Raeder soon after receiving the news came to the Führer's house.

"Long live the Führer!" As soon as he saw Lyon, he saluted with a standard German salute, "My Führer, what can I do for you?" ”

"You sit." Leon gestured to the chair in front of his desk, and once Raeder was seated, he pulled out the plan for building the navy in a drawer.

"Führer, have you agreed to this plan?" Redder looked at the documents Leon took out and asked excitedly.

"No, Raeder." Leon shook his head, "On the contrary, one of the main reasons I called you here was to tell you that I had rejected the plan. ”

"Why? Führer, there is still a big gap between us and the Royal Navy. Raeder was stunned for a moment, and then said hurriedly, "They now have 12 battleships, 7 aircraft carriers, 3 battlecruisers, 18 heavy cruisers, 38 light cruisers, and more than 200 destroyers." And our high seas fleet has only 4 battleships, 4 aircraft carriers, 12 heavy cruisers, 20 light cruisers and more than 60 light cruisers. ”

"But don't we still have 2 aircraft carriers in sea trials?" Leon replied, "And look at what the British battleships are now?" The newest of the 12 battleships was the USS Rodney, a 13-year-old fellow, five of which were the Queen Elizabeth-class commissioned in 1912 and the other five were the Revenge-class commissioned in 1916. And what about us? Our oldest ship, the Admiral Scheer, was only 12 years old. ”

"Let's talk about aircraft carriers, their aircraft carriers are basically refitted, only one Athletic God and one Ark Royal are specially designed aircraft carriers. In terms of carrier-based aircraft, the Ark Royal carries the most aircraft is only 60 aircraft, how many of our worst Count Zeppelins are there? 72! Not to mention our three strongest Deutsche class. ”

After a thorough analysis, Leon stood up, walked behind Raeder, put his arm on the shoulder, and said: "My general, the war is coming, we have no resources, no energy to build more warships." ”

"I see, Führer." Raeder said with his head down.

"What we need now is not more warships, but more tanks and more powerful aircraft." "I only have 1,000 fighters in our Air Force and less than 800 tanks in our Army, and I'm going to have to make that number 6,000 and 2,500 in a year!" ”

"Führer, is the war about to break out in a year?" Raeder's body trembled slightly, but it wasn't fear, it was excitement—he longed to regain the glory of Germany.

"I expect to start our plan of revenge in 1939." Leon patted Raeder, "I've been preparing for this for 20 years, and now, the time for revenge is finally coming." ”

"Führer!" Raeder stood up excitedly, "The High Seas Fleet won't let you down!" ”

"I believe in the High Seas Fleet, I believe in you!" Leon smiled, "Of course, in order to ensure that the High Seas Fleet can win this vital war, I have specially prepared a battle plan for you. ”

With that, Leon returned to his seat, took out a document, and handed it to Raeder.

Raeder took the document suspiciously, opened it and read it, but as soon as he read an outline, his face changed greatly, and he said to Leon in a panic: "Yuan, Führer." I can't carry out this plan, it's really an insult to the glory of the High Seas Fleet. ”

"My general, it's not the Middle Ages anymore." Leon said with deep meaning: "There is no glory in the current war, only victory is the truth!" ”

Raeder was silent.

The plan was difficult for Raeder, a traditional Prussian soldier, to accept, because it required the German Navy not to go head-to-head with the Royal Navy, but to boil down to two words: "sneak attack".

That's right, this is a sneak attack plan, which requires the High Seas Fleet to rush to Scarpa, England at the beginning of the war, and use the powerful naval aviation to defeat the British Home Fleet in one fell swoop before it has even set sail, so as to ensure that no fleet in the Atlantic can compete with the High Seas Fleet for some time to come.

It's like the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Although Raeder was unwilling to carry out this plan from the bottom of his heart, it was undeniable that once this plan was realized, the German Navy would dominate the Atlantic, at least for a long time.

This result was full of temptation for Raeder.

After thinking for a long time, Raeder sighed and promised: "My Führer, I accept this plan, and I will bring victory to Germany!" ”

"Good." Leon smiled, "In order to ensure that the operation is foolproof, I have ordered the development of new carrier-based fighters and torpedo attack aircraft, and I think that when our new aircraft carrier completes sea trials, the high seas fleet will be equipped with more powerful carrier-based aircraft." ”

"Thank you to the Führer for everything you have done for the development of the Navy!" Raeder stood up and saluted again.

"Alright, Raeder, you've just returned from the Spanish battlefield, and you must be tired." Leon waved his hand and said, "I won't disturb your rest, you can go back with this plan." ”

"Thank you." Raeder thanked him, and left the Führer's Mansion with the plan for the sneak attack.

The return of the Count Zeppelin and Raeder and the rebellion in Cartanach meant that the Spanish Civil War, which had lasted for two years, was soon coming to an end.

Following the Cartanach sailor rebellion on March 3, on March 5~6, the commander of the Central Front of the Republican Army, Colonel S. Casado, staged a military coup in Madrid, announcing the takeover of power, beginning to hunt down and massacre former comrades, and opening the door to Guo Ming's army to enter Madrid.

On the 28th, the Nationalist Army and the German-Italian forces entered Madrid and Valencia, announcing the complete end of the civil war.

Although the war in Spain came to an end for the time being, the clouds over Europe did not dissipate, but intensified.

On 1 April, German Führer Lyon gave a speech on the future of Germany in front of the Reichstag building.

In his speech, Lyon put forward the slogan of equality in armaments and equal status, and he demanded that Germany should legitimately maintain the same military strength and the same international status as the surrounding countries. As soon as the speech was issued, it was unanimously supported by the people of all Germany.

On 3 April, Lyon formally submitted to the League of Nations a request for the withdrawal of the New Portsmouth Peace Treaty.

On 4 April, the League of Nations convened representatives of all Member States for a vote. In the end, all the participating member states, with the exception of Britain and France, unanimously agreed to withdraw the Portsmouth Peace Treaty, and at this point, Germany was completely freed from the shackles, and all armed forces could be put on the surface without the need to hide it.

On 10 April, Germany carried out its first large-scale military expansion after the signing of the "Portsmouth Peace Treaty", and the original three army groups were expanded into three army groups, and the number of active army troops crossed the threshold of 600,000.

On April 15, all Czechoslovakia's military factories began to implement German weapons standards, mass-producing G41 rifles, the latest MG42 general-purpose machine guns, and low-cost, high-performance MP40 submachine guns.

War, once again, is approaching the European continent.