Chapter 538: The Battle of the Atlantic (1)
"This is the sungun of the Germans?" Looking at the huge, sci-fi metal object in front of him, Zhang Cheng had a surprised expression on his face. The big thing in front of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info is obviously the high-tech that only appears in Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters.
"Yes, Your Excellency." Xiao Hongbao, who was following him, said softly: "The Germans tried to use V-rockets to send these huge parts one by one into 30,000 kilometers of deep space, and then assemble them to be used as huge condensers. They believe that the sunlight gathered by this weapon is enough to destroy a city. ”
"Good idea." Zhang Cheng cleaned up his mood and looked at everything in the huge factory in front of him with surprise. This weapon is too science fiction, even in the modern time and space where science and technology are highly developed, it is also a laboratory theoretical weapon. At this point in time, there is hardly any possibility of realization.
However, although the idea seems too advanced, there is nothing wrong with this theoretical assumption. Thousands of years ago, human technology was not as advanced as it is today, but at that time, people were always thinking about flying into the sea. These dreams have come true in this era. However, the Germans were ahead of their time, but most of them could not be realized. Since it can't be realized, it won't help the current war. A sentence that is born at the wrong time can explain everything.
"Ship all of this stuff back home." Although Zhang Cheng knows that these things are useless now, the direction of development in the future is like this. Just like the black technology that the Germans made during World War II in modern time and space, it became the development goal of all countries in the world after the war, and it achieved great success. The world of the future belongs to space.
"And the scientists, who moved them to the country with their families." Zhang Cheng will also not forget those scientists, whose wisdom will lead the development of this world. As for why he moved to China, the main reason is that Zhang Cheng has never regarded these occupied territories as his own territory, and in his eyes all areas except for his own territory are colonies.
Zhang Cheng believes that it will take at least tens or hundreds of years, several generations, to truly complete the assimilation work of the world. And by that time he was long gone, and what he had to do now was to lay the foundation for future generations.
Accompanied by a large group of generals, Zhang Cheng came to the side of a V2 rocket, looked at the huge rocket with complicated eyes, and after a moment of silence, he turned around and walked towards the gate of this underground factory, "This is the best era, and the worst era. ”
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In late September, the Allied generals who had cowered in Britain were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief as a convoy of transport ships numbered NHC 91 broke through the blockade of the Ming Navy and arrived in Liverpool. This fleet is loaded with the latest batch of jet aircraft produced by the Americans, the F84 Thunderbolt.
After receiving the scientific and technological sharing of the Germans and the help of scientists, the jet aircraft project that the Americans had been developing soon made a rapid breakthrough. They told at the speed of war that their first jets were produced. In addition to staying on the mainland for the defense of the American continent, a large number of warplanes were specially sent to the allies who retreated to Britain.
Don't get me wrong, the Americans have long since lost hope for their allies, whose only role is to nominally exist so that the United States will not be as alone as it seems. In addition to doing superficial work, another important reason for sending a batch of jets that are urgently needed on the front line is to conduct actual combat tests of technical performance.
The actual combat performance of the ME262 of the Germans was average, and it was always at a disadvantage when confronting the jet fighters of the Ming army. The Americans are worried that the F84 Lightning, which has incorporated a lot of German technology, will also fall into the same fate as the Storm Bird, so they urgently need a better fighter to replace the F84 Lightning, which appeared purely for emergency purposes.
In addition to the technical aspects, the most important thing for the new fighter is the actual combat performance. When the Daming Pacific Fleet delayed launching a landing operation on the American continent, the Americans had no choice but to choose their allies as experiments.
Speaking of the navy, it is impossible not to mention the Atlantic Fleet of the Ming Navy, which has been greatly strengthened at this time. With the construction speed of the Ming Dynasty at this time, the replenishment speed of the Ming Navy's warships is extremely amazing, and new warships will be launched every day, and their losses in the war are not large.
In addition to the Pacific Fleet, which has always maintained a strong force, the Ming Navy at this time no longer needs to provide too much strength for other local fleets, and only the Pacific Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet are on the front line. As a result, the Atlantic Fleet's strength increased dramatically in just a few months, after receiving a large amount of support.
Especially after the Ming ground forces swept across the entire Eurasian continent, all the seaports from Spain to France became the territory of the Ming army. They had a forward base very close to the British.
The Atlantic Fleet carried out a brutal strangulation of the Atlantic routes of the allies. Moreover, because of the loss of the main continent, the Americans believed that the British could not hold on, and at the same time, the Ming army showed that they were preparing to attack the American continent. In this situation, the Americans also began to gradually reduce their support for their allies. This is the main reason why a fleet arrives in England with a warm welcome and a great relief to many of the senior generals.
In late September 1943, the main force of the Atlantic Fleet began to move north to blockade the waters near Britain in an attempt to cut off maritime ties between the United States and Britain. At this time, the fleets of various countries that retreated to Britain were still huge, and they were originally capable of fighting a decisive battle with the Ming Atlantic Fleet with the support of shore-based forces. Even defeat would bring huge losses to the Ming army.
However, because of the strong demand of the Americans and the governments of the United Kingdom who fled to Britain, they did their best to stop it. The decisive resistance of the Allied fleet did not take place. The Americans suffered heavy losses because their fleet suffered a huge blow in the battle against the Ming Navy. At this time, when they were about to face the landing operation of the American continent by the powerful forces of the Ming Dynasty, they strongly requested that the naval fleets of various countries that retreated to Britain go to the mainland of the United States for defensive operations.
In order to pull these warships, which were not weak, to the mainland for defensive operations, the Americans sent an ultimatum to the governments in exile in Britain, demanding that they must bring their fleets to the United States, otherwise they would not be able to establish their own government-in-exile in the United States.
To put it bluntly, it is the Americans who need those fleets to defend themselves. Governments also need to rely on these fleets to get tickets to the United States. With Britain already doomed, the government-in-exile had no choice.
For the top echelons of the government-in-exile, there is no other choice. Now that he has embarked on this illusory road of fighting against the Ming Dynasty to the end, it can only be a road to the dark. Under the strong pressure of various governments, the navies of many countries that retreated to Britain began to leave Britain for the United States.
These warships were filled with dignitaries and their families, as well as a large number of soldiers who did not want to leave their homeland but had no choice. In addition to this, scientists from various countries, as well as important research, treatments, and valuables, were also loaded with warships and transports. A huge fleet sailed from the seas near the north to the Americas.
The Ming spy department has infiltrated into the high-level of various countries for many years, and there are many high-level moles deployed. At this moment, in the context of the Ming Dynasty sweeping the world, these moles are also working very hard for the Ming Dynasty. The information of these fleets had already been sent to the Ming army as early as possible.
The strength of these fleets is strong, including the main force of the Russian Baltic Fleet, the main force of the German High Seas Fleet, the remnants of the French fleet, the navies of Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and other countries, and so on. Except that the British fleet forcibly refused the demands of the Americans because the homeland was still there. Almost all of the fleets of other government-in-exiles chose to go to the United States.
Because no one believed that the small British and their remnants of the defeated army could survive the blows of tens of millions of Ming troops, 100,000 warplanes, and a huge naval fleet. At this moment, only the United States, which is far away from the ocean, will be safer.
Because the navies of the allied countries, except for the United States, basically adopted the strategy of maintaining a fleet based on the protection of ships, which made the losses of the navies of various countries except France not large. Moreover, in the pre-war wave of ship-building frenzy, various countries built a large number of warships, and their number and performance are still there.
At the same time, in order to receive this important batch of warships, the Americans also collected a fleet and went to the Atlantic Ocean to respond. This gave the Ming Navy a difficult question, whether to take this opportunity to encircle and annihilate this fleet in the Atlantic Ocean with bad weather conditions.
The benefits of annihilating this fleet are naturally numerous. As long as this fleet and the American fleet that came to meet it could be eliminated, the entire east coast of the United States would be empty. At that time, the Atlantic Fleet of the Ming Dynasty can attack the mainland of the United States with impunity, and it is not impossible to even land directly on the mainland of the United States.
After the Americans lost their sea supremacy, the Ming army could land and seize the islands close to the American mainland, and then build a powerful forward airfield to bring the nightmare of long-range bombers to the United States.
However, the stakes of this battle are also high. First of all, the enemy's strength is strong, and although the naval fleets of various countries are different from each other, they are not weak in numbers and combat capabilities. At least compared to the Atlantic Fleet of the Ming Dynasty, the German High Seas Fleet, which is still the main force, is a formidable opponent, not to mention the fleets of other countries and the US Navy fleets that came to meet them.
If it weren't for the fact that the British Royal Navy fleet did not join this voyage, the Ming army really couldn't have come up with a plan for this operation. Naval warfare is different from land warfare, and real strength data is the cornerstone of the battle result. (To be continued.) )