Plane Merchant's Dream of a Powerful Country

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The first target plane, London, England, the headquarters of the landing campaign.

According to the historical records of the main plane, the Stars and Stripes and the United Kingdom should have launched the Normandy landing in the early morning of June 1944, 6.However, it was a full two months ahead of schedule on the first target plane.There are many reasons for launching this battle on the main plane, such as international political needs, the opening of a second battlefield, the Soviet Union had turned to counter-offensive at that time, and he could not be allowed to monopolize post-war Europe, etc.But on the first target plane, the most important factor for launching this battle at the end of April 6 is: the Soviets probably won't last this summer!

According to the analysis results from the news sent by various intelligence fronts in Europe, because Hitler launched the national mobilization earlier than the main plane, as well as the outcome of a series of battles such as Stalingrad that changed the original appearance of history, there were more Germans than in the same year on the main plane. Out of a full 150 million mobile troops.And at the beginning of 1944, because of Hitler's order, another 100 million troops will be trained in Germany and surrounding allied areas, and may be sent to the Soviet battlefield at any time. This is likely to be the last straw that crushes the Soviet Red Army.Stalin has already issued an ultimatum to Churchill and Roosevelt in a roaring tone. If the second European battlefield is not seen before May 1944, the Soviet Union does not rule out taking countermeasures of retreating or even withdrawing from the Allies.

Although it dismissed the threat of the Soviet Union to negotiate peace with Germany.However, in order to ensure that Europe would not completely fall into the hands of Germany, under the urgent request of Churchill, Roosevelt finally agreed after careful consideration. The coalition forces of the two countries jointly assembled 48 divisions (9 more than the main plane), with a total strength of 338 million. Humans (50 more than the main plane) are used to launch the Normandy landing operations.Among them, the army accounted for more than half, reaching 30 infantry divisions, in addition to 12 armored divisions, and 3 airborne divisions.The Navy invested about 6300 ships, including about 13 combat warships including 49 battleships, 147 cruisers, and 1 destroyers, more than 0 landing ships, and nearly 4700 transport ships.The Air Force plans to dispatch 6000 combat aircraft, including 15 bombers, 0 fighters, and 6 transport gliders.

The Germans were not ignorant of the Allied intentions.Rommel, who was in charge of the defense line of the "Atlantic Fortress", carefully analyzed and considered the strength and equipment in his hands: In May 1944, the German troops deployed on the Western Front in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands had about 5 troops (compared to the history of the main plane) 86 more), Denmark and Norway have 10 million troops (160 more).As well as the information reported by the intelligence agency that the Allied forces might land in the Calais area (the 'meat' deception plan planned by the British), Rommel finally made up his mind to deploy the main force in the Calais area.In Normandy, only 10 coastal defense divisions with weak combat effectiveness remained, 3 armored division and 1 infantry divisions with slightly stronger combat effectiveness, and 3 independent infantry regiments and 3 paratrooper regiment, with a total strength of about 10.

Due to the shortage of building materials for the fortifications, the defense line in the Normandy area only built a number of independent support points of reinforced concrete.Most of the fortifications only reached the standard of field fortifications, so it is no surprise that although some stubborn resistance was encountered after the start of the campaign, most of the beach landing operations went very smoothly.The Normandy coastline was chosen because it is a large open land in terms of terrain, and there is a large French port of Cherbourg nearby, which is very conducive to the deployment of troops after landing, and this area is also within the combat radius of aircraft flying from the British mainland.

Normandy, Omaha Beach.

In what later became known as "Bloody Omaha," a fierce battle was taking place.

"shooting!"

"fire!"

"cover!"

"Machine gun fire!"

"Support artillery, hurry up!"

Most of the cliffs along the Omaha line are more than 9 meters high, which is very easy to defend and difficult to attack in terms of terrain.Two hours after the offensive began, the Star-Spangled Banner army responsible for the landing operation only occupied a [-]-meter-wide section of the beach on the eastern section of Omaha Beach, but no soldiers rushed onto the beach on the western section of Omaha Beach.

"Naval gun support, I need naval gun support!" Captain Miller, who was in charge of commanding the first landing echelon, yelled at the communicator.

"boom!"

After a loud noise, a German artillery shell exploded not far from Captain Miller. At the last moment, Captain Miller, who stood up with the privates behind him and pressed himself under him, survived, but Communications Corpsman Lewis Both Dick and Private First Class who were covering him stopped breathing and were killed by the shelling just now.

"Shit! Damn Germans, damn army bastards!"

Seeing his own soldiers on the beach whose helmets were pierced by German bullets from time to time, people scattered everywhere who couldn't recognize their identities, and a few soldiers who had completely collapsed and frantically searched for their broken arms on the beach, Miller could only Feeling black eyes, ringing ears, difficulty breathing, the brain completely stopped thinking.

In the sky, the support air force composed of thousands of fighter planes and the airdrop force quickly penetrated and released umbrella flowers after destroying a few German planes that came to intercept, so as to stop the ground support troops sent by the German army.

In a small town in France, Rommel's headquarters.

"Hasn't the air force's support plane arrived yet?" Rommir asked his adjutant assistant with red eyes.

"Marshal Goering has sent two thousand of his own combat planes to support them, and it will take another hour for them to reach the Normandy area. As for the ground forces, our main force deployed in the Calais area is gathering. In addition, troops from other regions of France They are supporting Normandy, but due to the interference and bombing of enemy planes, very few support troops arrived in an organized way.” The adjutant, who inherited the strict character of the Germans, knew that his country was ushering in the most dangerous moment at this time, but he was still organized reported.

"Damn it, give me another 30 mobile troops, and I'll be sure to drive them all into the sea." Rommel, who kept calculating the potential strength of both sides in his brain, said unwillingly.

"Your Excellency, General, don't worry too much. More than 40 new divisions have been newly formed in China. With their participation, we can take back the position head-on." The adjutant comforted.

"I hope so." Rommel is well aware that those domestic troops are equipped with insufficient heavy firepower and tanks, and the prospects for future battles with the British are not optimistic.

German High Command, Hitler's official residence.

After the Normandy landing, even the most clumsy Germans were aware of the crisis and uneasiness. The German Nazi Party was unprecedentedly efficient at this time, and immediately reported the war situation to Hitler, and immediately sent a car to pick up the soldiers, including Goering. Numerous German Marshals.

"How's the situation? Where did the British and the Stars and Stripes take?" Hitler tugged at his mustache vigorously and asked with a frown.

"According to reports from the front, except for the few data points in the Normandy area, the rest were successively captured and occupied by the enemy before 2 p.m.."

"Where are the reinforcements?"

"Eleven divisions have been urgently dispatched to aid troops, but because the enemy's air power is too strong, it is difficult for them to arrive on a large scale."

"Göring!!!" Hearing the loss of air supremacy, Hitler turned his face and asked while biting his back molars.

"Your Excellency the Great Head of State, I have dispatched more than 00 planes, which are all the mobile forces in my hands. They should engage the enemy at this time." Fatty Ge quickly explained.

"Not enough, we must regain the air supremacy quickly." No matter how stupid and bastard Hitler was, he had a deep understanding of what air supremacy means to modern warfare through several years of war. Not one left!"

"But Your Excellency the Fuhrer, we only have about 900 Silver Eagles left now, and if one is lost, there will be one less. They have not yet been made in China." A brutal war of attrition, Fatty Ge tried his best to retort.

"No need now, and there will be no chance in the future. I ordered that all the Silver Eagle fighters deployed in the country immediately transfer to France to participate in the air battle there and win the final victory. Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

April 1944, 4 was the first day of the Normandy landings.Overall, the Stars and Stripes and the British plan went well, and except for a few hard bones like "Omaha Beach", the rest of the beachheads all fell into the hands of the Allies.The navy and transport landing fleet are transporting landing troops there overnight to strengthen their combat power and prepare for the German counterattack the next day.

On May 1944, 5, the auspicious day of Labor Day in later generations, the expected German ground troops did not appear, but the Luftwaffe suddenly showed its power. Not only did the 1 German planes that arrived earlier launch a campaign aimed at regaining air supremacy over Normandy. During the battle, hundreds of jet planes with silver fuselages and no propellers suddenly joined the battle group.Since the pilots who drove them were the best pilots selected by the Germans, the results of the large-scale Silver Eagle fighters were devastating and unacceptable.Relying on high altitude and high speed, they adopted the tactics of hit and go, and dived rapidly, which caused great losses to the Allied Air Force.Although the number of Silver Eagle fighters was damaged due to large-scale dogfights, the exchange ratio of 00 to 11 still made the Stars and Stripes feel heartbroken.Especially after the pilots parachuted, because most of them were in the German sphere of influence, the probability of being rescued was very low.

Three days after the start of the war, the Germans lost more than 150 Silver Eagle fighters, while the Allied forces lost more than 1600 fighters, and their air mobility was suddenly insufficient.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Rommel concentrated the originally scattered troops and formed two combat centralizations, preparing to forcibly regain the lost positions without air interference.And the Stars and Stripes is also unambiguous, relying on the "ship to sea" tactics, hundreds of thousands, nearly a million troops and equipment have already landed, and the imminent battle between the two sides is imminent.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded from behind Fatty Ge.

"Hi, Your Excellency Goering, long time no see!" The pseudo-Bismarck finally appeared again.