Chapter 95: The Attack of the Axis (5)
"Führer, the Japanese have taken down Christmas Island. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Hoffman nodded: "Marshal Hori made a good move, the US military does not have any naval power in the Pacific Ocean now, and if Japan wants to occupy the island, the Americans will not be able to stop it." ”
"However, the losses of the combined fleet were greater than expected, and Tokyo bluntly told us that 400,000 tons of ships were lost."
"Is it an American submarine?"
"There are not many submarines, only about 3-40,000 tons, and Japan has also sunk several submarines, mainly caused by US military aircraft." Keitel reported, "The Japanese claimed that they had shot down more than 1,200 U.S. four-engine heavy bombers (826 were actually shot down, and another 203 were scrapped after returning home), 500 twin-engine medium attack aircraft (391 actually struck) and at least 300 fighters (178 actually 178), a total of more than 2,000 results, and severely damaged the U.S. Army and Navy Airlines." After analysis, Air Force experts believe that a 7-8% discount is more credible. ”
"How much discount will we have to make in South America?"
"This ...... It may also have to be discounted by 7-8%. Keitel's face turned red, and the report jointly submitted by Machar, Rommel, and Garland (commander of the South American Theater Air Force) claimed that 3,500 US planes of various types had been destroyed and shot down in half a month, and his own losses were only more than 400, and half of the crew members were finally rescued.
Keitel thinks that there is a lot of water, but he is a smart man, and he knows that there is no need to pierce it, and the fact that the South American battlefield was fought so smoothly and quickly shows that the battle was very successful, so what's the point of everyone exaggerating? In fact, the accuracy of the German army's statistics was a little higher than that of the Japanese army, and Japan's 80% discount was an accurate number, while the German army could basically make a 9% discount -- the US military had lost a total of 3,064 planes before and after.
After making it clear that the South American battlefield was given priority, in order to cover the army's operations and also to protect the few skilled crews, Arnold sent a large number of rookies to the front line, especially in the past week, only 20 percent of the first-line pilots of the US military are skilled crews, and the remaining 80 percent are novices who have never been on the battlefield or have only performed limited guard patrol missions in the war zone.
Arnold knew that they could not deal with the old German birds, but for the sake of half of the parachute crew being rescued, he expected them to accumulate experience in the fierce battle - it would be even more difficult in the future if they did not accumulate experience through actual combat.
The German pilots, especially the fighter pilots, instantly found the pleasure of angrily brushing up the achievements of the Eastern Front, and even competed for the task of undertaking sorties despite fatigue, and none of them who could serve as fighter pilots and survived so far were stupid, and everyone clearly knew that with the end of the European War, Germany's war road would soon come to an end, and South America and South Africa would be the concentration of the last few large-scale battles.
Now the military merit is no longer a cold medal and superior awards, nor is it just the honor and social status of the soldiers, it is linked to the oil fund, the higher the military merit, the more shares, the more dividends in the future, ordinary people do not understand the oil fund is powerful, and the pilots who deal with fuel every day can not know how valuable and profitable oil is?
The heads sent to the door should not be in vain, anyway, the points of the next plane are the same as the accumulation, who can distinguish which points are old birds and which points are rookies? Perhaps only an arrogant super ace like Marseilleu would only fight fighter jets and not attack aircraft, but Marseilleu is only one in Germany, and even Hartmann, the number one ace of Hainan Airlines, is desperately accumulating achievements and wants to exchange his medal for a diamond-encrusted Knight's Cross? Not to mention that the ace of a night fighter in China heard that he was going to go abroad to fight in South America, and he was stunned to sharpen his head and go to Garand's petition card position to ask for a battle - there are many smart people!
Hoffman smiled: "The American Aerospace is going to have a problem, losing 5500 aircraft in half a month?" Even if it is a 6% discount, it will cost more than 300 aircraft, and I don't doubt that the Americans can produce so many aircraft, but they can train more than 3,000 crews in half a month? ”
"It's absolutely impossible!" Keitel categorically denied it, "We fought with the Russians on the Eastern Front for 3 years, and it took great effort to train more than 10,000 crews, and if we can train 3,000 crews in half a month, why don't I double the Air Force again?" Anyway, we can build 50,000 planes a year at full capacity. ”
Hoffman nodded: "Tell Rommel, eat the Fifth Army first, the American troops in Recife don't eat it so quickly, let's consume their pilots first, so that next time if we want to fight the Caribbean, it will be much easier." ”
"Do you really want to fight the Caribbean?" Keitel was stunned, "I thought it would be wise to throw in the towel by beating the South American Americans." ”
"Why don't you fight?" Hoffman said, "If you don't fight, do you expect the Americans to obediently hand over Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Honduras, the Bahamas, Granada, Trinidad, Dominica, and other territories?" Had the Cairo Declaration not achieved the independence of Cuba and Puerto Rico? ”
Keitel gasped, as the war was not only pushed to victory, the Führer's appetite grew, and the first to say that the Americans were willing to stop the war would have two sides in South America; The condition now is that South America is to be dominated by Germany, and Venezuela and Guyana must be dominated by Germany; If the war continues, the Americans will even be separated from Germany in Central America and the Caribbean......
Hoffman didn't pay attention to Keitel's stunned expression, and instead called Goebbels: "Doctor, I need to give a radio speech to North America in two days, and I need you to help me prepare some materials." ”
"What do you need?"
"If the Americans still refuse to surrender, I am determined to fulfill Mr. Zimmerman's promise in the telegram to the Mexican people to help them regain the land occupied by the Americans, and we will never recognize the legitimacy of the American annexation of Mexican territory, including Texas!" Hoffman laughed, "Tell them that since the Americans were going to fight us over this telegram more than 20 years ago, we will be with them to the end!" The territories of Central America and the Caribbean that were forcibly occupied by the United States in this war must be returned, and the dignity of Europe cannot be violated! At the same time, I will reaffirm the guarantee of Canada's independence and territorial integrity from the United States regime, that the British people on both sides of the Atlantic recognize that there is only one Britain in the world, that Canada and Newfoundland are the inalienable and sacred territories of the United Kingdom, and that the Government of London is the sole legitimate government representing Great Britain! The countries of the European Union and the Axis countries, led by Germany, have always adhered to the principle of one Britain and opposed any form of two Britains or one Britain and one plus ......"
Zimmermann's telegram was the most sensational news of World War I, when Arthur Zimmermann, the foreign secretary of the German Empire, sent an encrypted telegram to the German ambassador to Mexico on January 16, 1917, suggesting that a military alliance with Mexico be negotiated against the United States, but it was intercepted by British intelligence and later used as a pretext for the United States to incite public opinion to declare war on Germany.
Goebbels laughed on the phone: "Führer, I understand, I understand what you mean. ”
Keitel asked suspiciously, "Listen to your tone, you are not prepared to occupy South America, Central America and the Caribbean in their entirety by Germany." ”
"No, if this is the case, we will be in a position of direct opposition to the United States, once we have a conflict with the United States in the future, other European countries will inevitably curry favor with both sides or even from the left and right, I must bring Britain and France in, and even consider giving the Italians a little sweetness to realize the common interests of Europe, on the one hand, we can use these territories to exchange Britain, France, and Italy for the obedience and cooperation of the three countries to the German-led European and world order, and on the other hand, they are all firmly tied to our side." Hoffman laughed, "For example, I can hand over the administrative affairs of Panama to British control, send a joint European force in the Canal Zone, and share the economic benefits of the rest with Europe, as part of the military expenses of the joint force and the administrative expenses of the European Union, and will British politicians be willing to hand over Panama to the United States?" ”
Seeing that Keitel was still a little confused, Hoffman made another analogy to explain: "You see, this time the Japanese asked for oil tankers, and asked European countries to find a way, the Japanese originally wanted to break each and negotiate separately, but after we intervened, it became a package deal between the European bloc and Japan, without my approval, the Greeks, Romanians, Turks, French, and Spaniards can of course sell their oil tankers, but can they sell them at the same price as the price at which Germany dominates?" ”
"This time you finally killed Horikichi with a knife."
"You underestimate Horikichi, he's a smart man, and this time he willingly let me slaughter him. If you don't make such a price, the Japanese will not be able to get the 4 giant-class aircraft carriers first, and who will guarantee the supply of oil tankers, petroleum products, and aircraft in the future? I only need to get a little card, and Japan will be tight in the Pacific. So, the Japanese are much more flexible than you think, didn't he go to Stalin to buy tankers and succeeded? ”
Keitel suddenly realized why Japan was able to give priority to a giant-class aircraft carrier this time, and it turned out that the Führer was pushing behind it, and the purpose was definitely to consume the Americans--the Americans were really unlucky to meet the Führer.
In the same way, the more countries involved in Central America and the Caribbean, the easier it is to exert the power of Germany and the European Union, and Britain, France, and Italy can only be eaten by the United States one by one if they are isolated, and their interests can only be guaranteed if they are united under the banner of the European Union dominated by Germany! You have to remember that if there is a third world war, it will by no means be a national war between Germany and the United States, but an allied war between the North American Union and the European Union. "What I'm trying to do now is to make this North American alliance impossible -- who said Mexico and Canada have to follow the Americans?" Aren't Americans hypocritically fond of isolationism? This time they can finally get a deep experience......"