Chapter 43: High-quality cannon fodder!

"The first batch of one million troops has already left for the British mainland."

"When you arrive in Europe, you'll have a week of training, and you're expected to be ready to fight in two weeks."

At the White House, President Benjamin Franklin listened to a briefing from military personnel:

"The second, third, fourth, and fifth batches are also being prepared, and we have used all our transport forces, and it is expected that in three and a half months, five million troops and equipment will arrive on the British mainland."

After making all-out preparations for the war in Europe, the Liberty Wheel continued to go down like dumplings, and the tens of millions of shipping forces of the United States were fully used to serve the army, coupled with the construction of a two-and-a-half-year Atlantic shipping system, which could achieve five million troops to reach the front line in just three months.

"Three months."

Franklin took the list and looked at it, falling silent.

Five million army and army aviation units, including more than 10,000 tanks, more than 10,000 armored vehicles, more than 100,000 trucks, more than 10,000 barreled artillery pieces, and more than 10,000 aircraft.

It's an unimaginably large system.

The sheer size of the transport system, which was concentrated across the country to the East Coast and then crossed the Atlantic to the British mainland in three and a half months, was a testament to the sheer extent of the maritime power of the United States of America.

With the exception of the United States, no other country has achieved such a feat.

Even.

The union of Britain, Germany and France, plus the little devils, even before the war, will not work.

The United States, which accounts for more than 50 percent of the world's manufacturing industry and more than 40 percent of shipping, has an annual output of 150 million tons of steel and 200 million tons of oil, making it the strongest country in history.

At the peak of the British Empire, it was also far behind.

But.

Putting down the list in his hand, he set his sights on the world map on the table, focusing on the continent across the Pacific Ocean.

And then.

"Hey..."

Mr. President sighed deeply.

If it is on the opposite side, how long will it take for five million troops, including their equipment, and logistical replenishment?

Or how long did it take for five million people to cross the Atlantic to the British mainland?

He had a very clear number in mind.

"What about the Cherbourg casualties? How is the battle going? ”

Mr. President continued.

It was already late July, about a month and a half had passed since the offensive began at all costs, and according to Eisenhower's estimates, the capture of Cherbourg would cost at least 300,000 American soldiers and a maximum of 500,000 to 300,000 in the shortest two months and the longest in three months.

"The third anti-aircraft tower has been taken."

The secretary is well versed in reporting the news and reports the good news as soon as possible.

Sure enough, upon hearing the news, Mr. President immediately smiled.

There are more than 100 Cherbourg anti-aircraft towers, but the only ones that really make the military troublesome are the three super-giant anti-aircraft towers, with twin 305 shore guns, eight 128 high-level anti-aircraft guns, and a giant fortress with a reinforced concrete thickness of more than 4.5 meters.

One of them, in the very center, where the warehouse is located, was named Tower One, and the other two on its wings, were Number Two and Three.

Now that he has won one, Mr. President is particularly pleased.

Although it took a month and a half to take the first one, and it took four and a half months to calculate the three, this is not the case in the war, after taking one, the enemy is weakened by a third, and the own side has gained a lot of experience, and can take the second and third more quickly.

"An offensive is currently underway to the second anti-aircraft tower."

"And there are only about thirty Cherbourg air defense towers left."

The Secretary continued to report the good news.

"Good."

Mr. President felt his blood pressure level off.

There are more than 30 anti-aircraft towers, and only a third remains, so it will only take a month at most to destroy and occupy the remaining anti-aircraft towers and occupy all of Cherbourg.

But at this time, the secretary was suddenly silent for a while.

"What about the casualties?"

The president realized that something was wrong.

His secretary has followed him for so many years, and he also knows the secretary's style of acting - first report the good news, then report the bad news, the more good news, the better it is, the worse the bad news.

Of course, not absolutely.

So now he's not particularly nervous.

"As of yesterday."

The secretary paused and continued:

"More than 300,000 people have died in our country."

"Three hundred thousand!"

Franklin felt a sudden burst in his heart and continued to ask:

"Is it the last month, or is it the Overlord plan to kill in total?"

Three hundred thousand dead.

If the second overlord plan starts to calculate, then he can accept it, after all, before the storming of Cherbourg, the death toll has exceeded 100,000, so in this way, only 200,000 people died in this month and a half of storming.

Acceptable.

But if it's a month and a half and a month, 300,000 people have died...

"It's the death toll for the last month and a half."

The secretary wiped his forehead.

Bang Dang···

The wheelchair was unstable, and Mr. President almost fell again, but it was thanks to the quick eye and professional skills of the private doctor on the side that the wheelchair was stabilized.

"That is."

Mr. President's hands trembled a little:

"More than four hundred thousand American soldiers have died since the beginning of the Second Overlord program."

"It's 447,000."

The secretary gave a very accurate figure.

"Got it."

Mr. President's hands trembled even more.

"Let's go down."

With a wave of his hand, the president took away the secretary and the personal doctor, leaving only one person in the presidential palace.

After a long silence, Mr. President looked at the world map.

The offense can't be stopped.

Even, not only can not be stopped, but also need to be strengthened.

The Germans must not be allowed to integrate the whole of Europe, and they must do their best to contain the mustache's strength, otherwise even if he has a big bomb, it will be difficult to win the war completely.

And according to intelligence, after last year's bombing, part of the information was leaked, and the Germans had a similar project, but the progress was much worse than that of the United States.

But casualties.

As a nation of immigrants, even after more than 100 years of cohesion, it is still far behind, and its tolerance for war casualties is far less than that of other countries.

Mr. President is even a little envious of Japan.

In terms of casualty tolerance and people's tolerance, the United States is very biased.

He had already experienced making amends, giving speeches, creating contradictions, creating antagonism, sympathy, and even allowing the Germans to bomb the homeland, as well as acting and directing various enemy attacks in the country, and putting those serial murderers with the title of serving in the German army.

But it's still far from it.

According to the current situation, it is estimated that there will be more than 100,000 deaths to take Cherbourg, and then there are hundreds of anti-aircraft towers on the Cotentin Peninsula.

Breaking the Siegfeiler Line would have cost 900,000 casualties for the United States alone.

"Gotta find a way to find some servant troops!"

"And it's a combat-ready servant army."

With this in mind, Mr. President's gaze moved from South America all the way to Asia, and finally fixed on the island nation of the western Pacific.

The Americas are the backyard of the United States, although there are still remnants of European power, but it is a matter of minutes to clear them, and it is very simple to recruit servant troops, and now there are more than 200,000 troops recruited from the Americas on the Western Front.

But well.

These people are simply indescribable, except for a part of the elite troops, most of the rest of the combat effectiveness is not as good as Yiduli.

It's even more troublesome.

This group of people can make a bunch of messes when doing logistics, and they will do everything to get the buckle.

So it is absolutely not okay to continue recruiting people from here, it is simply a favor for the Germans.

After thinking about it, Mr. President hit the idea on the head of the little devil.

Since he learned that the Germans' warehouses were limited, he speculated that the warehouses on the other side must also have limitations, and such advanced and terrible technology is impossible without any limitations.

So, Mr. President became emboldened again.

However, because of the previous lessons and the fact that the Indian Ocean is restricted, he plans to take his time this time.

Start with the locusts.

As long as you get the locust, come to a formal surrender, and then be full of plotting army, as long as there are locusts, with the brainwashing of bushido, it is not a big problem to get a high-quality servant army.

Anyway, the two sides are almost torn apart.

But before that, Mr. President plans to find some people for emergency.

His gaze continued to move downward, and he came to another hemisphere in the Asia-Pacific region, where the servant army, no, the strength of the allies is quite good, the combat effectiveness is very strong, and because of the British Empire, it is easy to recruit enough troops.

It's just that there are fewer people.

Just discuss this matter directly with Qiu Fatzi.

And then.

"Let the news ·····"

Mr. President called in the head of the wartime press, the person in charge of war propaganda in the country.

Economically, the other side has already suffered losses.

Now, it is time to let the other side know that public opinion is also a very important battlefield, and he is a little curious about what the people on the other side will do in the face of the surging public opinion in the United States.

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Hamburg.

Inside the Old Fox Command.

"Estimate."

A staff officer was reporting to the old fox about the war rehearsal:

"In another month, Cherbourg will be lost."

"Hmm."

The old fox nodded, agreeing with the deduction.

The construction of the Cherbourg air defense tower was hasty, although the number was huge and the firepower was fierce, but the problem of firepower arrangement was very large, coupled with the lack of fresh reinforcements, the outcome was obviously easy to see, and it was impossible to hold it.

And from the beginning, Cherbourg was ready to give up.

It was to buy time for the Western Front to gather troops.

Now that the goal has been achieved, all that remains is to deplete the Anglo-American forces.

"I have a plan."

The old fox continued, looking at the group of core generals beside him:

"Britain and the United States will definitely be interested in our logistics."

"We can set a trap in this regard."

"You mean..."

One of the generals narrowed his eyes.

The old fox smiled slightly:

"According to the predetermined plan, after destroying the warehouses, the remaining armored forces will break through to the rear."

"When the time comes, you can arrange a convoy of armored transporters, send heavy troops to protect it, and attract the attention of the enemy..."

The old fox recounted his plan.

The General Staff made the old fox's plan into a more detailed and specific plan.

"That's right."

The old fox finally said:

"Let the intelligence services also cooperate and let Britain and the United States know the news."

Finally, the old fox asked for reinforcements:

"When will the first reinforcements come?"

When he said this, the old fox's expression was a little strange.

Since June last year, not only have the logistical problems been completely alleviated, but there seem to have been some changes on the Führer's side, the messy medicine has not been taken anymore, the body has gradually recovered, and the spirit has improved, although he still speaks often hysterical, but,

I can listen to my subordinates.

Speak with reason and logic.

Even learned the lesson of the last defeat, after the striker arrived in Mosco, he did not continue to attack, but used Mosco as a training ground, as well as to digest the occupied area with all his might, as well as to surrender.

So much so that the old fox felt that this was not true.

"The first batch of twenty divisions and 300,000 people."

The staff officer replied:

"It is expected to arrive in eastern France next month, where it will be ready to enter the battlefield after a short training."

"These divisions are all units that have been through actual combat, with strong morale and very good combat effectiveness, and there are four armored divisions among them, all of which are troops that have experienced many armored cluster battles on the Eastern Front."

"But it's all tank four."

Finally, the staff officer added:

"The Air Force has arrived in five wings, totaling a thousand aircraft, which are currently in adaptation training in eastern France."

"Hmm."

The old fox smiled.

He recently heard an ancient saying in the Republic of China, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

No matter how well supplied the Western Front is, how many anti-aircraft towers there are, how fierce the firepower is, and how exquisite the command is, if he does not have enough troops and the gap with the enemy is too large, he will not be able to stop the enemy.

However, now that reinforcements are coming, according to the Führer's plan, within three and a half months, his strength on the Western Front will reach 250 divisions, more than 4 million troops. There are also air forces in the size of three thousand.

and 500,000 new reserve troops.

Not including, of course, the logistics troops.

Although it is still far inferior to the Allied forces, so far, there are more than 7 million British and American troops on the Western Front, and they are still increasing, but with the help of terrain and supply advantages, equipment advantages, and the bombing of the British mainland by the air force, there is no problem in preventing it.

Thinking of the new tank No. 5, which was first equipped on the Western Front, the old fox was full of confidence.

The armor steel has changed, the defensibility has been slightly improved, the diesel engine, the mobility has been greatly improved, and the reliability has been qualitatively changed, and the tank gun, which surpasses the 88 gun, needless to say, can penetrate any tank of the Allied forces.

Right now.

He had five thousand new No. 5 tanks in his hands.

The Panzer Divisions that drove these tanks were all elite German Panzer Divisions and had undergone a year-long training from him.

Lessons learned from the defeat at Cherbourg, the subsequent anti-aircraft towers on the Cotentin Peninsula were improved to strengthen their firepower, defenses, and perimeter facilities.

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July is fleeting, and the time is in August.

Asia is calm.

Although the guerrilla warfare in the devil's homeland is in full swing, a stellar fire is on the prairie and hundreds of thousands of locust armies are running around, but the more they are extinguished, the stronger they become, the continuous blockade, millions or even tens of millions of hungry devils, where do they care about bushido and locusts.

Pick up your gun and follow the guerrillas!

The locust was in a hurry, but there was nothing he could do, so he could only hope and quickly surrender to the United States.

But in the world, almost no one pays attention here, and even the splash does not float.

Li Yunlong is also very busy, the new tank is extremely strong, compared with before, it is simply a qualitative change, coupled with some series of supporting equipment, the demand for the army has further increased, he began to promote the transformation of the army, increase the number of professional soldiers, and some of them are directly stuffed into university training.

The rest of the bigwigs are also very busy.

Some retire and enjoy life.

However, a large part of them are engaged in the construction of base areas, as well as the navy, air force, domestic science and technology construction, education construction, diplomacy, and so on.

The huge, systematic and perfect knowledge system has made them reborn in their thinking, see the world clearly, and form a unified and clear plan for the future.

Zhao Gang is the busiest.

After the devil was killed, his focus of work was changed to the Southeast Asian business system.

Southeast Asia has huge resources.

Iron ore, coal mine, rubber... And so on, it can meet the needs of almost all industries, although there are also in the warehouse, but you can't always rely on Boss Chen, as for your own side, let's talk about it first.

This is a huge system, an industrial supply chain spanning 5,000 kilometers, even if it is Political Commissar Zhao, even if there are more than a dozen masters from all walks of life to assist, he also feels a little tricky.

But it's only tricky, and everything is moving slowly.

August 2nd.

The first batch of British Empire War skilled laborers crossed the Strait of Malacca and reached the South China Sea.

Although Qiu Fatzi accepted his fate, he still resisted, added a technology to the war labor, and forcibly saved the dignity of the British Empire.

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