In the command center hall of the general staff of the German air force, a group of generals are watching their planes fly back to their hinterland airport from the easternmost Soviet German front line on the map. A look? Book 1? K? A? N? S? H? U · CC the butcher bombers with huge bodies are the most powerful strategic weapons they can find in their offensive forces.
These planes trekked to the new airport in the south of England, and then entered the state of maintenance, in order to maintain a higher attendance rate in the future combat. Compared with the 34o B-17 bombers that the United States managed to gather, the Germans dispatched 6o8 butcher strategic bombers from all over the country that they could find.
The force is almost twice that of the Americans. After the United States bombed Norway and lost 84 planes, the number of bombers mobilized by the German army is twice that of its American counterparts. The scope of their bombing is also more concentrated than that of American bombers.
On the other hand, in terms of combat literacy, the German strategic bombers, who have been in battle for a long time and have bombed Britain, the Soviet Union and other regions strategically, are obviously more experienced than their American counterparts. They have more or less advantages in formation assembly, navigation and command.
However, after such a long-distance transfer, it is obviously too idealistic to fight back that night. These German generals also have dispatchers, radio communication personnel, radar operators, document rooms, logistics support offices, ammunition, oil and other materials mobilization and distribution work. The chaotic departments and personnel have been busy all day, and they have not been able to complete the Yuan's plan to fight back immediately that night.
"Yuan akado? Long live Rudolph With the phone, general Dick, the No.2 figure of the German air force in France, stood at attention even though he did not stand face to face with akkado across the mountains and rivers. He saluted the photos of akkado on the wall.
After that, he said regretfully to akado on the other side of the phone: "my yuan, the air force has some technical problems in the implementation of your plan to try out strategic bombing of Iceland tonight. As soon as I read a book, I ask you to give our front-line troops some more time to prepare. Tomorrow night we will fight. This is the fastest way to get through. "
Akado was silent for a while on the other side of the phone, and then he said, "since you have said that, I have no way even if I don't agree. Tomorrow night, I will carry out the counterattack plan. This is your promise to me. Then I will trust you and fulfill your promise to me! "
"Yes! Yuan Dick stood at attention again: "tomorrow night, I will send at least 35o bombers to carry out a covering bombing on various military bases we have detected in Iceland. Then I promise you, if we have enough fuel, we can bomb there again every other day! "
Akkado, far away in Berlin, said nothing but hung up his phone. Then he silently looked at the Norwegian iron ore production loss report sent to him by telegram on the table, staring at the name of Kleist at the end. He deliberately dealt with the general, but felt that it was not wise to change generals. So he hesitated for a while, and finally grabbed the phone in front of him.
"Get me the east line, wolf hole, marshal brauchich." Akado said gently to the microphone.
Just a few seconds later, there was a voice on the phone: "my yuan! I'm blauchich
"Marshal blauchich! I'd like to know what you think of the Allied air attack on Norway this time. " Akado said softly, while saying, he opened the loss report in front of him again with his hand, turning it page by page, his eyes constantly scanning.
Brauchich didn't let akado wait too long, so he answered yuan's question: "my yuan! In view of Norway's problems, I personally feel that the defenders and the generals have done their best. After all, our means to attack at night are limited, and we can't be foolproof.... "
Akkado heard blauchich's words, at the same time, his document turned to the last page, his eyes fell on the name Ewald? Feng? Kleist. A look? Book 1? K? A? N? S? H? U · CC brauchich wanted to balance the number of noble officers and Yuan factions in the whole army. After all, the general born in a traditional noble family was a big member, and was an important chip that the staff headquarters of the Sixth Army was unwilling to give up.
Akkado was silent, and he thought over and over again. Finally, he closed the pile of documents and said to blauchich, "my marshal, I understand what you mean. I will continue to support general klester's work in Norway, but I hope you and he will not let me down again!"
He had to let his subordinates continue to fight for himself. After all, keeping a wonderful balance in the six armies is the prerequisite for most generals to fight without worries. In the case of Kleist, Shangyuan's compromise should be in exchange for the absolute support of the general staff of the Sixth Army in other aspects.
"My yuan! The 6th army will always be your most loyal supporter Sure enough, brauchich heard the voice of acardo, and immediately said, "please don't worry, before the Atlantic air battle, I'll make sure there's nothing wrong with the eastern front."
Akado nodded and looked away from the loss report. He put his fingers on the bridge of his nose and rubbed the inner corner of his eyes. He didn't close his eyes last night, but what he was waiting for was no longer the news of victory. This made him feel a little uneasy, because Germany's failure started from the war to the stalemate. The current stalemate of war is not the rhythm that Germany is good at. After a night of fighting, the second night, even if the Americans were on a large scale, could not achieve the effect of the first night. First, there is no guarantee of the number of aircraft. After all, after the loss of 84 aircraft, the aircraft reserve of the Americans in Iceland has dropped to more than 2oo, and only 2oo can take off at most. Then, without the help of the ground guided Norwegian resistance organization, the German Norwegian garrison can safely organize air defense operations, and the bombing effect will inevitably be weakened. When these two situations add up, we can imagine what the American bombing results were the next night. Although the American bombers who were eager to fight finally flew to Norway the next night, they were closely intercepted by more night fighters. The two sides fought 4-62 in air combat. The German night fighters shot down 62 American B-17 bombers at the cost of losing four ju-88g night fighters. On that night, the German army took off a total of 9O ju-88g night fighters and faced 198 American B-17 bombers. Although the number is still at a disadvantage, compared with the first night, the proportion of German aircraft and American aircraft has shrunk, and the battle is easier. This time, only 1o7 of 198 US planes returned to Iceland. In other words, the US bomber troops in Iceland were shot down 175 B-17 bombers in two days. Even the financially strapped 6-army air force of the United States is desperate for this unbearable loss. If they knew that the next day they only accidentally blew up a section of the railway and transit station leading to the mine, the rest of the bombs would be useless. Then the senior generals of the U.S. Sixth Army Air Force will be angry and curse. Because of the gap between the planes, any British and American planes that try to detect Norway in the daytime will be intercepted by German ta-152 fighters. Therefore, the United States and Britain can only bombard randomly according to the old map and rough navigation, plus the intentional interference of German ground lights, and can hit a section of railway and small station, It's been a bit of luck. After two consecutive days of high-altitude bombing, the United States interfered with Norway's iron ore production, but it also paid a heavy price. Germany's steel production is under threat, and the war machine, which used to run at a high speed, has appeared in Karton. The maximum capacity utilization plan carefully designed and debugged by Speer was slightly disrupted, resulting in the shelving of the new aircraft carrier construction plan that Germany would have started this month. It took several days for the German industrial manager to make sure that the production plan of the important German fighter tanks was not disrupted by the attacks of these two days. At the end of the second night, two o us fighter planes and seven o additional B-17 bombers flew to the Icelandic allied airfield. This replenishment made the number of allied planes in Iceland rise slightly. The number of planes lost by half rose to 2oo. Unfortunately, when the evening of the third day came, the commanders of the US 6 airlines were frightened by their huge losses and decided to temporarily cancel the bombing plan that night. Another reason to stop them was that after a catastrophe, the Norwegian rebel organization finally had an intelligence station back in operation, They sent a valuable message back to Iceland: stop the bombing! You didn't hit anything! After repeated verification of the information, the Americans still did not believe in the content of the information, but they still cautiously decided to give up the third bombing plan. After all, the 7O B-17 bombers who have just arrived in Iceland need to rest. If they continue to bomb, they can take off less than 8O planes that night. Using 8O b-17s to carry out bombing mission in Norway, everyone knows that there is no difference between killing and killing: those ghostly German night fighters will definitely make these planes never return! So, after a brief hesitation and discussion, the Americans are taking a break? They bowed their proud heads in front of him“ Maybe you are right! General doding "We must change our plan and adopt more threatening means of attack," said the general of us 6—— New year's greetings! Thank you for your support and love! Thank you, Mr. Yu, ♀、 Slowly wake up}, night demons, sweet, sad, 14247435, feing, Fengji, Nazi D, 1o5133674o... Too many people accompany the Dragon Spirit to write now, it is you who accompany the third empire all the way to today! If long live my third empire, Long Ling should also shout long live to you! You are the soul of the Empire, this year you, dragon spirit no longer regret!