In the office, Chen Dao held a pencil in his right hand, lying on his desk staring at a table titled Plan Z.

"There are two Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers, six Hindenburg-class battleships, two Bismarck-class battleships, and 8 P-class pocket battleships・・・・・・ what are so many battleships doing? It would take at least three or four years to build a battleship, plus the time to debug and train the crew, and the war was over when the ship was built. ”

Chen Dao raised his pen and drew a difference on the P-class pocket battleship, and then on the Hindenburg-class battleship, and after thinking about it, Chen Dao drew a bracket on the back of the Hindenburg-class battleship, and filled in the number 1 in the parentheses.

"Since two have already started construction, if possible, in case of encountering the Iowa battleship or something like that in the future, it would be good to have a big ship to support the navy."

Chen Dao said as he turned his gaze to the two Bismarck-class battleships and ticked them off.

"Since it's almost finished, let's keep it, it's also a generation of famous ships."

"The plan of 249 submarines should be preserved, and the wolf pack tactics have been heard of by the bandits, and it seems to be very effective." Chen Dao drew another tick on the submarine.

"As for these light cruisers and destroyers, they are all things that cannot be put on the table, let Raeder negotiate with Hitler himself, and how much he can stay depends on his own ability."

Chen Dao repeatedly looked at the unrecognizable Plan Z several times, and threw away the pencil after confirming that there was no problem. He took out a piece of letter paper from the drawer of his desk and put it on the table, picked up the pen and wrote a letter, put it in the envelope and sealed it, Chen Dao pressed the electric bell and called Captain Bach.

"I have here a letter that you will hand over to Marshal Goering. You go at once, and be sure to get the marshal to write back to me. ”

Captain Bach took a few steps forward and stretched out his hands to take the letter, but Chen Dao retracted his hand. "There is a high degree of military secrecy in this letter, and only three hands are allowed to touch it, my hand, your hand, and Marshal Goering's hand, remember?"

"I won't let the fourth pair touch it unless I'm dead." Captain Bach assured Chen Dao with a straight face, and then took the letter, which weighed more than 1,000 catties.

・・・・・・

In Berlin, in the office building of the Army Headquarters, Army Commander-in-Chief Brauchitsch and Chief of Staff Halder led several staff officers stood in front of a huge military map and listened to a staff officer explain a new plan for attacking France.

After the staff officer explained the plan, Brauchitsch and Halder looked at each other, and Halder said:

"Manstein actually wanted to use Army Group A as the main attack, let the armored troops pass through the Ardennes Pass, and then force the crossing of the Maas River to occupy Sedan. The terrain at the Arden Pass is not at all suitable for large-scale armored operations, and he has disregarded the interests of the country for his personal interests, and I really don't want to comment too much on this behavior. ”

"General Rundstedt also signed off on the plan." Brauchitsch reminded.

Halder pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, remembered Rundstedt's seniority and prestige in the army, and then said, "File this plan on file, don't reply to them." ”

・・・・・・

Berlin, Air Force Command, Göring asked Captain Bach to go out to rest, opened the letter that Chen Dao gave him, read it three times, threw the letter on the desk, Göring stared at the letter and thought for a long time and then smiled slightly.

"Well, it's still too young." Göring smiled and wrote a letter of reply with a free hand, and when he had sealed it, he called Captain Bach and instructed: "Give this letter to General Rosen in your own hand, and you must not show it to anyone else." ”

"Unless I'm dead, I'll never let the fourth pair touch the letter." Captain Bach took the oath again.

After watching Captain Bach leave, Goering lit Chen Dao's letter with a lighter and watched as the letter turned to black ash in the ashtray.

Half a day later, Chen Dao stared at Goering's reply and was dumbfounded, the corners of his mouth twitched, and it took a long time for him to let out a long breath.

"I'm still too young, I have so much to learn, why didn't I think of this way? Sure enough, the ginger is still old and spicy. Chen Dao read the letter several times, memorized the contents of the letter firmly in his mind, and sighed as he took out a lighter and burned the letter to ashes.

As soon as the pungent smell of burning the letter dissipated, Chen Dao's adjutant, Captain Lorenz, walked into the office.

"General, it's time for a meeting, Chief of Staff, please come to the conference room."

Chen Dao looked at his watch and found that it was indeed almost time for the agreed meeting. "I'll be right away, thanks for the reminder."

・・・・・

Berlin, Chancellery, Hitler's office.

Goering put a stack of tables in front of Hitler and said worriedly: "The Army hopes to get more tanks three and four before the battle in France." There is also the No. 3 assault gun that has been finalized and will soon be put into production. In addition to this, the army has recently expanded by nearly fifty divisions, we do not have enough equipment to arm them, many infantry divisions can only temporarily use captured Czech weapons, and Krupp and Daimler-Benz are urging me to allocate the raw materials they need to them as soon as possible, otherwise they will not be able to increase production. However, this year's and next year's steel share has been allocated, and I have no more share allocated to the army. ”

Hitler put on his glasses, flipped through the table and said: "I know that you are under a lot of pressure, after all, the direction of this war is beyond our control, Britain and France are unwilling to negotiate peace with us, we can only fight." ”

"But the army will not be considerate of me, they will only blame me for not doing things well, and if the French campaign goes well in the future, everything will be fine, and if it does not go well, they will definitely put the blame on me, saying that I did not provide them with enough resources." Goering laughed to himself.

"It's not your responsibility," Hitler looked up at Goering gently, without reproach at all, "have you figured out a solution to this problem?" ”

Goering adjusted his facial muscles, expertly squeezing out a look of embarrassment.

"There is only one way, the navy is of little use in the French campaign, should we first allocate some resources from the navy to the army?"

"That's what I'm thinking of, what are you going to do?" Hitler nodded and asked.

"The first two Hindenburg-class battleships, H39 and H40, have just started construction in July and August of this year, and they will not be commissioned until at least four years later, and they will not be able to play a role in the French campaign anyway, so I don't think we should stop them first and wait until the end of the French campaign before we start construction. There are also some other battleships in Project Z that will also be discontinued, such as the 8 P-class pocket battleships. And submarines, my plan is to keep only the 32 submarines currently under construction, and no new construction projects will be started unless we have enough resources. As for those destroyers and cruisers, the Navy must also be allowed to cut their numbers. Goering said "sadly".

Hitler whispered: "I am saddened, but we have to do it, do as you wish." ”

"But Raeder is ・・・・・・there," said Goering, staring at Hitler with a look of embarrassment.

"Marshal Raeder, I'll explain."

On Friday afternoon, when he was about to get off work, Chen Dao suddenly received a call from Goering, and after a casual chat between his brother-in-law and brother-in-law, Goering suddenly said: "The meteorological department predicts that there will be a snowstorm recently, so you should pay attention to keeping warm when you go out." ”

"I see, you also pay attention to your body, don't get fat anymore." After Chen Dao finished speaking, he hung up the phone, leaned back in the chair and thought that his brother-in-law had already laid the groundwork, and it would be up to him tomorrow.

On Saturday morning, Chen Dao and Garland drove to the Navy Command, also in Port Kiel, to attend the Navy plenary meeting.

Sitting in the back seat of the car, Chen Dao said to Garand, who was traveling with him, "Do you remember the meeting on Monday? ”

"Remember, the look in their eyes made me very uncomfortable." Garland said.

"I don't like the look in their eyes either. Today is the first time we have participated in the plenary meeting of the Navy, and we must seize this opportunity to fight a good battle so that the people of the Navy will no longer dare to underestimate us. ”

"I'm sure of my plan, but I don't think there's anything difficult for them to deal with."

"Yes, at least the Navy guys aren't going to shoot you in the ass in a plane." Chen Dao teased.

In the conference room of the Navy Headquarters, after the belated Raeder sat on the chair, Chen Dao secretly looked at him from the corner of his eye, and keenly noticed that Raeder was in low spirits, and said that Raeder must have known the bad news.

Raeder called the meeting to the open and was the first to call Chen Dao.

"General Rosen, report on the development of naval aviation."

Chen Dao quickly looked around at the people in the conference room, and found that everyone's eyes were either suspicious, curious, or empty. Chen Daoxin said that it was really as I expected, fortunately, there was a clever plan from my brother-in-law, otherwise I would really not be able to gain their trust in a short time.

Chen Dao unhurriedly picked up the notebook on the table to block everyone's thoughtful eyes.

"I would like to say three things, the first thing is that the aircraft carriers Zeppelin and Strasser have fully resumed work, but given the gravity of the international situation now, I think we urgently need new capital ships to serve. The Zeppelin was 85% complete when it was launched in December last year, and nearly 95% was completed when it was shut down in October this year, and the Strasselin only started construction last year and could not be put into use in the short term, so I suggested that the German shipyard transfer the workers who built the Strasser to the Zeppelin, and adopt the principle of two shifts to start work day and night, so that the Zeppelin could be completed as soon as possible. After the Zeppelin was completed, all the workers were transferred to the Strassel, and the construction was also accelerated by using the method of working in two shifts day and night. ”

After Chen Dao finished speaking, he looked up at Raeder.

After a little thought, Raedel agreed to Chen Dao's proposal.

"Marshal, I think General Rosen's proposal is very instructive, can we have the William Shipyard transfer more workers and use a two-shift method to speed up the construction of the battleship Tirpitz and put it into service as soon as possible."

Chen Dao raised his eyes and found that it was Rear Admiral Lu Teyans, commander of the naval reconnaissance unit, who spoke. is also a major general, Chen Dao looked at the fifty-year-old Lu Teyansi, and thought of his 26-year-old age, and wondered for the first time if he was too much, no wonder people were jealous.

"I'll personally coordinate this with Wilhelm and Deutsche Shipyard." Raeder agreed to Lütjans's proposal without thinking.

Chen Dao continued: "The second thing I want to say is the aircraft type, the carrier-based aircraft of the aircraft carrier have been finalized, which are ME-109T fighters and JU-87C types. However, we still lack a land-based fighter, and I do not recommend that the aircraft of the long-range reconnaissance group use the FW-200, after all, it is a combat aircraft converted from a passenger aircraft, and its performance is not excellent, I think we should change to a real military long-range reconnaissance aircraft. Therefore, I suggest that we should purchase a land-based fighter and a long-range reconnaissance aircraft by way of tender. ”

"Tenders? Is there time to come? Raeder asked.

"As far as I know, there are some new aircraft in Juncker and Heinkel that did not make it into military aircraft, not because of poor performance, but because of some political and resource factors. I think it's perfectly time-sensitive for bidding, and of course, I'll let the Naval Ordnance Bureau check the performance. Chen Dao explained.

"You're the commander of naval aviation, you decide." Raeder said.

"The last thing is the development plan of naval aviation, Colonel Garand." Chen Dao turned his head and gestured to Garand.

Garland picked up the thick stack of paper in front of him, "We plan to build the naval aviation into an armed force with 30 brigades and 1,200 combat aircraft by the end of 1941 in two years. Garland got up and walked over to Reddell and placed the schedule in front of Redder.

Everyone in the conference room turned their eyes to Chen Dao and Garland, if it weren't for the strict military discipline, Chen Dao believed that the conference room was already full of people at this time.

"1200 combat aircraft! Could it be too much? Raeder asked, surprised.

"I don't think it's much, and that number doesn't include the trainers in driving schools." Garland said.

Chen Dao said: "Marshal, I think you also know that I have a close relationship with Marshal Goering, and I can learn some news about the trend of the battle situation from him, and this figure is based on the information he revealed to me. I can't give away that information, but I can assure you that 1200 aircraft is definitely not much. ”

Chen Dao's unfathomable speech immediately made the generals in the room frown and think, and with their years of experience in the army, they immediately made up all kinds of possibilities in their minds.

Raeder was no exception, and he immediately remembered that the hairless General Rosen in front of him was Goering's brother-in-law, and the Führer seemed to know him.

In short, it is better to believe that there is something than not to believe it, and if so many planes are really needed in the future, the navy will be very passive if it cannot come up with them.

"I'll go back and take a closer look at the plan before I get back to you."

"Can you give us an answer next Saturday?" Chen Dao asked.

"Yes."

After Raeder replied, he asked Dönitz to report on the construction of the submarine force, followed by the high seas fleet・・・・・・

Chen Dao listened and quietly observed Raeder's reaction. When Dönitz mentioned that he wanted to build more submarines as soon as possible, to the number of 300 ocean-going submarines he needed, Chen Dao saw a dark cloud over Raeder's face.

When the commander of the High Seas Fleet proposed to ask the shipyard to send additional personnel to speed up the construction of the two Hindenburg-class battleships that had already started, Chen Dao saw that Raeder's face was already clouded.

"There's one thing I want to inform you." As if he had just suffered the loss of his son, Raeder said with deep sorrow: "The Hindenburg-class battleships will be stopped immediately; The P-class pocket battleships will only be able to carry out work on the refinement of the design, and the start of construction will be postponed indefinitely; Only 32 submarines are currently under construction; The number of cruisers and destroyers to be built will be reduced according to the number of capital ships, and the General Staff will come up with a reduction plan as soon as possible, and I will report it to the Führer. ”

Raeder's words caused an uproar in the conference room like a bolt from the blue, and the officers asked why Raeder did this? Raeder had expected this, and immediately shouted, "Quiet, quiet." ”

After the conference room was quiet again, Raeder said: "Because of the limited resources, the current priority is to ensure the production of weapons for the army, and everything has to make way for the French campaign, so ・・・・・・"

"How can it be?" Chen Dao seized the opportunity and shouted loudly. "What is France? The French never fight, we can defeat them in eight weeks. After defeating France, our enemy is the British Empire, and our navy is the absolute main force in causal warfare, and without ships, what are we going to fight with the British, should we drive tanks to fight against the British battleships? The army is looking for an excuse to infringe on our interests, and our navy absolutely cannot allow such selfish behavior of the army, and we must appeal to the Führer. ”

In an instant, everyone in the conference room suddenly discovered that General Rosen was so handsome and so deeply understanding.

Looking at this angry Chen Dao, Raeder instantly felt a lot closer to this hairless Rear Admiral Rosen, and said in his heart that although Rear Admiral Rosen had only been in the Navy for less than a week, he would already consider problems from the standpoint of the Navy, and it seemed that he still had merit.

Raeder automatically filtered out the words "We can defeat France in eight weeks", glanced at Chen Dao with appreciation, and then said: "This news was told to me by the Führer himself. ”

Hearing Raeder's words, everyone in the conference room except Chen Dao couldn't help but be discouraged.

Garland plucked up his courage and asked, "Are the aircraft carriers Zeppelin and Strassel also going to stop working?" ”

"No, all the warships that have been stopped are newly started and planned to be built this year, and aircraft carriers are not among them." Raeder replied.

Garland breathed a sigh of relief and sat back down, worried about whether the budget for naval aviation would be cut, so that the two-year plan of 1,200 aircraft could not be completed.

"No, we can't be at the mercy of the army, we want to take back the rights that belong to us." Chen Dao said angrily: "I will go to Marshal Goering and ask him if he can think of a way for the navy to get some resources back from the army, even if it is only the resources of one battleship." ”

The eyes of everyone in the conference room converged on Chen Dao, and Chen Dao clearly noticed a trace of unprecedented emotion from everyone's gaze-hope.

Raeder stared at Chen Dao happily and said, "General Rosen, on behalf of the Navy, I thank you. I will also go to the Führer and try to get the Führer to change his mind. ”

"I'll be back in Berlin tomorrow, but it may take a while, for Marshal Göring will take time to lobby the Führer and the Army Command, tentatively for a week. Marshal, do you think it's okay? Chen Dao asked.

"Yes, as long as you can make it." Raeder said without hesitation.

"Okay, I'll leave tomorrow. No, I'll leave after the meeting. Chen Dao said.

・・・・・・

In Berlin, after Chen Dao returned, he went to the headquarters of the Hermann Goring Regiment every day during the day to perform the duties of the regiment commander, and by the way, he learned military art from Mandolfer. In the evening, he returned to Karin Manor to reunite with his family, and by the way, he learned business with his two brothers-in-law, and his life was very regular.

On Thursday night, Goering called Chen Dao upstairs to his study, and said with a smile: "Raeder has gone to find the Führer today." ”

"How did it turn out?"

"Come empty-handed, return empty-handed."

"Isn't it time for us to move on to the next step?" Chen Dao asked.

"You wait for my good news tomorrow."

On Friday, in the Chancellery, Göring approached Hitler and said with a beaming face: "I have recently imported a batch of ores through Spain, Sweden, Turkey and Italy, including iron, chromium, manganese tungsten, etc., and the pressure on our resources has been temporarily relieved. Raeder hasn't been looking for you lately? ”

Hitler took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes and said: "I just came here yesterday, and he was very emotional, and I finally calmed him down." ”

"This batch of ore came at the right time, and I think it should be able to ensure the construction of some warships." Goering said.

"You calculate as soon as possible how many warships can be guaranteed by these ores, and then notify the Navy. In the future war against Britain, we will need naval forces. ”

"I understand, I'll do it right away."

・・・・・・

On Saturday, in the conference room of the Navy Command, Raeder listened to his subordinates' reports with great interest.

Garland noticed that His Excellency the Marshal was glancing at the empty chair beside him every few minutes, and not just Raeder, but almost everyone in the room was doing the same thing.

I hope it's good news, Garland secretly looked forward to.

After a knock on the door, Chen Dao pushed the door in, saluted Raeder, and walked to Garland and sat down.

Chen Dao's appearance was like a spring breeze in the cold winter, which lifted the spirits of everyone in the conference room, they already knew that Raeder's trip to Berlin was fruitless, and Chen Dao was already the only hope for the German Navy.

Chen Dao didn't seem to know that he had become everyone's spiritual pillar, ignoring everyone's attention, and quietly asked Garland, "Has our plan been approved?" ”

"The marshal has some details to ask you."

Chen Dao nodded and stopped talking. Seeing Chen Dao's appearance, Raeder's heart was half cold, Chen Dao didn't have the radiant look when he set off at all, and a sluggish breath came to his face.

It seemed that it was unsuccessful, and Raeder's heart was suddenly sad.

Chen Dao covered his mouth and yawned a lot, looking up at Raeder. This action of his attracted everyone's attention.

Chen Dao picked up the glass of water on the table and moistened his throat, and then said with a solemn face: "Marshal, I'm sorry. ”

Raeder felt his heart instantly chill, and it seemed that he had really failed.

Chen Dao ignored the deflated crowd, looked at Raeder and said, "I'm sorry, Marshal, I've done my best, and those 8 P-class pocket battleships are still postponed indefinitely. ”

Reddell had lost the ability to speak, and just looked at Chen Dao and motioned for him to continue.

"Of the six Hindenburg-class battleships, the four that did not start work were postponed indefinitely, and the two that had already started work were suspended and one was suspended."

"Rear Admiral Rosen, are you talking about a halted ship?" Chen Dao's voice was a little small, and Raeder sat a little far away, unable to hear Chen Dao's words clearly, so he asked with the last glimmer of hope.

"He's talking about a shutdown." Lu Teyans, who was sitting to the left of Chen Dao, shouted ecstatically.

Raeder and the others perked up, and Raeder then urged, "You go on." ”

"Construction on H39 continues, H40 stops, and we can transfer workers from H40 to H39 and implement a two-shift system."

It was about everyone's vital interests, and everyone didn't dare to interrupt Chen Dao, but just stared at Chen Dao, lest they drop a word.

Chen Dao had a look of remembrance in his eyes, "Oh, there are still cruisers and destroyers that still need to be reduced, but if it is not outrageous, we can report as many numbers as possible." ”

"What about submarines?" Dönitz finally couldn't help but ask.

Chen Dao smiled at Dönitz, "Because the submarine belongs to the kind of warship that has a short construction period and can form combat effectiveness in a short time, it is still implemented according to Plan Z." That's all I can do. ”

Raeder was silent for a moment, tremblingly stretched out his right hand, pointed at Chen Dao and shouted excitedly, "Catch him." ”

Chen Dao was instantly surrounded by the generals, and then was grabbed by a dozen hands and thrown to the ceiling, and then fell, was thrown up again, and fell again・・・・・・

On November 11, 1939, on the thirteenth day after the inauguration of the Navy, under the guidance of his brother-in-law, the bandit Chen Dao successfully broke into the Navy and became recognized as "his own person" by the Navy, and the second phase of the Cuckoo Project was successfully completed.

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ps: Big chapter, one chapter top two chapters. It's a bit of a carvin, it's more late, sorry.

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