Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Chapter 867 Resignation

During World War I, air supremacy had a relatively small impact on the war. As long as the army was strong enough, the army could win the war even without air supremacy.

In World War II, in the early days of the war, Germany relied on tank troops and air force to jointly fight, and used "blitzkrieg" to conquer most of Europe. By the end of the war, the German Air Force gradually lost its air superiority. On the vast battlefields of the Eastern Front, this situation was not yet very serious. But on the Western Front battlefield, this situation became an important factor affecting the situation of the war. Whenever the German ground forces made certain progress, they would attract a large number of Allied fighter planes, blowing up the battlefield into a sea of ​​​​fire, and the German army could only retreat in embarrassment.

Due to the loss of air superiority, various German cities and strategic targets were heavily bombed by the Allies. Industrial and mining enterprises, transportation, strategic cities and other targets were destroyed by Allied bombing, which seriously affected the outcome of the war.

In later generations, the importance of air superiority became more and more prominent. Before the outbreak of the Gulf War, Saddam had more than one million experienced troops equipped with a large number of tanks and heavy artillery. Many people believed that the Gulf War would be an evenly matched decisive battle. However, after the outbreak of the Gulf War, the US military, which had air supremacy, first used stealth fighters to destroy most of Iraq's air defense forces, and then sent bombers and attack aircraft to attack Iraqi ground forces. Before the US Army entered the war, the Iraqi army was already in chaos. Make a ball.

Now, once the German jet bombers are put into mass production, the United States will completely lose its air supremacy. Those jet bombers would come and go as if they were in no man's land, and they could only stare at them.

Just thinking about it makes me breathless.

Commander Arnold could not think of any way to intercept this super bomber. There are only two ways to intercept enemy planes in the sky, either anti-aircraft guns on the ground or our own fighter planes in the sky. The effective shooting height of an anti-aircraft gun is 80% of the theoretical shooting height, which means that to reach a height of 20,000 meters, they have to develop an anti-aircraft gun with a theoretical shooting height of 25,000 meters. This is simply a fantasy. It is also an impossible task to develop a fighter jet with a service ceiling of 20,000 meters.

What frightened him even more was that since the Germans had put jet bombers into actual combat, had they produced jet fighters? ! They couldn't even defeat the German piston fighters. If they encountered a jet fighter, wouldn't they not even be able to fight back?

While sighing, Commander Arnold forgot to reply to the order from the front. The position commander, who had not received the order from the rear for a long time, looked at the approaching German bombers and could only bite the bullet and order the firing.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Eight anti-aircraft guns roared deafeningly and fired shells high into the sky. Unfortunately, although they were powerful, these shells exploded far away from the bombers and failed to threaten the bombers at all.

In the blink of an eye, German bombers flew over the anti-aircraft gun positions and broke into the sky over downtown Washington.

"Get ready to drop the bomb!"

"I see there is ruins down there."

Before the Americans deployed the 150MM anti-aircraft guns, Washington had been hit by a lot of bombs. After that, it was bombed indiscriminately by cruise missiles, and it was already in ruins. There are no worthwhile goals. Of course, even if there is any target, it is impossible to achieve precise bombing at this high speed, even if they are equipped with bombing radar.

The radar soldier said loudly. "We have entered the city center and started dropping bombs!"

"Roger!" The bombardier pressed the button, and the bomb-dropping hatch on the belly of the bomber slowly opened, revealing the densely packed bombs hanging inside. The flow of air caused the air whistle on the bomb to emit an inaudible scream.

Then the bomb release button was pressed, and those heavy bombs left the bomber's magazine like raindrops, falling rapidly along their own parabola. The air whistle mounted on the tail began to make a heart-rending scream.

Everyone in the underground conference room listened silently to the explosion in the distance.

"This bomber is loaded with at least a dozen tons of bombs." If the explosion sound can be transmitted here, the bomb dropped will definitely not be less than 500 pounds (6 kilograms), and the explosion sound will be at least 30. It is really a terrifying bomb load.

Just then the president's secretary hurried in. "Everyone, Mr. President is awake!"

"Great!" The vice president breathed a sigh of relief and thanked all the gods and Buddhas he could think of. President Wilkie is unconscious these days, and he, the Vice President, can only act as President. One incident after another almost drove him crazy.

Everyone came to the ward. "Mr. President, are you okay?"

President Wilkie on the hospital bed looked pale and looked haggard. Just listen to the intermittent words. "Everyone, I'm afraid I'm about to die..."

"..." Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, and the vice president quickly comforted him. "Mr. President, don't say that. You will get better soon."

The corners of President Wilkie's mouth twitched slightly, as if he wanted to smile. "I know my body. I have asked Martin to draft a resignation letter..." Before he could say a few words, he suddenly started coughing violently. The cough was so heartbreaking that it made people worry that he would cough out his lungs. , the nurse waiting next to him quickly stepped forward and patted him on the back.

said the doctor. "Mr. President needs to rest, everyone, please go out." Everyone left the ward, and the Vice President pulled one of the doctors out and asked. "Doctor, is Mr. President's physical condition really that bad?"

The doctor hesitated for a moment, looking like he had broken a jar, and then nodded. "It's pretty bad. I wouldn't be surprised if his heart stopped tonight."

"!!" Everyone couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. They didn't expect that Mr. President's condition had become so serious!

After a while, Marshall sighed softly. "It seems that Mr. President is indeed unfit to continue to perform the duties of the President."

All eyes were on the Vice President. Succession is the most high-profile responsibility of U.S. vice presidents. In the U.S. Constitution promulgated in 1787, there are two points about the duties of the Vice President. First, the Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but such Speaker shall have no right to vote unless the votes are equally divided; secondly, in the event of the President's removal from office, death, resignation, or incapacity to discharge the powers and duties of the President, the office of President shall Turn over to the Vice President.

The vice president's expression changed slightly and he said decisively. "Sorry everyone, I also know that I am not capable of leading the United States out of the current predicament. It seems that I have to resign."

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