As soon as Hitler's words about his determination to attack Russia fell, it immediately aroused a strong reaction from everyone. Heinrich did not dare to express his opinion because of his low rank.

However, Manstein did not agree to a direct attack on Russia, because that would only put Germany in the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, after all, whether it is China or foreign countries, fighting on two fronts is a taboo for soldiers.

However, the Germans, who have always been rigorous, have always spoken with facts, and Hitler did not care what was a taboo issue for soldiers to fight on two fronts, he only wanted to know if they could support simultaneous operations on two fronts with Germany's military production capacity and Germany's population base once they attacked Russia.

And you have to be able to win on both fronts at the same time. At this time, it became clear that Heinrich, the director of the intelligence bureau, had a bad history. Not only was he in charge of all German military intelligence, but he was also an expert in military and economic production.

When Hitler asked for specific figures, Heinrich immediately reported a large number of figures:

"Report to the Führer, our opponent Russia now has about 5,000 tanks, 2,000 aircraft, 100,000 artillery pieces, nearly 3 million combat troops, and 3 million reserves.

If we were to go to war with the Russians, we would have at least as much heavy equipment as the Russians, but if we take into account the fighting power of our German soldiers, I think we would just have to keep the number of armaments at the level of the Russians.

That is to say, we need at least 3,500 tanks, 1,400 aircraft, 70,000 artillery pieces, and 2 million combat troops to achieve victory on the Eastern Front.

At present, Germany has 2,000 tanks, 2,000 aircraft, 50,000 artillery pieces, and just one million combat troops.

With the current military production capacity of Germany, it will only take about half a year to meet the above requirements for attacking Russia. In addition, we now have nearly five million reservists, so we are fully capable of attacking Russia in half a year.

However, considering that we are still at war with the British, we have to deal with the British as well as the Russians, and as we all know, if you want to deal with the British, you just need to have enough ships. However, I don't know how many ships it will take to deal with the British.

Because dealing with Britain mainly relied on the navy, which had always been the least involved in the Imperial intelligence. Therefore, for the equipment requirements of the Navy, this is to ask Marshal Dönitz. ”

After Heinrich reported the land and air equipment attacking Russia, he kicked the ball to Field Marshal Dönitz, because the navy has always been controlled by several historical German naval families, so Heinrich has never had a suitable opportunity to enter the navy, which makes Heinrich always angry.

So now there is a rare opportunity to find trouble with the navy, and Heinrich immediately directs the troubles to the navy. Once Field Marshal Dönitz could not produce as detailed data on naval equipment as himself, then he would have the opportunity to meddle in the affairs of the navy in the future.

The procurement of the Navy has always been the fattest item in the military procurement of all countries in the world, and Heinrich does not believe that the already old Field Marshal Dönitz can remember so much equipment data.

It's a pity that he underestimated Marshal Dönitz, Marshal Dönitz has served in the navy for decades, and he really knows the situation in the navy well.

So Dönitz, who understood that Heinrich was putting on his own shoes, first glared at Heinrich viciously, and then began to explain slowly one by one.

"Report to the Führer, our navy is still relatively weak compared to the army and air forces, after all, since the last world war, our navy has been canceled for a time.

Although we have been developing rapidly in recent years, we only have a few dozen combat ships today. Both in tonnage and firepower were much inferior to the British.

Britain is an old naval power, and the construction of a navy is not an overnight thing, so it is unrealistic for us to expect a quick and complete victory over Britain on the Western Front.

You must know that Britain today has hundreds of warships of all kinds, including dozens of battleship-class warships alone, and in fact, it takes a year to build a battleship.

Even if we were to work overtime now and all the shipyards were to work 24 hours a day, it would be difficult for us to build more than ten battleships in five years. And even if it was built, it would not be able to defeat the British Navy.

But I don't think we need to defeat Britain, we just need to be able to defend against the British Navy and Air Force, and if we want to defend against the British Navy, we only need to vigorously develop submarines.

Since we have been working with Huaxing Laboratory for several years to start the latest weapons, and submarines are the equipment we focus on developing, we have now developed attack submarines that are ten years ahead of this era.

I am confident that as long as a hundred such submarines are produced, the operation to block the English Channel will be possible. With the production of two hundred of these latest submarines, we can get Britain.

If the number of submarines reaches 500, we can take the initiative to attack and launch an operation to destroy the British Navy. Dönitz said happily.

"Oh, this kind of submarine is so bad?" Hitler really didn't expect a single submarine to be so powerful.

"Of course, our current U-boats can carry sixteen torpedoes per submarine, and only two torpedoes are enough to kill one aircraft carrier. With the exception of aircraft carriers and battleships, one torpedo hit was enough for any other warship.

Moreover, the torpedoes developed by Huaxing Company also have a certain tracking function, and now they are also used to deal with a large fleet, which used to require the joint operation of sixteen submarines, but now only four can achieve the same effect.

With our current production capacity in Germany, it will only take two years to produce 200 of these latest submarines. Marshal Dönitz said excitedly.

"So what are you waiting for? Immediately organize the production of major shipyards to work overtime, right? I'm going to build five hundred of these most troubled submarines in the shortest possible time, and I'm going to make the British cry this time. Hitler said happily.

"But even if we defeat the British navy, we still can't defeat the British." Dönitz said, "Oh, why? Didn't you just say that you only need 500 of these submarines? Hitler said.

"Yes, that's what I'm talking about, but the reality is, first, we don't have five hundred submarines, and second, it's going to take us five years to build so many submarines.

If it was a U-boat built before, there would be no problem in building two or three hundred of them a year. And you have all ignored a more important issue, the current navy has aircraft carriers, and the planes on the aircraft carriers are the most dangerous.

In fact, our navy has always believed that the era of big ships and huge guns has passed, and it will be the world of aircraft carriers in the future. Dönitz said.

"I thought it was? It turned out to be just airplanes, don't we have 2,000 planes? There were not so many planes needed to deal with the Russians, and the extra six hundred were just lent to the troops on the Western Front. Hitler said with a smile.

"In fact, there is another way to deal with aircraft, we can build more anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, as long as we have a large number of anti-aircraft guns, do we need to be afraid of the British already few aircraft?" Did Goering interject a sentence?

"What you said is not wrong, but you have ignored a very serious problem, that is, the attitude of the Americans, the Americans are like brothers to Britain, and if the Americans strongly support Britain, then Britain will be supplemented by thousands of aircraft and hundreds of warships, so that we will be at war with Britain, the United States, and Russia at the same time.

We Germans have a lot of experience, but I don't think we really have the strength to challenge three of the world's strongest countries at the same time. Marshal Dönitz said again.

"What's this? As for Britain, we will not take the initiative to attack, but only defensively, so that we will not touch the nerves of the Americans, and naturally we will not attract the United States to the western front.

So we don't need to be afraid of the United States, they are just a new country that has been founded less than 200 years ago, and they have not yet dared to join the world war, and they did not dare to participate in the first world war.

In particular, Americans are notoriously afraid of death, they only know how to earn money and then enjoy life, such a nation, our great Germanic nation does not need to be afraid.

We do not take the initiative to attack the United States, and there is no reason for the Americans to directly enter the war. As long as the Americans do not enter the war, we have enough confidence and ability to take out Russia and Britain. Do you think so? "Hitler reaffirmed the feasibility of his approach to attacking Russia.

The bigwigs present also generally believe that as long as they do not take the initiative to suck the United States into the big battlefield of Europe, it is useless for the Americans to support the British armaments behind their backs. Because it is people who ultimately decide the outcome of a war. No matter how many good weapons there are, as long as there are no people, everything is in vain.

And Britain's biggest disadvantage now is that it does not have enough soldiers, so Germany can support two fronts at the same time, and also defeat Britain and Russia.

They were harmed by the strict Germanic national spirit, and after this calculation of the balance of forces between the two sides, it was decided that as long as the pressure on Britain was maintained, a group of second-line troops could be mobilized from Germany proper.

Because it was impossible for the British to take the initiative to rush across the English Channel to attack. Goering even laughed and said that they just need to do a good job of air defense.

As for the biggest variable, it is the United States, and as long as the United States does not enter the war. With the strength of the Germans, it was completely possible to defeat Russia first and then defeat Britain, and when the Germans defeated these two countries, it was useless for the Americans to enter the war at that time.

After a night of detailed discussions in the German Führer's capital, Germany's final strategic path was finally determined, that is, to maintain strategic suppression of Britain, to ensure that the interests of the Americans would not be touched, and to attack Russia with all its might.

As soon as this important strategic decision was made, the entire German war machine began to run rapidly, and not only did all the military enterprises work overtime to produce it. Even the soldiers of the reserve have begun to train their troops in the first lieutenant.

All of a sudden, the whole of Europe began to be clouded again, but unfortunately the Russians, who were about to be the protagonists of the war, did not know that he was the one who was going to deal with the Germans who were sharpening their knives at home, and he thought that the Germans had finally made up their minds to fight to the death with the British. For this, Comrade Stalin drank an extra glass of vodka that night.