Three Hundred and Seventy-Seven Emergency 3 Fire 4

I don’t know if you have ever had the experience of playing games, setting off firecrackers, watching movies, and going to parties during the winter vacation. If so, then you now understand Mei's mood at this moment.

The United States, which has been sitting on a big dream, hoping to see the European continent war until the end of the world, now finds that the result he wanted has not happened, but another very unpleasant ending is quickly becoming clear.

Germany did not have the same stalemate as it had imagined when it fought the First World War with France, but it became a brilliant performance of the German armored forces, approaching the city of Paris in one breath, and achieved an easy victory. At this moment, the Americans lost their glasses in shock, and began to think about their own development issues as if they had just woken up from a dream.

Every time the officers of the army read the report of the German armored forces showing off their might in France, they would write to various departments in a desperate manner, hoping to build their own armored corps to cope with the future war mode.

The United States is also unambiguous, and began to vigorously develop its own armored tank force, and developed two types of tanks, the M3 and the M3lee, in one go to deal with the future "German tank threat." Among them, the m3 tank was developed under the influence of Germany's blitz in Poland. It can be regarded as a relatively advanced main tank in the hands of the US Army.

However, this tank is only equipped with a 37mm main gun, and its armor is more than a little behind. Compared with the German Leopard tank, it is obviously outdated. Compared with the latest German Tiger tank, it seems to be even worse. superior.

Considering this reason, and also stimulated by the French campaign, the United States ordered the development of a firepower-enhanced tank that was also equipped with a 75mm caliber gun. As a result, it was born. A super m3 tank with a 75mm tank gun.

These two tanks have been criticized as soon as they came out. It seems that the U.S. Army is not satisfied with the overall strength of this kind of broken copper and iron that is almost a generation behind the German tanks. However, the U.S. Army has not been threatened by strong tanks for the time being, so even if the Army is dissatisfied, it still holds its nose and equips a total of 3,000 such "broken copper and iron".

Compared with the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force is more urgent. The United States' own p-36 fighter jets are not even comparable to the me-fighter fighters exported by the Second Reich, and they are far different from the German f-jet fighters. This is why the U.S. military is eager to obtain new fighter jets.

However, compared to the conservative and slowness of the Army, the designers of the U.S. Air Force were much bolder. They immediately came up with a design plan, which had two high-power engines and looked extremely weird. The famous American p-38 twin-engine fighter jet is famous for shooting down the Japanese general Yamamoto Fifty-Six in another time and space.

It's a pity that coming up with a design is one thing,

It is another matter to demonstrate mass production after the test flight, so now the U.S. Air Force's leading fighter is still the pitiful p-36 fighter.

Just as the United States was catching up, an even more shocking news came suddenly. Hundreds of thousands of troops in the Dunkirk area surrendered to Germany, and the British Navy was defeated by the German High Seas Fleet overnight or in one morning. It became a sieve—the situation in Europe became so bad within hours that the Americans could not predict it. There was even intelligence that France would surrender to Germany within a few days.

This time the United States couldn't sit still. Roosevelt immediately summoned the British ambassador to the United States, and got even more shocking information from the ambassador: Britain lost its command of the sea in the North Atlantic, and hundreds of thousands of troops were in the French army. Annihilated and now unable to deal with any impending war situation.

"Is the matter really so serious?" US President Roosevelt asked, frowning and staring at the British ambassador in front of him.

The British ambassador looked very bachelor, and there was no clue on his face. He just coughed twice before replying: "The sinking of HMS Hood and HMS Renown is the most painful loss of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, including the aircraft carrier." With nearly one-third of her fleet lost, Britain was virtually powerless to continue the war."

"Has the situation reached such an irreversible point?" Roosevelt sighed and murmured. At this moment, he suddenly had an illusion: Has that Mr. Yuan in Berlin in the far European continent been suppressing his own strength? , and then make a sudden effort to kill Britain and France, so as to block the possibility of the United States making trouble?

Shaking his head and dispelling such pessimistic thoughts from his mind, Roosevelt once again showed a strongman posture and said: "If the United States can gather some resources to aid Britain, can Britain continue to deal with Germany? "

"Dear Mr. President, the British Empire certainly does not want to lose its status and influence in Europe. But I really can't think of any resources to support us to continue fighting. After all... Germany's current blockade has made us very weak. "

"The United States does not want to see Germany unify Europe." Roosevelt thought for a while and said, "Compared with Germans, I would rather deal with a British gentleman like you."

He thought for a while, looked at the trees outside the window, and seemed to have made up his mind before he said: "I will try, if possible, I will provide a large amount of support for Britain's war against aggression, including weapons equipment and food and fuel."

"I need to get a general idea of ​​the scale, and then I can give feedback to the country. The country can decide whether to accept the good intentions of the United States." It is the UK that can get the most.

"As far as the army is concerned, our family background in the United States is not strong, so I am willing to take out 300 m3 tanks and 2,000 cars." Roosevelt said, "This is the greatest sincerity I can show."

"In addition, we will also provide 2,000 fighter jets, including the p-36 and subsequent more advanced models, to help Britain stabilize its air supremacy. Although the p-36 cannot cope with various German aircraft forces, it is better than nothing , right?" He didn't wait for the British ambassador to speak, and continued to talk about his chips.

"We also need 2 million grenades. Mr. President, once Germany invades England, we will resist the invaders to the death." The British ambassador replied.

"Yes! Then there is the navy. We will help the UK to produce 4 aircraft carriers and the corresponding escort fleet. I will try my best to hand over these warships to the UK within a year, but will these warships be able to catch up with the British mainland in time? , we can only see what the Germans mean.”

"I believe that if these promises can be fulfilled, it is impossible for the Germans to end the Anglo-German war before 1940." The ambassador said with a smile: "With these, we will resist to the end! Let the Germans know that they despise the United Kingdom. Absolutely wrong behavior!"

His answer made Roosevelt very satisfied. The United States just wanted to buy it for about two years. Once the powerful industry in the United States started production at full capacity, it would be a breeze to arm tens of thousands of troops and have more advanced weapons and equipment.

I hope that the progress of the war can slow down quickly... Looking at the back of the departing British ambassador, Roosevelt thought to himself.

At a port in New York, crates of grenades are being loaded onto a freighter that has piled up like a mountain. The flag of the United States is flying on this ship. The United States naturally hopes that such important munitions can be safely transported to its destination, the United Kingdom, because over there, it has reached a dangerous situation where every shell and shell must be used sparingly. .

"Be careful!" A crew member reminded the clumsy stevedores: "These are flammable and explosive things. If you are not careful, the whole ship will become a big firework!"

"Understood! Sir." The worker who seemed to be handling the ammunition on board the ship nodded and said. As he said, he put a box of ammunition in his hand on another pile of hills. This transport ship was actually full of 100 million rounds of ammunition and hundreds of thousands of hand grenades. It was the most important aid transport fleet. a member.

Other ships include 30 ships transporting steel and food, 15 ships transporting crude oil, and the remaining 9 ships. Counting this ship, it happens to be a full 10 merchant ships transporting arms and supplies.

Including 50 tanks and 400 trucks directly drawn from the U.S. military. For convenience and to achieve the best transportation effect, these vehicles are filled with oil, and the cockpit is full of supplies such as bandages and medicines.

However, before these ships had time to leave the American port, the news of another air raid on London, the British capital, reached the United States. Because the statistics have not been completed, the exact loss cannot be estimated. But it is only a preliminary estimate that almost 200,000 people were homeless, and more than 3,000 people died directly in the air crash.

What makes the United States even more depressing and makes the British unable to lift their heads is that the most powerful Hurricane fighter force of the British Royal Fighter stationed near London, England, was wiped out. All 20 fighters accumulated through painstaking efforts were shot down, and 16 pilots were killed. . If you count the P-36 fighter jets supported by the United States, 44 British pilots were killed and 72 aircraft were shot down in this interception operation alone.

The British ambassador urgently asked for an interview again. When he saw Roosevelt, he burst into tears and put forward a new request from the British government to the United States: "Mr. President Roosevelt, the British pilot force is almost exhausted. No problem, we're willing to pay £5,000 for a pilot."

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