Imperial Overlord

In Germany, Berlin, and the Imperial Chancellery, Li Le also knew that his plans could not be concealed from the British, and even the Americans who had not participated in the war would soon know.

"Seven days of preparation time is obviously not very sufficient." Standing in front of the Führer was General Student, the commander of the paratroopers who came to meet again.

He was ordered to draw up an offensive plan to attack the island of Malta two days ago. The paratroopers will undertake a heavier attack task in this attack.

There were 20,000 Allied troops on the island of Malta, and paratroopers were to break these troops, seize landing areas and hold out until the navy and army arrived.

"I ordered the 1,000 STG-44 assault rifles that were urgently produced to be distributed to the airborne troops as a secret weapon." Li Le and Student have deduced two attack plans.

Even though he knew very well the German airborne operations in the Netherlands and Belgium, and also knew the airborne operations in Crete that had never happened, Li Le was defeated by Student twice in a row.

Obviously, as a military commander, Li Le is still far from enough. Student showed him what the gap was between him and the real general.

General Student was also frightened by Li Le's erudition. He had never seen a commander who knew the airborne troops so well. The Fuhrer knew more about the future development of the airborne troops than he was a real paratrooper commander.

Of course, Li Le has the development direction of paratrooper chariots, low-altitude airdrops, etc. at his fingertips.

He even knew that if he didn't change history, in '44 there would be another large-scale battle involving the paratroopers.

War is the best teacher, and the United States is arguably the best student in World War II. He was the last to fight and learned all the new tactics from the enemy.

It learned armored warfare and the use of airborne troops from Germany, and it recognized the strength of naval aviation from Japan and used it.

In the end, it became the biggest winner in World War II. It surpassed all its teachers and won a brilliant victory.

As for the rewards for the victors, just look at the United States today, and 70 years of world hegemony is enough to make people drool.

"Malta is too small, and we have too many targets to occupy, such as airports and port facilities..." Student was very worried about this mission.

After all, German paratroopers are a very valuable fighting force. It would be a pity if they suffered losses on the island of Malta.

But Li Le doesn't think so. He deeply knows the role that Malta Island played in the war in the Mediterranean during World War II.

Now, the British have not had time to strengthen the defense of Malta, and there are not so many planes on the island.

Fleet H has just suffered a loss and is now huddled in Gibraltar, too late to support the island of Malta.

Now is the best time to take Malta. In order to occupy this island that is stuck in his mouth like a fishbone, Li Le even thinks it is necessary to postpone the time of the British air battle.

With this island, the Axis countries will have an unsinkable aircraft carrier on the entire route. With the powerful German air force and the Italian fleet, Li Le will be able to ensure that Libyan oil can be continuously delivered to the country. on the territory of the Axis Powers.

With this oil, the entire German army can be liberated, and a different Barbarossa can be fought according to the plan that can best annihilate the living forces of the Soviet Union.

"General! Occupying Malta is a plan that must be completed. This is a very important part of our perpetual motion plan." Li Le looked at the map and said to his love general.

"How advantageous its geographical location is, I won't say it. Although it is not in the straight line distance from Italy to Libya, it is a serious problem." Li Le, like the real head of state, began to sell to his generals. Economics of War.

He pointed to the Malta Islands on the map, and gushed about Student: "Only occupy this place! And become our military base! It is the most ideal situation!"

"Führer, maybe, we will lose more than 3,000 paratroopers...or a little more." Student said distressedly and expressed his estimate.

Germany now has a total of almost 20,000 paratroopers, and the estimate of the loss of 3,000 can be said to be very pessimistic.

"If Crete is worth the loss of 6,500 paratroopers, then the Malta Islands are definitely worth more." Li Le said firmly to his men.

"..." Student looked at Li Le dumbfounded, and finally had to remind him, "My head of state, although I know what you're talking about is speculation, we haven't attacked Crete yet."

Li Le also realized that he had said something wrong, and smiled to cover up his embarrassment. He continued to talk about the island of Malta, and said loudly: "General! Even if I lose 5,000 people, I want Malta!"

Seeing that the head of state was so determined, Student had no choice but to accept the plan: "I suggest that we carry out airborne landings in the southern part of the island of Malta, seize the airport as soon as possible, and then control it there."

As he spoke, he pointed to the airport in the south of the map, and introduced to Li Le: "Then drop supplies and more soldiers to the north to attack the port of Valletta."

This is the most secure combat plan, and it has the highest success rate. The Germans who destroy the airfield will gain air superiority and receive support from the air.

Li Le nodded, and he also believed that the attack plan drawn up by Stuart suited his heart the most: "Hurry up, what we lack the most is time."

As the head of state, he hopes to preserve the strength of the paratroopers and occupy Malta as quickly as possible. German fighters and bombers were then transported to the island to protect the entire route.

Only in this way can Germany and Italy be able to use a relatively safe and stable rhythm to bring oil back from Libya to supplement the fragile economies and industries of the two countries.

"New weapons...STG-44...Führer, the naming year of our weapons is customary...You name this weapon with 44, which makes people very unaccustomed." Student finally couldn't help but complained Li Le's classic "Lateral Weapon Nomenclature".

Li Le smiled awkwardly. He prefers to name the new weapons he is developing with the names of the weapons he is familiar with. After all, as a German fan, what is more important than feelings?

If the Tiger tank is no longer called the Tiger tank, and changed its name to EG-386, who knows that it is a powerful tank?

If the famous German STG-44 assault rifle was renamed the STG-40 assault rifle, who knew that this was the classic advanced weapon in history?

The same question, if the MG-42 "Führer's Saw" general-purpose machine gun is named MG-40, what a waste of money...

Li Le shook his head and opened his mouth to find a perfect excuse for his ideals and persistence: "These weapons are too advanced to express their advanced nature with the existing years."

"Such a slightly changed naming method can also confuse the enemy's espionage personnel, making it impossible for them to infer the production time of our weapons based on the weapon model." Li Le opened his mouth when he spoke in a high-sounding manner.

He found that his eloquence has been getting better and better recently, and his wit has become more and more natural. Obviously, the predicament he has faced since crossing the road has elevated and evolved his IQ and character.

Hearing the Führer say that, Student didn't think any more. After all, the fact that the head of state is willing to name the weapon regulations is just an inexplicable hobby, and it cannot be regarded as deviant at all.

You must know that the real head of state in history, but he often asked about weapons production, and he was also a guy who was fooled by others to believe that train guns could hit tanks.

"1000 STG-44 assault rifles, I need to provide samples immediately, paratroopers must adapt to this weapon... Otherwise, we would rather fight with old weapons." After Student figured it out, he firmly bargained for himself .

The STG assault rifle was produced in 10 days~www.readwn.com~ This is obviously a very difficult task, but the German gun industry with a high technical reserve has actually completed it.

While improving its own production line, the factory has undertaken the structural processing of 1,000 rifles by hand.

This process made Li Le jealous. You must know that this method was often used during the China Industrial Conference. He only heard about it but never saw the real power.

Now, he has seen and seen the true strength of an old industrial empire: easily, the Germans found qualified workers and completed the production and processing of 1,000 weapons.

During this process, the domestic gun manufacturers in Belgium and Germany did not even delay at all, ensuring that the original gun production capacity was completed.

In addition to 1,000 new guns for German paratroopers, pistols were also prepared as carry-on weapons for at least half of the airborne troops.

With these new weapons, the German paratroopers are probably the most automatic troops in the world, with a full range of modern weapons from pistols to assault rifles.

Li Le even strengthened the general-purpose machine guns to the paratroopers, increasing the firepower of this unit to a shocking level.

Compared with the Allied forces stationed on the island of Malta, the weapon configuration of the German paratroopers is much more advanced, and the German paratroopers have the same support fleet as when the United States landed in Normandy in 1944-the Italian Navy.

Even Li Le did not expect that, at the urging of Mussolini, the Italian Navy sent two old-fashioned battleships to support the German military operations on the island of Malta.

The battleship Cavour and a support fleet of the battleship Caesar were ready to attack Malta.