The proposal put forward by the commander of the Army Air Corps, Admiral Arnold, was actually debated for a long time in the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Because the occupation of Santiago and the complete bombing of Buenos Aires could indeed deal a heavy blow to the Nazi power in the Americas.
As soon as the Argentine dictator Perón fell, Germany's layout in South America was completely destroyed.
Without the support of the new Asbanian Federation, it would be difficult for the huge European coalition forces to gain a foothold in South America, let alone use South America as a springboard to attack the Caribbean.
Of course, the Pentagon's generals are not naïve.
They knew that even if Perón fell, the European coalition would not really retreat from South America with its tail between its legs.
But they must save the new Federation of Asbania before they can attack the Caribbean or somewhere on the east coast of North America.
In this way, the U.S. military successfully attracted the main direction of attack of the European coalition forces to the south of South America.
Regardless of whether the European coalition forces can win in southern South America, the United States will be able to win at least 612 months to strengthen its defenses and train its troops, and in order to deal with a possible decisive battle on the North American continent, Truman signed a general mobilization order after he officially became president, further expanding the size of the American army.
Among them, the US Army ground forces and army air force are the focus of expansion.
According to Truman's order, the U.S.
Army, excluding Army Air Forces, was to expand to 10 million by the end of 1945, of which more than 5.5 million were to fight in the field By the end of 1945, the Army Air Corps would have more than 2.5 million troops and more than 50,000 combat aircraft In addition to the increase in the number of people and aircraft, the air corps of the US Army and Navy was completely upgraded by order of President Truman. 82 will massively equip the Army Air Corps.
The F7F will not only become the main aircraft of the US Naval Air Force, but will also board aircraft carriers to become carrier-based aircraft.
The strength of the surface fleet of the US Navy will also be restored to a certain extent.
Not only will there be super-battleships such as the Montana class, but also 3 "Midway" aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of 60,000 tons will enter service In addition, the U.S.
Navy's torpedo boat force would be massively expanded in 1945.
There will be more than 500 boat squadrons, and the number of T-boats entering the battle sequence will exceed 6,000 By then, there will be a large number of wooden-hulled t-boats capable of performing lightning strikes, mine-laying and depth charge minesweeping missions for coastal defence, as well as on the east coast of Canada, and the Caribbean islands.
Together with shore-based aircraft and mass-built R-class submarines, a light submarine suitable for offshore operations with a maximum underwater speed of more than 10 knots, they will form a coastal defense system for North America and the Caribbean islands.
Finally, the highly anticipated B29 improved XB44 was also planned to begin to equip troops in large quantities by the end of 1945.
The aircraft's improvements will focus on increasing range and speed, with a maximum combat radius of more than 4,350 kilometers, which is larger than the historical project, and can drop bacteriological bombs on Luxembourg, which has become the German mainland The U.S. military believed that such countermeasures would be enough to keep the Germans from dropping atomic bombs on the U.S. mainland.
It is precisely because of illusions about "protracted warfare" and countermeasures that the leaders of the US military have been slow to make up their minds to retreat from Chile.
"Do you think it's necessary to withdraw from Chile," Wallace looked at the few generals frowning.
"Yes," Henry Arnold replied in the affirmative.
His army air force suffered heavy losses in the skies over Buenos Aires and was already a little unbearable.
"You can take another look."
Arnold's advice from Army Chief of Staff Marshall disappointed Arnold a little, "Maybe we can set a date for retreat."
He glanced at War Secretary Wallace.
We can't afford to procrastinate indefinitely. ” "Okay, let's set a date like this."
Wallace asked, "So when are we going to end the military operations in Chile and Argentina?"
"April 1st."
William Leahy had already had the answer, saying, "April 1 is the 11th day after the equinox, and the weather in the North Atlantic will gradually improve, and the days will be longer than the night, which will facilitate the Germans to land on the higher island of Newfoundland." ” It is unlikely that military operations to land on Newfoundland and its environs will take place during the autumnal equinox, the polar night of the Arctic Circle and the harsh season in the North Atlantic.
It is unlikely that Germany will cross two or three thousand kilometers of the windy and rough ocean to land in the harsh climate of Newfoundland during this period.
But as soon as the vernal equinox passes, the climate in the North Atlantic begins to improve, and the daylight hours are getting longer.
By the summer, a transatlantic landing operation would be possible "Well" Wallace did not want to abandon military operations in Chile and Buenos Aires like this, but the defense of Canada's east coast really could not be ignored.
He thought for a moment and added, "But there is no need to give up Valparaiso Bay.
We should hold a foothold there until the autumnal equinox this year. ” "I think so."
William Leahy did not argue with Wallace on whether to completely withdraw from Chile, it was a matter of face, and he was now concerned with reality.
"Withdrawal could begin on April 1, starting with the withdrawal of Army Air Corps bombers and the deployment of them to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
These aircraft have a certain anti-ship capability with bat bombs attached, and although they are not enough to fight the enemy's large combat ships, they are enough to strike transport fleets. ” "Okay, okay, that's it, that's it."
Wallace nodded repeatedly, then looked at his watch, then stood up and said, "It's almost time to go to the White House, and I think Mr.
President will agree to our proposal." ” General Theodore von Hipple Airborne General is an old classmate and subordinate of Hersmann, who is also the founder of the famous Miuta special forces.
In Germany's most difficult times, he and his Miuta warriors loyally played the role of the secret guardians of the Reich.
And after the outbreak of the world war, both the Shipper and Miuta units were included in the Airborne Forces created by Stud and became part of the Airborne Forces.
Shipper himself held key positions as Director of Airborne Forces Training, Commander of the 22nd Air Corps, and now Commander of the 1st Air Assault Corps.
The so-called air assault force is actually a strengthened version of the airborne army, which strengthens the assault capability on the basis of airborne.
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Or it can also be understood as a heavy airborne unit capable of fighting a tough battle.
Unlike ordinary airborne troops, which rely on parachutes and gliders as the main means of airlanding, the air assault troops will use a large number of transport aircraft such as 323 and ZSO523 with "air assault capability", which is very special, not only has a large carrying capacity and can carry tanks weighing up to twenty or thirty tons, but can also land directly on relatively flat grass, and has the ability to drop assault troops behind enemy lines.
On March 21, 1945, only 10 days before the official launch of the second phase of the "Gochburg Plan".
To prove that the ZSO523 heavy air assault transport aircraft can carry a newest E25 tank destroyer and land on a meadow that is not too wide.
Admiral Shipper and his right-hand man, Colonel Otoskolzny, commander of the 1st Air Force "Brandenburg" Assault Brigade, personally landed on the lawn of the Potsdam Palace from the sky in a ZSO523 transport plane with an E25 tank destroyer in its belly.
When the huge plane came to a steady stop at the edge of the palace lawn, the closed nose door creaked open by the mechanism, and then the roar of the motor was heard coming from the belly of the plane, and a cloud of gasoline-smelling smoke poured out.
Field Marshal Hersmann, sitting in a moving Steyr open-top command car, was attracted by the sight of a tank destroyer coming out of the belly of the plane, and he waved his hand to stop the car.
Then he straightened up in the carriage, raised a telescope and began to look at the planes and tank destroyers a few hundred meters away.
With a maximum take-off weight of more than 50 tons and a maximum cargo of up to 30 tons, the ZSO523 "Super Giant" aircraft can be considered a "big aircraft" even in later generations.
In this day and age, there are probably only a few large seaplanes from the United States and Japan that can be compared.
However, it was able to land on a grassy field and transport an E25 tank destroyer or a Tank 4 directly to the enemy's rear This is simply unimaginable, absolutely beyond the expectations of the Americans.
According to information gathered by the General Security Service and the Military Intelligence Bureau, the Americans did not deploy much troops on the difficult island of Newfoundland.
On this desolate, more than 110,000 square kilometers of large islands, there are less than 200,000 ground troops in total, not including anti-aircraft artillery units and shore artillery units, and most of the troops are stationed on the coastline, where most of them are cliffs dozens of meters above sea level, and Newfoundland Island is mainly a plateau, which is impossible to land at all, and only a small part of the area is sandy beaches and gravel beaches, and there are usually dangerous highlands and plateaus near these beaches and gravel beaches.
The Americans only need to build some sufficiently strong machine-gun and artillery bunkers on these heights and terraces to completely block the nearby beaches and pebble beaches with condescending firepower.
In addition, the highlands and terraces along the coast of Newfoundland are relatively flat grass, which is enough to place armored troops.
Therefore, the US Allied forces, which have a large number of heavy troops, have deployed armored units on these coastal highlands and terraces, which are not large-scale formations, usually some armored composite battalions including tank companies, tank destroyer companies, infantry companies, artillery companies, and anti-aircraft artillery companies.
Although the number of people is not large, there are quite a few tank destroyers.
If a lightly armed German landing force climbed a platform several tens of meters high, these armored composite battalions would be able to show their skills.
Because of these heights, terraces, and armored composite battalions above, the elite staff officers of the German Great General Staff did not know how many brain cells had died.
In the end, it was General Shipper Airborne, the pioneer of the German special forces, who came up with a brainstorming plan to parachute armored troops directly to Newfoundland t1706231537: