Chapter 172 Admiral Arnold, the commander-in-chief of the United States Army Air Forces, appears
"Yes! Head of State! We have shortened the training time a lot of training time. If we continue to reduce the training time, we are afraid that our pilots will be driven to the field, and we do not have much combat capability on the battlefield, and will be quickly killed by the enemy!"
"I don't recommend the head of state to do such a situation that is not worth the loss! So please give our air force a little more time!"
Keselin was silent for a while before answering calmly.
"I also want to give you more time, and I know that it's useless to be anxious now! But do you know how many military aircraft the American industry has produced this year?"
Chen Yanlong asked back.
"I'm sorry, I don't know! Please give me a lecture!"
Keseling lowered his head and apologized and responded.
Guderian and Rommel also lowered their heads silently, waiting for Chen Yanlong to speak.
"More than 85,000 aircraft! And their more famous 'flying fortress' has more than 5,000 aircraft, while the production of the 'Liberator' has reached more than 18,000 aircraft, of which the total production of b-24j has accounted for more than 6,000 aircraft!"
"In addition, the P-47 fighter lightning fighter jets and the P-51 Mustang fighter jets have also begun mass production! And almost two thousand P-47 fighter lightning fighter jets have been dispatched to the European theater, and more than 300 P-51 Mustang fighter jets have been deployed!"
"The above information is all important information from my newly established intelligence department, which is back from reconnaissance within the British and American forces!"
Chen Yanlong lied and said that the historical information he had read in later generations on the grounds of his intelligence department.
When Kesseling and the others heard such unfavorable news, they were silent with a serious expression.
"What I just talked about is the most advanced fighter jets of the US military, and their performance will not be much worse than our new Ta152 fighter jet!"
Chen Yanlong continued to add.
"I understand. I will train our pilots as soon as possible and let them fight as soon as possible! Head!"
Keselin clenched his fists and made up his mind.
"Well! But you must pass the training before they can fight. Although I am more anxious than you to let them go to the battlefield, you just said that the new recruits who have no combat ability will only increase their sacrifices in vain! There is no threat to the enemy at all!"
"So the most important thing you are now is to not only let our pilots have combat capabilities as soon as possible, but also to train a lot of reserve pilots! As for the current frontline battles, I plan to gradually reduce our pilots' battles and use pilots from our Servant Kingdom to fight!"
"So you and other aviation commanders have to make good use of this valuable time to speed up the training of more pilots so that I can make a big counterattack on the eve of the Battle of Sicily!"
"At that moment, I not only want to completely crush the "UK-US Allied Bomber Offensive" strategy, but also implement a strategic counterattack against them with tooth! "
"At that time, I will not only bomb the source of combat materials between the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union, the logistics supply systems, the main transportation lines and other important places, consuming a lot of their logistics supplies; I will also form our long-range strategic bomber group to counterattack the aircraft factories on their land, oil refineries and other places! They are even the bases where they are secretly developing super bombs!"
Chen Yanlong's eyes flashed sharply.
"Yes! Head of State!"
Keselin immediately echoed.
"By the way! Head of State, I heard that Britain and the United States will carry out a large-scale bombing of our Panteleria Island tonight. I wonder if this information is true? And should we send a fleet to fight?"
But at this moment, Guderian suddenly changed the subject with a serious expression.
"The United Kingdom and the United States were going to start the Thousand-Air bombing operation last night, but according to the report of our intelligence officers lurking in their troops, it seems that they still have reinforcements but have not arrived, so they have to carry out the Thousand-Air bombing operation tonight!"
"I don't plan to send one army or another to fight for their attack, and all the troops we deployed on Panteleria have been evacuated, so there is nothing to worry about! The large-scale bombing of British and American troops is at most to kill the Italian troops on the island! It will not cause any great harm to us!"
Chen Yanlong waved his hand and said.
"But if we lose Panteleria, then we can no longer send air forces to detect every move of British and American troops in the Mediterranean, which is very unfavorable for our Sicily Battle! And they can also use the airports on the island to dispatch planes to reconnaise and bomb us!"
Guderian continued to say seriously.
"I just want them to observe our Sicily more and carry out combat operations that mislead them, so that they can make mistakes in our military and military deployment in Sicily, so that they can attack Sicily with confidence. Otherwise, why should I send so many elite troops to come here this time? Isn't it just to lure their elite troops to Sicily and cause severe damage?"
Chen Yanlong smiled slightly.
"But we have too many troops deployed on the island now, and there seem to be many residents of Sicily who are unwilling to fight! At least this is my personal sixth feeling, so I feel that it seems not good to let the reconnaissance planes of British and American troops enter and exit our territory in this way! I am worried that our military deployment will leak the news! Head!"
Guderian worried.
"Well! You're right! So we can't let their reconnaissance be free. At that time, I will send fighter jets to constantly interfere with their reconnaissance, so that they can never detect our virtuality and reality!"
"In addition, we must also prevent their rebellion and leaks from the residents of the island, and we must also do a good job in our anti-espionage operations; we must never let the enemy's intelligence officers lurk in and detect our military deployment! We must also use the intelligence officers to create a large amount of fake intelligence to lure the enemy into Sicily for landing operations!"
Chen Yanlong nodded in agreement.
"Yes! Head of State!"
Goodrian agreed.
"We must really talk about these actions later! But Panteleria Island will be very lively tonight! I wonder how long the Italian troops can resist before surrendering! It shouldn't be surrendering immediately!"
Chen Yanlong nodded and responded thoughtfully.
And as he said this, General Arnold, the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army Air Force, met Eisenhower with Air Force Admiral Porter and Commander Carl Andrew Spatz of the Eighth Air Force.
Because they were going to conduct a thousand-air bombing operation tonight, General Arnold, who was in the United States, was also alarmed and was sent by President Roosevelt to monitor.
Because the recent several air raids were all defeated by Chen Yanlong's troops, they lost a lot of planes and pilots.
Although many British and American pilots also parachuted and escaped, many pilots were still killed and injured.
Chapter completed!