Facing Fang Yandong's faint and firm eyes, Yodel couldn't help but feel a little flustered.

Although he used to be branded a genius in the Army General Staff, that was limited to the command of land operations. In other areas, yodel had little to do, and at best could distinguish between battleships and destroyers for the navy. And this time, Fang Yan's proposal not only included the breaking of diplomatic relations in naval battles, but also the production of equipment at the economic level, which immediately made Yodel feel powerless, so he could only turn his attention to Lieutenant General Thomas, who was also a member of OK, for help.

"On the operational aspects of the fleet, I cannot comment. However, if Britain's imports were to be reduced by 70 per cent compared to their pre-war levels, as General Brom had suggested, their equipment production index would have plummeted by an order of magnitude from the highest value they could reach. Under these circumstances, it is almost impossible to arm 30 fully armed integrated divisions within half a year, judging by my experience. ”

Thomas, who was stocky, spoke slowly, looking at Yodel with a little more helplessness in his eyes. It's not good for my colleague to be sorry for anyone, but I want to pick the thorn of the young admiral; With his ability and rigor, how could he be so easily targeted?

It is true that the other party is a naval officer, and his attainments in other fields are certainly not as specialized as those of the fleet commander, but he can't stand the network of family and friends behind him to draw on! If nothing else, the young man's uncle, W. Erter, was his own boss as the chief of the armaments bureau. How much raw materials the army has to spend to produce how many munitions, the other side can easily do it!

Fang Yan cast a gentle and grateful glance at Thomas, and the corners of his eyes unconsciously picked. In Fang Yan's memory, this veteran general, who served in Hitler's immediate OK and was in charge of the policy and coordination of the army's munitions production, was the same person who conspired with the army chief of staff Halder. It's just that in the past six months, these two people have become more and more satisfied with the status quo of Hitler's dictatorship, and there is a tendency to stop and concentrate on giving advice to the master. Considering the overall war situation, Fang Yan is actually very happy to see this situation - before the overall situation is decided, the German top should not have any substantial internal friction for ideological differences.

"General Thomas is right. In fact, not only the production of army equipment, but also the Royal Air Force, another important weapon that Britain relies on to defend its homeland, will also be weakened by the difficulties of shipping. Fang Yan reined in his mind and added again, "Almost all the raw materials for their aircraft are dependent on overseas supplies, but we can take them from all of Europe and the Soviet Union at will. It was obvious that Britain could not win the air competition with Germany. As long as the Army continues to bomb British factories, warehouses, strongholds and other military facilities, the remaining air force of the British mainland will inevitably be exhausted. ”

Yodel's face grew more and more ugly. In the middle of three or five sentences, the other party forced himself into a corner and was speechless. And if you want to question it out loud, you can only start with the blockade of the navy, but this is an area where the other party is extremely specialized and you don't know anything about it, and forcibly choking can only make you more embarrassed. In the midst of the struggle, Hitler finally spoke out to help him out of the siege: "Jonas, how are you going to solve the current American trampling on neutrality in the Atlantic?" As a result of their intervention, the total number of British merchant ships sunk by the Navy in the last three months was less than 1 million tons, and we must now avoid conflict with the United States, and the situation of 1917 must not be repeated today. ”

"Dear Führer, the Navy does not really need any revolutionary action. Today, with the west coast of France as a base, almost all the difficulties we encountered in breaking diplomatic relations can be easily solved. ”

With a confident and calm smile on his face, Fang Yan used his command stick to stroke on the map and explained: "In the past, naval ships needed to sail along the Norwegian waterway to Trondheim to hunt in the busy shipping areas of the North Atlantic, and then turn west and south; Even from the relatively close Faro waterway, the distance is no less than 2,100 nautical miles each way. Even if we had requisitioned a dozen large merchant ships to serve as supply ships in the Atlantic, the theater would still seem too far away for warships with a range of only 6,000 to 7,500 nautical miles of less than 10,000 tons. ”

"According to the Navy's statistics in the past six months, the average time of a single sortie is 24.5 days for the K-class heavy patrol and the Z-type superdrive, but 11.7 days are spent on the round-trip journey, and the actual combat time is only about half. As a result, the main force of our army in breaking the diplomatic relationship on the surface of the water has only three pocket patrol ships, and in many cases they are unable to rush to intercept those ships flying the American flag for inspection. In fact, as long as our warships arrived, the American ships carrying contraband and the British ships with the misfortunes would not be spared—and in the absence of conclusive evidence and no human life, Roosevelt would have to keep his mouth shut, even if he tried to find fault. ”

Hitler's eyes lit up, and he suddenly picked up an iron ruler from his desk and compared it on the map, and said: "And from the west coast of France, it is only about ...... to reach the same location 600 nautical miles, even if you count the round-trip trip, it only takes 3 days, and the effective attendance rate of the ship can directly increase by more than two-thirds. As long as there are enough of our warships on the sea, it can greatly increase the efficiency of hunting merchant ships and suffocate the British's neck! At the end, a smile of joy bloomed brightly from his face almost uncontrollably.

It is true that Hitler was desperate to tear Britain, which was openly in his way, to shreds because of the declaration of battle just last night, but after learning that there were so many difficulties in landing across the sea, Hitler's impatience had gradually subsided, and he had regained his original calm and carefulness. Waiting another year to pick the fruits of victory does not seem to have any major drawbacks. Although this means that the Berlin government will have to spend another 200 to 30 billion marks in military spending, as long as it can completely eliminate the cancer of Britain, it will definitely not lose money. What's more, today's Germany is far from being as crumbling as it was in 1918, and it is impossible to collapse even if it is fought for another three or four years!

"Dear Führer, in fact the combat time of these ships is expected to be multiplied - because our supply ships also save the long round-trip journey, and the increase in the frequency of their attendance will significantly extend the total sortie time of our ships. It used to be 24.5 days, and it will be at least 28 days in the future. Fang Yan added with a smile, and at a glance he saw that Yodel's expression had completely changed from embarrassment to frustration. Seeing this, Fang Yan snorted secretly, this is the time to stop? I still have more cards in my hand that I haven't played!

"In addition, the west coast of France will also provide a broader stage for our land-based long-range aviation. If the F200 transport aircraft is used as a reconnaissance aircraft, it can cover a large area of the sea, including the Azores, and make British merchant ships even more invisible. Fang Yan paused and added again.

Historically, although the Luftwaffe did not have a mature mass production of four-engine heavy bombers, the relatively simple technology of transport aircraft has produced fruitful results: the F200, which first flew in 1937, is a typical representative of it. The most shining thing about this transport aircraft is its range, which can carry passengers from Berlin to New York in one breath, a journey of nearly 7,000 kilometers!

It was based on this excellent attribute that the Luftwaffe converted it into a long-range reconnaissance aircraft to help submarines search for targets, and made outstanding contributions in the four-year Atlantic naval battle. However, due to the strengthening of the Allied air escort force in the later period, the weakness of this aircraft's thin skin and stuffing was immediately exposed, and in the end it could only withdraw from the stage of front-line operations.

But in this world, Germany's powerful aircraft carrier fleet makes the F200 currently have no natural enemies in the open ocean, and can soar and cruise at will. What is even more favorable is that at present Germany does not have an air force as an organization, and some F200s even directly belong to the naval establishment, and the efficiency of information communication between them and surface ships is also stably guaranteed, and their overall reconnaissance effect is bound to be much higher than that of the same period in history.

In Hitler's excited gaze, Fang Yan finally concluded: "Now is the best time to act. At present, Roosevelt, the number one war traitor, is preparing for the presidential election in November this year, and in order to compete for votes, he has to put forward the slogan of 'keep the American people away from war'. Although this is the most ridiculous joke in the world this year, at least for this year, the US government will not be overly blatant in supporting Britain in the war. And what we have to do is to give Britain the heaviest blow from the air and sea during this time! By the time this Christmas, Britain will be suffocated, and even if the United States enters the war, it will not be able to save this cousin. ”

In the crowd, Raeder's eyes were a little complicated, and he couldn't tell what it meant in the pupils that reflected Fang Yan's side face. What the young man said just now has already expressed all the strategies he wants to state at this meeting, and there is nothing missing except for a few details and figures. Unconsciously, he, the commander of the marshal service, became a transparent person, which made him a small major general out of the limelight. Reddell regretted why he had been so pushy as to let Fang Yan answer Keitel's question to show his disdain for sycophants - he should have thought that this young man was definitely talented enough to make him the center of attention in the room by speaking!

Compared with Hitler's exhilaration, Army Commander-in-Chief Brauchitsch, who had not spoken, looked serious, and a little gloom shrouded his eyebrows. The Führer's expression clearly agreed with the rear admiral's statement, and that undoubtedly meant that the army's armored iron cavalry would be squeezed to the edge for a long time to come, and could only rely on the army's air to show its face. As he sighed in frustration, Brauchitsch saw that Hitler had turned his gaze on him with a smile. ()

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