On Saturday, 2 July, Chen Dao and Garland went to the Navy Headquarters Building to attend the Navy General Assembly. △ Novel,

Chen Dao walked into the Navy Headquarters building in a trance, and Garland was in high spirits.

"Did you read yesterday's newspaper? The negotiations between the Foreign Office and the British were not optimistic, and the fat man who loved to smoke cigars made a speech in which he said that he was going to fight on the beachhead, in the fields, in short, he was going to fight wherever he could. The war between us and Britain will continue to be fought, and I don't know how long it will take, will it involve our naval aviation? Garland's face was filled with a look of yearning.

"No, that fat cigar-smoking man is a die-hard anti-German, and I know he's going to fight us to the end, even if he doesn't give a battle speech. As for the issue of participating in the war, we are still in the initial stage, and it is what we should do to seize the time to train and strive to build up combat effectiveness at an early date. Chen Dao was still listless.

Hearing that naval aviation would not participate in the war, Garland was suddenly a little excited.

"You've been listless since you came back, what's on your mind?" Garland asked.

"The war with Britain was tricky, and I hadn't figured out how to deal with it. After all, the British Empire is the hegemon of the world, and although it suffered some losses in the French campaign, it still cannot be underestimated, and we still have to be prepared for a tough battle. Chen Dao explained.

"These should be a headache for the High Command, and when they finish making a plan, we will implement it. Oh, I almost forgot, you're different. The Supreme High Command will certainly ask for your opinion. You have to give them advice. It's a pity that I can't really help you in this matter. Garland said regretfully.

"It doesn't matter. As long as you train all the pilots of the naval aviation to be as elite as you, it will be the greatest help to me. Chen Dao said.

While the two were chatting, the elevator stopped on the sixth floor, and the two stepped out of the elevator and came to the conference room at the end of the corridor.

As soon as Chen Dao sat down on the chair he usually sat on, he keenly noticed that there was an extremely strange atmosphere in the conference room.

Commander of the Submarine Forces, Karl Brown. Dönitz kept a cup in his hand, staring up at him.

Commander of the reconnaissance unit, Herman. Deng Shi held a cigarette in his hand and stared at him with slanted eyes.

Lieutenant Colonel Ruger, commander of the minesweeper, and Baum, commander of the torpedo boat, kept a relatively chatty posture and looked at him together.

Everyone has a variety of postures, but there is only one focus of attention.

The conference room was silent, and if it weren't for the fact that everyone's eyes were still rolling, Chen Dao would almost think that they were wax people from the wax museum.

"Smack. Slap, slap" A person raised his hands and clapped vigorously, Chen Dao looked up, it was Vice Admiral Lu Teyansi, deputy commander of the High Seas Fleet.

Herman. Dinsch immediately joined in the applause, followed by Ruger and Baum, and Dönitz was not far behind

More than 20 pairs of powerful big hands actually burst into thunderous applause in the conference room, Chen Dao subconsciously raised his hand to applaud, but was held down by Garland, who was sitting next to him.

The applause was so fierce that the windows of the conference room trembled, and it did not stop until Field Marshal Raeder, commander of the German Navy, pushed the door in.

Raeder's puzzled gaze followed the focus of everyone's gaze and fell on Chen Dao. There was a look of sudden realization on his face.

"It turned out that our hero was back, no wonder the applause was so enthusiastic. I can hear it all over the hallway. Raeder patted Chen Dao on the shoulder and said.

Chen Dao hurriedly stood up with everyone and saluted Eddell together.

Raeder waved everyone to sit down, sat down in his chair, looked at Chen Dao and said, "I'm late, there should be applause I gave you here." ”

Raeder clapped alone, and the officers of the Navy raised their hands, and the conference room once again burst into deafening applause.

Looking at the smiling faces full of kindness in the conference room, for some reason, Chen Dao's heart did not have a trace of joy, but became heavier.

Raeder waved his hand to signal the applause to stop, and asked Chen with a smile: "You are now a well-known hero in Germany, do you feel anything?" ”

Chen Dao bit his lip and said, "I feel a lot of pressure. ”

"If it's other pressure, I'll let you say it, and we'll all bear it together, but the pressure of being a hero is better for you to enjoy."

As Raeder finished speaking, there was a good-natured laugh in the conference room.

Chen Dao kept nodding to his colleagues, "Thank you, thank you." ”

The interlude of the meeting brought by Chen Dao ended, and the next thing was naturally the theme of the meeting, and the commanders of the various fleets, including Chen Dao, reported to Raeder one by one.

At the end of the debriefing, Raeder suddenly asked, "What do you think of the war in Britain?" ”

Everyone in the conference room invariably turned their eyes to Chen Dao.

Seeing that Raeder's gaze also turned to him, Chen Dao had to bite the bullet and said: "At present, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is trying to negotiate with the UK, but I don't think the negotiations will have any results. Therefore, I would like to advise the Commander and all of you not to have any illusions about peace, but to be prepared for a big war, and a long war. ”

After France's surrender, the German, political, and civil circles were filled with an atmosphere of joy that Britain was about to negotiate peace with Germany and that the war was about to end.

Now that Chen Dao suddenly said something shocking, the reaction of the naval officers was inevitably a little surprised.

He was a relative of Field Marshal Goering, the number two man in Germany, did he get some inside information from Field Marshal Goering? A common idea popped into the minds of the naval officers, led by Raeder.

"If, as you say, we are going to fight a long war, what do you think we should do?" Dönitz asked.

"First of all, we must demonstrate the feasibility of landing on the British mainland, secondly, speed up the construction of submarines to destroy Britain's sea transportation lines, and thirdly, complete the various capital ships under construction as soon as possible to strengthen our strength, I am not very good at naval warfare, and this is all I can think of at present." Chen Dao said.

Chen Dao's proposal was ordinary, there were no unexpected highlights, and the naval officers were not harsh, after all, naval warfare and land warfare were two completely different modes of warfare.

Raeder nodded and said, "I'll consider your opinion, which of you still disagrees?" ”

"I hope that the High Command will be able to secure the steel allocated to the submarine forces as soon as possible, and if it is really like what General Rosen said, we are going to fight a long war, and the current production of only six ships per month is completely insufficient." Dönitz said.

"Six, isn't the original production of twenty-five to thirty? Does it take time to ramp up production? Are you too anxious? Chen Dao asked in surprise.

"I have investigated, it is the reason for the shortage of raw materials, the output in the second half of the year can only be increased to about 13 ships per month at most, and the number still does not reach the planned output, we need to allocate the raw materials owed to us as soon as possible." Dönitz said.

Chen Dao's face was even more ugly, the production of British war submarines must be the top priority, the famous wolf pack tactics are not in vain, and now the wave king Dönitz can't get enough submarines, how can he still engage in wolf pack tactics? Is there any ulterior insider?

"I'll react to the Führer." Raeder glanced at Chen Dao, and then said to Dönitz.

"I'll ask Marshal Goering for help with this question, you wait for my news." Chen Dao also reassured

After the meeting ended, Chen Dao did not leave immediately, but followed Raeder into his office.

"What's the matter?" Raeder waved his hand and motioned for Chen Dao to sit down.

"I want to ask the question, if we don't have enough strength to land on British soil, how should we strike Britain? In addition to the destruction of their Atlantic lines of communication. Chen Dao asked modestly.

"This is indeed a very troublesome problem, France surrendered too quickly, we are not at all ready to land on the British mainland, I will immediately send someone to conduct a feasibility study of landing in the United Kingdom. As for the other way you said to attack Britain, I think the only way to do this is to go to the Mediterranean and capture the strategic points of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal, which will indirectly weaken Britain's strength. Raeder said.

Chen Dao nodded and said, "We have the same opinion, and it seems that we don't have much to do." ”

"That's all you have to ask?" Raeder asked.

"One more thing, the Führer asked me to go to Berlin, it was his order." Chen Dao said and took out a blank piece of paper from his pocket.

Raeder didn't take the piece of paper, but said to Chen Dao with a smile: "The Führer has already called me, and I think you will definitely come back with a bunch of medals when you come back." ”

On 2 July, a small cloud was cast over the hearts of everyone who knew the news of the German High Command and all the senior officers of the Army Command, especially the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Brauchitsch, and Chief of Staff Halder.

"Your Excellency, Brother-in-law" is going back to Berlin. (To be continued......) u