Chapter 377

I don't know if you've ever had a winter holiday, playing games, setting off firecrackers, watching movies, going to a party. Until the end of the holiday, it suddenly occurred to you that there are still dozens of homework unfinished. If so, you can now understand the mood of the United States at this moment.

The United States, which has been dreaming about the end of the continental war in Europe, now finds that the result it wants has not come out. On the contrary, another unpleasant ending is rapidly becoming clear.

Germany didn't imagine that it would fight against France in the first World War, but it became a brilliant performance of the German armored forces. They came to Paris at one go and made an easy victory. All of a sudden, Americans were shocked and began to think about their own development.

Every time the officers of the army read the report of the German armored forces swaggering in France, they would write to all departments in the hope of building their own armored corps to deal with the future war mode.

The United States is not ambiguous. It began to vigorously develop its own armored tank forces and developed m3 and m3lee tanks at one go to deal with the "German tank threat" in the future. The M3 tank was developed under the influence of Germany's blitz against Poland. It's a relatively advanced main tank in the hands of the US Army.

However, this kind of tank is only equipped with a main gun of 37mm caliber, and its armor lags behind by more than a little. Compared with the leopard tank of Germany, it is obviously out of date. Compared with the latest Tiger tank of Germany, it seems that it is not at the same level.

For this reason, stimulated by the French campaign, the United States ordered the development of a firepower enhanced tank with the same 75mm caliber artillery. As a result, the super m3 tank was born, which was the same as the French B1 tank, with a 75mm tank gun installed on the front side of the car body.

As soon as these two kinds of tanks came out, they were criticized. It seems that the U.S. Army is not satisfied with this kind of scrap metal whose overall strength is almost one generation lower than that of German tanks. However, the U.S. Army has not been strongly threatened by tanks for the time being, so even if the army is dissatisfied, it still holds its nose and equips a total of 3000 such "scrap metal".

Compared with the US Army, the US air force is more urgent. The U.S. P-36 fighter is not even as good as the me-109c fighter, which is exported by the Third Reich. Compared with the German fw-190d fighter, the U.S. fighter is very different. Therefore, the reason why the U.S. Army is eager to obtain a new type of fighter is analyzed.

However, compared with the army's conservatism and slowness, the designers of the US air force are much more bold. They immediately came up with a design scheme, which has two high-power engines and looks very strange. This is the famous P-38 twin engine fighter in history, In another time and space, it was famous for shooting down Yamamoto, the Japanese general.

Unfortunately, it's one thing to come up with a design plan, but it's another thing to demonstrate the mass production after the test flight. So now the U.S. air force is still a poor P-36 fighter.

Just as the United States was catching up, a more shocking news suddenly came. Hundreds of thousands of troops in Dunkirk surrendered to Germany, and the British navy was screened by the German high seas fleet overnight or in the morning. Within two hours, the European war situation was so bad that the Americans could not predict it, and even intelligence came, He said France would surrender to Germany in a few days.

This time, the United States could not sit still. Roosevelt immediately summoned the British ambassador to the United States and got even more astonishing information from this Ambassador: Britain lost its sea power in the North Atlantic, hundreds of thousands of troops were annihilated in France, and now it is unable to cope with any war that is about to happen.

"Is it really so serious?" American President Roosevelt asked, frowning and staring at the British ambassador in front of him.

The British ambassador looked very single and could not see any clue on his face. He just coughed twice and then replied, "the sinking of the hood and the prestige is the most painful loss of the Royal Navy of the British Empire. The fleet including the aircraft carrier has lost almost one-third of its fleet. In fact, Britain is no longer able to continue the war."

"The situation is so irreparable?" Roosevelt sighed and murmured. At this time, he suddenly had an illusion: did the head of state in Berlin in the distant European continent always press his own strength, and then suddenly attack Britain and France, so as to block the possibility of American disturbance?

Shaking his head and dispelling such a pessimistic idea in his mind, Roosevelt once again took on a strong posture and said, "if the United States can pool some resources to help Britain, can Britain continue to deal with Germany?"

"Dear president, the British Empire certainly does not want to lose its position and influence in Europe. But I really can't think of any resources to support us to continue fighting. After all, the blockade of Germany has made us very weak. "

"The United States does not want to see Germany unify Europe." Roosevelt thought for a moment and said, "I'd rather deal with an English gentleman like you than a German."

He thought about it and looked at the trees outside the window. He seemed determined before he said, "I'll try. If I can, I'll provide a lot of support for the British war against aggression, including weapons and food and fuel."“ I need to have a general understanding of the scale, and then give feedback to China, which will decide whether to accept the good intentions of the United States. " The ambassador secretly changed his face. Of course, he wanted to fight for the best interests for Britain. Even if he was defeated, Britain must be able to get the best interests“ As far as the army is concerned, we in the United States do not have a strong family background, so I am willing to take out 300 m3 tanks and 2000 cars. " Roosevelt said, "this is the most sincere I can show."“ In addition, we will provide 2000 fighter planes, including the P-36 and later more advanced models, to help Britain stabilize its air supremacy. Although the P-36 is unable to cope with various aircraft forces in Germany, it is better than none, right? " Without waiting for the British ambassador to speak, he continued to say his chips“ We need two million more grenades. Mr President, once Germany invades Britain, we will fight to the death against the invaders. " The British ambassador replied“ sure! Then, in terms of the Navy, we will help Britain to produce four aircraft carriers and the corresponding escort fleet. I will try my best to hand over these warships to Britain within one year, but whether these warships can catch up with the British mainland can only depend on what the Germans mean. "“ I believe that if these promises can be fulfilled, the German will not be able to end the Anglo German war before 1940. " The ambassador said with a smile: "with these, we will fight to the end! It's totally wrong to let the Germans know that they despise Britain! " Roosevelt was very satisfied with his answer. The United States just wanted to fight for about two years. Once the powerful industry of the United States started to produce at full power, armed millions of troops and possessed more advanced weapons and equipment, it would be easy. I hope the process of war can slow down quickly... Looking at the back of the British ambassador who left, Roosevelt thought in his heart. At a port in New York, boxes of grenades are loaded onto a freighter, and the boxes of grenades on the ship have piled up like mountains. The flag of the United States is flying on this ship. Naturally, the United States hopes that such important arms and materials can be safely transported to its destination, Britain, because there, every bullet and every shell has to be saved“ Be careful A crew member reminded the clumsy stevedores: "these are flammable and explosive things. If you are not careful, the whole ship will turn into a big fireworks!"“ got it! Sir The man who seemed to be carrying ammunition on board nodded and said. As he spoke, he put a box of bullets in his hand on another pile of hills. This transport ship was actually full of 100 million bullets and hundreds of thousands of grenades. He was one of the most important aid transport fleet. Other ships include 30 ships carrying steel and grain, 15 ships carrying crude oil, and the remaining nine. This ship is exactly 10 merchant ships carrying arms and materials. Including 50 tanks and 400 trucks directly drawn from the U.S. * team, in order to facilitate and achieve the best transportation effect, these vehicles are filled with oil, and the cockpit is filled with bandages, drugs and other materials. However, before these ships had time to leave the US port, the news of another air raid on London, the British capital, spread to the US. Because the statistics have not yet been completed, the exact loss is incalculable. But it is only a preliminary estimate that almost 200000 people are homeless, with more than 3000 people directly killed in the air crash. What's more depressing to the United States and frustrating to the British people is that the most powerful hurricane fighter unit of the Royal fighter stationed near London was completely destroyed. All the 20 fighters accumulated by painstaking efforts were shot down and 16 pilots were killed. If the P-36 fighters supported by the United States are included, 44 British pilots have been killed and 72 planes have been shot down in this interception operation alone. The British ambassador asked for an urgent meeting again. When he saw Roosevelt, he cried bitterly and put forward a new request from the British government to the United States: "Mr. Roosevelt, the British pilots are almost exhausted. We ask you to recruit volunteers to go to Britain. The price is not a problem. We are willing to provide 5000 pounds for a pilot."