Chapter 400: Traitor Italy (Part I)
"Honorable Führer, your idea is good, it's just that the accuracy of the V1 and V2 missiles is not enough! It is not realistic for a submarine to strike a moving ship hundreds of kilometers away. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Dönitz is a very strict person, even if the Führer Rommel takes money to help the Navy develop weapons and equipment, Dönitz will only nod and agree after making sure that the weapons and equipment will not waste state funds, of course, the Führer Rommel can also forcibly develop them, but that is not the Führer Rommel's style.
It seems that Dönitz misunderstood what Rommel meant, and Rommel had to patiently explain to him:
"General Dönitz, it's like this, our submarine-launched missile is not V1 or V2, but a new missile with a range of 30 to 50 kilometers, and then guided by the radar on the submarine.
If we use this kind of submarine-launched missile to attack a ship within 10 to 20 kilometers, the accuracy should be very high...... Do you understand? ”
"If that's the case, it should be possible, after all, the idea of such a short range and radar guidance is very practical."
The commander of the Navy agreed, and the Führer Rommel began to ask the head of missile development:
"Can the missiles you are designing now hit planes in the air and ships that are moving?"
The person in charge of missile research and development hurriedly replied:
"Great Führer Rommel, I think there is absolutely no problem, after all, planes move much faster than ships."
Rommel then asked:
"Is it possible to mount missiles on submarines?"
"There are no problems, but missiles for submarine-launched missiles must be produced from anti-corrosive materials."
"Is there such an antiseptic material in Germany?"
"Of course, German submarines use a lot of anti-corrosion technology."
"Thank you very much."
"That's what I'm supposed to do."
Rommel turned his face to the head of the R&D of the Confidence Radar and asked:
"According to your design requirements, your radar will be able to detect 150 to 200 kilometers, and the new radar you have developed has a guidance function, is that true?"
"Yes, my Führer."
"Can the new radar be installed on a submarine?"
"Installing a radome is all it takes, it's not a technical problem."
Rommel laughed when he heard this:
"General Dönitz, I think you will soon not have to worry about the sonar of the British, the German submarines will soon have a way to deal with enemy destroyers, and your wolf pack tactics will continue to be of great use.
I suggest that you stop attacking for the time being, but instead train more personnel and build more ocean-going submarines, until we can refit them on the basis of the original submarines, small submarines can not be equipped with a few missiles, and there is little room for small submarines to be transformed.
Although this will cause a certain amount of wasted money, it will allow you to have more submarines and qualified personnel in the shortest possible time. ”
"Dear Führer Rommel, you mean the IX with a production displacement of 1178 tons, or the XXI with a production displacement of 1850 tons."
"The displacement of the U2 submarine is only more than 800 tons, and it cannot be equipped with submarine-launched anti-ship missiles, so I think it will produce XXI with a displacement of 1,850 tons, and this is the trend of large-scale submarines."
"Okay, then I will replace all the orders of our Navy in the second half of this year with XXI submarines."
"The name of the XXI submarine is hard to remember, let's call it U4, and the IX is called U3."
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Germany landed in Africa and occupied Villa and Egypt, where they drilled several large oil fields, and there was a constant stream of ships transporting oil to Greek ports and then by train to the major German refineries.
Originally, Villa was a colony of Italy, but now it's okay, Mussolini asked Germany to help him fight the British, who knows that Germany, an ally, is not authentic.
After they had defeated the British, they were stuck with Villa and Egypt, and if these two colonies had no mineral resources, Mussolini would have put up with it, after all, Germany had helped him conquer Algeria.
But when Mussolini heard that Villa and Egypt had drilled a large amount of oil, his greed was instantly activated, and he demanded that Rommel, the new head of Germany, immediately order the withdrawal of the German Afrika Korps and the complete surrender of Villa and Egypt to Italy.
How is this possible, Rommel Führer poked his nose at Mussolini's telegram, Libya and Egypt were bought with his life and blood by Rommel and the German Afrika Korps, and now Italy wants to reach out and pick peaches.
Rommel's stuff is something that no one else can worry about, and several Italian bureaucrats who came to receive Villa and Egypt were beaten half to death by the German Afrika Korps and thrown to the border of Libya.
All the Italian troops in Libya and Egypt were disarmed and expelled, and the German region of North Africa was not at peace in an instant.
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini actually ordered 300,000 Italian troops to deploy troops in the border area of Libya, threatening to recover Villa and Egypt, which Germany had plundered.
Mussolini, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, said these words in front of countless media, and now the world media has another object of hype.
Rommel, who was invincible and invincible, was in big trouble at this time, with 70% of Germany's troops fighting against the Soviet Union on the eastern front, and Britain on the western front, which was ready to land in France at any time.
Now even the oil-producing regions of North Africa, which Germany regards as the rear, are in a huge crisis, and if Germany really fights Germany in Africa for oil, then Germany will not get a drop of African oil from now on.
Because the Mediterranean Sea is in the hands of the Italian Navy, and Germany has more than a dozen submarines in the Mediterranean, which cannot deal with the Italian Navy at all.
Once the Italian navy cut off the route from Africa to Greece, Germany would not be able to transport oil to Greek ports, even if it still occupied Libya and Egypt in Africa.
Germany without a source of oil, that is, the phoenix that has lost its hair is not as good as a chicken. Africa's oil source must not be cut off, and Italy must also side with Germany, regardless of whether the Italian army is a stupid army or not, Italy's strategic position determines that Germany must control Italy at any time.
What to do, the German Ministry of Defense is arguing about how to deal with this huge crisis, and some people advocate peace talks with Mussolini and give half of the oil from Villa and Egypt to Italy.
Others advocated an immediate military occupation of Italy, because Italy was a traitor and they had already betrayed the Axis powers.
If neither of them can convince each other, then it is up to Führer Rommel to make up his mind.
The main battle and the main peace were not entirely correct at this time, Rommel Führer needed a docile Italy, Germany could not go to war on both sides, and at the same time had to guard against the landing of Britain and the United States.
Rommel asked the hundreds of generals who had quarreled in the Ministry of Defense to go about their own business, and he only asked Defense Minister Brauchitsch to discuss it alone.
Rommel's first remark, instead of asking Brauchitsch what to do, asked:
"Field Marshal Brauchitsch, where are the three divisions of the Italian SS in the Soviet Union now, you can show me."
"Here, they're almost in Minks."
"Order them to stop their advance immediately and then assemble at the nearest train station."
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