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Chapter 1740 Traffic Lines

Berchtesgaard climbed the Salzberg in a vast expanse of darkness and mist. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoA slightly white road, stretching from the foot of the mountain into the mountains, slowly disappears in the jungle and smoke and rain.

At the corner of the mountainside, deep in the shade, there is a group of buildings made of reinforced concrete and modern architectural art, which is another wartime base camp set up by Hitler under his mountain palace.

A sudden heavy rain caused the road up the mountain to be unusually muddy.

Black bulletproof sedans and big leopard military off-road vehicles imported from Nanhua, with powerful engines making a powerful sound, crawled on the mountain road. In addition to the heavily armed guards, there were high-ranking German Nazi officials and army generals.

Among them, officials belonging to the top of the Nazi Party include:

The number two man of the party - Air Marshal Herman. William. Goering, the number three - Rudolf, deputy leader of the Nazi Party and member of the Cabinet of Defense Committee. Hess, the number four - the head of the propaganda department of the Nazi Party and the head of the National Education and Propaganda Department, Paul. Joseph. Goebbels, the number five, the Nazi Minister of Security and Governor General of Poland, Reinhard. Heydrich, the number six - the German police chief and the SS Reich chief Heinrich. Hillem, as well as Foreign Minister Ribbentrop, Minister of the Reich and Minister of Irregularity Hans. Frank, State Secretary and Director of Revitalization Germany, Albert Brown. Speer, President of the Imperial Bank of the People's Republic of China. Dr. Schacht and more than 20 others.

The senior generals of the army are: Chief of Staff of the Supreme High Command, William. Keitel, Chief of Operations of the High Command Alfred. Yodl, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Walter. Feng. Field Marshal Brauchitsch, Naval Commander Field Marshal Raeder, Field Marshal Rensted, and other German leaders who led the German army to brilliant achievements.

In addition to this, there were middle and lower-ranking officers from the High Command, the Admiralty, the War Department, and the Air Force, all of whom were ordered to go up to the mountains for meetings.

Generally speaking, the civilian officials of the Nazi Party preferred to ride in cars, while the army generals uniformly chose powerful off-road vehicles, such as Goering, Heydrich, and Hilem, the leaders of the Nazi Party with military positions, in order to save trouble, also chose off-road vehicles.

Thirty-nine years later, with the rapid promotion of Nanhua products to the European market, the high-level leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Italy, without exception, have left behind the arduous and simple style and adopted the luxury transportation produced by Nanhua.

For example, Churchill's landline was originally a British-made "Flamingo" passenger aircraft, which was quite average in performance, but it was better than a comfortable cabin, which could fly 160 kilometers per hour and have a range of 1,000 kilometers. However, when Nanhua's AN6 airliner came into the sight of British buyers, Churchill immediately liked this advanced airliner and instructed him to buy it anyway.

Indeed, the AN6 large passenger aircraft has completely improved several grades compared with the "Flamingo" passenger aircraft, its maximum speed can reach 390 kilometers per hour, the cruising speed is also 280 kilometers, plus the spare fuel tank after the range is as high as 5,400 kilometers, and the carrying capacity is 6,200 kilograms, making the capacity and comfort of the aircraft cabin far exceed that of the British airliner.

To this end, Churchill instructed the procurement staff to place an order for 50 planes in the first phase of the first phase, of which 5 were designated for conversion into luxuriously decorated passenger aircraft, and the remaining 45 were to be used as large transport aircraft. On 22 July, the planes flew over the Tibetan Plateau, transiting in Almaty and Krasnovsk in Central Asia, Cairo in North Africa, and British Gibraltar and returning to Glasgow in the Scottish region of northern Britain.

With the AN6, the travel time between the UK and Canada can be reached without refueling in just 18 hours. After five safe take-offs and landings at the end of July and the beginning of August, the British government has realized the importance of this large transport aircraft to the United Kingdom, and has placed another order for 100 aircraft.

Two orders have involved a trade volume of up to 120 million US dollars, equivalent to 120 tons of gold, which has made Nanhua a lot of money. After An Yi saw the data of this transaction, he sighed to the generals around him: Compared with other businesses, the arms trade is the most profitable!

Not only Britain, but also Germany, which is seizing the time to produce fighters and bombers, is not too interested in transporting aircraft that occupy the production line, and all of them are outsourced.

Now that the Germans have just occupied Europe, they have obtained thousands of tons of gold from the stocks of major banks alone, and the French Vichy government has actually transported all the more than 600 tons of gold hidden in Dakar, northwest Africa, back to France and handed over to the Nazi government. As many as 120,000 workers worked for the production of the AN6 transport aircraft alone.

On the way up the mountain, the bad road made the convoy slow like a turtle, and when it encountered a low-lying quagmire, the powerful big leopard buggy quickly broke free, but the sedan had to skidding in the mud due to its low chassis.

In desperation, the driver of the sedan and the guards had to get out of the car and use gravel or tree branches to pad the road so that the sedan could roll over the slip pit.

So, the Nazi soldiers sitting in the car scolded impatiently: "This ghost weather, it was fine a few days ago, why did it rain since yesterday......"

"I really envy the army guys! The off-road vehicle in which Marshal Goering rode also used bulletproof devices, and the power was much stronger than our sedan! ”

"Don't be envious, although the off-road vehicle looks majestic, but driving on the road of the city, the noise is much louder, or our car, the sound of the engine is so subtle that it is almost inaudible, and the car is comfortable......"

"Alas, the road is really difficult, how did you choose to hold a meeting today?"

These high-ranking cadres of the Nazi Party, who scolded the weather, the roads, and their mothers, did not dare to curse the place where the meeting was held and the people who called them to the meeting. Because it was Hitler who determined the place of the meeting, and it was Hitler who summoned them to the meeting, and as the Führer, Hitler had supreme power.

This time, Hitler presided over a high-level military and political conference, the theme of which was to study the next step of Germany's strategy.

By three o'clock in the afternoon, the people had finally arrived.

"How? Let's have a meeting. ”

Hitler sat at the head of the long conference room and looked at the military and political leaders who ruled the Third Reich: "Today's topic is to discuss the direction of our army's use in the next step. The Air Force's strikes against the British have been very effective, but the British are like stubborn cockroaches, every time they knock them down, and when our planes leave, they can't wait to get out and continue to cause us trouble, so I would like to hear your opinions. ”

Party, government, and military leaders, look at me, I look at you, and it seems that no one wants to be the first to speak.

This is a very difficult question, there are differences between the army and the government, between the army, and even Hitler could not make up his mind, and if he did not get it right, he would say the wrong thing.

The atmosphere in the venue was very dull, like a rainy day outside the window.

"Let's talk openly. The land, sea and air, the high command, and all government departments are open to talk, and I need to get first-hand information! Hitler led again.

There was silence in the room.

Hitler frowned and pointed to the seat of the Navy: "Marshal Raeder, you talk first. ”

Reeder, the Minister of the Admiralty, who was sitting next to the Führer, could not help but be a little worried when he saw Hitler calling him by name. Today, he was not going to speak, because he had always been indifferent to this issue, but he did not dare to speak out against it, and every time he talked about it, he was ambiguous and tried his best to kick the ball to the side of the army and the air force.

"Okay, I'll talk about it first."

Raeder cleared his throat and said, "I think that the Führer's strategy of settling the Balkans by political means and dealing with the British by military means on the basis of goodwill towards Soviet Russia is extremely clever. ”

After saying this, he paused slightly, glanced at the Führer out of the corner of his eye, observed Hitler's expression, and found that Hitler was full of smugness, before continuing:

"Soviet Russia has not relaxed its vigilance against us, and has not only seized part of southern Finland, but also seized the three Baltic states by taking advantage of our attack on Belgium, Luxembourg, and France, and has seized a large piece of territory in Romania, increasing its strategic depth by hundreds of kilometers at once.

"In the military arrangement of Soviet Russia, there are even more troops on the western front than on the eastern and southern fronts combined, so it is very unwise to attack Soviet Russia without settling Britain and the Balkans, because that would plunge us into a two-front war!

"Therefore, the only option is to defeat Britain first, and only by eliminating one side can we free up our hands to deal with the other. As for the Americans, will they cross the Atlantic in wheelchairs? ”

Hitler couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and there was a cheerful laugh in the conference room.

In July, after Hitler coerced Churchill to surrender to no avail, in his speech to Congress, he repeatedly made personal attacks on Churchill and President Roosevelt, who supported Britain behind his back, including mentioning the wheelchair used by US President Roosevelt.

Seeing that Hitler was very happy, Raeder was sure in his heart, and continued: "Now that the main direction has been determined, it is necessary to carry out the layout and operation against it. I think that in the current situation, as long as the submarine fleet led by General Dönitz continues to fight, with air forces attacking the convoy of the British, and with heavy bombardment of major British cities, cutting off its import trade, it will be possible to win without a fight and force Britain to sue for peace!

"Since our navy received submarines from the South China side, the total number of submarines we can use has almost doubled, and with the fact that our major shipyards have increased their horsepower to produce aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines, our total number of warships is gradually approaching that of the British, and if it were not for the hundreds of warships purchased by the British from the United States, we would have a much greater chance of attacking the British mainland!"

Raeder's attitude was impartial, the ball was played very skillfully, and Hitler held back a smile, noncommittal, and continued to look at Raeder expectantly.

Seeing that Hitler was still not satisfied, Dahler had no choice but to say: "Although the Führer's plan for landing and operating in Britain in my previous discussions with me has not been finalized, there is no doubt about its correctness and possibility. I believe that Britain can be defeated even without landing. ”

Hitler was silent for a moment, then turned to ask Field Marshal von Brown. Rensted: "What about the Wehrmacht?" What are your thoughts on this? ”

Feng. Lunsted nodded respectfully at the Führer and said solemnly:

"We, the We-Defense, are also very much in favor of giving priority to the solution of the Western Front, carrying out landing operations in the British Isles, and completely destroying British military power. After the Imperial Fleet occupied the whole of France and Western Europe, Churchill was already fighting alone, except for the support of his American cousin, and Britain was just a few straws floating in the Atlantic, which could not save Churchill's life, so this kind of attack was inevitable and logical. ”

Seeing the excitement in the conference room, Feng. Lunsted continued: "As long as the Air Force has air supremacy above the English Channel, and the Navy can safely carry us to the other side, our Army will be invincible, invincible, take London, and capture Churchill alive!" ”

Hitler listened to this call very closely, but he did not notice the implication that the army's operations should be guaranteed by the air force and navy.

This was followed by a speech by Air Marshal Goering.

This former flying hero, who has developed rapidly from a thin man to a fat pig in just over ten years, leans back on his chair and has more than a dozen colorful medals pinned to his chest, which looks extremely eye-catching.

The speeches of the army and navy in front of him were very unpleasant to him. In Goering's mind, he was the first deputy commander behind the Führer, and in the army, navy and air force, he was the rightful boss, and apart from Hitler, he was the second man here.

Goering said arrogantly: "It is naturally the duty of our air force to attack Britain. Rest assured, my mighty eagle will blow up England and raze London to the ground! In fact, from July, our blow to Britain began. Due to the guidance and early warning of ground radar stations, our strikes against Britain are almost all-weather, from the east, south to the central and north, we have carried out strict bombardment of the British radar stations, fan stations, airports, military ports, aircraft factories, shipyards, military factories, steel plants, and freight warehouses. According to conservative estimates, by now the British have lost almost two thousand fighters, and we are only half of the opponents! ”

Hitler nodded his head repeatedly, and because of the consistent performance of the Air Force since the beginning of the war, he was inclined to take Goering's account.

It is a pity that what Hitler did not know was that although due to the unprecedented importance that the Germans attached to radar early warning, the coastal radar stations that the British had worked so hard to build were indeed devastated, and the communication system of the sector station was also lost, but the British spent a huge amount of money to purchase radar vehicles and communication vehicles from Nanhua, and their early warning and communication capabilities were not weakened much. Because the radar vehicles and communication vehicles advanced and retreated freely, they were very conducive to diversion and concealment, and gave the British great confidence in resistance, and the losses of the British air force were much smaller than the Germans expected.

Hitler then instructed Jodl, chief of operations of the Supreme High Command, to introduce the offensive plan.

Jodel was one of Hitler's favorite so-called strategists, quick-witted, good at talking on paper, and always confident in his plans. At this moment, he stood up, calmly walked behind the Führer, and opened the curtain with a "bang", so that everyone was faced with a huge military map of Western Europe.

Jodel raised his baton and pointed to the map: "This is France and other small countries that we have occupied, this is the English Channel, this is the British Isles. Our tasks and objectives were: to cross the Channel, to land for operations, to defeat the British ......"

Yodel gushed about the introduction, attracting all the military leaders. The people held their breath, their eyes moving with his baton.

Naturally, the plan was undoubtedly huge and coherent, and Jodel's operation was a multi-point flowering landing in the east and south of Britain with a strong force of thirty-nine divisions and two airborne divisions, striving to occupy the three islands of LinkedIn within a month, which did sound impressive.

Most of them laughed, clapped desperately, and applauded loudly.

After listening carefully to Yodel's introduction, Hitler saw that everyone applauded, and asked proudly: "How is it?" Was the plan unanimously approved? Of course – this is still a plan, let's discuss it again in order to further improve it. ”

As a result, everyone talked about a number of specific plans.

Raeder and the Navy General Command were skeptical of the whole plan, but it was difficult to say it explicitly. Jodel planned to attack more than two hundred miles from Ramus to Lyme Bay, and the front was too long. Large-scale battles on such a wide front were completely beyond the transport and cover capabilities of the German Navy.

After the Navy raised this issue, a sharp and fierce dispute broke out between the two arms of the armed forces, both the navy and the army.

The Naval Operations Staff warned the Army: "If the Army persists in fighting on a long front, the Navy may lose all its ships." ”

The Army Staff replied: "This is cowardice!" If the army front is concentrated, it will be attacked by the British as soon as it lands. In this way, the army could be completely lost. ”

The Chief of Staff of the Army was furious: "I completely disagree with the opinion of the Navy. From the perspective of the army, if the navy insists on concentrating on sea-crossing operations, this is tantamount to sending our army directly to the meat grinder! ”

The Admiralty replied: "According to your battle plan, it is tantamount to committing suicide in our navy!" ”

In the midst of this controversy, Raeder's attitude became more and more intransitive: "I would like to stress that the time is very premature to attack England. Since your army is in a hurry to go to war, you should land and go to war, why bother looking for our navy! ”

In conclusion, the naval command, headed by Raeder, was pessimistic about the battle plan.

Hitler glanced at Raeder. Worried that the general's emotions would be contagious and his fighting spirit would be weakened, he interrupted Raeder's words:

"Marshal Raeder! You don't make the problem so serious. Your point is one thing: all things considered, the most favorable time would be two or even three years from now, not now, right? But I'm going to say, no! We can't wait that long! We cannot fail to consider the consequences of missed opportunities. You say that our Navy is no match for Britain now, so what about next year? Will you be the opponent next year? It should be seen that our army and air force are much stronger than them...... Well, everybody moves on to the discussion. ”

Actually, there's not much to say. The Führer was bent on attacking Britain, and who could beat his stubbornness? The plan was approved without incident, but many did not expect that Hitchel, who was adamant in his insistence on attacking the British, had other calculations in mind.

After the meeting, Hitler left Goering, Goebbels, Heydrich, Hillem, Ribbentrop, and secretly recruited generals such as Rommel, Manstein, Guderian, and Stuartden to hold a small meeting.

Hitler got straight to the point and said:

"There is no doubt that our upcoming offensive in the English Channel will draw the eyes of the world there, and no one knows that our target is actually the Balkans and Turkey, which is stuck in our vital energy supply line.

"Now a large amount of oil has been discovered in the al-Jufra Oasis, Jalu Oasis and Karan Gravel Desert areas in Libya, and according to the analysis of geological experts in South China, there is also a large amount of oil in the Getarai depression and the western desert area of Egypt, which have the same geological conditions, and we must enter Egypt by occupying Turkey, Syria, and Palestine to seize these oil producing areas."

Ribbentrop heard of this plan for the first time and was amazed:

"Soviet Russia will certainly oppose our occupation of Turkey, which means that Soviet territory will be surrounded by our east, southeast, and south. At the beginning of this month, on the edge of the defeat of France, we successfully planned a coup d'état by Maronia Antoniscu, and the Hungarian government of Horti and Bulgaria, under the strong deterrence of our army, are moving closer to us. It is expected that after the signing of the "Treaty of the Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan" later this month, the above three countries will be able to smoothly pull into the alliance. However, the Soviets will certainly find ways to hinder our advance into Asia by aiding Yugoslavia, Greece, and Turkey, and we will most likely find ourselves in trouble fighting on two fronts. ”

Goering, who had also heard of this plan for the first time, asked with some exasperation:

"Does the Führer have doubts about the Army, with the help of our Air Force, taking Britain with absolute superiority? Why do you divide troops at a critical moment, this is a taboo for soldiers! ”

"The effectiveness of the Air Force in the British Isles is very questionable!"

Previously, at the joint military-political conference, Heydrich had been silent in order to preserve the authority of the Führer and the Führer. Now that the participants are all his own people, he finally can't help but shoot:

"The core task of the air raid is to destroy the main force of the British air force and navy, so as to seize the air and sea supremacy of Great Britain and clear the way for the landing of the army. The fact is that now the British Air Force, although it has suffered significant losses, their main forces are still there, and they are still active, or rather, rampant.

"Since the beginning of August, the repeated bombing of the ports of Dunkirk, Ostend, Calais and Buren which we have occupied, attacking the fleets and supplies that we are massing, and the almost unhindered movement of British naval vessels in the Straits, fully proves that the enemy is more tenacious than we think!"

As soon as Goering wanted to refute, Hitler stopped him: "Listen to Reinhard...... From the moment the British rejected my offer for peace talks, we had practically no way out, and we had to do everything we could to increase our strategic reserves, and the occupation of the Balkans and Turkey's involvement in the Middle East and North Africa was the best option! ”

"The Führer is wise!"

Reinhard. Heydrich complimented Hitler and then said: "Just as we cannot put all our eggs in the same basket in order to avoid risks, we are opening up new battlefields in the Balkans in order to maintain and increase the sustainable combat capability of the Reich."

"At present, the Rheinkenhagen, Hankensbüttel, Plun, Hyde, Distai, Lule and other oil fields near Hamburg have produced oil, and at the same time, the Chinese geological exploration team has also found traces of oil fields in the areas of Gberg, Maçen, Lowasi, Olzhe and Pustao Castle in Austria and Hungary, but with the production of these fields, the total is less than two million barrels, which is simply not enough to meet the huge fuel demand of the empire!

"The Russians' Baku oil fields have been hit hard by the French, and production has shrunk severely, and the Soviet government has deliberately weakened exports to us under this pretext, although relying on our coal-fired oil technology and the imported oil of the Dutch Shell oil company, the empire's war machine can still be maintained, but it is not a way to go on in the long run, once Britain and the United States completely turn their faces, even if the Netherlands is a neutral country, they can no longer send oil to us, so it is very necessary to take the Balkans to force Turkey to surrender and then occupy the oil of North Africa.

"There is another point that must be taken seriously, and the empire can only be helped by foreign aid if it occupies the Middle East. I don't know if you received a report from the intelligence department before going up the mountain, but this morning, Nanhua launched an all-round attack on the Soviet troops in Persia and India, and Nanhua actually has a device that can shield radio communications, and the Soviets can only rely on our communication system to command the front line, which is very incredible!

"Since we launched an all-round cooperation with Nanhua, we have benefited a lot from it, many weapons and equipment are in Nanhua after the experiment we can get back quickly to carry out production, there is no need to accumulate technology at all, at present, many of the strategic materials urgently needed by the empire are through merchant ships across the sea, but if it is directly bordered by Nanhua, maybe even just by rail, you can get the items that the empire urgently needs! Judging from these circumstances, it is imperative to open up the communication lines of the Eurasian continent! ”

After listening to Heydrich's analysis, Goering quickly changed his mind: "That's right, what we got from South China is too useful, take radar as an example, although it is separated by the English Channel, as long as the British fighters take off into the air, we can immediately know the intentions of the other party, so that the air force officers and soldiers can evade it in time, which greatly reduces consumption!"

"Also, at the beginning of the bombing of Britain, our JU87 Stuka bomber suffered very heavy losses, but later after the JU91 'Avenger' bomber produced by South China AB26 multi-function fighter technology as the main bombing force, it quickly became the king of the British air battle with its powerful air-to-ground and speed and range advantages.

"According to the experience summed up by the pilots, it is an ideal choice at present to take the S3 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft as the pilot, the Avenger JU91 as the main bombing force, and the BF111 'Destroyer' fighter produced after the improvement of A25 fighter technology. At the same time, the AR240 night fighter and the FWTA250 night bomber produced by the Mosquito fighter are a trick ace for our night bombing missions!

"In short, if we can promote the progress of the Air Force by opening up the Asia-Europe communication line, I will definitely support it!"

Reinhard. Heydrich smiled slightly, and then said: "During this time, the Führer and I studied the Mediterranean strategy together, and we came to the unanimous conclusion: several strategic points of the British in the Mediterranean must be eliminated one by one. I believe that everyone already knows what happened to the French Navy from last night to this morning, with the complete collapse of the Anglo-French alliance, the Italian Navy has the absolute upper hand in the Mediterranean, and we must make full use of this opportunity to make the Mediterranean an inland sea of the Axis powers, which will greatly contribute to the change of attitude of the Turkish government!

"In order to ensure the development of the Balkan and North African campaigns, the Führer and I have consulted and decided that in the next step we will join the Italians, with General Stuarten's airborne force as the main force, and at the same time the naval aviation will all be transferred to the Italian airfields to launch a surprise attack on the British-controlled islands of Crete and Malta, and as long as these two islands are taken, the Mediterranean chains that the British have painstakingly managed will be broken, so that we will be much less resisted in carrying out the Balkan plan."

Stuart was so excited that he had received such a difficult task, and he quickly stood up and said to Hitler: "Thank you for the Führer's trust!" ”

Hitler nodded and gestured to Reinhard. Heydrich continued.

"After the islands of Crete and Malta are taken, General Rommel will be assigned to form the Afrika Korps and enter North Africa ahead of schedule, squeezing the living space of the British! In principle, we will not touch the French, now de Gaulle is fighting with Petain for control of Northwest Africa, but there is no doubt that De Gaulle, who was previously unknown, could not win the respect of colonial officials at all, our rear is safe, we just need to aim at Egypt and crush the main forces of the British army! Even if they cannot be eliminated, their forces must be contained in North Africa to buy time for victory in the Balkan campaign. ”

Rommel quickly stood up and saluted Hitler, apparently very satisfied that he was able to take charge of the side alone.

"Finally, there is the tank cluster led by Manstein and Guderian. When the time comes, we will advance from Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria respectively, crush the resistance of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia to the Empire supported by the British after the last European war, and then bring Greece under the control of the Empire, and completely open the gateway to Asia! At that point, it will be up to the Turkish government to decide! Whether it is war or peace, we all have full confidence, after all, behind us is the power of the whole of Europe! ”

Manstein and Guderian looked at each other, quickly stood up, and thanked Hitler for his trust.

"Goebbels, you have to continue to emphasize the attack on Britain in your propaganda in order to confuse the British and Russians!"

After Goebbels respectfully obeyed his orders, Hitler made his concluding remarks: "Our final goal will be Russia, and this is an important reason for the existence of our party!" Now Russia is not terrible, because not only has we signed a treaty with it, but at the same time it is threatened by war in the east and south, and it is simply not able to transfer troops to the Balkans and Turkey to fight us! Once we have settled Britain and made progress in the Balkans and Turkey, we will be ready to fight Russia and fight Bolshevism! ”

"Hey! Hitler! ”

Everyone in the room stood up and saluted Hitler.

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