Chapter 607: Naval Plan
Since Dönitz accepted the order of Führer Rommel, he immediately locked himself in his home and wrote a battle plan for a sneak attack on the British home fleet, this plan was so important that Dönitz did not dare to tell anyone, not even his deputy in the navy, Stephen, Dönitz did not dare to say it now, and the code name of this sneak attack was drawn up as "Huhuhu"
Why is this action codenamed "Huhuhu" to facilitate calls rather than leaks, for example, the two units participating in the "Huhuhu" operation only need to call into the microphone three times. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The plan was to use Germany's current naval strength to suddenly attack the British home fleet, which accounted for more than 50 percent of the British navy's strength.
The British Home Fleet has no fixed naval area of operation and often sends independent detachments, but has a command to defend the southern North Sea and the English Channel, and a West Coast command to defend the Atlantic shipping lanes.
At the beginning of World War II, the home fleet had 7 battleships, 6 aircraft carriers (including 3 merchant ships converted into aircraft carriers), 2 battle cruisers and 15 heavy cruisers, 22 light cruisers, more than 60 destroyers, more than 30 submarines, hundreds of frigates, and countless gunboats.
The British Home Fleet had two main stations, Scapper Bay and Portland. Among them, Scapa Bend has the most warships moored, as long as the main warships in Scapa Bend can be eliminated at one time, it is also more than half of the warships of the British home fleet, which creates the most favorable conditions for the German Navy.
It took Dönitz two days to plan the sneak attack, and then he hurriedly met with Führer Rommel, and this time Dönitz asked Miss Schroeder to tell Führer Rommel that he had a major military intelligence report, and Rommel immediately met with Dönitz, the commander of the navy.
"Hey! Führer Rommel. ”
"Field Marshal Dönitz, have you drawn up your battle plan?"
"My Führer, I have brought the battle plan, please take a look."
Dönitz took out a stack of bound documents from his briefcase and handed it to Rommel, who took it with a smile and said:
"Marshal Dönitz has worked hard, please take a seat, I will be able to give you an answer soon."
Führer Rommel began to bury his head in his papers, as if he had not seen the person Dönitz, Führer Rommel did not ask, Dönitz did not dare to move, he could only stand in front of Führer Rommel's office desk without moving, Dönitz did not stand in a military posture in the army, which is not difficult for Dönitz.
Dönitz soon found that Führer Rommel was excited, it seems that Dönitz's plan moved him, why did Britain dare to argue with Germany, not because they have the most powerful navy in the world, but because they also have the natural danger of the English Channel, as long as Dönitz's plan succeeds, then the British Navy will suffer heavy losses, so for Germany, there will be many more strategic options in the future.
During the Second French Campaign, why Führer Rommel didn't attack Britain after annihilating the Anglo-American coalition was that Britain had a powerful navy and that damn strait, and Germany crossing the sea to attack Britain was the result of not losing.
If Dönitz's plan can be able to annihilate most of the British home fleet this time, it is not impossible to continue to take Britain after taking the Soviet Union.
So Führer Rommel was excited! This plan was too much for the appetite of the Führer Rommel, who said amiably to Dönitz:
"Field Marshal Dönitz, your plan is very bold and very tempting, I don't know how much success there is."
"My Führer, I would never have imagined that the German fleet would dare to provoke the British home fleet, and use the most despicable tactic of all, a sneak attack, which even God could not have imagined, so the chances of perfect success are very great.
The arrogant British would never have imagined that we would launch another surprise attack, so the chance of success is more than 80 percent, but we must do all the work of secrecy, this strategic plan is best known to only a few major marshals, and this operation will use a separate set of special passwords. ”
"Well, this is a must, if the news leaks, then our German Navy will be in danger of being wiped out, I will pay attention, you are the commander of this "Huhuhu" operation, completely independent command of this operation, only responsible for me."
"Snap ......" Dönitz put his feet together and said loudly: "Thank you for the trust of the Great Führer, Dönitz will definitely live up to the Führer's expectations and deal a devastating blow to the British fleet." ”
"You go to the port of Kiel and get ready! I'll immediately summon Raeder and a few other key military leaders to come and discuss, and within two days at most, you will start mobilizing what you need. ”
"Thank you, my Führer."
As soon as Dönitz left the Empire State Building, he hurried to the Kiel military port to make preparations for his departure.
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On the same day, Rommel summoned Raeder, Keitel and other commanders of the three armed forces to hold a top-secret military meeting, and everyone thought that the Führer was going to hold a meeting to attack the Soviet Union!
Before the meeting, every corner of the venue was carefully searched, and there were three steps and one post outside the door, and even the belongings of the participants had to be carefully searched, and watches and briefcases were not allowed to be brought into the venue.
Every marshal has to go through the eavesdropping device electromagnetic detective, of course, the electromagnetic anti-eavesdropping means at this time are also relatively primitive, that is, use the microphone to put the person's side to sweep it, if there is a eavesdropping device on the body, it will produce a whistling sound.
There were no such means before, at least not for these marshals, and the marshals who attended the meeting vaguely knew the seriousness and importance of the meeting, and everyone cooperated very well with the security personnel to do all the security work, and then walked into a separate soundproof small conference room.
Führer Rommel was always more punctual, and by the time several marshals entered the venue, Führer Rommel was already sitting in the first place.
"Hey! Führer Rommel. ”
The marshals were the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and the Chief of Staff of the High Command, Field Marshal Keitel, who was in charge of all German military forces.
Führer Rommel, who was sitting at the head, saw that everyone was all together, and began to say:
"Marshals, here's a top-secret document, all of you can only read it, you can discuss it, but you can't record it, you can't tell anyone about it, and when you walk out of this room, please forget about it."
After Rommel finished speaking, he personally sent four printed documents to the four marshals, and the four marshals knew the seriousness of the matter, and it was definitely not as simple as fighting the Soviet Union, because the battle plan for attacking the Soviet Union had already been issued, and it was not so easy to revise it now. (To be continued.) )