Chapter 312: Aircraft Carriers
After a midnight rest, the officers and men of the 72nd Army have recovered to the past, whether it is physical, mental, or combat effectiveness, they are all as good as before.
The kind of murderous aura that can only be honed on the battlefield, with a hatred in the murderous aura, makes people frightened.
Yesterday's war did not have much impact on the 72nd Army, except for some emotion in the hearts of the soldiers, but more of it was summing up yesterday's experience, which was the experience that he exchanged for his life, which was very precious.
With the arrival of the armored forces and the 91st Division, the Wehrmacht side was obviously much more relaxed, whether it was to deter the enemy or comfort itself, the pressure on the Wehrmacht's side was suddenly reduced several times. Later, the commander of the army was still unwilling to fail, and once again stopped several charges.
But in the face of the Wehrmacht, which had been replenished in strength, it was defeated faster than before. There was a tank, a mobile turret and two machine guns, as well as fire assistance from the 91st Division, a unit of the first class. The Seventy-Second Army managed these attacks with little effort. Even before he could reach the front of the position, he retreated.
Having suffered a heavy blow, they still had the feeling of living in a dream at this time, and they could not accept the result of killing more than 100,000 people in one day, let alone the current situation, and suffered heavy losses before they reached the enemy. And on this day, the Wehrmacht units seemed to be more active than before. From time to time, the mobile turrets fired artillery at the crowd, and the army units seemed to deliberately want to push the line outward.
The commander of the army, however, was helpless at this time, watching the Wehrmacht advance step by step. It wasn't that he hadn't thought of stopping it, but the harsh reality told him that he couldn't stop the Wehrmacht. With this little strength of the Yue Army, even if the crowd tactics were used, the expected results could not be accomplished. From the current situation, it can be seen that the Wehrmacht will only be able to send the next batch of reinforcements to the mainland in one day.
They have lost their best fighting opportunity, and it is now impossible to drive these Wehrmacht units out into the sea. And maybe at this time tomorrow, more Wehrmacht soldiers will land in Ben, and when that time comes, what will be done? Is it a battle or a surrender? No one knows, if the top doesn't speak, the people below can only continue to defend the line, but it is clear that this is a way to commit suicide.
It is only now that I have begun to gradually understand that in front of the Chinese, the tactics of crowds obviously do not work. People have a population of more than 400 million, and you are only 40 million, what do you use to fight with others? Moreover, other people's equipment is more advanced than yours, and the troops are stronger than you, so they must stabilize you in all aspects.
What should I do for the sake of this? At this time, no one knew that the high Emperor Moto could only sigh at this time, shaking his head vigorously, as if he wanted to hollow out the little thing inside, and then stuff it into a handful of mud.
With the help of the armored forces, the plan to advance on the front was finally carried out smoothly. At this time, the army had lost the ability to counterattack, and they had already failed, both in terms of strength and spirit. And what they have to face is nothing more than a final choice, resistance? Or submissive?
But obviously, these things don't matter anymore, whether it is resistance or surrender, there is only one ultimate fate for Yueben, that is, he is trampled under the feet of the Chinese Empire, as long as the Chinese Empire exists for a day, then Yueben will not want to turn over. North Korea was used as an example, and it is not known which other countries will follow in the footsteps. But that's all for later.
The naval fleet was busy between Honhon, and night after night, sending Wehrmacht soldiers to the homeland of Babon and then returning to Busan to continue the same work. In addition to the tremendous pressure from the beginning, the war in the Far East has obviously changed significantly.
The war seems to have once again been one-sided, of course, in addition to the power of the armored forces, it is more the pressure of the army units on the side. If an army of more than 50,000 people can resist the frenzied onslaught of hundreds of thousands of people in a day, and only more than 5,000 people are killed in battle, then it is obvious that if you want to completely eat these more than 50,000 people, you must at least be mentally prepared to lose more than 200,000 people, otherwise it will be impossible to accomplish it at all.
One army after another was quickly sent to the mainland, including the Third Army, an ancient structure that has existed for more than ten years. It can be said that since Wang Lin's debut, the only unit that has been preserved relatively intact and has not undergone many reorganizations. Even the 18th Army, which was all the rage at that time, had undergone several large and small reorganizations.
On the other hand, he fell into a short period of tranquility, but in this tranquility, he felt a greater pressure.
At the same time, in Europe, the Germans still did not stop the pace of attack, after getting the support of the Chinese Empire, the Germans not only continued to buy a large number of tanks produced by the Chinese Empire, but also faintly proposed to increase the number of aircraft purchased, in order to speed up the pace of the end of the war, Wang Lin finally agreed to increase the number of fighters sold to Germany to 300.
Verdun, the historical battlefield of the meat grinder, has not yet escaped the wheel of history, and here, a battle that has just ended a sensation in the world, with a total of millions of troops invested by Germany and France, and the result is obvious. The Germans, who were supported by the Chinese, were superior to their opponents, the French, both in infantry tactics and in terms of armor numbers. Although the French relied on strong defenses to delay or deplete the Germans. But in the face of the torrent of steel, the French still looked weak, and they could not stop the Germans from advancing.
The French suffered heavy losses in this battle, and it is almost confirmed that the French are about to face defeat. And the Germans, after the victory, did not get carried away, their goal was not just to defeat the French, there was much more waiting for them to do. In addition to defeating the French, in addition to one of their wishes, more often than not, the French still play the role of a passerby. Because the strength of Germany and France at this time is not proportional at all.
Wuhan, inside the Imperial Palace.
Wang Lin teased his son Wang Zhan with little interest, looking at the little daughter in his wife's arms, with a happy smile on his face. But deep in Wang Lin's heart, he was not so relaxed. The soldiers are still working hard in the front, how can he, the emperor, live carefree in the rear?
Today is just a little bit of free time, and Wang Lin has time to spend with his wife and children during the day. Although he was groggy when he got married, he was also a little dizzy and got married like this, but Wang Lin did not object, at least it turned out that Wang Lin is still happy now. His wife did not complain to Wang Lin because he was busy with work and lost the whole family, although the children were gradually growing up, they were infected by Wang Lin all the time.
From Wang Zhan's words and deeds, it is not difficult to see that there is a trace of Wang Lin's shadow, although Wang Zhan is still young at this time, it can be seen that in the future, Wang Zhan is by no means a weak lord. Wang Lin can't control the far-reaching things, as long as he can train the next generation of emperors for the country with his heart, this is also the only thing Wang Lin can do for the country at this time.
"Your Majesty!" Yang Zhiping took two telegrams in his hand, came to Wang Lin's side and whispered.
Yang Zhiping didn't want to disturb Wang Lin's short happy time, after following Wang Lin for a long time, Yang Zhiping could also feel the helplessness in Wang Lin's heart, since he chose the right, he always had to lose something, people can't have the best of both worlds, let alone have both. Sometimes if you choose one thing, then the other one will naturally be lost.
Wang Lin is now the first person in China, and even stomps his feet, and the whole world will tremble, but who can understand the pain in his heart? Living with their own families, but always endlessly busy, never having time to laugh and be happy with them.
Originally, he had planned to suppress this matter first and report it after a while, but Yang Zhiping looked at the two telegrams in his hand, which Wang Lin had specially explained before, and once there was news, he would be notified immediately, so at this time, Yang Zhiping did not dare to slack off.
Wang Lin took the telegram and looked at it, his eyes couldn't help but show a trace of excitement, now that there is such exciting news, no one can hide it. But immediately, Wang Lin looked apologetically at his wife Li Ruoyan. I saw Li Ruoyan smile softly and signaled Wang Lin to be busy with work first.
Wang Lin smiled bitterly and nodded, with such a wife by his side in his life, what more could a husband ask for?
When he came to the office, Wang Lin called the five domestic giants over at this time. This kind of news is not only military, but also political. The five giants in China, in fact, strictly speaking, are only two giants, Premier Li Ping of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Tang San, Minister of National Defense, and the other three are the commanders of the three ministries of the navy, land and air.
It didn't take long for the five giants to come to Wang Lin's office in a hurry, and no one knew what Wang Lin was calling them to do at this time, or if there was any new news to be released. But they consciously have a unified understanding, Wang Lin called them all over at this time, then it will not be a trivial matter.
You must know that the five of them are also reasonable people, not to mention that it coincides with the war period, although they still live an ordinary life at home, but they have long been filled with gunsmoke abroad, especially Yueben, I can't even find a place to cry at this time, and even they don't know how to offend the Chinese? Of course, it is not impossible to say that the idea in his heart is known to the Chinese, so he directly hits the local area of Yuben to take revenge, but it is obvious that he does not believe this inference.
A few people looked at the smile on Wang Lin's face, and they were secretly surprised in their hearts. Why does this look weird today? If there is really anything to be happy about, then it is undoubtedly that I have surrendered and become the second Chinese country. But if he really surrendered, the first person to know should be Tang San, not Wang Lin. After all, this kind of thing still has to be notified by the army, and then the Ministry of Defense will report it to the emperor.
This is a procedural issue, but Tang San has not received any news about this, the only thing that can be happy is that he has no power to fight back now, and victory is only a matter of time, not enough to worry about at all. But this matter is obviously not enough to make Wang Lin behave like this.
Several people in the office were all confused at this time. Wang Lin shouted them over in a hurry, could it be just to make them look at Wang Lin and giggle at himself? If this is really the case, then a few people can only smile helplessly, who makes the family the emperor? And they are emperors who can't rebel themselves, even if they sometimes play themselves, they still don't dare to show the slightest displeasure.
Not to mention that they want to rebel, even if they want to, they don't need Wang Lin to make a move, and I don't know which loyal person will kill them directly, and several of them are the most loyal people to Wang Lin, and they have never thought about rebellion at all. So what is Wang Lin excited about? Wang Lin didn't speak, and a few people didn't dare to ask so bluntly, so they could only stand here stupidly and wait. If you let people know that these big people who are enough to call for wind and rain outside, people who have long been rumored to be myths among the people, but they don't even dare to put a fart when they come to Wang Lin, how would they feel?
"Good news! Good news! Wang Lin couldn't help but say out loud, there is good news that everyone should share together, not to mention this good news that he has been waiting for for more than ten years?
"Your Majesty, what's the good news?" Li Ping asked confusedly. The situation in the country is enough to give Li Ping a headache, but at this time, hearing Wang Lin say that there is good news, Li Ping, who is the boss of internal affairs, can't help frowning, if Tang San and others are not present at this time, the good news that Wang Lin said may still make Li Ping feel a little excited, but now, it is obvious. According to Li Ping's understanding of Wang Lin, this so-called good news must be inseparable from the military aspect, but anything linked to the military, Li Ping will suffer fiercely for a while.
Not to mention anything else, although there is no shortage of funds in the country at present, since the advent of military stamps, basically as much as they print, how much they print, how much they use, but the same problem has arisen, too much use of military stamps, after the war will undoubtedly have a huge impact on the market economy. If the political axe is unable to repay these debts, there is a high risk that the country will be in trouble as a result. Only now the country's debt has reached an outrageous level.
Li Ping really couldn't believe that if this war was fought for a few more years, what would happen to the country's debt? The country's excessive debt will lead to an extremely serious financial crisis, and according to the current level of development of the Chinese Empire, this financial crisis is likely to be a global surname in the future. But now Li Ping has no heart to pay attention to these anymore, as long as it is something that Wang Lin decides, it is basically certain, and no one can change this fact.
"We just got the news that we have successfully built the first aircraft carrier!"
"Aircraft carriers? What's that? Several people wondered together, for this kind of new thing, even the few people who are national leaders are not very clear, and they have never heard Wang Lin mention this kind of thing before.
"An aircraft carrier is a large ship that can be used for aircraft to take off and land for combat. An aircraft carrier, as the name suggests, is a mobile airfield at sea, that is, for some time in the future, we can deliver air strikes against any enemy within the coverage range, anytime, anywhere, as long as the weather conditions allow. Wang Lin said triumphantly.
Originally, I didn't plan to let the aircraft carrier come out so early, but it's not too early to think about it, when did the world's first aircraft carrier appear Wang Lin forgot, but it is certain that during World War I, according to historical comparison, Wang Lin launched the aircraft carrier at this time, but it was only about ten years ahead of the world.
However, Wang Lin ignored an important issue, the aircraft carrier he has here is not the first aircraft carrier he built, but the first aircraft carrier made by the red police unit, and next, the red police unit will help organize a large number of professionals to conduct training, and then the red police unit will take the lead in manufacturing the second, third, and even fourth aircraft carriers.
As for carrier-based aircraft, Wang Lin is really not worried at all. The carrier-based aircraft during World War II is actually not much different from the land-based, if you really want to find it, it can only be said that the folding wings and tail hooks are different, and the carrier-based aircraft has higher requirements for forward visibility, but this is mainly to facilitate the landing of fighters on aircraft carriers.
On the basis of the original fighters, there are red police units that can be refitted. After making so many planes and personally guiding them by the Red Police, the aviation manufacturing units had already learned this method of production, and they would just continue to study it in the future.
"Is it really that powerful?" Admiral Chen Yu raised his mouth and asked in disbelief.
Chenyu, who has long seen the powerful air force, was unable to support naval operations because of the range of the aircraft, which made Chenyu really depressed, and now when he heard that there was such a guy, it caught Chenyu a little off guard.
Wang Lin nodded heavily, aircraft carriers are equipment that must be installed sooner or later, at the moment the Germans have won a victory in the European theater, and the Chinese have won a victory in the Far East, Britain, the United States, France, Russia and other countries are undoubtedly a headache, if they learn that the Chinese Empire has developed an aircraft carrier, they will be even worse.
(To be continued)