Chapter 172: Admiral Arnold, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps, appears
"Yes! Monarch! We have shortened the training time a lot, and if we continue to reduce the training time; I'm afraid that our pilots will be driven to the battlefield like ducks, they will not have much combat ability on the battlefield, and they will be quickly killed by the enemy! ”
"In such a situation where the gains outweigh the losses, I do not recommend the Führer to do it at all! So please Führer give us air forces a little more time! ”
Kesselring was silent for a moment before replying calmly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"I also want to give you more time, and I know that it's useless to be in a hurry now! It's just that you don't know how many military aircraft the American industry has produced this year? ”
Chen Yanlong asked rhetorically.
"I'm sorry, I don't know! Please give a lecture! ”
Kesselring bowed his head and apologized, in response.
Guderian and Rommel also bowed their heads silently, waiting for Chen Yanlong to speak.
"More than 85,000! And their more famous 'Flying Fortress' has more than 5,000 aircraft, and the production of 'Liberator' has reached more than 18,000 aircraft, of which the total production of B-24J has accounted for more than 6,000 aircraft! ”
In addition, the P-47 fighter Thunderbolt fighter and the P-51 Mustang fighter have also begun to enter mass production! And almost 2,000 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters have been deployed to the European theater of operations, and more than 300 P-51 Mustang fighters have been deployed! ”
"The above information is all important information that my newly established intelligence department has reconnoitred back from reconnaissance within the British and US forces!"
Chen Yanlong lied about the historical materials he had read in later generations and lied about his own intelligence department.
Hearing such unfavorable news, Kesselring and the others were all silent with solemn expressions.
"What I just said are the most advanced fighters of the US military, and their performance will not be much worse than our new TA152 fighter!"
Chen Yanlong continued to add.
"I understand, I will train our pilots as soon as possible so that they can fight as soon as possible! Monarch! ”
Kesselring clenched his fists and made up his mind.
"Hmmm! However, they must be trained to pass before they can fight, although I am more anxious than you to let them go to the battlefield, but you are also right just now, recruits who have no combat ability to rush them to the battlefield are just increasing sacrifices in vain! There is no threat to the enemy army at all! ”
"So the most important thing for you now is not only to get our pilots to have combat capability as soon as possible, but also to train a lot of reserve pilots to come out! As for the current front-line battles, I intend to gradually reduce the number of our pilots and use the pilots of our client states instead! ”
"So you and the other aviation commanders must give me the best use of this precious time to speed up the training of more pilots, so that I can make a big counterattack on the eve of the Sicilian campaign!"
"At that moment, I will not only completely smash the Anglo-American Allied 'Alliance Bomber Offensive' strategy, but also carry out a strategic counterattack of air interdiction against them!"
"At that time, I will not only bomb the source of British, American, and Soviet war materials, logistics supply systems, major lines of communication, and other important places, but also consume a large number of their logistical supplies; I'm also going to build our long-range strategic bomber fleet and counterattack the aircraft factories and oil refineries on their land! Or even the base where they are secretly developing a super bomb! ”
Chen Yanlong's eyes flickered sharply.
"Yes! Monarch! ”
Kesselring immediately chimed in.
"That's right! Führer, I heard that Britain and the United States will carry out a thousand-plane bombing of our island of Pantelleria tonight, I wonder if this information is true? And should we send a flying team to meet it? ”
However, at this moment, Guderian suddenly changed the topic with a solemn expression.
"Britain and the United States were originally going to start a thousand-plane bombing operation last night, but according to the report of our intelligence officers lurking in their troops, it seems that they still have reinforcements that have not arrived, so they have changed to a thousand-plane bombing operation tonight!"
"I'm not going to send a single soldier to meet their attack, and since all the troops we have deployed on Pantelleria have been evacuated, there's nothing to worry about at all! The large-scale bombing campaign of the British and American forces was nothing more than to wipe out the Italian troops on the island! No big harm to us! ”
Chen Yanlong waved his hand and said.
"But if we lose the island of Pantelleria, then we will no longer be able to send our air force to detect the movements of the British and American forces in the Mediterranean, which will be very detrimental to our Sicilian campaign! And they can also use the airfield on the island to send planes to reconnoiter and bomb us! ”
Guderian continued to speak seriously.
"I just want them to observe our Sicily more, to mislead them in their combat operations, to miscalculate our military and troop deployment in Sicily, and to make them feel at ease to attack Sicily, or why would I send so many elite troops here this time! Isn't it just to lure their elite to Sicily and inflict heavy losses? ”
Chen Yanlong smiled slightly.
"But we now have too many troops on the island, and it seems that many of the inhabitants of Sicily have no intention of fighting! At the very least, this is my personal sixth sense, so I feel that it doesn't seem good to let the reconnaissance planes of the British and American forces enter and leave our territory in this way! I'm afraid that our military deployment will leak out! Monarch! ”
Guderian worried.
"Hmmm! You're right! So we can't let their reconnaissance come and go freely, and then I will send fighter jets to constantly interfere with their reconnaissance, so that they will never be able to detect our reality! ”
"In addition, we must also guard against their rebellion and leakage of secrets by the inhabitants of the island, as well as our counter-espionage operations; We must not allow enemy intelligence agents to infiltrate and detect our military deployments! And we also need to use spies to produce a lot of false information to lure the enemy deep into Sicily for landing operations! ”
Chen Yanlong nodded in agreement.
"Yes! Monarch! ”
Guderian agreed.
"We'll have to talk about these actions later! But tonight's Pantelleria will be lively! I don't know how long those Italian troops will be able to resist before surrendering! I don't think I'll surrender right away! ”
Chen Yanlong nodded and responded thoughtfully.
And at the time of his remarks, the commander-in-chief of the US Army Air Corps, Admiral Arnold, the commander of the Air Force General Porter and the commander of the Eighth Air Force, Karl ? Andrew? Accompanied by Spatz, he met with Eisenhower.
Because they were going to carry out a thousand-plane bombing operation tonight, Admiral Arnold, who was a member of the staff in the United States, was also alarmed and was sent by President Roosevelt to supervise him.
Because the last few air raids were defeated by Chen Yanlong's troops, he lost a lot of planes and pilots.
Although quite a number of British and American pilots parachuted out and escaped, many pilots were killed or wounded.
That's why President Roosevelt was so nervous, so this time President Roosevelt not only sent Admiral Arnold over; He was accompanied by the 15th Air Force, as well as more than 1,200 P-47 fighters, Thunderbolt fighters, and 400 P-51 Mustang fighters.