Unexpected victories and unbearable feats may be the source of man's madness. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 On the night of June 24, Hitler rubbed his hands together in the presence of Keitel, Jodel, Baumann, Hewell, and his lieutenants, and said: "The problem of Western Europe is now solved, and we only need to deal with the Russians." ”

Hitler's words would be the top secret of the Third Reich, but Lin Jun in Moscow was also discussing Hitler's views at the Central ****** meeting - what would Hitler's next move be?

"Greece and Yugoslavia would be the next targets for the Germans, and for Britain, Hitler would probably be overly optimistic."

Lin Jun's words indirectly reflect why Hitler said that "the Western European question has been solved" -- he was too optimistic about the British situation.

Hitler had already assumed with certainty that Britain would be in a hurry to sue for peace because of the submission of France. He believed that the British Empire had the necessity of its existence, and only hoped that London would give him freedom of movement on the continent and recognize German domination on the continent.

Hitler was so sure that Britain would agree to this, and even after the defeat of France, he did not immediately make a plan to continue the war against Britain. The General Staff Headquarters, which had always been regarded as having the meticulous style of the Prussians, had carefully planned all possible situations in advance, but this time it did not provide him with any plan. And Chief of Staff Halder simply believed that he was more disturbed by the Russian threat in the Balkans and the Baltic than by the British threat.

The Americans stood by and watched, Germany had already occupied most of Europe, so why should Britain fight alone in this hopeless disadvantage? Especially when it saw that it was in a different position from France, Poland and all the other defeated countries, and that it could find peace and freedom from the scourge of war unharmed, intact and free?

Such questions are raised everywhere except Downing Street, but Downing Street has never discussed this issue, because the answer is conceivable, but the German dictator does not understand this!

Hitler made a mistake of consciousness, misestimating Churchill's stubbornness and underestimating John Bull's stubbornness.

On 28 June, Hitler received a secret telegram from the Pope – Mussolini and Churchill received similar telegrams. The telegram said the pope was willing to mediate for a "fair and dignified peace" and announced that he would like to know privately how the proposal would be treated before proceeding with such a step. And not only the Vatican, but also the Swedish king actively proposed peace talks to both London and Berlin.

In the United States, the German Embassy, under the leadership of Chargé d'Affaires Hans Tomsen, was spending every dollar they received in support of the isolationists, so that the United States could continue not to participate in the war, thus dissewing Britain from the confidence to continue fighting.

Half the world is "persuading Germany and Great Britain" in the hope of peace in Europe. No one wants Germany to point the finger at Britain, why is that? Everyone understood that Hitler's expansionist ambitions would not end there, and that if the British question was resolved peacefully, the spearhead of the Third Reich would undeniably be directed at their common enemy, Soviet Russia.

On 23 June, Hitler visited Paris, and two days later revisited the same place where he had fought in World War I, all of which made the world known as quickly as possible that Germany was a complete victor.

In Moscow, Lin Jun no longer had time to pay attention to the "peace game" between Germany and the Western world, which was destined to be just empty talk, and after a while, either the German army attacked the British mainland, or the Luftwaffe bombed the British Isles.

Now the Soviets have a lot to do, conscription is proceeding in order, and countless lads are leaving their hometowns for the barracks. In the Urals, the expansion of production at military factories is in full swing.

The entire Soviet Union was busy, preparing for a war that would one day come.

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For the second half of June, Hitler waited for news from London that the British government had conceded defeat and was ready to sign a peace treaty. In the end, however, what he waited for was Churchill's answer to "Britain's unshakable determination to continue fighting."

On 2 July, the High Command finally issued the first directive to continue the war against the British:

A landing on Britain is possible if air superiority can be achieved and other necessary conditions are met. The date for the commencement of the landing has not yet been decided, and all preparations must begin immediately.

Hitler was inclined to continue the war, striking Britain with a storm of anger and steel, but the final decision was not yet made.

On 11 July, Hitler began to gather his military chiefs in Obersalzburg to hear their views on the question: in the event of an attack on Britain, the navy would be tasked with the task of crossing the sea by the invading forces.

Raeder was convinced that he could force Britain to sue for peace by using submarines, attacking convoys by air force, and bombing major British cities to cut off British imports.

Thus, the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Raeder, differed from the attitude in the Norwegian war, and he was not in favor of an invasion of Great Britain. The marshal gave a lengthy and detailed account of all the difficult circumstances concerning such an invasion, which greatly discouraged Hipler.

But Hitler finally made up his mind: the British had a special character, and it was not possible to reason with them: "I have made many proposals to Britain for consultation, and even cooperation, but I have been treated with embarrassment. Therefore, I am now convinced that any more rational appeal will be met with the same rejection. Because, it is not reason that rules that country now. ”

On 16 July, Hitler finally made the decision and issued "Directive No. 16 concerning the preparation of landing operations in Britain."

But everything is easier said than done. Neither Hitler nor the Supreme High Command, nor the Army, Navy, and Air Force's General Staff Headquarters, did they seriously consider how to fight a war with Great Britain or how to achieve victory.

Now, in the midsummer of 1940, the Third Reich was somewhat overwhelmed by its brilliant achievements; There was no plan, let alone how to properly exploit the unprecedented military victory of their militarized state, which was one of the greatest contradictions of the Third Reich.

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"Comrades, Hitler had reached the peak of his military power, and most of Europe was under his feet. His victorious army, which had stretched from the Pyrenees to the Arctic Circle and from the Atlantic Ocean to the east of the Vistula River, was now recuperating and preparing for its next move. But at this time, he did not know how to continue his actions, how to bring the war to a victorious end. His generals, even though 12 of them had been awarded the Field Marshal's Scepter, also did not know what to do next! ”

In the Kremlin conference room, Lin Jun talked eloquently, "There are deep-seated reasons for this situation, although the Germans have military genius, they lack eloquent strategic thinking. Their universe was confined to, and often so, to land wars on the European continent against their neighbors. The important military generals of the German army knew little about the sea. They have only land in their hearts, not the sea. Although the Germans could crush the weak British Army within a week if they could catch the British Army, they did not know how to cross the Channel. “

Here Vrosinov took over the topic of Lin Jun: "In the face of this dizzying victory, Hitler and his generals may become hesitant. Because they didn't plan the next action, they didn't think of the next step. Now that Britain is under siege, it is fighting alone, and according to the analysis of the situation, if the German army wants to attack the British Isles, then the German attack will not be launched this summer. If they miss this late summer, it will have to wait until early next summer. ”

This is determined by the weather in the strait.

"It is obviously unrealistic for Germany to attack Britain again in the early summer of next year, and Britain will be able to form an army of at least 40 divisions by then, which is by no means what Hitler wants."

"Hitler had already begun to make mistakes, and his generals probably thought that victory would be achieved simply by besieging Britain with air and navy, but I don't think Britain would give in so easily. There are always loopholes in the siege, and if the opponent's nest is not completely eradicated, there is a danger of turning the tables, but from the current point of view, Hitler, a gambler, does not understand this. ”

Lin Jun was not polite to Hitler at all: although he had the vision of a politician, he still looked like a short-sighted gambler in many places.

"If the Germans have not landed in England by the end of this summer, their target next summer will not be to the west, but to us, because we have everything that Germany wants."

Lin Jun once again expressed his opinion, and the people on the side did not need to ask him what would happen if the German army occupied LinkedIn: if so, the German army, which had no worries, would attack him with all his might.

Hitler had already begun to make mistakes, mistakes in his "short-sightedness" and victory beyond his means.

Tukhachevsky has already taken up his post in the newly established Baltic Military District, which, along with several other western military districts, will be at the forefront of the Soviets, and half of the 2 million new troops will be added to the western military districts after initial training. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )