Chapter Seventy-Seven: Going to China Again (2)

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After the arms are delivered to China, our freighters will be bringing back all kinds of metal ores from China, and they will be strategic materials that Germany needs very much.

This exercise will be a big exercise that has never been seen before, transcontinental, close to actual combat, great Führers, marshals and generals, we have such a good opportunity to test and train our soldiers, should we give up? No, we can't do anything, in the future, we Germany will inevitably follow the baton of the great Führer, conquer the world, and a distance of more than 5,000 kilometers in a straight line, will we have to stop our great Germanic army? No, no, nothing can stop the advance of the great Germanic army, long live Germany, long live the great Führer. ”

"Bang bang bang...... Bang bang bang ......"

Now even Hitler applauded vigorously, these Germans really can't stand the praise, Zhang Jun's few sensational words made these arrogant, self-righteous Wehrmacht willingly follow their own steps, lovely Germans.

From the fierce applause of these people, Zhang Jun knew that his plan was successful, the great Chinese nation, you are so benevolent and tolerant, but all you get is ungrateful, I Zhang Jun in my previous life, as a Chinese, can do a little more for my motherland, the road ahead is still very long, the people of the motherland need to choose by themselves, take the road they should take, take a road of enriching the country and strengthening the army, the motherland bless you......

When Hitler asked everyone to nominate the commander-in-chief of the exercise, he had previously been a gentlemanly and polite manner, and after everyone each named the candidate representing their own side, the smell of gunpowder became stronger.

"I think our army commander-in-chief should be the commander-in-chief of this exercise."

"How do you army want to grab this position, you must know that this exercise is the leading role of the navy and the air force, so why should our naval commander-in-chief, Marshal Raeder, be the commander-in-chief of this exercise."

"What, you dare to say that our Air Force is a supporting role, without the protection of our Air Force, your warship can only be buried in the sea to feed the sharks, I propose that our Air Force Commander Catherine be the commander-in-chief."

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"Lying ...... Shut up, are you still a high-ranking German general like this? Do you still have the good tradition of the German team? No, you have forgotten your duty, you have forgotten your honor, and I am shocked that you are fighting for your interests, and I am deeply ashamed of your actions.

Since you are fighting for several positions, it is up to me to arrange it, and I order: Field Marshal Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, as Commander-in-Chief, as Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Air Force, Manstein as Chief of the General Staff, and Commander of the 1st SS Panzer Corps, Zhang Jun, as Deputy Chief of the General Staff. The appointment of the rest of the General Command is decided by your three Commanders-in-Chief and Deputy Commanders-in-Chief. ”

"Hey! Hitler ......"

Hitler deserved to be a political veteran, and the army, navy, and air force all had arrangements, and at the same time gave the three armed forces a certain amount of authority to appoint their own subordinates; I dare not say that Hitler's arrangements were perfect, but they were very reasonable, and there were basically no major mistakes. Another appointment was something that Zhang Jun could not have imagined, and he could actually get the position of deputy chief of general staff, and it seems that the great head of state wanted to use the exercise to train Zhang Jun's command and coordination ability of the corps and arms.

In this case, Zhang Jun will not refuse, such a large-scale exercise, I am afraid that he will only encounter it once in this life, and of course the future war will not be smaller than this, and this kind of exercise training is indeed a rare best opportunity to train himself and evaluate himself, especially the ability of the large corps and multiple arms to cooperate and cooperate.

Germany's propaganda minister Goebbels also spared no effort to hype up Germany's upcoming transcontinental exercises in order to show off Germany's armed forces, and reporters from various countries also flocked to Berlin to conduct interviews, of course, these reporters could only see superficial things.

The general headquarters of this exercise is divided into two places: the operational command room of the German Ministry of Defense on land and the Zeppelin aircraft carrier on the sea; this aircraft carrier, which has just been completed, was pulled out by the commander-in-chief of the Navy; Germany had no experience in using aircraft carriers before, and now it is just right to train and sum up the experience of using aircraft carriers in this exercise.

Germany does not have enough freighters, so it rents freighters from other countries, regardless of whether it is British or French, one port of Hamburg can no longer meet the needs, the other two seaports Bremen, and Vismar are also a 10,000-ton giant ship gathered, all kinds of transport vehicles are constantly loading all kinds of arms and materials on the 10,000-ton giant ship day and night, originally 1.8 million light weapons, plus three bases of ammunition, it is more than 500,000 tons, but Zhang Jun thought of the huge gap in his motherland in terms of industry, and the output of ammunition has not been able to meet the needs of the war. These nearly two million weapons, how can they only have three bases of ammunition, and they will be exhausted in one or two battles, even if they are German armorers, without ammunition, the German weapons in their hands can only be burning sticks, so Zhang Jun is black-hearted to help his motherland.

The vast majority of the ammunition in the hands of the German stockpiles and reserves was taken away by Zhang Jun, and there were more than 500 brand-new No. 3 and No. 4 tanks, which originally only had 500,000 tons of munitions, but now they have soared to more than 800,000 tons, which requires more than 100,000 tons of giant ships, and if it is sold at market prices, it will require nearly 2,000 tons of gold, and more than 1,000 tons of gold will be needed after discounts.

After communicating with the Führer by telegram many times, Chiang Zhongzheng decided to pay Germany only 500 tons of gold, and the rest was repaid with various minerals, gold is very important to the German economy, and minerals are also strategic materials urgently needed by Germany, in this case Hitler agreed to Chiang Zhongzheng's payment request, of course, Chiang Zhongzheng is also very satisfied, which is equivalent to Germany directly arming China into a paramilitary power, because China's self-production rate of weapons is not high, and it can only be regarded as a quasi-army military power.

On October 10, 1938, it was the day when the German exercise troops set off, and all kinds of preparations were completely in place, and the German Navy was in the limelight this time, and it was originally the most unpopular among the three armies, and this time it actually won the post of commander-in-chief, so the German Navy held its breath of relief, and it was necessary to perform well, and basically took out all the belongings of the German Navy.

A just-completed aircraft carrier Zeppelin, equipped with fighters (24 2 squadrons): BF109T or ME155, dive bombers (20): JU87C or E, torpedo bombers (20): very good weapons matching, whether it has combat effectiveness is still unknown, because Germany is also the first time to use aircraft carriers, this Zeppelin can be resurrected thanks to Zhang Jun's strong support, otherwise it can only rust there.

The two battle cruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, which had a maximum speed of 33 knots, surpassed the battlecruisers in armor, and had the same firepower as the battlecruisers, equipped with 9 280 mm main guns (originally scheduled to be replaced with 380 mm guns, but were canceled due to the premature arrival of the exercise), 12 150 mm secondary guns, which can be said to be a strengthened version of the German-class armored ships, and there is also a controversy over the division of ships, between combat ships and battle cruisers.

8 light cruisers and 12 destroyers; Emden, Königsberg, M1935, Z1934, Z1936, Z1, Z31, Z/37, SP Klose D38, SP Klose D37......

Submarines: 48 U-boats of the latest type, using submarines to supplement the shortage of surface ships. All the new U-boats in Germany were dispatched, and the rest were all antiques, and at this time Germany had 90 submarines and 4 supply ships of 10,000 tons.

This is completely the latest German naval weapon, and the old warships of World War I have been left at home, so it can be said that the German Navy has taken out all the money in this exercise.

With more than 800 planes in the two air divisions of the Air Force, plus 100 B-29 strategic bombers, Kesselring's mission was to go to Guangzhou, China, in advance to be on standby, and to provide air cover for Germany's huge escort fleet when it arrived in the Indian Ocean.

On the day of the 10th, there were many people on the dock to see them off, of course, there was also Avril, as a family member of a German general, of course understood the responsibility of her husband's country, and there were many relatives of other people who came to see them off. Infinite melancholy and loneliness, at the moment of parting, grew from the heart together. Waving goodbye and sailing away, what can not be said is the cable of love thrown by relatives, lovers, and lovers, which is invisibly and firmly tied to the hearts of distant soldiers.

The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man returns triumphantly.

The same farewell scene was staged in the three ports of Hamburg, Bremen and Wisma, and countless farewell people said goodbye to their relatives with tears, and at the same time, countless words of encouragement, until the ships that were about to sail disappeared without a trace, and the farewell crowd reluctantly dispersed.

In accordance with the arrangements of the general command of the exercise, all the ships in the three ports were assembled in the English Channel and formed a combat escort formation. At the foreground were two battle cruisers, Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, accompanied by two destroyers, followed by eight aircraft carrier battle group destroyers, and the remaining surface ships were constantly cruising around the convoy, 48 submarines were sailing on alert from the entire escort fleet, and the four anti-submarine helicopters FI282 ordered by the Navy were also pulled to the decks of several 10,000-ton freighters by the commander-in-chief of the exercise.

It can be said that Raeder completely took out what the entire German Navy could take, all of them were taken out without a single left, such a huge escort fleet, such a number of air forces, and such a long distance for the exercise was completely the first time in human history, and I don't know whether Hitler agreed to Zhang Jun's crazy exercise plan and deliberately showed off the factor of force in it, it is unknown, the important thing is that Zhang Jun's desire to help his motherland has been achieved, and this is enough, and at the same time, he can exchange a huge amount of minerals for Germany, why not!