Chapter 278: The War-Burning North American Continent (2)
When the German army entered the United States, the Americans really knew the truth that it was difficult to stand alone, and they also deeply regretted their isolationism at the beginning. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
It can be said that at the beginning of the war, the combined strength of the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union was probably incomparable to that of several Germanys. However, Britain and France pursued a policy of appeasement for fear of war, and they also calculated against each other in the Soviet Union, trying to bring disaster to the east, while the United States also turned a cold eye to it.
It was precisely because of each of their own minds that the Germans broke through each of them, and then quickly sat down, and finally set themselves on fire.
At the beginning of the war, in addition to the weakness of military strength due to the fact that it did not really move, the economic strength and industrial output value were absolutely the first in the world.
However, with the conquest of Europe by Germany and the gathering of the strength of the whole of Europe, it will directly throw the United States away. With vast territory, resources and wealth, the German army has become more powerful, and with these foundations, with the superb scientific research ability of the Germans, it is possible to quickly digest all aspects of technology provided by Wei Qidong at the beginning.
Although the combined strength of the US-Canada coalition is not less than that of the German United Nations Corps, and the number of aircraft, artillery, and tanks is not weak, the sophistication is a grade lower.
The Germans were already one step ahead in the thinking of the military industry, and later with the help of Wei Qidong, this further accelerated the process of modernizing their military industry, and it was inevitable to widen the gap with the United States.
When the German armed helicopter group appeared on a large scale, the US military was still entangled between what a helicopter and a rotorcraft were; When the German missiles could fly over the United States at will, the Americans were still discussing the difficulties of this technology; While the German tanks had begun to put into composite armor, the Americans were constantly wondering why the effectiveness of armor-piercing shells had suddenly become so poor......
Although the U.S. military resisted very tenaciously for the sake of home defense, various gaps caused the U.S. military to retreat one after another.
By October 1944, the Germans had crossed the 40th parallel and occupied half of the United States.
In order to further destroy the American resistance, the Germans began to intensify their forces, and the front of the troops was directed at Washington, the capital of the United States.
The troops invested by the two sides in the Washington area are approaching 8 million, which is definitely the largest battle in history, and the artillery artillery, planes, and tanks invested are even more numerous.
In order to cooperate with the Battle of Washington, the German Navy also went with all its might, from the east coast ports of Canada to the west coast of the United States.
The two sides have invested more than 30 main aircraft carriers, escort aircraft carriers are even more amazing, more than 180, frigates, supply ships, and the like, the number is even larger, directly opening the largest naval battle in human history: the Battle of the Atlantic.
This large-scale naval battle lasted for nearly half a month, and although the German navy invested no more than the United States, and even was still weak in numbers, the final result was a victory for the German army and a crushing defeat for the American army.
The US military lost 11 main aircraft carriers, more than 70 escort aircraft carriers, more than 40 submarines, and more than 300 other ships.
Compared to the American army, the German navy's losses were less than half that of the American army.
The German victory was due to several reasons:
The first point is that although the performance of the German aircraft carriers is about the same as that of the US military, and it is not superior in numbers, the performance of their carrier-based aircraft surpasses that of the US military, and the aircraft carrier battle group relies heavily on carrier-based aircraft to exert its combat effectiveness.
The second point is that the combat power of the German aircraft carrier battle group, in addition to carrier-based aircraft and naval guns, there are two important points, carrier-based helicopters and missiles, both of which are not available to the US military. Although the combat efficiency of helicopters is not as direct as that of carrier-based aircraft, and the accuracy of missiles needs to be improved, the number and labeling of new weapons undoubtedly gave confidence to the German officers and men, and the US military was constrained and overwhelmed.
The third point is that the German submarines also played an indispensable role in this naval battle, compared with the lack of achievements of the US submarines, the German submarine force under the leadership of Dönitz can be said to have made great achievements, the main aircraft carrier alone sank three, the escort aircraft carrier also sank more than 10, and sank other ships even more.
Fourth, the German military has also surpassed the US military in terms of intelligence capabilities, and the German army has generally grasped the movements of the US military through advanced intelligence equipment and the ability to crack intelligence, while the US military, on the other hand, does not know much about the movements of the German army.
All kinds of reasons led to the biggest fiasco in the history of the US Navy, and after this defeat, the US Navy no longer had the ability to collide head-on with the German Navy, and the German Navy took this opportunity to dominate almost the entire Atlantic.
However, the remaining main forces of the US Navy can only retreat to the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean to recuperate, and in the western Atlantic, they only dare to maintain limited activities, which also means that the entire east coast of the United States is already under the threat of the German Navy, and the situation in the United States is even more unfavorable.
In order to defend the capital, but also to defend the United States, the US army had no way to retreat, so it had to resist desperately.
The defeat of the American military in the Atlantic naval battle not only made the people of the United States panic, but even the British in Australia were also frightened, and they always wanted to rely on the Americans to help them rise to the British Empire. Fortunately, the Americans seem to be unable to protect themselves, and once the Americans are finished, there will be no safe place in the world.
Less than a month after the Battle of the Atlantic, Chinese troops suddenly crossed the Strait of Malacca and landed on the island of Sumatra.
Although the British and Japanese forces had been prepared for a long time, the Strait of Malacca was too narrow, and the rocket artillery groups of the Chinese army could directly hit the opposite shore overwhelmingly. The Anglo-Japanese coalition forces did not know how many artillery pieces the Chinese army had put into it at once, nor did they know how many rocket artillery pieces were in it, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it in four words.
Countless shells were mixed with the scene of rocket artillery pouring down, as if an extraterrestrial meteorite fell from the sky, the absolute end of the world, the fortifications that took so long to build, under such a dense blow, were in tatters on the spot, and many soldiers were torn to shreds before they could react.
The Chinese army carried out hours of horrific shelling, and the British and Japanese forces felt that they had passed the longest day in history, and they could not see the sky, the light, the hope, and the future.
When the cannon fire stopped, almost all the people who survived were numb, and many of them even went insane.
In this scenario, the Chinese army quickly launched a landing operation, and the huge fleet swept through half of Malacca, although the British and Japanese forces quickly put in reinforcements to attack and replenish, but still could not stop the momentum of the Chinese army.
After the Chinese army occupied several landing sites, they quickly stabilized the situation, and then delivered a steady stream of troops and supplies ashore, and the Battle of Nanyang was in full swing.