Chapter 509: Styx Missiles and Angel Missiles
At the same time, in order to destroy the Anglo-American Allied air force, as well as prevent the British and American navies from deploying in Tunisia, Algiers, and the Mediterranean, and cutting off their sea and land transportation lines and offensive capabilities, Chen Yanlong mobilized the remaining aircraft carrier forces of Dönitz and the last air force of the Luftwaffe to prepare for experimental air raids and sea raids.
Batches of military supplies, weapons and supplies are in full swing in the seaports of Sicily.
This time, more than 300,000 soldiers and porters were dispatched, and even a large number of personnel continued to be dispatched one after another.
"Hurry up and move these goods, the Führer has already issued an order to complete all the moves within two days! Whoever carries the most and the fastest will be rewarded by the Führer, and whoever else will be eliminated! ”
Looking at the dense porters and some German and Italian soldiers who were carrying all kinds of weapons and equipment and military supplies in a hurry, Grunbeck, the officer who supervised the handling, shouted loudly while anxiously directing the porter.
Because this time, Chen Yanlong had to send military supplies to North Africa for Rommel's combat use, but they were as high as more than one million tons.
However, the time to carry Glenbeck was only a little more than a week, and Glenbeck was very busy except for sighing.
In fact, in addition to the fact that he was busy, the German fleet on the sea was not idle.
Cargo ships and transport planes are constantly coming and going in and out of Sicily, both by air and sea.
In addition, there were 8 battleships, 5 heavy cruisers, 3 aircraft carriers, more than 60 destroyers, 6 refueling ships, more than 2,000 landing craft, more than 3,000 transport ships, and more than 50 minesweepers......
In addition to the escort fleet, other ships of these fleets are also helping to transport a large number of military supplies and weapons and equipment.
And these weapons and equipment, in addition to clothing, food to eat and drink, also tanks, guns and artillery and other weapons and equipment.
The most important weapons and equipment are short-range subsonic flying anti-ship missiles, Styx missiles, and Viombee-class missile speedboats and Angel missiles on board.
Of course, missile boats, such as the "Mosquito" class and the "Wasp" class, which are specially prepared for Styx missiles to attack enemy ships, are also transported.
In fact, the anti-ship missiles that Chen Yanlong most wants to have are the American whaling fork AGM-84, or the "Tomahawk" missile, and France's Exocet, Germany's Cormorant, Israel's Gabriel, and Britain's Seahawk......
However, because the three-month deadline for the suspension of the mobile phone exchange system has not yet arrived, and even if the mobile phone system can be used, it cannot be exchanged for the super-speed anti-ship missiles of the American whaling fork AGM-84 because of the level problem, and use it to attack the aircraft carrier fleet of the British and American allies.
Of course, in addition to the above anti-ship missiles, the world's earliest anti-ship missiles, the Hs-292 anti-ship missiles and Fritz X anti-ship missiles developed by Germany at the end of World War II, were also exchanged in large quantities by Chen Yanlong in advance, and now Chen Yanlong is also urging Minister Speer to speed up the production of these anti-ship missiles.
"How long before we start a naval battle with the Anglo-American allies? Marshal Dönitz! ”
The captain of a battleship named Paul was in the port of Messina in Sicily, looking at the workers and soldiers who were busy carrying all kinds of goods in the port, and to Dönitz, who was standing with him on the deck of the aircraft carrier, staring at the hot transportation on the shore.
"It should be soon! Everything waiting for the Führer's order! We now have to transport all these military supplies to Sicily as soon as possible, and then after we have defeated the fleets of Britain and the United States, we will have to transport them by air and sea to North Africa! ”
Dönitz replied with a blazing eye.
"But we have only just experienced the Battle of Sicily, and now our navy and army have lost a lot of vitality; Moreover, most of the naval officers and men replenished by our current aircraft carrier fleet are recruits who have been trained for a very short time; If we were to engage in a large-scale naval battle again, I fear that we would suffer heavy casualties! ”
Captain Paul continued to remind worriedly.
"I know this, but aren't the aviation units, which have suffered heavy casualties like us, also fully obey the orders of the Führer's counteroffensive in North Africa and the Middle East?"
"And don't forget, almost half of the naval and aviation units we invested in the Sicilian campaign were Japanese, and the officers and soldiers of our client countries, which means that the casualties of our German navy and air force are not as many as you think!"
"And this beautiful result that I didn't expect, but the battle strategy that our Führer came up with!"
Dönitz replied with a slight smile.