They arrived in Tehran in the morning, and in the afternoon, after the last group of participants arrived, the Persian emperor held a grand banquet for the dozens of generals. In order to take care of the Tang Empire and German generals, but also to reflect the traditional culture of the Persian Empire, the style of the banquet was a bit eccentric, with Tang-style sumptuous dishes, a Westernized relaxed atmosphere, and strong Persian dance performances.

"The Emperor of the Persian Empire also took a lot of painstaking work." In the case that Gan Yongxing was going to have a separate consultation with the German admirals, the person Tan Renhao could find at the banquet scene and was also the person he was most familiar with was Gu Xunlei. "But it's a bit of a nondescript."

"However, the drinks are the best, so don't be picky." Gu Xunlei also felt the same way, but he looked at the problem from a different angle, "In order to take care of us guests who came from afar, His Majesty the Emperor also specially invited more than a dozen chefs, you will be content." ”

Tan Renhao shook his head with a smile and walked towards the outer garden. "Do you think this negotiation will go well?"

"The big problems have been solved, but the small ones have increased. Do you think it will go well? Gu Xunlei also walked over, he didn't have any interest in those belly dancers, "Actually, there is nothing to worry about, our purpose is the same, and Germany is very grateful that we can make voluntary concessions, and even help them on the Eastern Front." The key question now is how many troops will need to be committed to defeating France in a year, whether German forces will be able to do so, and whether we will need to send more troops to the battlefields of Western Europe. And how many additional troops to send. ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly. "So, what did the Luftwaffe generals do?"

"Air Force?" Gu Xunlei glanced back, "It's not a cliché. With us for support. ”

"Support?" Tan Renhao was a little puzzled, as far as he knew. The Luftwaffe was actually strong enough. "Does this have anything to do with the battlefield on the Western Front?"

"There must be something to do with it, and it is directly related to the direction of the war situation in Western Europe." Gu Xunlei sat down on a wooden chair, "So far, the most important thing is not anyone's tank, there are more artillery." It's who controls the sky. At present, the Luftwaffe has two major tasks, one is the territorial air defense, and the other is the strategic bombing of Britain, France, and Russia. To put it bluntly, the Luftwaffe was running out of steam, and if we could not help the Luftwaffe quickly, Germany would not have been able to achieve a quick victory in the Western European theater, and there would be no possibility of defeat. ”

Tan Renhao also sat down, he didn't interject, in this regard, Gu Xunlei knew much more than him.

"The greatest threat to Germany is not the French and Russian armoured forces. Rather, it was the strategic bombers of Britain and the United States. Gu Xunlei took out a cigarette, "Although the U.S. military did not participate in the ground war in Western Europe, it was after it entered the war. The United States first provided Britain with a large number of strategic bombers, and then sent its own army aviation strategic bomber unit to Britain to participate in the war. According to the statistical report submitted by Germany, in the second half of last year, Germany's industrial output value fell by about 20 percent due to the strategic bombing of Britain and the United States. It will probably continue to decline this year. Now, several cities such as Cologne, Dresden, and Hamburg have been destroyed, and the strategic bombing area continues to expand, and Berlin has been bombed several times. ”

"Then the British and American bombers must have suffered quite heavy losses!" Tan Renhao opened his mouth at this time, and he still has a lot of experience in strategic bombing.

"It's a fact that the Luftwaffe hasn't been crushed, and now Germany's ability to produce fighter jets is not under us, and the oil of the Persian Empire is constantly being sent to Germany, as well as our aluminum, and the engines produced by our factories. Britain and the United States have already lost more than 3000 bombers over Germany. However, the problem is that mere passive defense cannot force Britain and the United States to end their strategic bombing of Germany, and no matter how many German fighters there are, it is impossible to intercept all the bombers. Gu Xunlei hesitated, "What's more serious is that since the beginning of this year, Britain and the United States have changed their bombing tactics, adopted the method of entering large aircraft groups, and used incendiary bombs on a large scale. New American fighter jets have appeared in the skies over Germany, and their range is huge enough to provide full escort for bomber groups. The situation is extremely unfavorable to Germany! ”

Tan Renhao was secretly surprised, the use of large aircraft groups, the large-scale use of incendiary bombs, and the deployment of fighter planes to escort the whole process were all tactics adopted by the Tang Empire's naval strategic strike force in the bombing of Japan, and they were summed up by Tan Renhao and Luo Yunchong from practice. Obviously, now the British and American aviation commanders have also summed up these tactics in actual combat, or directly learned these experiences from the Tang Empire's strategic bombing of Japan, and then used them on Germany.

"Ren Hao, you have commanded the strategic bombing of Japan, what do you think is the best means to counter the enemy's strategic bombing?"

Tan Renhao hesitated for a moment and said: "The best way to deal with the enemy's strategic bombing is to blow up the enemy's bombers on the ground, and use strategic bombing to bomb the strategy, so that the opponent's bombers cannot fly at all." ”

Gu Xunlei immediately laughed. "Looks like you can go to the Luftwaffe as a senior adviser, but well, you have to see if that big fat man is willing to accept you first."

"You're saying that the Luftwaffe is also ready to change course?"

"No, it's preparing, it's already changing course. I also heard from some generals of the Army Airlines. Gu Xunlei shrugged his shoulders, "As early as the year before last, we provided a batch of 'wolf doves' to the Luftwaffe, but at that time we also needed a large number of heavy bombers, and the war loss rate of bombing against Japan remained high, and the production of bombers did not keep up, so only a few dozen were provided for the Luftwaffe for pilot training." Last year, we supplied Germany with about 500 Wolf Doves, but as a result, the Luftwaffe did not use all of these bombers at all.

Do you know what the Luftwaffe was doing with these bombers? ”

"Do what?" Tan Renhao was a little surprised, he had not been very concerned about the situation on the battlefield in Europe.

"All were transferred to bomb London, and it was under the cover of no fighter planes. Outcome. In less than half a year, a third was lost, some of which were shot down, and some of which were damaged beyond repair after returning. ”

"London?" Tan Renhao frowned.

"British industry isn't entirely concentrated in London, is it?"

"That's right, Germany uses bombers for political missions. And not military missions, do you say they will succeed? ”

"You mean that Germany hoped to force Britain out of the war by bombing London?" At this time, Tan Renhao was even more surprised.

"What other reason is there to bomb London?" Gu Xunlei smiled and shook his head. "Even I, a person who doesn't know how to bomb, know that if 500 heavy bombers go to bomb industrial cities such as Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, etc., Britain's industrial base will suffer heavy losses, even if it will not be completely destroyed.

Completely dependent on the United States? This is certainly unrealistic, but the big fat man actually sent all the bombers to London, which has strong anti-aircraft firepower, to make sacrifices. You know, unless the German Army captured London, relying only on bombs. Not only will it not force Britain to surrender, but it will provoke the will of the British to resist, which is simply the most stupid decision. ”

"And what are the requirements of the Luftwaffe now?"

"More bombers. More fighters, more fuel, more ammunition. It is even hoped that we will be able to help build several production lines for incendiary bombs. ”

Tan Renhao hesitated for a moment, and then laughed. "So to speak. The Luftwaffe also figured it out, and they were ready for a large-scale strategic bombing of British industrial targets? ”

"The so-called suffer a loss, grow a wisdom. Several industrial cities in Germany have already been burned to the ground, can they not learn their lesson? Gu Xunlei also laughed, "I heard from the people in the army aviation, this time Germany asked us to provide at least 3,000 bombers and help them train 1 part of the pilots. More importantly, the Luftwaffe asked us to provide consultants who were proficient in strategic bombing sites. ”

"Looking for an army aviation dignitary?" Tan Renhao immediately laughed, "Old Gu, I'm not laughing at you, how many people can there be in the army that are proficient in strategic bombing?" If the Luftwaffe wants someone, I can introduce one.

In addition, now that the war against Japan has long ended, so many of our bombers have been idle, and the production capacity of Shenfei, Hafei and Nanfei has been raised, so it should not be a big problem to provide thousands of bombers. The main thing is that the training of pilots is very troublesome, but well, our strategic strike force has a lot of pilots, and they are all tested in actual combat, and their quality is far higher than that of the bomber pilots of the Luftwaffe. ”

"Well, I also brought it up, and the German side also knows that it was the Navy's strategic strike force that completed the bombing of Japan, so well, you should be prepared for a headache!"

Tan Renhao was taken aback and immediately laughed. "You sold me?"

"This is not a betrayal, after all, it was you who led the strategic bombing of Japan, and it was through bombing that you destroyed Japan. Britain, like Japan, is an island nation, so the Luftwaffe admires your bomber forces and wants to destroy Britain through bombing. Gu Xunlei also laughed, "These questions will be raised at the meeting, and the generals of the Luftwaffe will definitely find you trouble." ”

Tan Renhao sighed. "It's up to the chief of staff and the marshal to decide, after all, I'm just giving an opinion."

"There is no problem on the Prime Minister's side, do you think there is still a problem on Marshal Nie Renfeng's side?"

"You mean, the prime minister has already agreed?" Tan Renhao frowned, in his impression, Xue Xiyue was not so generous.

"I didn't say that." Gu Xunlei hesitated for a moment, "Let's put it this way, when the prime minister approached Marshal Yan Dingyu to discuss the situation in Europe, he had already mentioned that he wanted Germany to hold on at all costs, and to assist Germany to win the victory on the battlefield in Western Europe first, and it was best to restore Germany's strength, so that we could draw troops to clean up the American troops on the Australian continent." If Germany can be allowed to bear the main burden in the future war against Russia, then it is not a problem to provide Germany with heavy bombers and pilots, and even to deliver incendiary bombs to Germany, to help Germany establish a bomber production line and ammunition production line, and to train pilots for Germany. ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly. "In this case, this time we will definitely provide Germany with a strategic strike force."

"Nine times out of ten, otherwise Marshal Nie Renfeng arranged for you to do something?"

"So how to solve the problem of fighters?" If it can help Germany withstand the pressure from the west, it is not necessarily a bad thing to provide the remaining bombers of the Tang Empire to Germany. More importantly, the new bomber is about to be put into production, and the "Wolf Dove" can no longer meet the needs of the Pacific Theater in terms of performance, so it is a very cost-effective deal to use the surplus "Wolf Dove" to trade with Germany.

"This is shared by Army Airlines and Hainan Airlines. Don't you have a large number of retired fighters? In addition, our new fighter jets have already begun mass production, and the range is enough to provide full cover for strategic bombers taking off from the German mainland, so you don't need to worry about this. If there is no need, we will also provide Germany with enough pilots, and even assist Germany in setting up its own production line to help Germany improve their fighter jets. ”

"What did Germany get in exchange for these fighters and bombers?" Tan Renhao immediately thought of a "deal", the help of the Tang Empire could bring Germany back to life, but the question is, what can Germany come up with to trade?

"I don't know about this, but it should have been arranged by the Prime Minister himself. Actually, we don't need to worry, do you think the Prime Minister is the kind of person who will suffer? ”

Tan Renhao was stunned for a moment, and immediately laughed. "It seems that Germany really has to take some real money out this time, otherwise, it won't want to get so many fighters from the Prime Minister."

Gu Xunlei also laughed. "Maybe the Germans should feel the pain, what we give is only second-rate equipment that has been eliminated, or surplus materials, and what they can get their hands on, and can be favored by the Prime Minister, must be very valuable things."

At this time, two German generals came over, the one in front of him was short and serious. Tan Renhao and Gu Xunlei immediately stood up, and without Gu Xunlei's introduction, Tan Renhao recognized the person in front of them.