Hersman knew that the Japanese had secretly amassed enough oil to start a war, so he would not have tried to break the embargo for the Japanese, which would have been delayed for a long time. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After the two sides reached a verbal understanding on the Dutch East Indies (Germany, Japan and the Netherlands will hold formal consultations on this issue later), the topic turned to Japanese-German military-technical cooperation.

"2,000 DB601E engines?" Hersman took over from Hiroshi Oshima a list of many things that the Japanese wanted. At the top of the list is the DB601E engine.

"It's a liquid-cooled engine, you wouldn't want to use it on a carrier-based aircraft, would you?" Hersman knew that the Japanese had a carrier-based aircraft equipped with liquid-cooled engines, the "Comet" carrier-based dive bomber, in World War II. This is a dive bomber that performs well on paper, but often crashes the deck during use, and the accuracy of bomb delivery is not very high.

This is not to say that the performance of the "Comet" carrier-based dive bomber is bad, but because this aircraft uses liquid-cooled engines with good aerodynamic performance, the landing speed and the speed of dive bomb delivery are relatively fast, so it is difficult to control.

This kind of aircraft can only be played by carrier-based pilots who have undergone strict training, and because Japan lacks resources, it is impossible to train tens of thousands of pilots before the war, and after the war of attrition in wartime, there will naturally not be enough old birds to fly the "comet."

"Your Excellency Marshal, it is indeed used on carrier-based aircraft, it is a carrier-based dive bomber called 'Comet'. This aircraft has excellent performance and will replace the Type 99 carrier-based dive bomber. ”

Kuroshima Kameto nodded and told Hersman the truth: "Admiral Yamamoto noticed that the performance of the Fokker 99 aircraft in the Mediterranean operation was not satisfactory, so he wanted to replace some of the carrier-based dive bombers with the 'Comet' type before the war. ”

"Alright then," Hersman thought for a moment, and then said, "but 2,000 DB601E engines are a bit much, and our production is limited, so let's give 1,000 first." In addition, you can ask Mercedes-Benz to help you produce this engine yourself. ”

The DB601E and DB601F are very advanced engines in the eyes of the Japanese, but they are almost phased out on the German side, and the more advanced DB605 has been finalized and will be ready for mass production by the end of the year. So now they can transfer the technology of the DB601 to their allies, not only the Japanese but also the Italians will get the technology of the DB601 in order to increase their own engine production level.

In addition, the Spanish-Swiss company in France is now preparing to resume production - and after the big picture in the Mediterranean has been laid, the pro-German forces in France are on the rise, although not yet to join the European Community and fight alongside Germany. But Petain's government had agreed to send more volunteers, and had agreed to have French aircraft and engine companies produce military products for Germany. Therefore, the Spanish-Swiss company that produces liquid-cooled engines also gets the relevant technology for the DB601, and after the German Mercedes-Benz company discontinues the production of the DB601, the Spanish-Swiss company will take over all the production tasks.

The DB601E engines that Hersmann agreed to supply to Japan were ultimately produced by the Spanish-Swiss company in France.

"10 superchargers, 10 jet combustion systems, 2 'Sea Beat' radars, 2 FW-190s, 2 JU88 bombers, 1,500 airborne radios, 2 No. 4 tanks, 1 U-boat ......"

Hersman whispered the contents of the list, the Japanese asked for a lot of things. Flying in the sky, swimming in the water, running on the ground, there are almost no things they don't want.

Of course, these good things are not given for free, but have to be paid for or exchanged for goods. Therefore, the Japanese do not demand a lot of everything, and most of them are purchased in small quantities and taken back for reverse engineering. Only the on-board radio and the DB601E engine have been purchased in large quantities, which are obviously urgent.

"FW-190 can't be given to you now," Hersman said with a smile after reading the list, "the rest is fine, you can give it." However, we also have a request, give us 2 'Comet' carrier-based dive bombers. ”

Like the Japanese Navy, the German naval aviation was worried about the lack of useful carrier-based dive bombers. Although Germany is ahead of Japan in the aviation industry, it is lagging behind in the design of carrier-based aircraft. After the introduction of the Zero carrier-based fighter and the Type 99 carrier-based dive bomber, the German Fokker company basically understood the technology of designing and producing carrier-based aircraft.

The design of German second-generation carrier-based fighters and carrier-based dive bombers is currently being intensified. Among them, the second-generation carrier-based fighter has already been determined to be improved with the FW-190. The second-generation carrier-based dive bomber, on the other hand, had to be built from scratch, so the progress was not ideal. If there are 2 Japanese Comets for reference, the progress should be greatly accelerated.

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"Comrade General Secretary, the three armies of the Transcaucasian Front and the Central Asian Front have already entered the offensive positions and are ready to advance into Iran and Afghanistan at any time. In addition, the Caspian flotilla of the Red Navy is also ready......"

Inside the Kremlin, Shaposhnikov, the General Chief of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, was reporting to Stalin on preparations for the liberation of Iran and Afghanistan. Faced with the imminent climax of the world revolution, Stalin, of course, was not going to do nothing, watching the opportunity pass by his hands.

However, Stalin was a very cautious man and did not take risks easily. Therefore, no matter how tempting the British and American envoys may have offered them, he would not have been deceived into attacking Germany, a socialist comrade and brother. Unless he sees that the United States goes first, and he is fighting with Germany to lose both, he will not hesitate to stab Germany in the back!

And now, the United States has not entered the war, Britain has been beaten half to death, and there are millions of German supermen armed with planes and tanks on the continent doing nothing. At this time, Stalin would not let his Red Army go to the muzzle of the superman's gun.

But Stalin still wanted to take advantage of the situation in the Middle East when Germany was disturbing it, and he could strike and get something. So after the naval battle in the Eastern Mediterranean, he gave instructions to the People's Commissariat of Defense and the General Staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army to prepare them for the liberation of the Iranian people and the Afghan people.

Yes, now only the people of Iran and Afghanistan need to be liberated, there is no suffering people of India. It's not that the paternal leader of GCISM doesn't care about the hundreds of millions of Indian Ahsan, but that the paternal leader still needs the British Empire, a democratic fighter against German tyranny.

In Stalin's view, the British Empire was a four-legged table, supported by the Royal Navy, Middle Eastern oil and the Suez Canal, South African gold, and India.

Now the Royal Navy table leg has been half discounted by Germany and Italy, and the Middle East oil and the Suez Canal will soon change hands, leaving only the South African gold and the Indian A3 table legs that look in good condition. If the Soviet Red Army had rushed into India from Afghanistan and liberated the more than 300 million suffering Indians, the broken table of the British Empire would have completely collapsed. It is quite possible that Britain will then sue for peace with Germany!

Both the Third International and the Military Intelligence Directorate of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army had recently reported information relating to the secret Anglo-German negotiations. It is said that the negotiations between the two sides were facilitated by the former king of the United Kingdom, the Duke of Windsor, in the hope of a dynastic marriage in exchange for a tolerant and dignified peace.

And once Britain and Germany achieve peace, then the United States will have no place to start if it wants to join the war. Can't millions of people swim across the Atlantic to fight the German Supermen, who outnumber them, right?

And once the United States withdraws from this world power race, it is very likely that Germany's powerful military power will turn to the Soviet Union......

So Stalin must be careful not to go to war with Germany or to bring down the broken table of the British Empire, but now he must be patient and slowly push forward the world revolution.

"How many Germans are in Tehran now?" Stalin asked about the entry of German troops into Iran.

"It is estimated at more than 10,000 people," Shaposhnikov replied. "They all belonged to a German airborne division. In addition, according to intelligence, at least 1 armored division and 2 motorized rifle divisions have arrived in Istanbul. After crossing the strait, they will continue to travel by train to Iran and Iraq. ”

1 Panzer Division, 2 Motorized Infantry Divisions and 1 Airborne Division, as well as 1 Fighter Group, 1 Bomber Group and 2 Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiments, were all the strength of the newly formed German Middle East Corps.

And the USSR had a huge strength of 15 divisions of 2 armies in two directions facing Iran, as well as a Caspian flotilla, and the Red Air Force also had more than 600 aircraft ready, so it can be said that it had an overwhelming superiority in forces!

"The Transcaucasian Front does not move," said Stalin, smoking his pipe, and mused, "the Central Asian Front can move and use an army group to protect the Turkmen people of Khorasan from the oppression of the Iranian reactionaries." ”

There are three provinces in the northeast of Iran named after Khorasan, close to Turkmenistan and Afghanistan in the Soviet Union, and they are not rich lands, let alone oil, and their value is not very large.

"At the same time, the Central Asian Front sent another army group into Afghanistan." Stalin took two puffs of his cigarette, "But they didn't go to overthrow Zahir. Shah king's, do not touch the feudal forces there, and strive for peace to enter the station. Our goal is not Afghanistan, but to open the way into India. (To be continued.) )