Chapter 501: The Fall of Poland

For the Allies at this time, they were already in a very disadvantageous position on the battlefield. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Before that, the Ming army was already far ahead of the allies in everything except numbers. And by the time the Ming army entered Central Europe in a big way, the Ming army had gradually caught up even in numbers.

As the sea control of the Mediterranean completely fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, which had the world's largest shipping capacity, sent ships of materials and soldiers to the European battlefield through a steady stream of sea transportation. With the end of the fighting on the other battlefields, the Ming army was able to concentrate its main forces on a full-scale attack on Europe.

By May 1943, the Ming Dynasty had more than 12 million troops on the European battlefield. And this number, which frightened the allies, was only one-third of the total number of troops that the Ming had at the moment. There is also the fact that this figure is the case when the Ming Dynasty did not carry out a full mobilization. Strong industrial production capacity coupled with an almost endless population. The Ming Dynasty that completely broke out was terrifying.

This numerical superiority was vividly demonstrated by the Ming army during the siege of Warsaw. The Poles mobilized almost the entire force, and with the aid of the German army, more than 1.5 million regular army units were deployed around Warsaw to resist the Ming offensive. However, the Ming army mobilized nearly two million troops in this campaign!

Nearly 90 division-level units and a large number of logistical support units were thrown into this tragic battle. The Poles' painstakingly constructed line near Warsaw was broken through in a short time by one after another by the powerful attacking forces of the Ming army. One Polish infantry division after another was filled into the defensive line in order to block the breakthrough of the Ming army's torrent of steel. And these troops will basically be wiped out in a matter of hours.

The Ming army used thousands of large-caliber artillery pieces to carry out fierce shelling of the Polish positions, and its momentum was enough to shake the earth. No position could have survived heavy shelling of this scale. Many of the Polish troops who held their positions were completely covered in artillery fire and were completely annihilated.

Perhaps the only good news for the Allies in the Battle of Warsaw was that their air cover forces were finally able to achieve some real success. With a large number of new fighters with advanced performance being put into the battlefield, the long-term superiority of the Ming air force is rapidly being weakened.

And both Germany, France, and the Americans have expanded their production capacity to the extreme. Their combined aircraft production can already compete with the Ming Dynasty.

The Allied air power, which was already guaranteed in terms of quantity and quality, was finally able to fight to the death against the fleet of the Daming Army Air in the blue sky. If you don't fight to the death, you can't do it, and the front of the Ming army has already advanced to the vicinity of Germany, and behind Germany is France. The critical situation no longer allows them to continue to preserve their strength.

But in fact, even if the allies can rely on the new aircraft and the desperate resistance of the pilots to fight to the death with the Ming Army Airlines, the two sides will only be a draw at best. And it doesn't play much role in the battle on the ground. After all, the real decision is still on the ground.

And even if the two sides can be evenly matched, it will only be temporary. Because Zhang Cheng, after learning about the fierce air fighting on the front line, had already ordered that the epoch-making jet fighters that had begun to be equipped with troops in batches should be sent to the European front. Zhang Cheng has been constantly ensuring the scientific and technological advantages in the hands of Daming.

The jet planes that the Ming began to equip the troops in batches were not the defective products that the Germans had to urgently launch due to the pressure of the battlefield in modern time and space history. Before Zhang Cheng became commander of the Army Airlines, he had already begun to work on the development of jet aircraft.

In the Ming Dynasty, which has a large number of high-tech talents and many advanced industrial production equipment, as long as there is sufficient financial support, the time for the emergence of this kind of technical products that actually have sufficient theoretical support and production capacity will not be too long.

By 1943, the Ming Dynasty, which was under the wartime system, had begun to equip jet aircraft into the army in batches.

During the Battle of Warsaw, several Ming Army fighter wings equipped with new jets caused great panic among the Allied air forces after they entered the battlefield. They simply didn't have a way to deal with this new type of fighter without propellers, but flying at a speed that could be called a monster.

The most basic thing is that the suppression of speed is too great, and you can't even catch up at all, how to deal with it in this case?

As the Ming army's new jet fighter was put into the battlefield, the contrast between the combat effectiveness of the two sides in the sky immediately opened a huge gap. Even if the Allied air forces were not afraid of sacrifice, they were flying the latest fighter planes developed by the Americans, which can be called the pinnacle of piston engines, but they were powerless in front of the new jet planes of the Ming Dynasty.

The crushing attack of the Ming Army Air Force in the air destroyed the faith of the Allied Air Force. The Allied air forces had tens of thousands of warplanes of all kinds, but all of them became obsolete after the advent of jet aircraft. Especially those fighters such as the Mustang, which have spent a lot of time, energy and materials to develop and produce the pinnacle of piston engines.

Although neither Germany nor the United States, even the British have their own plans for the development of jet aircraft. But most of the planes were still in the labs. The aerodynamic layout, the body structure and everything else are okay. But the most critical engine is a wound that the allies cannot solve.

The engine that is the heart of the aircraft is the real core component, and most of the performance of an aircraft is reflected in its engine. And the jet engines of the allies are basically some primitive products that can only be used for a dozen hours or even only a few hours. How can such performance go to equip the troops?

The production of a jet engine requires far more materials and man-hours than its piston counterpart, and the scrap rate is so high that it simply cannot meet the needs of the army for large-scale use.

As for why the engine is not good, the reason is simple, that is, the quality of the base materials is not up to par.

Daming has the best material formula in the world, but even the jet engine produced by Daming has a life span of more than 100 hours. And the scrap rate is not low. Even if it is as strong as Da Ming, he scratches his head for this scale of consumption. And that's not to mention the allies.

When the troops of the Ming Army Aviation completely dominated the sky, the Allied forces on the ground were completely destroyed.

Because of its strong transportation capacity, Daming was able to send thousands of tons of supplies to the front line by sea. Therefore, the Daming Army Aviation had bombs to bomb the enemy. When the Ming jets appeared on the battlefield, their bombing never stopped. Hordes of bombers flew over Allied positions and sent countless bombs down.

Many pilots of the Ming Army's army bomber units even took off and landed more than 10 sorties in one day. Under heavy bombardment of this intensity, the losses of the Allied ground forces can be imagined.

The main reason why the Allies lost in the Polish campaign was that they could not withstand the three-dimensional attack of thousands of artillery pieces, tens of thousands of fighters and tens of thousands of armored troops of the Ming army. This is a great plain, and there is no danger to defend at all. Even if you want to build a fortification, there is nowhere to do it.

According to post-war statistics, at least nearly 100,000 Allied troops died in the Polish campaign under the Ming army's air raids and artillery bombardment. And the losses of all kinds of military materiel in air raids and artillery bombardments are even more numerous. Most of the positions were destroyed in the hands of the Ming Army Aviation and artillery units.

On May 7, 1943, the infantry of Army Group Center of the Ming Army stormed the city of Warsaw and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the desperate Polish defenders.

The Ming army had already summed up a set of its own tactics for siege warfare. For this kind of siege campaign on enemy soil, the Ming army never had any worries at all. They just bombarded indiscriminately, and then the infantry assaulted. When you enter the city, you will never take the regular streets and roads. Generally, a large amount of explosives is demolished house by house.

The defenders and buildings inside the house were all bombed into ruins, and no one would bother to ask whether they were alive or dead. By the time the battle was over, the entire city was in ruins. It's a real ruin, and there are basically few intact buildings left. As for the casualties of the locals, both civilians and defenders. The Ming army has always expressed its deepest condolences. But what to do after mourning.

Warsaw, a famous European city, was reduced to ashes along with millions of civilians and defenders under this tactic of the Ming army. After the war, the work of clearing the ruins continued for at least a year, and millions of tons of ruins were transported out of the city, if not a million.

The Battle of Warsaw crushed Poland, a European power. Of course, this power is what the Poles call themselves. This country, which was originally supported by the Ming Dynasty as a balance of power between Russia and Germany, was doomed to today's fate when it chose to betray the Ming Dynasty. Da Ming has never been merciful to those who betray him.

In the final battle, the desperate Poles launched a desperate counterattack against the Ming armored forces with their proud cavalry units on the outskirts of Warsaw.

This powerful cavalry unit, which calls itself hussars, is definitely an unrivaled force if it was in the Cold Weapon Age hundreds of years ago. But times are different now, when this tough, but long overdue cavalry unit that should have entered the dustbin of history faced the armored forces of the Ming Dynasty. The ending can only be tragic.

Tens of thousands of Polish cavalry were beaten all over the field in front of the Ming armored troops, and their defeat also symbolized the ultimate fate of the Poles in this war. With the annihilation of the hussars, the last of the Poles' strength was lost.

Poland, which claims to be a European power, collapsed under the iron hooves of the Ming Dynasty, and behind the Poles is Germany, which is called the third in the world and the strongest in Europe!

The battle for Germany, which will decide the fate of Europe, is about to begin! (To be continued.) )