Chapter 1506 The Threat of the Atlantic Coastline

The power of foreign affairs and defense, for Iceland, does not matter now.

Under the circumstance that Germany has garrisoned troops, the power of foreign affairs and national defense, of course, is in the hands of Germany, and now it is only given to Denmark in name. Isn't it still the Germans who speak?

What Germany wants is this attitude. At the same time, the real benefits Iceland gets are real. Fishing resources and jobs will significantly improve Iceland’s economy. Compared with the Americans who only garrison troops, the Germans give The benefits were enormous, enough to bring neutral Iceland to full submission to Germany.

As long as they agree first, the parliament can basically pass. After all, this is good for Iceland. After the Americans have done such a thing, the Icelandic parliament should know who is more reliable.

It took no more than 36 hours from Germany's attack to Iceland's submission to German control. Germany once again created a miracle.

After all, unlike before, this is a real cross-sea landing, or even a rehearsal for an attack on the United States. The landing method of the German Navy is even more eye-opening and unheard of.

The use of hovercraft to wash the beach at high speed, and the use of helicopters to quickly open up the battlefield behind the enemy, these methods have completely left the traditional landing operations behind.

The Americans were surprised. They cared more about the way of landing than Iceland changing hands. Just as Germany used tanks to organize blitzkrieg and created a new military theory, so the Germans also ushered in a new era in cross-sea landings.

"Damn, what's the matter with the Germans, they can come up with so many new tricks." Eisenhower said: "What about our technologists? When will we be able to copy the same?"

As an important staff officer of the military command, he came to personally report to the President on the great progress he had made in the field of anti-tank. Just after his report was completed, he heard the latest news about the Icelandic campaign, and everything could not be hidden. Live, German means exposed.

Hearing this, Eisenhower couldn't help but sigh.

The 56-year-old General Nimitz also felt deeply: "Yeah, the landing of the Germans in Iceland was like a rehearsal."

Everyone understands what he means, today the Germans can land in Iceland, maybe tomorrow they will land in Greenland, and the day after tomorrow they will arrive in the continental United States!

"Our Atlantic line of defense is very vulnerable in the face of such a landing operation." Marshall is also very big.

The war situation in the Pacific was not going well. Although the island nation's aircraft carrier was sunk, the island nation landed on Midway Island. It was like planting a nail under the eyes of the Americans, which made people very uncomfortable.

The United States is preparing to continue fighting on Midway and drive away the islanders, but in the Atlantic, there is such bad news that the Germans are going to take advantage of their own tense situation in the Pacific to launch a war on the mainland of the United States Yet?

Before the Soviet war ended, the Germans dared to fight on two fronts and start a war with the United States? This is simply too arrogant, too terrible.

The United States has a long coastline in the Atlantic Ocean, and deploying defenses on these coastlines will involve enormous energy of the United States, and at the same time, they are powerless at all.

Others’ helicopters land directly behind your line of defense, and the troops are organized to put down. Although they do not carry tanks, the helicopters are enough to act as flying tanks and provide fire support. Such a combination is quite terrifying.

How should the US respond?

Roosevelt didn't speak, there was only determination in his eyes, the situation was not that bad, and, no matter how bad, he believed that there was a solution, and God would not abandon this last free world.

"I think we should invest more in aviation." At this moment, Arnold, who had not spoken, said.

For the United States, it has vigorously developed the navy, but it is restrained by the islanders. No matter how many newly built warships are sent to the Pacific Ocean, it was originally thought that the Germans would not start destroying the United States before defeating the Soviet Union. Mode, who knew the Germans would dare to be so arrogant.

It takes time for the navy to be violent. In contrast, the aviation is much easier. In this day and age, the consumption of building a plane and a tank is about the same.

Arnold is a supporter of aviation power. In his opinion, aviation will dominate the future. At the same time, practice has begun to prove this truth. In the Pacific, battleships did not play a big role, and the combination of aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft became Mainstream, several naval battles are almost always played like this.

As long as they deploy a large number of fighter jets, they can hinder the landing of the Germans. How can their helicopters fight against fighter jets?

"Go on." Roosevelt's eyes lit up.

"As long as we set up forward aviation bases within 100 kilometers of the coastline, we can effectively prevent their landing, and at the same time, it is easy to take care of each other. If one airport is bombed, other airports can also take off to meet the enemy. , even the field airfield, so that the Germans cannot find it. It is not so easy for the Germans to land across the sea. Our land-based fighter jets will cause heavy losses to the Germans. In the naval formation against the islanders, we are not Did you do that?"

Yes, the situation in Iceland is different from that of the United States. Iceland is unprepared and surrounded by sea water. The Germans are easy to hide, and because there were not enough water reconnaissance aircraft at that time, there was a lack of key observations.

The mainland of the United States is different. There is no problem in monitoring the waters 500 kilometers ahead of the coastline. There is no problem in setting up a large number of aviation bases. If the Germans dare to come, they will greet them with their own fighters!

Even if guided bombs are not enough, at least the tactics of evading water have been proven to be successfully used in actual combat.

It takes a lot of man-hours to build warships, and the time required for aviation is much shorter.

"For now, we still need to face the island countries first." Roosevelt said: "Although the Germans have conquered Iceland, it is impossible to immediately attack our homeland. Their army is in the Soviet Union, and we concentrate on the navy. Force, continue to deal with the island countries, and at the same time separate the air force to defend our Atlantic coastline first, and when the island countries are resolved, we will fight the German Navy decisively."

Roosevelt's visionary, such a strategy is completely in line with the current United States.

At the same time, relying on aviation is also no problem. It is not so easy for the Germans to land on their own territory.

It's a pity that he would never have thought that the Germans had already had a plan of action that was completely beyond their imagination. Now all this is completely misleading the Americans.