"Marshal of the Reich, what shall we do?"

After establishing that Japan had begun to seek a separate peace, Field Marshal Raeder asked Hersman with some annoyance. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"What can I do?" Hersman shrugged, "Pretend to be confused, and act as if nothing happened." ”

"Just as if nothing happened?" Raeder was stunned for a moment, "Imperial Marshal, shouldn't we stop Japan's actions?" ”

In fact, Germany is doing the same thing!

Hersman was noncommittal, saying only that "secret diplomatic negotiations always exist, and there is no need to take them to heart." All we have to think about now is how to use Japan to bleed the United States...... And also to spend as little Euromark as possible. ”

Germany is not the United States, and the current GDP of the United States is about 500 billion euros (according to the theoretical gold content, 1 dollar is relative to 2.5 marks), while the GDP of Germany (including the Republic of Monarchs) is only about 200 billion, almost 40% of the United States.

In this case, of course, Germany cannot be as generous as the United States, and must consider doing more with less. And there is one point that the United States cannot compare with Germany, that is, the sea of oil! Germany can't give Japan a drop of oil.

Therefore, when Hersmann formulated the German version of the Lend-Lease Act, he intended to control the use of mechanized equipment in Japan.

The Japanese should work harder and burn less oil! Only in this way can the war be sustained.

However, Japan does not seem to be aware of the problem of oil bottlenecks and still wants to expand the size of the army's mechanized troops.

"There is also news that I learned when I attended a meeting of the High Command in the morning," said Hersman, sighing softly, "and Japan has rejected the strings attached to the Lend-Lease Act." They don't want us to play chess, they want to make their own decisions. ”

This is to be expected, how can Japanese people be obedient if they don't suffer a little more? Therefore, none of the senior Wehrmacht officials present expressed surprise.

"But their diplomatic delegation did not leave," Hersman continued, "but made new demands on Minister Ribbentrop...... They wanted us to be able to provide the 18-cylinder engines of the BMW 801 series, the BMW 802 series and the Bristol Sagittarius series in the UK for their reference. If possible, they also want to send aero-engine experts to Europe, together with experts from BMW, Bristol, and Land-Rhône, to further improve the 18-cylinder Nakajima HA-45-44 engine (Yushi), which has a lot of problems, and if it is not solved as soon as possible, it will delay the mass production of the Ki84 fighter. ”

Japan's Ki84 fighter is of little use in Hersman's opinion, because the design indicators of this aircraft are not very advanced, not as good as the latest German model of the FW-190 series, nor as good as the latest British Tempest and Fury fighters, and even less than the "ultimate piston fighter" TA-152/TA-153 being developed by Focke-Wolf.

Moreover, the prototype of Japan's ki84 aircraft has just completed its test flight, and there are still a lot of problems with the engine - Hersman knows that it is all hard wounds, there is no high-temperature alloy (the formula and process are secret, and no one will hand it over), the heat dissipation design is not up to par (the German heat dissipation design can be copied, but the engine will definitely be overweight after copying, because the Japanese can't make such a good heat sink), and Japan's aviation gasoline is not good enough.

It is impossible to solve all these problems in a short period of time, and Germany can not provide much help - that is the core technology, who is willing to give it away? If Germany does not send the core technology at the bottom of the pressure box to Japan, and let the Japanese overcome the difficulties one by one, even if they get the drawings and samples of the German and British engines, there are no two or three years, and they will not even be able to make up the engines that can be used.

In Hersmann's view, instead of tossing around like this, it is better to hard-fit Japan's own Venus engine (large 14-cylinder) or the low-end products in the German BMW801 series on the Zero fighter, just like the historical Zero 64.

"And ......," Hersman said, with a blank face, "the Japanese have also made new demands on the basis of the 'Lend-Lease Supplies' that we are prepared to provide." They want to get the tanks of the Soviet T-34 and KV series that we captured to arm their armored forces, and they hope to get it as soon as possible. ”

"They want T-34 and KV series tanks?" Marshal Halder, the First Quartermaster General, suddenly rejoiced when he heard the news, "Do these Japanese know how difficult it is for Russian goods to serve?" ”

The T-34 and KV series tanks exchanged by the German army are mainly T-34/76, KV-1, and KV-2 tanks, and the number is very small. However, the Wehrmacht, which was well mechanized, did not issue these tanks to its own troops, but sent the parts in poor condition back to the furnace, and the better ones to be mothballed in case of emergency.

But to be honest, the Wehrmacht did not like these Soviet tanks because of their poor reliability and high fuel consumption.

"I don't think they know," Hirschman shook his head, "but these T-34s and KV tanks can at least be buried on the beachhead as a fixed firing point, so I'm going to give them 1,000 of them." ”

"I have no opinion," Harder replied. "So do you give engine samples and drawings?"

"We can't give the most advanced," Mr. Hersman said, "because they're making peace with the U.S. right now, and we have to be on guard." ”

"And what about the Lend-Lease Act?" Raeder asked, "Do we want to support it?" ”

"Yes!" Hersman thought for a moment and said, "Japan is an ally anyway, and we must give spiritual encouragement." ”

Whether the Lend-Lease Act can be passed or not, Hersmann said that it is under the jurisdiction of the German Reichstag. But whether the supplies can be distributed to the Japanese, and what can be given to the Japanese, that is a sentence from Hersman.

"And what about the Far Eastern Fleet?" Raeder asked, "Let them go to Pearl Harbor or ......?"

"Return to the Indian Ocean," Hersman said, "and the Japanese will not allow them to destroy the Soviet Union's lifeline in the North Pacific." And...... Our next step is to make a move in India to increase our maritime presence there to guard against U.S. submarines and sabotage ships. ”

"The Soviets are about to invade India?" Marshal Halder frowned slightly, "I heard that Mountbatten say that India is very chaotic now. ”

Mountbatten, who had just been appointed British Viceroy of India, had just taken up his post in India a few weeks ago and had spoken with Field Marshal Halder about India through Berlin. At the same time, during Hitler's visit to Britain, the British Provisional Government formally requested that Germany intervene in the Indian question.

"It was because of the chaos in India that Stalin invaded." Hersman smiled and said, "The Soviets spent more than a year building roads in Afghanistan, and I heard that tens of thousands of Afghans were killed. Now he's looking for an opportunity to cause us trouble. ”

The German intelligence services had long sent "British military advisers" to Afghanistan, and although they were not able to help the Saints defeat the Soviet invading army in the end, they still established an intelligence network in Afghanistan -- although the Afghan revolution was successful with the help of the Soviet Union, all kinds of feudal remnants were still active, and there were still many tribes who did not obey the Kabul people's power in the mountainous and vast remote areas of Afghanistan.

Therefore, it is very easy for "British agents" to gather intelligence in Afghanistan.

"Since the beginning of this year, when the Afghan Railway was opened, the Soviet Red Army has been coming in a steady stream." "The total number of troops is now over 300,000, and it is said that an Indian Front has been formed."

In addition, the headquarters of the Bolshevik Party in India has recently moved to Kabul. There is also information that the Indian Bolshevik Party is still contacting Gandhi and is preparing to promote Gandhi as president of India after independence. ”

"And what did Gandhi say?" Hersman asked lightly.

"Gandhi doesn't seem to have managed the Bolshevik Party of India, and he still leads nonviolent non-cooperation in prison."

"Is there a way to get him to cooperate?" Hersman asked.

"It's hard." Galen shook his head, "His status in the hearts of Indians is too high. ”

Hersman turned his head to look at Halder, the commander-in-chief of the newly opened Indian Front, who had waited for Guderian to take over the baton of the First Quartermaster General and go to India to get a deal with a bunch of bad-brained Assan.

What a headache!

"Can't move Gandhi?" Halder asked, frowning.

"No," Hesman replied, "at least we can't touch him...... There is also a Nehru who is also confused, but also has a very high WeChat. The other is Bowes, who is also a fool. ”

"And what about the side of the Soviets?" Halder asked, "Are the Bolsheviks in India smarter?" ”

"Clever?" Hersman smiled bitterly, "The slaves mainly lead the slaves to engage in GCISM together, which is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard in my life." ”

Hersman already knew something about the Bolshevik Party in India, whose main leaders and even members were mostly noble Brahmins or Kshatriyas. And most of them were very rich, and they didn't know what medicine they were taking wrong, but they believed in the Bolsheviks.

"People on both sides are equally confused?" Halder smiled, "That's good news." ”

"There are also those who are not confused." "The people in the MSL coalition are not confused, they know what's going on in Afghanistan," Hersman said. The Sikhs are not confused, they have always been followers of the Anglo-Indian government. So when you get to India, you first have to arm the British to raise an MSL army and a Sikh army. (To be continued.) )