() Marshal Arthur Harris mentioned by LeMay was the commander of the Royal Air Force bomber force. The Royal Air Force has launched strategic bombing against Germany for longer than the U.S. Army Air Force. However, Britain’s industrial strength is far

Far inferior to that of the United States, which results in the Royal Air Force being far less capable of sustaining losses than the United States. In order to reduce losses, unlike its American allies who attack well-defended German industrial areas during the day, the Royal Air Force always uses nighttime

under cover to attack German targets at night.

Although night attacks bring interception difficulties to the defender, they also bring difficulties to the attacker to hit targets accurately. Bombing industrial targets that need to be hit accurately at night is too inefficient, so the British

People targeted the city.

The British believed that attacking cities, or to put it more clearly, attacking residential areas and killing a large number of German residents would not only undermine the morale of the German people, but also fundamentally affect industrial production.

Not long ago, the British Royal Air Force under the command of Marshal Arthur Harris used thousands of Lancaster heavy bombers to launch round after round of bombings against Hamburg, Germany, killing at least 100 people.

More than 50,000 German residents were killed. Almost the entire Hamburg was razed to the ground.

Now, in order to force the German Air Force to continue to fight hard, Ron and Li Mei thought of using large-scale air raids on the most important cities in Germany. If the US military could swagger in broad daylight and surpass the RAF's air raids in Hamburg,

scale, to Berlin, the capital of Germany

Lin, launched a deadly and accurate bombing. It would bring huge casualties to the Germans and seriously affect the morale of the Germans. LeMay even hoped that the Royal Air Force bombers could give up the habit of night raids and join the Americans in

Launched a major bombing raid on Berlin, Germany, during daylight hours.

Ron and Li Mei submitted this plan to General Doolittle. After reading it, General Doolittle was silent for a long time. Then, he spoke:

"General Li Mei, General Ron, are you sure there are no other options?" It seems that targeting civilians and launching large-scale air strikes on cities is still a bit difficult for Doolittle to accept.

"No other means can put enough pressure on the Germans in the short term." Li Mei replied without changing her face.

Ron was secretly impressed by Li Mei's performance. He was indeed the man who later burned down Tokyo, unlike Marshal Arthur Harris, who bombed Hamburg and Dresden and even confessed in his memoirs after the bombing.

I went. Look at Li Mei,

Later, the Japanese were burned almost all over. The number of little Japanese who were burned to death was not much less than those killed by the entire Chinese Anti-Japanese War during the eight years of the war. They were still able to accept the gratitude of the Japanese without changing their expressions, and they were very polite to that old boy Hirohito.

The Asahi Ri Medal is back.

Doolittle turned his attention to Ron.

"General, the German jets are an epoch-making creation. In the confrontation with this kind of aircraft, our exchange ratio is quite poor. Once the enemy accumulates enough numbers, we will not be able to compete with them."

"The British and we have corresponding jet programs."

"Yes, but the range of those aircraft is not enough to escort bombers. If we can force them to fight us now, then we can seize the opportunity now and consume the most experienced group of pilots in the Luftwaffe. Aircraft

It can be replenished quickly, but pilots cannot be replenished quickly. Once Germany's outstanding pilots are used up, even if they all fly advanced fighter jets, it will not be a concern."

"Then can we first give a warning to the residents of Berlin, telling them that they must leave before tomorrow. In this way, if the Germans really leave, it will be equivalent to admitting defeat, which may have a greater impact on morale.

And I think if we do this, the pressure on the Luftwaffe will be greater. And large-scale crowd movements will also make their capital chaotic. If the Germans continue to stay in Berlin, then they are all supporters of the Nazis.

If we blow them up, we can answer the question to domestic public opinion."

Ron looked at Doolittle with wide eyes. When he heard Doolittle's proposal at first, he thought General Doolittle was a holy mother. But who knew, he immediately threw out "to the country"

"Public opinion can be easily explained." It turns out that what Dolittle was struggling with was not whether he should do this, but how to do something and establish something at the same time.

"I didn't realize this guy was so sinister!" Ron cursed and hurriedly agreed:

"Tonight we will step up the printing of propaganda materials, and tomorrow morning we will use a shocking lineup of thousands of aircraft to drop leaflets. At the same time, starting from tonight, let the BBC add a bombing forecast program to the German broadcasts. By the way, let them laugh at the Luftwaffe's

These cowards."

…

A train was traveling towards Berlin in the dark night. The train's windows were tightly covered by special blackout curtains. Although the lights in the carriage were bright, it was only pitch black from the outside.

Marshal Spehler was sitting in the carriage of this train. He was sitting at the table and writing on a piece of paper. After a while, he crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it away.

Into the trash can.

"My God! How can I convince that Bohemian soldier?"

"Bohemian Soldier" was a nickname given to Hitler by the veteran Marshal Lundstedt in private. Hereditary military aristocrats like Lao Long always did not think highly of Hitler, who came from a humble background. The so-called "Bohemian"

"Semia" is a region within the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I. (Now in the Czech Republic) there are so many Gypsies in this place that to say a person is a Bohemian is basically to say that he is a Bohemian.

Gypsy.

Gypsies and Jews were the most unpopular ethnic groups in Europe. In the eyes of most Europeans at that time, Jews were all vampires, and Gypsies were all witches, prostitutes, liars and thieves. If we apply a certain theory of later generations,

According to the settings in some games, Jews are evil and lawful undead, and Gypsies are evil and chaotic orcs.

Rundstedt called Hitler the "bohemian corporal", which was nothing more than a mockery of Hitler's low military level and his fondness for random thoughts. "e" is translated as "Bohemian corporal". In German, "gefreite"

"" means soldier, and corporal in German is "unteroffizier".)

Marshal Spehler is not as senior as Rundstedt, and he dares to say anything nonsense. If there was no one around, he probably would not dare to utter such a sentence.

However, how to convince the "Bohemian leader" who is famous for his stubbornness is really a nerve-wracking matter. Marshal Spehler began to draw up plans on the new piece of paper in front of him that would be used to conquer this place.

A battle plan for a stubborn fortress. After working until late at night and the wastepaper basket was filled with all kinds of crumpled waste paper, Marshal Spehler reluctantly drafted a battle plan.

"Although there is no guarantee that the fortress will be captured, this is probably the best plan I can come up with." Marshal Speller said to himself before going to bed.

…

Early the next morning, Marshal Spehler was notified that the Führer would receive him at the Chancellery at nine o'clock in the morning. So Marshal Spehler rushed to the Chancellery at eight o'clock to wait for Hitler to receive him.

As soon as you enter the Chancellery, you can see the extra-large Berlin City planning model placed in the hall. Hitler hoped to build Berlin into a new Rome after ruling the world. So this model of future Berlin is full of

The Parthenon in Greece and the Pantheon-style architecture in Rome. Some of the ideas are said to have come directly from Hitler.

The time agreed with Hitler had not yet arrived, so Marshal Spehler could only wait here. So the bored Marshal stood there and carefully observed the model.

It has to be said that the Bohemian big-headed soldier has some taste in art. For example, this model is very beautifully built and can confuse people. Marshal Spehler still remembers that his first

When I saw this model, I was very inspired. However, the feeling at that time is gone forever. Now the marshal only has worries about the air force and the future of Germany...

"Marshal, the head of state invites you to come in." An attendant came over and said to Marshal Spehler.

So Marshal Spehler turned around, nodded to the aide-de-camp, and followed him inside.

Marshal Spehler met Hitler. He informed him of the current plight of the Air Force and suggested to him that he should either give him more fighter units or allow him to temporarily avoid war and wait for more me-262s to be put into service.

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After hearing these two demands, Hitler was extremely angry. He roared at Marshal Spehler:

"You have no fewer fighter jets than the Americans! You actually ask for more planes. Do you think we are an inferior nation like the Slavs who can only survive by relying on numerical superiority? You are beaten by them and you dare not

Take off? You are still not a German! You actually asked to avoid the war and let them bomb at will!... When I came to Hebei Province, the steel mills there were doing well... You let me down so much!"

Just as Marshal Spehler was trying to continue to persuade Hitler, who was on the verge of going crazy, the shrill air defense siren sounded.

An attendant came in.

"Führer, air raid, you must move to the air raid shelter immediately!"

"I'm not going!" Hitler roared: "I'm not going anywhere! I want to see the good things our Luftwaffe has done!" He turned his head and glared at Marshal Spehler, his whole face twisted.

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"You are no longer worthy of holding your current position. I am going to remove you from your position! Let a truly brave person take this position!"
Chapter completed!