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"Marshal, we only have 2 cannons, and there are dozens or even more batteries on the opposite bank, and there are many false targets among them, how can we destroy them all?"

Ludwig. Baker had no confidence in breaking through the British defenses at Calais, and in fact it was impossible. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"The Reichsmars, the Navy Headquarters and Marshal Schleicher are ready to take the scheme of passing at night, as long as it interferes with the fire control radars of the other side, there will be no problems." Chief of Staff of the German Navy, Otto. Feng. Admiral Schrader also came to Calais with Hersmann.

This time, Hersmann's trip to Calais was quite popular, and he brought many bigwigs from the navy, army, and air force, as well as a large group of reporters to follow. In Calais, he had to inspect not only the headquarters of Army Group Angliais, but also several "model units", as well as forward batteries, airfields, and radar stations. As if he had really come to check the preparations of Army Group England for crossing the sea, he had the accompanying reporters take many photographs and videos that were used in the production of the propaganda films.

Among the German journalists that Hersmann brought to Calais was a former Stassi co-operative named Richard Brown, who was repatriated by the Japanese. Zolg - He was recruited by the Stasi Organization as a co-operative after returning to Germany from the Soviet Union last month. Later, he applied to go to China and worked as a reporter for the German Agricultural Newspaper and the Frankfurter Zeitung. After spending a few years in China, Zorge applied to be transferred to Japan, where he was acting as a special correspondent for the Frankfurter Zeitung.

However, at the end of 1941, his spy work in Japan had a "minor situation" and was caught by members of the Special Higher Police Division of the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs -- he was found to have ties with certain members of the Japanese Bolshevik Party, and he was also implicated in the "Ozaki Hidemi Case", which resulted in the arrest of the Japanese military police.

But he did not stay long in the Japanese prison before he was released from the German embassy in Japan. However, he could no longer work in Japan, so he returned to Germany and continued to work as a reporter in the editorial office of the Frankfurter Zeitung, specializing in covering military news......

Of course, the most Comrade Zorge can do now is to take some pictures from afar, and he is not qualified to get close to Reich Field Marshal Hersmann, let alone eavesdrop on Hersmann and Otto. Feng. Admiral Schrader, and Ludwig. Admiral Baker's conversation.

"Adopt the plan at night...... Yes. Hersman looked up at the huge, high-barreled "Dora" cannon, and said with a smile, "But since these two cannons are in Calais, let's try to shoot a few shots, and then let the J288 drop the Fritz.X bomb, so that the Brits may think that the shock of the explosion has damaged the radar." ”

Allowing the large landing ships assembled in Wilhelmshaven to pass through the Strait of Dover was the first difficulty of the Sea Lion Plan.

These ships were produced by German, Dutch, and Belgian shipyards, and they were all very slow, and it was impossible to follow the fleet into the Danish Strait, so they had to force their way through the Strait of Dover.

And in order to get them through, the Navy headquarters has developed several sets of plans. Among them, there were plans to sprinkle aluminum foil strips to interfere with the passage of British radar to cover the passage of ships at night, and to destroy the British batteries in Dover with "Dora" and "Gustav" cannons, and to use J.288 aircraft to drop Fritz X bombs to destroy the British batteries, and there was also a plan to create false targets to lure the British batteries to open fire.

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The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Red Army, Philip Murphy. Ivanovich. Golikov walked into Stalin's office in the Kremlin, and it was time for him to report to the Soviet fatherly leader alone.

"Comrade General Secretary," said Golikov, "German Defense Minister Hersmann has been inspecting Dunkirk, Calais, Normandy and Cherbourg for the past two days. Our intelligence officers were mixed in with the reporters and went with them. ”

"Hmm." Stalin hummed, did not look up, and listened to the report while looking at industrial production.

This year, the final year of the Third Five-Year Plan of the Soviet Union, is naturally a gratifying situation in all respects. In the first quarter, the output of steel has exceeded 6 million tons! Production of oil and refined products also increased significantly in the first quarter, especially when the production capacity of the second Baku field began to increase significantly, and the risk of an overconcentration of Soviet oil producing areas and its proximity to the front line was mitigated. The aviation and mechanical industries were also in a good situation in the first quarter of 1942, and the quality of Soviet tanks, automobiles and airplanes was improved thanks to the technology provided by the Americans.

In short, the situation in all walks of life is very good, it is a big good, not a small good!

"Comrade General Secretary, according to the reconnaissance of our intelligence officers, it is quite possible that the troops deployed by the Germans in Dunkirk, Calais, Normandy and Cherbourg are not the main forces."

Stalin raised his head and pinched the carved pipe in his mouth, "Not the main force?" ”

"Yes, although the Germans built a large number of barracks in Dunkirk, Calais, Normandy and Cherbourg, there were military exclusion zones everywhere. However, the movement of personnel and vehicles is significantly low, and it does not appear that there is a large army deployment. And the cities of Cherbourg, Calais and other places are depressed. The restaurant business is light, and there is no trace of **. ”

No **** Stalin blinked, "Maybe the German ** team has strict discipline and there is no such thing as bad morals." ”

"Actually, the German team is not so strict...... And now concentrated in the forces of Dunkirk, Calais, Normandy, Cherbourg, there are also many French and Italian troops. ”

"Haha," Stalin laughed, "our intelligence officer is really attentive, what a good comrade." ”

"He's a good informant."

"So did he find out when the Germans were about to attack?" Stalin asked.

"Basically determined at the beginning of May 1942." Golikov replied, "I don't know what the exact number is." ”

"What about the situation at the Polish front? Has there been a change? Stalin changed his tone and asked again about the situation on the Eastern Front.

"It's basically the same," Golikov said, "except that the Polish Defence Forces units on the front line have been given another batch of anti-tank weapons, which seem to be for individual use." In addition, they continued to strengthen the fortifications day and night. ”

Now the Iron Fist anti-tank grenade launcher has been distributed to the German front-line troops, and this weapon played a certain role in the Battle of Oahu, but it did not attract the attention of the Soviet Union. Because the U.S. military only has light tanks on Oahu, and there is no comparison with the Soviet KV-2.

Moreover, the U.S. Army on Oahu was almost completely wiped out, and there were no eyewitnesses or first-hand accounts of many of the events on the battlefield, and samples of the Iron Fist anti-tank grenade launchers were not shipped out - probably because they were too rough to be discarded as unimportant during the hasty retreat. Therefore, although the US military attaches great importance to this matter, it has no clue for a while.

"Oh." Stalin nodded, "Is there anything else interesting?" ”

"There are some," Mr. Golikov said, "and the Americans, the British, and the Germans have recently been collecting an ore called uranium, which seems to be related to a secret weapon." ”

"Secret weapon?" Stalin took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Do you know what it is?" ”

"I don't know."

"Then go find out."

"Yes."

Stalin waved his hand and let Golikov out of his office. After a while, the People's Commissar of Defense Voroshilov walked in with the Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, Shaposhnikov.

"Comrade Stalin, I have good news for you, the battleship USS USS has just safely arrived in the White Sea and is currently advancing towards Molotovsk!"

As soon as Voroshilov saw Stalin, he immediately reported the good news he had just received.

The battleship USS Soviet, handed over to the Red Navy on April 22, Lenin's birthday, to begin sea trials. The route of the sea trials was from Leningrad to Molotovsk. The journey was nearly 3,000 nautical miles - considering that many of the sea areas along the way were battlefields, the sea trials of the Soviet battleship were still risky.

"Good!" Stalin rarely smiled, "The Germans did not dare to attack the USSR, which shows that they were afraid of our USSR!" ”

The Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, Shaposhnikov, frowned slightly when he heard this conclusion, and the slight change in his expression was looked at by Stalin.

"Comrade Shaposhnikov, do you have something to say?"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin." Shaposhnikov said that "the visiting American and British military delegations agreed that our offensive on the Eastern Front would not necessarily lead to a decisive victory." ”

A fairly high-level Anglo-American joint military delegation is now visiting the Soviet Union to discuss how to defeat Nazi Germany.

As for the prospect of the Soviet Union taking the initiative to attack the German army's eastern front, American and British military experts are not very optimistic.

"Oh?" Stalin narrowed his eyes and looked at the Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, "What do they want to do?" Don't they want us to attack? ”

"Comrade General Secretary, they proposed another way to defeat Germany." Shaposhnikov said that "B-17 bombers were deployed on Soviet soil...... Massively deployed, oh, and P51 fighters, that's a good fighter. Then the Americans drove the B-17 from the USSR to bomb the oil fields of the Middle East and Romania. ”

"But...... How are these deployed? Stalin shrugged, "I would rather lend the airport to the Americans, and I would like to provide our aviation gasoline and bombs." But there's still a lot of stuff to ship from the United States, right? Will the Americans still be able to maintain the North Atlantic route now? ”

"They can't." Voroshilov interjected, "So I want our help to get American freighters to fly the Soviet flag and be escorted by Soviet warships to Iceland and Murmansk in our country." (To be continued.) )