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Volume 2 Growth Chapter 752 The Battle of Cuba Ends

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    A majestic four-engine heavy-duty aircraft with a roaring roar came to a steady stop on the wide and flat runway after taxiing for nearly two thousand meters. The huge airflow surged around, blowing the beards and hair of the people on the ground next to it.  It blew wildly.  The escalator was lowered, the cabin door opened, and several senior generals with embroidered eagle emblems on their clothes slowly walked out of the plane; judging from their gorgeous shoulder straps with gold threads and bright silver stars, their lowest military ranks were all lieutenant generals!  ¡°Dear General Bock and fellow Army colleagues, welcome to Havana, Cuba.¡± At the end of the metal escalator, Kesselring, a stocky figure, greeted the Army generals in front of him with a smile on his face.  Faced with the personal greeting of this air force general who also wore three silver star epaulettes, all the army generals did not show any signs of neglect. They took off their gloves one after another and greeted Kesselring sincerely.  A handshake.  In this dimension, the long-lasting German Empire still retains the military ranks of the Prussian era. In addition to the marshal, who enjoys the highest honor and cannot be awarded unless he has made historic achievements, the general is the most noble.  .  Although after the end of the French Campaign, several veteran professional soldiers such as Blomberg, Rundstedt, and Raeder were fortunate enough to receive this highest honor, there are still very few marshals in Germany and China.  Although they belong to different branches of the military, Kesselring's popularity among the army seems to be very good. Even Bock, who has always been serious about words, began to chat and laugh with each other during exchanges of greetings.  Sitting in the barrel% car heading to the headquarters, the conversation between the two parties naturally turned to the current frontline situation; and whether it was the rigorous and rigid Bock or the calm and wise Kesselin, their words revealed  Extreme optimism about the future.  On March 7, the German armored forces after a short rest and replenishment.  Once again, smoke and dust rose into the sky over the plains of Cuba.  They were unstoppable along the way.  A large number of US troops were scattered and fled, or they were packed into quickly formed pockets and surrounded.  The 7th Armored Brigade commanded by Colonel Rommel became the most dazzling star in this later operation: the advantages of his bold, unrestrained, and thoughtful command style were just in front of the already frightened US military.  It was brought out to the fullest.  In five days, his troops marched more than 300 kilometers westward, almost using up the last drop of diesel in the tank tanks. As a result, more than 70,000 U.S. troops were trapped in a tight siege, and many U.S. officers and soldiers were thrown at them along the way.  More than 20,000 people.  One of the most commendable victories of the unit was achieved in Moron, central Cuba: two armored battalions under the direct command of Rommel galloped 70 kilometers at night and raided the frontline aviation base of the US military here.  He never thought that the German army could rush directly in front of him.  They were immediately beaten to a pulp, and most of the officers and soldiers became prisoners of the other party in a very short period of time.  When the subsequent motorized infantry arrived after dawn, they were pleasantly surprised to find that there were more than 100 intact US military fighter planes of various types in the airport!  Although due to the different industrial systems of the two sides, these fighters cannot be fully used by the Luftwaffe like their own aircraft, but a comprehensive analysis of them is enough for Rommel's surprise attack to gain extremely valuable results.  If the flaws existing in these fighters can be found and responded to in a tit-for-tat manner, the air situation faced by the German army will inevitably be further improved.  In addition, the US military's fighter planes have also proven their superiority in previous battles, with the new P-47 fighter's solid defense and ultra-long range.  All left a very deep impression on the German pilots.  If Germany can digest and absorb this technology, it will undoubtedly be a decisive boost to the performance improvement of Air Force fighter aircraft!  Because of Rommel¡¯s violent advance on the island of Cuba.  The 7th Armored Brigade under his command was called the "Devil's Brigade" by the Americans.  Wherever the tank tracks go, American officers and soldiers are invincible.  And this is just a microcosm of the German armored power on the island of Cuba.  On March 14, the German army captured Santa Clara, and a week later on the 21st, Havana, the largest city in the west, located 250 kilometers away, was also under heavy siege.  Seeing that the situation was over, the U.S. Army Staff had no choice but to use all the forces at its disposal to evacuate their defeated troops on the island of Cuba back to Florida; however, how could the German army, which had already let the Americans slip through the island of Haiti once, be willing to attack them?  Let these enemies escape from under your nose again?  Not only did they try their best to dispatch attack aircraft to bomb US transport ships, but their naval ships also repeatedly invaded the strait, which is less than 270 kilometers wide. Under the obstruction of the German army, the evacuation of US military personnel became far lower than expected.  On March 23, after two days of fierce fighting, the German army broke through the central defense of Havana and reached the port. All 140,000 American officers and soldiers who had no time to escape became prisoners of the German army.  The personnel responsible for interrogating and managing the prisoners hardly had a moment's rest, and they only felt that this happy and painful matter seemed to never end.  In order to clean up the countless equipment they threw away from the battlefield, GermanyThe army spent another full week.  On March 28, the defenses of Guantanamo in southeastern Cuba also fell under the German attack. U.S. Major General Como led the remaining defenders to surrender to the Germans.  In the previous more than half a month of fighting, Guantš¢namo was completely surrounded and blocked. Not a single bullet or reinforcement broke through the encirclement and reached the encirclement.  Although the U.S. military's defenses are still quite complete, and their material reserves are enough to allow them to hold on for half a year, the morale of the army in a desperate situation cannot be maintained for such a long time: it is meaningless when there is no hope.  If you die in this battle, it is better to save your life and look forward to life after the war!  At this point, the last gunfire on the island of Cuba finally died down.  It took the German army ten weeks to seize this gateway to the southern United States, and the Caribbean was completely under German control.  Compared with the process of the United States seizing this land from Spain 40 years ago, Germany today far surpasses it in terms of speed and results; the German army annihilated more than 40 US divisions at the cost of 20,000 casualties.  the main force.  In addition to more than 30,000 people who were evacuated to the mainland by sea, the remaining 550,000 officers and soldiers either died in the battle or became prisoners of war driven by the other side.  The U.S. Army suffered an unprecedented defeat in this plains battle.  After taking Cuba into its possession, the German army immediately began recovery and reconstruction operations.  Hundreds of thousands of prisoners began to carry out extensive construction work under the supervision of the German army, carrying out all-round construction and renovation of Cuba's infrastructure.  Barracks, airports, roads, warehouses, bridges, docks and other facilities that were originally destroyed in the war were quickly restored to their functions under the work of the prisoners of war; even the road from Havana to Guantš¢namo, spanning the entire Cuba  The east-west railway was also restored to traffic within three days after the armistice.  A large amount of goods unloaded at Guantanamo were quickly transported to Havana in northwest Cuba. The German army was increasingly building this island into its strongest frontline fortress in advancing into the United States.  At the same time, the attack on the United States was finally put on the research agenda.  According to the plan formulated by the German General Staff, the Army will invest approximately 70 divisions in the offensive campaign against the United States. These troops will depart from Mexico and penetrate directly from Texas to the hinterland of the United States. It is expected that the entire North American region will  The battle will be finalized within 4 to 6 months.  Another alternative is to launch a landing from Florida in the southeastern corner of the United States, and go all the way north along the east coast to its capital, Washington.  Compared with the plan to go through Mexico, although this plan involves unpredictable risks in the early landing, once it succeeds, the results it will produce will be extremely gratifying: the land distance from Florida to Washington,  It is nearly one-third shorter than the troops attacking from Texas via Mexico, which will greatly reduce the time the German army needs to spend on the campaign.  More importantly, the German troops heading north can sweep all the way to the most developed eastern coastal area of ??the United States, greatly reducing the opponent's war potential; as long as the industry that the United States is proud of suffers a heavy setback, this war will completely lose its suspense.  However, regardless of whether the German army is preparing to open a second battlefield in the southeastern United States, sending troops to Cuba for advance preparation is a common prerequisite for all invasion operations.  Currently, a group of senior army generals headed by Bock came to the Cuban front line with the troops under their command.  Since the German army had already transported a large number of troops and supplies to Guyana in South America in the early battles, the process did not delay significantly due to the vast distance between Germany and Cuba.  As of April 11, the German Army's massed army forces in the Americas had increased to 55 divisions, including 25 divisions on the island of Cuba, and a large number of transport ships had been assembled and on standby, ready to deliver them to Mexican soil.  Go up.  Two days later, the frontline headquarters in Havana, Cuba, received a coded telegram from Berlin: The hunters have been dispatched.  For generals like Kesselring and Bock, they understood the meaning and immediately issued corresponding orders.  Divisions and brigades of troops boarded transport ships and sailed to the ports of southeastern Mexico under cover of darkness. With the efforts of German diplomats, this country finally made up its mind to settle old accounts with the Americans. It would not take long before the American continent  The first real war in 70 years will ignite!  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster! ps: Thanks to Yu12344, Chuanliu Huagui, tchc366hill, eva_xy, Greedy Bear and other book friends for their monthly support, and Golden Crab, Birdcheng, zhouyu1976  Reward~~~ The subscription volume in these two days is quite satisfactory. The author would like to thank everyone
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