After the call of Marshal Grime, the commander of the Marine Corps who was also responsible for implementing the "Iceberg Plan", Hessman did not set off for the UK immediately, but rushed to Tsoson's General Staff Department to preside over the combat meeting of the General Staff.

The General Staff Operations Conference under the leadership of Hessman is somewhat similar to the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff. The heads of the Navy, Army, Air Force, Navy Aviation, Marine Corps, Airborne Corps and other branches of the army will attend in person or send representatives to attend the meeting. The meeting will discuss and make major decisions related to the course of the war.

The issue to be discussed at today's meeting is of course to launch the most critical attack on Columbus in the Gouqi Castle plan.

All operations and deployments of the European Union on the Atlantic in the past few months have actually been the foundation of Columbus's operations. The purpose is to shift Americans' attention to other places outside Newfoundland Island, and to maximize the defensive power on Newfoundland Island.

Now, these two goals seem to have been achieved, at least partially achieved.

"Because we launched a restrained feint attack in all directions, the US military deployed a large number of aviation forces on the Caribbean battlefield, the southern battlefield in South America, the Bermuda Islands battlefield and the east coast of the United States. Last night, the Americans carried out airborne along the Paradise River in Labrador and sent about 2 divisions of troops. In order to support the battle in the Labrador area, the US military will inevitably deploy more aviation forces there. This will create an extremely empty air force on Newfoundland Island, so I think the time for the implementation of Operation Columbus has come."

At the beginning of the meeting, Air Force Commander-in-Chief Keselin made suggestions for immediate implementation of Operation Columbus.

Hessman nodded slightly and did not make a decision immediately. What we need to make now is a major decision, and we must be more cautious.

In the event of a failure, Germany will have to accept a "government" peace plan, and it is impossible to claim enough compensation from the United States. This will allow the post-war world to slide into a Cold War confrontation that is quite unfavorable to Germany!

After all, Germany's local area, population and resources cannot be compared with the chosen country of America. Integrating the European Community requires a lot of energy and financial resources. If Germany cannot turn the European mark into the world currency and cannot suppress the United States in a relatively small space of activity, then in time, the European Community may become another Soviet alliance.

"Marty of the Empire," Airborne Commander Student took over Kesseling's words and continued: "I agree with Marshal Kesseling's opinion and should take action immediately to avoid the United States' lack of air force in Newfoundland. However, we should also fully consider the possibility of huge difficulties in the operation."

The core of Operation Columbus is air assault, so the preparation of the battle and the formulation of specific plans are led by the Airborne Command. As the founder and commander of the German Airborne Forces, Student naturally knew that there was a risk of failure in Operation Columbus.

Hessman turned his head and looked at the commander-in-chief of the Navy. Redel understood what Hessman meant and immediately said: "The Navy and Marines are ready for forcibly landing. Once Columbus's operation cannot be successful, the European Combined Fleet will firmly implement the Pizarro plan... As long as the Prime Minister can approve the use of the 'winning weapon', the Pizarro plan will not fail."

The Pizarro Project is a supplementary plan for the various possibilities of Operation Columbus. According to this plan, the European Combined Fleet will transport more than 5 divisions of landing troops to land on the Avalon Peninsula on Newfoundland.

If Operation Columbus is successful, the landing forces of these five divisions will be the support of the First Air Assault Army. If Operation Columbus fails or is not completely successful, a forced landing will be carried out.

The operation to occupy Newfoundland Island is not allowed to fail, so in the forced landing plan of the "Pissarro Plan", the German General Staff added a plan to use the "weapons of victory".

The "weapon of victory" is the atomic bomb! In order to ensure the success of the landing operation, the elite staff of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces thought of the atomic bomb! They planned to drop an atomic bomb with an equivalent of 20,000 tons to the platform near the landing beach that the German army booked, in order to completely erase the US troops on the platform.

In addition, even if Operation Columbus is successful, nuclear weapons are still needed in subsequent operations, but the place of release is different. The landing forces used in the Pizarro plan will become the follow-up forces of Operation Columbus and land on Newfoundland Island.

However, the power to approve the use of the atomic bomb is not in the General Staff of the National Defense Forces, which is based on the procedures agreed by Hessman and Hitler. The drop of the atomic bomb must be requested in writing by the Chief of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces, and then signed and approved by the German Chancellor. In other words, the "nuclear button" is jointly controlled by Hitler and Hessman.

"Approved by the Prime Minister," Hessman nodded, "The transport of non-critical components of the atomic bomb (excluding plutonium-239) begins immediately, and the bomb dropping unit is stationed in the Hero Port base in the Azores. However, even if the atomic bomb is used, it cannot guarantee the elimination of the US military on the coastal platform...hard battles are still inevitable, so the Navy and Marine Corps must be fully prepared!"

Redell said confidently: "The Imperial Marshal, the officers and soldiers of the Navy and Marine Corps are ready to welcome the final battle, and victory will belong to Germany!"

After hearing Redel's statement, Hessman nodded heavily: "Now I announce that Operation Columbus has officially begun!

At the same time, the first phase of Pizarro's plan was also implemented. All landing troops boarded the ship and then left the port and entered the Atlantic Ocean!

God will be with Germany, and victory will belong to Germany!”

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When Rudolf von Heinsberg-Yusupov-Hersman hurried into the joint command center of the USS Adolf Hitler aircraft carrier, it was already crowded with officers from the navy and naval aviation. Because he had just finished his combat mission (command aircraft group cover me264), he was delayed some time and was the officer who finally arrived at the combat command center.

Seeing Rudolph arrive, General Helmut Haye, who was originally sitting in a chair, stood up and took a document from Chief of Staff Major General Christianson with a 10,000-word mark and an iron cross mark on a white cover. "Okay, let's talk about something important now. I just received the top secret order from the Atlantic Front Command and the European Joint Fleet Command: to carry out Operation Columbus."

The specific implementation plan of "Operation Columbus" has long been sent to the Adolf Hitler aircraft carrier. Helmut Haye, the commander of the fleet, and Christiansen, the Chief of Staff, and all the fleet staff members have also carefully studied it on the Hitler.

However, Hessman, who was transferred to the fleet aviation combat officer, did not know that although the aviation combat officer and the carrier-based aircraft wing captain were not small, the importance was no less than that of the fleet staff. However, because he was a frontline commander, there was a certain possibility of being captured, so the secrets that could be known were limited.

“Let me briefly talk about the general situation of Operation Columbus.

1. The goal of Operation Columbus is to occupy Newfoundland.

2. The mission of Task Force 20 in the first phase of Operation Columbus was to win air excellence.

3. The Air Opportunity Capture mission must be completed early in the morning of the day when Operation Columbus begins.

4. We may have fierce battles with the enemy's air and underwater forces.

This is the general situation. If you have any questions, please ask them now."

Hessmann was the first to ask a question. He was the fleet aviation combat officer and the mission of winning air excellence was to be carried out.

"Sir, will the mission of seizing air superiority be completed through fleet air defense or air raid warfare?"

"Air strike." Chief of Staff Christiansen replied. "The combat airspace captured by Air You will be over the Avalon Peninsula on Newfoundland. At that time, the me264 will be dispatched to destroy the airport, and the carrier-based aircraft part of our fleet will perform escort missions."

"Destroy the airport with me264?" asked Hessman, Jr., "What method is used?"

"The main use of Death 1 air-fired anti-ship missiles," said Christianson. "More than 320 me264 will be dispatched. There are 90 br.810 fighter bombers, which can be hung on HS293 remote-controlled gliding bombs."

The power of 320 Death 1 air-launched missiles and 90 HS293 remote gliding bombs is still very considerable. If there are an average of 10 missiles, guided bombs can destroy a runway, and these missiles and bombs can destroy a total of 41 runways. Almost half of the airports on Newfoundland lose most of the aircraft's take-off and landing capabilities through air strikes is impossible, because a considerable number of aircraft have very low requirements for airports in this year, and a flat grass can barely take-off and land.

However, the destruction of the runway has a great impact on the airport take-off and landing aircraft. As long as the visibility is slightly poor, it cannot be used. In addition, accidents are prone to accidents during the take-off and landing process. It is also difficult to take off with full fuel and full bounce, and the efficiency of the take-off and landing aircraft will be greatly reduced.

Little Hessman had already figured it out. He thought about it and asked the last question: "Sir, are there only carrier-based aircraft on the nine aircraft carriers of our Task Force 20th Task Force and the me264 bombers taken off from the Azores to carry out the air-optimal capture mission?"

"The eight Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers of Task Force 10 will operate with us." Christian Sandsen looked at his watch and said, "Col. Heinz Barr, the aviation combat officer of Task Force 10, will operate a seaplane to arrive this afternoon to discuss the matter of coordinated combat with us.
Chapter completed!