"Your Excellency's actions at the Imperial Council today have gone a little too far, and you could have expressed yourself privately or in a more tactful way." After the meeting, Richthofen and Count Spee did not return to their respective residences, but found a secluded place. At the meeting, only open things could be discussed, and in private, exchanges between the two armies had just begun.

"Perhaps. If the Kaiser were to give the German Navy five months to rearmament, I would be willing to offend him again. His Majesty is still the same, thinking that the world revolves around him. It's not going to go on like this. Count Spee said with some indifference, although he was not yet a very human minister, but the earl, who had held the supreme command of the German navy for more than ten years, would not back down because of the anger of the Kaiser. Or rather, the situation has reached a time when the Count cannot afford to flinch.

"Let's get down to business, the aircraft production capacity batch plan for the next 2 months will be done in accordance with the meeting, you account for 8 percent, and we account for 2 percent! But at this stage, the distribution of flight crews cannot be like this, we have to be at least 4 percent! And the first FW190s with new liquid-cooled engines have to be given to us! After the end of these two months, the ratio is tentatively set at 3 percent for the Navy and 7 percent for the Air Force. Count Spee said, staring at the other.

"Our Air Force is also short of crews. You're asking for too much. As for the new aircraft? Our Air Force is also in great need, and we have to face the Chinese Shicha Falcon fighters, the British Spitfire, and the Americans' P47s! The FW190A aircraft is already inferior in performance. The Red Baron retorted.

"But you have at least numerical superiority, and the British suffered equally heavy losses in the air battle of Britain, if only defensively. The pressure on the Air Force in Europe is not great. On the Indian side, the British and American air forces have limited garrisons, and the aircraft models are relatively backward. And the Air Force can also get help from Turkey and Austria-Hungary. There is an advantage in troops. As for Huaxia, it is indeed a strong rival. But they do not have a base in India. The bases in northern Iran are also limited, and as long as the Caucasus is guarded, the pressure on the air force will not be great in a short time. And I've already made concessions. Isn't it? Count Spee analyzed.

"Neither Austria-Hungary nor the Turks can be trusted, the Austro-Hungarian Air Force is inferior to the French Air Force, and even more so the Turks. You're right, we really didn't have much pressure in a short period of time, and your navy was the same, but a few months later, when the Entente focused on the Indian Ocean theater of operations. Our stress will multiply! And you want to compete with us for resources. Otherwise, you will take more of the planes in batches for these two months, and we will take less, and in 2 months, the Air Force will be 8 percent, and the Navy will be 2 percent? The Red Baron said with a smile in his eyes.

"It's different, give me half a year, and we can still gain an advantage in South Asia together. In 4 months, the Navy will regain strength, and then I will spend 1-2 months looking for fighters. Heavy damage to the American fleet. After the situation in the Atlantic is stabilized, I will command the fleet to the Indian Ocean. What do you think? ”

After the defeat, Count Spee racked his brains to get out of his current predicament. But he soon found out if things didn't change. Then the gap between the Allied fleet and the opponent will grow wider, and after a long war of attrition, the Allied fleet will eventually be dragged down. And if the Navy collapses. Britain would receive a large supply and the American air force would be stationed. The Empire will be in a two-line pinch. Then strategically it's completely finished.

Therefore, the navy must take the initiative and concentrate its forces on maintaining strategic superiority in a certain direction. Once you've defeated one opponent, you'll be in charge of another! In other words, whether to fight the United States and Britain first or deal with China first! To tell the truth, the German Navy still has a psychological advantage over the American and British fleets, after all, the two sides have been stumbling since the first war, and the American and British fleets have lost more and won less, while the Chinese fleet has not made many shots after the end of the Sino-Russian War, but it has solved the opponent cleanly every time. The Germans also suffered several losses.

In terms of hardware level, the Chinese Navy also has a great advantage, and the reason why the German Navy was defeated this time was largely due to the Chinese skuas. The Americans will not mass-produce the Skua in a short period of time, and the losses of the Huaxia fleet will also be replenished, so if the American fleet is faced alone, the German fleet and the new liquid-cooled FW190 aircraft may still have a quality advantage.

From the perspective of the fleet, the new class of large aircraft carriers in China has been put into service one after another, and these aircraft carriers can carry twin-engine bombers. It's just that the former's aircraft has better performance and stronger combat effectiveness. And the U.S. Navy is now replenishing the somewhat obsolete Essex-class aircraft carriers. A larger aircraft carrier is already on the slipway, but it will be useless for a short time.

Therefore, in the end, Count Spee still hopes to take advantage of the gap in the combat strength of the US Navy to hit it again and delay the recovery process of the US Navy. After the situation in the Atlantic is stabilized, he will lead the Allied fleet into the Indian Ocean to compete with the Chinese navy; if he is lucky enough, the navies of the two sides may fight to lose both, and if the army and air force can achieve some successes, it is not impossible to take advantage of the opportunity to negotiate peace.

"This is our only chance to get the biggest win with the least cost! In the next 4 months, I only want 800 FW190D aircraft equipped with the new liquid-cooled engine fleet! These 800 aircraft are nothing for the Air Force, but for the Navy, they can determine the victory or defeat of a key battle! "Count Spee didn't ask for much, so much so that even the Red Baron was a little moved.

"But what if you fail? What if, in the ensuing period, the main Chinese fleet did not return to the mainland, or was defeated in the battle with the American fleet? Have you ever thought about it? The Red Baron asked.

"I've thought about it, but I've found that there's no other way than this one way to turn us around on two fronts. It is impossible for Huaxia to keep all their fleets in the Americas, they also have interests in the Middle East, and if they want to gain benefits, then they must deploy enough fleets in the Middle East! This time, the Chinese fleet went to the Atlantic, but it was only to solve the urgent needs of the British. If nothing else, they will be back soon. Then with the newly completed new aircraft carrier into the Indian Ocean. There were also many contradictions within the Entente, and China would not always escort the British. The Earl said with great certainty.

"Okay. Your Excellency Marshal, you convinced. I wish you every success. After a long hesitation, the Red Baron agreed to Count Spee's suggestion. For the first two months, the Air Force gave way to the Navy in terms of pilots and crews, and in the months that followed, the first FW190D aircraft were also given to the Navy. Having received the Marshal's promise, Count Spee immediately prepared for the restoration of the fleet, and in the west coast of France and Crete in the Mediterranean, as well as in the major shipyards in Italy, the damaged German battleships were quickly arranged for repairs at the Slipway. Tens of thousands of tonnes of supplies are transported by rail and water to shipyards.

The Germans still have some background, after completing internal coordination. The pace of recovery of the German Navy is still impressive. According to the information provided by the shipyard, if nothing else, the other two Caesar-class aircraft carriers will be completed in service in a maximum of 5 months, and this means that Count Spee needs to re-discuss with the commander of the Air Force the plan that has just been finalized, and the German Navy will accept 250 more aircraft and crews of various types in the next 3 months! And because of this somewhat backsliding. There were no less complaints about the Navy and the Count within the Luftwaffe!

The German High Seas Fleet entered a period of full recuperation. The maintenance of equipment is only one aspect, and more important is the renewal of equipment. In fact, the replacement of the new FW190DT fighter is only a small part of the work. Taking advantage of this time, the German Navy also strengthened electronic reconnaissance and countermeasures. "We don't want to completely overwhelm our opponents in the next electronic countermeasures, we just want the disadvantage to be smaller." The Germans were fully aware of the gap between the two sides in electronic equipment, so they intensified secrecy. In the material warehouses of the Navy, the Germans had prepared quite a lot of equipment, but they did not use it on the front line. Raeder believes that it is pointless to expose the performance and metrics of equipment prematurely. And this time, when the German Navy was cornered. These new devices, which are already beginning to take shape, can finally come in handy.

After the Luftwaffe ended its strategic bombing of the British, there was a calm situation from the Atlantic coast all the way to the Persian Gulf. After more than a year of fighting. have entered a period of adjustment. The Germans needed to regain their strength and think about the next direction of attack. The British, while vigilantly watching the movements of the Germans on the other side, cleaned up their own bombed-out and dilapidated cities.

Centuries-old cities were blown to the ground in just a few days. Although the British won the battle, the price they paid was also quite tragic, and some British newspapers even believed that this air battle destroyed the purification of the British Empire for hundreds of years! The British, however, had no intention of yielding. On the third day after the mass arrival of the transport fleets of China and the United States, the British Air Force decided to reinstate the strategic bomber forces of the Royal Air Force, and while Britain had not yet recovered from strategic bombing, the Anglo-Saxons were already thinking about retaliation! As Churchill said, sooner or later, the RAF will repeat what the Germans did on German soil! All German cities are not immune!

"The Germans are adjusting their industries and goals, we can't let them complete the transformation so easily, the United States and Britain are also in a period of adjustment, so now the task of disrupting the Germans' plans will fall to us!" After a period of preparation, Huaxia finally entered the state completely, and the fleet deployed in the Atlantic to fight the Germans was only a small move. When as many as 4,000 strategic bombers and 5,000 fighters were deployed on the east coast of the Caspian Sea, China's strategic bombing of Germany was the next meal!

"Why did we strike after the Germans had stopped their strategic bombing of Britain? Wouldn't it be better if we did it at the same time as the British? Qin Yue, commander of the Huaxia Air Force in Central Asia, had asked more than once to launch an offensive in advance, but this plan was rejected by Xu Jie, so that even Qin Yue thought that Xu Jie planned to let the British exhaust the strength of the Luftwaffe this time, but in fact this is not the case at all, Xu Jie values not only the losses of the British and German Air Force, but what he wants to see is a time node, when the Germans want to breathe and adjust, give him a hard time to disrupt his next deployment!

When is the weakest time for a country's air force in a big war? Is it when he and his opponent are battling? No, absolutely not! It's when he's ready to adjust! Although the Battle of England was fought quite fiercely, everything was under the control of the Luftwaffe. The Red Baron carefully maintained the balance between consumption and supply, and although he used up a lot of money, the equipment and personnel replenishment speed of the Air Force still met the consumption. And the Red Baron is not defenseless against China, and the 5 air armies stationed in the Caucasus and Turkey are his biggest reliance! These more than 4,000 aircraft of all kinds and the strategic reserve of the Luftwaffe can completely block the first round of China's fierce attack!

If China makes a move at this time, it will be a big deal for Germany not to fight Britain and focus all its energy on the Transcaucasian oil fields. You attack and I defend, let's fight an air offensive and defensive battle. Although the Luftwaffe attack is weak now, the defense is still first-class! Think about the territorial air defense war of the Third Reich in history, the Germans used about half of their troops to fight with the allied strategic bomber forces led by Britain and the United States for 3 years! In '43, the two sides fought back and forth, and in '44 the Luftwaffe jumped a few times, and it was only in the middle of '44 that they pressed the opponent. Thinking about the strength of the Luftwaffe in this plane, Xu Jie is still under a lot of pressure.

Therefore, after combining the lessons of history, Xu Jie specially formulated a set of air strategy against Germany. This strategy not only covered the real battle between the two sides on the battlefield, but more importantly, it disrupted the pace of the Luftwaffe's replacement and personnel plan. At the same time, it was coordinated with the air offensive of the United States and Britain as much as possible, and when the Chinese side retreated to rest, the United States and Britain continued to bomb the German mainland. In Xu Jie's eyes, the Germans have been arranged, the French campaign - the British air battle - the upcoming air offensive in the Transcaucasian oil fields - the strategic bombing of Germany by the United States and Britain, this series of battles will keep the Luftwaffe at full capacity! Don't give you time to recuperate at all!

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