The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

"Marshal Manstein, you really didn't let me down!"In the City Palace, August looked at the telegram in his hand with a smile on his face.

This was his first great victory since he took the throne. Killing a great general would definitely hurt the Russians for a long time.

And his prestige also increased a lot with this victory. At least it was not like before, when political orders could not be issued without the City Palace. At least now people began to follow his orders.

"The Russian bear has lost an army group, so it must lick its wounds and rest its personnel. In this way, the Eastern Front will be quiet for a while. For now, it should concentrate on dealing with the Western Front. Fighting on two fronts is really a hassle."August looked at the telegram and fell into deep thought.

The problem of the British Isles must be solved, otherwise it will greatly consume the vitality of the empire, and relying solely on air force bombing is useless. Not only can it not force them to surrender, but it will arouse their will to resist.

As for the V2 and V3 studied by the army, not only are they inaccurate, but they are also very expensive and have no combat potential at all.

If it were not for the lack of money, he would have planned to make a big bomb to solve the problem once and for all.

It's too damn expensive, more than 10 billion for one bomb! At least August can't afford it right now.

And the current aircraft are simply unable to transport the big bomb, so After hesitating for a while, he decided not to buy it and think of other ways.

The situation on the island of Malta has now stabilized. The logistics department is transporting a large amount of supplies to Tunisia, and they will be able to counterattack in seven days.

Moreover, after taking the island of Malta, the morale of Italy has also improved a lot, and it has even taken out a sum of fuel to delay the German army's fuel shortage.

Therefore, he must take advantage of this time to completely solve this problem of the British army.

The English Channel is 560 kilometers long, and its narrowest part is also called the Strait of Dover, which is only 34 kilometers wide. As long as a batch of artillery with a range of more than 40 kilometers can be obtained, it can cause considerable damage to the British army.

The accuracy of the V3 missile is too poor and it is not suitable. As for the"Redstone" in the arms commercial street"、"The Cupid and Cosmic God missiles were too expensive, too far away, and too useless.

Especially the Redstone, which could reach northern England directly. It cost 50 million each, which was terribly expensive. Anyway, August felt that he could not afford it.

’No, there is another medium-range missile that can be used. 'August suddenly remembered something.

The Cupid missile has a maximum range of 2,400 km, which can reach London from Berlin, and the error is not large. More importantly, it is cheap, one million per missile, and buying 100 missiles is enough to give the British army a hard time."

"The range of one explosion is about several hundred meters. If a hundred explosions were to fall, the British positions along the coast would surely be reduced to ruins."August became more and more excited as he thought about it.

If it weren't for the office and other people, I would have decided to return to the arms commercial street immediately and buy a batch of weapons to let the British army experience the taste of being bombed from a distance.

"It looks like we can solve the Western Front first."August said with a smile.

As long as the British Isles are solved, there will be no worries on the Western Front, and even troops from the Western Front can be transferred to support the Eastern Front and fight a decisive battle with the Soviet Union.

In August's eyes, the real factor that determines the fate of the Third Reich has always been the Anglo-German War that has not been carried out to the end.

This point has been recognized by countless people. If the British Isles are not taken, the support of the Allies will never stop. Even the German army will have to send a large number of troops to defend the long coastline.

From France to the north of the empire, this long coastline needs soldiers to be deployed, and the Allies may land in an unknown place.

Just like Normandy, if the Allies had not launched a landing battle, who would know this place?

It is precisely because of the need to defend the long coastline, Therefore, the German army could not concentrate more troops to fight on the Eastern Front.

As long as the British Isles are occupied, it will be extremely difficult for the Allied forces to open a second battlefield on the Western Front in the future, because there are no more suitable islands in the Atlantic Ocean that can serve as assembly points for large-scale troops and supply points for materials.

If the Allies set out from the mainland of the United States, the long route, under the wolf pack tactics of submarines, would definitely cause heavy casualties.

Even the so-called barriers would no longer need to be built, which would be a waste of manpower and material resources.

As a result, millions of elite troops on the Western Front were pinned down on the Western Front.

As long as this million elite troops are withdrawn, they can make up for the consumption on the Eastern Front.

Not to mention returning to the pre-war level, at least 70% to 80% of the combat power can be achieved. Coupled with the advantages of new weapons, it will be absolutely no problem to defeat the Russian bear head-on.

PS After searching for information for an afternoon, I found that only the Cupid missile is more suitable!