Nine Hundred and Eighty-Two Responses

? Last time, when the United States attacked Romania, in order to better coordinate and dispatch large-scale flight formations, it adopted a daytime bombing mode. Although it has good visibility during the day and can be escorted by fighter jets, its shortcomings are also very obvious. Enemy fighter jets can easily take off and intercept, and they also have good vision and are easy to command.

So the United States summed up the root cause of the failure of the Romanian air strike. The most important point is that the German fighter force is too strong, and it is easy to suffer heavy losses when launching an attack in an environment where the opponent has an advantage, and cannot complete the attack plan.

After summing up the lessons of failure, the U.S. Army Aviation Corps began to focus on training night bombing, trying to use this method to evade the strong German fighter force during the day and complete their bombing missions. This time the United States felt that the training had matured, and decided to adopt the method of night bombing to reduce losses and achieve the purpose of bombing.

Of course, another reason why the United States and the United Kingdom resolutely decided to adopt the night bombing mode is because of the assistance of the Norwegian underground resistance organization. The resistance groups promised that on the night of the operation, they would light torches to designate targets for Allied bombing.

With so many convenient conditions, the US bomber force naturally chose the safer tactic of night bombing. At least in their cognition, fighter jets that take off at night are still legendary weapons and equipment. They firmly believe that even if the Germans have this kind of night fighter, the number of equipment will not be too much. As for places like Norway, there will be even fewer deployments.

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Germany, Berlin, Wehrmacht Intelligence Headquarters.

After Gaskol stood at attention and saluted the visiting Accador, he hurriedly reported to the head of state that the Allied forces might have strengthened the Icelandic bomber force: "My head of state, I think we should send a reconnaissance plane, Conduct a strategic reconnaissance of Iceland ... to confirm the size of the Allied forces there, so that contingency measures can be prepared early."

Akado received a call from Reinhardt tens of minutes ago, and also reported to him in an eager tone about the deployment of the Allied forces in Iceland. That's why he rushed to the intelligence headquarters of the National Defense Forces in such a free time to listen to Gaskol's opinion.

After all, all of this is just the speculation of the intelligence department, and no one dares to mobilize the Luftwaffe without authorization because of these unwarranted speculations. So everyone felt that the target of the air strike should be Norway, but they didn't know how to deal with it for a while. The mobilization of the air force wasted fuel and turned around. In case the Americans noticed something and did not continue to act, who would be responsible for this massive waste?

In view of such a situation, everyone chose to hand over the decision-making power to the Führer. After all, the great Führer has not made any mistakes in decision-making——God’s gift is not just for nothing, but is truly believed by every German. doubtful myth.

"To mobilize all air forces that can be mobilized,

Rush to the airport in Norway and stand by! Strengthen the security around all factories, put Kleist on full alert, and arrest any suspicious personnel. "Acado walked towards Gaskol's intelligence analysis hall, and at the same time issued an order to mobilize troops: "The air defense forces stationed in the German mainland can be transferred as well!" "

"But! My head of state... In that case, there will be loopholes in the defense system over the mainland..." An officer of the air defense force who followed Gaskle reminded in a low voice.

"I know what you are worried about, and I also know that this will put Berlin in a dangerous situation... But if the enemy really bombs Berlin, we will just be taken aback. If the enemy bombs Norway, the production capacity of steel will be lost. I use What to make up for?"

You must know that Germany's lack of resources is something everyone knows. The competition for Norwegian iron ore between the armed forces and the people's livelihood departments is still fierce. The various departments broke their heads and wanted to trade their wives for iron for such a small amount of steel production capacity. Even if iron ore production is reduced by 10% at this time, it will directly affect the strategic deployment of the German army.

The lack of these steels will eventually be directly passed on to all combat troops. They will lose dozens of tanks, dozens of aircraft, one aircraft carrier, and hundreds of thousands of bullets... This is the precursor to losing the war , this is the beginning of all disasters, isn't it?

So Akado would rather take the risk of letting Berlin run naked, but also think that Norway should be armed to the teeth. Now there are not many strategic bombing outposts in the United States. As long as Norway is under control, it seems that all German resource points will be safe. Akado felt that he could afford this price, and it was worth the investment.

"Have the analysis results come out? If the Americans attack, will they attack during the day or bomb at night?" Akado asked Gascoll who was following him as he walked forward: "You have the top intelligence analysis experts in Germany here, so there must be a conclusion that can be drawn?"

"Norwegian saboteurs have been active recently... We suspect that they have contacted British spies. So there is reason to believe that this time the American bomber's action was assisted by Norwegian saboteurs." Gaskol said on intelligence A summary report was made.

"During the Romanian air strikes, the Americans suffered a lot from daytime bombing, so the Air Defense Command concluded that this time the possibility of the Americans bombing at night exceeded 75%, and the possibility of bombing during the day did not exceed 25%. Even smaller," added the Air Defense officer further behind Gaskol.

Akado nodded, walked to the edge of the huge sand table in the center of the intelligence department hall, and carefully looked at the large sea area between Iceland and Norway. It is useless to dispatch the aircraft carrier fleet, because most of the German carrier aircraft are air-cooled FW-190, and their high-altitude combat capabilities are not ideal. It is too late to temporarily switch to liquid-cooled fighter jets, and now the only thing we can count on is the land-based fighter force that has moved over.

"Order the night fighter units in Denmark and Germany to also gather in the direction of Norway." Akado only thought for a few seconds before giving the order to move the night fighter units to Norway at the same time: "Over there How about the reserve fuel? Is it enough?"

"The fuel reserve can still handle it, mainly because these fighter jets carry local reserve fuel after they transfer, but if they want to return, the reserves in Norway will be a little tight." The general of the strategic resources department is very concerned about his family property I still understand it quite well, after all, he has to struggle with such a bunch of numbers every day.

"Frugal." After Akado said such a word, he issued an even more surprising order: "Transfer the butcher bombers stationed on the Eastern Front to the British occupation area. Defense is not the answer after all, since They use Iceland to trouble us, then we will blow up Iceland completely!"

"My head of state... the crude oil strategic reserve was already exhausted two months ago. Isn't it too wasteful to use strategic bombers at this time?" Anyone who can discuss such a major battle plan in this hall knows A lot of military officials with inside information. Everyone is aware of the lack of oil on the front line, and now the head of state has ordered the use of strategic bombers like oil tigers, which makes everyone feel shocked.

Akado put his hands on the edge of the huge sand table, stared at Norway and said: "Blindly defending consumes more fuel, and the danger we need to bear is greater. We are not only short of fuel, but also iron ore produced in Norway." ...Using part of the fuel oil to protect the safe production of iron ore is also a cost-effective business..."

Who is to say that Germany really lacks everything? There are scarce oil resources on one side, and iron ore resources in short supply on the other. In order to preserve these resources, the German military generals had to design a nearly perfect "Great Operation to Protect the Origin of Resources" with limited troops.

After hearing what Akado said, everyone couldn't help but shut their mouths. Everyone is used to the stable output of Norwegian steel, but they forget what a catastrophic impact it will have on the entire empire once this output is cut. It is terrible to be without oil, but it is also terrible to be without steel.

"Then! If there is no doubt, go ahead and implement it!" Akado ordered coldly: "Norway's iron ore production must not be affected!"

"Long live the head of state, Akado? Rudolph!" Everyone raised their right hands and replied at attention.

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"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh rang in the base of the German home air defense force. On the plane, next to the Ta-152 fighter jet that has been refueled, the staff who mounted the auxiliary fuel tank shouted various passwords loudly.

"The Americans have invaded?" A pilot joked to the serious-looking ground airport commander next to him.

"Yes! Mr. Sergeant! Check all the instruments on your plane. You have to fly a long distance to resist the planes of the Yankees. Stop any of their actions, understand?" The officer replied seriously, with a tone of voice There is no joking in it.

The pilot was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly got into the cockpit of his own plane, and while checking whether the instruments in front of him were working normally, he muttered in a low voice: "My God, it's not a drill... No. 54 is ready! You can take off! "

Above the sky, the engines of a dozen JU-88 night fighters stationed in the area south of the Kiel military port roared and crossed the anti-aircraft artillery positions near the port. Watching those gods of death in the night sky fly towards the distant horizon with such awe-inspiring momentum.

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