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() For the first time in history, airborne troops landed in front of the enemy and defeated them while being supplied and supported by air.  …

Hitler put the paratroopers into limbo, which is undoubtedly a disaster for the SS with three established paratroopers. Apart from cursing the damn grandsons of the Wehrmacht in his office, Zhang Jun is formulating a new parachute operation Plan, the target is the island of Malta.

The strategic location of the island of Malta is also very important. As long as Germany occupies the island of Malta, and then uses the above airport to arrange some aircraft on it, it can cut off the Mediterranean routes of Britain and France, and all kinds of strategic materials plundered by Britain and France from the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Don't even think about transporting it back to the UK from the Mediterranean Sea. You have to detour more than 1 nautical miles to get back to the UK. This is a huge disaster for the UK.

Germany's occupation of the island of Malta has another invisible strategic advantage, that is, between Italy and North Africa, a route protected by the air force will be established at any time. Even if Germany does not have a warship in the Mediterranean, it is not very afraid of the British and French fleets. It only needs to send dozens of submarines to deal with British and French submarines.Historically, Rommel failed in North Africa because of insufficient supplies.If Zhang Jun can take the island of Malta now, the history of North Africa must be rewritten.

Don't underestimate the front line in North Africa. At this time, Crete, Malta, and the front line formed a sharp sword running through the Mediterranean Sea, piercing the lifeline of the British army in the Mediterranean Sea.The supplies needed by the North African Legion will be continuously sent to Africa, which will directly threaten Egypt and West Asia from the sea. At the same time, the offensive of the African Army of the North African Legion can easily drive the British army out of the Mediterranean.The pro-German forces in Syria and Iraq in Turkey and West Asia will smoothly take power and break away from British control.Taking advantage of this advantage, it will be easy to completely defeat the remnants of the British army in West Asia. As a result, Germany's wide southern flank from the Persian Gulf to the North Atlantic can be done once and for all.

Even if a war against the Soviet Union is launched, it is possible to respond to the offensive of Army Group A from the Caucasus region and attack the Soviet army from the north and south.In addition, the two sea transportation lines from the Bosporu Strait and the Dardani Strait to the Black Sea and from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea by land are still important sea transportation lines for the Soviet Union, and they are also the Soviet Union’s receiving supplies from allies in the future war against the Soviet Union. An important lifeline, blocking this road is also an important move to strangle the Soviet Union.

In addition, Germany has other strategic choices. After taking over Egypt, take down the Suez Canal, which can completely turn the Mediterranean Sea into the inland sea of ​​the European Union. The Middle East colonized by Britain and France will be completely exposed to the torrent of German steel. If the oil in the Middle East is lost, will it become a country with a serious oil shortage like Germany?

That is the strategy for the future. Taking advantage of the two months now, Zhang Jun must let the paratroopers of the SS attack again, and take down the island of Malta, which is 810 kilometers away from Crete. This distance has exceeded the distance of many Junker transport planes. Combat radius, for example, the farthest range of "Aunt Junker—iu52" is only 1250 kilometers, and the combat radius is only more than 600 kilometers. Zhang Jun wants these German transport planes to come in handy, so he can only reduce the transport volume by one-third, and then Add one-third of the carrying capacity of fuel so that these transport aircraft can function. The short legs of German aircraft are a fatal weakness! !Fortunately, Zhang Jun bought 300 B-29s in advance, which made the United States regret selling these planes to Germany, but there is no regret medicine in the world.The capitalists are willing to sell the rope to hang themselves, which is a huge strategic mistake caused by the greedy nature of the capitalists.

Zhang Jun also has no choice. Hitler has already stated that he will not use paratroopers on a large scale, but Zhang Jun has to hand in a campaign plan for large-scale use of paratroopers at this time. If it is replaced by someone else, Hitler will probably let Hitler go to the end Of course, Hitler would not do this to Zhang Jun, but he is sure of his displeasure. Aren't you slapping the great head of state in the face?But Zhang Jun must implement this plan for Germany's future strategy.Hitler and his old man got angry when he wanted to be angry.Zhang Jun still had no choice but to hand over the parachute plan to Hitler.

Zhang Jun wrote this plan in great detail, explaining clearly why Germany wanted to occupy the island of Malta. Hitler was aware of the strategic advantages gained by Germany's occupation of the island of Malta.Zhang Jun's previous campaign plan was usually approved in one day, but this time Zhang Jun waited for five full days, and Hitler finally approved Zhang Jun's parachute plan.

On January 1940, 1, Zhang Jun received Hitler's approval to implement the parachute plan. Zhang Jun has been waiting for Hitler's approval for the past few days, and he has not been idle, trying his best to collect relevant information about the island of Malta.

There was originally a British infantry division stationed on the island of Malta, but the British army in Crete, the Greek army, and the New Zealand army all retreated to the island of Malta. Now the number of troops on the island is close to 109. The British and French air forces have three flying brigades, eighty A "Spitfire" fighter jet produced by the UK recently, a piston aircraft comparable to the bf[-], and another forty bombers, a full aviation regiment, and the UK urgently sent about two to the island of Malta. Ten thousand tons of various strategic materials.As for the British Mediterranean Fleet, apart from transportation, it can’t help much, and Zhang Jun doesn’t fight naval battles with them. Besides, Germany doesn’t have any naval power in the Mediterranean. As for the Italian Navy, it looks powerful and has already been severely beaten by the British fleet several times. , can't help Zhang Jun either.

After Zhang Jun analyzed the British army, he began to take stock of the strength in his hands. Zhang Jun could use only three paratrooper divisions. The planes themselves had an air force, but these planes were all short-legged planes. After flying to the island of Malta, there was no If you don't stop, you can't fly back. Even the German heavy fighter bf110 can't support the island of Malta.It seems that we can only ask the National Defense Forces for help.

How could Zhang Jun discuss the battle without Rommel?The two started a heated discussion in front of a huge sand table:

"Commander, we have only three paratrooper divisions. They are all light weapons and light artillery. Without the support of the armored division, if these 3 people parachute, they will not even have a chance to retreat. What is waiting for them It can only be annihilation of the entire army, if you don’t come up with a perfect plan, commander, I will not agree with you to implement this risky plan.”

Rommel's bullish temper has come up, it seems that Zhang Jun still has to come up with some "dry goods" to persuade Rommel.

"Hehe, of course my deputy commander. We have been cooperating for so long. When did you see me being arbitrary? I'm not sure about the three elite paratroopers. Do you dare to send them into the tiger's mouth?"

"Then please tell the commander."

"This is my plan. In the first step, we will use ten B-29s to bomb the airport on the island of Malta. Their chicken coops will be smashed first, so that the British and French coalition forces will completely lose the support of the air force, so that our paratroopers will not be afraid. Enemy air menacing.

In the second step, we use 150 two b-29 planes to parachute 152 No. 80 tanks, and then use 29 b-[-]s to transport a division of paratroopers and three basic ammunition, so that we have a paratrooper armored division , the task of this paratrooper division is to occupy the airport on the island.

The third step is to wait 1200 hours for the paratrooper and armored division to set off. Our other transport planes will reduce the carrying capacity by one-third, add auxiliary fuel tanks, and carry the remaining two paratrooper divisions to airborne at the paratrooper and armored division point. The two paratrooper divisions are about [-] aircraft are required.

The third escort fleet, I plan to send an aviation regiment with a total of 164 J-1600 fighters. Our sixth fighter has a range of 10 kilometers. After arriving at Malta Island, we can continue to fight for 10 minutes. It would be best if we can occupy the enemy airport in 18 minutes. If you can't occupy it, just make an emergency landing at our parachute point, so the loss may be huge.In addition, we also have 29 B-[-] bombers that can be fully loaded with bombs to open the way for the paratrooper armor, as long as they dare to block the way, all will be wiped out.

My deputy commander, this is my plan, think about it and see if it works. "

"Um……"

Rommel stopped talking after humming, but stared at the huge sand table and began to think. Of course Zhang Jun would not bother Rommel, made two cups of strong tea himself, then brought a cup for Rommel, and went to find A place to sit and drink tea.

After a long time, Rommel finally spoke:

"Commander, your plan is feasible. This paratrooper armored division will be used in actual combat for the first time. I think we still need a few days to train those armored troops for basic airborne. In addition, we can contact General Model Please ask them to find out the defense map of Malta Island immediately, if they can’t get the defense map, at least they should know if there are any ambushes on the large flat land of Malta Island, last time the paratroopers of the National Defense Force suffered a big loss.”

"Okay, my deputy commander, your suggestion is very good. I will contact General Model and ask him for help. As for the basic parachute training of the No. 5 tank and armored troops, I think it will take about five days. [-] is enough time for us to do all the other work."

Zhang Jun’s plan to parachute to the island of Malta is roughly finalized, and the rest is to actively make various preparations. The special password of the SS is the original book password. If you want to decipher Zhang Jun’s password, you must get Zhang Jun’s password. The password book, Zhang Jun also changes the password once a month, and there is absolutely no possibility of it being deciphered.

Zhang Jun specially ordered a new type of parachute for his paratrooper division. This kind of parachute is much better than the old-fashioned parachute. Soldiers can completely parachute with their sidearms. There is no need to separate their sidearms and people for parachuting. Paratroopers have always paid attention to surprise attacks. , As a result, after landing, they still have to look for the weapon airborne cabin. If something unexpected happens, it is very likely that the paratroopers don't even have weapons. Isn't this the biggest tragedy?

The special parachute for the No. [-] tank also needs to be specially produced. This must be large enough and strong enough. This is a tank with more than ten tons of airborne, but these are not the German parachute manufacturers. All parachutes use all German parachutes Manufacturers, it will be over in a few days.

On the fourth day, Model sent information about the island of Malta. Malta's Luka Airport is the only airport in Malta, 8 kilometers away from Valletta... (To be continued.)