"It's to fight the British, but it's not to land directly on the British mainland, they still have at least 3 million to 4 million troops on the mainland, and it's not good for us to run headlong into it, what I'm going to do is to cut its wings and choke its throat, the plan is called the Seal Project, the initial idea is to choose 1-2 places around Great Britain in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Ireland to carry out amphibious landings, further strangle Churchill, the fat man, and force its internal peace forces to make peace with us. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Although Hoffman only said one thought, Rommel did not doubt him, he felt that this was completely in line with the characteristics of the Führer's strategic thinking, and the Führer was very cautious this time, and did not have the urge to go straight to the British mainland, but aimed at three places, and he did not need to look at the map to know that any of these three places were places that Great Britain must not lose control.

"You can go back and think about it, rest for a few days, take care of your health, and then prepare for a new position - Commander-in-Chief of the North Sea-Imperial Joint Theater of Operations, including the mainland, Norway, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands, covering all land, sea and air forces, but this position is only on the surface, your real identity is the commander-in-chief of Project SEAL, just like the implementation of the Kungunir plan, you need to prepare and plan carefully in advance." Hoffman smiled, "If the time is ripe, I plan to launch Operation SEAL at the turn of the spring and summer of 1944, for example, in May and June, when our naval strength will further increase, and the combined fleet will march west again, and the strength will be relatively abundant." ”

"At that time, I will not be afraid of naval battles and air battles, but land battles...... Hahaha...... Not to mention you, you're the Empire's premier expert in amphibious warfare! ”

Hoffman's optimism infected Rommel, he seemed very happy, it was clear that Central Asia was at most a defensive situation, the SEAL program was to destroy the British, and he knew which was more important if his brain was not broken, and he saluted respectfully: "I misunderstood the Führer, I thought that someone was suing me behind my back, saying bad things about me, and I feel very sorry......"

"This is impossible, everyone knows that you are one of my most trusted marshals, how can you listen to the slander of others at will? Erwin, I'm not that old, am I? ”

"This, of course, the Führer is the wisest and most illustrious leader the German people have ever had, and I myself am anxious that the Führer will continue to lead the Reich for 30 years, not 40 years!" Rommel said a bunch of flattering words, and then embarrassedly added, "This...... The leaders of the Central Asian countries gave me a lot of things after independence, some of which were really difficult to accept but had to accept, knowing that I was going to return to China for an audience, and they entrusted me to send you a bunch of gifts, some of which were specified as for my wife......"

Hoffmann was stunned, then laughed: Who said Rommel couldn't make a fool of himself? Rommel's sycophants were also very well shot, and when the other old-school Junker officers called Eva Miss Braun seriously after the engagement, Rommel not only called her a "lady" herself, but also made his wife Lucy and Eva good friends, which made the latter very happy. He patted the other man on the shoulder, and the unhappiness caused by the substitution passed.

"I have to apologize to General Yodel, I misunderstood him, he is not a villain, he is a rare gentleman." Rommel said with great interest, "I was given a fine handmade wool tapestry as a gift." ”

Yodel, who was in the next room, almost laughed out loud when he heard this, but he couldn't make any sound.

After walking out of the prime minister's office, Rommel, who was blown by the cold wind and had a little fever in his head, suddenly calmed down: No, the plan for May and June next year, what are you doing by transferring yourself so early, and it will be too late to fight the Central Asian campaign? But the words have already been spoken in front of the Führer just now, and the intention of welcoming Schellner to take over has also been expressed, of course, it is inconvenient to refute it, and the Führer has so solemnly explained the "Seal Project", how can it be done without careful preparation? At least 20 plans for him! It's a pity that Gauss won't be able to come back until Christmas, so let's rest for a few days to accompany Lucy, and by the way, go to the hospital for treatment.

After Rommel left, Yodel quickly came out of the room next to him, gave a thumbs up to Hoffmann, expressed his admiration for the Führer's quiet completion of the personnel adjustment, and expressed concern: "Führer, do you really want to carry out this seal plan?" ”

"I'm serious, but only if we can actually control the sea, you don't want to watch our soldiers being beaten by British and American warships, right? This time it is not as good as the Kungunir plan, it is definitely not possible to play without escort, at least to concentrate the main forces of the Axis Navy, 500,000 troops, and 5,000 of the latest aircraft to press it in one go. Hoffman waved his hand imposingly, "Let the other side taste the power of jet bombers, and don't think that they are the only ones who can bomb us." ”

Thanks to the rapid development of jet engines, the AR-234, a lightning bomber developed by the Aladao company for several years, was announced a few days ago and finalized. With a thrust of up to 12.7 kN per engine, the AR-234 did not follow the old path of designing take-off and landing facilities in history, but used a traditional retractable landing gear, and because of the large engine thrust, the finalized aircraft data exceeded the design indicators: the maximum speed was 870 km / h, the maximum bomb load was 3 tons, and the maximum range when carrying 1.5 tons of bombs was 2600 km, which was nearly twice as far as the ME-262.

The AR-234 is technically a horizontal bomber, but with shallow dive bombing capabilities, its speed is so fast that it is no match for any piston fighter, and thus earns a reputation as a lightning bomber. The overjoyed Ministry of Armaments immediately ordered the production of 1,000 aircraft. It is worth mentioning that the HES-011 engine used in the aircraft is also the engine to be used in the Raven-TA-183 jet fighter, which indicates that the latter's research and development is also close to success, and in the context of the gradual reduction of orders for the FW-190 due to the emergence of the ME-262, Focke-Wolf will soon regain the top spot in the fighter market with the TA-152 and TA-183.

The TA-183 is Hoffman's ideal second-generation jet fighter, not only because the aircraft is the common ancestor of the MiG-15 and F-86 in history, but also because the TA-183 has a swept wing, high speed and strong firepower such as the 4-door MG213, and more importantly, because the Raven has only one engine, and the engine adopts a built-in structure, the price is only 55% of the Storm Bird, so the production is easier, except for the range is slightly less than 262, the rest of the indicators are greatly outstanding.

Inspired by the AR-234, the Aradau company began to prepare to send four heavy pure jet bombers, and the enthusiastic Hoffman gave them guidance and drew a outline of the B-52 and sent it to them, falsely claiming that this was the latest bomber being researched by the United States, with eight jet engines, capable of transatlantic bombing. In fact, the United States is still studying the B-36 and B-52 at all, let alone researching, and has not even been able to put forward design indicators, and due to the pressure of the German jet fighters and carrier-based attack aircraft, the focus of the development of American aircraft is on jet fighters and a new generation of carrier-based attack aircraft, and the B-36 is far from being a top priority.

Faced with the threat of the TA-183, the Messerschmitt company was very nervous, on the one hand, they tried to equip the ME-262 with the updated Jumo-004E engine for model improvement, and on the other hand, they also realized that the single-engine jet was the main trend of the future, so they launched two design projects in succession, P.1092 and P.1101, hoping to take the lead in the third generation of jets after the TA-183. Everyone understands that the Jet Age is a new era of aviation, and its aircraft design will not be like the era of the BF-109, an aircraft can be modified and modified for 10 years, and it is likely that there will be a difference of one generation after a year.

The United States is also deeply touched by this, and they have worked hard to get the Meteor jet from the United Kingdom to achieve mass production soon, but at the beginning they were optimistic that the technical performance advantage of the Meteor over the ME-262 tends to disappear with the continuous upgrading of the technical indicators of the Storm Bird, and what is even worse is that Germany has expanded the team all the way by virtue of the advantage of holding high and fighting high in the early stage, and has now accumulated more than 1,000 skilled jet pilots, and it is said that the team is still expanding. The British and American pilots who could fly jets did not add up to 50 people, and it was not known how many German jets they would face by the time the troops were actually equipped in early 1944.

This is far from a nightmare for Britain and the United States, and in the scenario envisioned by Hoffman, the implementation of the Navy Seal Program would require an overwhelming number of jet fighters and bombers to overwhelm it, so that Britain and the United States can see what the jet age is. It's a pity that the performance and range of the V2 rocket are not satisfactory enough, otherwise the first missile scrubber, then the jet and remote-controlled bombs paved the way, and finally the Haw Par appeared, he was completely sure to play Blitz 2.0.

On October 27, the Imperial Base Camp completed the appointment adjustment: in addition to Martial and Rommel, Field Marshal Rundstead was appointed commander of the North Atlantic-Western Europe Joint Theater of Operations (including France, Spain, Portugal, and Azores); Marshal Blomburg became Commander of the Eastern European Theater of Operations (and Commander of the Reserve Army); Field Marshal Kesselring became commander of the joint Mediterranean-African theater of operations (with a focus on German East and West Africa and Madagascar); Field Marshal Bock as commander of the Indo-Middle East Joint Theater of Operations (covering Turkey); Field Marshal Manstein was appointed commander of the Eastern Joint Theater of Operations (mainly on the Eastern Front) in the midst of all expectations.

The original Army Group South was commanded by Field Marshal Hult (Headquarters and Manstein Headquarters), and the other part of the forces was formed as the Caspian Army Group, with Field Marshal Kleist as commander (Headquarters and Army Group left behind by Rommel).

At this point, a total of six army groups were assembled on the Eastern Front: Northern, Eastern, Central, Southern, Caspian and Reserve Army Groups...... (To be continued.) )