Age of Rebirth

From the first ten days of June to the end of September [-], the large-scale bombing of the West Coast of the United States by the Army and Navy Air Forces under the Japanese North American Combat Command continued, but it was not involved in other incidents. From the perspective of foreign countries, the unchanging air combat method makes the battlefield a bit dull and boring.

However, Admiral Yamamoto 56, commander of Japan's North American Combat Command, and Lieutenant General Brennan, commander of the U.S. Army Air Forces, who were in it, had different feelings.

The U.S. Army Air Corps still has not found a way to contain the Japanese from gaining the upper hand in air combat. Lieutenant General Brennan's tactics can partially offset the Japanese air superiority, but the price paid is undoubtedly very huge.

According to statistics from the Operations Department of the Army Aviation Command, as of the end of September, the Army Aviation had lost more than [-] combat aircraft of various types. Among them, more than [-] aviation fighter wings were almost completely lost. , facing the danger of being revoked.

As for the loss of pilots, although not so many, it has reached more than [-]. These are the backbone pilots of the US Army Aviation, the backbone of each flight wing. The number of combat aircraft lost by the aviation industry exceeds [-] every month, and more than [-] pilots are killed in battle. Such a huge loss, even the rich and powerful United States, feels quite painful and hurts.

The loss of combat aircraft is not a big problem. With the strong industrial strength of the United States, the number of combat aircraft produced.It can barely keep up with the battle consumption, but the loss of pilots is only industrial strength.irreparable.

Although relying on the War Mobilization Act, the Reserve Service Bureau of the U.S. Department of Defense has forcibly recruited civilian pilots across the country to join the U.S. Army Aviation Force, but the number of supplementary pilots is far from keeping up with the number of pilots killed in air battles. , and this consumption exists every day.

Many U.S. Army Aviation Fighter Wings.After receiving the order, take off to face the Japanese mixed fleet, and wait for the return flight.Sadly, the ground crew found that many familiar faces were missing. Those brave boys from America never flew back!

Frustrated and restless emotions.Spread throughout the various units of the United States Army Aviation Corps.However, domestic public opinion in the United States and the high-level military have doubts about the commanding ability of the Army Aviation Commander Lieutenant General Brennan. The Japanese bombing cost the lives of thousands of American boys. Wouldn’t that change the situation on the West Coast?”

Lieutenant General Brennan, facing the double pressure from the Japanese and the country, was anxious day and night.Burning with worry, he has used all available tactics at this stage, taking advantage of the advantages of local combat, and trying to restore the passive situation. However, the results of every air battle have hit him hard. The only thing he can do is to keep fighting. Supreme Command, request for reinforcements, continue to use the style of fighting consumption!

It is impossible for the U.S. wartime Supreme Command to transfer all the fighter pilots in the U.S. Army to the Army Air Corps. On the Mexican border, there is another tiger—the Germans, which are constantly adding fat. Tiger of meat.

Since August, with the third batch of German troops landing on the South American continent, the number of German troops stationed on the southern border of Mexico has soared to more than 120 million, with more than [-] combat aircraft, and various types of main battles. There are more than [-] tanks, self-propelled artillery and artillery of various calibers, reaching more than [-]. The fourth batch of German troops is also gathering in Germany!

Judging from Hitler's posture, he completely showed his intention to use a huge force to destroy the United States in one fell swoop. Moreover, this intention was not concealed. While dispatching troops to the South American continent, the candidate for the supreme commander of the German troops stationed in South America , has also been adjusted.

Lieutenant General Stephens, the former commander, was transferred back to China. General Rommel, the commander of the "A" Army Group of the German Wehrmacht in Western Europe, took over the position of Lieutenant General Stephens and became the first commander of the South American Army Group of the German Wehrmacht. job.

The most famous military theory of this brilliant general in the war that swept across the European continent in Germany is that "offense is the best defense!" Rommel can indeed be called the history, the second world One of the famous generals on the battlefield, commanding style is changeable, cunning and quick-witted, good at discovering the enemy's weaknesses, and his shots are thunderous, and he is more accustomed to using powerful artillery firepower.

Obviously, Hitler, the German head of state, transferred Rommel, the most famous general in the German army, to South America because he didn't want to give the Americans a chance to stand up. He hoped that the war against the United States would not be a protracted war of attrition. Before Admiral Rommel was transferred to South America, Hitler held a grand promotion ceremony in the Great Chamber of the Reichstag. This ceremony was only prepared for Rommel alone.

When Hitler handed over the golden scepter of the German Marshal to Rommel, there was thunderous applause in the conference hall. The German "God of War" Rommel became one of several field marshals in the German Wehrmacht, reaching the pinnacle of military honor.

When the applause subsided, Hitler looked at his confidant with a smile on his face, and said in a flat but firm tone: "Rommel, I handed over the German South American Army Group to you, and I hope you will bring the German people back to the North American continent." map!"

Hitler was a person who was extremely good at creating an atmosphere. With a few simple words, all the senior German generals in the venue, including Marshal Rommel, were ablaze in their hearts. They wished to replace Marshal Rommel and go to the North American continent by themselves. Make contributions!

In addition to the powerful army and air force, assembled in South America and Central America, Admiral Doenitz, the commander of the German Navy, was not reconciled to letting both the army and air force shine in the upcoming war against the United States. While the navy was on the bench, he mobilized two powerful fleets including ten aircraft carriers, stationed in several major ports around the Caribbean Sea, posing a huge threat to the east coast of the United States.

Compared with the Air Force and the Army, the German Navy is not very powerful, and the high-level German military does not pay much attention to naval construction. The investment in the Navy is far less than that of the Army and Air Force. The number and tonnage of the fleet warships, and As far as aircraft carrier-based aircraft are concerned, they are even behind the Japanese.

The former commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe and Reichsmarshal Norman Göring contributed a lot to such a bad result. The former Reichsmarshal who was shot down by Tang Qiuli during his secret visit to Germany had a famous saying , "Anything that flies in the air in the German Empire and occupied areas belongs to the Imperial Air Force!" What's even more absurd is that in order to suppress the navy, he even forcibly incorporated the naval carrier-based aircraft unit into the air force command system.

In history, the German navy has indeed made little achievements. It can even be said that there was little help for the European war initiated by Germany. The appearance of Tang Qiuli changed the direction of history.

Without Goering's suppression, and Germany at this time already possessed the huge resources of the whole of Europe, Admiral Dönitz, the naval commander, vigorously developed the navy. The current German navy is no longer the German navy in history. It is enough to form a powerful strike force against the United States, and it can even launch an attack on the east coast of the United States in one direction alone.

Hitler, the head of state of Germany, ordered that the huge forces of the German army and navy gathered in the South American continent and the Caribbean Sea. Although they did not do anything, the pressure and threats to the United States have surpassed those of Japan, forcing the US Supreme Command during the war. The tactics of Lieutenant General Brennan, commander of the U.S. Army Aviation Command, have reached an unsustainable level in fully supporting the Army Aviation Force fighting the Japanese Land and Sea Air Force on the west coast.

Hitler didn't fire a single shot. By mobilizing a huge force to press on the Mexican border, he realized his plan to relieve the pressure on the Japanese. Hitler himself was sitting in Berlin, looking at the Eastern Pacific battlefield with a wicked smile, and looking at the United States. The people and the Japanese were beaten to pieces in the air.

For Admiral Yamamoto 56, the commander of the Japanese North American Combat Command, who was in Hawaii and directed the large-scale bombing of the west coast of the United States, the mood from June to the end of September was undoubtedly very happy. He took over the former deputy commander Gensaburo Ito, who was not in the same way as himself, and gathered all the command powers of the army and navy in one person.

Now, General Yamamoto is the commander with the most heavy troops in Japan, and the "Wolf Strike Tactic" formulated has also received excellent results, achieving the goal of gradually draining the blood of the US Army Air Corps through continuous consumption. This kind of change, General Yamamoto can see from the daily battle report that the U.S. Army Aviation Force has gradually shown a decline, and it is an irreversible decline.

Of course, the Japanese army also suffered losses, especially the land-based aviation units that acted as bait. Every mixed aircraft group dispatched, there will be more or less battle damage. According to statistics, the army aviation and fleet carrier-based aircraft units have lost [-] There are more than one aircraft, various types of combat aircraft, and the loss of pilots is not large. The combined fleet of the Japanese Navy controls the entire offshore waters off the west coast of the United States.

The loss of the Army Aviation made the big bosses of the Army Aviation Department in the base camp full of resentment, and made the officers and soldiers of the various combat units of the Army Aviation curse again and again, saying that General Yamamoto "takes the opportunity to eradicate dissidents!"

The loss of more than 1000 combat aircraft also made the senior management of the Japanese base camp so distressed that they could not sleep. However, General Yamamoto was unmoved. He had a way to calm the resentment and anger of the base camp and the frontline combat troops of the Army Aviation!

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