Barbarossa is the national name for an emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, who was also a famous politician and military strategist in German history. He was one of the most successful rulers of medieval Europe.

Barbarossa became the pride of the Germanic peoples, and of most of the subjects of the Holy Roman Empire, and of course, most of the vassal possessions that had not been ravaged by the emperor.

Eric used his honorific title to name Germany's plan to attack the Soviet Union, which meant two things. First, in terms of the size of the territory under his control, Eric's Federal State of Germany was twice as large as the Roman Empire. Therefore, the name Barbarossa did not diminish Barbarossa's prestige in the slightest. Second, in terms of national strength alone, the Holy Roman Empire at that time was almost unrivaled in Europe. The same is true in comparison with the current Federal Republic of Germany.

After Eric came to power, Germany was able to attack any single European country at any time and be invincible, which was a manifestation of the overall strength of the country.

Since the plan was split into multiple copies for separate keeping, Ananta withdrew from the presidential office after receiving the warrant, and it was already evening when the other top-secret archives management departments delivered the "plan" to the presidential palace in its entirety.

In the bright light, Eric carefully checked the map of the areas controlled by Israel and Russia until the Ural Mountains in the east, indicating that the offensive route of the United Front Work Department was only planned to reach the Ural Mountains. It seems that the United Front Work Department believes that when the offensive arrives, it will come to an end because of the difficulty of logistics and material transshipment, and at the same time, Russia's ability to withstand the blow will be further reduced, and it will eventually retreat eastward.

In contrast to Eric's "historical" plan, the offensive was divided into two phases due to the military alliance between Germany and Turkey at this time. Led by Germany, Turkey, Hungary and other countries responded to the landing operation of the Smolensk Navy from north to south, in order to solve the problem of the long front and scattered forces, in addition, from the offensive line on the Baltic coast, a surprise attack to take Petrograd (renamed from St. Petersburg in 1914), the total number of this force is 1.5 million, forming an army group, from west to east, with a front 450 kilometers wide in two routes. The general plan is summarized as follows: the first stage is to carry out a landing on the north and south, capture Petrograd, and then carry out a surprise attack in multiple sections to cause chaos in the rear of the Russian army. The second stage is to assemble the water and land armies to move directly and quickly to the Ural Mountains, implement strategic suppression against Russia, and kill them with lightning strikes.

"With 1.5 million troops, it is quite difficult to deploy on a 450-kilometer-long front, so we should enter reconnaissance and pre-war rehearsals against Russia in advance, in order to focus on attacking their living forces in wartime." Eric's biggest concern now is that the steppes in eastern Russia, as well as the vast ice fields, 1.5 million people have entered such a large depth, and the backup needs to be delivered over long distances, which is like sand falling into the sea, and it will only be less to fish, not more.

"Mr. President, rest assured, with my understanding of the deployment of the Russian army, the total strength of the Russian army will never exceed 1.5 million on this section of the defense line, and after withstanding the sudden attack of our army, more than half of the first round of contact will be lost, and the remaining troops will soon lose their combat effectiveness." Hoffman was very confident.

Since the First World War, who knows the Germans best about the northwest of Russia, Hoffmann is definitely not under others, so he dared to vouch in front of Eric.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the key points we have just discussed are precisely the key points of the Russians' western defense, because Britain, the United States, and other countries have openly called out Russia and repeatedly persuaded our country to carry out land threats against Russia. It is very unlikely that 1.5 million troops will be deployed in the west, after all, we have had a war stain on Russia, and the Russians are not fools, how can they open the door here and wait for us to drive straight in. Eric would not say explicitly that Red Soviet Russia would set a record for the largest number of troops in human history, but this is a great possibility because the Soviets had such appeal.

Eric's assumption is not unreasonable, but it is also overly cautious, which is Hoffman's opinion. First of all, because Russia is located in the Arctic Circle, the population density is not large, and the territory is vast, the balance between attack and defense will be lost, for the suddenness of this war, they certainly do not know where the Barbarossa plan will begin, nor do they know the direction of the Barbarossa plan to attack, so that even if they mobilize 15 million troops, they will not be able to resist the 1.5 million stubborn German army. If Eric's first plan is taken and such an important town as Petrograd is captured, there is no big problem.

History cannot be rewritten, but human beings can create history, what will Russia develop into in the future at this time, Eric does not dare to imagine, but now, Russia is a powerful polar bear, when the bear is still hibernating, his sense of attack and defense is the weakest, Germany is doing everything possible to increase its national strength, taking the opportunity of hibernation to give the bear a fatal blow.

In the final analysis, it is not Eric and his subordinates who deliberately provoke the ferocious polar bear of Russia, but they do not want to find a way to preemptively attack, and sooner or later they will be eaten by this strong bear, so they can only be quickly subdued when this bear is hibernating, when it is powerless, so as to avoid future troubles.

"How many divisions does Mr. President think this Army Group North will need?" Hoffman is the chief of the general staff, and the most used military unit is probably the division level, which is also the most basic combat unit for him, no matter how small it is, it will not be his turn to worry about it, after all, the first level can only manage the first level, and he cannot do everything.

"The current disarmament program is still going on, and I have no intention of expanding the army at present, but the Soviets advocate that all the people should be soldiers, and we can actually try it out, but we can't startle the snake, you should understand what I mean." Eric looked at Hoffman and said very cautiously: "You should know what it means that all the people are soldiers, that is, as long as there is a mobilization, all the citizens can go to the battlefield at any time, and they are all warriors who can fight in battle." You can keep a low profile, I don't want people to say that my words don't count, and in the same way, my disarmament plan is still being implemented, which can also paralyze the Russian army. ”

By this time, Germany had already expanded its territory several times in a row, and if it still held the largest position in Europe in terms of the number of land forces, it would still return to isolation. Eric needed a balance between being able to build up an army quickly in wartime and saving money in peacetime, while keeping other countries from being overly nervous, when in fact the total number of troops was many times larger than before.

In terms of direct management of the army, the army of the German Confederation has completed the reorganization of 72 divisions, of which 16 are instructors. With a division and 9 battalions as the basic training camp unit, with 6~12 months as the training time for recruits, if it is slow, it only takes one year to form 144 divisions, and it can also ensure that the command level will not be broken. In addition to this, the civilian armed forces are not fully counted, especially the National Guard of Eric himself, which is a force to be reckoned with.

With the continuous adjustment, Germany's infantry division quota has stabilized at about 27,000 people, and if it is 144 infantry divisions, its army number is 3.888 million. Although there are new and old ones every year, the German army can add more than 3 million new soldiers every year. If you calculate it in half a year of training, this number will be doubled again. After the veterans were transferred to the local areas, the awareness of the national war was also constantly strengthened, so that Germany was only one step away from implementing the principle of all-people soldiers.