While the Chinese, the Entente and Italy were actively preparing for a counterattack, the Germans were not idle, and while repairing and maintaining the heavy bomber force, the Luftwaffe was also studying the next stage of the plan of action. However, they thought that there were no major loopholes in the tactical level, and the only problem may be that the number of fighters was a little small, so that when they broke through the last line of defense, it was almost the Lancers Wing who rushed hard, although the final scrap and loss of bombers was only 8, but it also made Grim's heart ache, after all, the cost of such a heavy bomber was agreed to be about 6 fighters.

"If the opposing fighter fire is more intense, my losses will be greater, so I hope my wing can get more fighter cover." Richthofen asked for this in a telegram to Richthofen, and for the man who had just made a great contribution, Richthofen generously provided Grinch with three fighter squadrons to escort him, but at the same time asked for him to take two other squadrons of twin-engine bombers with him in the next attack.

"Looks like I've been promoted? Maybe it won't be long before I can sit on the throne of the commander of the Air Forces? Grim muttered to himself. Still, he found something unusual in Richthofen's callback. "Two more strategic bomber wings are leaving?" Grim suddenly had such an idea in his heart, if this is the case, the burden on his shoulders is not small, it turns out that the Lancer Wing is the mainstay, and the other two strategic bomber wings are supplemented, and almost two strategic bomber wings can be drawn out. And if your guess is correct, it means that the strategic bombing of the central Italian theater will be dominated by itself, although some twin-engine bombers will be added. But the intensity will inevitably decrease. So what will the two strategic bomber wings drawn out do? A big question mark popped up.

Grim guessed right, the Luftwaffe top brass was indeed redeployed, and two more strategic bomber wings were transferred to Crete and Egypt. Among them, the strategic bombers deployed in the south will attack the East African Sword Wing in Italy's East African colony under the cover of long-range fighters, which has once again knocked a group of transport ships trying to smuggle into the bottom of the sea some time ago. This annoyed the Luftwaffe as a whole, so they decided to place an air force in Egypt to suppress the wing.

The strategic bomber units deployed in western Egypt and Crete were preparing to launch an offensive against southern Italy and Sicily, and the Luftwaffe believed that they had already damaged the enemy air force in central Italy, so all that remained was to concentrate on southern Italy and Libya in North Africa. In order to take the whole of Italy as much as possible. At the same time, Austria-Hungary also expressed its willingness to invest in a long-range bomber force that it had worked so hard to build to join the war, which made the Germans breathe a sigh of relief and boldly divide their forces.

"The main targets for the next phase are tentatively the regions of Naples, Ankio and Terrazina, which are important distribution centers and air bases in southern Italy. Once destroyed, they would be able to completely cut off the southern transport and supplies to the vicinity of Rome. "Grim is at the headquarters arranging tasks for his captains. The Germans eventually opted for a strategy of intermediate breakthroughs, the first attack inflicting heavy damage on Florence and Bologna, the immediate and important hubs of central and northern Italy, and the second to destroy the Naples region. Then the Italian battlefield became three separate stages. The German-Austrian army could then cross the Adriatic Sea and set foot on the Apennine Peninsula. And then play to their army strengths.

"Why don't we go further south? For example, Messina and Palermo in Sicily were included in the attack? If we can inflict heavy damage on the Italian navy, then we can end the war much faster. A German officer asked, pointing to a map.

"There is the main force of the Italian Navy there, there are nearly 300 carrier-based aircraft alone, plus the aircraft from land-based airfields, the number will be terrifying, and there are also a large number of anti-aircraft artillery positions, which is almost the densest place for Italian anti-aircraft fire. Moreover, it is far away from our base, and if the other side is defeated, we can transfer to Sicily. It's hard for us to destroy it with a one-time attack. Grim replied. In fact, another reason is that a detachment of the Huaxia Navy is also stationed here, although the two sides have now fought each other. However, if this bomber formation had dropped bombs on the head of the Huaxia Fleet in the past, then the political consequences caused by this would not be what Germany wanted to see, and it would be most beneficial for both sides to fight without breaking it, and if it really made a big mistake, it would not end well.

"In addition, according to intelligence, the other side may send some aircraft equipped with heavy firepower to intercept us, and our fighter planes have a relatively short range, and after a series of fierce air battles, we cannot guarantee the full escort, I don't know if we have any better way to deal with it." Someone asked.

"We will be equipped with a new twin-engine fighter group, and they will help us solve these problems." Grim also heard what the other side was preparing, but he didn't think the Entente could do anything in a hurry, so he didn't particularly care about it.

And just as the Germans were preparing to launch a new offensive, the Italian side was also arranging a counterattack plan. "The task of replenishment and delivery to the area north of Florence has been given to the French, who are to deliver supplies directly to the region from the mainland. If the urgent need is relieved, then we only need to be in charge of the southern region, so we can shrink our forces and shrink the local land-based aviation to the line from Rome to Naples. Barry and Fasano had to give up for the time being. Because the pressure was so great that Messina's air force would be responsible for the defense of the surrounding area within a radius of 200 kilometers, while the naval air force would enter the Tyrrhenian Sea region and be ready to maneuver for support. Tycho said.

This plan was very conservative, ceding the airspace along the Adriatic coast, leaving only a few reconnaissance planes and fighters, and the vast majority of the main force began to shrink to the western coast and deploy at high densities. It seems that Tycho was going to do everything in his power to deliver a fatal blow to the other side.

"Reconnaissance needs to be strengthened, but fortunately the British have brought in their new aircraft, and the twin-engine aircraft have a long range and are very fast, and we can extend the reconnaissance range to the outskirts of Sarajevo. According to the internal situation, the take-off and assembly of the strategic bombers of the Germans would have taken a very long time. If our new reconnaissance aircraft can conduct reconnaissance in the opponent's airspace, it will give us about two hours of extra alert time. Lin Yongsheng on the side added. Italy was still careless about Germany's intelligence gathering, and the large-scale stationing of German strategic bomber forces in the Balkans could not be completely concealed, and before launching the strategic bombing again, there were already various signs that the Germans would make a big move, and as a result, this intelligence was not taken seriously by the relevant parties, and this time, the Allies and Italy stepped up their intelligence gathering work.

"The Air Force is building a final attack over the opponent's air attack city, we would like to ask for your opinion, their reason is very good, because when the bombers bomb, they will reduce their altitude, and the formation will be scattered, which is more conducive to our attack, from the time they begin to dissolve the formation to the time when they are regrouped, they will become scattered individuals, and the difficulty of the attack will be greatly reduced." Lin Yongsheng looked at the valley whose face turned cloudy, and said carefully. There are many advantages to this, but there are also disadvantages, that is, the opponent's bomb has been dropped, and the heavy bomber itself is an oversized bomb after crashing into the city or target area! Don't forget, there's tons of fuel in there!

"It's going to kill a lot of people." Tycho glanced at Lin Yongsheng and said. In his heart, there has always been a voice asking him to reject such a plan, but in the end he didn't say it, because he knew that the main force of this interception was Huaxia and the Allied Air Force, even if he objected, it was unknown whether the Allied Air Force Headquarters in Italy could accept it, and the last battle damage also made the Allied high-level scared, more than ten squadrons were heavily damaged and disabled in a battle, and this price was close to the bottom line of the Entente.

"We need time to evacuate people and supplies, and if anyone is willing to go with us, I hope there is a proper resettlement plan." After nearly a quarter of an hour of silence, Tycho finally did not say anything to refute it. However, he still hopes that those who have the ability and willingness to leave this soon-to-be-fallen country can have a better future.

"That's fine." Lin Yongsheng let out a sigh of relief, Tycho acquiesced in the other party's plan, and in return, Huaxia and the Entente naturally had to help these people. In the eyes of China and the Entente, Italy at this time was more like a testing ground for new weapons and strategies, and both sides took turns to send their most advanced weapons and tactics to this testing ground for testing, and then gained the experience and numbers they wanted. Looking at the brutal destruction brought about by the war, Lin Yongsheng could only rejoice that Huaxia was strong, and no one dared to do this to Huaxia.

Both sides are in full swing, just when the damage caused by the last strategic bombing has not been completely healed, the second wave of strategic bombing of the Luftwaffe is ready to launch, although the number of strategic bombers is less than the last time, but the number of twin-engine bombers has made up for the lack of attack power to a certain extent, and the accompanying air power has also increased. After nearly 3 weeks of preparation, the two sides who had re-completed the layout and adjustment once again opened their posture and prepared to fight. "Target Naples!" Grim said with a heavy touch of the pencil in his hand!

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