Chapter 137: Let the U.S. Army Be Cannon Fodder
Although the Tang Empire joined the British, French, American, and Soviet alliances and declared war on Germany and Italy, it did not actually send troops for a long time, in addition to wanting the American and Soviet troops to continue to be cannon fodder in the front, and the Tang Army was waiting to pick the fruits of victory, but also because the Tang Army's various new weapons and equipment had just been listed, and it would take a while to adapt.
It took three months for the Tang Army to increase its troops to European military bases such as the island of Ireland, Gibraltar, and Cyprus, and it would take at least three months to deploy them in place, and the US military was helpless against the Tang Army's procrastination, and they could not afford to wait, and more than one million US troops and weapons and equipment stayed in North Africa, and their daily military expenditures were huge, and they could not afford such a delay.
Fortunately, the Tang Army had already opened various military bases on the island of Ireland to the US military, and the US military had already transported 500,000 US troops to the island of Ireland and launched an attack on the German troops on the island of Great Britain during the six months of the Tang Army's procrastination.
At the same time, the British and French government-in-exile formed overseas legions also landed on the island of Ireland, the British are complicated, Northern Ireland is their territory, but now it has been occupied by the Tang Empire, Britain and Tang have signed a treaty, Britain will no longer pursue the problem of Northern Ireland, in return, the Tang Empire will pay 300 million Tang Yuan as the purchase fee for Northern Ireland.
The British knew that a mere 300 million Tang Yuan was not worth the economic and military value of Northern Ireland at all, but Churchill had to accept this condition, on the one hand, it was a foregone conclusion that the United States, Tang and the Soviet Union would wear a pair of pants, and on the other hand, the US military did not treat the British troops in exile very well, and the British army needed the 300 million Tang Yuan funds from the Tang Empire to improve the treatment of the British army and update its weapons and equipment.
In this way, the British acquiesced in the de facto control of the island of Ireland by the Tang Empire. When the British army passed through Northern Ireland, the local people were still looking forward to returning to the British, but the British army simply turned a blind eye.
After the stationing of US troops on the island of Ireland. With the help of the major bases built here by the Tang Empire, 500,000 soldiers were stationed. However, the Tang Army base could not actually accommodate so many American troops, and there were nearly 100,000 Anglo-French troops, plus 20,000 Tang troops, a total of 620,000 troops, which was already overloaded.
As a result, the US military had to accelerate the pace of the offensive. A large number of warplanes were sent every day to bombard the German troops on the British island. The Germans also put up desperate resistance, stationing 200,000 troops on the island of Britain, mostly deployed in the direction of the island of Ireland. The German army has long been on guard against the Tang Empire.
Fortunately, the main force of the German High Seas Fleet returned for repairs, and the main ships of the US Navy could not return for repair because they were too far from the mainland, so they simply broke the jar and broke it. Just to cover the attack of American troops on the island of Great Britain.
The islands of Ireland and Great Britain are in close proximity. The U.S. Navy and Air Force had the upper hand here, the Tang Empire was constantly urged by the U.S. government, and Zuihou also sent all kinds of aircraft into battle, which put the Allied Liliang in an overwhelming advantage.
On September 3, 1943, the U.S. Third Army broke through German defenses and landed on the beaches south of Wales. Although the Germans counterattacked several times, they were quickly repelled by the Americans without naval and air superiority.
Three days later. Nearly 100,000 U.S. troops crossed the sea to the island of Great Britain, and the British and French forces landed a day later from another landing zone.
The Don army did not send troops into the island of Great Britain. After all, three years ago, the Tang Army landed on the island of Great Britain, seized the main force of the British Navy, and occupied Northern Ireland.
In addition, the Tang army knew that the Germans would fight to the death, so they preserved their strength and did not send troops into the island of Great Britain.
Sure enough, Hitler ordered the German army to resist desperately, and the troops of the United States, Britain and France fought with the German army on British soil, and the battle was very fierce, with a large number of casualties on both sides.
However, the general trend of the Allies to regain Britain was the same, and the Germans knew this, but they just wanted the Allies to pay a greater price.
On January 4, 1944, the Battle of London ended, and the 200,000 German troops in Britain were wiped out, but the Allies also lost more than 100,000 men, which was a huge cost. In particular, hundreds of cities in Britain were destroyed by war, the damage caused by the German retreat was very huge, the original nine-story factories and urban public facilities were destroyed, the people were looted and slaughtered, the German army occupied LinkedIn for three years, resulting in the death of hundreds of thousands of Britons, half of the British women were XX, and the economy regressed for 50 years, making the newly restored British government want to cry without tears.
On the battlefield of the Soviet Union, the Soviet army's offensive speed was greatly accelerated, and they received more advanced weapons and equipment from the Tang Empire, so that the German army could only defend.
Hitler had to mobilize more troops to block the pace of the Soviet offensive, and in the Atlantic region could only rely on the German army and the armies of the client states to assist in the defense, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to build the Atlantic defense line, but in fact, the German army's financial resources had dried up, and the only hope was the German high seas fleet blockade of the English Channel.
Three years ago, the British Navy blocked the English Channel to prevent the German attack, and now the German army has blocked the English Channel to prevent the Allied counterattack on the European continent.
During this period, the capital ships of the German High Seas Fleet had been repaired and replenished, and the US Navy was therefore at a disadvantage and did not dare to fight hard.
After dragging for more than half a year, the Tang Army finally sent a huge aircraft carrier battle group to the North Atlantic and incorporated it into the Atlantic Fleet of the Tang Empire, making the Tang Army's Atlantic Fleet have 10 large aircraft carriers, 8 battleships, 8 heavy cruisers, 22 light cruisers, and 68 destroyers.
The arrival of the Atlantic Fleet of the Tang Army has restored the confidence of the Allied Forces, especially the 10 large aircraft carriers of the Tang Army, all of which are second-generation aircraft carriers, equipped with advanced jet fighters, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong, which shocked the Allied Forces.
At this time, although the US military also has jet planes in test flights, there is still a certain distance from actual combat deployment, not to mention that the requirements for carrier-based types are higher, and the US military has not yet developed this aspect.
On the other hand, the German army, although the ME262 jet fighter has been in service, but the number is insufficient, and it is a land-based model, the German aircraft carrier is equipped with the Junker series carrier-based aircraft is still in the propeller era, and the Tang Empire has not provided the key turboprop engine to Germany from beginning to end, otherwise the German army is already full of jet fighters.
On February 9, 1944, a large-scale naval battle broke out between the Allied Navy and the German Navy, and the Tang Army's aircraft carrier battle group played a decisive advantage.
Subsequently, a large number of second-generation Hellfire carrier-based bombers took off from the aircraft carriers of the Tang Army, and pursued and attacked the German fleet group fiercely, sinking three large German aircraft carriers, two battleships, four heavy cruisers and 17 destroyers.
However, after this battle, the German Navy panicked, and after the United States and Tang navies united, the German army considered itself not an opponent. Hitler, who had the idea of protecting ships, ordered the German Navy not to take the initiative to fight, so that the German army lost the sea control in the English Channel.
The Allies soon decided to counterattack the European continent, choosing to land in the Normandy area, where the Germans were the weakest defended.
However, the Tang Army still did not have the intention of landing in Normandy with the US-British-French coalition forces, which made the US troops grind their teeth, knowing that the Tang Army deliberately did not contribute and let the US troops fight hard in the front. (To be continued......)