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Chapter 1361 11360 The Italian Coast Division is a textbook-level "group performance"

Thanks to the large number of "wide-gauge prototypes" in the broad-gauge test site of the GGL Greater Deutsche Locomotive Manufacturers Association, the "National Glory: The Great Battle" set moved from Sicily was set up in the shortest time. Almost all the crew members moved into the broad-gauge carriages according to their original departments. The wide-gauge "prototype cars" used by many important departments have even been installed in advance with a spare 50-kilowatt starter motor, a 180-kilowatt auxiliary generator, and a 25-kilowatt light generator, as well as a 1-volt battery for 12 piece. Even if the external power grid of the GGL Grossdeutsche Locomotive Manufacturers' Federation broad-gauge proving ground is cut off, normal power consumption can be guaranteed on the set of "National Glory: The Great Battle".

Naturally, oil is also in sufficient supply. The reason behind this is that Marshal Albert Kesselring, the commander-in-chief of the German Southern Front, insisted on defending Sicily and was unwilling to give up the air base in this area to the Allies to ensure that neither German industrial areas nor Romanian oil fields would be directly exposed. under air strikes.

In fact, due to the extreme shortage of oil resources in Germany during World War II, the powerful war machine of the German Steel Empire was like a castle built on the beach. It looked mighty and majestic but was actually fragile. The purpose of several German military operations was to plunder oil resources, but they still failed due to insufficient fuel supply. The Allies also launched targeted and continuous attacks on Germany's oil system, causing Germany's supply system to gradually collapse, eventually burying the Third Reich.

Before 1939, Germany mainly relied on imported oil, and was also working hard to develop technology for converting coal into fuel oil. In 1939, Germany imported 516 million tons of oil, the vast majority of which came from Romania, the remainder from the Soviet Union, and a small amount from Iran, Austria and other countries. When World War II broke out in September 1939, Germany had a total of approximately 9 million tons of refined oil reserves. Once the war breaks out, its oil consumption will increase rapidly, so Germany must engage in a tit-for-tat struggle with the Allies over oil resources.

Geographically speaking, Romania is Germany's best source of oil. First of all, although Romania does not border Germany, the neighboring Central European countries are generally weak and can easily be annexed by the "Blitzkrieg" launched by Germany. Moreover, Romania is rich in oil resources and the quality of oil products is good. In the 30s, Romania was still an agricultural country, and its own consumption was very limited. Most of its oil could only be used for export to earn foreign exchange. Moreover, although Germany and Romania were not traditional allies politically, the Soviet Union's continued political and military pressure on Romania in the 30s prompted it to get closer to Germany. At that time, the United States and Britain had invested in a large number of oil projects in Romania, and Germany would not take it lightly when seeing Germany's thirst for Romanian oil.

Before the war officially started in 1939, Britain used its abundant capital as a weapon. While purchasing large amounts of oil from the crude oil market, it also tried every means to prevent Germany from transporting oil. Land transportation in the lower Danube region where Romania is located is difficult, but the Danube navigation capability is strong. So the wealthy British simply bought all the 182 oil tankers in the Danube River at that time, and they refused to let Germany use them even if the transportation capacity seriously exceeded Britain's own needs. At the same time, Britain and France are also wooing Romania at the political level, hoping to proactively cut off oil supplies to Germany after the war breaks out. However, what Britain and France did not expect was that Romania, which was under pressure from the Soviet Union, finally chose to completely switch to Germany politically in 1940.

After Germany occupied Poland in 1939, it already bordered Romania. This left Britain and France with almost no ability to prevent Germany from obtaining Romanian oil. Of the 1940 million tons of oil imported by Germany in 207, Romania accounted for 97 tons. By 1941, Germany imported 237 million tons of oil, and Romania's oil imports were as high as 209 million tons. After the Soviet-German War broke out in 1941, the Soviet Air Force bombed Romanian oil facilities, but the German troops were prepared and did not achieve effective results. On the night of June 1942, 6, the Allies bombed the Romanian oil fields for the first time, prompting the Germans to further increase their air defense forces in the area. In the next two years, Romania provided one-third of Germany's oil and all of Italy's oil. In the eyes of the Allies, Romania's oil fields were the largest "oil pump" for the German army.

But just when the Germans thought they could sit back and relax, the US bomber force joined the European battlefield. On August 1943, 8, 1 US-made B177 bombers set off from Benghazi Airport and launched the first large-scale bombing of Romania's largest Ploieti oil field. Despite fierce resistance from the Luftwaffe and anti-aircraft artillery units, U.S. bombs destroyed nearly a quarter of the field's production capacity. Although the Germans stepped up their defenses, the Allies also recognized the importance of destroying the oil field. From April to June 24, the Allied forces launched a total of 1944 high-altitude bombings on it, dropping about 4 tons of bombs and finally completely destroyed the Ploiesti Oil Field. When the Soviet army finally invaded Romania in August 6, the oil field's output was negligible.

However. Due to "The Great Battle"'s "cross-plot fusion of time and space with similar World War II plot fragments" main line derivative plot, it promoted the Italian Coast Division's textbook-level "group performance", which greatly delayed the Allied codename "Husky" The Sicily landing battle. On August 8, 1 US-made B177 bombers departing from Benghazi Airport were intercepted and shot down by the German Air Force before they arrived in Romania. Not a single Allied aircraft successfully reached the Ploiesti oil field. above.

In other words, a scene similar to the one in the "Battle of the Bulge" in which the Third Reich's tank regiment, known as the "Steel Torrent", finally ran out of fuel and had to be abandoned on the roadside, will most likely not happen. Appeared before 1945.

This is another piece of bad news that is not good for the allies or the adventure team.

When engineer Konrad Zuse, female inventor Hedy Lamarr and assistant casting director Mrs. Katie, who had arranged to arrive at the set by special train, both returned to the director's car, they immediately realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

"What happened?" Mrs. Kitty asked first.

"Heidi, your 'cheap ex-husband' just called..." The female reporter told the two of them the bad news.

"The Nazis are indeed secretly implementing the 'Revenge Weapons Project.'" It seems that the expression of female inventor Hedy Lamarr is not surprising at all. Her ex-husband, a fanatical Jewish Nazi arms dealer, must have told her: "By the way, when did the Nazis surrender unconditionally in history?"

"May 1945, 5." War girl Danielle couldn't remember it wrong.

On May 1945, 5, Germany signed the unconditional surrender document, marking the end of the European battlefield of World War II. This day is regarded as "Victory in Europe Day" and is also a symbol of victory in the world's anti-fascist war.

"That is to say, we still have at least half a year (released in 1944) to prepare the filming plan for "Seed of the Dragon."" Female inventor Hedy Lamarr, who looked at the problem from another angle, immediately reminded everyone.

War girl Danielle smiled and nodded: "Yes, that's it."