports in Normandy, and the logistics were improved, but other than that, it had little effect.

Behind the peninsula, there were also a large number of anti-aircraft towers, more than a million German troops, and two warehouses consisting of three lines of defense, which the Allies needed to break through if they wanted to penetrate deep into the European continent.

What is a real pity is the warehouse located in Cherbourg.

Once this is destroyed, there is no way to build it.

"I have ordered the troops."

The old fox continued:

"In the event of a crisis, immediately destroy the warehouses, in order to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Allies, and in case of the past, I arranged three troops to destroy the warehouses and arranged two hundred tons of bombs in advance."

"Still."

Speaking of this, the old fox paused:

"Although we keep it strictly secret, sooner or later the Allies will know the fact that we are no longer able to build new warehouses."

"Indeed."

Kesselring was overjoyed.

Fortunately, after getting the warehouse, they were very restrained, in addition to putting three on the Western Front, the remaining four were on the mainland, and deliberately built four super giant warehouses, which can take out ten giant bombers at one time, the huge railway system in the country, and the rails, locomotives, fuel and other materials brought by the warehouse, so that the material transportation can go directly to any country in Europe, with low cost and high efficiency.

There are three more on the eastern front.

The distribution is very reasonable, and the loss of one on the Western Front is not a big problem.

"We're going to get ready."

The old fox raised his tone:

"Next, the huge forces deployed on the US mainland will join the battlefield, the fighting on the Western Front will be more intense, and the air defense of the British mainland will be stronger."

"I've been prepared for that."

Kesselring said with a smile, confident in his heart.

As the bombing progressed, his bombing experience became more and more sufficient, and the bomber casualties have been decreasing, especially after the glide bomb was put into service, it has plummeted, and with the familiarity with gliding bombs, the time for each bomber group to be exposed to the enemy's anti-aircraft fire has become shorter and shorter, and even many times, with fighter interception, the enemy's jet interceptor has begun to return before seeing the bomber.

"On July 15, the Ninth Air Force will officially start service."

Kesselring changed his words: "

"The first batch has a total of 2,000 aircraft."

"By August 15th, I will give you a thousand."

With the progress of the Great Europe Plan, a large number of pilots from various countries entered the army, especially Italy, although the army of this country is a waste, even fighting the guerrillas is very difficult, but the pilots are really good, after stabilizing the domestic prices and economy, the morale has increased more than a little bit compared with before, and the Allies are not at all cowardly.

With the exception of a small number of good 'loyal' pilots who were transferred to fly jet fighters, most of them were reorganized into the air force, flying propeller planes pulled out of storage.

"Great."

The old fox's eyes lit up.

In this way, after the fall of Cherbourg, he will have air support for the battle on the Cotentan Peninsula, and it will be 3,000 aircraft. Although it is not as large as the Allied forces in the more than five figures, it is still no problem to hold the key position with anti-aircraft fire.

Naturally, it is also possible to cooperate with the front-line troops to launch a counterattack.

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"It's been determined at the moment."

White House, Donovan spoke with excitement.

This time, he finally got an important piece of information that Mr. President was interested in and needed by the American military:

"The Germans will not be able to build new warehouses in the near future."

"Intelligence!"

Franklin perked up and straightened up.

"The source of the intelligence is an intelligence agent who infiltrated the Eastern Front."

Donovan was prepared:

"He was in charge of logistics, transporting weapons to the front line, and before the position was too low to have access to the warehouse, but a month ago he was promoted and had access to the warehouse."

"From a conversation with a senior officer, he overheard the news."

"There is one more point to prove the accuracy of this news."

"At present, the Germans have hit outside the city of Mosco, and the nearest warehouse from here is in waves, a thousand kilometers from the front line, although relying on the railway, can achieve effective supply, but it is obviously not as convenient as building a warehouse five hundred kilometers from the front line."

Donovan, recalling the traffic built by the Germans on the Eastern Front, twitched the corners of his mouth.

Because of the abundance of supplies, the concrete sleepers were directly prefabricated, and when the terrain was in trouble, the concrete was directly filled, and then the ballast and rails were paved, which was extremely efficient, so that as many as 397 trains arrived at the front line from the warehouse in the waves every day.

It was to reach the front line, which was only one hundred and fifty kilometers from Mosco.

The new heavy-duty coal-fired locomotive used by the Germans was more than 6,000 horsepower, which could carry more than 1,000 tons of materials at a time, and the fastest speed of 50 when fully loaded, that is, as many as 400,000 tons of materials arrived at the front line every day.

And that's just the railroads.

As for the roads, it was much simpler, with blasting, sand dredging in the surrounding rivers, filling in concrete, and prisoners of war and laborers doing the work, which were much more efficient – the Germans were even said to have planned to build a highway to Mosco.

"I also sent someone to investigate the location and number of warehouses on the European continent!"

Donovan continued:

"Although the Germans are highly secretive, judging from the flow of materials, there are no new warehouses in the rest of the country, except for the mainland."

"In other words, the Germans currently do not have the ability to build new warehouses outside their homeland"

Franklin came to a conclusion that made him smile.

"What about the other side?"

He suddenly changed the subject:

"The other side."

The European mustache, the group of people on the other side, one is the number one enemy of the United States at present, and the other is the number one enemy of the future.

The corners of Donovan's mouth twitched:

"The infiltration of our intelligence forces on the other side of the strait is very weak, and many intelligence officers have been arrested and know very little, but there are obviously quite a few new warehouses on the other side recently."

Mr. President's smile disappeared suddenly.

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The next day.

Cherbourg.

American positions.

"Today, we are targeting the thirty-seventh anti-aircraft tower."

The head of a reinforced regiment is arranging today's combat mission:

"This anti-aircraft tower was hit yesterday by a ground-penetrating shell and the main gun of the battleship, and all the top guns were destroyed, and it has lost the ability to resist, and we are going to attack the left side today, attacking through the big hole in the side."

When the words fell, the faces of the battalion and company commanders below suddenly changed greatly.

Assault on anti-aircraft towers.

Even the destruction of the air defense tower with the top firepower is still a lifeless thing.

Even if there is no top firepower, surrounded and divided, and communication with other anti-aircraft towers is lost, the Germans inside will not surrender, but will continue to resist.

The firepower inside the anti-aircraft tower was not weak at all.

The three-meter-thick reinforced concrete slab, even if the ship gun hits, can only penetrate a small hole, can not affect the overall structure, it is still stronger than the front of the tank, and it will not affect the German devil battle inside, there are a large number of 75 anti-tank guns in the flank firing window, the tank will be fired directly from the top when it is close, and the effect of smoke grenades is very poor.

There are even a large number of 20 or 40 anti-aircraft guns, 12.7 heavy machine guns, which are the most terrifying, and the German devils will use this to strafe the approaching infantry.

That's what hell is all about.

They are reinforced regiments.

As for why it was a reinforced regiment, it was because the situation had gradually opened up recently, the Germans' air defense towers were pulled out one by one, and a large number of infantry were thrown into the battle to capture the air defense towers, and in three days, the five regiments around them were withdrawn because of excessive casualties, and the remaining forces were gathered into one regiment and became a reinforced regiment of more than 4,000 people.

A group of battalion and company commanders glanced at each other, and they all saw despair in each other's eyes.

But they didn't have a choice.

Because just yesterday, hundreds of deserters were taken to court-martials, and half of them were shot outright.

"I knew I would have immigrated to South America."

At the end of the meeting, a company commander cursed.

He immigrated to the United States with his parents 10 years ago and now regrets it.

An hour later.

More than 4,000 troops gathered, and under the cover of artillery fire from the division headquarters, they began to approach the ruined anti-aircraft towers in the distance.

"Mom, I'm going home!"

During this period, an American GI directly collapsed, crying with a sad face and a look of despair, and ran directly backwards.

Smack...

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out, and the deserter fell straight down - it was the gendarmes who followed the action.

During World War II, the United States was the best place to treat deserters, and only a few dozen of the more than 50,000 deserters were sentenced to death, but that was the time when the United States had absolute superiority and victory was inevitable.

Even the tragic battle for the island in the Pacific is essentially a crushing game, and the strength of the two sides is completely unequal.

And now.

The outcome of the war is unknown, and in the future of the national fortune war, the high-ranking generals of the United States, as vested interests, will naturally maintain the stability of the troops at any cost, so as to avoid the collapse of the troops and affect the war situation because of the tragedy of the war.

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