"Since the Americans and British are so unwilling to take risks, maybe we can take advantage of it. Let's think about it, my friend, is there any way we can bluff to scare the Americans?" Marshal Model told his chief of staff.

explain.

"Marshal, this is difficult. We don't have the troops on hand to launch even a feint attack," the chief of staff replied.

"Yes, all the soldiers we have are in the encirclement. Kruger is so weak. He actually followed the order and launched such a counterattack. For this kind of thing, just arrange a division, no, a company to do it

It doesn't matter if you don't mean it. He doesn't even commit suicide

Afraid, why should you listen to a layman? This is really terrible." Model actually wanted to scold his predecessor, but considering that Kruger was dead, it seemed a bit inappropriate to scold him again.

Okay, so I just complained and he quickly stopped.

"But you are wrong about one thing. We still have the power to use in feint attacks, and that is our secret weapon. Of course, this matter also requires the cooperation of Goebbels.

Let's take a look at Kruger's retreat plan. Well, the steps are clear and well-organized. This is really a typical Kruger-style plan. It can even be said that it is full of mathematical beauty. However, he still likes it too much

When order comes, he always wants to bring out the troops in an organized manner. Well, although most of the time, order is more efficient than chaos. However, in some special times, chaos may be more efficient.

Do you think so?" Model looked at his chief of staff.

"I'm not sure about that, Marshal." the chief of staff replied politely.

"Ah, my friend, I know. Actually what you want to say is, 'I think you're talking nonsense,' right?" Seeing that the chief of staff seemed to want to defend, Model shook his head and said, "Don't defend, I know.

, you and Kruger, and I, like all Germans, have a preference for order. But think about the most successful retreats over the years."

"The most successful retreat?" the chief of staff began to think back.

"Don't just think about the Eastern Front. This is the Western Front. Our enemies had a great chaotic and efficient retreat a few years ago," Model said.

"You mean Dunkirk?"

"Well, actually, that British retreat was quite successful, wasn't it? It was chaotic, though."

On May 21, 1940, the German army headed straight for the English Channel and surrounded nearly 400,000 British and French troops in a small area of ​​northern France. Only Dunkirk, a small port with only 10,000 residents, could be used as a sea retreat. This

The throughput capacity of the small port is extremely limited. Even the British themselves believe that they can only evacuate 30,000 people. The German army believes that the destruction of the British and French armies is a foregone conclusion. However, the spontaneous actions of the British people

But it saved this unit. Countless British people stood up spontaneously, from boy scouts who were still in primary and secondary schools to gray-haired old sailors who had retired long ago, driving any ships they could find, from all kinds of

Ships, rowing boats for sports competitions, even boats in the park, and even a big bathtub took risks, crossed the strait, braved wind and waves and German bombings, and miraculously evacuated 338,000 people in one go.

Thousands of people.

Model stood up and walked to the map. He looked at the map seriously, and then he began to issue orders:

"Order...the above troops must hold out until tomorrow afternoon. Then they can surrender to the enemy. Order other troops to be allowed to abandon anything that may reduce the speed of march, including weapons, and to collect any supplies that will help increase the speed of advance in order to facilitate

Increase the march speed so that they don’t have to worry about building

Control, move towards the gap at maximum speed, and order them to collect any items that can be used to cross the river along the way so that they can swim across the river on their own if the bridge cannot be used. Orders to disperse the queue when marching, and the foot troops not to use roads during the day, orders...

"Model issued a series of orders in one breath.

…

"Carol, look below!" Two PA-47 attack aircraft were flying in the encirclement circle, and the lead pilot, Captain Lucas, suddenly shouted.

Wingman pilot Carroll rolled the plane at an angle, stretched his neck and looked down. Below was a large field, and he could see countless people moving like ants below.

"Follow me, attack!" The command from the lead aircraft came to his ears again. Carroll saw the lead aircraft roll 180 degrees and then pull the lever to dive, and he quickly followed suit and dived.

As the plane swooped over, the crowd below immediately dispersed to both sides, like waves plowed by the bow of a ship. Viewed from a high altitude, the field was full of people, but the swooping

After arriving at low altitude, Lucas discovered that the density of the enemy troops was quite low.

The distance between them is quite large, which makes them occupy a very large area. It looks very spectacular from a higher place, but it also makes Lucas and Carol who dive down find that even if they use rockets, they can only

Form an effective blow to one target at a time. If you want to knock down a row of people in one shot, don't even think about it.

For the first time, Lukes felt that the firepower configuration of the original P-47 was more effective. Yes, there are no hard targets like tanks and armored vehicles that require 37 guns. To fight these skirmishers, even using 20 guns feels a bit powerful.

There is a surplus. And the 20-gun shells are much smaller than the 37-gun shells. In this way, if

It's still the same 6 20mm cannons as before, at least they will carry much more shells. What? Rockets? If the enemy is concentrated enough, this thing can't be better, but now the enemies are so scattered, considering the rockets

The accuracy is so high that when a rocket is fired, even an enemy may not be able to hit it accurately.

But now that he has swooped down, he must still launch an attack. Lucas looked around casually and found an ox cart. Yes, it was an ox cart, pulled by a spotted ox. A German was driving it along the

Running hard along a path.

Lucas aimed at the ox cart and fired a long shot with the 20mm cannon. Well, the ox cart immediately collapsed on the ground. Lucas pulled up the plane, shook his head boredly, and attacked with one attack.

He actually hit a bullock cart and killed a cow. As for the German guy, just before he opened fire, this guy suddenly jumped out of the cart, so he really didn't necessarily hit him.

Lucas understood that with his two planes, it would be difficult to cause much interference to so many Germans below. So he began to call the headquarters for more planes to attack these targets.

However, to Lucas's expectation, almost all the planes at the headquarters were dispatched.

…

"We found another group of German troops who were not marching from the main road." A staff officer said to Ron.

"How many such enemies were found today?" Ron asked.

"Too many, too many to count." Bodenton replied from the side. He went out for five flights today and has just come back.

"What the hell," Bodenton threw his hat on the table, "I flew five takeoffs and landings today, but I didn't kill as many targets as I did yesterday. To be honest, to deal with such a target, it's better to

It’s convenient for the heavy bombers to arrive...Ron, when will Li Mei’s bombers arrive?”

"Don't think about it for now." Ron said, "I contacted him just now, but you have to know that the response speed of the heavy bomber force is very slow. Moreover, they have other missions and cannot escape."

"What's going on?" Boeing suddenly became interested.

"The Germans launched more than a thousand V1 missiles towards London at one go. In addition, there is a more powerful missile that cannot be intercepted - the Germans called it V2 on the radio. At noon today, one such missile

The bomb hit a double-decker bus on a London street, killing hundreds of people, and another hit No. 10 Downing Street.

There was only one house in one block, causing nearly a hundred casualties. What's more terrible is that this thing arrived without warning. Therefore, at the request of the British, most of the heavy bombers were now sent to attack those who might

We have gone to the launch site of the V1 and V2 missiles. They have no time to take care of things here for the time being." Ron explained.

"Damn it, the Germans obviously planned it. But why did they fall for this?" Boeing said gloomily, "It only killed hundreds of people. In the early years, they even carried out larger-scale bombings."

You’ve already resisted, why can’t you resist now?”

Ron smiled. He knew that what Bodenton said was definitely a saying that the butt determines the head. Indeed, the military influence of v1 and v2 is quite limited. But what if Hitler equips them with chemical weapons warheads? Germany

People are very researched in chemical weapons, and they also store a large amount of sarin gas. If it is used on a large scale, the harm caused will not be ordinary.

Of course, as long as the Germans have some brains, they would not do this. As for throwing poison gas bombs at them, although the Germans already had sarin gas with better performance at that time, the Allied forces' production and delivery capabilities were not as good as those of the Germans.

Have an overwhelming advantage, even if the Germans use advanced

Sarin, or even the stronger Soman that has not yet been developed, while the Allies can only use old-fashioned mustard gas and Lewis gas, and the Germans will definitely suffer. Under normal circumstances, if Germany still hopes to survive after the war

If there are still people who can speak German, they will never dare to use chemical weapons.

However, there is always no shortage of madmen in the world, especially in Germany now. For example, Goebbels threatened to use chemical weapons more than once. Hitler was even more of a madman. And he was also a madman who no one could control. If he had

He went crazy all of a sudden, and no one in Germany could stop him from going crazy. Who would dare to guarantee that he would go crazy?

Sarin will not be installed in the warhead of v2 and then launched to London. When the outcome of the war has been determined, there is no need to take such a risk. Therefore, Ron feels that the British response is actually quite reasonable.
Chapter completed!