Imperial Overlord

The new equipment could not be built and used on a large scale, which seriously restricted the scale of the German landing force. There are also solutions, that is, to mix various types of ships.

The "Sea Lion Project" pragmatically took a compromise approach. During the first landings, the old-model ships were used to attract enemy fire, and then the new landing craft were used to storm ashore.

On the one hand, it makes up for the shortage of landing craft, and on the other hand, it is a brave attempt to reduce casualties.

Originally, such a small boat, Germany did not have a suitable engine to provide. However, after the exchange, Japan, which got the data of American fighter jets and warships, finally delivered the diesel engine technology to Germany half a month ago.

Don't look at Japan's tank development level in World War II has been lagging behind the world's mainstream, but Japan is one of the first countries in the world to use diesel engines to equip tanks.

Moreover, as a big maritime country, Japan has accumulated its own experience and technology in the small diesel engines and gasoline engines used in landing craft and boats.

With the accumulation of these technologies, German engineers chose the cheapest solution to ensure that the core performance of the German landing craft is cheap and easy to produce.

At the same time, in order to appease the Soviet Union and make the best use of everything, Li Le once again purchased a large number of life jackets from Japan through the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Even in a hurry, most of these life jackets were one-third of the life jackets obtained by the German landing troops in Japan, and they were all imported products with Japanese written on them.

The improvement is not only in large-scale equipment. The German army installed self-defense machine guns on the turrets on various tanks that landed in the United Kingdom, and also installed shields in front of the machine guns to cover the commanders and loaders who use the machine guns.

This kind of thing was installed on the one hand to strengthen the anti-aircraft fire on the beachhead of the landing force, and on the other hand to deal with the British infantry anti-tankmen in the trenches.

On the dock in Kiel, several workers are welding a small boat using the oldest method. Recently, in order to prepare for landing ships, Germany is basically in a state of doing everything possible.

For example, Germany has collected almost all the civilian ships in France, and the statistical catalogue is ready to be called at any time. At the same time, Italy is also helping to produce the assault boats, which are transported to the west by train through France.

In many ports, civilian boat production workers are working overtime to produce small boats, most of which are simple assault boats.

With the blueprints, the docks that can produce special landing craft with front doors are protected by military surveillance. On the one hand, it is necessary to hide the number of landing equipment, and on the other hand, it is necessary to keep the design of the landing craft secret.

A large number of boats use civilian-grade steel, and some don't even have a decent rust treatment. One of the purposes of this is to build quickly, and the other is to save military resources.

Germany is not as deep and rich as the United States and can build a lot of non-combat equipment. A large number of auxiliary equipment consumes resources, and also delays the production of Germany's main equipment.

In December 1940, the production of German landing ships was carried out slowly without delaying any production progress of the military or occupying any production materials of the military.

"This kind of thing can only be used for about 20 days..." A worker commented to his colleague, looking at the assault boat he was welding and beating the thin steel plate.

"The indicators given to us are built like this... I heard that the boats we produce all have special functions, and most of them will sink on the same day." Another worker is welding the special parts of this assault boat, telling himself colleagues replied.

Unlike ordinary assault boats, the assault boat they produced has brackets on both sides, and these brackets look thicker than the boat itself.

In fact, these specially-made assault boats also have a special role. They have to accompany the first landing troops ashore on the same day and stranded on the beach as much as possible.

The engines of these assault boats can be disassembled for recycling and lowering the cost of use. And their important role is to cooperate with the floating dock.

The sappers will sit and sink these boats near the beach, and then let the floating docks be fixed on these sinking boats. Immediately after the water is injected into the floating tank of the floating dock, the floating dock can be stranded on multiple assault boats.

With the fixing device on the shore, this can make the floating dock more stable, and the subsequent ships that can be docked are mainly fixed quickly, saving the time of fixing the dock.

Because of this, most of these special-purpose assault boats will not be reused, so there is no value and necessity for reuse.

For these small-volume landing ships built in the United Kingdom, the German high-level has also repeatedly argued and discussed. After the successful landing in England, these ships will not be scrapped and rendered useless.

Once the British were defeated, these ships could be sent to the Mediterranean to transport supplies along the coast, as well as to transport supplies in the direction of the Black Sea when attacking the Soviet Union.

In addition, some ships can still be responsible for going between the UK and Germany, and are responsible for material dispatch and transportation between the two places.

So these ships will not be wasted, and there may even be far fewer of them, and many more will be added. Being able to calculate this point in advance shows how miserable the German high-level leaders are.

Throughout World War II, Germany never squandered any possible equipment. From the Czech Republic to France, all the captured weapons and equipment were used in the war, and there was no waste at all.

Although this has caused some pressure on logistical supplies, it also shows the shortage of German weapons and equipment. In the eyes of the German executives, it seems that the option of equipment is not wasted.

"It seems that this time I really want to land in the UK." While busy with their work, the workers in the factory were not idle.

Working in the shipyard all the year round, he built no less than thirty ships by himself, and he knew what he was doing with his eyes closed.

The other worker didn't let up too much. He was also an old boatman. He quickly welded more than half of the completed parts to the corresponding positions, and there was no delay in working for a moment during the chat.

Perhaps the most valuable thing in Germany is these experienced and skilled workers. It was these workers that allowed Germany to stand alone in World War I, that Germany swept across Europe during World War II, and that post-war Germany stood up again and became a giant in the economic field.

Not far away, next to a completed assault boat, the inspectors are busy. It is absolutely the most important thing to ensure that these equipments are usable, at least not sinking until they are needed.

It was already a torture to have German workers build something of such poor quality in a rigorous manner, so it seemed inevitable that the quality would exceed expectations.

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United States, the White House. Marshall's face paled, and he introduced to Roosevelt that Germany had just landed on Zhexi Island: "Mr. President, the Germans' landing ability is much stronger than we estimated earlier, and the Germans obviously did not use their full strength this time."

"Didn't use all your strength?" Roosevelt felt that this statement was worth noting, and after repeating in a low voice, he looked at Marshall.

Marshall nodded and replied: "The Germans neither used paratroopers nor tanks... So I think the Germans are also testing, and are testing their landing capabilities through trial and error."

Although I only heard about it, Germany did carry out a small-scale landing operation in the Mediterranean Sea. The operation time was earlier, and it was also more naive.

In the Crete operation, the actual records of the German landing operations are not exhaustive, and most of the information is also speculation and hearsay.

After all, it was the Greek defenders who faced the German landing forces at the time, and most of these forces had surrendered. Therefore, there is very little information returned to the British mainland, and the Americans are not aware of it in detail.

However, it can still be determined that the Germans have carried out two landing operations, and their experience in landing operations can be said to be quite rich.

"The Germans tried landing operations in Crete and Jersey... They are consciously accumulating experience, which is very terrifying." Marshall looked into Roosevelt's eyes and added this sentence.

"This situation is very dangerous, which shows that the Germans had already moved their minds to land in the UK as early as a month ago." Roosevelt realized the seriousness of the problem and said to Marshall.

a month ago? If the Germans really only decided to stay with the British a month ago~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Then in June, how could the German leader of Hitler suddenly lose interest in the peace talks with Britain?

And in the last two months, high-ranking Nazi officials who have been in contact with each other have begun to turn a blind eye to the peace promises made by the Duke of Hamilton and others.

What does this mean? This shows that since June, under the influence of Hitler, German high-level officials have lost interest in making friends with Britain. They don't have the patience to continue talking, they want to use their fists to solve the problem.

June? An unrelated incident flashed to Marshall's mind. Through relations in France, the United States had known that in June, the Führer had encountered a near-successful assassination.

"Could it be that it was because the British sent assassins that Hitler completely hated Britain?" After thinking about this in his heart, even Marshall thought this idea was ridiculous.

"Find a way, try to find a way, find a reason, and send the materials and personnel we can raise to the British mainland!" Roosevelt gave instructions: "The time left for the British is estimated to be running out."