Chapter 230: Dewey, the Bearer Man (2)

The news about the assassination began to fade after a week of fermentation, but the situation about the war in the Hawaiian Islands became increasingly tense:

When Lanai and Molokai fell successively, and Maui was attacked by the Japanese army, the Joint Staff Committee obviously paid more attention to the dangerous situation on the battlefield in Hawaii, and the Germans threatened to increase their troops by 300,000 as early as they expected, as for the figures of 4,000 tanks and 5,000 aircraft, just listen to it and laugh, if the German army really uses so many weapons and equipment, logistics alone can crush the Germans!

Judging from the actual situation in Germany, it is obviously a lie to use all war resources to support the war against the United States, and on the third day after the completion of Goebbels's speech, Speer, in accordance with Hoffmann's intentions, dismissed some of the third-shift production of munitions and released the surplus electricity for the use of the super bomb project, further speeding up the pace of the project. At the same time, a large number of civilian industrial production was launched, and the furniture factory, which had produced all kinds of artillery shell boxes, was now instructed to resume furniture production; Iron and steel mills of all kinds have also received instructions to increase the production of steel for construction, and cement plants and reinforced concrete, which have been used for construction of fortifications, have gradually turned to civilian use.

Hoffman had already drawn a red line for the South American battlefield and would never allow more than 300,000 combat troops (including the army and air force), of which only 120,000 were given to the troops directly under Rommel's direct jurisdiction (excluding the air force and logistics), and the reason why the figure of 120,000 was set was not that Germany could not draw troops, but that it was a conclusion drawn through various analyses and calculations.

First of all, in Hoffman's view, Rommel is enough to bring this amount of troops, he can take about 100,000 group armies to fight the effect of 300,000 troops, and this is how it really gives 300,000 troops, and the result of the careful calculation of the Army General Staff is that when Marshal Rommel brings 120,000 troops, the best results and the highest returns are the North African battlefields, the Middle East rush war, the Central Asian raid, and the Iceland campaign are basically about this number of troops, and the Kungunir plan is half of 120,000. Now Rommel himself is suspicious of the figure of 120,000.

Secondly, ensuring the continuous supply of about 120,000 troops is also the daily dispatch that the German army can maintain at present. Due to the continuous reorganization of the 1943 and 1944 troops, the German army's logistical needs have also increased substantially, the same 120,000 troops, and the material needs of Rommel with 120,000 people in North Africa at the beginning and 120,000 people now are completely different, and they are not the same at all. Hoffman only promised Rommel one thing: the follow-up supply and personnel replenishment of the 120,000 troops will be delivered in full and on time, which is the greatest support and affirmation for Rommel, who has suffered from poor supply in North Africa, and is far more important than tens of thousands of troops.

Finally, judging from the actual battlefield situation in South America, due to the introduction of European garrisons, there will be no need for garrisons on the front line of Guyana in the future, so that the combat space will not be too large, and 120,000 elite field regiments are enough.

Of course, the total number of 300,000 troops will still be sent, but they will not be directly used in the same battlefield: after the end of the South African campaign, according to the results of the Japanese-German negotiations, the German army will officially send troops to the island of New Guinea and build relevant submarine bases, which will initially occupy 680,000 troops,

In the future, it will be expanded to more than 100,000, and the forces freed up by the Japanese army will be pressed to the front line of Hawaii Island; The additional remaining capacity was to place demobilized veterans and their families in the American Republic, which would be placed under the command of Paulus.

According to the plan, the American Republic will meet the ambitious goal of at least 2 million immigrants within five years, and the first wave will be to transfer veterans and their families. They will allocate land according to different military achievements, and the corresponding oil fund share will be cancelled, which cannot be said that they are short-sighted and do not understand the power of financial products.

The American republic, which practiced the ideal of national socialism, also took advantage of the situation to introduce the basic preferential treatment policy for military farmland, which would not be taxed for five years, and enjoy half of the tax exemption treatment for the other three years, referred to as "five exemptions and three halves", which made a vivid footnote to the promise made by the Führer during the election campaign, and had the ambition of building a "national socialist model field"; at the same time, the German government also signed an agreement with them on the underwriting of agricultural products, and if the products could not be sold locally in the South American market during the preferential treatment period, all of them would be purchased by the German government at a uniform protective price.

Under this premise, the German government set up a new Ministry of Immigration to coordinate the immigration to the Americas, African Republics, Asian territories, and colonies in East and West Africa.

The industrial capitalists sold a number of tools and facilities to the emigrant army on credit, and each settlement placed 300,500 households in a semi-military administration for the time being, distributing land, clarifying ownership, building housing and public facilities, and then formally cultivating and living. The military also made a great effort for the immigrants, and according to Hoffman's suggestion, a large number of obsolete tanks were equipped with agricultural machinery, which was a good modern agricultural machinery, and could also be used as a military product in peacetime.

For veterans, although driving tanks, ploughing and sowing seeds is a new knowledge, it is not difficult to master, and even as comfortable as on the battlefield, which helps them adapt to the rhythm of the transformation and suddenly retire from the battlefield where the artillery is full of artillery to live a comfortable life, many people are going crazy, and now they can touch tanks and have guns (guns are banned in Germany, and guns are not banned in American republics) The life makes them feel very down-to-earth.

At the same time, the Ministry of Immigration also organized the immigrants together to form a people's stormtroop in accordance with the Military Mobilization Act, which could not only defend the survival of the American Republic with arms, but also provide a steady supply of troops for Rommel's South American Army Group in times of extreme times, although it is not needed for the time being.

Of course, there are also adventurers who have retired from the army, who are not willing to plough the land and go to the factory, they are usually senior career officers who have been in the army for 20 years, and they are stunned to leave the army, but Germany does not need so many officers, so they are invited to serve as military advisers in various countries, whether it is the newly independent Eastern countries, or the Middle East, or South America, these officers are fragrant and fragrant everywhere.

Especially the La Plata group is the most significant, they not only hired a large number of officers, but also tried to copy the German military system as a whole, now South American countries not only imitate Germany in military strategy, military thinking, military equipment, and even even marching drills, slogans and slogans and even military uniforms are closer to Germany, everyone scrambles to follow suit will appear a ridiculous scene, unfamiliar with the army, do not carefully distinguish can not distinguish whether it is the German army or other countries' troops (note: to this day, The Chilean Wehrmacht is more like the Third Reich inheritors than the Wehrmacht)

Because the U.S. military was beaten extremely badly on the battlefield, losing divisions and losing ground one after another, and even these small South American countries that usually revered the United States have begun to disregard the United States as a matter of course, and the neutral country Peru has blatantly provided assistance to the Axis and has not seen the United States do anything, and it has even pierced the prestige of the paper tiger, and now even all parties do not take the U.S. military in their eyes, Peron believes that in terms of the combat effectiveness of the army alone, one Argentine soldier can fight at least two American soldiers.

Even the Brazilian army, which has been losing and retreating and has never won a victory, thinks that the US military is not enough, and Montero thinks that "if Brazil has American equipment, it will definitely not fight worse than the United States." Rommel and Schauken could only laugh after hearing this, I don't know where the Brazilians' "lost self-confidence" comes from, no matter how bad the US military is, it is still more than enough to fight the Brazilian army, coupled with the US naval strength, the South American countries are not necessarily the opponents of the US military, let alone fighting alone, even the La Plata group.

Therefore, the Supreme Command has a very tight grasp of the defense strength of the American republics, and Paulus will command a capable force of about 250,000 in the future, and have at least 300,000 qualified reserves, so that in the event of a surprise attack by the American army on the front line in South America, the American republics will be able to send troops to support the European Union. In order to protect the purity of the American Republic and its close ties with the German mainland, in accordance with the Law on Profide-State Relations, immigrants of non-German descent are not accepted until its population does not exceed 10 million (except for individual marriages and adoptions).

Unlike African republics, colonies, and Asian territories, the republics of the Americas will have to assume more responsibilities in the future, and Hoffman operates them as a strategic hub for the Americas.