Chapter 502: Pre-Battle Preparations

The German Empire, also known as the Second German Reich. www.biquge.info The First German Empire lasted for millennia and was considered the rightful Holy Roman Empire on the Europa continent. The Germans have always considered themselves the most direct heirs to the Holy Roman Empire. They had always dreamed of being able to recreate the glory of the Roman Empire. But the real history is that it was the Germanic barbarians who destroyed the Roman Empire.

When the Ming Dynasty controlled the world, Germany was actually composed of thousands of states, principalities and confederations of cities. Before the 19th century, it was one of the most chaotic areas on the entire continent of Europa.

In the 19th century, the Ming Dynasty's grip on the world began to weaken due to a series of internal struggles. The Kingdom of Prussia took advantage of this golden opportunity to launch a war of unification with the covert support of France and other countries. This was an extremely rare large-scale war fought without the tacit consent of the Ming Dynasty.

The Prussians' gamble was successful. He defeated his enemies as quickly as he could, unifying all of Germany except Austria-Hungary. And Da Ming, who was weak because of the infighting, could only accuse a few words without pain afterwards. Of course, the dignity of the Ming Dynasty cannot be violated, and the revenge after the incident will soon come.

When Da Ming was finally able to free his hands, he immediately taught the disobedient Germans a profound lesson. After sending an expeditionary force to defeat the Germans, it was only natural that the extremely important Schleswig-Holstein region was in his pocket.

The reason why this place was chosen was because the Ming family consortium chose to build an artificial canal here that would run through the entire Jutland Peninsula to connect the Baltic Sea with the North Sea. And this canal, which is making money day by day, is named the Kiel Canal.

In the face of the powerful Ming Dynasty, the Germans could only choose to swallow their anger. After all, with their strength, it is impossible to confront Da Ming no matter what. However, this great shame was firmly remembered by the Germans. Every generation of Germans is taught that 'Schleswig-Holstein is our land and one day we will take it back.' ’

It was not until the outbreak of the World War that the Germans finally got their wish to reclaim the two places. However, in doing so, they also completely blocked their own back road. After a few slaps in Daming's face, the Germans no longer had a chance to reconcile with Daming. For Da Ming, this is also an indelible hatred.

In the world war, the Germans threw themselves into the war without hesitation, fighting to the death with the Ming Dynasty on various battlefields. Compared to the creacherous and slippery countries, the Germans were definitely really serious about fighting. Because they knew that if they were defeated, they would lose more than Schleswig-Holstein.

Da Ming's grudge is something that the whole world knows. The whole world also knew that the Ming would not let go of the first German to forcibly take back the Ming colony. From the very beginning, this war doomed these two countries to an unending end.

And now, the Ming Dynasty, who was driven out of the Europa continent at the beginning of the war, has returned. Their army of tens of millions was like a rushing torrent that returned to the land after a few years. At this time, there is no point in superfluous nonsense. Everything will be cut off on the battlefield with guns and bullets.

After the Battle of Warsaw, the entire Allied forces began to be recycled and concentrated in Germany. They knew very well that it would not be long before millions of Ming troops would enter Germany. At this moment, one after another allies fell under the iron heel of the Ming army, once the Germans, as one of the main belligerents, fell, the war would also end in the complete defeat of the allies.

For the Allies, Germany could not be allowed to fall under any circumstances. They mobilized all the troops they could mobilize into Germany to prepare for the Ming attack. In the face of Da Ming's powerful attack ability, many weapons that were still in the laboratory were also taken out and thrown into the battlefield.

The new jet aircraft, which had not been put into mass production for a long time due to engine quality problems, did not care about the cost at this time. Not to mention that it can be used for dozens of hours, even if it is scrapped once the heavens come back, it must be used at this moment in the face of the danger of losing the country.

The Germans destroyed many industrial areas due to the large-scale strategic bombing of the Ming army, and the Ruhr industrial area, which was built by the whole country, has long been reduced to ruins in the bombing.

But even in this terrible situation, the Germans still showed superhuman abilities, and they built a large number of factories and warehouses underground. Although its production capacity cannot be compared with the previous one, it is still an effective supplement.

Me262, Storm Bird. The secret weapon that the Germans developed for many years. Originally, because the engine problem could not be solved, this secret weapon, which was considered by the Germans to be the decisive force in the war, has always been in the stage of continuous verification.

However, when Daming threw his own Superjet into the Polish Campaign, he was able to beat the P51 Mustang, which was claimed to be the strongest in the Allies. The Germans knew that the time had come for the weapon, which was still fraught with problems, to make an appearance.

The Germans, who were in danger of losing their country, exerted great energy in this moment of crisis. They produced hundreds of Me262s in a very short period of time, and they also shared the information with the allies, so that the Allied air forces also quickly entered the jet age.

In fact, this is one of the main reasons why Zhang Cheng has been reluctant to let jet fighters enter the battlefield too early. Originally, because of their technological superiority, the Ming Dynasty had always been ahead of the allies in the piston aircraft era. This can be seen from the fact that the Daming Army Aviation has maintained air superiority over the allies for a long time.

It's just that although there is a gap with the Ming Dynasty, the scientific and technological capabilities of the allies are actually not bad. A few years after the war, they had succeeded in developing the P51 Mustang, the pinnacle of piston aircraft. The appearance of this aircraft immediately greatly compressed the long-term advantages of Daming Army Airlines.

In fact, by this time, both the Ming and the Allies had already improved the performance of the piston aircraft to the top stage. It is also very normal for the gap between the two sides to be narrowed under the constraints of technical bottlenecks.

Zhang Cheng has a deep understanding of how terrifying the role of air power in war is. In modern time and space, he already knew that an all-round air victory could even determine the outcome of a war. When the technical level of the two sides was close, Zhang Cheng immediately threw out the secret weapon in his hand. Compared to piston aircraft, it is a jet aircraft that has improved a whole era in technology.

The advent of the jet aircraft of the Ming Army Aviation immediately made all the piston planes of the allies backward and old-fashioned. Including the P51 Mustang, which was pinned on by the allies and believed that it could compete with the Daming Army Aviation for air supremacy.

And these huge quantities of production, and have invested a huge amount of money and massive materials to develop and produce equipment, overnight become backward products. The losses of the Allies simply cannot be described in words.

And Zhang Cheng also got his wish and once again widened the technological gap between the two sides. However, Zhang Cheng also knows very well that the allies who are forced to a dead end in this situation will inevitably do anything. It's like sharing technological capabilities that is unbelievable in normal times.

In addition to the Me262 Storm Bird, the Germans' super cannons and super tanks also appeared to join the war.

Gustav railguns of 800 mm caliber, 600 mm caliber guns, Karl mortars nicknamed "Thor's hammer" and other large-caliber guns. As well as the giant Super Mouse tank weighing 1,000 tons, the Mouse tank weighing 188 tons, the Ferdinand Strike Artillery and other black technology products all appeared.

Not only the army and air force, but also the German naval fleet, whose primary purpose was to protect ships, was at a critical juncture of life and death. The German naval warship formations in Wilhelmshaven and Kiel also went out to sea one after another, entering the Baltic Sea to provide fire support to the ground forces.

When the troops of the Ming Northern Army Group besieged Königsberg, the German naval fleet took the initiative to attack and used large-caliber naval guns to carry out fierce artillery bombardment on the Ming troops at sea. At that time, it brought a lot of losses to the Ming army.

Although the Ming Army Aviation made a big move, it violently bombed the German naval fleet and blew up a number of German warships. However, the Germans retreated to the heavily guarded military port during the day, and only at night did they come at high speed and rain bullets on the Ming positions within range.

Although the Ming army still occupied Königsberg in the end, it suffered heavy losses due to heavy artillery bombardment by the German navy. At least tens of thousands of officers and men were killed or wounded in the German naval shelling, and countless pieces of equipment were destroyed. Compared to the Russian fleet, which was also trapped in this small pond in the Baltic Sea, the Germans did a very good job.

In order to retaliate against the German Navy, Zhang Cheng personally ordered the HNA to dispatch an air wing to the European front line and carry out fierce air raids on Kiel and Wilhelmshaven. Although they suffered heavy losses under the interception of the German defenders' ground air defense units and fighter units, the boys of the Daming Navy inflicted heavy losses on the German Navy with heroic and fearless attacks.

Several of the German Navy's main warships, including its flagship Bismarck Super Battleship, were damaged and had to leave their home port for repairs in England. At the same time, at least ten German light warships were bombed and sunk in their own military ports.

In the face of the upcoming German campaign, the contest between the two sides has reached a fever pitch. At this time, no one will do anything to preserve their strength. The Germans were already fully mobilized. (To be continued.) )