The suggestions put forward by General Arnold, the commander of the Army Air Force, were actually debated for a long time in the Joint Conference. Because the occupation of Santiago and the complete blowout of Buenos Aires could indeed severely strike the Nazi forces in the Americas. As long as the Argentine dictator Peron collapsed, Germany's layout in South America would be completely destroyed. Without the support of the New Asbanian Federation, a large number of European coalition forces would be difficult to gain a foothold in South America, let alone using South America as a springboard to attack the Caribbean.

Of course, the generals of the Pentagon were not naive. They knew that even if Peron fell, the European Union would not really retreat from South America with his tail. But they would definitely have to save the New Asbanian Federation first before they could attack the Caribbean Sea or somewhere on the east coast of North America.

In this way, the US military successfully attracted the main attack direction of the European Union to southern South America. Regardless of whether the European Union can win in southern South America, the United States can win at least 6-12 months to strengthen defense and train the army. In order to deal with the possible decisive battle in the North American continent, Truman signed a general mobilization order after he officially took office as president to further expand the scale of the US military. Among them, the US Army ground forces and the Army Air Force were the focus of expansion.

According to Truman's order, the number of the U.S. Army personnel will be expanded to 10 million by the end of 1945, of which the number of front-line combat troops will exceed 5.5 million!

The Army Air Force's strength (number of personnel) will exceed 2.5 million by the end of 1945, and the number of combat aircraft it owns will exceed 50,000!

In addition to the increase in the number of people and aircraft, in President Truman's order, the US Army and Navy's aviation teams will also be fully upgraded. The P-82 will be equipped with a large number of Army Air Forces. The 7 will not only become the main model of the US Navy's aviation team, but will also board the aircraft carrier and become a carrier-based aircraft.

The strength of the US Navy's surface fleet will also be restored to a certain extent. Not only will the Montana-class super battleships be put into service, but there will also be three "Midway" aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of 60,000 tons to be put into service!

In addition, the US Navy's torpedo speedboat troops will also be expanded on a large scale in 1945. By the end of 1945, the US Navy's PT boat squadrons will exceed 500! The number of PT boats entering the combat sequence will exceed 6,000!

By then, there will be a large number of wooden PT boats that can perform offshore defense (thunder strikes, mine-branching and deep-water bomb mine-sweeping tasks, etc.) on the East Coast of the United States, Canada and the Caribbean Islands.

They will work with shore-based aircraft and the R-class submarines that are being manufactured in large quantities (a light submarine suitable for offshore activity, with a maximum underwater speed of more than 10 knots) to become an offshore defense system for the islands of North America and the Caribbean.

Finally, the highly anticipated B-29 improved B-44 will also start to be equipped with a large number of troops by the end of 1945 as planned. The focus of this aircraft is to increase range and speed, with a maximum combat radius of more than 4,350 kilometers (larger than the historical project), and can place bacterial bombs in Luxembourg, which has become the German native!

The US side believes that such countermeasures are enough to prevent the Germans from dropping atomic bombs on the US.

It is precisely because of the illusion of the "protracted war" and countermeasures that the leaders of the US side have been unable to make up their minds to retreat from Chile.

"Do you think it's necessary to withdraw from Chile?" Wallace looked at several frowning generals.

"Yes!" Henry Arnold gave a positive reply. His Army Air Force suffered heavy losses over Buenos Aires and could no longer bear it.

"You can take a look." The comments given by Army Chief of Staff Marshall disappointed Arnold a little. "Maybe... we can set a date for retreat." He glanced at War Secretary Wallace. "We can't delay it endlessly."

"Okay, let's set such a date," Wallace asked. "So...when will we end our military operations in Chile and Argentina?"

"April 1." William Lech had already had the answer, saying, "April 1 is the 11th day after the vernal equinox. The weather in the North Atlantic will gradually improve, and the daytime is longer than night, which is conducive to the Germans' landing operations in the higher-dimensional Newfoundland area."

Military operations to land on Newfoundland and its surrounding areas are unlikely to take place during the autumnal equinox-spring equinox, which was the polar night period of the Arctic Circle and was also a season with relatively harsh climates on the North Atlantic. Germany is unlikely to cross two or three thousand kilometers of windy and high waves across the country during this period to land in the harsh Newfoundland area.

However, as soon as the vernal equinox passes, the climate in the North Atlantic begins to improve, and the daytime is getting longer and longer. By summer, a landing across the Atlantic will become possible!

"Okay..." Although Wallace did not want to give up military operations in Chile and Buenos Aires like this, the defenses on Canada's east coast could not be ignored. He thought for a while and added: "But there is no need to give up Valparaiso Bay. We should keep our stronghold there until this year's autumn equinox."

"I think it's OK." William Leach did not care about Wallace on whether to withdraw from Chile completely. This is a matter of face. He is concerned about reality now. "We can withdraw from April 1, first withdraw the Army Air Force bombers and deploy them to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. These aircraft have certain anti-ship capabilities when carrying bat bombs... Although they are not enough to fight against the enemy's large combat ships, they are enough to attack the transport fleet."

"Okay, OK, that's it, that's all, that's all foolproof." Wallace nodded repeatedly, then looked at the watch, and stood up and said, "It's almost time to go to the White House now. I think the President will agree with the suggestions we made."

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Theodore von Hippel Airborne General Hessman was an old classmate and subordinate of Hessman, and he was also the founder of the famous Miuta Special Forces. During the most difficult times in Germany, he and his Miuta warriors have always faithfully played the role of the secret guardian of the empire.

After the outbreak of the World War, Shipur and Miuta's troops were both included in the airborne corps founded by Stutant and became a member of the airborne corps. Shipur himself served as the training director of the airborne corps and commander of the 22nd Air Force, and now he is the commander of the 1st Air Assault Army.

The so-called air assault army is actually an enhanced version of the airborne army, which strengthens the assault capabilities on the basis of airborne. Or it can also be understood as a heavy airborne army that can fight tough battles.

Unlike ordinary airborne troops, which rely on parachutes and gliders as the main airborne methods, air assault troops will use a large number of transport aircraft such as 23 with "air assault capabilities". This type of transport aircraft is very special. It not only has a large carrying capacity, but can carry tanks weighing 20 to 30 tons, but also can land directly on relatively flat grasslands, with the ability to land assault troops behind enemy lines.

On March 21, 1945, only 10 days before the second phase of the "Gauchiburg Plan" was officially launched. In order to prove that the zso523 heavy air assault transport aircraft could carry the latest e-25 tank destroyer and land on a not too wide grassland. General Shippel and his capable generals, Colonel Ottoskoerzne, the commander of the 1st Aircraft "Brandenburg" China Assault Brigade, personally took a zso523 transport aircraft carrying an e-25 tank destroyer in his belly. When the sky was just bright, it landed on the lawn of the Poztan Palace from the sky.

When the huge plane stopped steadily on the edge of the palace lawn, the door of the original front cabin was creaking and was pushed open by the mechanical device. Then the roar of the motor was heard from the belly of the machine, and a thick smoke with the smell of gasoline was poured out.

Marshal Hesman, sitting on a moving Steel convertible command vehicle, was attracted by the scene of the tank destroyer driving out of the belly of the plane. He waved his hand to signal the car to stop. Then he stood straight in the car, raised a telescope and began to look at the plane and tank destroyer hundreds of meters away.

The zso523 "Super Giant" aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of more than 50 tons and can carry up to 30 tons of cargo can be regarded as a "big aircraft" even in later generations. In today's era, only a few large seaplanes from the United States and Japan can compare with it.

But it can land on a grassland and transport an e-25 tank destroyer or a No. 4 tank directly to the rear of the enemy!

This is simply unimaginable and definitely beyond the expectations of the Americans. According to the intelligence collected by the General Administration of Security and the Military Intelligence Bureau, the Americans did not deploy too many troops on the dangerous island of Newfoundland. On this desolate, large island with more than 110,000 square kilometers, there were only less than 200,000 ground troops (excluding anti-aircraft artillery troops and shore artillery troops), and most of the troops were stationed on the coastline. Most of them were cliffs dozens of meters above sea level (Newfoundland is mainly a platform), and it was impossible to land. Only a small part of the areas were beaches and gravel beaches, and there were usually dangerous highlands and terraces near these beaches and gravel beaches. Americans only needed to build some sufficiently strong machine guns and artillery bunkers on these highlands and platforms to completely block the nearby beaches and gravel beaches with condescending powerful firepower.

In addition, the highlands along the coast of Newfoundland Island are relatively flat grassy on the top of the platform, which is enough to spread armored troops. Therefore, the US (Allied forces) with a large number of heavy troops have deployed armored troops on these coastal highlands and platforms, which is not a large organization. Usually, there are some armored synthesis battalions including tank companies, tank destroyers, infantry companies, artillery companies and anti-aircraft artillery companies. Although the number of people is not large, there are many tanks/tank destroyers. If there are light German landing troops climbing to a platform that is dozens of meters high, these armored synthesis battalions can show their skills.

Because of these high grounds, the platform and the armored synthesis battalion above, the elite staff of the German General Staff did not know how many brain cells died. In the end, General Shiple's Airborne Army, the pioneer of the German special forces, proposed a brain-breaking plan to air the armored troops directly onto Newfoundland Island!
Chapter completed!