Chapter 69: Between the Peace and the War (15)

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The "Strange Man of the High Castle" plan was certainly true from a military point of view, because it was itself a deceptive plan, part of the war plan issued by Germany to the nations. However, the Americans did not get this plan, as Hoffman initially expected, from Spain and Portugal, or from the two traditional allies of Britain and France, but from Italy, a hardcore Axis ally.

When Hoffman and Keitel and others knew the news, they also shook their heads, the Italians' sense of secrecy and security system is really an unprecedented sieve, but it is also good that the news leaked from Italy is more comprehensive and richer, and it can better support the comprehensiveness The plan formulated by the war department headed by Yodl is quite large, and each country gets the part that is related to itself, and only Germany, which occupies more than half of the troops, has the whole set of plans, and even within Germany, including Hoffmann, knows the "Strange Man of the High Castle" There are only more than 30 high-level people in the plan, and there are only a few people who really know about this blackmail plan.

Even Guderian, who commanded the European Rapid Reaction Force, did not know that this was a 99% probability of not being used, and was still trying his best to improve the battle plan

"What do you think of this plan? Is it true or false? If so, how likely is it to be realized? Three days later, Dewey sent Dulles to Portugal to make secret contacts with Germany, while he was impatient to listen to the advice of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Generally speaking, the Germans' battle plan was very strict and deceptive, who would dare to believe that such a huge battle plan of "Barbarossa" was actually unfolding under the noses of the Soviet Union? As for tactics such as forcibly crossing the Ardennes danger, they are also unheard of by ordinary military scientists.

Clark frowned and said, "After preliminary research, we believe that this is a plan that is difficult to determine whether it is true or false. ”

"Tell me about it?"

"To be honest, it's because the offensive direction, offensive strategy and operational steps drawn up in the plan are almost very similar to the South African campaign, but they have been deeply refined in details" The South African campaign was a scar that Bradley was reluctant to mention, but he still had to cheer up and recall and think carefully, "Many of the original defects, and the counterattack points that I think can be grasped in hindsight have been fully optimized in this plan, which shows that this is not a plan drawn up a long time ago, but formed on the basis of Germany's own summary and analysis after the South African campaign. It will be more effective and efficient to use than the South African campaign."

"The second point of truth was based on the preconditions of the plan," Clark explained, "and the German battle plan had clear premises: first, to occupy all of South America and clear the Caribbean; the second is to wait for Japan to occupy Hawaii and threaten the West Coast; The third is to consolidate Bermuda as a frontier position for labor, and judging from the current situation, Germany is implementing this goal, and they expect that it is very likely to be achieved by June 67 this year. ”

Dewey hesitantly asked, "67 months?" Will they be able to occupy all of South America and clean up the Caribbean at that time? Didn't the German navy also suffer a heavy blow? Isn't it said that in June, the strength of the Atlantic Fleet will also be restored to a certain extent? ”

"Yes." Turner sighed, "The forces of the Combined Fleet can be brought in. ”

There was silence in everyone, and now the German fleet was no threat for the time being, but once the combined fleet detoured and joined the Caribbean theater of operations, the forces were completely reversed.

"Is this possible? Will Japan help Germany at a huge cost? ”

"It is said that Japan owes Germany a huge amount of military spending, and has also obtained a lot of military technology from Germany, and according to this logic, as long as Germany is willing to pay the right price, Japan can do so." Turner explained, "Didn't the Germans bring the Combined Fleet to the Horn of Africa in the first place? ”

Dewey gasped: the Atlantic Fleet could barely compete with Germany in a few months, but if you add the strength of the Combined Fleet, it would be impossible to resist it anyway.

"The third signal that is judged to be true is estimated from the maritime and logistical forces of the axis." Clark continued, "At present, Europe has been basically pinched together by Germany, the construction of the will wheel and the axis class is in full swing, according to the report of the intelligence system, the overall shipbuilding capacity of Europe is no less than ours, and there is still room for further improvement." At present, Europe's joint maritime capacity can exceed 15 million tons, and the general transatlantic expedition needs sufficient transportation force, and we make a rough calculation according to the ratio of 1:10, that is, 10,000 soldiers need 100,000 tons of capacity (the United States itself calculates according to 1:20), then 1.5 million troops can be deployed. By the end of this year, the combined capacity of Europe can exceed 20 million tons, and the capacity of Japan can reach more than 5 million tons, and the force that can support is as high as 2.5 million soldiers. It should not be overlooked that these countries in the Americas also had good transportation capacity, and many supplies could be requisitioned and distributed locally after German control of South America, so it was entirely possible that the Axis system would support 3 million troops after 1946, as long as they were willing to use military force. ”

The peculiarity of the transatlantic war lies in the fact that it is not only limited by the strength of the belligerents themselves, but also by the strength of the forces they deploy. Although the United States has 10 million military forces, it cannot be put on the European continent at one time or on the continent every week, so that each drop is a refueling tactic and fails, on the other hand, the reason why the Gaobao Qiren is only limited to 300400000 troops, and it is not a one-time delivery, is to consider the problem of transportation capacity If the United States borders Europe directly by land, then there is no need to go through such a big effort, just hit it directly.

"As for the difficulty of distinguishing between truth and falsehood, the first thing is the specific tactical application." MacArthur frowned and said, "According to this plan, the main forces of the Axis will be divided into two routes, starting from the north and south at the same time, the north will land in Canada, and the south will rely on Panama to attack north, taking Central America into Mexico and then to the United States mainland, which is completely different from the direct landing on the East Coast or the Florida Peninsula that we are considering." Although it can be explained that the Germans were more cautious and started from weaker areas, it was difficult to maintain such a long supply line, and our army had the time and sufficient force deployment to deal with it, and once it was a war of attrition, it was completely impossible to achieve a final victory. ”

"The second question that is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood is that we want to plot against Mexico and Canada against Mexico, we expected, the Germans fought this idea in the last war, but it feels a bit strange to plot against Canada, not to mention the Churchill regime, even the Canadian regime itself is unlikely to accept this kind of rebellion."

"The third question that is difficult to distinguish between true and false is that the axis is preparing to organize a 48-nation coalition army, of which at least 31 countries have sent combat forces above the division level, such a large and complex force is simply a disaster when dispatching, and it is difficult to maintain combat effectiveness, I don't know what self-confidence the Germans have to maintain such a scale of strength" Clark wondered, "These troops Germany can completely come out by itself, and let other countries support logistics and materials, why do you want to gather so many half-hearted, Troops with uneven combat effectiveness? Isn't that a waste of time? ”

At the end of the meeting, the outcome of the discussion was: whether it is true or not, the homeland defense response plan should be prepared according to this plan, and Bradley, who has been recognized for the deployment in the Caribbean, was selected to be the presiding planner of the deployment plan

ps: Code out a chapter on the train in Kunming Hangzhou, sorry, make up for it in two days.

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