Chapter 64: Between the Peace and the War (10)

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The conditions for the new round of peace talks sent by the United States and the latest Japanese idea sent by Kohl arrived in Hoffman's hands on almost the same day, and at this time he was on his way to inspect the shipyard and port accompanied by Speer, Dönitz, and others, and on the one hand, to greet the naval officers and men who had just completed the Caribbean campaign, and on the other hand, to check the progress of warship construction. ，↗

During this time, the naval construction project was in full swing, and in addition to the official commissioning of the Beihai, the first XXX-class super submarine has been newly built and is ready for sea trials.

The XXX class submarine is completely an epoch-making project, especially after Japan finally abandoned the Iran-400 class submarine construction project, the XXX class is the largest submarine in the world, with an underwater displacement of up to 6,800 tons after completion, and can be deployed at will around the world with diesel engine power, which is not the most terrible thing, the most terrible thing is that the task of this submarine design is to carry rockets and be able to carry 4 V6 missiles to carry out attack missions.

The endurance of any deployment in the world, the fastest speed of 4 knots underwater, the range of 2,600 kilometers of missiles and the ability to carry first-generation super bombs give the XXX class an unparalleled strategic advantage.

Originally, Japan wanted to build 4 I-400 to carry out the Panamanian strategy mission, and even deliberately arranged a budget in the Marushin plan, but with the destruction of Panama and the threat of Germany, this project became unnecessary for the time being, and the combined fleet could not imagine what the 6,000-ton giant submarine could do.

Hoffman's requirements for the construction of the first batch of XXX-class submarines were also 4, of which the first was required to be completed in April 1945, and the remaining 3 must be completed by the end of 1946, and then on the basis of absorbing improvements, the larger, more advanced, and more epochal giant submarines were withdrawn.

In addition to the XXX-class submarines, there are many other things to see in the shipyard: one is the Brute Yong, which has been converted into an air defense ship, which is scheduled to be commissioned in July, which will be the world's first warship equipped with head-numbing anti-aircraft firepower without capital ship guns; The second is the epoch-making missile boat Mosquito-class missile boat, which was developed by the Navy in accordance with the requirements of the Hoffman rocket "on the ship, on the plane, on the maneuver, and derivatively." The ship is modeled after Germany's most famous S-boat torpedo boat, and has improved tonnage and seaworthiness, with a total tonnage of about 275 tons, a maximum speed of 43 knots, a cruising range of 800 nautical miles, and two twin Silkworm anti-ship missiles (V3 rocket ship version) and a set of four 30mm machine guns.

The Mosquito Boat and the S Boat are still very similar in appearance, but the internal differences are quite large, the torpedo tubes that the S Boat relies on have been eliminated, those powerful oxygen torpedoes are useless, and the radar and communication capabilities have been strengthened a lot. If the Mosquito Boat is to be demonstrated, Germany intends to build at least 100 of them in batches. Although the lethality of the Mosquito Boat against the battleship was a problem, at least it would not be difficult to deal with the warships below the cruiser rank, and the chances of survival would be greatly improved, and the attack could be launched before the enemy's guns were far beyond the range of the enemy's guns from 35 kilometers.

At the same time, frigates with larger tonnage and higher grades are also being designed, the latter will have a tonnage of about 1,500 tons, and will still use missiles as the main means of combat, but unlike mosquito boats to perform a single anti-ship mission, the latter will carry out integrated anti-ship, air defense and escort missions, and have a minimum of anti-submarine capabilities.

Then there were missile destroyers, missile cruisers, missile battleships, and other different ideas and plans that made Hoffman cry and laugh, and he couldn't say anything yet.

On the whole, the results of the tests made him relatively satisfied, and the requirements were met in all respects, except for the reliability and accuracy of the missiles, which made him frown a little, and soon, his attention was attracted by these two telegrams, and he asked: "What do you think of the idea of the Americans?" ”

"Americans are still talking about the conditions of peace, still not realizing that they have no choice." Keitel lashed out dissatisfied, "South America is already an ironclad fact, and the United States even goes to great lengths to list it as a condition." ”

"So, what do you suggest?"

"Just tell them what we're offering."

Hoffman shook his head: "There is no doubt that our offer will definitely be higher than last time, but it is not in line with our position to simply and discuss, and I think we can make a fuss about Newfoundland and the government-in-exile of various countries first." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Americans must first recognize Newfoundland as an integral part of Great Britain, and then they must agree on which British government it is under its jurisdiction; Second, the United States must remove its support and recognition of the government-in-exile of various countries, and these people must either automatically become American citizens and become Americans, or they will be independently tried on their own soil and prosecuted for separatist crimes, and Germany will not interfere. ”

Hoffman's trick is a hidden evil: first, let the United States cede control of Newfoundland regardless of 3721, and then use other means to undermine the American alliance system.

"If the Americans can't even agree to this, then don't talk about peaceful coexistence with Europe, talk about maintaining the status quo and joint development of Central America."

"As for the package deal such as Indochina, I have a bit of a headache, and I don't know how to price it."

According to Germany's offer, rocket technology (to the extent that France has obtained) is worth more than 10 billion, and then Japan intends to trade with two islands, and in terms of size and importance, the southern part of Indochina is far more important than Samoa and the Solomon Islands, and Japan's asking price of 50 billion marks is "very" normal, and it can even be driven higher in proportion.

Hoffman knew that this was impossible, although the French were anxious to ask for this territory, they would never pay such a high price of 50 billion, and the French psychological expectation was that he estimated that it would be up to 15 billion, so that the price system would not be good.

"If you find it difficult to determine the price, I suggest that you take the trick of breaking it up," Speer suggested, "and we are asking for more islands to exchange for rocket technology, and in the south of Indochina, we are only matchmaking, and do not directly participate in the pricing, so I suggest that Japan and France negotiate carefully on their own, so as not to think that we are playing tricks on it." ”

Hoffman nodded in annoyance: "For the time being, that's all there is to it." ”

(End of chapter)