Chapter 663: German-Soviet War (20)

"Lieutenant Colonel Gennady, our Highness agrees to accept your surrender, and you will be treated like ordinary prisoners of war."

Lieutenant Colonel Gennady was the adjutant of the commander of the 102nd Division of the 31st Army of the Soviet Army. At this moment, he was wolfing down a box of canned meat given to him by the German army.

Hearing the words of the German corps commander, Lieutenant Colonel Gennady couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that they would not starve to death. "Comrade Colonel, what kind of treatment is it?" He drank the remaining soup in the can in one gulp.

"It's just work. But don't worry, you won't be exhausted to death. The labor intensity is not much stronger than that of ordinary workers. You can get enough food and get medical treatment when you are sick. And you can get a salary for working, which you can use to buy alcohol and cigarettes. Of course, your officers will be treated better than ordinary soldiers."

Lieutenant Colonel Gennady opened his mouth in shock. There was actually a salary in the prisoner-of-war camp, and you could drink and smoke?

"That's roughly what I know, Lieutenant Colonel Gennady, what do you think?"

Lieutenant Colonel Gennady nodded. "Okay, I'll go back and report to our division commander now." After leaving the German Corps Command, Lieutenant Colonel Gennady carefully returned to the 102nd Division Command Post. "Comrade Division Commander, I'm back."

Leonid, the division commander who was pacing back and forth in the command post, took two steps to him and grabbed his shoulder. "What did the Germans say?!"

Lieutenant Colonel Gennady reported everything he heard to Leonid. "That's what the Germans said. Comrade Division Commander, what do you think?"

After thinking for a long time, Leonid nodded heavily. "That's it! Gennady, you immediately transfer two platoons from the guard company..." He made a gesture of wiping his neck. "Be quick!"

"Yes, I guarantee to complete the mission!"

That night, gunshots and screams were heard from time to time in the 102nd Division's position, which lasted for more than half an hour, and then white flags were raised one after another on the position.

Ambassador Eberle to Sweden went to the US Embassy to visit the US Ambassador and urge him to pay the "protection fee" this time, but was stopped outside the gate.

"Hey, wait for me." Having been turned away, Eberl hurried back to the embassy and sent the news back to the country.

"Oh, interesting." After looking at the telegram, Yannick muttered and picked up the phone. "Reinhard, have the Americans developed high-altitude fighters or large-caliber anti-aircraft guns?" If the Americans want to intercept the ME-264d high-altitude bomber, they must either equip fighters that can fly to an altitude of 14,000 meters or deploy large-caliber anti-aircraft guns. There is no other way.

"Your Highness, as far as we know, there is no such thing. However, we have received reports that major cities in the United States have conducted several power outage drills recently."

"Power outage drill?"

Once attacked by a graphite bomb, the graphite fiber will cover the power equipment, which will destroy the original insulation performance of the power lines and equipment, making the power facilities lose their repair value and basically have to be replaced. No country has a good remedy, and can only take precautions in advance.

For example, early interception and shooting down of bombers carrying graphite bombs to prevent graphite bombs from being launched or thrown; insulation or airtight isolation of some key equipment in power plants and facilities in advance to avoid being adsorbed by graphite fibers; preset false targets to misjudge the enemy and avoid attacks; choose to bury power lines and equipment deep underground to avoid attacks by graphite fibers, etc.

For important military base facilities, it is also necessary to have a sufficiently strong energy emergency supply capacity and multiple backup measures to ensure that the base can maintain normal power supply and play its due combat role after the main power supply line is attacked. However, this response measure can basically only be used for military facilities. Due to cost and other restrictions, civilian facilities naturally cannot build all power line equipment underground, nor can they have sufficient backup power supply capacity.

Another way is to disconnect the circuits of the city that may be attacked in advance, clean up the fallen carbon fiber fibers and restore power. However, this is a rather stupid way. Even if the industrial area is out of power for an hour, the loss is astronomical. Moreover, those carbon fiber fibers cannot be cleaned up in one or two days.

Are the Americans going to use this stupid method now?

"Contact Greenland immediately and carry out the bombing operation." Since the Americans think this method is feasible, let them wait and see; even if it is feasible, there are more than one way to deal with the United States. "How is the production of the 'Andrew Factory'? (Chapter 40, 41)" The "Andrew Factory" used to specialize in producing fake pounds. After the fall of Britain, there was no need to continue producing pounds, and it switched to producing US dollars.

"Your Highness, the 'Andrew Factory' has produced 10 tons of US dollars and three tons of 'war bonds'."

During World War II, the economy played an important role behind the industrial machines in the United States that worked day and night to manufacture weapons and ammunition for the US military and its allies on the front line. Any long-term, large-scale war is largely a test and competition of the economic strength of the warring parties. Once a country's treasury silver reserves are short, then compared with the public dissatisfaction that may be caused by raising the tax collection point, using savings bonds to raise military expenses from the private sector has become the only choice for all participating countries-this is the only original intention of "war bonds" since its birth.

During the entire World War II, the U.S. Treasury Department launched a total of 8 treasury bonds specifically for war expenses, with more than 85 million people participating in the purchase, raising approximately $185.7 billion. This huge amount of money from the private sector was quickly injected into every joint like a lubricant, allowing the entire U.S. war machine to basically be in good working order during the more than 1,600 days of war.

Once these tons of fake dollars and fake war bonds are spread to the U.S. mainland, the blow to the U.S. economy will be catastrophic.

"Very good, I heard that the American people are living in a very tight situation recently, so we will send them some money to spend. First, ship the goods to Greenland and see the effect of this bombing before making a decision." Just after putting down the phone, there was a knock on the door outside, and then the office door was gently pushed open, and little Elizabeth stuck her head in. "Brother Yannick, are you busy?"

Yannick smiled and shook his head. "No, I just finished. Is there anything?"

Little Elizabeth ran to the desk. "Brother Yannick, can you help me persuade my mom to let me go to space?"

"Are you still talking about this?" Yannick couldn't help but pat his forehead. At that time, he thought she was just talking on a whim; but after several days, this enthusiasm not only did not fade, but became even stronger.