Cape Town, South Africa. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The downtown Cape Town area is located at the northern tip of the Cape Peninsula. Table Mountain's topography forms a bowl-shaped area surrounded by near-right-angled cliffs flanked by Devil's Peak and Lion's Head Peak. The western suburbs are bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean in the south, where the two oceans meet.

Near the square in the center of the city, there are many old buildings. Built in 1666, Cape Town Castle is the oldest building in the city and is now home to the German Afrika Korps General Headquarters.

Cape Town is the first city established by white Europeans in South Africa, the mother city in the hearts of white South Africans has changed hands several times over the past 300 years, and has been ruled and colonized by European countries such as the Netherlands, Britain, Germany, and France.

The Tebul Mountain in the west of the city, also known as Table Mountain, is 1082 meters above sea level, and is named because the top of the mountain is flat like a table, and the mountain peaks stretch and stretch flat, and the weather is majestic.

Standing next to the parapet of the summit platform, looking out at the beautiful botanical garden on the slopes of Table Mountain, Canaris felt a sense of relief.

Although he was now a noble baron of the Donghua Empire, Canaris was pleased that Rommel's German Afrika Korps could once again turn Cape Town into a German colony.

"Erwin, do you think Germany can hold this beautiful city?" Canaris turned to Marshal Rommel, who was standing beside him, and asked slowly with a smile on his face.

"You mean that the Donghua Empire has planned to send the African People's Liberation Army south to attack South Africa?" Rommel asked with a thoughtful frown.

"The unification of the African Union with the whole of Africa is the trend of the times." Canaris nodded and said, "South Africa is too far away from the German mainland, you can hold on to South Africa for a while, but not for three years." Logistics is your biggest flaw at the moment. ”

"The Royal Navy of Donghua is indeed too strong." Rommel smiled bitterly and sighed and said: "South Africa's industrial base is not able to support the huge war consumption. William, I really envy your decision to immigrate in the first place. ”

"Erwin, there is an old saying in Huaxia that says it very well." Canaris said leisurely: "Instead of envying the fish in the abyss, it is better to retreat and close the net." There is also a saying in Huaxia that the general is outside, and the king's order is not granted. With your ability, it should be more than enough to control a country independently. ”

"Take control of a country independently?" Rommel pondered the inner meaning of Canaris's words, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he asked solemnly: "You mean that the emperor of your country can support me in controlling South Africa?" ”

"Before coming to Cape Town, the Emperor told me that the political atmosphere in Berlin smelled of white terror." "It's unfair that the German High Command will let you carry the black cauldron of the defeat in the North African battlefield alone.

Erwin, you can imagine that if the Ninth Fleet of our Navy cooperates with the Atlantic Fleet of the United States Navy to block the shipping lanes from the Gulf of Guinea to the Caribbean Sea, you and your Afrika Korps will inevitably become a kind of lonely army hanging overseas. The Command Department has assigned you to the army! ”

Rommel looked at Canaris silently, and after a long time, Fang asked slowly: "William, is it possible for me to understand that when the time comes, your Donghua Empire will declare war on Germany?" ”

"Our emperor once had a lesson with the generals of our Donghua Empire."

Canaris replied to the question and said very calmly: "Modern warfare is fought against a country's industrial resources and national economy, and it is fought against a country's overall war potential. Germany's population base and mineral resources, or rather, the population base and industrial resources possessed by the Axis camp, were much different from those of the Allies.

If Germany and Japan had defeated Britain and the United States within two years and forced Britain and the United States to sign the surrender agreement, the Axis camp might have won the war. However, if Britain and the United States refuse to surrender and insist on carrying this war to the end, the war potential of Germany and Japan will become smaller and smaller as Germany and Japan consume more and more war resources.

Churchill, Hoover, and Stalin were all extremely strong national leaders. With their character, they would never have allowed the regime they led to sign a defeated surrender agreement during their rule.

Thus, from a strategic point of view, from the moment the Axis camp started World War II, it was doomed that Germany could win many battles in the early and middle stages of the war, but could not win the entire war! ”

"This is the real reason why your Donghua Empire has been reluctant to join the Axis powers?" Rommel asked in a muttered voice.

"Yes! Erwin. ”

Canaris nodded solemnly and replied: "Our Majesty Emperor Jincheng of the Great Donghua Empire is the best politician, military fact, economist and scientist who has a unique strategic vision of the current international situation and international politics! The rise of the Great Donghua Empire is not accidental, but inevitable! ”

Rommel could not even imagine what would await Germany if Germany were to be defeated again in World War II.

Listening to Canaris, even if the Donghua Empire did not join the Allied camp to participate in the war, it seemed that Germany would not be able to win the war.

As a German field marshal, Rommel was of course aware of the serious problems faced by the country's reserve recruitment.

The war with the Soviets caused Germany to lose a large number of soldiers on the front lines every day. This kind of meat grinder-like war of attrition, if fought for a long time, is simply not something that Germany can afford.

If Germany does not want to face the final defeat, the best way is to take advantage of the current war situation and negotiate an armistice with the Soviet Union first. Then the German troops in the Soviet-German theater were transferred back to the Western Front, forcing the British to negotiate an armistice.

Only in this way will it be possible for Germany to secure the existing dividends of the war without ending up in defeat by continuing the war.

Thinking of this, Rommel looked at Canaris very seriously and said solemnly: "William, if I can convince the high command, can I ask you to help contact the Soviets and negotiate a Soviet-German armistice?" ”

"Unless you can kill Adolf Hitler!" Canaris said with the same solemn expression: "Otherwise, you will not be able to convince the high command!" Because in Hitler's mind, his hatred of Communism even exceeded his hatred of the Jews! ”

Rommel muttered to himself in distraction, "Can we only watch that man lead Germany to hell?" ”

Seeing Rommel's demeanor, Canaris couldn't help but secretly admire the emperor's unique vision of seeing people and people!

Of course, Canaris could not have known that Cheng Gong had already foreseen the tragic fate of Rommel being implicated in Hitler's assassination in 1944 and then being forced by Hitler to commit suicide by poisoning.

Cheng Gong felt that since he had changed the fate of Canaris, why not save Rommel?!

(To be continued.) )