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Churchill then contacted Gibraltar and told them to step up vigilance.

Lord Lidderdale, the Governor of Gibraltar, confidently assured that if the Germans wanted to attack Gibraltar, it would take three years and two to three hundred thousand casualties before they could succeed.

His confidence is not unfounded. After all, anyone can build an iron barrel fortress like a turtle shell in more than 200 years. And nature also did the British a big favor. The British built the entire fortress within an unusually strong limestone mountain. The naturally formed rocks on the top of the mountain plus the artificially poured reinforced concrete in the fortress in the later period, the average thickness above the fortress was nearly It has reached a terrifying one hundred meters, and the thickness of the side is about three or four meters on average, which is enough to resist future nuclear bombs.

It is conceivable that existing bombs cannot damage such a strong fortress. Compared with its defense, its firepower is not inferior, enough to annihilate all incoming enemies. There are three fortress gun turrets on the top of the fortress, with a total of more than twenty 381 mm caliber fortress guns. The tops of these turrets are all fixed with steel plates and cement. They are ten meters thick and can withstand the direct impact of several 500 kilogram aerial bombs. hit. These fortress guns can carry out 360-degree attacks. They can attack targets on the sea and also attack threats from land. No matter what kind of tank they are, they will be useless in front of these fortress guns. Let alone direct hits, they rely on close-range explosions of shells. The shock wave is also enough to destroy a tank.

Coupled with the countless cannons of various calibers and peaceful artillery on the mountainside, the armored troops would be completely wiped out if they could not reach 500 meters.

If you use infantry to attack Gibraltar, you are simply seeking death. The bottom layer of Gibraltar is full of machine gun perforations, and the distance is extremely flat, and there is no obstacle to avoid the fortress's fire network.

Even if they rush forward with huge casualties, there is nothing they can do; these machine gun shooting holes are like a downward-sloping bell mouth, with a diameter of more than one meter in front; it seems that it is easy to stuff explosive packets in, but that is simply not possible. impossible. Because the thickness of the side of the Fortress of Gibraltar is about three to four meters, the depth of this perforation is also three to four meters, and it gets smaller as you go inside, and finally it is as small as the mouth of a bowl, so the explosive packs have no effect on the fortress. role.

The most depressing thing is that the Gibraltar Fortress only has two solid thick iron gates on the side facing the sea. There are no gates at all elsewhere. Enemies attacking from land can't even touch other people's doors, let alone Said the door was broken into.

So what if you break into the fortress? The British put more than 10,000 soldiers in the fortress, and you have to die tens of thousands of people to capture the maze-like fortress. Therefore, the British have always believed that their Gibraltar Fortress is indestructible. That’s where people’s confidence lies.

Therefore, the fact that the Fortress of Gibraltar is known as the strongest fortress in the world is definitely not a boast by the British, but the result of the British operating here for centuries. This place is simply the throat of the British Empire, and there is absolutely no room for error, so they continue to It has been continuously reinforced for hundreds of years.

But Churchill was still a little uneasy because the Fortress of Gibraltar still had weaknesses.

The Fortress of Gibraltar was built more than 300 years ago, and airplanes only appeared during World War I. It was only twenty years until World War II broke out. Therefore, from the construction of the Fortress of Gibraltar to the outbreak of World War II, no attention was paid to the deployment of air defense firepower. Because aircraft, a weapon that changed the mode of war, appeared for too short a time, and the British did not realize the huge role of air defense in the fortress.

Therefore, there is a fleet stationed at the Gibraltar Fortress on weekdays. There are two aircraft carriers in the fleet responsible for air defense. But due to the failure of "Operation Ballista", the remaining fleet has withdrawn to Alexandria.

Now Churchill could only secretly pray that the Germans would retreat.

As soon as Spain announced its agreement to lend a road to Germany, Manstein, who had been waiting in Andorra, immediately led his troops to Gibraltar.

Yannick thought that since this "Man Bulqun" was going to conquer the Sevastopol Fortress in the future, it would be better to practice with Gibraltar first.

Under the coordination of the Spanish government, the railway line from Andorra to Gibraltar made way for the German military columns. In less than 20 hours, the leading German troops had reached the outskirts of the Gibraltar Fortress.

However, Manstein was not in a hurry to attack and sent his adjutant to the fortress to persuade him to surrender. Although I don't have much hope for the peaceful liberation of Gibraltar, it would be great if we could capture it without firing a shot.

Unfortunately, the adjutant was driven back in despair within half a day. "Reporting to the general, Governor Lidderdale is very resolute. He said that if we want to capture Gibraltar, we must be mentally prepared to fight for three years and kill 200,000 people."

"What a loud tone." Manstein snorted disdainfully. "I doubt whether their food reserves can last for half a year. If they are not in a hurry, the consumption will kill them. Since Governor Lidderdale is confident that he can hold it for three years, then we can capture it in one week. I am somewhat looking forward to what Governor Lidderdale will look like when the time comes."

"Is the Army Bomber Force ready?"

The staff officer reported. "Yes, they have all arrived at San Roque Airport 10 kilometers away and are ready to take off at any time."

Another staff officer came in to report. "Report to the general, the Air Force's long-range bombers will arrive in Gibraltar in half an hour for bombing!"

There were only a few main decision-makers in the German Air Force in the original time and space. The pot-bellied Göring, who was born in a fighter plane, is in charge of general strategy and does not care about specific technical routes; Udet, who was born in a fighter plane, is one of the two technical directors of the Air Force development and is obsessed with tactical aircraft; Milchi, an administrative bureaucrat, is in charge of production arrangements. He has a natural preference for output (probably because the mustache does not pay attention to the size of the aircraft, but cares more about quantity).

Therefore, the key to what aircraft the Luftwaffe used was that Udet and Milch had the final say, and Goering acquiesced and signed.

It is obvious from the hobbies and scope of affairs of the first two people that they cannot be too concerned about strategic bombers.

As for Max Wavell, another technical director, this person was an advocate of strategic bombers and proposed the need to develop a large bomber that "can carry 3 tons of bombs and fly around the British Isles in combat conditions." Then why didn't he fight against Udet? Because this unlucky guy died in a plane crash in 1936 o (╯□╰)o

After his death, the influence of the "strategic bombing" faction was greatly weakened, and the "Ural long-range bomber" under development was also abandoned.

Many times, the outcome of history depends on the decisions of one or two people.

The same is true now. When Germany resumed its air force under Yannick's order, it was preparing for long-range bombers. Although it started late, Germany does not lack talents. As long as there are no restrictions on various materials and messy and bizarre requirements, Germany's technological development speed will definitely be among the best in the world. The Germans are striving to catch up in the development of long-range bombers and have reached the level of the American B-17G, and are even better than the B-17G in aspects such as sights.

Junkers and Focke-Wulf are working hard to conquer the newer super bomber, the B-29 Super Fortress. They can't keep up with the war against Britain, but they will definitely become Stalin's nightmare in a few years!

Manstein nodded and ordered. "Instruct the Army Aviation Bomber Unit to start bombing Gibraltar as planned in one hour!"

"yes!"

The order quickly reached the bomber squadrons stationed near San Roque. The Mosquito bombers that had been ready for flight took off one by one, forming a huge flying formation heading for Gibraltar.