Chapter 1701: Go around in circles
To the east of Mexico, is the Gulf of Mexico, which is a calm and peaceful bay surrounded by the territory of the United States in the north, the Florida Peninsula that juts out in the east, and the peninsula of Mexico in the south.
And the sea passage in the middle is blocked by the islands of Cuba and the Bahamas, that is, there are islands all around!
Under these circumstances, it was quite difficult for a large number of German landing ships to successfully land in Mexico through the dense waters of this island.
From afar, it can be discovered, even if the Americans do not react at first, they will react immediately in the future, and the movement of the army will still take time, and the aviation will be fast, and it will be easy to block the route.
You must know that the conquest of the United States requires millions of troops, even in the early stage, at least more than 500,000 troops must be delivered, and the ammunition supply of these troops and so on, the consumption required is astronomical, so it is necessary for cargo ships to go back and forth and constantly transport.
Now, this route is easily blocked, which means that even if you can complete the landing early, you will face the risk of failure later due to poor supplies.
As the first general to follow Ciric, and as the father of Blitzkrieg, Guderian, who single-handedly led the reform of the army and created a new style of blitzkrieg, his worries were not unreasonable.
Now, Guderian voiced his fears.
Listening to the frequent nodding of the crowd, if you take the sea route and go to Mexico, it seems that there are these risks, some of them will not work, looking at the dense islands in that sea, many people are strange.
Impossible, such an obvious problem, how can Führer Ciric not see it?
Ciric nodded.
When Mexico was chosen as a springboard, I had already noticed this problem, landing on the east coast of Mexico, which was quite cumbersome and not conducive to concealment, but who stipulated that it was necessary to land from the east coast of Mexico?
Just turn your gaze and look at the west coast of Mexico, near the Pacific Ocean, where it is extremely empty and unobstructed!
Now, all of the people present are at the highest level of the empire, and they already know their next plan, and now that they know that Mexico has complied, the next one can be announced.
"We went through the South Atlantic, first massed in Argentina, and then, from Argentina, turned around and entered the Pacific Ocean, landing from the western part of Mexico." Ciric's words immediately made everyone present pause.
Landing from eastern Mexico was certainly unrealistic, and the follow-up supplies were cut off, and the troops that landed in advance were the turtles in the urn.
On the contrary, the line drawn up by Führer Shirek has a great deal of realism.
In the eyes of the Americans, Germany mainly intends to land from Canada, so attention will be paid to the North Atlantic, and Germany, a large number of landing ships, transport ships, have gone to the South Atlantic, so that the Americans do not know anything.
Don't look at the vastness of the fleet, if it is put in the ocean, it is a small dot, which cannot be detected at all, and it will be a problem in future generations, let alone now.
Argentina, Germany's closest partner in South America, has long made various commitments and waited for Germany's needs.
Argentina will become a temporary docking point for the fleet, a supply point, and even a variety of strategic supplies can be stored in Argentina in advance.
Even if the US intelligence system pays attention, it will not care, after all, if it is pushed from Argentina, South America will be able to fight for several months, and the United States will have plenty of time to react.
As a result, German troops appeared in Mexico.
Thinking of this, a smile also appeared on Guderian's face, in this way, the landing of his own side will be worry-free, the strength of the American navy, even the control of the Atlantic Ocean cannot be snatched, let alone a walk around South America.
The poor Americans spent a lot of money to build defense works along the Atlantic coast, which were ultimately in vain.
Führer Ciric was the wisest and planned everything.
"Do you have any comments on my plans?" Ciric asked.
This is a sincere inquiry, in the past, every plan made by Ciric has been proven to be absolutely correct, and before he knows it, Ciric has become a god-like existence.
That was before, and Ciric had known history to refer to, but now, there is nothing to draw on, and every step must be considered.
The others didn't speak, not even Schellner, and when Shirek's gaze fell on Reinhardt, Reinhardt added a few words.
"We should contact local merchants now, store a large amount of food and other materials, and ship them from Europe, it is not as convenient as buying them locally." Reinhardt said.
Argentina, with a large number of ethnic Germans, a considerable number of whom are businessmen, is too easy to contact them.
Ciric nodded.
"Also, in the south of Argentina, the Drake Passage, the natural environment is quite harsh, and we must be mentally prepared."
If you want to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, you can either take the Panama Canal, or you can only take this strait, and the passage indicated by Ciric is from here.
Located between the southernmost tip of South America and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, close to Chile and Argentina, Drake Passage is an important strait where the Atlantic and Pacific oceans communicate with each other in the south, and where South America and Antarctica are divided.
The strait is about 300 kilometers long from east to west and 970 kilometers wide from north to south. It is an important passage from all over the world to Antarctica. Due to the influence of polar cyclones, the strait often has strong winds and waves, sometimes up to 10-20 meters high. Icebergs that slide down from the Antarctic are also often floating in the strait, making navigation difficult.
It can be said that the conditions for navigation are harsh, if you wait until February, which is the summer of the southern hemisphere, there is still less ice floe, and now, those floating ice floes are a test for passing ships.
"Yes, we can't be too anxious about this matter, we must be completely prepared." "From now on, make a detailed plan! ”
If you want to start a national war, the plan was even started a few years ago, and now, Germany has been waiting for Mexico's response, and since Mexico has agreed, it will take Mexico as the core and plan in detail.
"Codename, Ice Flow." Ciric looked at the large-scale map of the world and said again.