Chapter 196: The Last Hour (1)
These veterans of actual combat are a great wealth at any time, so Churchill had to order Freiberg to completely destroy the airport and port facilities and then retreat, for the retreat Churchill is still very confident, the British navy is strong, Churchill is convinced that he can completely withdraw the soldiers from Malta Island.
Things are really as Churchill predicted, at this time the German SS is airdropping a large number of six-barrel rocket launchers, ready to blow up Valletta in one fell swoop, no matter how many troops you have deployed in the city, Lao Tzu just doesn't need people to rush, blow you up at once. It's a pity that Churchill reacted very quickly, and as soon as he saw that there was nothing to defend, he immediately gave the order to retreat, and it seems that these SS rocket artillery men were heroes who ran away in vain.
The British ** team moved very fast, as soon as Churchill's order arrived, Freiberg immediately organized a retreat, other Freiberg did not dare to say, but for the ability to run, Freiberg was confident that he would not lag behind anyone, Valletta's countless British and French warships and transport ships were the tools of retreat, Freiberg took the remaining British troops from Crete to Malta, and continued to retreat from Malta to Egypt, where troops were just needed to guard against Italy, as soon as they heard that they were going to fight Italy, all the British troops were happy, Finally, I don't have to face the damn devil's troops, the German SS.
The whole battle of Malta Island ended inexplicably, as for the task of defending Malta Island, Zhang Jun definitely did not dare to let the Italians come to garrison, although Sicily in Italy is ninety kilometers away from Malta Island, Zhang Jun still did not dare to hand over this Mediterranean throat to the super cute and funny Italians, the German Wehrmacht is the best object for Zhang Jun, a German army division can be stationed, by the way, a flight regiment is sent to garrison, a flight regiment is equipped with 164 aircraft, As long as more than eighty ju87 dive bombers are equipped, all kinds of materials plundered by the British army from other colonies, they cannot take the nearest route of the Mediterranean, they must detour to the coast of Africa, which requires a detour of 10,000 nautical miles, almost a month more shipping time, and at the same time, the fuel consumed by all ships, combined, is absolutely an astronomical amount, and now the island of Malta is the fish bone in the throat of the British army, and if the British army wants to seize the island of Malta, it needs to face a division of the Wehrmacht, and a flying regiment equipped with the "six masters", As for the British fleet, before destroying the German JU87 aircraft, it is better not to send them to death.
When Zhang Jun's telegram requesting the Wehrmacht to send troops to garrison Malta Island arrived in the hands of Brünburg, this old thing stopped scolding Zhang Jun, and repeatedly said that Zhang Jun, a bitch, had a good interest and understood how to advance and retreat, and accepted Zhang Jun's gift with peace of mind. Brünburg knew that Zhang Jun did not want to defend Malta Island, and the SS only had 320,000 regular troops, which could not be used indiscriminately, and the Wehrmacht had more than 7 million people, so if they didn't want them to defend it, should the SS be divided into an elite division there? Of course, Zhang Jun would not do such a stupid thing.
As for how much credit can be earned on the island of Malta, Zhang Jun doesn't care about that at all, after the battle of Malta Island, Zhang Jun's credit form did not write his name at all, because Zhang Jun also knew that Hitler was unhappy with his slap in the face this time, and the great and sacred Führer said that "the era of paratroopers has passed", and you Zhang Jun immediately began to use paratroopers on a large scale, and also achieved a huge victory, in this case, Zhang Jun consciously did not write his name on the list of meritorious service. Zhang Jun is still wearing an ordinary soldier's second-class Iron Cross medal.
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Time passed quickly, and Zhang Jun was busy every day, busy with arms production, procurement, and the production plan of the "Beihai Oilfield". In front of several countries that suddenly appeared in this huge pie, how can those countries be calm, you must know that Europe is very short of oil, most of the oil depends on imports, even the oil used by Britain is also plundered from the Middle East, and now there are North Sea oil fields, so close, of course, it is a shocking good thing, and the bad thing is that Germany will completely ask Britain to control oil from now on.
Originally, Britain planned to use the trick of killing 3,000 enemies and losing 800 to itself, that is, it did not agree to the joint exploitation of North Sea oil by Germany and other countries, but when Zhang Jun took the British island of Malta in one fell swoop, Britain did not agree and had no choice, and there was no way to transport oil from the Middle East from the Mediterranean route, and Britain had no choice but to pinch its nose and agree to this multinational joint exploitation plan. There are 7 participating countries in the North Sea oilfield: Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, Britain, France and Germany each have 20% of the shares, Denmark and Norway, Sweden and Belgium each have 10% of the shares, and everyone's interests are guaranteed. Producing oil is estimated in six months. Now Germany does not have to worry about running out of oil, at least when Germany attacks the Soviet Union, there is no need to worry about running out of oil.
The "Barbarossa" strategic plan, Zhang Jun on March 1, 1939, personally handed over to Hitler, this plan is now known to Zhang Jun, Rommel and Hitler, of course, after Hitler got the plan, he will discuss with several marshals, but there will be no more than ten people who know this plan.
Attacking the Soviet Union is also Hitler's wish, so Hitler will not oppose this plan, Hitler's focus is on the demonstration of the feasibility of the implementation of the "Barbarossa" plan, Hitler believes that "his little radish head" has been invincible so many times, and will not formulate an idiotic strategic plan, which is gambling with Germany's national fortunes, because Zhang Jun asked Hitler to mobilize 5.5 million German elite troops, and 1 million trucks, and 1 million logistics troops.
It can be said that 80 percent of Germany's military strength has been emptied, and Germany now has 7.5 million troops and only 3 million in reserve. Zhang Jun's plan used Germany's 5.5 million elite regular army, Germany's remaining troops also need to guard against the 1.1 million Anglo-French troops on the edge of the Maginot Line, and they may also increase their troops at any time, in order to prevent Britain and France from attacking Germany, Germany's own defense also needs a large number of troops, in addition to Denmark and Norway, the Czech Republic, Poland also need people, Germany's remaining two million troops are completely insufficient, Zhang Jun does not know what Hitler's choice is, he can only wait for the choice of fate.
Of course, all the countries of the European League of Nations also learn to follow Germany to send troops, more than ten EU countries, should be able to send about 2.5 million troops, so that Zhang Jun used the Soviet battlefield at one time has 8 million troops, 2.5 million more German elite troops than the historical "Barbarossa" plan, of course, many advanced weapons also appeared in Germany's troops in advance, in this case, can not win the Soviet Union, why Zhang Jun himself went to the Nuremberg gallows, there is nothing to say.
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After Hitler received Zhang Jun's "Barbarossa" plan, he locked himself in his office and studied it alone for three days, Hitler still believed in his "little radish head" very much, last time Zhang Jun insisted on using paratroopers to seize the island of Malta, and after Hitler received the plan, after careful consideration, he felt that his "little radish head" strategy was still very correct. Therefore, the strategic plan provided by Zhang Jun, Hitler will definitely not slack off, and hurriedly thinks behind closed doors.
Three days later, Hitler finally began to convene several marshals to discuss the strategic plan, they were Celt, Chief of the General Staff of the High Command, Minister of Defense Blomborg, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Walter, Field Marshal of the Navy, Marshal of the Navy Raeder, Field Marshal of the Air Force Kesselring, SS Field Marshal Himmler, and Zhang Jun, the strategic planner, and the meeting was scheduled to be held in the Eagle's Nest in the Alps. The high level of this meeting was evident from those who attended, and it was a military conference that decided the future and fate of Germany. The implementation of this "Barbarossa" plan is necessary, and now the discussion is how to implement it, if this "Barbarossa" plan fails, the fate that awaits these people is death.
Because of the importance of this meeting, everyone at the meeting had a serious face, including Zhang Jun, this is a meeting that decides the life and death of Germany, and everyone can't help but be imprudent.
Miss Schröder, director of Hitler's Secretariat, stood beside Hitler, and Miss Schroeder had a lockbox in her hand, which was handcuffed to Miss Schroeder's wrist, and it seemed that this lockbox never left Miss Schroeder's hand.
"Dear Miss Schroeder, send the top-secret documents! Remember, this document was all handed back to Miss Schroeder at the end of the meeting, and that during the meeting, you should not take any minutes of the meeting, and you will not tell anyone when you go back, including your dearest wife, you can understand. ”
"Hey! Hitler, understood. ”
All the generals present at the meeting stood up and saluted, answered Hitler's questions one by one, and after receiving Hitler's instructions, they slowly sat down and waited for Hitler's further instructions.
Hitler stood up and motioned to Miss Schroeder to open the curtain on the wall, "Hoohoo ......", Miss Schroeder quickly opened the curtain, and on the wall was a huge map of Asia and Europe, this military map was very accurate, and it was cut from photographs. It turned out that this map was Hitler's separate order B-29 strategic bomber, carrying Germany's most advanced camera, to cruise at high altitude, to take the entire map of Asia and Europe, these photographs, need a large number of geographers and cartographic engineers, cut and paste from the huge number of photos, this workload is very huge, for this map, Hitler paid for the funds that can be equipped with an armored division. After the original map is cut out, it can be remade and printed, so that a high-definition color satellite map that is ahead of the times is completed.
In fact, this cut photo stitching map, it looks simple, rivers and mountains, towns, highways, forests are all references, this is a close military map, it is not a civilian map, it is said that the Germans have a rigorous character, and they will not give up if they do not make this map to 99.9% accuracy...... (To be continued.) )