"Führer, are you really going to make peace with the Americans?"

"yes, why not?"

"But it's clear that the situation is in our favor. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Goebbels asked, puzzled, "wouldn't it be a pity to negotiate peace now?" ”

"I know that it is advantageous, so I want to negotiate peace in this situation, Germany's use of national power has reached its limit, and it needs to be slowly retracted, and the United States has not fully released its national strength, or rather, they do not know how to release it."

Goebbels was puzzled by this: Didn't the United States lose far more than Germany? Even if the United States is strong in industry, why does the Führer say that the United States has not fully unleashed its national power?

"This issue cannot be viewed in isolation and in isolation." Hoffman explained, "The industrial capacity of the United States may be almost at its peak now, but the equipment and materials they produce used to need to be sent across the ocean to Britain and the Soviet Union, and now they only need to be sent to the Caribbean and South America at hand, and we only need to send supplies and troops to the European continent in the future, and in the future, we need to travel thousands of miles to the Americas. ”

Goebbels nodded, indicating that he understood a little: it was not only industrial strength that would determine the success or failure of the war, but more importantly, the ability to put it into service. In the past, the United States could only throw its strength into the European continent little by little, and Germany could use all its strength, but now the status of the two sides has been reversed, and Germany can only throw its strength little by little, but the United States can use all its strength.

"For example, if the South American campaign had taken place in Europe, and the Rommel Army Group had been tired, I could have replaced it with another army group, but now we have hoarded millions of troops on the European continent, but we can only look at the American coastline and do it in a hurry -- this is the same as when the United States obviously hoarded millions of troops on its territory but could not put it on the European continent. Another example is supplies, after the end of the Eastern Front campaign, we have a lot of materials and equipment to spare, but these things have no wings, and need to be sent to the Americas and South Africa in batches by ship, even if our shipping capacity has increased rapidly, but it is still not an opponent of the United States. Taking a step back, even if we are the same tonnage as the United States, our fleet makes a round trip of 20,000 kilometers, and the American fleet makes a round trip of 5,000 kilometers, who is more efficient and higher? ”

These constraints were well known not only to Hoffman, but also to the High Command.

Originally, the most logical move after encircling and annihilating the Patton group was to attack the American forces in Recife, but Rommel sent a report informing him of the latest changes in the enemy situation in Recife: the American troops brought in at least 2-3 divisions (mainly the 101st Airborne Division and the 11th Airborne Division) by air, and transported a batch of supplies and equipment by sea.

Judging from the aircraft reconnaissance and photographs, he estimated that the current strength of the US military in Recife exceeded 150,000 (actually 165,000), and the air force was between 1,500 and 2,000 (excluding the actual more than 1,900 strategic airlift troops, one-third of which were skilled crews), and according to the Brazilians, Recife had been operated by the United States for many years, and the base facilities were perfect, the defense system was complete, and the material hoarding was sufficient, which made Rommel feel that it was a little difficult to deal with.

The current troops in his hands, whether the air force or the army, are less than the opponent, and have just experienced a major war, the battle line extends from Victoria to Alakalu, the troops are in disorder, the upper and lower command systems are disjointed, and the logistics supply is half dependent on temporary military stations, and half relies on robbing the American army to barely maintain, and the appearance is even more embarrassed than Rommel in North Africa at the beginning, and the Americans are not as cunning as the British, and they retreat not fast enough, and they thought they could fight, but they were beaten half to death by Schauken. Then they relied on one breath to storm Patton's headquarters, and finally the Americans made another stupid move and actually retreated with transport planes. If it weren't for that, just fighting a defensive battle with Rommel in the valley would definitely be solved in the end, but time would never be so fast.

If you don't rectify now and directly challenge Recife, you are afraid that you will have to meet and break the bloodstream, Rommel has learned the lessons of North Africa, but he does not dare to play like this, so after the battle of El Salvador, he naturally asked for a break.

It just so happened that the Navy also needed to bring back the Cranker fleet, which had been wounded in the war, and then in October, it would escort the second batch of reinforcements, and two armored aircraft carriers and two escort aircraft carriers escorted the scarred Crankk fleet to return home yesterday.

In view of the limited transport capacity, the second batch of reinforcements will be mainly based on the delivery of materials and equipment, and the personnel will only be supplemented by one Panzergrenadier Division, one Infantry Division and two air wings (one of which is a transport wing). In this regard, Rommel also accepted that it would be good to have 10-120,000 troops under command who were fully replenished! The Führer still has a battlefield to take care of in South Africa.

"It is impossible to conquer the United States in the short term, even if more European and Japanese forces are introduced." Hoffman smiled at Goebbels, "Anyway, the war can't be fought all at once, so why not give the U.S. government a chance at peace?" As long as the Washington authorities are willing to recognize the independence of the Central American countries and give up control over the region; Germany is willing to return part of the Caribbean Sea and Central America territories to Britain, France, and the Netherlands, and is willing to share the Caribbean territory with us, and Germany can get along with the United States on a friendly basis......

Goebbels was stunned for a moment, then laughed meaningfully.

The so-called Central America refers to the countries south of Mexico and north of Colombia, mainly including Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, six independent countries and a British colony - British Honduras (later known as Belize).

These small Central American countries are said to be independent, but in fact all politics, economy, and even military and diplomatic affairs are in the hands of the United States, and there are quite a few US troops stationed there, and Hoffman demands that they be independent in order to uproot the US power in this area.

In order to muddy the waters, Hoffman also devised a complex operating system: British Honduras was occupied by the British, Panama was guaranteed neutrality by European countries, the Panama Canal was established as an international joint-stock company, which was jointly controlled by Germany, Britain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, the United States, Japan, and Panama, the Canal Zone was ensured by the European Joint Forces, and the administration of the Canal Zone was handed over to the British (the British had strong management experience in this area).

In this way, Panama itself will not have an opinion, in the past, the United States was the only one, and Panama could not intervene in the affairs of the Canal Zone at all, but now at least it is managed by many countries, and Panama still has a little right to participate, which can balance the influence of the United States; France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Japan must rejoice, and the shares of the white take wow; The British have a more lucrative harvest and can be the watchdog of the South Gate of the United States.

After mastering the Panama Canal, any movement of the US Navy will be completely exposed to the eyes and noses of European countries, and even if the United States wants to go to war, as long as Germany closes the canal zone, the United States will not think about moving, forcing the United States to continue to build a two-ocean navy. Besides, the two-ocean navy is not so easy to operate, and the Falklands base will still monitor Cape Horn. Abolishing the U.S. Navy's ability to move freely would be the same as abolishing the U.S. ability to wage war at will.

As for the Caribbean, the situation is more complicated:

Cuba and Puerto Rico were the ones that Germany pledged to be independent - and after the war Germany would certainly have to find a way to control them;

Haiti and Dominica could consider remaining with the United States;

Jamaica, the Bahamas, and the Windward Islands (including Barbados, Dominica, Granada, St. Lucia and other small islands) belonged to the British colonies before the war and were to be returned to the British;

Taking into account Italy's contribution, but also in order to muddy the waters, Hoffman was prepared to give part of the Leeward Islands (including the islands of Anguilla, St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda) to the Italians;

There are also Martinique, which belongs to France, and the Netherlands Antilles......

It means that the Caribbean Sea must have the strength of traditional maritime powers such as the United States, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and the Netherlands, and all parties will contain and restrain each other. Hoffman is not worried that these European countries will turn to the United States on the Caribbean issue, because their roots and base camp are still in Europe. His purpose is clear: to transform the Caribbean from America's backyard into a place of European and American condominium.

Of course, as a deal, Bermuda, which is only more than 1,000 kilometers off the east coast of the United States, will certainly not be able to be occupied by the British again.

Early the next morning, Ribbentrop rushed over to report to Hoffmann, and said in a very exaggerated tone and demeanor: "Führer, the effect of your speech is too good to be amazing, and it has received an explosive effect so quickly. Harry Truman, a warmonger, announced his withdrawal from the next US presidential election, and Dewey basically won, but Truman did not make Dewey feel better, and arranged for him the title of ambassador for special peace, and I expect that the Americans will soon propose peace through a third country. ”

Truman's withdrawal from the election was somewhat unexpected by Hoffman, but he was soon relieved, smiled and nodded: "Although Truman is hard-mouthed, he has already admitted defeat politically. ”

"Do you have any guiding opinions on peace talks with the United States?"

Hoffman spoke at length about Central America and the Caribbean arrangement.

Ribbentrop gasped and hesitated after a long time: "This...... I'm afraid the Americans won't accept this condition. ”

"Of course, I didn't expect the Americans to take it for granted." "Truman's withdrawal from the election shows that he not only knew that he would not be elected, but also did not want to become the president of the United States who signed a peace treaty, so it was impossible to reach agreement on this treaty before the new president took office, that is, before January 1945." In the next few months, Americans must be in a desperate struggle. And I, on the other hand, still have a lot of strength to show. ”

"For example?"

"Guderian will show Blitzkrieg 2.0 in South Africa, and the Japanese have not yet made a presence in the Pacific...... After the show of force of the combined fleet, the Americans will know that it is powerful. Let's talk to the Americans first, we have been in contact with the black cat for so long, and talking about a truce with a big country like the United States is not something that can be achieved in a day or two. ”