With a soft click, the Führer's guard opened the door to the Prime Minister's Palace, and dozens of high-ranking dignitaries walked out of it, seemingly in an orderly manner that was no different from the end of previous meetings. But Fang Yan, who was in the back row, could see clearly that the cabinet ministers had consciously walked behind their cheap uncles Waelt and Goebbels. The expression on his face was relieved, completely relaxed and somewhat dazed, while the diminutive Goebbels was smiling, and his brisk steps did not at all look like a crooked limp on one leg.

At the just-concluded award ceremony, Hitler finally approved the advent of the "Hitler Idea" after repeated deliberations and trade-offs. Although Hitler not only did not commend Walter for his "unbridled loyalty," but instead severely criticized him for his behavior of disregarding his own duties and entering the ideological field, anyone with a little political acumen can see that this is only a reprimand from the Führer based on practical work, and he absolutely supports Walter politically.

With this layer of aura possessed, all the negative speculation that had shrouded Walter before disappeared like light smoke in a storm. Because Hitler relied on someone more politically than he trusted someone in his heart. This has already been confirmed by the night of the long knives in 1934 and the reorganization of power in 1938, and it is conceivable that the position of Walter in the government will inevitably rise strongly in the future!

Seeing that this difficulty faced by the family was about to be successfully overcome, Fang Yan couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief. Recently, he has been writing odes and pointing out that Walter concocted ideological weapons, and has completely become a politician who flatters the camp. Although Fang Yan also had no discipline in his heart, he always maintained a clear understanding that only if Germany won the war could this power and status be maintained.

Fang Yan secretly clenched his fists, preparing to follow the fleet again after submitting the landing craft design. A new round of Atlantic naval battles based on the west coast of France, Fang Yan, who had been out of the fleet for half a year, didn't want to miss it anymore.

Five days later, on July 24, Fang Yan and other engineers completed all the preliminary designs of the two Strait-type landing craft. On the carefully drawn formal blueprint, with its detailed data and rigorous argumentation, Raeder's mouth was wide enough to stuff a duck egg. Raeder could never have imagined that Fang Yan would be able to complete this work in such a short period of time, especially since these two types of ships also adopted no less than 10 new design techniques, and there were no stumbling or jerky in Fang Yan's hands, but they were used like a text in the palm of his hand, and they were pinched at will!

Raeder's eyes widened, the boat has a full load displacement of 204 tons, a diesel engine driven by a speed of 12 knots, can carry 200 heavily armed soldiers or 35 tons of supplies, its maneuvering agility, excellent wave resistance, using sea ballast to easily wash up the shallows only 0.8 meters deep. The key is that the integration of this ship is extremely good: not only is the process simple, but also the compatibility with various equipment of the army is very strong, and most vehicles and artillery can be loaded.

And the Type B boat, with a full load displacement of 240 tons, is designed to carry tanks and heavy guns, with a maximum load of 80 tons. Although the structure is slightly complex, it is not a flaw due to the limited number of production itself. The combination of these two landing craft was able to bring ashore all the equipment and personnel of the infantry and armored divisions. Having been commander-in-chief for so many years, Raeder knew very well that this was an ideal situation for both production and logistics.

"Your Excellency, the design task you have given me has been completed. I was eager to join the fleet in the North Atlantic and to contribute to the Holy War against Britain. Fang Yan's expression was solemn, and he solemnly asked Raeder to fight. Although Fang Yan's immediate goal is to jump to the Supreme Command and become Hitler's adviser, the current battle of the Atlantic, which is related to the course of the future war with the United States, is obviously more important.

In addition, Fang Yan also wanted to use this operation to plunder the capital of military merit as the basis for establishing himself in the Supreme Command in the future. After all, his age is still too young, and military merit is the easiest thing to establish prestige.

Raeder put his hand on his chin and groaned, but he quietly chuckled in his heart. Putting the young man in front of him back into the first-line fleet, wouldn't he give him a great battle exploit? With the current lineup of the German Navy, the prospect of a strangulation war on the west coast of France is a great prospect in itself, not to mention that the young man in front of him is still the premier aviation expert in the navy, and the task of hunting transport ships and waiting for an opportunity to destroy British warships is hardly difficult for him. At that time, how can I restrain this time bomb that Hitler planted in the navy?

A few months ago, Raeder still had the idea of making Fang Yan firmly return to the Navy, but now, Raeder has no illusions about Fang Yan's political position. The magnificent and majestic "Song of the Führer of Hitler" had already announced to the whole of Germany that he belonged to the Jonas Brom faction. The reason why the two sides are still at peace is that there is a country that serves the same life in front of them, just as Raeder and Hitler have always fought without breaking. Deliberately framing the other party, the principled Raeder can't do it, but if he knows that he is the opponent but still has to give the green light to help him take off, it is absolutely impossible.

In addition, in Raeder's eyes, the next Atlantic strangulation battle no longer needs to be like the original sneak attack on Scapa Bay and the capture of Norway, and Fang Yan, an aviation genius, needs to come out.

Since the breakdown of diplomatic relations at sea involved diplomatic issues, the German Navy had to board the ship for inspection to avoid accidental damage, so the main body of this operation was carried out by surface gunboats, and the role of the aircraft carrier was only to reconnoiter and search, and to destroy the British warships that might attack. For this task, Raeder felt that the other commanders under his command were up to the task. In terms of the scheduling of conventional warships, the veterans such as Mashal and Lütjans are obviously better than Fang Yan, and both sides have their own strengths, and Raeder naturally made a choice without hesitation.

Despite a sneer in his heart, Raeder's expression was still sincere. From the perspectives of age, the ability to dispatch fleets, and even family life, he used various rhetoric to explain the reasons why Fang Yan was not suitable to participate in the war, and in the final analysis, it was just one sentence: This time you don't want to go to sea again to make contributions. Considering the need to appease Fang Yan, Raeder proposed that Fang Yan go to the Baltic Sea to serve as the commander of the training fleet - at present, the navy has 4 aircraft carriers and 2 battleships are in the run-in stage of sea trials that have not been completed for a short time, and Fang Yan can consult all aspects when he goes.

Fang Yan sighed in his heart, his initiative to ask for help was indeed declined. Through his special relationship with Hitler and his loyalty to Hitler, he was able to attain the rank of general and great national prestige more than ten years ahead of schedule, but he was bound to lose something, and the deep friendship with Raeder had dissipated forever without a trace.

Speaking of which, the role of training fleet commander proposed by Raeder to Fang Yan this time is really good to some extent. It not only conforms to Fang Yan's rank of major general, but also can hone Fang Yan's slightly lacking dispatching ability, and also creates a safe service environment for him. If Fang Yan didn't have any other ideas, he would have taken office tomorrow.

"Thanks to the trust of the marshal, I would gladly accept this mission! Also, I have a little idea about the construction of the Navy that I would like to explain to you. Unless there are any surprises, next year Germany will launch a landing campaign in the English Channel, but I think that the role of fighting the British should not only be the army, but also the navy. ”

Fang Yan's expression was calm, and he didn't see any emotions after being rejected by Raeder, Raeder nodded and smiled at first, and then his mind gradually condensed again. He didn't know what Fang Yan was doing, after landing, wasn't it the army that went to fight the British? What the navy can do is to provide a steady stream of transportation and supplies, as well as the beachhead artillery coverage, or should it gather the crew to land and use it as cannon fodder on the shore?

"The marshal doesn't know anything. The Army and Navy belong to different commands, and there are many time-consuming and cumbersome processes for coordinating with each other, and even if a unified command is established, there will still be various disagreements between the two sides in actual operations, and it is difficult to understand and cooperate with each other. For the landing battle, the difficulty of coordination between the two sides will be particularly prominent. In that case, why can't the Navy draw on capable personnel and form a marine force dedicated to cross-sea landings? This unit is directly under the command of the Navy and is bound to be able to drive as smoothly as an arm in the event of a landing operation. ”

Hearing Fang Yan's words, Raeder couldn't help frowning. It is true that there are some troubles in the joint operations of the army and navy, but they are not unacceptable after efforts to coordinate: the surprise attack on Norway six months ago is a model of sincere cooperation between the two armies. Even if the landing on Britain will be more difficult in the future, it will be man-made and will always come up with a solution. Now, according to Fang Yan, it is actually a new Marine Corps for the Navy to be formed, which of course has smoothed out the existing problems, but has it also brought a series of new challenges?

First and foremost, the most vulgar of all: money. Military training has always been a money-burning job, and large expenditures are required for paying salaries, buying equipment, and spending on daily training. Even if the soldiers of the Forces nouvelles were selected from the shore personnel, the increase in personnel expenses and daily consumption would be limited, and the money for equipment could not be saved in any way. Although the Navy's annual military expenditure is a huge amount, every expenditure is justified under Raeder's overall planning, and it is well spent and clean. If you want to save up to tens of millions of marks, there is no other way than to reduce the number of warships built by the end of the year.