Paris is quite far from the Maginot-Ziegler Line, more than 300 kilometers away.
However, for the air force, this distance is just a short one.
By the end of World War II, not to mention bombers and transport planes, even fighters had an operational radius that was close to or even exceeded 1,000 kilometers.
Even the German BF109, which was often criticized for its short range, had an operational radius far greater than 300 kilometers.
In just over half an hour, the first batch of over 3,000 fighter-bombers and heavy bombers had arrived over the two defensive lines and began carpet bombing all German fortifications on the ground.
At the same time, numerous Allied heavy artillery units, which had already arrived at the front and hidden, revealed themselves and started coordinating with the air force, sending out loud roars.
Hundreds of thousands of air bombs and artillery shells were dropped onto the German positions.
At this time, the German troops on the two defensive lines were completely stunned.
Because just before this operation began, the Allies' "main force" had been launching a fierce attack in Belgium. Why did they suddenly start attacking to the west?
But being stunned didn't help, because air bombs and artillery shells wouldn't reason with them.
Although these two defensive lines were once called impregnable,
In reality, both their military strategy and design style had already become outdated.
Facing the Allied carpet bombing, they failed to provide the expected protection. The first wave of bombing alone inflicted catastrophic casualties on the defending German troops.
Of course, outdated as they were, it was unrealistic to expect the Allies to break through these two defensive lines solely with bombing... In the original timeline, these two lines delayed the Allied advance for several months, although the main attacking direction of the Allies was not here.
After the first wave of bombing, the bombers retreated, leaving behind smoke and debris.
The surviving German soldiers cautiously poked their heads out of the fortifications, preparing to repair them.
But at that moment, countless buzzing sounds filled the sky.
The second batch of over 1,000 medium bombers of the Allies had arrived!
For this operation, Britain, the United States, and even France put all their resources into it, using over 5,000 transport planes, more than 2,000 gliders, over 8,000 fighters and bombers (these are the actual numbers from the historical Allied invasion of Belgium and the Netherlands—Operation Market Garden).
The German soldiers emerging from their fortifications had no time to react before they were hit by another terrifying round of bombing.
The fortifications, already in ruins from the first round of bombing, were completely unrecognizable after the second wave.
However, this time, the German troops on the positions had wised up. They did not immediately come out but instead stayed hidden inside their fortifications.
But this time, they made a mistake because the third wave was not bombers, but a sea of transport planes and gliders, escorted by fighters.
These planes flew directly over the two defensive lines, entered the Baden-Württemberg area, and dropped tens of thousands of white parachutes. Over 35,000 men, 568 pieces of artillery, 1,927 military vehicles, and 5,230 tons of supplies were successfully dropped along the route leading to Bavaria.
Apart from a few unfortunate soldiers being hit by anti-aircraft fire or getting stuck in trees during landing, the Allied paratroopers suffered minimal casualties.
What? The German Air Force?
Sorry, since the Allies' landing, the Germans had almost lost air superiority.
The remaining German air forces couldn't pose much of a threat to the Allies' air forces.
Moreover, just as the Allies launched their operation, the German homeland had already been bombed.
On the German side, the remaining Bavarian Corps, with over 100,000 men, and the Austrian Hydra Corps, with more than 300,000 men, launched a coup, tied white cloths to their arms, and began advancing toward Baden-Württemberg.
The garrison troops in Baden-Württemberg were mobilizing to try to encircle the newly landed American paratroopers but never expected an attack from behind and could not organize an effective counterattack.
The Germans, resistance forces, and Allies were all intertwined, and the entire Baden-Württemberg area had turned into a chaotic mess.
Speaking of which, Baden-Württemberg is only about 30,000 square kilometers, one-fifth the size of Xishan Province.
However, within just a few days, not counting the main Allied forces that had already begun their ground offensive against the two defensive lines, the Baden-Württemberg area had become crowded with a combined force of 600,000 to 700,000 soldiers from three sides.
Not to mention the advanced weaponry that accompanied them.
Tsk tsk, the situation was lively indeed.
By the time the little mustache and Red Skull reacted, it was already too late.
The already weak little mustache couldn't pull together enough forces to carry out a counterattack like the Ardennes Offensive in the original timeline.
On the other hand, Red Skull's Hydra Corps had been able to mount a counterattack.
But at the same time, two of Hydra Corps' regions—Romania and Hungary—betrayed them.
Although these two countries were close to Austria, their defection had nothing to do with the Allies. It was instigated by the Soviet Union.
Originally, the main force of the Hydra Corps was locked in a fierce battle with the Soviet forces in the territories of the Soviet Union.
With the defection of Romania and Hungary, it directly cut off the Hydra Corps' rear.
Now, Red Skull had no time to mount a counterattack. He was forced to retreat in a hurry, pulling back to Croatia and Slovenia, preparing to rely on the natural defenses of the Alps.
By this time, Red Skull had realized that relying on conventional warfare was no longer feasible, so he began to gather all remaining forces and fortify every defensive line like an iron fortress.
At the same time, he concentrated all resources and ordered Dr. Zola to speed up the development of the Cube-powered super bomb and Valkyrie strategic bombers—if direct combat was impossible, they would have to rely on super weapons to destroy the world.
For a madman like Red Skull, peace talks were impossible. The only way to ensure survival and make a comeback was to bomb all of America's major cities but the Allies were unaware of this.
With the right timing, location, and people, in just a week, the Allies had completed their strategic objectives, flanking and breaking through the two famous defensive lines, and completed the rendezvous between the Allies and the Hydra resistance forces.
After achieving their goals, the Allies did not continue pushing forward recklessly.
Because, just like in the Normandy landings, there were still many scattered German forces along the front, and it would take at least a couple of months to clear them all.
But overall, the Allied high command had already started to look forward to the end of the war.
However, compared to the optimistic Allied high command, Josh was feeling worried at this moment.
While others were unaware of Red Skull's super weapons, he knew.
These were more terrifying than nuclear bombs...While nuclear bombs were frightening, apart from the core explosion area, places a little farther out could still have some survivors.
But Red Skull's Cube-powered super bombs could potentially erase entire cities without a trace.
If the history of this world hadn't changed drastically, Josh might have waited for Captain America to deal with Red Skull and watched him freeze the North Pole.
But now, history had been completely altered…Originally, if it had just been a coup in Austria and Bavaria, Red Skull might not have been driven to desperate measures.
But now that Red Skull had almost lost the Balkans prematurely, the situation was different.
What if Red Skull finishes the development of the super weapon in advance and bombs the U.S. mainland?
Honestly, whether Captain America would end up like in the original timeline, frozen, wasn't important to Josh.
At most, he was just a super soldier. The Beast Serum, aside from its time-limited effect, wouldn't make him much weaker than the enemy, and with enough numbers, Captain America was not unbeatable.
Moreover, with Yuri's abilities, it was only a matter of time before a superior super soldier serum was developed.
But if America were bombed by Red Skull, that would be a major problem.
Josh didn't care how many ordinary Americans died, but damn it, his woman and unborn child were still in the U.S.
Should he ask Margot to relocate? But the kid was already over seven months old—what if something happened on the way?
No, Josh thought, he had to find a way to leak the news of Red Skull's super weapon.
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