In World War II in history, although Germany quickly captured France and drove Britain back to the British Isles, in the long-term aerial battle between the air forces of both sides, the German Air Force never achieved any strategic or tactical advantage. Instead, it achieved the success of the British Royal Army.
The reputation of the Air Force.
A war with an absolute advantage turned into a war of attrition that was extremely unfavorable to Germany. Coupled with the United States' strong material transportation capabilities, the good situation of the Germans was ultimately ruined.
After the air battle over the Meuse, the entire French war became Guderian's "one-man show."
This young armored general led his 19th Armored Corps to advance on French territory at a speed that not only caught the British and French forces by surprise, but also unsettled the German high command. His boss Kleist twice ordered Guderian to suspend
To move forward, he did not hesitate to resign to fight.
Later, after the ban was lifted, his speed was even faster than before, so much so that when he encountered a group of crumbling French soldiers on the road, he did not want to waste time and got out of the car to capture the prisoners. He only shouted through a loudspeaker: "We don't have time."
Take your prisoners and lay down your arms and get out of the way so that you don’t stand in the way.”
On May 16, Guderian urged his three armored divisions to turn westward, with the goal of reaching the Dunkirk area on the east coast of the English Channel.
On May 20, Guderian swept through Amiens and arrived at the English Channel near Abbeville. At this time, the German high command did not expect that the battle in France would go so smoothly, so it did not know how to deploy it.
The troops needed to be strong. They waited until the next day before giving the order to the tank troops: to advance northward from Abbeville, with the goal of occupying the Channel ports.
However, Guderian's dazzling performance finally had a negative effect within the German high command. On the afternoon of the 24th, when Guderian's 19th Armored Group was still 10 miles away from Dunkirk, the 41st Tank Army on the other side was just 10 miles away.
When the 17th Tank Army was able to encircle Dunkirk, an order came: "The armored group immediately stopped advancing, and the British and French forces at Dunkirk were dealt with by Marshal Göring's air force!"
The order was given by Hitler the Führer!
At 6 p.m. China time the next day, which was 11 a.m. German time, Wu Aihua sent Hitler a telegram with the same sentence: "Your Majesty the Führer, you may regret the order you issued yesterday!"
There are many theories in later generations about Hitler's decision not to let Guderian's armored group pursue the British and French forces at Dunkirk. But no matter what, in the end, 324,000 British and French forces (including 85,000 French troops) were able to attack from May 26
The safe evacuation to the British mainland between June 4th was an extremely serious mistake made by Hitler.
Because later, these soldiers became the main force in the counterattack against Germany; at the same time, they also gave Britain the strength to block the Germans' cross-sea operations.
However, the situation at that time was indeed rather strange. In other parts of France, such as the Maginot Line, there were nearly a million French troops waiting to be wiped out, and there were also cities, including the French capital Paris, waiting to be occupied by the German army. A
In the small city of Dunkirk, only 300,000 troops were nothing in front of the powerful German tanks.
Another strange thing is that at the beginning of the war, Italy did not declare war on France, but when it saw that the German army was about to win, Italy began to take action. Fortunately, Hitler was very good-tempered at this time and did not seize Italy.
The fruits of victory express any dissatisfaction.
The Dunkirk evacuation lasted nine days from May 26 to June 4. A total of 320,000 people retreated to the United Kingdom, including about 215,000 British troops, about 90,000 French troops, and about 33,000 Belgian troops.
However, when these troops withdrew, they abandoned all their heavy equipment and brought back only rifles and hundreds of machine guns to the UK. On the beaches of Dunkirk, the British and French forces abandoned a total of 1,200 cannons, 750 anti-aircraft guns, and 500 machine guns.
Anti-tank guns, 63,000 cars, 75,000 motorcycles, 700 tanks, 21,000 machine guns, 6,400 anti-tank guns and 500,000 tons of military supplies.
These supplies became the trophies of the Germans. However, even though the Germans obtained these trophies, they were unable to win this unprecedented battle!
In order to allow this group of defeated troops to withdraw to the UK, the Royal Air Force dispatched more than 2,700 aircraft to engage in aerial strangulation with the 2nd and 3rd Luftwaffe Groups and combat aircraft flying from Germany. Although it eventually achieved the goal of covering the retreat,
Strategic purposes, but the British Air Force's losses far exceeded the same period in history, reaching an astonishing 600 aircraft, while during the same period in history, it only lost 106 aircraft.
In fact, in Dunkirk in parallel time and space, the British and French coalition forces did not have the ability to completely withdraw to the United Kingdom. If the German army really wanted to keep these 300,000 troops at Dunkirk, it would be barely feasible to rely on the air force, and the British and French coalition forces could not find any other troops.
The good idea is that Hitler showed an extremely ambivalent mentality here. On the one hand, he wanted to teach the British a lesson; on the other hand, he wanted to give the British a face, because in Hitler's strategic layout, he
I never thought about conquering Britain with all my strength.
In fact, in the strategy formulated by Germany, Britain only needs to occupy the three Low Countries and northern France to build a security barrier for Germany, because Germany's real strategic direction lies in the east. However, because the German armored cluster is too powerful,
And because the British and French allied forces could not withstand the beating of artillery fire, they accidentally attacked and occupied the entire territory of France.
What followed was a historically long eight-month battle against the British.
The Germans gathered three flying groups with a total of more than 2,400 combat aircraft. Under the command of Air Marshal Göring, they rushed towards the British Isles. The British only had 1,300 aircraft and less than 200 anti-aircraft guns left. Because the British
A large amount of military equipment was lost across the English Channel.
The outcome of this air raid and counter-air raid was basically the same as that of the same period in history, because the Germans did not occupy the British Isles in the end; however, the battle process was extremely tragic. Airports, bridges, factories, seaports, etc. in England were almost blown to pieces.
Net, in the middle of the fight, the British planes did not dare to take off to fight.
However, after all, Britain has the most powerful naval fleet in the world. When Germany was bombing the British mainland, the British navy was also encircling and annihilating the German maritime fleet, including German fishing boats, and was also attacked by British naval gunboats.
within the range.
The Germans would not give up. They dispatched a large number of submarines to deal with the British naval fleet and achieved a lot of results. But no matter what, the battle between the British in the air and at sea was a lose-lose outcome.
At the critical moment when the British could no longer hold on any longer, cross-sea support from the United States arrived. Under the desperate protection of the British Royal Navy, 10 American 30,000-ton cargo ships brought 500 aircraft and 800 anti-aircraft guns to the British.
, and a large amount of ammunition.
Even in this context, if Hitler wanted to occupy Britain, it would not be impossible. Because Germany's paratroopers were stronger than at the same time in history, they could forcefully surrender to Britain and establish a stronghold. As long as one tank division crossed the English Channel, Britain would
It is possible to declare surrender. If this is the case, history may be rewritten, and World War II will have a different ending.
Of course, history will definitely be rewritten, but the person rewriting it is not Hitler and his Germany, but Wu Aihua and the Chinese.
During this period, the Wehrmacht General Staff put forward many tactical insights regarding the Germans' battlefield performance. Wu Aihua asked the General Staff to send these insights to the German base camp in order to improve the Germans' tactical level.
What was the tactical level of the Germans in World War II? Wu Aihua of later generations only read about it from the materials and had no sense of personal experience; but Wu Aihua of parallel time and space was able to quickly obtain first-hand information, even before the battle started.
Obtain relevant information.
The overall impression given by Germany during World War II should be that of a "tough guy"! He punched openly and crushed the enemy with his tough strength; and he punched extremely fast, making him a heavy boxer and a fast boxer.
Therefore, in the early stages of the war, none of his enemies were his opponents.
If we insist on saying what tactics the Germans have, then in addition to his "fast boxer" style, which is one tactic, the other is "precision". The Germans' understanding of war, just like their understanding of machines, is always very difficult.
"Precision", for example, his paratroopers and his armored clusters can well embody precise tactics and fast tactics.
However, Germany's weaknesses are too obvious. First, his stamina is insufficient. In other words, although Germany is a tough guy and a big man, he has provoked too many enemies. It is difficult for him to beat four hands with two fists.
Then, the German had no strength. Especially when he provoked a big man like Soviet Russia. Although the opponent's punches were not fast and not heavy, he had good endurance, had room to move, and was not afraid of pain.
Second, Germany's tactics are very precise, but its strategy is very vague. Even if you ask Hitler now: What do you want? Hitler may not be able to answer. Because many of his strategic performances are contradictory or give up halfway. The third is
Hitler's personal character or character flaws caused him to control the German tanks too tightly, and it was precisely this flaw of his that caused the German tanks to do a lot of useless work.
When the air battle over the English Channel reached its later stages, Wu Aihua personally sent a long telegram to Hitler, asking: Your Excellency, Mr. Führer, what exactly do you need? Do you want to perform a long-term performance with the British over the English Channel?
"Yes, what do I want to do?" Hitler was really stumped by this question.
At this time, Major General Jiang Jiahui, director of the Naval Equipment Bureau of the General Armament Department of the Chinese National Defense Force, brought the "Strange Dragon Type 1" produced by Merit System (the "Big Yellow Croaker" 1945-class heavy submarine, 3,100 tons, but a model with the missile launcher removed)
and "Youlong Type 1" ("Little Yellow Croaker" 1945 class light submarine, 800 tons) information arrived in Berlin.