Chapter 1151 Gao Qibao Plan 1

On Tuesday, December 19, the Hersmanns, who were in Berchtesgaden at the foot of the Alps, were returning to their villa from a morning jog by Lake Königssee when they saw Natalie Lesinskaya holding a newspaper. Wait in the lobby.

"Ludwig, this is the Wall Street Journal that I just received." Natalie handed the newspaper to Hessmann, who was wearing sportswear.

This newspaper was published on the 17th, US time, and was subscribed by the Consulate General of Rome in New York. It was then carried back to Europe on a Roman Imperial Airlines class and delivered to Hessman as soon as possible. In addition to Hersmann, Hitler, Schleicher and the German Emperor Wilhelm III all had access to the same Wall Street Journal.

The headline on the front page of today's "Wall Street Journal" is: Truman is elected President of the United States!

There was also Truman’s declaration to the press: The United States will never accept a humiliating peace—the United States will adhere to “no territory, no reparations,” “the principle of self-determination for the American and Australian nations,” “an open door,” “helping the peaceful reconstruction of Europe” and “ "Comprehensive disarmament and limitation of armaments" and other five major peace principles.

Hersman asked Chloe to take a shower and have breakfast first, while he sat down on the sofa sweating profusely and began to read Truman's speech word for word published in the newspaper. During this period, Natalie probably handed him a glass of juice, and he drank while reading the newspaper.

The contents of the newspaper did not exceed Hersman's expectations. Truman, who was lucky enough to win the election, did not dare to propose politically incorrect peace conditions, and the five peace principles had no room for discussion.

Obviously, Germany must now implement the "Fort Gotchi Plan".

At this time, Chloe, who had finished taking a shower, did not go to the restaurant, but came to Hessman: "Honey, is there any encouraging news?"

Hersman took a sip of juice and said, "I think Reinhardt is going to the battlefield. Can this be considered encouraging news?"

Reinhardt is Hessmann's second son. He is 19 years old and has completed his studies at the Berlin Military Academy. He is now studying at the Armored Forces School and will graduate soon. If the "Fort Gotchi Plan" is really implemented, Reinhardt will definitely be sent to the battlefield.

"I guess so," Chloe said with a smile. "This will make him a true Heinsberg man."

This answer seemed a bit cruel, but coming from Chloe's mouth, it was normal. Her family has been serving in the army for generations since the time of Charlemagne, and countless ancestors died on the battlefield - their distinguished family background and titles are all stained with blood!

And since marrying Hessman, Chloe has been working hard to have children, giving birth to a total of 6 children, 3 of which are boys. That's enough to make the men of the Heinsberg-Hersmann family seem less precious.

In addition, Hessmann's eldest son Rudolf has now entered the middle ranks of the military, and is also a very valuable expert in the use of carrier-based aircraft in the navy and naval aviation. He is now prohibited from flying aircraft in combat, so there is basically no risk of death.

Hersman closed the newspaper, threw it to Natalie, and ordered: "Change the schedule. I will go back to Tsosen after meeting with the Prime Minister today."

Zossen is the seat of the General Staff of the German Wehrmacht, and the headquarters of the Navy, Air Force and SS are also located there. It is the brains of the German Wehrmacht and even the entire European Community army. Hessmann was in a hurry to return to Zossen, and naturally he had to arrange and implement the "Fort Gotchi Plan" to attack the United States.

When Hessmann and Natalie arrived at the Eagle's Nest in a Mercedes-Benz 770K limousine, Adolf Hitler was on the phone with Mussolini, exchanging views on U.S. policy.

"Yes, that's right, we can't accept Truman's Five Principles, it's all nonsense... The newly elected President of the United States must not have understood the situation. He probably thought it was 1918... Of course, of course, we No atomic bombs will be dropped anytime soon, you and the Roman Empire’s peace efforts are still welcome… Okay, thank you.”

Hitler hung up the phone and said to Hessmann, who was being brought in by Martin Borman: "Ludwig, it seems we are really going to attack the North American continent."

"Then let's attack," Hessmann said to Hitler. "We have been making plans for a long time. We have advantages in terms of weapons and equipment and the quality of our officers and soldiers, so the attack cannot fail."

"I would not be worried at all if the United States had a border with us," the German chancellor said. "But the enemy is separated from us by the ocean, with more than 2,000 kilometers and nearly 3,000 kilometers of water. This is our biggest enemy! Ludwig, how many troops can we transport to land on Newfoundland at one time now?"

"If we go all out, we can transport 4-5 division-level battle groups, including at least 3 regiment-level armored battle groups." Hessmann sat down opposite Hitler's desk and introduced in detail "Gao Qi" Preparations for landing in the "Fort Plan".

Landing across the ocean is not easy. This is not about transporting troops. Unity ships and high-speed cruise ships are enough. Various large and medium-sized landing ships must be used to transport troops to Newfoundland. The European Community countries have a limited number of large and medium-sized landing ships.

Including the "Baltic" class amphibious landing ships, "Faroe Islands" class dock landing ships and T-type landing ships, the total number is only 166. Even if all of them are used in the "Fort Gotsch Project", it will be difficult to put up to 5 The troops and all equipment of the division (heavy division) and a large amount of supplies were shipped to Newfoundland at one time.

However, the German Navy still has several "blue ribbon aircraft carriers" that have retreated to the second line and serve as training aircraft carriers - aircraft carriers converted from luxury cruise ships. Although this type of aircraft carrier cannot carry many carrier-based aircraft, the displacement is sufficient. Among them, the Bremen and Europa have a huge displacement of 47,000 tons, which is worth refitting again.

So after deciding to attack North America, the Bremen and Europa entered the factory again for refitting. From an aircraft carrier to a special amphibious landing ship - this is a special landing ship different from ordinary amphibious assault ships. It can carry a large number of soldiers, supplies, equipment and combat aircraft, and can also carry landing craft. However, there is no design of bow and stern hatches, so landing craft and amphibious vehicles cannot enter the water directly, and can only be put into the water through a crane. The crane on the aircraft carrier (used to hoist aircraft) has limited capacity and cannot lift equipment that is too heavy. Therefore, the total weight of the landing craft and amphibious vehicles on the Bremen and Europa cannot exceed 20 tons.

However, the huge displacement and a large number of cabins for soldiers to live in still make Bremen and Europa extremely valuable. After the modification, the two ships can carry a lightweight Marine Division or Panzergrenadier Division (that is, all vehicles over 20 tons are replaced with vehicles under 20 tons). Such a carrying capacity is enough to support dozens of T-class landing ships.

As long as these two special amphibious landing ships can be delivered to the European Joint Fleet in time, the plan to transport 5 division-level combat groups to Newfoundland at one time can be fully realized.

"Five division-level combat groups are not large, but once they land on Newfoundland, the Americans will not be able to drive them away again." Hersmann assured Hitler.

The first batch of troops sent to Newfoundland must be the elite of the elite. There are 70,000 to 80,000 people in the 5 division-level groups and hundreds of tanks/assault artillery. As long as they can land, the Americans will be powerless even if they have hundreds of thousands of troops.

"How to solve the problem of air supremacy?" Adolf Hitler was not an amateur in military affairs, and he immediately asked the most critical question. "I am not worried about the problems at sea and on land. As long as we have air superiority, 100,000 German soldiers can defeat 1 million American soldiers without any problem. But how many fighters will the Americans deploy on Newfoundland and the nearby Nova Scotia Peninsula? Can we defeat them?"

"The Americans may deploy thousands of fighters in the Newfoundland battle," Hersmann told Hitler, "because Newfoundland is very close to the US mainland, the Americans can mobilize a large number of aircraft at any time to replenish the losses. So we must destroy the US military airport as the main means to seize air supremacy."

"Destroy the airport? With what?"

"Use missiles and Me264 and Ju288," Hersmann said, "We have built airports in the Azores, 2,500 kilometers away from Newfoundland, and Nuuk, 1,700 kilometers away from Greenland. The former can take off and land Me264, and the latter can take off and land Ju288. We plan to deploy 300-350 Me264 and Ju288 there. In this way, up to 350 high-precision missiles and remote control can be launched at a time. Guided glide bombs. "

"The Americans have a lot of fighters on Newfoundland, right?" Hitler continued to ask, "How are you going to deal with it?"

"Use Me262T jet fighters to shoot them down!" Hersman explained, "In fact, the American numerical advantage is not as great as imagined. Because the performance of fighters is restricted by altitude and visibility. They are usually divided into three major categories: "daytime high altitude", "daytime medium and low altitude" and "night". Each major category has many special requirements, so it is unlikely to be proficient in both. Therefore, the US military deployed three major categories of fighters on Newfoundland.

The Me264 and Ju288 we plan to use are both high-altitude bombers, and guided ammunition can also be dropped from high altitude. So we will use Me262HG to compete for air supremacy in airspace above 10,000 meters during the day. At this altitude, the American P51 does not have much room to play, and the opponent of P262HG. Therefore, our Me262HG mainly has to deal with the P47 daytime fighter that can fight at high altitudes. "