Chapter 1230 European Joint Maritime Enforcement Commission
The news of naval aviation was quickly put in front of the commander of the Navy, Raeder, and after seeing the report with a few figures, Raeder was keenly aware of the huge problems contained therein.
Americans, what does it mean to supply fighters to the USSR? Having overcome the ideological problem, the United States wanted to unite with the Soviet Union. If the Soviet Union had received support from the United States, the Soviet Union would have been able to hold out for too long in this war.
This, of course, is not good for Germany.
After he received the news, he immediately came to see Ciric with the news, and now with the continuous expansion of the wolf's den, almost all the senior commanders live directly in the wolf's den.
"It seems that we still have something missing." Holding the report, Ciric said: "The United States supported the Soviet Union, that is for sure, for the United States, the use of the Soviet Union to deplete our forces and delay the course of the war is the favorite of those politicians, and at such times, ideology can be temporarily abandoned." ”
Of course, this report alone is not 100% certain, but Ciric knows very well in his heart that after all, this is what happened in history.
The strength of the United States' support for the Soviet Union was considerable, and it was precisely because of the United States' support that the Soviet Union passed the most difficult stage in history.
But at the same time, historically, the United States began to provide assistance only after the arrival of German troops in Moscow, and now the United States started earlier, and the Soviet Union had just suffered a defeat on the border, and the United States began to support.
The reason is very simple, because in history, Germany did not conquer Britain, Germany still belonged to a two-front war, and the United States could use Britain as a springboard at any time to land across the sea and open up a second battlefield.
But now, Britain is gone, and if anything happens to the Soviet Union, then the United States will face a terrible Germany that straddles Asia and Europe and integrates the whole of Europe.
The United States certainly has no chance of winning.
Therefore, Roosevelt couldn't wait to reinforce the Soviet Union now, because he was afraid that the Soviet Union would be crushed by his own side.
"We can't afford to see this happen." Schellner on the side said: "The Americans must cut off this little trick and foot, and I suggest that we strike at these American transport ships to completely block their reinforcements." ”
In the report of the Navy, it is only mentioned that American fighters were found, but the specific routes of American transport are not known. But if you look at the map, it's clear that it must be a transport through the icy Atlantic north through Iceland to the ports of the Soviet Union.
Now the fleet power of the German Navy was already quite strong, and after the collapse of the Baltic Fleet of the USSR, what sea power did the USSR have?
The Northern Fleet is an empty shelf, there is not even a single battleship, the German fleet can already control the eastern part of the Atlantic, at this time, send out battleships, completely cut off the blood transfusion channel of the Soviets, and see how long the Soviets can last!
Hearing his words, Ribbentrop, the foreign minister on the side, frowned: "It's a little inappropriate to do this." ”
Theoretically, Germany and the United States had entered a state of war, and the United States was constantly looking for an adversary, always seeing Germany as a threat, and constantly claiming that Germany was attacking the United States.
So, Germany and the United States have a war at sea, and this is also okay.
However, both the United States and Germany were signatories to the Geneva Accords, and they had to abide by the order of the battlefield.
It can be said that if it is a confrontation between warships at sea, attacking, sinking the other side has nothing to say, but civilian ships are different, after all, they are civilian.
Attacks on civilian facilities will have bad consequences and lead the war to slide into the abyss, although Germany has attacked, but it is a special case, and now it is facing a large number of American ships, if it is attacked by its own fleet, it will make both sides completely tear their faces.
You attack me, I attack you, and sea transport will be paralyzed.
Secretly dispatch submarines to attack one or two, this is a kind of scale, use the surface fleet, and attack on a large scale, that will definitely expand the impact.
In the long run, this is inappropriate.
"Then we'll just use submarines." At this moment, Vice Admiral Dönitz, who was in charge of the Imperial submarine forces, said.
Historically, Hitler's distrust of Reich surface ships eventually led Germany to devote vast resources to building submarines and threatening the U.S. transport fleet against Britain through wolf pack tactics in the Atlantic.
At the beginning, it was indeed a good result, but when the United States began to increase the convoy of escort ships, those submarines were very miserable, and finally they were crushed by the American surface ships.
Vivid facts have proved that the strength of the navy still depends on surface ships, and submarines are only a part of the navy's strength, and they absolutely cannot be used as the main force.
In this era, the Imperial Navy made even greater progress, and battleships and aircraft carriers succeeded in defeating the British Navy, so, in contrast, submarines have not ushered in their glory until now.
Dönitz can't wait for a long time, he wants to let his submarines show their skills in the war, now is an opportunity, since surface ships are not easy to use, let submarines show their strength!
With that, he looked at Ciric, hoping to see something in Ciric's eyes.
Sure enough, Ciric's heart moved.
There was no historical Atlantic wolf pack, and now on the Arctic route, a wolf pack tactic is carried out? This seems to be okay, but ......
This is not the work of a big country, it cannot show the temperament of the empire, this kind of plan can only be a lower policy, and there should be a better plan for yourself.
With a roll of his eyes, Ciric found a good plan from the case of later generations, and now it is just right to apply it. "As the master of the whole of Europe, we have to manage the Arctic route for half a year." "All ships on the Arctic route are under our control," Shirek said. Yes, we should also set up a special body, called the European Joint Maritime Enforcement Committee, to use some coast guard vessels to manage shipping at sea. ”
Ciric's words made everyone present look at each other, where and where is this?
"For those civilian ships that do not have any weapons, we should not use the army, we should use the police force to maintain law and order, that is, the coast guard, so that morally, we have no problems, and this is the unified deployment of our whole Europe." "Any vessel needs to be inspected by us, and if it refuses, then we have the right to enforce the law, detain them, and if they dare to open fire on us, then they will be punished more severely," Cirek continued. Well, all the prohibited items above, we have to detain. ”
When he said this, the eyes of the people present lit up, this seems to be a new method, and it seems to be not bad.
"Now, when it comes to prohibited items, food, medicine, steel, fuel, industrial goods, as long as we can find them in the Berlin dictionary, they are all prohibited items."
When Ciric said this, everyone present smiled knowingly.
What the world needs now is for a big country like Germany to assume the responsibility of maintaining world order, which is a righteous and awe-inspiring public law enforcement!