stonecrandall Chapter 768
Chapter 768
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Speer accepted the task, he immediately began to arrange ships and personnel to go to Greenland to build an airport!
Time is tight. Before the temperature in Greenland drops to minus ten degrees in October, they only have a dozen days to complete the project. If they cannot complete the construction of the airport before then, they will miss the opportunity to bomb the Eagle Sauce this year!
And the fact that they are building an airport in Greenland cannot be hidden from the Eagle Sauce people, so if this matter is delayed until next year, the Eagle Sauce people will definitely take precautions, and it will be very difficult for them to sneak attack the other side again!
In order to complete the task assigned by the head of state as soon as possible, Speer directly mobilized 200,000 British prisoners of war captured in the Battle of the Sun Never Sets, and set off with transport ships and supplies to Greenland to build an airport!
After the 200,000 people arrived in Greenland, they immediately began to level the land, using bulldozers and rollers to remove all the uneven obstacles on the ground, and then quickly paved concrete and cement after compacting it with rollers, making the road surface of the airport as solid as possible.
When building an airport in a permafrost area, the foundation must be laid firmly, otherwise, the drastic temperature changes can easily cause the road to deform and crack, which is very unfavorable for aircraft takeoff and landing.
Because the German army’s goal was to stop here for refueling and then take off to North America, and did not intend to stay here permanently, Speer gave priority to building the airport and some ground facilities, and sent the refueling equipment and rapid maintenance personnel to Greenland.
As for the hangars, dormitories and ammunition depots, they were not built.
After all, Greenland itself has too few people, and it is impossible to maintain too many garrisons here.
If the ammunition is stored here, it still needs to be transported from the mainland.
After the delivery, it is necessary to send extra people to look after these arms, which will undoubtedly increase the pressure on the German logistics.
If it is in peacetime, there is no problem in doing so, but in the war years, their sea transportation routes can be easily cut off by the enemy, and once the German army launches an air strike against the Eagle Sauce homeland from Greenland, the Eagle Sauce will inevitably send troops to attack here, and then it will be difficult to transport weapons, ammunition and various daily necessities!
So Speer planned to take one step in place. This time he not only brought 200,000 prisoners of war labor, but also brought millions of tons of building materials and a large amount of daily necessities and some weapons and ammunition.
Most of these weapons and ammunition were prepared for the German troops stationed there. The German army did not plan to station too many troops in Greenland. It was a bit far from Europe, and the climatic conditions were too bad. It would be very difficult to station too many troops here for logistics supply. Therefore, the German army stationed a battalion here at most, about 1,500 people.
Although the number of German garrisons was small, in order to improve the German defense capabilities as much as possible, Speer planned to use the resources in his hands to build a large number of solid permanent fortifications for the German army as much as possible. Anyway, he brought a sufficient number of laborers this time. After the airport was built first, he could start to build military camps, fortifications and other isolation facilities needed by the garrison!
At this time, the Eagle Sauce did not know that the German army had paid attention to the big island in the north.
Their attention was all focused on competing with the German army for the key islands in the North Atlantic.
On September 5, the Eagle Sauce occupied Bermuda.
This island originally belonged to the British Empire.
When the British Empire colonized North America, they had already occupied it.
Later, after the British War of Independence, the British Empire lost the British colony, but the British Navy at that time did not have the strength to compete with the British Royal Navy, so most of the islands in the Atlantic were still firmly in the hands of the British army!
Although this is an ally’s island, for the Eagle Sauce, this island is vital to their own safety, so they didn’t even say hello to the British Empire, and directly sent troops to occupy the island, and also planted the Stars and Stripes on the island to indicate the ownership of the island! The
British Empire was naturally very angry about the excessive behavior of the British Empire, but at this time, people had to bow their heads under the eaves. They needed to rely on the power of the Eagle Sauce to fight against Hans and recover their homeland. In this case, they dared not fall out with the Eagle Sauce for a small island!
After all, the British Empire has more than 30 million square kilometers of colonies, and a small Bermuda Island is only 900 square kilometers. It is not worth it to make the relationship with the Eagle Sauce stiff for this island, so they just regarded it as a dumb loss!
After the Eagle Sauce easily occupied Bermuda, they breathed a sigh of relief, but they did not relax, but immediately concentrated their forces and advanced towards the direction of the European continent. They wanted to occupy the Azores before the German army!
However, I am afraid they are thinking too much about this!
Bermuda is very close to the American continent, so the Eagle Sauce Navy can occupy it before the German army, but the Azores are closer to the European continent and farther from the Americas, so the German army is naturally faster than them!
When the combined fleet of the US Pacific Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet arrived at the waters related to the Azores, the German army had already completed the occupation of the Azores!
Fortunately, Mainz’s order was issued in time, allowing Dönitz to rush back from the Mediterranean as soon as possible and head directly towards the Azores. If the German army was a little slower, I am afraid that the Eagle Sauce Navy, which had been prepared, might really have a chance to occupy it before them!
Once the US military occupies this place in advance and settles here, the difficulty for the German army to conquer it will increase exponentially!
On the contrary, the same is true for the US military!
The German army occupied the Azores in advance, and 30,000 German Marines had landed on the island. Although they also brought Marines, if they wanted to launch a landing battle, they must first defeat the German navy!
However, after the U.S. military detected the strength of the German navy, they didn’t want to fight anymore, because almost all of the German main battleships were here at this time. If they really fought, it would be hard to say who would win or lose. After all, the German army had a brilliant record before, and it was obviously not easy to provoke!
So, after seeing that there was no opportunity, the U.S. military finally retreated!
As for the German army, although they wanted to destroy the main force of the Eagle Sauce’s navy, they had set out to the south at the end of July, and now they have been overseas for two months. The entire fleet was very tired from top to bottom. The warships needed maintenance and upkeep, the soldiers needed rest and adjustment, and a large amount of weapons and ammunition also needed to be replenished.
In this state, it was not wise to engage in battle with the main fleet of the Eagle Sauce, because their chances of winning were not great!
So, when the two navies met for the first time, the two sides just tested each other, and several small-scale battles broke out, but they did not really fight, and finally ended with the withdrawal of the Eagle Sauce.