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After the air battle of Navarre, the Luftwaffe really understood the power of the Chinese Imperial Air Force, because the Chinese Empire only sent air volunteers to participate in the war, and had not yet torn the skin with virtue, so Hitler had to swallow his teeth himself, and did not dare to start a war with the Chinese Empire to maintain this tangled situation. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info╔╗Ella Book House.

Of course, with Hitler's personality, he was able to endure it until now. For Hitler, the fall of France and the armistice of Britain left only one Soviet Union, which made it very easy for Germany and even the world of the Allies, so at this time, Hitler did not want to provoke the Chinese Empire. Even if Hitler knew that the submarines of the Chinese Empire were constantly attacking German warships and merchant ships, and even if the great humiliation of the air battle of Navarre was huge, this could not shake Hitler's strategic plan of not going to war with the Chinese Empire for the time being.

With the militaristic politics of Nazi Germany, it was impossible to submit to the Chinese Empire for a long time, and they had been patient, waiting, waiting for German scientists to build an atomic bomb. Hitler knew the power of the atomic bomb, but he did not think of a nuclear war with the Chinese Empire, he knew the production cost of the nuclear bomb, the Chinese Empire almost monopolized 80% of the world's nuclear material production and 95% of the nuclear material production, Germany is not only an oil-poor country but also a uranium-depleted country, in terms of the number of atomic bombs can not compete with the Chinese Empire, so Hitler's strategy is only to use the atomic bomb for deterrence, and negotiate and compromise with the Chinese Empire.

At this time, Germany's nuclear weapons program was progressing slowly, albeit slowly. But it went well. In the past few years, Germany's above-ground nuclear weapons laboratories have been subjected to military attacks and secret attacks by secret agents of various countries, including the Chinese Empire, which have repeatedly caused serious damage to German nuclear weapons laboratories and caused heavy losses to scientists and nuclear weapons researchers. Since the end of last year, Germany has built a nuclear laboratory in a secret underground bunker. Avoiding bombing by Allied military planes and sneak attacks by agents of various countries, Germany's nuclear weapons program generally entered a period of stable development.

However, the Chinese Empire was very strict in regulating the nuclear weapons programs of various countries, and even more so in Germany. Although the Chinese Empire was unable to identify Germany's underground nuclear test sites for a long time, the Chinese Empire also had the means to control the flow of nuclear materials into Germany around the world, and put tremendous political and military pressure on Germany, and Hitler was forced to publicly announce that Germany had abandoned its nuclear weapons program. The provinces gave the Imperial Government of China a pretext for war against Germany.

I have to admit that Hitler handled this matter very well. Had it not been for his announcement that Germany would abandon nuclear weapons research, the imperial government of China would have been able to incite the public on the issue of nuclear weapons, and then get the Chinese people to allow the National Assembly to pass the bill to enter the war. That would be a nightmare for Germany, and Hitler was deeply jealous of the huge national and military power of the Chinese Empire, and avoided giving the Chinese Imperial Government a pretext for war because of the nuclear issue.

Of course, Hitler secretly carried out nuclear tests, and the Chinese Empire knew this. However, no evidence has been found, and it is impossible to persuade the people to go to war against Germany. And Germany did a very good job in the work of public opinion in the Chinese Empire, showing a pitiful appearance, and winning the overflowing sympathy of the Chinese Empire people. As a result, the Chinese Imperial Government was unable to persuade its citizens to go to war against Germany.

Hitler was well aware that the Chinese Empire was actively preparing for war against the United States. He had already had an in-depth exchange of views with Roosevelt, and the United States and Germany would join forces to secretly develop nuclear weapons. With American money and German technology. As a result, the progress of the U.S. and German nuclear weapons programs is constantly accelerating.

However, both Hitler and Roosevelt were dissatisfied with this progress and forcibly kidnapped Einstein to participate in the nuclear weapons program, but Einstein strongly opposed the Nazi American and German governments, accusing the United States and Germany of being the executioners of the massacre of civilians and refusing to cooperate. The Chinese Empire soon learned that Einstein had been kidnapped by the American and German governments, and politically exerted tremendous pressure on the United States and Germany, demanding that the American and German governments release him.

The governments of Hitler and Roosevelt bargained with the imperial government of China on a daily basis, in fact, deliberately delaying the time in order to detain Einstein.

Aside from the issue of nuclear weapons, the Roosevelt administration stepped up the construction of the former US Atlantic Fleet, the US Maritime Self-Defense Force has more than 40 capital ships under construction, and more than 500 auxiliary ships of various kinds, especially in terms of submarines, the United States has obtained U-boat technology from Germany, and has been authorized by the German Navy to license production, so that the number of submarines in the United States is increasing dramatically. ╔╗

Deployed in the Pacific Ocean from Chapter 607 to defend against maritime threats from the Chinese Empire in the direction of Hawaii, Alaska, and the Mariana to Panama.

As far as the United States is concerned, although the US Maritime Self-Defense Force feels that the large-scale construction of submarines is a symbol of the navy of a weak country, Roosevelt, MacArthur, and other high-ranking US military personnel, after profoundly analyzing the powerful naval strength of the Chinese Empire, believe that no matter how hard the United States tries, it will be difficult to reach the naval strength of the Chinese Empire in a short period of time. And a series of actions by the Chinese Empire have already made Roosevelt smell the danger signal, so he has no time to wait, he must strengthen the US Maritime Self-Defense Force before the Chinese Empire moves, and the fastest way is obviously to vigorously develop submarines.

Of course, Roosevelt did not abandon the construction of large surface capital ships. Over the past year, after breaking through the shackles of the Sino-US "New York Peace Treaty," the US Navy has been vigorously developing its naval strength and speeding up the construction of capital ships in the mode of war industry.

By the end of 1942, the U.S. Maritime Self-Defense Force had six Montana-class super-battleships (the American version of the Bismarck-class from the German Navy). Eighteen New York-class fast battleships, as well as various cruisers and destroyers, totaling hundreds of surface warships. At the same time, the U.S. Maritime Self-Defense Force has followed the successive development of the Imperial Chinese Navy from the very beginning and has never given up aircraft carriers. It has built 42 aircraft carriers of various types, carrying more than 1,000 aircraft, the largest being the USS Enterprise, which is equivalent to the Huangshan-class aircraft carrier of the Chinese Empire 20 years ago, but the U.S. Maritime Self-Defense Force has also adopted standard straight-through flight deck technology.

In this regard, the U.S. Maritime Self-Defense Force is different from the German Navy, which does not have aircraft carrier technical reserves and cannot learn from the Chinese Empire to build polygonal flight deck aircraft carriers. The U.S. Maritime Self-Defense Force is in a hurry to build a navy and naval aviation forces, so it has not built an aircraft carrier with a technically complex polygonal flight deck.

The Mexican-American War has been going on for a long time. The Mexican army has never been able to penetrate the U.S. mainland in depth, and the two sides have maintained their front near the U.S.-Mexico border. The Mexican Navy was one of the most powerful naval forces in the Americas until the war, but was soon attacked by American submarines and suffered heavy losses. From the beginning of showing off his might on the east and west coasts of the United States, now he can only huddle in the port and dare not go out.

However, the Mexican Navy was supported by the anti-submarine forces of the Imperial Chinese Navy, whose anti-submarine cruisers, destroyers, and anti-submarine aircraft inflicted huge losses on American submarines, and the war has been going on ever since. The U.S. Maritime Self-Defense Force has lost more than 300 submarines, making the U.S.-Mexico war essentially a draw at sea.

The Mexican Air Force has always had an advantage over the U.S. Air Force, thanks to the fact that the Mexican Air Force has been training in the Chinese Empire, using the most advanced propeller aircraft in the Chinese Empire, the J-10 fighter jet. It is slightly ahead of the U.S. Air Self-Defense Force in terms of pilot quality and aircraft performance, but Mexico's military and political systems make the logistics of the Mexican Air Force too poor. A lot of aircraft and pilot losses are not due to technical problems, but because logistics are not keeping up. There are often shortages of aviation gasoline, loss of maintenance parts or simply being paid for nothing, and the pilots are very good, and they can't stand the command of a group of big-bellied and brainless politicians, as a result, the Mexican Air Force is becoming more and more ineffective in the later period, and the air supremacy has also been taken away by the Americans.

Most importantly, Mexico's weaponry and armament supplies depended on the supply of the Chinese Empire, and Mexico's finances were quickly squandered, and the huge debt owed to the Chinese Empire could not be repaid, which affected Mexico's continued confidence.

Roosevelt, on the other hand, could not afford Mexico at all, and the reason why he was so consumed with Mexico was nothing more than to gag the mouth of the Chinese empire and give the United States an excuse to develop its military strength.

Everything Roosevelt did was preparing for a larger war, and it was clear that the Chinese Empire was gradually realizing this, so at the moment both China and the United States knew it, and both sides were vying for the last bit of time. ╔╗

After the Battle of Navarre, Germany accelerated the development of jet fighters, and a previous batch of jets was approved for rapid production.

As early as four years ago, the German authorities ordered the Messerschmitt aircraft plant to develop as soon as possible a new fighter that would be compatible with turbojet engines produced by Bavaria or Junkers. In June 1938, the P1065 double-issue plan was approved in the first instance. At that time, Dr. Waldmar of the German Messerschmitt aircraft manufacturing company designed the aircraft's swept wing body (specifically the lower wing with a slight swept angle), using the latest turbojet engine developed by BMW (BMW). In April 1940, the prototype ME262V1 was built, initially using the famous Yumo 210G liquid-cooled piston engine, and only replaced with a jet engine in November. On July 18, 1941, Captain Wendell flew a successful test flight of a jet prototype. The Luftwaffe finalized the Swift in August (the production version was a full swept wing). However, due to the unstable performance of the aircraft, the Luftwaffe had just defeated France and captured a large number of French J-10 fighters, and the Luftwaffe was anxious to copy the J-10 fighters of the Chinese Empire, so it ignored the M3262 fighters. It wasn't until after the Battle of Navarre in August 1942 that the Luftwaffe really took it seriously, and production began in September.

The ME262 is an all-metal semi-monocoque light aircraft with a streamlined fuselage with a triangular cross-section, and four 30mm cannons and camera guns in the nose. The semi-blister-shaped canopy is in the middle of the fuselage and can be opened to the right. The front windshield is 90 mm thick. The backrest of the chair is covered with 15 mm steel plates, all of which are bulletproof. The EEZ-42 gyro sight or the Leibi 16B sight can be used for cannon and rocket launch. The nearly triangular tail crosses the tail, the nacelles of the two axial turbojet engines are mounted directly below the swept lower wing, and the front three-point landing gear can be stowed into the aircraft.

As a new type of power plant. The ME262 is powered by Junkers' Yomo 109-004 engine, with a thrust-to-weight ratio of 1,181 and a 50-hour overhaul life. Despite its crudeness and high failure rate, it was one of the most successful early airjet engines in aviation history.

Despite its significant advantages, the ME262 also has shortcomings such as unreliable engine operation, poor air combat maneuverability, sluggish acceleration and roll rate, and complex handling.

ME262 became the successor to HE178 and HE280. The third successful jet in the history of German aviation, and eight months before the British Meteor, another practical military jet in Europe, was introduced. However, compared with the jet fighters of the Chinese Empire, such as the J-11, A5, F6, and B2, which have been industrially mass-produced and deployed in actual combat, they are far behind.

But. The successful development of the ME262 still made the German community happy, threatening that only 3 fighters could resist one ME262, and even directly made a big statement to compete with the J-11 fighters of the Chinese Empire.

Soon. The Luftwaffe acquired 30 ME262 fighters, and the Luftwaffe immediately sent them to the Stalingrad battlefield to fight against the Flying Tigers of the Imperial Chinese Volunteer Air Force, where they were showing off their might.

The Flying Tigers were given the title by the Soviet Red Army to the Air Force of the Imperial Chinese Volunteers to commemorate their great victory in the air battle of Navarre. As well as a great contribution to the Soviet Red Army in the Battle of Stalingrad, due to the presence of the Flying Tigers. Over Stalingrad, an air corridor appeared that the Allied Air Force could not pass - the Flying Tiger Corridor.

The Luftwaffe sent these 30 ME262 fighters to seek out the bad luck of the Flying Tigers and avenge the annihilation of the 3rd Air Wing in Berlin in the air battle of Navarre.

But in the air battle of Stalingrad on October 7, 1942. The thirty ME262 fighters of the Luftwaffe were once again defeated by the Flying Tigers of the Chinese Empire, but this time the result was not a one-sided slaughter.

In a weak situation of 30 to 42, the Luftwaffe paid the price of 11 fighters being shot down in exchange for the glorious achievement of shooting down a J-11 fighter of the Chinese Empire, which greatly encouraged the Luftwaffe, because since the J-11 fighters of the Chinese Empire went to the battlefield, there has not been a record of being shot down, and the Luftwaffe broke the myth that the J-11 fighters of the Chinese Imperial Air Force were undefeated, but it did not change the outcome of the air battle. ╔╗

On the contrary, in this air battle, the Luftwaffe's ME262 jet fighters exposed a large number of weaknesses, such as unreliable engine work and stopping in the air at every turn. Poor maneuverability, sluggish acceleration and roll rate, and complicated maneuvering during air combat all led to the end of the aircraft being severely beaten when it encountered the J-11 fighter of the Chinese Empire.

Although the Flying Tigers of the Chinese Empire helped the Soviet Air Force control air supremacy over Stalingrad, it did not stop the attack on Stalingrad by the large Allied ground forces. Although the German army could not surpass the J-11 in terms of fighter quality, the Allied Air Force had a huge number of combat aircraft, and soon, the Allied planes successively destroyed various airfields and field airfields near Stalingrad, making the J-11 fighter and A5 fighter aircraft unable to be stationed near Stalingrad, and were forced to kilowatt rear, and for jet fighters, although the combat effectiveness is strong, the biggest problem is that the fuel endurance is short, which is far less than the propeller fighter endurance, So the number of air support in the Stalingrad direction per day was reduced.

The Soviets continued to repair the airfield, while the Germans continued to bomb and attack in the interval.

Hoth's Chapter 607 regimental army was ordered to attack northeast along the Koternikovo-Stalingrad railway on August 1, and on the same day quickly broke through the defensive line of the Soviet Chapter 607 regimental army and occupied Montenaya. On August 3, Hot captured Kotelnikovo, and then broke through the defenses of the Soviet 607th Regiment on the 5th, and advanced to the area of Abuganerovo, but then encountered increasingly stubborn resistance and counterattacks by the Soviet army, and Hot had to give up the idea of capturing Stalingrad independently. Switched to the defensive on August 9.

On August 5, the Supreme Command of the Soviet Army decided to reorganize the Stalingrad Front into two fronts, the South-East and the Stalingrad Front, under the unified command of General Vasilevsky. The Southeastern Front was commanded by Colonel-General Yeremenko and was organized into regimental armies of chapters 64, 57 and 607. As well as the Tank Chapter 607 Regiment Army, the Tank Chapter 607 Regiment Army. The Stalingrad Front was still under the command of Lieutenant General Goldov and consisted of the 607th Tank Corps, the 607th Tank Corps, and the 607th Tank Corps.

On 19 August, Paulus and Holt resumed their offensive. Paulus's Chapter 607 regimental army attacked southeast from Trekhostrovkaya, northwest of Stalingrad, broke through the defensive line of the Soviet Chapter 607 regimental army in the Verbach and Piskovatka sections on the 22nd, forced the Don River, occupied Karachi, and on the 23rd, the 14th Panzer Army advanced to the Yertovka area on the northern outskirts of Stalingrad. Advance to the Volga and separate the Soviet 607th regimental army from the main forces of the Stalingrad Front. The 607th Regiment of the Hort attacked north from the Abuganerovo area in the south, broke through the defenses of the 607th Regiment of the Soviet Union, and advanced to the Gavrilovka area south of the city on the 29th. Its striker has moved out to Gyeongguta Station. Paulus's Chapter 607 Regimental Army's right flank made contact with Hoth's Chapter 607 Regimental Army's left flank in the Staraya Rogachik area. At the same time, the German 607th Regiment and the 607th Guards Regiment went to Stalingrad. ╔╗

August 29th. Zhukov flew to Stalingrad and began to organize the counterattack of the 607th Regiment and the 607th Guards Regimental Army. Stalin telegraphed Zhukov with a request for an immediate assault on Stalingrad in order to ease local tensions.

At dawn on September 5, Zhukov threw 3 new armies into a counterattack, due to the haste of preparations. The counterattack did not reach the desired goal. That night, Stalin ordered Zhukov to continue the assault. 6th. The Soviets attacked again and failed again. 10th. The Soviets attempted to launch a surprise attack from the north to restore contact with the Chapter 607 regimental army, but failed. On the 12th, the Soviets withdrew to the perimeter of the city, and the outer defensive zone had been completely lost, and the Germans broke through the city defense of Stalingrad and advanced from the south to the Volga River, separating the 607th Chapter 607 regimental army guarding the city from the rest of the troops on the battlefield.

The Allied forces in the Stalingrad direction totaled more than 50 divisions, of which 13 divisions with more than 170,000 men attacked Stalingrad directly. Although the Soviet Stalingrad Front and the Southeastern Front had 120 divisions, there was a serious shortage of personnel, and the actual defense of Stalingrad was the 607th Regiment Army, with a total of more than 90,000 people, more than 1,000 artillery pieces, and 120 tanks.

On September 13, the Germans began the siege of the city. Before that, German JU88 bombers bombed the city into ruins with incendiary bombs, and the reinforcement of the water routes along the Volga to Stalingrad was also affected. Paulus Chapter 607 The regimental army acted as the main force and carried out a fierce assault from the north of the city. Hoth's Chapter 607 regimental army advanced from the south of the city to meet Paulus' main attack north of the city. The 607th Regiment under the command of Lieutenant General Chuikov and the 607th Regiment under the command of Major General Shumilov were given the task of defending the city of Stalingrad.

On the 14th, the German army broke into the city from the north of the city and launched a fierce street battle with the Soviet 607th Chapter Regiment Army, and the two sides repeatedly fought street by street, building by building, house by house. Stalingrad was turned into a rubble field, and 80% of the city's residential areas were destroyed. In the city, which was full of rubble and ruins, the Soviet Chapter 607 regimental army put up stubborn resistance, and fierce gun battles broke out in every street, every building, and every factory in the city. The number of German casualties in the assault on the city continued to mount. Despite the frequent bombardment of the eastern bank of the Volga by the Germans, the Soviets received constant supplies and support from there. The average survival time of the Red Army soldiers who had just arrived in the city was no more than 24 hours, and the average survival time of the officers was only about three days. The main tactics of the German army were joint operations of all arms, and great attention was paid to the coordination of ground bombardment by infantry, engineering troops, artillery, and air force. In order to counter this tactic, the Soviet commanders adopted a close-quarters strategy, trying to keep their own front line as close as possible to the Germans. As a result, the artillery units of the German army could not play to the advantages of long-range attacks.

The Flying Tigers of the Chinese Imperial Volunteers dispatched 50 A5 night two-seat attack planes to support the Battle of Stalingrad, inflicting heavy casualties on the German tanks entering the city. Meantime. Most of the Chinese armament units in the Soviet army are equipped with anti-tank rocket launchers and anti-tank sniper rifles, which have played a huge role in the defense of Moscow, and they are also used by the Soviet army at this time, and the effect is also very obvious. Repelled several attacks by German tank units.

On September 15, the Germans carried out a major assault on the Mamayev Heights. The high ground was the commanding height of Stalingrad, from which you could overlook and control the whole city, and the headquarters of Lieutenant General Chuikov's 607th Regiment was located here. After a day of brutal fighting, the Germans occupied the Mamayev Heights.

But on the night of the 16th, the A5 night attack aircraft of the Chinese Empire attacked again, inflicting heavy losses on the Germans, and then the 13th Soviet Guards Division crossed the Volga River and entered Stalingrad. ╔╗ Suddenly launched a counterattack on the German army and recaptured the high ground.

Many important strongholds were repeatedly fought by both sides, and the battle for the first railway station lasted for a week, and the Germans were desperate. Step by step, we are approaching the city center.

On September 25, the Germans occupied the city center, on the 27th they stormed the northern factory area and reoccupied the Mamayev Heights, but because the Soviets had the help of powerful A5 ground attack aircraft of the Chinese Imperial Volunteers at night. In addition, from time to time, the Chinese Imperial Air Force would seize the opportunity to carry out a strategic air raid to destroy the German supplies on the periphery, so that the German army was weak to follow, and the position was recaptured by the Soviet army on the 29th.

Later battles were even more intense. The armies of both sides were constantly alternating between occupying the heights. The Stalingrad industrial zone was built in the hills, and the buildings were poured with reinforced concrete or made of stone. The advance of the German army was not in kilometers. Rather, it is measured in meters. Chapter 607 One of the regimental troops is called Hans? In his book "On the March to Stalingrad", Del's officer wrote: "There was a fierce battle between the enemy and the enemy for every house, workshop, water tower, railway embankment, even for a wall, a basement, and every pile of rubble. The intensity is unprecedented. "The train station was fought over 13 times. In a large grain warehouse. The soldiers of the two armies were so close that they could even hear each other's breathing, and after weeks of hard fighting, the Germans had to withdraw from the warehouse.

In another part of the city, by Yankov? A small detachment commanded by Pavlov (6 people in total) occupied an apartment building in the center of the city and put up stubborn resistance. The soldiers planted a large number of mines near the building, installed machine guns in the windows, and opened the basement partition wall to facilitate communication. This tenacious fortress was later proudly called the "Pavlov Building" by the Soviets

With no sign of the end of the battle, the Germans began to move heavily armoured units, including 600-mm mortars, into the city. However, the Soviet artillery units on the east bank of the Volga put the Germans under their artillery fire. And the Red Army defense units in the city still used the ruins to fight. Due to the fact that the city was covered with piles of rubble and abandoned buildings several meters high, the German tank forces were useless.

In addition, the sniper units of the Soviet Union's Central Armament Corps, which had all graduated from the training of the Chinese Imperial Special Operators at this time, quickly joined the Battle of Stalingrad and very successfully used the ruins as cover, inflicting heavy casualties on the German army. One of the most successful snipers, Zikan, had killed 224 enemies by 20 November.

For both Stalin and Hitler, the Battle of Stalingrad was a crucial battle that made or broke the battle. Stalin attached great importance to the city that bears his name, much more than he attached to Moscow. And Hitler did not want to lose again, the defeat in the last Battle of Moscow already annoyed him very much.

The Soviet command shifted its strategic focus from Moscow to the Volga region and mobilized all the country's air power in support of Stalingrad. At the end of September and the beginning of October, the Soviets transferred 6 infantry divisions and 1 tank brigade to the city of Stalingrad. The Germans transferred 200,000 additional troops, including 90 artillery battalions and 40 siege-trained engineer battalions.

The commanders of the forces on both sides were under tremendous pressure. Paulus, the commander of the German army, suffered from eye muscle spasms, and Chuikov also suffered from eczema in the basement headquarters where there was no daylight, so much so that he had to completely bandage his hands.

At this time, the German front in the southern part of the Soviet Union was more than 1,250 miles long from Kursk and Voronezh through Stalingrad to Mozdok. Together with the 800 miles between Kursk and Leningrad, the total length of the German front in the Soviet Union was more than 2,000 miles. And with the strength and resources of Germany, it was simply not enough to maintain such a long front. Particularly dangerous was the fact that the 350-mile stretch from Stalingrad along the Don River to Voronezh was uncovered.

The German Army originally did not believe in the combat effectiveness of the Spanish, Italian, and Finnish teams of the Central Powers. Therefore, they were hardly needed in the attack on Stalingrad, but now Hitler had no choice but to die as a horse doctor, hoping that the allies would behave better.

The Germans themselves could not spare forces to fill this gap, so they had to deploy three army groups of vassal states on this line: the Hungarian Chapter 607 regiment was south of Voronezh; Italian Chapter 607 Regiment Corps is farther to the southeast; The 607th Regimental Army of Romania was due west of Stalingrad, on the right side of the Don Bay bend. This made the front very narrow and long, and even in some sections there was only one field platoon to defend the entire 12 kilometers of defense.

And the Soviets retained several points of attack on the south bank of the Volga, which posed a potential threat to the Germans. Hitler was not unaware that the troops of these vassals, which were extremely poorly equipped and combat-ready, were not sufficient for this task. However, he was convinced that if he could quickly capture Stalingrad, he would be able to draw enough troops. Chief of Staff of the German Army, Franz? Halder expressed concern and dissent that Stalingrad was unattainable, and strongly advocated abandoning the operation. and retreat westward. As a result, at the end of September, Hitler dismissed the chief of the General Staff of the Halder Army and appointed Kurt, the former commander-in-chief of the German army in France. Colonel-General Zeitzler was appointed the new Chief of the Army General Staff.

Just when the Germans and the Soviets were fighting fiercely in the direction of Stalingrad, an anti-submarine military operation against the Song-class submarines of the Chinese Empire began in the waters from the Barents Sea to the Arctic Ocean in the north.

Agitated from September onwards, Hitler and Roosevelt united the most powerful anti-submarine forces in both countries to begin cleaning up the oceanic black hole of the American-German shipping route. It was clear to the commanders of the navies of both countries that such a powerful submarine should belong not to the USSR, but to the Imperial Chinese Navy.

Although the United States and Germany did not have the evidence to accuse the Chinese empire, they both wanted to fight. I also want to take the opportunity to test the true strength of the submarine fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and at the same time accumulate and sum up experience in advance for possible future battles with the Chinese Imperial Navy.

September 6. More than 20 destroyers of the 3rd Submarine Hunting Group of the US-German Joint Fleet launched bow rocket depth bombs during training to test the power of the new anti-submarine rockets.

Soon. The senior US and German naval officials who watched the training thought that it was okay to give it a try, so the US and German Navy Joint Command pulled the 3rd Submarine Hunting Group to the Barents Sea to carry out a six-day day and night attack operation in the sea area where the US and German fleets were often attacked, to test the performance of the new submarine hunting and to find the exposed tail of the Chinese Empire.

At 11 p.m. on September 8, on the Barents Sea, the night was like ink. More than 20 ships of the Third Submarine Hunting Group of the US-German Combined Fleet, which were at anchor at sea, urgently lifted anchor in the darkness of night and rushed to the No. 12 sea area.

The U.S.-German Joint Command received a distress signal that it had been attacked by an unidentified submarine in the Barents Sea 12. The US-German Joint Command immediately judged that the mysterious submarines were attacking again, so in order to protect the safety of merchant ships, the Third Submarine Hunting Group quickly rushed to the sea area to carry out submarine attack operations.

The Third Anti-submarine Squadron of the US-German Combined Fleet advanced through the waves in the night sea, aiming directly at the ambush area of the "enemy" submarine.

"Woo" A rush of battle sirens suddenly sounded. The US-German joint submarine hunting formation quickly accelerated into a single horizontal formation, forming a blockade line in depth.

In order to prove that it was the Chinese Imperial Submarines that attacked the American and German merchant fleets without declaring war, the United States and German Joint Command specially arranged for reporters from various countries to be on the ship, including Miss Lan Mei, a reporter from the Imperial Times of the Chinese Empire.

In the sonar room, Sergeant Major IV and sonar chief Wacker carefully identified every underwater echo and did not miss any clues.

"Azimuth 235, 2.2 nautical miles away, metal echoes found."

"Determine the nature of the target."

"It's a submarine!"

Miss Lan Mei's heart suddenly pinched, although she was very excited to participate in the actual combat anti-submarine operation, but she also learned from the grapevine that the United States suspected that it was a new type of submarine of the Chinese Empire that attacked their fleet, as a journalist, he hoped to be able to get the news, but as a citizen of the Chinese Empire, Miss Lan Mei did not want her country's submarine to be discovered in this situation.

"The target is gone!"

However, just as they were preparing to attack at the measured distance and location of the target, WACKER reported that the target had disappeared and the "prey" was suddenly and silently hidden.

Lan Mei breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the news, but she also felt a little ambivalent and disappointed.

Immediately, Colonel Qiao Sen, who was in command of the boat, immediately ordered the ship to quickly form a single horizontal team and continue the search.

"There was a slight echo in the stern direction and then disappeared."

Half an hour later, WACKER again reported to the command post.

"Left full rudder!"

Colonel Jossen told reporters from various countries that judging from the situation reported by sonar troops, the "enemy" submarine may have discovered the whereabouts of our formation and seized the opportunity to hide in the direction of the stern of the boat with the weakest signal in an attempt to escape from the rear of the formation.

Sure enough, the sonar site quickly received a strong echo, which showed that it was the information signature of the submarine.

The German officers and men immediately perked up their spirits, blurted out a series of data locking on to the target, and promptly reported the location and distance of the target to the submarine hunting command post.

Miss Lanmei's heart tugged again.

"The formation launched an attack formation, and each boat quickly entered the attack position!" Qiao Sen issued orders one after another, he hoped that this would force the submarines of the Chinese Empire out of the water, and then the Chinese Empire would fall into a huge passive state.

The boats of the 3rd Submarine Hunting Group of the US-German Combined Fleet quickly changed their formation, entered the combat course at the fastest speed, and entered the attack procedure at full speed, laying a wide net in the vast sea.

Following Qiao Sen's order, dozens of anti-submarine rockets and anti-submarine depth charges launched from different directions and distances went straight to the target sea area and stabbed at the underwater "enemy" submarine.

In an instant, rows of towering columns of water rose into the sky on the surface of the sea.

Soon, the sonar soldier reported that he had hit the enemy submarine, and Miss Lanmei's heart suddenly rose to her throat.

By this time, the eastern sky had broken break.

By the pre-dawn light, a broken submarine surfaced, and the destroyers of the combined American and German fleets approached and quickly captured it.

"It's the Soviets!"

Upon hearing this, Lan Mei's heart suddenly relaxed, and the Virtue Commanders were greatly disappointed, it was clear that they had not achieved their intended purpose.

"Damn it! This Soviet submarine did not fire a single torpedo! It wasn't her who attacked just now! ”

Qiao Sen suddenly sighed and said, "Let her run away again!" ”

At this moment, less than 1.2 kilometers from the United States and Germany's joint submarine hunting fleet, a huge submarine was suspended 150 meters underwater - he was a Song-class submarine Sturgeon of the Atlantic Fleet submarine fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy.

Having just sunk two American merchant ships, the radar crew suddenly reported that a large number of enemy warships were coming, so Lieutenant Commander Zhang Sen, the captain of the Sturgeon, quickly gave up the attack and stayed underwater to wait and see.

During a series of anti-submarine operations of the United American and German fleets, a Soviet submarine unexpectedly appeared nearby, only to be discovered and destroyed by the American and German submarine hunters.

"Intercepted radio communications, unencrypted, roughly the contents of which are open media reports on anti-submarine operations of the US-German combined fleet!"

"Looks like you're trying to dig up the empire! It's too much to overpower! ”

Zhang Sen snorted coldly, and suddenly ordered: "Three to six torpedoes are ready!" Send them back to their hometown! (To be continued.) ).