After Chen Yanlong gave the death order to the Gestapo, he immediately called Kesselring, who was stationed in Italy, to inquire.

"How's the situation with your troops now? Have you trained well, can you go to the battlefield? ”

As soon as the phone was connected, Chen Yanlong immediately asked eagerly.

"It's all ready, but there are still two-thirds of the recruits who can't enter the battlefield right away, because their training days are still too short, and they haven't been more than a month old!"

As soon as Kesselring heard Chen Yanlong's voice, he immediately replied.

"It's just a month of training, and the army doesn't need to train for too long, just let them know some basic shooting and bayonet skills! Sending them into battle is the best place to train them! ”

Chen Yanlong retorted.

"Yes! Monarch! ”

Kesselring nodded in agreement.

"And what about the Italian forces that we control? How many can participate in the battle? ”

Chen Yanlong then asked.

"There are not enough divisions, and after all the other war-weary and unwilling to surrender, as well as the Italian officers and soldiers who are unwilling to continue to participate in the battle, all are eliminated, and only seven and a half divisions can be mobilized for us to fight!"

Kesselring replied truthfully.

"Find a way to win over and control this group of Italian troops, so that those who are willing to work for us can get some benefits, and brainwash and educate them!"

"Because after the assassination of Schmidt, my competent intelligence officer, our intelligence service, found out that Britain and the United States are now making new military moves, but we don't know exactly what kind of combat deployment they are going to make! So I fear that the British and American forces will launch a surprise attack on Italy and France, which we control, after I have transferred Rommel and Guderian out! ”

Chen Yanlong also couldn't bear to say his worries.

"Don't worry! Monarch! I'm going to do a good job of defending Italy, especially in Sicily! ”

"However, the strength of the combat units in my hands now is really not very daring to add to the strength, and I am worried that their combat capabilities are not as powerful as those of the British and American troops!"

Kesselring replied a little paradoxically.

"Hmmm! I know your situation, because most of the 7 German divisions you have on hand are newly recruited recruits, and they have not been trained for two months, and those Italian units that have surrendered to us are also some units with insufficient combat strength and will to fight! ”

"Therefore, I will send you new weapons and equipment for refitting as soon as possible, and I have already sent the Nordic commander General Edward Dieter and their capable generals, including the commander of the 18th Mountain Infantry Corps, General Egger Mountain Infantry and the commander of the 10th Infantry Corps, General Victor, to you to defend Italy together!"

"They have a total of more than 200,000 troops, all of whom are veterans with combat experience!"

After Chen Yanlong heard this, he immediately gave the other party a promise.

"Thank you, Führer! Führer wise! ”

Hearing this, Kessellin suddenly shouted with a smile.

"Then take good care of Italy and France, I need you to give me the latest situation 8 times a day, I want to fully understand the latest situation in the Italian front!"

"I don't want your troops to be suddenly attacked by the British and American forces, I don't know yet!"

In this regard, Chen Yanlong said in a stern tone.

"Yes! Monarch! I'll definitely complete your combat mission! Absolute guarantee of the safety of Italy, and give you daily updates on military developments! ”

Being ordered so seriously and harshly by Chen Yanlong, Kesselring immediately restrained his excitement and immediately agreed seriously.

"Good! Don't let me down, Italy's safety depends on you! ”

Chen Yanlong nodded in satisfaction and agreed.

Then the two of them chatted a few more times before they hung up separately.

After that, Chen Yanlong also fell into deep thought, because he was now thinking about whether to develop and produce a jet fighter that was more powerful than the German army's ME262 jet fighter, and the British and American Lancaster, as well as the B-29 bomber, in advance to kill them by surprise.

For example, the supersonic fighter in the second-generation fighter is a jet fighter that uses high-altitude and high-speed interception operations and missile-based attacks.

It refers to the fighters developed from the 50s to the 60s of the 20th century, namely the American F-100 Super Sabre, the Soviet Union's MiG-19, the British Lightning, and the American F-8, F-11, F-102, F-104, F-105 and other models.

Because the F-100 Super Sabre is a jet fighter that can use AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-7 Sparrow and other guided missiles for out-of-sight attacks, and the radar on it can also be used as a standard configuration to determine enemy targets.

As for Germany's Me262 and Britain's "Meteor", as well as the Soviet Union's MiG-15 and MiG-17, as well as the United States' F-80 and F-86 jet fighters, all of which belong to the first generation of jet fighters, Chen Yanlong has lost his enthusiasm for this kind of jet fighters that are not yet too mature.

Or he could get Kurt. Tan Ke and Rhine. Horton, two well-known designers in the Luftwaffe, accelerated the design of the Ta 183 "Raven" fighter and the HF-24 Storm fighter in the mid-50s.

Because Chen Yanlong knows that the earliest aircraft engines in human history are piston type, rotor type, turbojet type, turbofan type, turboprop type, turboshaft type and propeller type; And in terms of jet propulsion, there are also new engines such as ramjet engines (mainly used for missiles and target aircraft), impulse jet engines, and turbo/ramjet engines.

For example, the well-known first-generation aero engine appeared in the 50s of the 20th century, represented by the British Conway engine and the American JT3D engine.

The second generation of aircraft engines appeared in the 60s of the 20th century, represented by the British Spey MK202 and the American TF30 engine.

The third generation of aero engines appeared in the 70~80s of the 20th century, represented by the F100, F110 and F404 in the United States, RBl99 and M88-3 in Europe, and the RD-33 and AL-31F engines in the Soviet Union.

In the 90s of the 20th century, the fourth-generation aero engines that appeared were represented by the American F119 and the European EJ200 engine.

Finally, at the beginning of the 21st century, the fifth-generation aero engine appeared, represented by the F135 engine in the United States and the F136 engine jointly developed by the United Kingdom and the United States.

In later generations, fifth-generation fighters such as the F-22 and F-35 produced by Lockheed Martin in the United States, and the J-20 fighter produced by Huaxia Aviation Industry Corporation are all manufactured in the turbofan engine series.

Of course, during World War II, Kurt was required. Tan Ke and Rhine. Holden and these Luftwaffe designers came, designed and developed the manufacture of turbofan engines, that is not a realistic thing.

Of course, Chen Yanlong, who came from the 21st century, certainly hoped that the reference direction of the German army's future engine would be to explore and study the turbofan engine.

The most recent development direction should also reach the technical level of the core engine of the CFM56 aero engine in the United States in 1982, or the level of the turbofan-15 engine.

Because the aero engine is called the "heart" of the fighter, it is necessary to develop the corresponding engine simultaneously in the development of the fighter, otherwise it will only be empty talk to create an advanced aviation aircraft.

Therefore, in order to face the increasingly unpredictable future trend, Chen Yanlong felt at this moment that he should produce more advanced jet aircraft as soon as possible to control the air supremacy of Germany's airspace, and even the airspace of the whole of Europe.

"We must maintain air supremacy in Europe, and at least in Germany itself!"

After a long time, Chen Yanlong's eyes were extremely sharp and he made up his mind.