Chapter 1558 Atlantic Defense Line

The Germans must be aiming at the United States. The Germans will not only be satisfied with conquering the entire Europe. The Germans’ goal is to conquer the entire world. Therefore, under this setting, the United States must go all out.

After hearing Roosevelt's words, General Ernst and Marshall, who were mainly in charge, both reported separately.

"Right now, the five aircraft carriers we have built in the shipyard are now in the final outfitting stage. When these five attack aircraft carriers are completed and launched, we can breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, there are more than 20 aircraft carriers behind. Construction is underway.”

Ernst Joseph King, five-star admiral of the U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Command and Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Fleet during World War II, and a member of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. In these positions, he is the supreme leader of the U.S. Navy, reporting directly to the President and directing U.S. Navy operations and strategy.

Now, although in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Navy is fighting against the navies of island nations, in fact, the U.S. Navy does not take island nations’ navies seriously. The navy is a branch of arms that fights for comprehensive national strength, and the island nation’s military industry cannot support it at all. , as long as the main warship of the island nation's navy is killed in a decisive naval battle, the island nation's navy will be abolished.

But Germany is different. Germany has integrated the whole of Europe and has a shipbuilding industry that surpasses that of the United States. The speed of German warships making dumplings is faster than that of the United States. The United States must pay attention to it.

The Atlantic Defense Line is not only on the coastline. If a decisive naval battle can be won in the Atlantic Ocean, then the United States can protect the security of the homeland.

So, the first is the growth of the navy.

"Five ships is still not enough." Roosevelt said involuntarily.

These five are real attack aircraft carriers, not escort aircraft carriers. The United States has also started construction of a large number of escort aircraft carriers, but they are well aware of the combat effectiveness of that aircraft carrier.

"If we stopped supporting the Soviet Union and put all our power in our country, it would greatly increase our warship production," Ernst said.

Reinforcing the Soviet Union also involves the energy of the United States itself.

Hearing his words, Roosevelt's eyes flashed for a moment, and then went dark again, stop supporting the Soviet Union? Then the Soviet Union will collapse immediately. The Soviet Union is buying more time for the United States, and helping the Soviet Union is helping the United States. Unfortunately, the German submarines are too powerful.

"We will set up our naval barriers in the North Atlantic. If the German fleet rushes to our coastline, then our fleet must be gone," Ernst continued.

The Navy is determined to protect the mainland of the United States. If the Germans want to attack the mainland of the United States, they must first defeat the American Atlantic Fleet.

Roosevelt nodded, and the report of the Navy Department was temporarily over, and then Marshall continued to speak.

"We are carrying out a huge project on the Atlantic Defense Line, which is almost comparable to the Great Wall of China. We have built a coastal defense along the Atlantic coastline, mainly with 406 heavy artillery and 380 heavy artillery as the core. If If the German fleet wanted to land, it would have to risk heavy casualties."

Coastal defense artillery is still the main defense method in this era. If the opponent wants to land, they must have a landing ship. If they want to land on the beach, it is not that easy!

"At the same time, we will build a mobile defensive position every 50 kilometers, and deploy the army's mixed tank troops. As long as there is war, we will rush to wherever."

Marshall eloquently recounted that this set of fortifications occupied the huge budget of the United States. Now, everyone has a hunch that the United States will be poor after the war, but as long as the United States still exists, it will be worth it!

What's more, if you really encounter a situation, you can still use the gold that exists in the United States in some European countries!

The defense line presided over by Marshall seemed to have a similar appearance, but General Eisenhower, who was present, could not help frowning.

"Marshall, have you studied the recent case of the Germans landing in Iceland across the sea?" Eisenhower couldn't help speaking.

"Of course," Marshall said.

"Then why do you still take it for granted!" Eisenhower said: "The German landing method has long been in the forefront of the times. They have a hovercraft that can fly on the sea, and they will fly directly over the coastline we set up. At the same time, they also have vertical take-off and landing helicopters that can attack us.”

"Even if you don't say this, the Germans also have a large number of aircraft carrier formations and a large number of bombers. The first round of strikes by the Germans will definitely be to dispatch their bombers to attack our coastal defense artillery positions."

"Yeah, so we will deploy enough anti-aircraft guns near our coastal defense artillery positions to keep them coming and going!"

The two quarreled, and the others hadn't seen the door. What did Eisenhower want to say?

"The anti-aircraft artillery is useless. The Germans have guided bombs that can be thrown at high altitudes and hit the top of our coastal defense artillery accurately." Eisenhower said: "We spent a lot of money to build such a line of defense. use."

These words made Marshall's face flush. Marshall did his best to build this line of defense, and even the following has been called. This line of defense is called the Marshall line of defense, which can be said to be the proud work of his life. Once the war is over, Marshall would also be famous for this, and now, Eisenhower said it was worthless.

"Then you say, what should we do?" Marshall asked. You said my plan was not good, but you came up with a better one!

"All resources are used to build aircraft." Eisenhower said: "We spent a lot of resources to make so many heavy artillery, which can only be easily destroyed by German bombers. The only way is to use fighter planes. When the Germans came , we use locust-like fighter jets to meet them, we shoot down their planes in the air, our attack aircraft and torpedo planes blow up their warships, and as long as we hold our skies, we hold our coastlines."

Now, the U.S. Air Force has not yet become independent. It belongs to the Army Air Corps. It is a unit of the Army. Eisenhower is the general of the Army.

After entering the high command, Eisenhower has historically worked closely with Marshall, but now, for the benefit of the United States, he is willing to engage in a debate with Marshall. At the risk of his banishment and his departure from the high command, this meaningless project cannot be allowed to continue.