The Rise of the Third Reich

There's a plane firing at the disposable Spitfire piloted by Frandsek!

Flandersek looked back, his heart suddenly enveloped in despair. Because there is a Fokker Zero behind his butt, a Fokker Zero D-2 carrier-based fighter to be precise.

This is the low-altitude enhanced version of the Fokker Zero and the latest model. This model of Fokker Zero took the route of completely abandoning the distance above 5,000 meters and chose a BMW-303A 14-cylinder air-cooled engine with an output of 1,400 horsepower.

This "small 14-cylinder" (power is not as powerful as the large 14-cylinder of the BMW-800 series, but the weight and volume are also much smaller) air-cooled engine does not have a MW50 system and a supercharger, so it will appear at medium and high altitudes above 5,000 meters. The problem of rapid decline in output. But this design also has the advantage that every bit of weight of the engine can be used to enhance power when used at altitudes below 5,000 meters.

After replacing the engine, Fokker's designers also gave the Fokker Zero D series (there are two models D-1 and D-2, D-1 a shore-based, and D- 2 is ship-based) which enhances the ability to attack the ground (sea).

The aircraft's armor, fuselage structural strength, firepower and mounting capabilities are particularly enhanced. The firepower has been enhanced to the G131 machine gun, and the mounting capacity has been enhanced to up to one 250-kg bomb and two 150-liter auxiliary fuel tanks.

Therefore, the Fokker Zero D series has a special ability that the previous generation Fokker Zero did not have - the ability to clear the battlefield in advance.

The so-called clearing the battlefield in advance is actually the fighter version of "fuel tank tactics". It first appeared on the Eastern Front battlefield. It was based on the "short legs" characteristics of Soviet fighter jets. The Fw-190G series, which had ideal endurance and ground attack capabilities, was used in conjunction with the Fokker Zero to harass the Soviet airports. Lure your opponent's planes into taking off, then circle and tangle with them. Wait until the opponent's fuel runs out before sending bombers to drop bombs.

The Fokker Zero D series seems to be specially designed for this kind of despicable and shameless tactics! This aircraft can do almost anything below 5,000 meters. It can hover, fight, dive, and sweep the ground. It can be said that it is good at everything. Moreover, after mounting two auxiliary fuel tanks, the range can reach about 2,400 kilometers. Although it is much worse than the previous generations of Fokker Zero, it is enough to bully the Soviet Union's short-legged fighter.

After this kind of aircraft arrives on the aircraft carrier of the German Navy, although it will not deliberately "press the airport", it can occasionally do so.

Lieutenant Colonel Heinz Bahr, the commander-in-chief of the first assault wave dispatched by the European Combined Fleet's aviation fleet today, is a very experienced veteran pilot and is very familiar with the situation in the Norwegian Sea. After discovering that there were many Spitfires chasing the Ju288 in the sky, they immediately ordered a squadron of Fokker Zero D-2 aircraft to fly over the Faroe Islands - because the skills of British carrier-based aircraft pilots have declined drastically. There were no Spitfires on the aircraft carrier that were difficult to land, so Lieutenant Colonel Barr thought these Spitfires took off from the Faroe Islands.

As a result, a squadron of Fokker Zeros led by Captain Nowotny, the ace pilot of the German Naval Aviation, missed the target and killed the Flandersek who was about to land and 20 or 30 other "disposable Spitfires". .

And just when Nowotny led his team to kill in the sky over the Faroe Islands, the massacre on the sea also began. Although the "disposable aircraft" of the American tyrants damaged many Ju288s, forcing them to throw away their heavy bombs and escape, they also shot down 3 of them. But today the Germans have more attack methods than Ju288 dropping remote control gliding bombs.

"Brothers, I am Lieutenant Colonel Heinz Barr, the commander-in-chief of today's air strikes." Heinz Barr piloted his Fokker 100 carrier-based dive bomber around the chaotic British and American fleet on the sea. circle, and then began to issue orders to the carrier-based aircraft group.

"The priority targets are the enemy's escort aircraft carriers, then oil tankers, then large ordinary transport ships, and then small boats."

"Lieutenant Colonel, do you want to attack the battleship? There are many battleships on the sea." At this time, someone asked through the airborne radio.

"It's not necessary," Lieutenant Colonel Barr replied, "We have limited time and bombs, so we have to attack the most threatening targets, the fuel on the oil tanker and the weapons and ammunition on the transport ship, which will cause huge casualties to our army brothers, so They are the most threatening, let’s blow them all up now!”

This is undoubtedly a very correct decision. Previously, the main force of the European Combined Fleet "picked up" only low-value grain ships at sea. Wheat and egg powder will not cause losses to the European coalition forces on the island of Ireland, but once weapons, ammunition and high-quality gasoline arrive in the UK, they are dangerous goods, so they must be destroyed!

And just as the American Expeditionary Force's freewheels containing artillery, tanks, ammunition and aircraft were sent to the bottom of the sea by German and Italian bombs, 108,000 American Expeditionary Forces officers and soldiers had safely arrived at the base protected by armored forts, anti-aircraft guns, and torpedoes. Scapa Flow is tightly protected by speedboats and anti-submarine nets.

In a very luxuriously decorated cabin on the Normandy cruise ship with a displacement of more than 80,000 tons, several leading figures of the American Expeditionary Force, Lieutenant General Eisenhower, Lieutenant General Stilwell, Major General Fredendall, Major General Patton, Major General Bradley was gathering.

They were drinking coffee with General Alexander, the Supreme Allied Commander of the Irish Theater of Operations, who came to greet the American Expeditionary Force, and Major General Hobert, who commanded the British 11th Armored Division and fought against German armored forces on the island of Ireland. Discussing the war on the island of Ireland.

"Mr. Commander, we have not encountered Tiger tanks on the island of Ireland. Maybe the number of such tanks is limited and they are too heavy to be transported by sea. On the island of Ireland, we have encountered the most powerful German tanks. The tank is their Type 4 H. It has very strong frontal armor and a very powerful 75mm cannon, which is a very difficult weapon to deal with, but we already have ways to defeat it, and we have some now. Weapons that can fight against Panzer IV and even Tiger tanks, such as the Churchill Type 4 tank and the assault gun developed on the basis of the Churchill Type 4 tank.”

The person speaking was Major General Hobert, a rare armored expert in the British Army. Because he was too old and his official career was not good, he retired from active service for a time. Later, with the intervention of Churchill, he became the commander of the 11th Armored Division. In June of this year, he led his troops to fight in Ireland and achieved several modest victories. Therefore, he firmly secured his position as division commander and was also selected by Marshal Alexander. As a right-hand man.

The Churchill Type 4 tank that Major General Hobert is talking about now is the best tank in the UK. Not only is the armor very strong, but it also has a powerful 6-pound gun, which is enough to fight against the German Type 4 H tank.

In addition, the British also developed the Churchill 4 assault gun based on the Churchill 4 tank. This is an emergency weapon that has no history. It actually removes the turret of the Churchill No. 4 tank and directly inserts a powerful 17-pound anti-tank gun into the body of the Churchill No. 4 tank. Transformed into an assault gun.

With the Churchill No. 4 tank and the Churchill No. 4 assault gun, the British Army in Ireland has weapons that can theoretically fight against German armored forces. However, the problem that the UK now encounters is insufficient numbers and no air superiority.

"The issues of quantity and air superiority are not difficult problems for us." Eisenhower replied with a smile. "What we lack now are usable models and tank guns... If your 17-pounder gun is really highly penetrating, we will also It can be installed on the body of an M4 tank. We brought a lot of M4 tanks and M10 tank destroyers this time, a total of 1,000, and we can use half of them for modification. As for aircraft, we also brought a lot. As long as the P51, P38 and the newly commissioned P47 are deployed, Ireland’s air superiority will definitely return to our hands.”

Eisenhower only brought 2 armored divisions to Ireland, with a maximum of 500 tanks/tank destroyers in operation. However, the Americans felt that for every tank in operation, at least one reserve tank should be prepared. So the number of tanks/tank destroyers shipped to the UK is 1,000!

And considering the strong armor strength of the German Army, these tanks/tank destroyers are all M4 and M10 types. Their bodies can be used to carry 17-pound anti-tank guns.

And there are 500 M4 and M10, plus 500 assault guns equipped with 17-pound anti-tank guns, plus the British's own Churchill 4 tanks and Churchill 4 assault guns. Ireland's chances of winning this battle seem to be very high.

General Alexander and Major General Hobert both laughed and were about to say a few colorful words. A U.S. Navy liaison officer suddenly rushed in in a panic. He even forgot to perform military salutes and started shouting a report.

"Just received an urgent call from the New York. The NR21 fleet was besieged by hundreds of German aircraft. The losses were very heavy. Most of the oil ships, ammunition ships and equipment transport ships were sunk. These included transport tanks/tank destroyers. 10 freewheelers of cars!”

What? Several American and British generals were all dumbfounded. The free wheels of 10 transport tanks sank! Most of the oil tankers, ammunition ships and equipment transport ships also sank! So... what are the 108,000 American soldiers here in Scapa Flow going to do to fight the Nazis? With the rifles they carry?

This is obviously unrealistic, so what else can they do now? It seems that the only thing left is to help the British people consume the already insufficient food!