November 25, 1944 SS Führer Hitler, Würkiel Hitler, put Wilhelm. Keitel, commander of the German Army of the Nazi Army***. Von Brauchitsch, lightning star Ewald. Feng. Kleist.

Desert Loneliness: Rommel

Master of Defensive Warfare: Molde

General Guderian and more than a dozen other generals discussed the Ardennes Campaign, and these dozen German generals were the most powerful figures at that time, and Li Ming also put Gao Zhihang, Liu Cuigang, Liu Zhesheng, Dong Mingde, Li Guidan, Zheng Shaoyu, Le Yiqin, Luo Yingde, and Wang Guangfu of the Northern Army Air Force.

Li Ming, the leader of the Northern Revolutionary Army, discussed with the German Führer Hitler to replace all the equipment of the Northern Air Force with a new jet aircraft, let's take a look at the functions of this fighter Me-262 fighter, which is an all-metal semi-monocoque jet light aircraft developed by the German Messerschmitt Aircraft Company, and it is the world's first jet aircraft applied to actual combat.

As a jet aircraft, the performance of the Me-262 fighter far exceeds that of the mainstream piston fighters of World War II, with a maximum flight speed of 810 km/h and a practical ceiling of more than 10,000 meters. The main armament of the Me-262 is four 30-mm cannons, which are centrally mounted in the nose.

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The -234 "Lightning" bomber is a jet bomber developed by the Arado aircraft factory in Germany, which is the world's first practical jet bomber.

The aircraft had a jet engine similar to that of the ME-262, but with a larger fuel load and a larger size. The maximum take-off weight is 9850 kg, the maximum speed is 742 km / h, and the maximum range is 1000 km. Due to its high speed, the vast majority of Allied fighters had no way to take it.

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The -234 was usually used as a reconnaissance aircraft, with only a few as bombers, and its speed performance made it almost impossible to intercept by enemy aircraft, hence the name Lightning Bomber. In addition to this, there is a part of A

-234 was converted into a night fighter, nicknamed "Nightingale".

The Ta-152 fighter is a high-altitude fighter developed by Germany from the Fw-190 fighter at the end of World War II, and its performance is very good, and it is known as the ultimate piston fighter together with the P-51 "Mustang" and "Spitfire".

Compared to the FW-190, a Jumo-213E engine with a mixture of 85 kg of nitrous oxide (GM-1) and 70 litres of aqueous methanol (MW-50) was installed, resulting in a longer nose, and a pressurized cockpit for high-altitude operation.

The Ta-152 reached a speed of 760 km/h, and its ceiling reached an exaggerated 14,000 meters, which no other fighter could match at the time, and all other flight performance was almost at the limit of a piston fighter. If it can appear in large numbers in air combat in the later stages of the war, it will definitely make the Allies very nervous.

Why was the German army, which had swept across Europe historically, defeated by such an advanced fighter? This is a question for many people, let me tell my friends, the main reason is that these fighters were developed late to the end of World War II in history, and the number of fighters was very small and more than 260 were produced, but this time and space due to the participation of the Northern Army The plot of history has also changed, the Allied Normandy landing plan has now failed, and the polar bears fought fiercely with the Northern Revolutionary Army on the battlefield of Warsaw, and there will be no battle in the short term.

Germany rapidly developed into an industrialized power during the Industrial Revolution. In the First World War, the level of industrial development was limited by the low level of productivity at that time, but Germany, which was in Europe, was far ahead of the rest of Asia. At that time, there were many major powers in the world that could compete with Germany in terms of comprehensive national strength. As early as the transformation of Germany's national economic system, it was already predicted that World War II would inevitably occur.

The Second World War had a great impact on the development of Germany, with an increasing number of lands occupied on the one hand, and rapid economic and military development on the other, at a time when Prussia's combat capability was rarely rivaled in the world, especially for Soviet officers and soldiers around 1941. Germany continued to wage wars to invade the territory and population of other countries, and around June, Germany's population reached nearly 300 million, and the total area reached 3.5 million square kilometers. In fact, the essence of the war lies in the imbalance of resources, and during World War II, Germany constantly launched invasions, in the final analysis, it still wanted to obtain more resources.

On the one hand, the victory of a war during World War II depends on the size of the army, and the larger the population, the larger the size of the army, the stronger the military strength. Secondly, there is the land, which provides resources for the war. At the beginning of World War II, due to the shortage of domestic oil resources, Germany alone was not enough to ensure the use of oil resources. The frequent wars have increased the consumption of resources day by day, and among all resources, food, steel and oil are the largest consumption, especially oil, as the driving energy of many war equipment, once there is a shortage, it will become the most fatal weakness. The inability to supply the resources needed for the war in a timely manner will inevitably lead to defeat. Germany's military strength can become a hegemon because it uses advanced oil technology to obtain oil resources from the colonies it dominates and ensure the supply and demand of the army. Thanks to advanced science and technology, Germany is far ahead of other European countries. The most mysterious existence developed in Germany is probably the mysterious UFO that we have ever heard, and this example is only one of many mysterious events in World War II.

At that time, Germany was among the best in the world in terms of chemistry, wireless technology, machinery and equipment, and power supply development, so Germany was very strong. Victory in the war is inseparable from the strong support of these technologies. Compared to the two large countries at that time, the United States had a total of less than 700,000 machine tools, while Germany had more than 1.2 million. These figures illustrate Germany's economy and strength in one aspect. In order to improve the level of combat of the army, Germany put all its technology and strength into it to meet the needs of the war. In 1940, the military power of all countries in the world was inferior to that of Germany. Germany had the largest army, equipped with the best weapons. We can see the development of the German military from the following figures, the number of troops is about 5 million, the number of air forces is about 1.8 million, the number of navy is about 400,000, and the number of airborne troops is about 300,000. Some military armaments have more than six thousand tanks and more than ten thousand aircraft. This is only the tip of the iceberg of Germany's military might, and there are many more that are not included. It can be seen from this that it is not for nothing that Germany dares to attack any country.

In addition to these, Germany was always able to capture a lot of booty after victory. Among them, the British sophisticated equipment helped the German army. First, Germany has the most sophisticated weapons and equipment, but unfortunately, because the production process is very complicated and the maintenance process is not perfect, some of the excellent equipment in Germany's weapons gradually decreased with the war. Germany's army is very strong, and the air force is equally strong. Germany's advanced industrial technology has made the output of aircraft the first in the world in terms of quantity and quality. At that time, there were two most advanced models, the ME109 won in large quantities, and the output of 33,000 units made the German army invincible, and the FW190 aircraft used the most advanced technology, which was already the strongest piston fighter performance at that time. In addition to the strength of the army and air force, Germany also has a navy that cannot be surpassed. His V1 and V2 ballistics** had dealt a heavy blow to the Allies, and he already had electric submarines at that time, let alone other countries. Therefore, the strength of Germany is very strong, and even today's ballistics ** are influenced by German military technology. The iron division of absolute obedience, absolute obedience to the management of superiors, and absolute observance of army discipline. Due to Germany's excellent combat equipment and well-trained troops, Germany had no rivals in the world and became the hegemon at that time. If the soul of this powerful army is not the evil Nazis, it can definitely be called an invincible army without these.

At the same time, in order to protect these resources from the Allied forces, Li ordered the transfer of 1 million people in the country to form the Northern Defense Force in Europe to protect Lee's enterprises, banks, arsenals, shipyards, automobiles, and aircraft factories in Europe, Hitler and Li Ming discussed the formation of a Sino-German-Italian joint submarine force to completely blockade the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, the Bengal Sea, and the Persian Sea, and in the same year, Japan and the United States broke out the fierce Battle of Okinawa and the Battle of Iwo Jima.

In order to protect resources, the Germans and China began to develop battle plans in the Ardennes to counter the Allied offensive. In December 1944, the Ardennes Forest was already covered with snow, and this forest on the German border should have seemed peaceful and pure in winter, but a loud roar broke it all。。。。。。。。。。。。。

An important factor in determining the victory or defeat of Ardennes' counterattack is oil.

Prior to the campaign, the Allied air force had bombed Romanian oil fields on a massive scale, resulting in a significant reduction in production. Then, at the end of August, Soviet troops entered Romania, and the country surrendered to the Allies in a coup d'état. As a result, Germany lost its source of oil and had to rely on fuel stocks. Oil is the blood of the war machine, and a modern army cannot fight without oil.

So, when Hitler proposed the plan for the defense of the Ardennes, the German generals were stunned. In the face of a two-front attack by the Soviet Union and the Anglo-American coalition, no country in the world, including the United States, could support it, and Germany was of course afraid of defeat.

At that time, the Soviet army on the Eastern Front already had more than 8 million troops, not counting the local garrisons.

The German army assessed that the Soviet army could use more than 6 million attack troops in front-line field battles, and the weapons and equipment were also quite advanced, and the number of Soviet troops exceeded that of the German army by 30 percent.

Judging from the situation at that time, if the German army had only one enemy, the Soviet army, it might be able to maintain the front in the Soviet Union, and it would not be able to continue the attack.