"Ludwig, I think you should know very well that without the help of Japan, we cannot effectively control the world, even if we master the heart of Eurasia, because the power of the United States is beyond imagination, it is too powerful, and only Germany and Japan can defeat ......"

Talking to Hersmann was the German ambassador to Japan, Karl Brown. Feng. Major General Haushofer. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoHe used to be Hersmann's boss, and he was also an instructor at the Hirschmann military academy, and Chloe was a teacher when he was at the University of Munich, and he has a deep relationship with the Hersmann family.

In addition, he was also close to Hitler and Hess, and many of Hitler's ideas about geopolitics came from this man. The 16th chapter on foreign policy in Mein Kampf is almost entirely about Haushofer's ideas.

As soon as news of the Battle of Panama reached Berlin, Hitler instructed Ribbentrop to recall Haushofer from Tokyo to report on his duties. The day after Haushofer arrived in Berlin, he personally visited Hersmann and Chloe.

Hersmann knew that the purpose of Haushofer's visit was to act as a lobbyist for the Japanese, and Hersmann, when he met with Hiroshi Oshima three days earlier, had proposed conditions for aid that would be difficult for the Japanese to accept, and Hersmann's opinion was clearly on behalf of the Wehrmacht.

"Doctor," said Hersmann, in a somewhat helpless tone, "I know that the power of the United States is very strong, and that it is impossible for Germany to control the world without striking hard and containing it. In fact, from the very beginning, I regarded the United States as the most important adversary, and I also knew that Japan could play an irreplaceable role in the war against the United States. But Japan was on the road to defeat, and if it was not corrected in time, the Lend-Lease Act alone would not be enough to save the Pacific War. ”

"Oh," Haushofer asked, raising a gray eyebrow, "is the Wehrmacht ready to support Lend-Lease?" ”

Unlike the United States here, the Lend-Lease Act is useless if it is passed by parliament alone, and the Wehrmacht must agree to it. This is not because the Wehrmacht is overbearing, but because Germany does not have the materials at its disposal. And in order to make the most efficient use of its limited resources, Germany established the General Directorate of Armaments long before the war, which was jointly controlled by the Wehrmacht and the government. All production and resources related to armaments were under the control of the General Directorate of Armaments, and the head of the General Directorate, Speer (who was also chairman of the Economic Committee), although a Nazi, had to obey the will of the Chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht - after all, it was the General Staff and not Hitler's Chancellery who were now in charge of the war.

And even Hitler himself would not have reversed the order of the Pacific Theater and the Soviet-German Theater. The victory or defeat in the Pacific Theater only determines whether Germany can dominate the whole world, and the victory or defeat of the Soviet-German theater is directly related to the survival of the Third Reich!

"Doctor, of course we'd like to support the Lend-Lease Act." Hersman nodded and said, "But our support is conditional, and we must obtain the right to direct the Pacific War, and at the same time to direct Japan's arms production." Only in this way will the supplies provided by the Lend-Lease Act be valuable, otherwise we might as well use them all on the Eastern Front. As long as the Soviet Union was defeated, the Third Reich would have existed for at least a hundred years or more. ”

Cal. Haushofer pondered for a moment and said, "How are we going to support Japan?" ”

"The first is to provide 40mm anti-aircraft guns...... Hersmann reached out and took a list from Adjutant Stauffenberg, which was drawn up by the General Staff of the Wehrmacht and the General Command of the Navy. A lot of 40mm guns were needed, and our production lines in France, England, Sweden, Norway, and Italy had to run at full capacity to meet the needs of Japan. ”

The 40mm anti-aircraft guns that Japan needed were indeed astronomical, because they didn't have one now!

If you want to equip according to the standard of the air defense armament configuration of the European Combined Fleet, you need thousands of battleships alone (including 4 Yamato-class)!

In addition, Japan had about 10 aircraft carriers, 15 heavy cruisers, and 15 light cruisers (there were battle losses after the war, the details of which were classified and unknown to the German side), and about 70 destroyers (which also suffered many losses after the war) all had to be equipped with 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft artillery systems.

In addition to surface ships, the ground forces of Japan defending the island also needed 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns. Therefore, the total demand must be 5,000 if it is less!

And this is not the end of 5,000 guns, the ship-based Bofors anti-aircraft gun is a system, with quite automated loading and operation equipment, very advanced sighting and fire control instruments, and even fire control radars on some large ships. Of course, it is inevitable to provide tens of millions of rounds of 40mm anti-aircraft artillery ammunition, although Japan has the ability to produce all kinds of ammunition, but they do not have a production line of 40mm artillery shells at present, and Germany still has to provide assistance.

Therefore, the project to install anti-aircraft artillery alone requires more money and resources than it costs to provide thousands of aircraft!

As for the replacement of another insignificant 25mm cannon with a 20mm Erikon gun, and the provision of a radio proximity fuse for the 127mm gun, it was not considered because of the need to control the cost and speed up the process.

"The second is the ...... of various shipborne radars," Hirschman continued, "and the project to supply the radars to Japan will be carried out at the same time as the replacement of the European Combined Fleet with new radars, and we will hand over the obsolete radars to the Japanese." ”

Having received British radar technology, now the European Combined Fleet is preparing to replace more advanced radars in batches. So the old-fashioned radar was eliminated and sent to Japan just in time. This project cost less, but it was a lot of trouble, and it was necessary to help install and train Japanese radar operators -- the Japanese would install the anti-aircraft artillery themselves, and the radar would not work.

"Again, the supply of 'Union' class cargo ships and 'Unity' class tankers." The Soyuz-class freighters and Unity-class tankers mentioned by Hersman are actually knockoffs of the American Liberty and T3 tankers.

During the period from late 1942 to early 1943, the European Combined Fleet captured many American cargo ships and oil tankers. Some of them were sent to the shipyards of Germany, Italy and France for study, and the results of the study showed that although the two ships were not technologically advanced, they could be manufactured in large quantities at low cost, and they were also "assembly line" products, which were easy to mass-produce.

So Hersmann immediately instructed the General Directorate of Armaments to imitate the "Freedom" and T3 tankers in order to deal with the broken engagement of the Americans - in the Atlantic theater, the role of the United States and Germany was also reversed, and now it was the American submarine attacking the transport ships of the European Community and the Roman Empire!

Since the outbreak of the Pacific War, Japan's merchant ships have been the prey of American and British submarines and aircraft carriers. From the second half of 1942 onwards, the number of losses climbed to an average of more than 100,000 tons per month. And this was achieved in the case that the American submarine could not fully exert its power due to the quality of the torpedoes!

But the torpedo problem will not always bother the United States, the Americans only use advanced but immature products, and it is a big deal to use backward but reliable products. So as the size of the U.S. submarine force grows, the Japanese will soon have to face a siege by the U.S. wolves.

In the face of a Seawolf siege, the Japanese Navy could not guarantee the safety of their transport fleet in any way, and even the European Joint Escort/Transport Command could not do so now.

So the only way to maintain the volume of transportation is to build more ships, and as long as the number of new ships exceeds the number of losses, sea transportation can be maintained. Japan's shipbuilding capacity will not be able to cope with the US "submarine sea" in any case.

If Japan's sea transportation cannot be maintained, Japan will not be able to fight no matter how many planes Germany gives!

"The fourth focus of assistance is large-caliber artillery!" Hersman continued.

"Cannon?" Cal. Haushofer asked, "Japan can produce large-caliber artillery." ”

"But not enough!" "They have a lot of islands that need to be defended, and large-caliber shore defense guns are very important, otherwise they won't be able to deal with the approaching bombardment of American battleships," Hersman said. Considering the number of islands that Japan needed to arm, they might need hundreds of large-caliber guns. Only Europe will be able to offer so much in the short term, and they themselves will not have time to make it. ”

He paused, and then said, "The fifth aid focus is suicide flying machines!" ”

"Self-...... Suicide? "Carl. Haushofer frowned, "This will go to hell!" ”

"I don't care how many Japanese there are in hell," Hirschman smiled, "they're too slow to make progress on this, and we have a more reliable product...... V1 man missiles. Carried by aircraft, propelled by rocket engines, with a maximum range of 100 km. ”

The V1 missile in this time and space was developed as a tactical weapon rather than a strategic weapon, so it did not pursue a large range, but only high precision and high power. There are three guidance methods, one is human exercise; the second is radar guidance; The third is television guidance. But at the moment, the only mature way is to people - this is tailor-made for the Japanese!

"The sixth aid project is the JU88 bomber used to launch V1 man-operated missiles, and the launch of V1 man-operated missiles with JU88 will be the main anti-ship mode of the Japanese Air Force in the future."

"In addition, we will also recommend that the Japanese side devote all or most of the aerospace industry's R&D efforts to the production and upgrading of the Zero and Comet models," Hersman said. Because we thought that before the end of the war, the Japanese would not be able to create a better fighter than the modified Zero and Comet dive bombers. As for the mess of heavy bombers, they are all a waste of resources, and even if Japan can barely build a bomber group that can reach the west coast of the United States, it will not be able to break through the air defense network composed of P47 and P51 and anti-aircraft artillery shells with TV fuses. (To be continued.) )