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Chapter 28 Air Defense Command Center

Hearing that the two frontline commanders not only agreed but also added footnotes, the other people quickly reacted and echoed and praised them. Hoffmann was dizzy by their scattered words, and his face turned red involuntarily. He quickly said: "It will take you to test it before you can know the appropriate angle of inclination and layout, and you also need to re-study the tactics, but it is not as simple as I just drawing it on the picture."

"The most important thing is creativity. It will be easy to take creative actions." Kamhuber patted his chest and promised, "Please rest assured, I will be fine tomorrow, no! Tonight, we will arrange engineers to design and verify, and ensure that the modification task of an aircraft is completed within two weeks. It's just this, this..."

The dignified air defense director, the Air Force Lieutenant General, actually twisted: "...Can this design drawing be given to me?"

Hoffman looked at the sketch he had drawn casually, and then looked at Kamhuber's eyes, and suddenly felt a sense of laughter and crying. He felt that the design sketch was a bit playful no matter how you look at it. Thinking of this, the pen in his hand did not stop, and he signed the name and handed it over. Kamhuber carefully took it and put it in his briefcase. Before he could sit down, his adjutant suddenly knocked on the door and walked in, muttering in his ears for a while.

Kamhuber's eyes changed and his face looked a little ugly, but he decided to tell the truth: "The Air Defense Command reported that a large group of British aircraft had crossed France and headed straight for the Ruhr Industrial Zone. We were ready to deal with it. But there was a team of about 4 bombers who might have lost their way and walked strangely. Judging from the route, they were heading towards Berlin. Considering that the number was not large, in order to avoid panic among the people, they were prepared not to fire the air defense alarm and directly called the night fighter jets and anti-aircraft artillery groups to kill them. Of course, there is no problem with Berlin's safety."

Yeshunnek hurriedly said, "For the sake of caution, should the Head of State and everyone go to the air defense basement for a temporary avoidance?"

"No more!" Hoffman waved his hand and laughed, "It's only four aircraft, what threat can it pose? I won't even have this confidence in the Air Force. If the Air Force Commander-in-Chief is the first to run an air raid shelter, what do the German people think of us? Go to the nearest command center, I want to see how you command the battle on the spot. I can't be the commander-in-chief of the Air Force but don't understand the air force at all, that would be ridiculous."

Surrounded by the guard flag team, everyone quickly arrived at Dubelize near Berlin. This is an extremely typical air defense combat command. The air defense during the day and at night depends on the command orders here. The main building building area is as high as 2,500 square meters, 12 meters in height, and there is a 9-meter-high annex next to it, and below is a 4-meter-deep underground floor. These buildings are all made of high-grade reinforced concrete, with a thickness of 1 meter, which can prevent heavy bombs from hitting directly. The concrete usage of a single command is as high as 33,000 cubic meters. Now Hoffman finally understands what Yeshunnek said about insufficient resources: because there are not one or two commands, but are spread throughout Germany and major areas of the Western Front. More than 20 have been built so far. According to Kamhuber's plan to build a closer air defense network, the density must continue to increase.

Colonel William, the head of the command center who received the news, had already welcomed the door with several main staff officers. Under him, everyone went directly to the basement, where the core command hub was located. Walking into the hall, Hoffman stopped Colonel William in time to inform the head of the arrival of the head of state, and just looked at it with his eyes. Soon everyone was frightened by the huge posture inside: there were 6-7 rows of stair seats like a theater in the middle of the hall, which were distinguished by different numbers, and were filled with people, everyone was wearing headphones, and there was a phone in front. With Kamhuber's introduction, Hoffman knew that these were called

As the guides, each of them is responsible for contacting the radar station in charge, and then use light spot projection to mark it on the map. The red light spot represents the enemy and the blue represents the fighter jets on their side. On the wall in front of them is a huge aviation map, which is 12 meters long and 9 meters high. It has a distinct mark on it, and everything is very clear. Hoffman looked carefully and found that the focus includes cities, airports, radar stations, rivers, core factory areas, etc. Another area of ​​the hall is the deployment area of ​​the command officers. The deployment and preparation of night fighter units are recorded on the blackboard and map, including important information such as base location, takeoff time, etc.

Everyone was busy working. Although the phone rings were constantly ringing, it was orderly and no one seemed to pay attention to the arrival of Hoffman and his group. Seeing this scene, Hoffman couldn't help but think of the work scene of the stock exchange. The two were so similar, and when the latter would be a little more fanatical.

Hoffman found that there was a woman next to many young soldiers in the seats, and she was also wearing military uniforms. Kamhuber explained embarrassedly: "Since the Head of State personally ordered the expansion of women's participation in military activities and provided human resources for the empire, we have recruited volunteers from the Air Force Women's Auxiliary Team, hoping that they can be competent for the role of command guides. They were given a week of surprise training in the early stage. What you see now are the better trainees in the training, and the first batch of people to conduct one-on-one practical learning through assessments. The facts proved that the Head of State made a very wise decision-making. The ladies got started very quickly, and they fully utilized their delicate and patient skills, and could do better than men. If there were enough personnel, I plan to replace all the guides with women's auxiliary team members in a while."

Keitel, Spelle held back his laughter, Yeshonnek and Garland turned a blind eye, and it was no wonder.

"You did a good job, Kam Huber. The empire women are our precious wealth and must be fully utilized after the general mobilization." Hoffman affirmed his approach, "Stalin had long put women in war, and in this regard we were too late."

While he was talking, a female guide suddenly found Hoffman and others. She covered her mouth in surprise. After a while, she reacted, and raised her right hand and raised her hand: "Hi~ Hitler!"

"Helen..." A man next to him made a dissatisfied voice, "Don't make a fuss, just salute when you meet an officer. There is no need to raise your hand. If everyone is like this, the command center order will..."

Before the word "chaotic" was spoken, his head turned involuntarily and caught a glimpse of Hoffman and others. He was shocked and jumped up like a spring, his legs stretched straight, and he raised his right arm high, "Hi~ Hitler!" The voice general was alarmed. Now, everyone noticed that the head of state was coming, and they all stood up and saluted in a hurry, shouting endlessly. Even the officers in the combat command area next to him were alarmed and ran over in a hurry. Now the scene was really messy, Hoffman had to raise his right hand and respond.

The amused and crying Kam Huber glared at the young soldier with dissatisfaction, raised his voice and said to the audience: "It is very honored that the head of state came to inspect the air defense command in person. Now please keep quiet and return to your position to continue working..."

The Germans' discipline and obedience were very prominent. After Kamhuber ordered, the entire command hall immediately returned to peace. Now everyone knew that the head of state was watching them and working harder. Looking at the young and enthusiastic faces, Hoffman made up his mind to rescue these young people from their defeat.
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