Take Taobao to fight against Japan

After the Allied forces occupied the port of Antwerp, they sent a large number of engineers, salvage teams, and minesweeping ships to carry out the clearance work. It took two weeks to clear 120 mines and salvage more than 20 sunken ships. Only then did the handling capacity of the port of Antwerp be restored. .

On September 9, the Allied forces unloaded the first transport ship from the port of Antwerp. A few days later, the daily unloading volume of Antwerp port reached more than 2 tons, becoming another extremely important transshipment port for the Allied forces.

"It's really not easy to walk this way!"

Looking at the busy port wharf and seeing the scene of ruins all around, Sun Fumin sighed with great emotion, "If the Allies hadn't mastered absolute air supremacy, I'm afraid our losses would have been magnified at least several times. .”

Zhao Mingruo nodded thoughtfully and said: "Who says it is not? Compared with the vicious Japanese devils, the German army's combat effectiveness is undoubtedly better. Under such absolute adversity, they still caused a series of heavy casualties to the Allied forces! "

Yan Chaoren answered with a smile: "I have to say that our army was able to fight from Burma to Africa, and from Africa to Italy, and then landed in Normandy, pushing and crushing all the way here. Such a historical feat, we will go back From now on, you can brag for a lifetime!"

"Haha, Old Yan, can you be more reserved!"

Zhou Zhen patted Yan Chaoren on the shoulder in a good mood, and said loudly with great joy, "But the words are ugly and reasonable. We can experience and witness this series of great historical processes in person. We have not lived in vain in this life!"

"The ancients used to say that one will succeed and ten thousand will die. We are indeed very lucky and proud to be able to live until now and to witness the great victory of the world's anti-Fascist war with our own eyes."

Sun Fumin sighed softly and said, "It's just a pity for those thousands of anti-Japanese soldiers who died heroically, as well as the tens of millions of people who died in the war!

The war was indeed too cruel, completely exterminating and distorting human nature. Both the Axis and the Allies paid an unbearable price.

I only hope that after this unprecedented disaster in human history is over, the leaders of various countries can keep in mind the lessons of history and not let such a historical tragedy happen again because of their personal ambitions. "

"Don't worry, the Allied forces in the Pacific battlefield have also been playing victorious songs all the time, and there are generals in the domestic battlefield. Presumably, the Anti-Japanese War will win the final victory in the near future."

Zhao Mingruo said with a smile: "As for the future, let's not worry too much. As the old saying goes, 'For a long time, we must unite, and for a long time, we must divide'. This is the law and inevitable destiny of the development of things, and no one can control it.

But it doesn't matter, I firmly believe that everything will be fine, and people in the future will be hundreds of times and thousands of times better than us now.

As the chief executive often said, peace and development are the eternal themes of human society, and one day human society will evolve into a Datong society where people live and work in peace and contentment according to their needs. "

"I hope so!"

Sun Fumin grinned, and he had no doubts about the prosperous China that Yang Fan described, standing on the top of the world's nations.

However, Sun Fumin could only shake his head secretly for the ideal Datong society where "the world is one society", and I am sorry to disagree.

The Datong society here refers to the last ideal society in the Chinese ideological tradition, which is the highest stage of human society.

It represents mankind's beautiful vision for the future society, and its basic feature is the social system of public ownership by all people, including public ownership of power and property, and first of all, public ownership of power.

The slogan of public ownership of power is that the specific measures are to select talents and talents, and to promote trust and harmony.

That is, everyone loves and helps each other, every family lives and works in peace and contentment, there is no difference, no war.

This state is called "world harmony", and this kind of world is also called "world harmony".

Modernity has also added the thought of integrating politics, economy, science and technology, and culture on a global scale.

Although the thought of Datong is Chinese thought, the ideas of Western utopia, modern communism, and the global village also have great similarities with Datong in many places.

Obviously, as an adult with rich growth experience, Sun Fumin knows very well what is meant by "Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes". It is simply impossible to realize this ideal society of absolute equality!

Woo~woo~woo~

However, just as Sun Fumin and others were talking and looking forward to the future, a very sharp air defense siren sounded suddenly at the port pier.

"what's the situation?"

"No way, the Luftwaffe is still capable of bombing the port of Antwerp?"

"Yeah, isn't this here to die!"

Sun Fumin and Zhao Mingruo frowned immediately, unable to understand the meaning of the air defense siren at this moment.

Because they know very well that the Luftwaffe has lost their temper a long time ago, and now that they can't even guarantee the safety of their home airspace, how can they have any spare energy to go to Belgium to make troubles?

"Ah, look, what are those?"

"My God, what kind of monsters are those?"

"Not good, is this the V1 ballistic missile newly developed by the Germans?"

"I'm afraid it really is them, because I really can't think of anything else!"

But soon, Sun Fumin and others figured out the situation. After searching with the binoculars, they were shocked to find that there were densely packed small black dots flying from the very distant sky.

And these small black spots are by no means enemy aircraft, but missiles with long tail flames.

Chapter 1622 "Avenging Angel" V-2 Ballistic Guide

As the air defense siren sounded, riots broke out in the extremely busy port terminal. The crew, soldiers, and people who were carrying the cargo ran around like a group of headless chickens.

In fact, they don't know what happened, and they don't know where to hide to be safe. Anyway, they know that they must not get together at this time, and it is best not to be exposed to the naked environment, and it is best to hide in an air-raid bunker No matter how bad it is, you have to hide behind the cover.

At this time, Teng Zhifeng, the head of the security regiment who had been following around, also became anxious, and immediately ran to Sun Fumin and the others, and said loudly:

"Army seat, Chief of Staff, Commander Yan, Commander Zhou, be careful sailing for ten thousand years, this place is no longer safe, please withdraw to the headquarters immediately and take shelter!"

Regardless of whether it is a ballistic missile or an attack from the German Air Force, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall anyway. At this time, we must be cautious no matter what, and we must not expose the generals to danger.

"Okay! Let's avoid it for a while. If you don't fear ten thousand, you should be afraid of it, haha!"

Sun Fumin did not embarrass the loyal head of the guard, and immediately walked toward the military vehicle parked not far away.

As the saying goes, listen to people's advice to eat enough, just when Sun Fumin and others drove not far away in the car, there were several earth-shattering explosions behind them.

Although Sun Fumin and the others were separated by thousands of meters at this time, when the earth-shattering sound came, Sun Fumin and the others were still shocked.

They could even feel the obvious shock from the air and the ground, as if the explosion point was not far away.

"My God, this is the legendary V-1 ballistic missile? Isn't this power too terrifying?"

"Yeah, the power of this explosion is completely beyond imagination!"

"Thanks to the fact that we ran fast just now, otherwise I'm afraid that even if we don't get directly blasted into scum, we will be buried in a sea of ​​flames!"

Immediately afterwards, Sun Fumin and others turned their heads to look subconsciously, but they didn't know if they didn't look, and they were startled when they saw it.

I saw that the place where they were standing before had completely turned into a sea of ​​flames, a mushroom cloud was rushing straight into the sky at an extremely fast speed, and thick smoke was billowing on the ground, quickly forming a tendency to cover the sky and block out the sun. A large area of ​​Dawei was completely engulfed in flames and smoke.

Looking from a distance, there are more than a dozen such hell-like scenes, all of which present a terrifying aura that will destroy the world without exception.

A large number of houses and buildings were destroyed, and a large number of casualties were caused. Even several ships docked in the port were severely damaged and ignited a raging fire.

At this moment, in the eyes of everyone, it seemed that what fell from the sky was not the V-1 missiles, but large meteorites from outer space, bursting out with terrifying energy that would destroy the world!

In fact, what Sun Fumin and others did not know was that what they saw was not the short, thin, slow-flying V1 ballistic missile, but a larger and stronger one of Germany's latest ace weapons: the "Avenging Angel" V-2 ballistic missile !

The V-1 missile is a flying missile developed by Germany at the end of World War II.It was the first missile in the world to appear and be used in wars, and was used to attack Britain, the Netherlands and Belgium.

The V-1 missile is launched from a catapult, or from a carrier aircraft, and then relies on the control system on the missile to guide a predetermined trajectory for horizontal flight, and then dives towards the target.

The V-1 missile weighs 2.2 tons, the warhead charge is 700 kg, the missile is 7.6 meters long, the projectile diameter is 0.82 meters, and the wingspan is 5.3 meters. meters, with a range of 550 kilometers.

On June 1944, 6, six days after the D-Day landings, Germany launched its first V-13 missile on British mainland.

The attacks on London were all carried out during the peak traffic hours from 7 to 9 am, 12 to 2 pm, and 6 to 7 pm, causing serious civilian casualties, property damage, and a blow to public morale in London.

As General Eisenhower said, the Allies would have faced insurmountable difficulties had Germany concentrated their attack on the landing force six months earlier instead of London.

The V-1 missile is the first type of cruise missile. It uses a magnetic gyroscope plus a mechanical height measurement and body attitude perception and control system, which is close to the simple inertial guidance without any calculation process.

Therefore, many people do not think that this is guidance, but attribute the title of the first real missile to the V-2 missile.

Yes, the world's first practical ballistic missile was the Avenging Angel V-2 guided by radio remote control and its design was highly modern.

The V-2 missile is 13.5 meters long and has a total launch weight of 13 tons. It can send a 1-ton warhead to a distance of 322 kilometers.The rocket is propelled by a liquid rocket engine, and the combustion fluid is liquid oxygen and methanol.

When launching, the rocket first rises vertically to a height of 24-29 kilometers, and then according to the control of the gyroscope on the bomb, it rises with a 40-degree inclination under the action of the nozzle gas rudder. The ground control station can also transmit radio to the receiver on the bomb. command control.

One minute later, the rocket had flown to a height of 1 kilometers, and its speed had reached 48 kilometers per hour.

At this time, the radio command control system ordered the engine to be turned off. After the fuel was burned out, most of the missiles would be at a height of about 97 kilometers at the apex of the parabola.

Then it will be free-falling and shooting towards the target along a parabola by inertia at a speed of about 3542 kilometers per hour.

However, this also means that the hit accuracy will often be greatly reduced due to factors such as airflow and bad weather; although the later V-2 missiles used the radio wave guidance method, the error is as high as the kilometer.

Due to the extremely fast speed of the ballistic missile at the terminal, it will at least reach a supersonic speed above Mach 4, far exceeding the speed required by the Allied air defense at that time.

Basically, the Allied forces can only rely on sound and radar to roughly measure and predict the ballistic trajectory, and then use anti-aircraft guns to launch high-explosive ammunition to shoot the ballistic trajectory before the missile hits the target in an attempt to intercept it.

Unlike the V-1 missile, which flies at only 550-600 kilometers per hour, the Allied forces can use fighter jets, anti-aircraft guns and other means to shoot it down.

Although the V-2 missile is hard to defend against, it is almost impossible to intercept it with artillery fire.

However, the rigorous Germans still took corresponding countermeasures. In order to avoid air strikes identified by the Air Force, the V-2 missiles were widely painted with camouflage, until finally olive green was used as camouflage.

In addition, the V-2 missile does not yet have the separation technology of the projectile body and warhead, and its total weight is often as high as several tons when it lands.

In addition to launching a massive missile attack on the port of Antwerp, Germany also launched a large number of V-2 missiles on London.

A total of more than 2 V-10000 missiles were produced, and about 5000 of them were used in actual combat, which caused great psychological pressure on the Allied forces, as well as loss of personnel and property.

On the eve of Germany's surrender in 1945, Braun and more than 400 rocket experts surrendered to the U.S. military, and then went to the United States and became one of the founders of American rocket technology and space technology.

In addition, the Soviet Union also seized a large number of V2 finished products and components, and captured some rocket experts, using this as an excuse to start their own rocket and space programs.

But then again, when total victory was so near, this new horror was nothing, and there was no way to stop the advance of the Allied soldiers.

The British soldiers on the front line in Normandy tried their best to advance as fast as possible to the rocket launcher that threatened their families.

However, it was precisely because of the birth of the V-2 missile that it also triggered a series of changes in the historical process, which delayed the destruction of Nazi Germany to a certain extent.

Chapter 1623 The largest airborne in history

1944年6月盟军成功登陆诺曼底开辟第二战场，并经过1944年7月到8月的一系列大胜利后，盟军对德军便逐渐产生了一个错误的认识：

The German army has been defeated by the Allied forces, and even the basic combat capabilities have been lost. The Allied forces only need to work harder to break through the German army and enter Germany from the Low Countries.

In order to defeat Nazi Germany as soon as possible and end the war that lasted for many years, Marshal Montgomery of the United Kingdom proposed to Eisenhower an operation plan code-named Market Garden.

There is another reason for the proposal of this plan, and that is that Germany's V-2 missile attack on the British mainland caused great losses and psychological pressure to the UK.

According to relevant intelligence, the Allied Forces concluded that the V-2 missile launch site may be located in the Netherlands. In order to avoid the pressure of public opinion in the UK, the British Prime Minister also agreed with this attack plan to eliminate the threat of missiles.

In this situation, British Field Marshal Montgomery decided to take a risk and formulated the "Operation Market Garden" to use airborne troops to capture nine major bridges in the Netherlands.

After the airborne troops consolidated their positions, they waited for the armored troops to arrive at the rendezvous, and then entered the German border in one fell swoop, and then the main force would sweep to the Ruhr industrial area, causing Germany to lose its economic lifeline and end the war early.

This plan was strongly opposed by the generals of the US military at the very beginning. Bradley believed that this plan was full of tricks and deceit, and the risky strategy did not seem to come from the hands of the ultra-conservative Montgomery.

However, due to pressure from high-level allies, Eisenhower could only agree to this plan in the end.

In order for this operation to be successful, to be able to complete all its achievements in one battle, and allow the Allied forces to enter the German mainland within 1944, the First Airborne Army of the Allied Forces can be said to be elite, and the total strength of the participating troops reached 15.

But things backfired. Due to over-optimism, Montgomery's intelligence department ignored the information that there were armed SS armored troops stationed in the Netherlands, as well as the communication and coordination problems of the various troops after the war. As a result, what they got was not a victory, but a disastrous defeat. .

9月17日12时30分～14时05分，约1550架运输机和近500架滑翔机载运各空降师突击梯队空降，掩护兵力为1113架轰炸机和1240架战斗机。

On the 18th, 1360 transport planes and 1203 gliders airlifted the follow-up echelons of each division.

This battle was the largest airborne battle in World War II. The Allied forces dispatched more than 5500 sorties of transport planes and more than 2400 sorties of glider. More than 3.5 people, 568 artillery pieces, 1927 vehicles, and 5230 tons of supplies were airborne behind enemy lines.

Soon, the entire combat intention of the Allied forces was known to the German army. Marshal Model, the commander-in-chief of the German Western Front, immediately gathered forces near Arnhem to counterattack the British [-]st Airborne Division. The airborne division launched an attack.

Beginning on September 9, the situation began to develop on the unprecedentedly unfavorable side of the Allied Forces. The British 18st Airborne Brigade suffered heavy losses when attacking Arnhem. Most of the officers and soldiers were killed or captured.

The U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, with reinforcements from follow-up troops, fought bloody battles with the Germans, forming a stalemate.The 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army was recaptured by the Germans on several bridges, and the entire offensive plan was severely frustrated.

However, the British 101th Army, which was supposed to merge with the 30st Airborne Division, was still dawdling on the road, and its attack speed fell far behind.

The battle continued to develop in a desperate direction. Until September 9, German tanks flocked to the British 20st Airborne Division, which lacked anti-tank weapons.

After running out of ammunition and food, the British [-]st Airborne Division could only retreat to the vicinity of Osterbeck for the last resistance.

The two U.S. airborne divisions had to defend both sides of the road with huge casualties to prevent the British 30th Army column from being cut off by the Germans.

But from the beginning to the end, the British 30th Army did not play any role, and could only be beaten into scrap iron by the German army on the road.

At this point, "Operation Market Garden" had failed, and what the Allies could think about was not how to capture the bridge, but to save the British [-]st Airborne Division as much as possible, lest they all be captured by the Germans.

It was not until September 9 that the British First Airborne Division, which suffered heavy casualties, received a retreat order, and finally escaped under the cover of the US military, but the number of people had dropped sharply from more than 25 before to 2398.

In the end, the Allies suffered a total of 17200 casualties, most of them on the British and American troops.

The number of German casualties was around 7500.

Obviously, the Germans were the victors of this battle and thwarted the ambitious battle plans of the Allies.

"Operation Market Garden" became a complete failure. The Allied airborne forces were almost completely lost in this battle. It is obviously impossible to enter Germany within 1944.

Honolulu Island, Hawaii, the Allied Command in the Pacific Theater, Mr. President, Marshall, MacArthur, Nimitz and others gathered together.