After Moreau left, Ziano was unsettled, and after going to bed, he also tossed and turned, sighing and sighing, and even Ada, who usually only asked about politics, couldn't stand it anymore, and asked him what happened. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

How dare Ziano talk about the "coup d'état", he only said that the leader asked for the British colony and asked for Italy's Brazil, and the task was put on him, and the German side did not agree, and it was very difficult for him to be caught in the middle.

Ida was stunned for a long time, and finally smiled: "I thought it was a big deal, but it turned out to be just like this, it's very simple......"

"Simple?" Ziano smiled bitterly, "How do you tell?" ”

"I'll teach you a way."

"Okay." Ziano thought for a moment and said, "But it's useless for you to ask the leader for intercession." ”

"Intercession?" Ida pursed her mouth and said disdainfully, "Who is going to beg him, a playboy who doesn't know how to learn...... Well, the playboy can't be called a pitiful old man. He thought those girls really fell in love with him because they loved him? Is it really because he's charismatic? ”

Ziano smiled, and Ida seemed to complain a lot about this father.

"I'll teach you the way, and if it works, what will you thank me for?"

"Thanks?" Ziano laughed, "As long as it can solve my problem, I can give you anything you want." Villa? Yacht? Diamond? ”

"I don't want these, they'll be gone as soon as they're gone." Ada's eyes sparkled, "I want something that can keep making money." ”

"Got such a good thing? Give me a dozen. ”

"Yes! The oil fund of the Germans! Ida said seriously, "I'm not greedy, just give me 1 million marks, in case you abandon me in the future, I can still live on this thing!" ”

"How so?" Ziano quipped, "We have oil mines in Libya, and the others are still being explored, do you want to get you some dry shares in oil companies?" ”

I thought Ida would be very happy, but who knew that she shook her head: "You can't rely on those bureaucrats, if the Agnelli family comes forward, the reliability will be a little higher, but is the Agnelli family's dry shares so easy to take?" How much do you have to pay? ”

Ziano was dumbfounded by her refutation.

"Then why did you fall in love with the German oil fund?"

"I heard that this oil fund is distributed to senior officers and meritorious officers and soldiers according to their shares, as a guarantee for their peace of mind after retirement, and they will not have to worry about living for the rest of their lives. And if there is no war in the future, factories that build tanks and airplanes can be used to make cars, and cars will burn oil every day, and the demand for oil is getting bigger and bigger......," Ida said with a smile, "Besides, the Germans have a hard fist, and it is not up to the Führer to decide what will happen to Europe in the future?" Can the Führer watch the reliance of meritorious soldiers go down the drain? What politician or capitalist would dare to let this money go down the drain? Behind that is the millions of elite armies that have fought the invincible opponents in the world! Jews are rich enough, right? Isn't it time to go to Africa to dig stones? ”

A word to wake up the dreamer! Ziano sincerely felt that Ida had overcome his own knowledge and feelings of power.

He smiled and nodded: "I'll get you the 1 million, and I'll write your name, but you have to tell me the way first." ”

"Don't cheat."

"Of course."

"Drag it ......," Ida laughed, "I think you are in a hurry, do you remember that before the start of the war, the Führer wanted us to go to war, but the leader Lion opened his mouth and made a bunch of demands, how did you solve it in the end?" ”

Ziano immediately recalled: before the Polish battle, the Führer had invited Italy to join the war, Mussolini was not prepared at all, and at the same time had no confidence in Germany, but he did not dare to say it openly, so he opened his mouth and made a lot of demands, so angry that the Führer ignored the Italians for half a year. When the French campaign was almost fought, Mussolini didn't care about anything, and brought his own dry rations to fight the French army, but was beaten all over the head.

He smiled, "That's a good idea, I'll try it." Whether it works out or not, I'll get you 1 million. ”

Ida was overjoyed, and Ziano's irritable mood was much better, and he simply handed over the public rations.

But the next morning, his slightly better mood was ruined, and the butler prompted someone to call from the summer palace.

He thought it was Borato again, and his stomach was full of impatience, but he didn't dare not take it, and as soon as he picked it up, he heard a hurried tone in the earpiece: "I'm Betasi, are you a count?" ”

"I am." Ziano was surprised, but said calmly, "Good morning, is there anything I can do for you?" ”

"Earl, the leader is still sleeping, and I sneaked out to make a call. Listen to me, the leader is very unhappy with you getting too close to the Germans, thinks that he has let the Führer ignore it, and even half-jokingly says that he will abolish the position of your heir. "Although he himself said that it was a joke, I could tell that he was upset, and it is important for you to find a way to make it up as soon as possible." ”

Ziano was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "I understand, thank you for your advice." ”

"If you know, I'll hang up first."

Ziano immediately said: "Wait, all your expenses in Milan or Rome will be credited to my account next month." ”

"Thank you for your generosity!" Betassi smiled and hung up the phone, knowing that the count would not be stingy, summer is coming, clothes, jewelry, and bags should be renewed......

If he was not satisfied with himself just because it was a diplomatic negotiation, Ziano felt that there was no need to make a big move, and it might be over if it was delayed, but Bertassi's phone call today reminded him that the position of the heir is far from a certainty, although the leader himself said that it was a joke, but since he can say it, it means that the leader has moved his mind in this regard, which makes him unbearable.

Thinking of Ada's words yesterday that "whoever has the biggest fist is reasonable", he finally made up his mind.

At the same time that Ziano had made up his mind, Truman and the Joint Chiefs of Staff had also made up their minds to use the Atlantic Fleet to fight the Germans in Brazil.

Based on the results of the reconnaissance by the army aviation, Nimitz drew up a complete package: to transfer troops in the direction of El Salvador and Recife in the form of strategic airlift, pile up 3-4 divisions in one go, and transport other heavy equipment that could not be transported by air by fleet, with the main force of the Atlantic Fleet providing cover, and using the transport fleet as bait to lure the German fleet to attack.

Here's an important logical verdict:

If the German fleet does not attack, then as soon as the fleet arrives in El Salvador, 3-4 main divisions will immediately complete the landing, which is conducive to the next stage of force deployment;

If the German fleet takes the initiative to attack, then the Atlantic Fleet will take the opportunity to engage in a battle to annihilate (or at least crush) the enemy's main forces in one fell swoop.

This bold plan was applauded by Turner, who presented it with slight modifications, and Admiral King and Marshall also agreed, and whether it succeeded or not, at least things would not be delayed.

Truman nodded and approved this plan of action, considering that the two British aircraft carriers were indeed unavailable, and that if the last window period was not seized, the situation of Atlantic sea power and Brazil would deteriorate in an all-round way.

Another piece of good news is that Edward VIII has not yet returned to China, and the speed at which Britain will hand over aircraft carriers to Germany cannot be so fast, and even if the German side gets it, it will still have to carry out targeted adaptation and exercises, and there is still plenty of time, so the action plan has been adjusted to before July 15. This would give the Atlantic Fleet enough time to mobilize airlift and fleets, and would also give the Atlantic Fleet an extra week of run-in time.

The operation, codenamed "Hurricane", mobilized all three Essex-class aircraft carriers, three Iowa-class battleships, and 12 Casablanca-class escort carriers. Among them, 6 escort aircraft carriers mainly cooperate with the fleet and act as bait, the aviation on it is Lv.3 or below, and the other 6 escort aircraft carriers will fight together with the main fleet, and the pilots above are all Lv.4, as for the 5-level pilots, all of them are gathered on the 3 main aircraft carriers.

In this short period of time, Nimitz carefully studied Spruance's arrangement of troops in the Indian Ocean, and believed that his method and policy of having the escort aircraft carriers carry fighters and all the attack planes used by the main aircraft carriers is good, and can partially solve the current problem of insufficient number of aircraft carriers.

According to the situation, the German army had a total of 3 fleet aircraft carriers, 2 escort aircraft carriers (Rhine-class), 3 capital ships, and Nimitz believed that he had a slight advantage, even if the German land-based aircraft intervened, he could make a draw. Now the main aircraft carriers of the United States have all been replaced with F4U and BTD (the escort aircraft carrier is still equipped with F6F), the performance is better than before, and it has a Sea Hawk reconnaissance aircraft, which has been improved in all aspects, and the gap with the German army has been effectively narrowed.

Nimitz was always haunted by the outcome of the last naval battle, believing that if it weren't for the perverted land-based reinforcements of the Germans, he would not have lost so badly last time, Cunningham would not have lost his life, and even Iceland might not have been lost, so this time he was full of strength to take revenge.

Kranke did not know that Nimitz had come at him with murderous anger, or if he had covered the 7th Panzer Division under Mandolfer to reinforce the Rio area according to the original arrangement, and after this batch of troops was sent ashore, the German army in São Paulo and Rio would reach more than 60,000 men in two armored divisions and three marine brigades.

The country is also considering the next stage of operational deployment:

One voice is to continue to send enough troops to South America;

One voice was the mobilization of troops for the South African campaign.

Hoffman's personal decision was to increase the number of troops in South America first, at least to more than 200,000 troops in the South Atlantic theater, but this had to wait - Mashal's main German fleet could not leave the North Atlantic until the British had two aircraft carriers.

According to the arrangement of the Supreme Command, if the two Resentment-class ships can be obtained by the end of June, the third large-scale troop increase in South America will be carried out from August.

The timing was already tight, but it seemed that Nimitz and the Americans did not intend to give the Germans time to mobilize their troops calmly......