Chapter 1165 Gao Qibao Project - Oyster Mine
The car drove along Nevsky Prospekt, filled with beautiful European-style buildings, to the heavily guarded Winter Palace Square - the little mother Olga who now rules Russia is not a benevolent Madonna, in fact she is a female version of Stalin , don’t even know there is such a thing as democracy. Her government implements absolute communist rule in Russia. Civilian protests are strictly prohibited. The Dynasty Socialist Party is the only legal political party in Russia!
"Hi! Olga!"
When the car drove into the Winter Palace, the Royal Guards soldiers on guard raised their hands and shouted slogans.
"Felix," Hessman looked out the car window at the Russian soldiers in long khaki coats carrying Mosin-Nagant rifles, and asked half-jokingly, "When I see Olga later, I will also Do you raise your hands and shout slogans?”
"You?" Prince Yusupov smiled and said, "The Empress wants you to kiss her on the cheek, just like in the past... This is your prerogative."
Olga's pretty face must have been kissed by men in private, but Hersman was the only one who kissed it in public.
"That's such an honor." Hessman said in his heart: It seems that Olga still regards me as her closest ally...at least on the surface.
The car stopped outside the foyer of the Winter Palace. Empress Olga, who had been wearing a military uniform during this period, was already wearing an off-shoulder white palace dress. She braved the cold and walked out accompanied by several ministers and female officials. hall.
Hessmann got out of the car, strode towards her, and as before kissed the Queen on the cheek in full view of the public, and then the Queen kissed Hessman too.
"Dear Olga, you look so charming today." Hessmann said to the queen in a flattering tone.
"Really?" The Queen chuckled a few times, then took Hessmann's arm and walked into the foyer together, "But it's really cold to dress like this... Although I didn't wear much clothes in winter when I was young, but It’s not possible now. I’ve been in warm Western Europe for so long that I’m almost not used to the cold in Russia.”
As soon as he walked into the foyer, the heat rushed to Hessmann, who was wearing a military coat, and a thin layer of sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead.
"It's really hot here." As he spoke, Hessmann unbuttoned his military coat one by one, then took off his coat and handed it to Adjutant Brandt.
"This kind of temperature is a luxury in Russia under my rule." Olga smiled as if she was self-deprecating, "Most people can only enjoy minimal heating. I can guarantee that the situation in Russia before the February rebellion was better than it is now. Be good.”
The February Rebellion was the February Revolution. Now that Tsarist Russia has been restored, Nicholas II and other members of the royal family who died in the revolution have become Orthodox saints, and the revolution that overthrew them has become an evil rebellion. However, Queen Olga issued an edict pardoning all thugs (revolutionaries) who participated in the February rebellion.
"The situation will get better. As long as we defeat the United States and get reparations, Russia's economy will recover."
"Are you going to attack the United States soon?" Olga asked with interest.
"We're almost ready," Hessmann replied. "I'm here to inform you about this."
The Russian Expeditionary Force is one of the main forces of the European Community Expeditionary Force, with a number almost equal to that of the German Expeditionary Force. The number of Russian troops that have arrived in Belém, Brazil and Guyana now ranks first among the expeditionary forces of any country, reaching more than 500,000.
Although so many Russian troops are under the command of the Atlantic Front Command of the European Community Allied Forces, and their military salaries are borne by the European Community (mainly paid by Germany and France), they are really going to be sent to the battlefield. I still want to say hello to Olga.
"Ludwig, don't worry, they will obey orders!"
Hessmann and Olga now walked up the stairs of the Winter Palace foyer to the throne room on the second floor. This is a majestic large room dominated by white, with a red tsar's throne at the end of the hall. In front of the throne is a long oak conference table and two rows of chairs.
At one end of the oak conference table was a red velvet tablecloth, with a map spread out on it. Hersman glanced at it and saw a map of the Caribbean Sea. There were many lines and arrows densely drawn on it, and the numbers of a lot of troops were also marked.
"Ludwig, does the situation on this map match reality?" the Russian Empress asked, standing in front of the map.
Hessman leaned over and pretended to take a closer look, then nodded and said: "The coalition force is about the same, but the number of aviation forces will be more. We will deploy 6,000 shore-based aircraft and seaplanes there, plus ships. The total number of aircraft and carrier-based seaplanes can reach 8,000.”
Now the battle between the American and European surface fleets has been decided. Whether it is a battleship decisive battle or an aircraft carrier battle, the advantage is on Germany's side - German airborne missiles can also attack aircraft carriers, and the performance of carrier-based aircraft is incomparable with the capabilities of carrier-based aircraft pilots. In terms of level, Germany also has the upper hand. Therefore, it seems that the battle between shore-based aircraft determines the fate of both sides. Once Germany's shore-based aircraft deployed in Guya and northern Brazil defeat the American shore-based aircraft in Trinidad, the landing operation will begin.
It is probably expected that the European coalition forces, which have dual advantages in sea and air, will win the landing operation.
"Marshal Imperial, most of your 8,000 aircraft can't reach Trinidad, can they?"
The questioner was a middle-aged Slav wearing the uniform of the Russian Imperial Air Force. He was tall and strong, with thick blond hair.
The Queen pointed at him and said, "He is my Air Force Chief of Staff, Air Force General Victor Maltsev."
Hersman had heard of this person and knew that he was a colonel in the former Soviet Red Air Force and an air force expert.
"That's right." Hersman smiled, "The planes deployed in Belem can't reach Trinidad."
The straight-line distance between Belem and Trinidad is also 1264. The combat radius of Ju288 can cover from Belem to Trinidad. After the He219 and Me410 are modified with extended range and adopt shuttle flight tactics, they can also fight from Belem to Trinidad. Other fighters deployed in Belem basically can't reach Trinidad. However, Victor Maltsev, a Soviet Air Force traitor, probably wouldn't have thought that Germany has not deployed 6,000 aircraft in Guyana and the Belem area in northern Brazil. The actual number is less than 3,000. Most of the "planes" displayed on the newly built airports around Belem are wooden models, which are used to fool the American F-13 ultra-long-range reconnaissance aircraft.
"The planes there will be put into the air battle on Trinidad by shuttle flights." Hersman explained.
"Do you have enough fuel and ammunition stored in Guyana?" Victor Maltsev raised an objection again.
Shuttle flight is a tactic in which the fighter plane does not return to the take-off base after completing the operation, but lands at a base closer to the battlefield, refuels, and then returns to the departure base. However, the implementation of this tactic requires a high level of physical strength for the pilots and fuel reserves at the front-line transit airport.
And because the Guyana region lacks deep-water ports and is often bombed by American aircraft, it is difficult to transport and store supplies. Otherwise, Germany would not have to occupy Belem, Brazil. Wouldn't it be better to directly use Guyana as a large base to attack the Caribbean?
"The fuel we have stored in Guyana can support short-term high-intensity combat." Hersman explained very patiently, "This period of time is enough for us to paralyze the US Army and Navy Air Force on Trinidad."
Victor Maltsev frowned, obviously not believing Hersman's words, "Imperial Marshal, this is not easy... In fact, you did not paralyze the Soviet Red Air Force in a short period of time in the battle with it. Moreover, the US air force is huge and can be replenished at any time."
"But Trinidad is also far away from the US mainland," Hersman smiled, "We are now fully capable of blockading it. As long as Trinidad is blockaded, it will be difficult for the United States to transport aircraft, ammunition and fuel there."
"Blockade? With what?"
"Mainly use mines!" Hersman said, "Use our latest mines."
"Mines? What kind of mines?" Another senior military aide to Empress Olga, the Chief of Staff of the Russian Imperial Navy, the elderly "old white man" Admiral Stark asked.
Hersman replied, "This is a new type of bottom mine, which is detonated by a special method. It is our secret weapon. It has not been used before, so the Americans cannot get the real thing. So in the short term, they cannot find a way to crack it."
Bottom mines are different from anchor mines. They are sunk to the bottom of the water, so ordinary minesweeping methods are completely ineffective. To deal with bottom mines, you have to start with their detonation methods. For example, to deal with magnetic mines, you can use battery iron to simulate the magnetism of the ship or simply demagnetize the ship.
And what Hersman is going to use to blockade Trinidad is a new type of mine equipped with a water pressure fuse and a sound-controlled fuse, nicknamed "Oyster Mine". This type of mine uses the water pressure field and sound generated by ships passing nearby to detonate-two fuses must be activated at the same time to detonate, so it is safe, accurate, and has strong anti-sweeping capabilities. Even if the Americans picked up a complete "Oyster Mine", it would be impossible to make a dedicated minesweeper in the short term.
Moreover, under Hessmann's orders, the German Navy had been keeping this type of mine, which had been put into production in January 1944, in secret to prevent it from being obtained by the US military too early (it was common for air-dropped bottom mines to be dropped in the wrong place, and it was inevitable that they would be picked up by the enemy), so the Americans had no way to deal with it in the short term.