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Josie just bought it from a collector in France; she had previously acquired a mouse and a rabbit as well.

He had also won four when he was in the UK.

That means he has now collected eight.

As for the remaining four, their whereabouts are still unknown.

But Josie wasn't in a hurry; she would find it eventually if she searched slowly.

In addition, Josie also found many national treasures in these two countries.

For example, Napoleon's Laurel Leaf Golden Crown... to be honest, that thing is quite ugly because all the gold leaves have fallen off, leaving only three.

Just as Josie was playing with the bronze head, the phone in the study rang.

Josie answered the phone, and General McGinnis's booming voice came from the other end.

"Josh, go to the window! We're about to begin!"

Upon hearing McGinnis's words, Josie was stunned for a moment, then heard a loud booming sound in her ears. She quickly put down what she was holding and hurried to the window.

The sky was a dark mass as countless planes flew northeast from over Paris.

The return to the Eagle's Nest has begun!

"It's spectacular!" Ophelia, who had somehow recovered, also walked to the window and murmured as she looked at the magnificent sight in the sky beside Josie.

Josie glanced at her, then pressed the electric shock switch on the collar again.

Ophelia then collapsed to the ground and began to sob.

Josie then turned around to look at this spectacular scene, the likes of which were the most spectacular in human history ever seen... This operation involved far more aircraft than the Normandy landings.

I originally planned to write 7,500 words, but with the 2,500 words I wrote at midnight, everyone can draw twice.

But it still failed; they only had less than 7,000 left, and time was running out.

I'm so sorry everyone! o(╥﹏╥)o!

Chapter 90 Josie's Worries

Paris is quite far from the Maginot-Zigfe line, more than 300 kilometers away.

However, this distance is only a very short distance for the Air Force.

Towards the end of World War II, not to mention bombers and transport planes, even fighter planes had a combat radius that was close to or even exceeded 1,000 kilometers.

Even the German Bf 109, which has always been criticized for its short range, has an operational radius of far more than 300 kilometers.

In just over half an hour, the first batch of more than 3,000 fighter-bombers and heavy bombers had already arrived at the two lines of defense and began carpet bombing of all German fortifications on the ground.

Meanwhile, numerous Allied heavy artillery units, which had already arrived at the front lines and were in hiding, unveiled themselves and began to coordinate with the air force's operations, producing a tremendous roar.

Hundreds of thousands of aerial bombs and artillery shells were thus dropped on the German positions.

Meanwhile, the German troops on both lines of defense were completely bewildered.

Just before this operation began, the Allied "main force" was launching a fierce offensive against Belgium. How did it suddenly turn west?

But there's no use in them being completely bewildered, because aerial bombs and artillery shells don't listen to reason.

Although these two lines of defense were once touted as invincible.

But in reality, both its military ideology and its design style are outdated.

The carpet bombing by the Allied forces did not provide the expected protection; the first wave of bombing alone inflicted extremely heavy casualties on the German troops stationed there.

Of course, being outdated is outdated, but it would be wishful thinking for the Allies to think they could break through these two lines of defense with just such bombing... In the original timeline, these two lines of defense also delayed the Allies' advance for several months, although this was partly due to the fact that the Allies' main attack direction was not in this area.

After the first wave of bombing, the bombers withdrew, leaving behind smoke and wreckage.

The surviving German soldiers cautiously poked their heads out of the fortifications, preparing to repair them.

But at that moment, countless buzzing sounds rang out in the sky.

The second batch of over a thousand Allied medium bombers has arrived!

For this operation, Britain, the United States, and even France mobilized all their resources, deploying more than 5,000 transport planes, more than 2,000 gliders, and more than 8,000 fighter planes and bombers (this is the actual data from the Allied invasion of Belgium and the Netherlands, Operation Market Garden).

Before the German troops emerging from their trenches on the ground could react, they were once again subjected to a terrifying bombardment.

The fortifications, which were already unrecognizable after the first round of bombing, were in even worse shape after the second round of bombing.

This time, however, the German troops on the position were smarter; they didn't come out immediately but continued to wait in their fortifications.

This time, however, they misunderstood.

Because the third echelon did not consist of bombers, but rather a massive swarm of transport planes and gliders escorted by fighter jets.

These aircraft flew directly over two lines of defense and entered the Baden-Württemberg region, dropping tens of thousands of white parachutes. More than 3.5 people, 568 artillery pieces, 1927 military vehicles, and 5230 tons of supplies were successfully deployed along the route to Bavaria.

Apart from a few unlucky ones being hit by anti-aircraft fire or getting caught in trees during landing, the Allied airborne troops suffered almost no major losses.

What? The German Air Force?

Sorry, but the German forces had almost completely lost air superiority from the time of the Allied landings.

The remaining air force was simply not enough to pose a significant obstacle to the Allied air force.

Moreover, the German and Hydra's home base was bombed the moment the Allied forces took action.

The remaining 100,000 Bavarian Army soldiers and the 300,000-plus Austrian Hydra Army soldiers staged a coup, tied white cloths around their arms, and began their advance toward Baden-Württemberg.

The troops stationed in the Baden-Württemberg region were mobilizing forces to try to encircle and suppress the newly landed US airborne troops, completely unprepared for the attack from behind, and were unable to organize an effective counterattack.

German troops, rebels, and Allied forces were intertwined, and the entire northwestern Shanxi region—no, the entire Baden-Württemberg region—was in complete chaos.

Baden-Württemberg is only about 30,000 square kilometers, which is only one-fifth the size of the Western Hills Province.

However, in just a few days, not counting the main Allied forces that had begun to launch a ground offensive against the two lines of defense, the Baden-Württemberg region had already amassed a total of 600,000 to 700,000 troops from the three sides.

In addition, there are weapons and equipment that are far more advanced than we imagine.

Wow, what a lively fight!

By the time Mustache and Red Skull realized what was happening, it was too late.

The already weakened Mustang was no longer able to muster enough troops to fight the Ardennes Offensive as he had in the original timeline.

On the other side, Red Skull's Hydra army originally had the strength to launch a counterattack.

But around the same time, two regions belonging to the Hydra Legion—Romania and Hungary—also defected.

However, although these two countries are very close to Austria, their defection has nothing to do with the Allies; it was actually orchestrated by the Soviet Union.

The main force of the Hydra Legion was originally engaged in a fierce battle with the Russians on Russian territory.

The two of them jumped back, directly cutting off the Hydra army's retreat.

Now Red Skull had no time to fight back and could only retreat hastily. Before his escape route was completely cut off, he retreated to the Croatian and Slovenian regions, intending to rely on the natural defenses of the Alps to hold his ground.

At this point, Red Skull realized that conventional warfare was no longer an option, so he began to gather all his remaining troops and proceed cautiously, encircling all the defenses like an iron barrel.

At the same time, all resources were concentrated, and Dr. Zola was ordered to speed up the production of the Rubik's Cube Energy Super Bomb and the Valkyrie Strategic Bomber—it was clear that they couldn't win in a direct confrontation, so they could only rely on super weapons to blow up the world.

For a madman like Red Skull, peace talks are out of the question. The only way to survive is to bomb all the major cities in America, giving him a chance to make a comeback.

The Allies were unaware of this.

With favorable timing, location, and popular support, the Allied forces achieved their strategic objectives in just one week, launching a pincer attack and breaking through two renowned defensive lines, thus completing the rendezvous between the Allied forces and the Hydra resistance.

After achieving their objectives, the Allied forces did not continue their advance recklessly.

Just like during the Normandy landings, there are still a large number of scattered German troops scattered along this front, and it would probably take at least a month to clear them all out.

However, overall, the Allied high command had begun to look forward to the end of the war.

But compared to the optimistic Allied high command, Josie was actually a little worried at this time.

Others may not know about Red Skull's superweapon, but he does.

That's something even more terrifying than a nuclear bomb... While nuclear bombs are terrifying, at least some bodies can be left in areas a little further away from the core blast zone.

But if Red Skull were to drop the super bomb created from the energy of the Cosmic Cube, the entire city might be reduced to nothing.

If the history of this world hadn't changed much, then Josie might have been able to sit back and wait for Captain America to take down Red Skull and watch him freeze the Arctic Ocean.

But now, history has been completely distorted... If it were just coups in Austria and Bavaria, the Red Skull might not have been so desperate as to take such drastic measures.

But now that the Red Skull has almost completely lost the Balkans ahead of schedule, the situation is different.

What if that bastard Red Skull finishes developing his superweapon ahead of schedule and then bombs the American mainland ahead of time?

Honestly, whether Captain America will be frozen like in the original timeline is not really important to Josie.

At best, he's just a super soldier. Aside from the fact that the beast transformation serum has a limited duration, he's not much weaker than his opponent. However, with the added advantage of numbers, Captain America is not invincible.

Moreover, given Yuri's abilities, it's only a matter of time before he develops an even better super soldier serum.

But if the United States were to be bombed by Red Skull, that would be a huge problem.

Josie doesn't care how many ordinary Americans die, but his woman and unborn child are still in America.

Send Margot to move? Damn, the baby's over seven months old now, what if something happens on the way?

No, Josie thought she had to find a way to leak the news that Red Skull possessed a superweapon.