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On the main seat of the conference room, Li Le was proudly talking with the commander-in-chief of the navy Raeder who was sitting next to him.

Sitting on the other side was Imperial Marshal Goering, but his face was not so good-looking. At this time, he was fiddling with the pen in his hand, and did not mean to look up at Keitel.

Walking to the Führer's side, Keitel raised his arm, stood up and saluted the Führer: "Victory!" Monarch! ”

Li Le didn't intend to stop talking to Admiral Raeder, but just waved his hand and motioned for Keitel to find a place to sit down.

Keitel nodded to Field Marshal Brauchitsch, who was looking at him, and then found his place and sat down.

This meeting can be said to be a meeting that made the generals of the three armed forces a little nervous, because the entire battlefield, the German army blossomed on all sides, and the situation in front of them was very good.

First of all, the one who is currently proud is Marshal Raeder, who is talking and laughing in front of the Führer. His navy was tossing and turning in the Atlantic, playing with the British navy.

If the fleet succeeded in returning to the port of Brest, then the German navy's strangulation of the British would have been almost certain.

promised the Führer and promised that the air force could defeat the British Goering, and because of this, his expression was so decadent.

Secondly, the German army was preparing for an operation across the Suez Canal, an operation that had already been approved and named the Führer himself the Plan of the Grand Crusade.

The plan included how Rommel's forces would penetrate the Middle East, how to occupy Jordan and other regions, how to completely close the Mediterranean, and how to attack Saudi Arabia and other regions in the south.

In preparation for this huge invasion plan, the Wehrmacht's logistics department was working at full speed to prepare Rommel with the necessary supplies for the offensive.

This includes everyday items, as well as valuable ammunition. Although the transportation distance has become longer, the types of transportation have become less, and in general, the logistical pressure is decreasing.

Rommel was backed by the affluent parts of Egypt, with repairs built by the British and fresh water from the Nile. This relieved more than half of the logistical pressure and made Rommel's offensive possible.

"My Führer, the plans for the Great Crusade are too large, the army is attacking Greece, and in this case, the logistical pressure is too heavy to prepare for an offensive on the Middle East side." Brauchitsch opened his mouth depressedly and said to Li Le, who was listening to Raeder's explanation of the naval combat route.

Li Le withdrew his gaze from Raeder's side and looked at Brauchitsch. Yuan Xiansheng, who had a faint smile on his face, said slowly: "Could it be that in the Balkans, our offensive is not going well? ”

How could it not go well? The British army was retreating in an organized and planned way at this time, and the remaining Greek soldiers were simply vulnerable.

Everywhere the German troops went, including the pro-German Yugoslavia, most areas were greeted by the road, and there was little resistance at all.

In fact, in the very first years, anti-German partisans were not rampant in the Balkans. It was only because of Germany's harsh racism and brutal and domineering rule that the Balkans eventually turned into a quagmire of war.

Another reason is that the Balkans also have a history of racist wars...... The so-called slap does not make a sound, it is talking about the Balkan problem.

"The offensive in the Balkans, Marshal Liszt was very methodical. In fact, our attack went well, but we just consumed some ammunition and fuel. Brauchitsch spoke of the Balkans, and the expression on his face was much happier.

The speed of the offensive of his troops in the Balkans, so to speak, created a new miracle. The Germans advanced 200 kilometers in three days, which was countless times faster than the Italian army's attack on the spot.

The newly formed mechanized infantry units, when attacking with grenadiers and tank units, showed unprecedented rapid movement capabilities.

According to Marshal Liszt's own evaluation, "their speed and combat effectiveness are impeccable, as long as they can endure the consumption of gasoline, the more such troops, the better!" ”

Of course, even 70 years later, it is impossible for the army units of the world's leading powers to be fully mechanized in a state of mobilization. Liszt's idea is still a bit too wishful thinking.

Of course, Brauchitsch will not be entangled in military operations in the Balkans, in fact, after defeating France, which is known as the number one land power, the German army already considers itself the best in the world.

Under the influence of this sentiment, the attack on the Balkans was nothing more than a small operation, and no one would have thought that the Balkans would be a difficult bone to gnaw.

What Brauchitsch was not sure of was Rommel's lone army, thousands of miles away. Compared with Liszt, who has a large rear in Romania, the Middle East strategy is the existence that makes people feel uneasy.

"My Führer! In fact, the main problem we have to face is the Afrika Korps from Rommel, not Liszt's 12th Army. Brauchitsch looked at the Führer and spoke.

Li Le nodded, he also knew that the recent attack of the army and navy on all fronts had touched the fragile nerves of conservatives.

These believe that the Führer's High Command has been a little too aggressive lately, and that attacks from all sides have caused the dispersion of forces.

The Army deliberately postponed the operation across the Suez Canal, in order to avoid irritating the Soviet authorities, who were already slightly agitated.

They feared that the Führer's actions of attacking from all sides and causing trouble everywhere would eventually force the Soviet Union to attack Germany and trigger a war on the Eastern Front.

Avoiding war on the Eastern Front is what these conservatives want, so they are willing to do something to avoid such a situation.

"As for the plan of the Great Crusade, the Army's opinion is still very strong...... You are so not optimistic, our army's combat operations in the Middle East? Li Le looked at Brauchitsch and asked.

"There is a lack of troops, and even if our troops can launch an offensive, they cannot guarantee that they will be able to control the occupied areas." Brauchitsch said worriedly.

In fact, most people on the side of the army, including Brauchitsch, did not doubt that Rommel's troops could break through the Suez Canal defense.

Brauchitsch and others were convinced that the Afrika Korps would win a dazzling victory in the early stages of the Grand Crusade.

This conclusion is also an important reason why the Army has not taken practical actions to stop Rommel from withholding Afrika Korps supplies.

Of course, there was another reason, because Brauchitsch had lost too badly in his last bet with the Führer, and he still did not dare to continue to disobey the Führer's orders.

The army questioned that Rommel's troops, with less than 200,000 troops, could not control such a huge territory as the Middle East and North Africa.

After all, this place is too big, not too deep, just looking at the control points, it has stretched for thousands of kilometers, from Tripoli, all the way to Port Said, and then into the Middle East, it is a bit nonsense.

Not to mention the troublesome incident of the British or the Americans behind them landing in Africa and other regions, let's just say that maintaining local law and order is enough for the 200,000 African Korps.

As everyone knows, in relatively calm North Africa, limited to the two colonies of Libya and Egypt, law and order can still be guaranteed.

But if it is in the chaotic Middle East, this matter becomes a fatal problem - the Middle East has not been controlled since ancient times, and now the Germans have killed it, can it stand?

Once the German army drove out the British and the Free French forces there, the remaining natives became a source of trouble.

When the time comes, he will be in a mess, too far away from the mainland and unable to reinforce in time, but will become a piece of chicken ribs, dragging down the rest of the empire.

In order to prevent this from happening, the German Army is expected to send an additional 300,000 standing troops.

This plan to increase the standing army has been discussed, including the top echelons of the army and the head of state, and the conclusion is that it will not work at all!

Sustaining 200,000 men fighting in North Africa and the Middle East was already the limit for Germany and Italy. Even without the threat of the British navy, Germany would not have been able to transport more troops to the Middle East and waste resources.

You must know that Rommel's 200,000 troops have used 12,000 trucks of different models from Italy, France, Germany, and Britain to barely maintain their operation.

If this were to double the number of troops, it would be tantamount to more than 10,000 vehicles, and Brauchitsch would rather not be the commander-in-chief of the army than provide so many transports to one army.

"It is not difficult to defeat the British forces, but then we will be overwhelmed by the chaos of the local area, and we will lose a lot of troops every day." Brauchitsch finally summed it up and said it to Li Le.

Of course, Li Le knows better than Brauchitsch about the chaotic state of affairs in the Middle East, including the wars since World War II.

He even knew a bearded brother named Saddam, who was as famous as his mustachioed brother. And both of them were also sold by the Americans, and in the end they both handed over their lives.

And he, a time-traveler from the twenty-first century, certainly has his own plans. After all, it was his intention to reach into the Middle East now and pull out the oil fields of the British in Iraq and Iran.

The Führer didn't speak, but looked at Brauchitsch, and the group of bigwigs in the conference room also looked at the Führer curiously, waiting for what the Führer was going to say later.

After a period of silence, I heard Li Le say with a smile: "Who said that I am going to occupy the Middle East?" ”