The alliance is built on the basis of common interests, but this does not mean that in all aspects, all member countries within the alliance have the same vital interests, especially on small issues, it is normal for countries to have contradictions, and it is not normal if there are no contradictions. There are many contradictions between the United States, Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and Spain, and similarly, there are also many contradictions between the three countries of Tang, Germany, and Poland.

When Tan Renhao got Germany's strategic plan from Gan Yongxing, he also knew how serious the contradictions and differences between Tang and Germany were at this time.

While the Tang Empire was alone fighting against the strong pressure of the American army in the Pacific, Germany was also shouldering the pressure on the European battlefield alone. In terms of status, Germany and the Tang Empire were an equal alliance, unlike the Tang Empire and the Persian Empire, which were alliances based on the relationship between the upper and lower levels. It is precisely in this way that the differences between the Tang Empire and Germany will be the most serious.

The greatest analysis of Germany and the Tang Empire was on the continental battlefield. The term "continental battlefield" has two meanings. In a narrow sense, it refers to the northwest battlefield of the Tang Empire, that is, the battlefield between the Tang Empire and the Russian Empire.

In a broad sense, it refers to all the battlefields on the entire Eurasian continent, including the German-Russian battlefield, as well as the Western European battlefield. And this is the continental battlefield in the broad sense of the word, and Germany's attitude has always wavered in terms of whether to deal with Russia first, or Britain and France first, to be precise, under the influence of the Tang Empire.

Before the Tang Empire launched a large-scale ground offensive against Russia, Germany's main aim was to win on the Western European theater. Twenty-three years ago, two-thirds of Germany's forces were used in the theater of Western Europe, with Britain and France in the Low Countries (Netherlands). Belgium, Luxembourg) fought over and over again, with the Derby on the Southwest Rhine to the Eden Forest on the front. Both sides have invested huge forces, as if they were in the last big war. Until 23 years. The German armored corps participated in the war on a large scale and gained the initiative on the battlefield, and even forced France to surrender at one point. But it was at this time that Russia entered the war, and the tide of the war took a 180-degree turn. Germany quickly fell from being the active attacking side to being the passive one being beaten. In just four months, the German eastern line of defense had retreated hundreds of kilometers, almost under the city of Berlin, and the Russian armored forces had made the Germans suffer enough. It was also at this time that the Tang Empire strengthened its investment in the northwest battlefield, and the continental war broke out in full force.

The actions of the Tang Imperial Army in the northwest theater played an extremely crucial role, although for the first year or so, the Tang Imperial Army did nothing, allowing the Russian tank forces to advance boldly towards Berlin. But by 24, the Tang Imperial Army launched a full-scale offensive.

When the tanks of the Tang Empire broke through the defense line of the Russian army, Russia had to think about the safety of its own back. And it was also at this time that the warring countries on the mainland battlefield were dominated by armored troops. Land warfare has fully entered the era of armored warfare, and tanks have become the dominant force on land.

After the Tehran Conference, the Don Empire, the Persian Empire. Germany has set a common goal, which is to take out Russia as quickly as possible and deal with the enemy caught between the three countries. This purpose was quite clear, and at that time Russia was the only country at war with the Donbod Troika, the common enemy of the three. However, among the enemies identified by each of the three countries, Russia is not at the top of the list.

After the defeat of Japan, the first enemy identified by the Tang Empire was the United States. Especially after the United States entered the war in 24 years, the Tang Empire put its main forces into the Pacific theater, focusing on fighting with the United States for islands in the Pacific, and successively launched the Mariana Islands Campaign, the Wake Island Campaign, the Marshall Islands Campaign, the Gilbert Islands Campaign, the Lae City Campaign, the Solomon Islands Campaign and other large-scale battles, which completely changed the situation in the Pacific Ocean, and advanced the front to the middle of the Pacific Ocean and gained the initiative on the battlefield. In the eyes of the Tang Empire, Russia can only be regarded as the No. 2 enemy, even if the Tang Empire's investment in the army continues to grow, this does not mean that the Tang Empire will regard Russia as the number one enemy.

Germany's number one enemy was France and England, not Russia. Geographically speaking, Germany was more valuable in defeating France than in defeating Russia. The defeat of France would force Spain and Italy out of the war, and further west would be Britain in the middle of the war. When the time comes, Germany can concentrate all its forces on moving eastward and fighting Russia without fear of danger to its west. Therefore, in terms of strategic ordering, Germany first had to ensure that France was defeated, stabilize the situation in Western Europe, and then attack Russia in an all-out way when Britain and the United States could not land on the European continent. Therefore, Russia is also only the second enemy of Germany.

On the side of the Persian Empire, the North African theater and the Eastern Mediterranean theater were more important than the Caucasus theater. Because of geographical constraints and the subsequent rapid advance of the Tang Empire's army on the front, Russia was actually powerless to threaten the Persian Empire. And in the Eastern Mediterranean, the combined fleet of the four countries posed a great threat to the navy of the Persian Empire. On the North African battlefield, the Italian-Spanish coalition forces posed no small threat to the Suez Canal. As a result, the Persian Empire preferred to invest heavily in the North African theater, hold the Suez Canal, and seize sea supremacy in the Mediterranean. From this point of view, the Persian Empire was also reluctant to devote too many troops to the Russian side.

Obviously, all three countries see Russia as a secondary adversary. But the problem is that Russia is sandwiched between the three countries and is an adversary that has to be resolved. After the Tehran meeting, although the three countries had reached an agreement, there were many problems in terms of implementation. In fact, the big question is who bears more responsibility and obligations, and who bears more losses and casualties.

Both Germany and the Persian Empire believe that the Tang Empire should bear most of the burden of the war against Russia, after all, the Tang Empire's army is the most powerful, and there is no heavy burden in other directions, while the German and Persian Empire's land forces have a heavy burden on other battlefields, so if the Tang Empire does not carry this burden, who will bear it?

The Tang Empire did not shirk this responsibility and obligation, and the Tang Empire's army did bear the main burden on the battlefield against Russia. By the beginning of 25. The Tang Imperial Army faced at least seventy percent of the Russian army, and of all the ground forces used to attack Russia, the Tang Imperial Army accounted for sixty percent. But the problem is. At the same time, the Tang Empire had to undertake the battles in the Pacific Theater, which was the largest. One of the most difficult battlefields, even with the national strength of the Tang Empire, it is difficult to fight a decisive battle with the enemy in two directions at the same time. At this time, the Tang Empire also sent troops to North Africa and sent an expeditionary force to Germany. At the same time, so many heavy burdens fell on the Tang Empire, and it is clear that the Tang Empire also had good reasons for Germany and the Persian Empire to perform better in the war against Russia.

This is where the two sides are entangled and tear each other off. At that time, the Tang Empire hoped that Germany could invest at least 250 divisions in the eastern battlefield, and the Persian Empire would provide 150 divisions, but in fact, by the beginning of the 25th, Germany had invested less than 150 divisions on the Eastern Front, and the Persian Empire had invested less than 120 divisions on the battlefield against Russia, which was far lower than the hope of the Tang Empire. Synchronism. The Tang Empire invested 350 divisions on the battlefield against Russia, which was more than 50% of the total size of the Tang Empire's army at that time.

Actually, at the beginning of 25. The German Army has a total of 550 divisions, of which 400 are front-line combat units, which means that Germany has 250 divisions. This is the little calculation of the Germans themselves. According to the German plan, when the Tang Empire contained Russia, they would concentrate all their efforts on defeating France, and prepare to invest 250 divisions in the Western European battlefield to attack France from three fronts at the same time. But in this way, the German army will definitely do nothing on the Eastern Front.

It can be said that Germany and the Tang Empire have their own small calculations, and the final result is that the operation against Russia, which was originally planned to be completed in the summer of 25, was still more than 500 kilometers away from Moscow in April, and the German army was still more than 800 kilometers away from Moscow, and the main attacking forces on both sides suffered heavy casualties, and it was difficult to continue to advance before the autumn, so the operation was delayed to the beginning of 26. If during this period Germany and the Tang Empire were still unable to continue to expand their investment in the battlefield against Russia, I am afraid that at the beginning of the 26th century, Russia would still continue to fight. At that time, the Tang Empire's combat operation to land in Australia will still be far away, and Germany will have a slim chance of defeating France.

The different purposes eventually led to problems in the strategic arrangement of the two main powers, the Tang Empire and Germany, which were almost fighting on their own, and did not form a powerful joint force at all.

This is also the crux of the matter, and if the war against Russia drags on, it will be equally unfavorable for both sides. For the Tang Empire, if it could mobilize some troops to occupy the Australian mainland, then the process of the Pacific War would be much faster. As far as Germany is concerned, if it had been able to transfer troops from the Eastern Front to the Western Front, I am afraid that France would have been defeated long ago.

Both sides have recognized this problem, and the outcome of their own battles is a fiasco for both sides, and now they can no longer withstand the toss and attrition. Especially after the signs of the United States sending troops to the European continent, the Germans first felt the pressure, and the Tang Empire also felt the pressure, because the Tang Empire could not allow Germany to be defeated. As a result, the top leaders of the two sides first agreed that they must unify the strategic direction, and no matter who is more favorable to this direction, they must first unify the strategic direction, and then act quickly and decisively, so as to achieve the final victory.

Tan Renhao spent two and a half hours reading the strategic plan proposed by Germany, which was still mainly focused on attacking France. According to the German army's assumption, if they could defeat France before the American troops landed on the European theater, they could find a way to make peace with Spain and get Spain out of the war.

At that time, unless the United States launched a large-scale landing operation in western Europe, it would not be able to pose a threat to Germany. At that time, Germany only needs to maintain a mobile defensive force of 80 to 100 divisions on the Western Front, and then put all the other 300 divisions or more combat troops into the Eastern Front to work with the Tang Empire to solve Russia. Before that, the Tang Empire must strengthen its investment in the battlefield against Russia, so that the Russian army cannot threaten Germany. And the time that Germany proposed was a year, that is, to take out France by the middle of 26.

"Our plan is the same." Gan Yongxing obviously had little interest in the German plan, "first take out Russia, and then we can help Germany deal with France." And our time is 10 months, that is, to kill Russia by March 26, when Germany can gather at least 350 divisions on the Western Front, and we can send 50 to 100 divisions of expeditionary force to help Germany, of course, this is the plan of the army. And the plan of our Navy is that after the settlement of Russia, we will quickly strengthen the size of the South Atlantic Fleet and let the fleet go north. In addition, we will provide more powerful help to the Persian Empire in its quest for control of the Mediterranean and force Italy to surrender. ”

"This is not very attractive to Germany, and within 10 months, it will be enough for the United States to send hundreds of divisions to the European theater."

"The crux of the matter is here, the Germans will not believe us, but we also do not believe that Germany can defeat France within a year, and if the United States quickly enters the war in Europe, let alone a year, within two or three years, Germany may not be able to sweep the plains of Western Europe."

Tan Renhao nodded slightly, which was the focus of the disagreement between the two sides. Germany believed that it would not be possible to defeat Russia in 10 months, and the Don Empire also believed that Germany would not be able to defeat France in a year. Therefore, neither side will accept the strategic plan proposed by the other.

"We'll leave on the eighth." Gan Yongxing stood up, "You should study Germany's strategic plan first in the next few days. The talks were mainly between the army generals of the two sides, and we mainly discussed some naval cooperation with the Persian Empire. In addition, the German Navy will also send several generals over.

Of course, we need to understand the other side's strategic plan first, so that we know how to bargain with Germany. ”

"Will you mention some of the details?" Tan Renhao also stood up.

"Probably will, so you need to be more prepared. There are some materials in the reference room, you can hurry up and take a look. Gan Yongxing sent Tan Renhao to the door, "This time you are my deputy, and you are mainly responsible for some details, so there is nothing wrong with preparing more." ”

Tan Renhao nodded, this is not a simple task.