69novels Chapter 646
Chapter 646
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If the first piece of intelligence only made people feel the suffocating gap between Mao Xiong and Hans, then the second piece of intelligence made Starlin feel that the air in the whole room seemed to solidify, and even breathing became difficult!
The second piece of intelligence was sent by spies lurking in the British Empire.
They were also affected by the German air raid.
More than half of the dozen spies died, and the rest were all frightened and scared by the horror of the German air raid!
In their description, the German bombing seemed like a divine punishment from heaven, like a doomsday general.
The whole land turned into a sea of fire, and there were fleeing people everywhere.
Wherever the German bombers went, there was no grass.
More than 500,000 citizens of the Fog City were killed and injured, and even the royal family lost more than half of them.
The whole Fog City was crying, and almost every household had relatives who died in the bombing.
Most of the buildings in the city had been completely reduced to ruins after five days of fierce bombing!
There were panicked people fleeing everywhere. Because there were too many people fleeing, the roads were blocked. The German army caught up and bombed them. Suddenly, there were corpses all over the mountains and plains. The blood even dyed most of the Thames red…
Putting down the telegram in his hand, Starling felt dry mouth and stuffy chest!
Although he had not experienced this kind of bombing in person, he could only rely on his imagination to associate the situation on the battlefield.
But even so, he was still frightened by the terrible scenes that appeared in his mind!
Like most people, he had never thought that the German army had such a terrible air force!
Without sending out ground troops, relying solely on air bombing, the enemy’s capital could be razed to the ground, and even hundreds of thousands of casualties!
This was a situation Starling had never imagined. He had no idea that the air force could be so terrible!
Fortunately, it was the British who were fighting Hans, not themselves!
If Hans had attacked the Russian bear first, I’m afraid they would have been defeated by the German bombers!
Although Starling had never been to Fog City, he had heard of its great reputation!
This is one of the largest cities in the world, with a population of over 10 million, which is not comparable to Moscow’s current 2.5 million people!
In terms of area, Fog City is more than twice the size of Moscow. Such a large area was bombed to pieces by the Germans, not to mention the smaller Moscow!
Therefore, Starling felt a little uneasy!
In his original knowledge, as the head of state and the commander of the army, it should be very safe for senior leaders like them to command the battle in the rear. As long as they are far enough away from the front line, it will be difficult for the enemy to threaten them!
However, the battles in Western Europe made all his original experience and knowledge outdated. The form of war is completely different from the battles they have experienced before!
Even if they are hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away from the front line, they cannot guarantee their safety, because the enemy’s strategic bombers can easily fly so far, fly over their heads, drop those terrible heavy bombs, and easily take their lives!
Moreover, the air-raid shelter is absolutely safe. The British royal family was killed in the air raid while hiding in the solid air-raid shelter. It is said that they died without a complete body and died in a very miserable way. This also made Starling feel deeply uneasy!
He was very worried that he would end up like this one day in the future, and he knew very well that Mainz was definitely such a cruel person. If a war broke out between the two countries, the German bombers would definitely bomb the Kremlin to take his life as long as they had the chance!
Therefore, in order to save his life, he was unable to better command the country’s army to resist the enemy’s invasion. Starling urgently needed a strong air force!
The examples of the British Royal Family and Gaul told him that if their own air force could not threaten the enemy’s bombers, then they would become powerless under the enemy’s bombing and could only passively take the beating!
And the result of passively taking the beating was to be razed to the ground by the enemy’s bombing!
Starling was ambitious and absolutely did not want to die in such a cowardly way. Even if he led his troops to the battlefield and died on the way to the charge, it was much better than being blown up in his office or air-raid shelter!
Therefore, he immediately summoned the Air Force Commander and the head of the Industrial Committee of the Russian Bear to ask them about the situation of the Air Force!
“The current situation of our air force formation is not going well, mainly because the main resources of the heavy industrial factories are used to produce tanks, especially the recently developed heavy tanks, which occupy a lot of resources and also take away a lot of talents!”
The Air Force Commander looked quite dissatisfied. Since Starlin realized the strength of Hans’s armored forces, he has been paying attention to the formation of his own armored forces. Under his urging, the Kharkov Machinery Plant has successfully imitated a tank that is very similar to Hans’s No. 4 tank.
This tank is named T-34
T-34 embodies all the efforts of the entire Mao Bear people. From the establishment of the project to the successful development, this tank has received high attention and full support from Starlin and the Industrial Committee. Any outstanding talents and any available resources have been used to develop this tank!
Although due to the problem of the engine, the speed of this tank is slower than the German tank No. 1 and No. 4. The current speed can only reach 25 kilometers per hour, which is not much faster than the tanks of World War I.
But Starlin is very satisfied with this performance. As long as there are no major problems in other aspects such as firepower, armor protection and appearance design, he can accept this tank!
As for the problem of speed, after a better engine is developed in the future, the engine can be replaced, the new model can be determined, and then the new model of tanks can be mass-produced. Now is not the time for them to nitpick and pursue all aspects. The main problem they are facing now is to solve the problem of having and not having!
As long as the troops are equipped with tanks, they can be improved slowly in the future!
The large amount of resources tilted to the tanks has greatly affected the development progress of other projects.
The Russians at this time are not the Russians before World War II in history. Compared with the Russians in 1941, the Russians at this time are still very weak. Although Starling, like in history, has worked hard to develop its own industry and initially established the Russian industrial system, their industrial strength is still weak, and naturally cannot be compared with old industrial powers such as Hans and the British Empire!
Therefore, after a large number of talents and resources are tilted towards one project, other projects will inevitably be affected!