Another important point is that the Americans produced nearly one million trucks and jeeps in a year, which is almost half of the Ming Dynasty's production in the same period. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn mechanized warfare, mobile forces play a decisive role. And trucks and jeeps are one of the representatives of the mobile forces on land.

There is also the navy, which did not directly participate in the war and the various allies dragged the footsteps of the Ming Dynasty, which brought great convenience to the United States. They can rest assured that they can devote their main energies to the full-scale production of all kinds of weapons and supplies, including naval warships.

In 1940, the U.S. Navy launched more than 30 regular aircraft carriers, escort carriers, and modified aircraft carriers. At the same time, the number of works started in shipyards is even higher.

In addition, those battleships, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, submarines and so on can almost be compared with the output of the Ming Dynasty. If we add to this the strong and highly qualified population resources of the United States, its war potential is quite amazing.

This is why Zhang Cheng wants to take the defeat of the United States as the ultimate point to end the war. With such a strong opponent, whoever is in charge will feel uneasy.

Of course, compared to the staggering production capacity of the United States. Da Ming's ability in this regard is even more terrifying.

Daming, who has almost half of the world's resource wealth, far surpasses the Americans in all aspects with its own incomparable and strong production capacity.

Moreover, with the completion of Zhang Cheng's integration of the production capacity of various domestic industries, Daming's industrial production will be raised to a higher level again. And this is something that Americans regret a lot.

There are already discerning people in the United States who have begun to criticize politics. The government did not have the foresight to provide as much help as possible to Japan, which was strategically located, before and after the war began. It's just that Japan is used as a consumable to consume the power of the Ming Dynasty. But he didn't expect that Japan, which was very close to the heavy industrial base in the core area of the Ming Dynasty, was so important in the whole war.

If Japan can be retained, then the heavy long-range bombers that the Americans have begun to explode will have a base to advance and launch a fierce attack on the core heavy industrial areas of the Ming Dynasty. Thus greatly weakening the war potential of the Ming Dynasty.

But the Americans didn't, and they focused their energies on strengthening themselves. Tens of millions of troops and massive equipment and materials stayed in the military base in vain to bask in the sun, watching Japan finally exhaust and perish in the face of the overwhelming pressure of Mount Tai.

And Japan actually didn't have much strength to consume the Ming Dynasty, on the contrary, they used it as a whetstone for the Ming Dynasty to make the Ming army extremely elite.

At this moment, the long-range bombers of the Americans simply could not find an airfield capable of launching an attack on the Ming Dynasty. From Russia, you can only fly to Central Asia, where there is no heavy industry. If you take off from Alaska, you can fly to the Kuril Islands at most, where can you bomb what? Bomb fishing boats? As for the other places in the hands of the Allies, they were even farther away from the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention the core industrial area, you can't even touch the local border.

It's just that it's too late to regret it now, Japan is gone.

For the Americans, losing Japan was tantamount to losing the best chance to directly defeat the Ming Dynasty. It is extremely difficult to win this war.

When the Ming Dynasty launched its strategic bombing of Japan, the Americans had already developed their own long-range bombers. After a year of production equipment, the US strategic bomber force already has a huge size of several thousand. They are also the only country in the world, apart from the Ming Dynasty, that is capable of equipping strategic bombers in large quantities.

But at the moment the Americans could not find targets capable of carrying out strategic bombing. The Ming Dynasty's powerful and distant outer defense line protected themselves excellently. Unless they attack those front-line troops, they have to go deep into the territory of Daming to have a chance to bomb Daming's strategic facilities. Go deep into the core area of the Ming Dynasty, which has the strongest air power in the world, and you really don't want to come back.

However, the Americans did not give up, and the war was far from deciding the outcome of the war. The Americans have increased their production capacity for various materials at home. In particular, aircraft, tanks, trucks, artillery, warships, and all kinds of munitions. In addition, the Americans have stepped up their support for various allies. After all, shrewd Americans also know very well in their hearts that they alone cannot fight against the Ming Dynasty.

The U.S. Navy left only warships in the Atlantic that had been trained to escort Atlantic routes, and all the other ships sailed to the Pacific Ocean through the Panama Canal. An unprecedentedly large fleet was formed to compete with the Ming in the Pacific Ocean.

This fleet has more than thirty aircraft carriers of various types, as well as a large number of battleships, cruisers, destroyers and other ships. In response to the possible landing operation of the Ming Dynasty, the Americans also deployed millions of guard troops on the west coast.

When the Ming Dynasty showed signs of attack on the battlefield in North Africa, the Americans sent a large number of troops to North Africa, including thousands of tanks and many artillery, planes, trucks, and so on. Like the Ming, the Americans wanted to make a decisive breakthrough on the North African battlefield. Everyone wants to get closer to the core area of the confrontation, so as to end the suspense of the war with strategic bombers.

When the Ming strategic bomber force began to carry out strategic bombing on the northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea at the beginning of the year, the aviation units and ground anti-aircraft artillery units sent by the Americans made great contributions to the defense of the industrial zones of various countries.

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Tripoli Airport, North Africa.

"Your Excellency, all the officers and men of the North African Theater of Operations welcome you." When Zhang Cheng stepped down the ramp of the long-range transport plane, Wang Dexiang, commander of the North African Theater of Operations, hurriedly stepped forward to salute him.

Zhang Cheng raised his head and looked at the fighters escorting him in the sky, constantly circling and preparing to land, raised his hand and waved before he walked towards the car that greeted him.

"How's the front line preparing?" After getting into the bulletproof car, Zhang Cheng loosened the wind and discipline buckle around his neck and asked loudly.

"All ministries are well prepared and have complete material reserves. Preparations for the offensive have been made within the time limit as required by the Supreme High Command. Wang Dexiang raised his hand to support his military hat and said, "It's just that there are too many front-line personnel, which has led to a sharp increase in water consumption." ”

"This kind of thing is in the logistics department." Zhang Cheng waved his hand and said, "How is the situation on the other side?" ”

"Your Excellency, the French on the other side have nothing to fear. They have fought against the French many times before, and their fighting will and equipment level are far inferior to our army. Wang Dexiang responded with a smile: "Except for the large number of people, the French do not have too strong combat effectiveness." ”

"What about the Americans?" Zhang Cheng turned his head to look at Wang Dexiang, who was wearing a thick general's dress to greet him, and his head was covered with sweat in this weather condition in North Africa, he shook his head and said, "Okay, what's the point of engaging in these virtual models?" Look at your soldiers in summer desert clothes with shorts and shirts, do you want to show that you are different from each other by wearing such clothes? ”

"Hey, hey." Wang Dexiang smiled a little embarrassedly, hurriedly unbuttoned the thick dress, took off the top, and then took off the hat and fanned hard. He's really hot.

"I've had some fights with the Americans during this time. It has to be said that they are much stronger than the French. After pouring two glasses of ice water from the car refrigerator and handing Zhang Cheng a glass, Wang Dexiang said with a serious expression, "Although the weapons and equipment are also inferior to ours, the gap is not too big. And last week, in a brief encounter on both fronts, we came across a new American tank capable of penetrating our Tiger and Leopard tanks. The armor superiority we are proud of has been put to an end. ”

"Hmm." Zhang Cheng, who was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, crossed his legs and leaned back on the seat, took a sip of the water glass, and nodded: "I already know about this matter from the Military Intelligence Agency." It was the M26 Pershing tank that the Americans had newly entered the battlefield, and it was the hammer John Brown who suppressed the Indians. J. Pershing. This tank, equipped with a 90-mm cannon converted from a long-barreled anti-aircraft gun, was already able to compete with the Tiger. ”

"Yes." Wang Dexiang put down the water cup in his hand and then spoke: "The level of equipment and materials of the US army is very high, almost on par with our army. Although the soldiers were not as good as our army in terms of training and tactics, their mental outlook and morale were far stronger than those of the French army. During the many outpost firefights, they also showed a strong will to fight. ”

"That's normal, isn't it?" Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "Unlike those armies that were brutally oppressed by the country and lost the battle to defend the country. The Americans are still relatively wealthy, and it is a matter of course that they have stronger combat effectiveness. Just look at our army. A good education and a well-to-do life naturally led to the formation of a strong army. Poverty does not bring strength. No matter how strong the enemy is, it is good to defeat them, and this is also our mission as soldiers. ”

After a pause, Zhang Cheng then asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

After the emperor returned to the imperial capital, Zhang Cheng set off to inspect the army in North Africa. In addition to paying attention to the counterattack that is about to be launched here, it is also very important to leave a chance for the young, but the heart is on the verge of moving.

Although the people left, Zhang Cheng's eyes were still on the imperial capital. Wang Yan and Xiao Hongbao have been paying close attention to everything.

In fact, this was also an opportunity left by Zhang Cheng for the young emperor. If he could quietly be a symbolic emperor, Zhang Cheng might not mind letting the constitutional monarchy continue to exist for a while.

It's a pity that His Majesty the Emperor has no intention of accepting Zhang Cheng's kindness at all. Perhaps in the emperor's heart, people always have to do something in their lives. Even in his heart, he knew very well that Zhang Cheng already knew everything.

"One more thing." Wang Dexiang looked at Zhang Cheng with some hesitation.

"Oh?" Zhang Cheng looked at his expression, and immediately became interested, "Let's talk about it." ”

Wang Dexiang raised his hand to cover his mouth and coughed, "Some infiltrators have been caught on the front line, and they said that they came to assassinate Your Excellency." (To be continued.) )