Chapter 187 - The Wehrmacht's Intentions

I don't know if Keitel will be like Zhang Jun, take Greece like lightning and not lose at all. The Wehrmacht is full of talents, and the equipment and weapons will not be worse than the SS, and the SS that has only been expanded now is only half equipped with tanks, but the Wehrmacht is also at a disadvantage, that is, although the number of tanks is large, but the number of copycat Tiger and Shanzhai 99 is not much, there are only three such heavy armored armies in total, Hitler allowed Keitel to use one such heavy panzer corps, and the other panzer divisions of the Wehrmacht will be transferred at will.

"Generals, marshals, I think you also know that the Führer gave us the decision to send troops to Greece, and I mean we must send troops, and the SS gang of turtle grandsons deceived us with a false maneuver, and then secretly attacked Denmark and Norway.

Those untrustworthy turtle grandsons, now they are awesome, looking at our Wehrmacht's eyes are full of contempt, a picture of bullish coaxing, they think that with a little sesame big merit, they can show off in front of our Wehrmacht, no way, the important thing is that the status of those turtle grandsons in the minds of the German people is rising, this is a problem in the eyes of our Wehrmacht that we must not ignore, all honor belongs to the sacred great Wehrmacht of Germany, and the SS turtle grandsons are counted as the green onions.

"I agree with Field Marshal Keitel's opinion that the position of the Wehrmacht cannot be shaken, and for the SS, we must find a way to suppress them, and we must not let them continue to be so arrogant, because the SS has the support of the Führer, so we can only use more outstanding military exploits to combat the arrogance of the SS."

As the head of the Wehrmacht, Blunburg is still higher than the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces in his position, and the Wehrmacht basically follows the tradition of whoever is the official first, and then the commander-in-chief of the army, Walter, speaks:

"I support sending troops, Germany's traditional armed forces, the Wehrmacht is an honorable, excellent army, we can't let the SS turtle grandsons rob the honor that originally belonged to our Wehrmacht, we must fight.

"You must fight, and you must not lose to the SS turtle grandsons."

"I agree with ...... too"

Since everyone agreed to send troops, which was in Keitel's arms, the next step was to discuss the specific steps for sending troops, and this time the Führer gave a quota, at most 300,000 Wehrmacht, which was about the same as the last time the SS attacked Denmark and Norway, and this time the Wehrmacht was ruthless and wanted to compare the SS, so it was particularly serious when formulating the plan for the "Balkan Campaign". Of course, the Wehrmacht's intentions are good, and if they want to make a name for themselves in one fell swoop, we will only know what the truth is.

With his baton in hand, Keitel came to the huge wall-mounted map, pointed to the Greek border and began to tell:

"To enter northern Greece, we need to cross the Lodopi Mountains, near which there are several river valleys through which large military units can pass, and the two directions of attack are west of Chustendil and the Yugoslav-Bulgarian border, and south through the Struma Valley. Many fortifications were built on the Greek border to match the local terrain, and we had to overcome the Greek defense system to defend the few roads in the area.

The valley of the Struma and Nestos rivers straddling the mountains along the Greco-Bulgarian border as part of the Metaxas Line, the pillboxes and positions of this line were built in the 1930s on the border with Bulgaria, similar in concept to the Maginot Line, which had the advantage of making it difficult for attackers to reach the defenders' defensive positions"

Kesselring then stood up to speak, political struggle Kesselring is not interested in participating, but for the military, Kesselring is born with a persistent pursuit, expressing his views on the war situation, and Kesselring will also take it seriously:

"Although the mountainous terrain of Greece is conducive to a defensive strategy, and the Lodopi, Epirus, Bandus, and Olympus mountains can delay our attack, the Luftwaffe has sufficient strength to make it difficult for the defenders to pass through the passes in the mountains, and our attack from Albania is easily blocked by the Bandus Mountains, and it is difficult for our tanks to pass through the terrain, but the terrain of northeastern Greece cannot prevent our attack from the northern border."

Keitel still admired Kesselring's talent very much, and even wanted to transfer Kesselring to the army as commander-in-chief several times, but because Hitler did not agree, Keitel gave up.

"Marshal Kesselring, tell me how you want to fight."

"Report, urgent message."

An intelligence officer hurried in, with a telegram in his hand, and the intelligence officer told him to read it to the High Command, and immediately read it aloud:

"Yugoslavia, a coup d'état took place this morning, and according to the efforts of our spies, the reason has now been ascertained, because Yugoslavia has joined the European Union, so General Simovich, who is backed by Britain and France, arrested the signatories, staged a coup d'état, and proclaimed the minor Peter II (the crown prince of King Alexander, who was assassinated in Marseille) as king, declaring his loyalty to the West. The Chief of Staff of the British Empire, Diere, immediately visited Belgrade, and Churchill personally wrote to General Simovich to encourage Yugoslavia to occupy Albania. ”

"Damn British bastards, who have always added to the blockage of holy Germany, now it's time for us not only to attack Greece, but also to solve it with Yugoslavia and re-discuss tactics."

Historically, Germany was preparing to attack the Soviet Union at this time, and the German 12th Army had been assembled in Romania and planned to enter Thrace and Thessaloniki through Bulgaria. The Yugoslav coup threatened the right flank of the German army, which was about to attack the Soviet Union, and forced Hitler to draw troops into the Balkans. On April 6, 1941, German troops entered Greece and Yugoslavia. "The only purpose is to drive out the British who stay here and destroy the peace." The Yugoslav coup delayed the attack on the Soviet Union by five weeks, and the Germans missed the precious summer and had to face a long and harsh winter in the vast expanse of Russia. Yugoslavia once again flew with a claw and changed history.

Now, due to the emergence of Zhang Jun, many historical events have deviated, but important historical events are still rolling in according to the huge inertia of the wheel of history. Fortunately, Zhang Jun launched the war between Denmark and Norway half a year in advance, so that Germany had enough time to deal with the emergency, and hoped that the current situation in the Balkans would not drag down the "Barbarossa Plan".

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Of course, Zhang Jun knew that the Wehrmacht's group of grandsons were discussing how to send troops to Greece behind closed doors, and since the Wehrmacht did not intend to let Zhang Jun interfere, Zhang Jun would not have much to do, and Zhang Jun's task now was to mass-produce and order all kinds of weapons and equipment and various strategic materials.

At this time, Germany was like a monster swallowing gold, and Germany absolutely did not spare money for the materials that could be bought in the international market, buying them in large quantities, asking for money for money, commodities for commodities, and gold for gold, even if they wanted weapons, Germany also sold them in large quantities, as long as they were not Germany's advanced weapons. Hundreds of 10,000-ton transports arrived at German ports every day, and hundreds left with goods laden with all sorts of goods, and the German economy reached an unprecedented boom in history. The main thing is that Zhang Jun can say that Hitler spends money, even if it is the gold of the German National Bank, Zhang Jun also instigated Hitler to take it out and use it, and the gold is placed in the vault and does not flow, it can only be metal, and only the gold that circulates is the highest value.

Zhang Jun's idea is very simple, since Hitler wants to go to war, and Germany has embarked on this road that is destined to have no return, then he must be willing to spend his blood, if he is a miser, he will not give up a penny, and let Germany's enemies sack him after the defeat? It's better to spend it now, don't worry about the depreciation of the German mark, this is not an over-issuance of the mark, all gold is bought with the corresponding substance, after processing, it will only produce a higher economic value.

Britain and France are now also riding tigers, they signed a secret treaty with Germany, instigating Germany to attack the Soviet Union, at this time Germany played some tricks, Britain and France could only knock out their teeth and swallow in their stomachs, and their mouths were full of blood and had to endure it, Zhang Jun took advantage of the mentality of Britain and France, did not restrict Germany from importing various minerals, and launched the craziest purchases.

"Cotton, how many do you have, 10 million tons."

"All of them, what do you need to pay?"

"I want gold."

"No problem at all......"

"Minister Zhang, I have 100,000 tons of vegetable oil?"

"All, what do you need......"

"I pork...... I have soybeans...... I have wheat ......"

"All of them, and my staff officers want to purchase the price list......"

Zhang Jun's equipment department has now become a place for businessmen from all over the world to carry out sales, those businessmen from all over the world, transport all kinds of materials, Germany does not pick fat and thin, according to the price listed by Germany, the procurement is, of course, the material will be graded, the price of high quality is of course higher, the difference can only be the lower price. Those businessmen from all over the world who had sold out of the materials were looking for all kinds of German commodities in the hall of the German Ministry of Armament, and negotiated that they had immediately purchased and loaded them back to China, and in this case it was impossible for the German economy to be not hot. Even the economies of Britain and France have benefited greatly from the strong pull of Germany.

The German economy is hot, workers' wages and incomes have increased significantly, the country's tax revenue is the same, and Germany's materials that can be used for war are also increasing rapidly, which is all good and bad, Germany's foreign exchange income has increased a lot, but it has been spent more, and even the gold in the national reserves, Zhang Jun is not distressed to use it. Of course, some people are talking crookedly behind their backs, and Zhang Jun doesn't have the heart to care, anyway, Zhang Jun has not embezzled a penny, all the accounts are clear, welcome to check the accounts at any time.

For Germany's industrial production capacity, Zhang Jun is still very confident, even in history, Germany has produced more than 40,000 aircraft, more than 10,000 tanks and 1,800 heavy tanks in a year, and now after Zhang Jun's vigorous rectification, sufficient material and financial support, the production of heavy tanks alone will definitely not be lower than ...... in history. (To be continued.) )