The crowd also made a difficulty: a long-term occupation of Newfoundland was not ideal, and the Führer had made a good move, but now that the Americans did not take the bait, things would be in trouble. On www.biquge.info the first day of the war, more than 50 planes were lost and the Strasbourg was heavily damaged, and everyone was generally afraid.

Dönitz and Yodel exchanged glances and persuaded, "Führer, if this strategy fails, let's retreat as soon as possible." ”

"It's not time to retreat." Hoffman sighed, "If there weren't so many captures, I could have simply announced my retirement, and it was a big deal to look for another opportunity to seek a decisive battle, but Roosevelt suddenly stuffed me with such a large amount of supplies, and I suddenly felt a little disrespectful...... To take it or not to take it? ”

Dahlges read out in public the notice sent by the fleet about the seized materiel: ...... Through incomplete statistics such as inspection of manifests and on-site inspections, the above-mentioned fleet has more than 700 Sherman tanks, more than 1,400 sets of aircraft and spare parts such as the latest P51 fighters, SBD dive bombers, TBF torpedo attack aircraft, 150,000 tons of high-grade aviation fuel, more than 2,700 jeeps, more than 1,600 Dodge and other trucks, more than 700 large and medium-caliber artillery pieces of various types, including long-legged Tom, and nearly 10,000 mortars and light and heavy machine guns...... There are also various materials including steel helmets, military boots, rain gear, military rations, canned Spam meat, etc., and other kinds of finished rare metals, which are initially estimated to be worth $2.5 billion to $3 billion, and can probably fully equip the group army of about 300,000 to 400,000 men - not counting the value of the ships themselves.

Hearing the value of $2.5 billion to $3 billion, everyone not only breathed fast, but also had a lot of contact with the Americans, and everyone knew the meaning behind this figure -- an aircraft carrier of the USS Essex fleet with ships and planes and all equipment added up to less than $200 million, which is equivalent to taking more than 10 aircraft carriers in one go. If it was only a few ships, everyone would definitely not hesitate to abandon and run away, and it would be a pity if such a large amount of supplies were completely abandoned.

"Let the fleet attract firepower in Newfoundland for another two days, and it is a big deal to lose some aircraft and ......warships," Keitel said, "although the captured ships will take at least four days to reach the Azores, but as long as they walk for two days, they can get out of the bombing range of the American planes, and the fleet can set off at this time, and by the way, the marines can also use this time to destroy the facilities and supplies on Newfoundland, these 100 ships and the supplies on them are very important to us, with them, the Führer's operation to reinforce the Falklands after the New Year will be much easier." At the same time, I have to remind you that the construction of the Libyan oil project also requires a large amount of material delivery, and our capacity will be very tight in the future. ”

Everyone nodded yes.

After more than half a year of arduous exploration, under the guidance of the head of state, European joint exploration experts finally discovered large oil fields and high-yield oil wells in northern Libya, with preliminary proven reserves of more than 4 billion tons.

Hoffman has said many times about the Libyan oil fields, and everyone is skeptical, but he still paid a lot of effort. The Italians did not believe in the Libyan oil fields at first, but later did not believe in the large oil fields, and the production of the Middle East oil fields continued to expand, so they were not very enthusiastic about exploitation, and Mussolini hoped that the Germans would take the lead and Italy would sit back and enjoy the success. Therefore, when it came to the question of the distribution of benefits after exploitation, Berlin received a clear answer from the Roman side: the Germans were free to move, explore and invest freely throughout the Libyan territory, and the relevant time limit was 99 years, and the Italians did not want to pay, but wanted to share in the possible profits.

Hoffmann instructed Speer to provide two plans, the first plan was to provide Italy with 2 million tons of guaranteed oil per year after the successful production of the oil well, and the excess part was divided into 28% by Italy and Germany; The second option is for Italy and Germany to split at a fixed rate of 55. The premise is that Germany is fully responsible for the investment, but Italy promised never to tax in the future, Mussolini did not hesitate to choose the former after consulting experts, because the experts told him that only when the annual production of crude oil exceeds 5.68 million tons, the second option is more cost-effective for Italians, and now there are less than ten countries in the world with an annual oil output of more than 6 million tons, Romania has such a large oil field as Ploiesti, and the annual output is only 9 million tons, in terms of probability, the German plan is completely gambling.

Now this gamble has clearly succeeded, experts believe that the Libyan oil field can exceed 6 million tons after 3 years of official construction, 8 million tons after 5 years, and 10 million tons after 10 years, and this clause is applicable to the whole territory of Libya, which means that there is a great opportunity to expand to more production.

No one thinks that there is a lot of oil, and in order to solve the oil problem, Germany not only marched into the Middle East, but at first it was strange that the Führer's attitude towards the Baku oil fields was strange -- Hoffmann had an ambiguous attitude towards the Turkish occupation of Baku, and he did not oppose it or take the initiative to repair it, and now he finally understood that the foreshadowing was here.

As for why Keitel took the initiative to talk about it, it was because the Libyan oil fields were closely related to the interest of everyone: the Führer told these henchmen more than once that he wanted to find a way for them to make a fortune in an open and honest way, so that these generals and marshals could live a decent life, and the grassroots officers and soldiers who fought bloodily would have a good home in the future. At first, everyone thought that the Führer was just talking, but it was not until Hoffman really threw out the "oil fund" plan that everyone understood that the Führer meant it.

According to Hoffman's suggestion and arrangement: after the establishment of the oil fund, a certain share will be set up, and the officers will be allocated shares according to merit and rank and rank, and all the shares do not need to be purchased now, as long as they are deducted from military salaries and condolence payments in the future, and then the capitalists will advance the funds to exploit on their behalf, and then gradually return them. In short, it is to set up a company, with officers and soldiers at all levels as dry shareholders, with Hoffman as chairman and venture capital, and then gradually expand the shares, introduce strategic venture capital and gradually expand the investment and finally IPO in the future, although the shares in each person's hands will gradually dilute, but the value will increase rapidly. Hoffman believes that the original stock can get at least 25-40 times the value of the value.

This not only solved the way out and dignity of the senior officers, but also alleviated the social contradictions in the future -- otherwise there would be chaos in the demobilization of the huge army, although the exact amount has not been disclosed, but Speer and Baumann have long let go of the wind, and the marshal and ministers started with 1 million marks. There is no one who does not support this kind of easy and non-moral hazard benefit. Hoffmann also left a stake in the fund for the National Socialist Party, the major capital oligarchs, friendly European dignitaries and fallen soldiers, who insisted that giving shares was more beneficial, more durable, and more conducive to mobilizing the masses than direct money.

Now that the Mediterranean Sea has become an inner lake of the axis, as long as there are materials and transportation capacity, the Libyan oil construction project can be carried out comfortably, and Marshal Milch, who is in charge of the Trotto organization, has vowed that if these basic conditions can be guaranteed, as long as he is given 10 months, he will definitely get Libyan oil to Germany, so Keitel thought of it at once.

As for the amount of oil, it is not enough to have much, now Germany has mastered more than 40 million tons of annual oil production, but compared with the United States more than 200 million tons of production, relative to the huge European demand and the expanding tanks, warships and oceans, is still stretched, Speer believes that at least 8000 to 100 million to meet such demand, if you want to take into account the future demand for crude oil in the EU, 200 million tons is indispensable, and oil will be used by Germany to control the oil mark in the future. The indispensable weapon to support German hegemony, even after the end of the war, was a top priority.

Seeing that everyone had reached a preliminary agreement, Hoffman nodded with satisfaction: "Then follow this plan first, go to the Azores with a freighter, and at the same time let the reconnaissance aircraft pay attention to the surroundings to prevent the British and American raids on the fleet itself." If the Strasbourg could not be saved, or if it would slow down the fleet, it could be used as a fixed firing point on the beach of Newfoundland. ”

Dönitz had a pain in his flesh, but he did not object, Japan had connected two battleships in order to block the Panama Canal, and he naturally understood the reason for giving and taking.

With the Führer's words on the ground, Vice Admiral Pei relieved himself and continued the attack, and the wounded Strasbourg was transferred to shallow water by him -- he believed that the Americans would give priority to dealing with the ship in the next step, and at least be prepared to seize the beach and sink in any case.

Time passed minute by minute, in the afternoon the German army continued to launch a fierce offensive against Canada, gradually expanding the landing field, now not only tanks and naval guns are attacking on the front line, even the huge artillery of the Strasbourg is also attacking in front of the storm, the 330mm caliber heavy artillery has caused great psychological pressure on the Canadians, often after a bombardment, the corpses and bones are lost within a radius of 100 meters.

By 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when the second round of US air raids appeared, they still failed to find the German aircraft carrier formation, and finally poured bombs on the heads of the German artillery fleet again, as Vice Admiral Bey estimated, Strasbourg was the target of the enemy's key siege, and the rest of the battleships were also attacked, the Reich, Veneto, and Tirpitz all ate bombs, but the injuries were not serious, but the Strasbourg, which ate 3 bombs again, could not support it, under everyone's attention, Grab the beach and sink at a speed of 14 knots. Until the moment of grounding, the 128mm anti-aircraft guns in the rear of the ship were still firing sharply......

The U.S. forces fought for a day, sinking a battleship with the loss of more than 200 aircraft, shooting down more than 50 German planes and killing and wounding more than 40 landed German troops. (To be continued.) )