Chapter 108
< World War II - Darkest Hour (1) >
June 12, 1940
Kiel Naval Port, Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany The Army was rapidly resolving the chaos of the coup attempt and was in the midst of preparing for the capture of Italy.
The reason we hadn't launched the offensive yet was to deploy 88mm Anti-aircraft guns, medium artillery, self-propelled guns, and new model Panzer IVs to apply the lessons learned from the last battle.
The terrain was awful anyway, making maneuver warfare difficult. Our conclusion, then, was to simply pulverize the enemy's defense line itself by unleashing overwhelming firepower.
Rather than pushing our precious soldiers and tanks into a defense line, it was better to just pour ammunition on the opponent until they were shattered.
Unlike the Nazis, who chaotically produced all sorts of equipment due to their mess of an economy, we were producing under the motto of "fewer types, more quantity."
And since our economic situation was better, we had been significantly reinforcing our artillery power. Especially the 88 Anti-aircraft gun.
The deployment for the operation preparation was nearing completion, and this time, we were scheduled to initiate the operation only after projecting the overwhelming firepower of the air force and artillery, even if it meant delaying the start of the operation due to bad weather.