. The Third Reich under Ten Thousand Characters  Volume 5: Battle of Britain   

There are 200 divisions, which sounds scary at first, but only Xu Yang or Lao Tian knows how much combat effectiveness the 200 divisions have.

When Xu Yang took over as the SS General Leader in 1936, the total number of SS was the local self-defense force that did not even have basic weapons. More than 20,000 people were organized only a few of the few stationed in major German provinces. The system adopted by these troops at that time was different from the National Defense Forces, and the personnel system of the troops was also chaotic. One level-one assault brigade could be thousands or tens of thousands. The first-level assault brigade of different numbers gathered into a flag team, and the number of this flag team was also mixed.

It took Xuyang two years to reorganize the SS until the SS quickly expanded to the point where only the German national soldiers were all volunteers with foreign nationalities, or people in the German-occupied area, mostly German descendants who lived abroad and responded to the German nation's call. Among them, there were two American infantry divisions who came from the United States. They joined the SS under the slogan of resisting the red invasion of civilized countries and are currently divided on the front east of Poland.

It is particularly noted that there are yellow race troops in the German Wehrmacht and SS. These yellow races come from various Asian countries, most of whom came to Europe to live, and their descendants have the idea of ​​learning combat skills abroad and join the National Wehrmacht Guards according to different conditions. It is simply a very difficult thing to join the National Wehrmacht system to learn orthodox work methods. Most of them hold on to learning advanced tactics to return to their respective countries' grand wishes to resist invasions from other countries.

After the Third German Empire annexed Poland, it launched new propaganda, indicating the danger of the Red Empire to European and American countries. It also called a slogan and invited all volunteers to join Germany's armed forces to prepare to resist the barbaric invasion of civilization.

Perhaps we cannot understand what Westerners are thinking with our own minds? Just like Westerners never understand the thinking of Easterners. Western countries have a guard against the former Tsarist Russia and the current Soviet Union, and do not recognize from the bottom of their hearts that Tsarist Russia (Soviet Russia) is a member of the West. This is also the main reason why after all countries were occupied by the Third German Empire by force, most of the men of the people still chose to join the army of the Third German Empire in the hope of using their own strength to resist the upcoming invasion of the Red Empire.

As for the country being occupied by the Third German Empire? Most people regard this as the family affairs of the Westerners. If they choose between resisting the invasion of the Red Empire of the Easterners and resisting the rule of the Third Reich, most people will still choose to temporarily give up their resistance to the Third Reich and join the army of the Third Reich to attack the Red Empire of the Easterners. (Historical facts)

In the eyes of Western countries, Germany has always been a problematic young man in the West and a Western member. Although this young man temporarily lost his mind and took action against his own people who are civilized people, it is understandable and historically based. However, in the overall situation, nothing is more important than resisting invasions by not Westerners. (The Japanese also advocated this concept in Asia, but what they got was failure. Because the military discipline of the National Defense Army soldiers in World War II and the military discipline of the Japanese soldiers are completely different. Of course, the notorious SS in history is not like this.)

The interaction between people. The unity between countries is always so foggy that it makes people unable to understand. It seems too difficult to summarize in one sentence...

The next day, the weather became slightly cold. Berlin, which had good weather for more than two consecutive months, finally ushered in the first rain. The rain was unstable, just like the German army's blitzkrieg, it came and went quickly. The only difference is that the blitzkrieg launched by the German army can cause unexpected blows to the enemy. This trip only lets the Berliners know that the weather is about to start to get colder and they have to prepare clothes to keep warm.

The Prime Minister's House is located on William Street. The building on the west side is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Empire, the office building of the Ministry of Transport on the east side, and the front door is the Propaganda Department of Joseph Goebbels. This section belongs to the golden section of Berlin. The administrative office buildings of the imperial palace are located near the Prime Minister's House. Behind the Prime Minister's House are the section of Vonsdaq Street. It is a green area, except for some sculptures that beautify the environment. There are no other buildings, which are planted with plants transplanted from the German-occupied area. Some plants that can survive in the tropical areas are also included. They are cultivated in special greenhouses. It will be recorded in history as the world's first artificially cultivated air-water shed.

The Prime Minister's Office has welcomed a new owner, and it seems that a new vitality is injected into it. Every time it is dawn, you can always see busy people shuttle between the corridors and offices of the Prime Minister's Office. They hold documents in hand and step by step. It seems that there are always endless things to be busy?

It was like a promise. More than a dozen cabriolets gathered in the street in front of the Prime Minister's Office. The door was opened at the same time. More than a dozen school-level officers who were obviously adjutants walked out. They opened the door on the right side of the back seat and stood neatly next to the car. At this time, both pedestrians and guards looked at the people walking out of the car with respect.

Of course, there is no need to guess who they are. Only these generals and marshals with lofty prestige can attract people to express their respectful expressions.

Braushich got out of the car and did not greet his colleagues. Instead, he looked up at the huge Doric pillar standing in front of the Prime Minister's House. After seeing the man turned to the majestic eagle hanging in the center of the Prime Minister's House, as if he wanted to see the future of Germany from the majestic eagle's eyes. Unfortunately, he only saw the two eagle eyes waiting at any time, trying to tear apart any enemy blocking the road ahead of the Third Reich of Germany.

The collar seal on Braushichi's arms was as bright as blood. The golden wheat ears wrapped around and interlaced with golden wheat ears held up two miniature marshal scepters shining brightly by the rising sun. The marshal's erectile scepter and collar seal not only illustrate his identity, but also told everyone who saw the erectile scepter and collar seal that it was a contribution, it was a contribution, it was a responsibility.

Loeb surprisingly did not argue with Braushichi today, but raised the marshal's scepter in his right hand before Braushichi looked over, put it on his forehead, and then smiled and greeted him.

Loeb is very tall, and he is wearing a handsome and handsome uniform. He looks extremely majestic and majestic, giving people the visual feeling of being a man. Judging from his behavior, he also seems to feel good about himself. He even speaks like singing, "Walter, I slept well last night.

Walter is the name of Blauchic, and only a few people are qualified to call him intimately, and Loeb is of course one of them.

Braushich nodded and asked in confusion: "Mr. Knight, do you seem to be excited?"

The Knight is the nickname of Loeb. The nickname was originated from Loeb receiving the Knight Medal Joseph in 1916. At that time, Loeb was a major. Because he received the Knight Medal by William II, he was privately called William Knight Loeb by a few friends. Of course, Braushich called Loeb a knight at this time, which was purely a bit embarrassing.

In fact, today, they can stand in front of the Prime Minister's Office wearing the uniform of the German Marshal. They all have their own reasons for being proud. In the past 100 years, there were only seven marshals in Germany, including the three marshals promoted by William II in World War I. In Germany, no matter what era, the hope of becoming a marshal is definitely not just based on military merits. It also requires sufficient prestige and support from the military. As long as there is one person opposes, no matter what the reason is for letting the public know the reason for opposition, as long as that reason can stand firm, the date of the nominee's promotion to the rank of marshal will be postponed indefinitely unless this person can do something that the whole people agree with.

As Braushich thought, the marshal represents more than power and his obligations. Obviously, as a member of the National Defense Forces, he has also maintained the image of a soldier and is one of the obligations. This is why Baker, the former Chief of Staff of the Army of the National Defense Forces, was forced to resign because he was suspected of having problems with his private life. Baker was originally an honorary general of the National Defense Forces, and is expected to be promoted to the rank of marshal.

(The Honorary General is a reward for soldiers who have contributed to the National Defense Bureau system. Each soldier will stay in the title of Honorary General for a period of time before being promoted to the title of Marshal. In the content of this book, the author himself simplified the promotion process of Braushichi and others for some reasons, not intentional, just because the process will Rommel, who had just walked out of the car, looked at the collar and epaulette on the marshal's uniform with a hot look. He always believed that if a soldier does not want to be a marshal, he is an unqualified soldier. Of course, he knew that it would take a arduous process to become a marshal. In this process, it may require countless hardships and even sacrifices, but these are not important. Soldiers have to go through these things, and their dreams may not come true after experiencing them. They still need some opportunities to become the highest honor of a soldier.

Rommel does not think he lacks opportunities. In the eyes of others, he is a lucky person who climbed from the rank of colonel to the rank of lieutenant general in four years. The colonel to the rank of lieutenant general was only two classes, but the meaning contained in those two classes was not a soldier, and he might not be able to truly understand how many hardships the two classes had to go through!

As a direct subordinate of Stark, Rommel will have countless opportunities as long as Stark is in power for one day. Others say he is lucky, but is it really just because of luck?

Rommel didn't want to pay attention to others' opinions. He lived a proud and free life.

Rommel only smiled at the statement of luck and did not comment. Having a chance does not mean that his career is smooth. While being appreciated, he has no ability and can only step into the prison passage. He understands that what Stark is interested in is not his ability to flatter, and he has never flattered anyone. What Stark is interested in is his military talent, Dak only looks at it, maybe he will smile, and then turn his eyes to other places.

"Opportunities are built on abilities!" Rommel said to himself. He looked up at the gray sky, a drop of raindrops dripped from his nose, and then a ticking sound came from the military cap.

It started to rain again...

The arrival of a group of marshals did not cause chaos in the Prime Minister's Office. The staff just politely paused to the original greeting for a short time, and then continued to do whatever they should do. As for why the marshals and generals came, that was not something that these low-level staff should care about, and they still had a lot to do.

German soldiers advocate discipline, which makes them always raise their feet at the same time when walking together, and then step on the board hard at the same time, making a neat slap. Someone made a joke. That was to let a regiment of German soldiers march on a bridge at the same time, and the bridge would be shaken by German soldiers in this regiment of German soldiers. This joke fully expresses the correctness of the above views. It is precisely because German soldiers advocate discipline that they give the world a deep and stereotyped impression. Obviously, if this is the impression, they are willing to keep it forever.

The meeting was held at 3 pm, and now it was 8:16 am. They obviously came early, and during this time, they could only stay in the living room arranged by the staff. Outside, they could do anything in this room, of course, anything included with the little girl.

"Before the meeting, we need to communicate in advance so as to quickly answer the question of the head of state." Blaushich had enough prestige to serve as the leader, and he continued, "According to the head of state, our country will not consider the proposal of Japan and temporarily entrust Indonesia, which was originally colonized by the Dutch, to protect the Japanese army. The head of state will be leading Germany forward, and what we need to do is to improve every step as much as possible. What I want to say is that since the head of state does not intend to accept Japan's proposal, we need to consider preparing to open up a new battlefield in the future."

Braushichi's tone seemed a little helpless, "Maybe some people here think that the Head of State chose to reject the Japanese proposal because he had no personal affection for Japan..." He sat down with a serious expression, "I can tell you. This idea is definitely wrong!" After saying that, Braushichi looked at the Navy Chief Erisidel.

Redell represents the navy. The German Navy was briefly paid attention to during the Second Empire. At that time, because of the attention of William II, it was also to challenge William II's grandmother, the Commonwealth under Queen Victoria at that time. During the Second Empire, it increased funds to build several former Fearless Class battleships and battle cruisers. However, after the country was defeated, it was dragged away by the victorious country as compensation.

During the later period of the Weimar Republic, due to funding, the German Navy had no new warships to join the service, which led to the German Navy becoming an optional fleet. This situation did not change much under the Third Reich under Hitler. Hitler advocated a strategy that was to lead the land and later the ocean. Because of this, the German Navy had no development except for adding two battlecruisers and one light cruiser in 1935.

After Stark came to power, the German Navy finally ushered in a new life. It is precisely because of this that Redell felt that it was necessary to support the current head of state in some decisions.

"I agree with Marshal Braushich's statement. The Head of State will never exclude Japan because of personal factors. In recent times, all kinds of information have shown that Japan will definitely change its strategy in the next year (4 years). In order to produce strategic raw materials, Japan has two choices..."

"First, turn to the south, capture the countries in southern Asia to obtain rubber, wood, and grain, and enter Indochina to put pressure on oil-producing countries in the Middle East in order to obtain more oil trade."

"The second is also the most likely strategy. Japan's naval strength determines the direction of choice. We can almost certainly be sure that Japan will take action against the Pacific islands. At that time, we all understand what will happen." There is no need to explain too much. No matter which strategy Japan adopts, it will inevitably have a war with the United States. What Germany hopes most is that the United States will not join the war so quickly. In the European battlefield, a stalemate will be added. If a new force joins, then Germany's original plan must be adjusted. Now that the European battlefield is about to win, it is obviously an extremely bad thing to have an extra strong enemy. What Germany hopes is that the United States will remain neutral for enough time, even if the United States helps the allies in the dark all the time.

"I think..." Fridge is definitely not the only general in the defense force system that supports a cooperative relationship with Japan. His proposal is to unite Japan and let Japan threaten the security of the eastern part of the Soviet Union in the Far East, in order to delay the time when the Soviet Siberian Front transferred to Europe in the west. He pondered for a while, "At the instruction of Konoe Fumima, Japanese ambassador Hiroshima, hinted that the Japanese side hopes to stand on the same front with us to deal with the common enemy, the Soviet Union. For this reason, the Kanto Army in the Far East has been prepared privately, as long as Japan reaches an agreement with our country. The Japanese Konoe Cabinet stated that it would declare war on the Soviet Union."

"Ahem!" Braushiqi glanced at Frichi strangely, "The so-called Kanto Army is a hybrid descendant of the Korean and Japanese, right?" Braushiqi meant that, is the Kanto Army capable of combat?

There is a general view in the West that white soldiers are stronger than yellow soldiers. On the battlefield, a white soldier dealt with three yellow soldiers. This statement was spread from the top leaders of Tsarist Russia and is generally recognized by the Western world. In fact, Tsarist Russia was once defeated by Japan. Modern wars did not determine everything by being strong.

Longdestedt still seemed so rigid. He had a yellow-sex infantry division under his command, so as soon as Braushich said something that he suspected of the yellow-sex combat effectiveness. He frowned and refuted: "I don't know the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Kwantung Army, but the combat effectiveness of the 136th Infantry Division, which is also a yellow-sex, has been recognized by the Supreme Command.

Because of the lack of German troops, there were more or less yellow soldiers in the three armies of the German army A, B and C. After Longdestedt finished speaking, Loeb and Bock nodded in agreement. Although Loeb and Blauchic were close friends, there was no position in the face of facts.

Braushichi smiled happily, "Okay. OK..., maybe I should change the statement? For the long-term interests of our country, your Excellency will never easily agree to let Japan join the Axis Alliance. This is an unchangeable fact. Your Excellency of the Head of State will never hand over Indonesia to Japan for temporary protection. In fact, our country also temporarily handed over the Marshall Islands, which were colonized in the Pacific to Japan for protection during World War I. But now, the Marshall Islands are Japan's legal territory. Perhaps in the near future, Marshall will change its master again and become the territory of the United States."

Fridge was extremely disappointed and remembered that all the generals had been promoted to the rank of marshal. Only he was promoted to the honorary general, and his heart was even more unbalanced. Therefore, his voice unconsciously increased, almost roaring: "If Japan had not restrained the Soviet Union from the Far East, we would have to face the Soviet Union's more than one million Siberian elite troops in the future!"

Minister of Operations Alfred Jodel, who has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant general, frowned, "Please control your emotions, Your Excellency General Fridge."

When Fridge saw Yodel's appearance as if he was successful, he felt angry. In his opinion, a lieutenant general was not qualified to point fingers at a general. He firmly believed that cooperation with Japan was the most favorable choice for Germany in the future. The Soviet Union, which was attacked on both sides, was absolutely unable to stop the invasion of the German army. As long as the Japanese side could hold up the Soviet Siberian Front, in the future, Germany could definitely occupy the Soviet political center - Moscow, by the end of the autumn!

Yodel smiled helplessly:

"Genius General, please forgive me for my rudeness just now. Your claim is correct at a certain time, but for now, reaching an agreement with Japan is obviously a matter of not being worth the effort.

Based on the intelligence reported by the Intelligence Bureau, the General Staff has concluded that although the Japanese Kanto Army in the Far East has a million troops, Japan's primary goal is to fully occupy China. Obviously, they are still continuing to invade now, and they don't know how many years it will take to fight on the Chinese battlefield to completely occupy China. Perhaps Japan will never win according to this trend?

Japan has been fighting in the Chinese battlefield for nearly 4 years, and the so-called millions of troops of the Kanto Army are all descendants of the Koreans and hybrid Japanese. As far as we know, the Koreans are not suitable for being soldiers. The Koreans are naturally inferior and cowardly, and bullying the weak and powerful as tigers, but they are prone to fear of fighting when encountering opponents of the same level.

In the past few Soviet-Japanese military frictions, we have discovered a fact that the Kanto Army, which was mainly composed of the Goryeo people, was definitely not a rival to the Soviet army.

The Japanese army generally lacks heavy weapons. Their main combat weapon is to imitate the Mauser 98b rifle in our country. They changed their name and changed it to the Meiji 3-year rifle. For this reason, the Japanese military headquarters also owed a large amount of patent fees from the Mauser Company in our country. So far, the payment time has not been stated. When the Mauser Company sent someone to talk about the item, the Japanese Ministry of Commerce answered that it was self-made and developed by the Japanese Military Industry Department, not a counterfeit product... (Not to mention. There was really this incident in history)

There are no tanks in the Japanese army. The so-called tanks are all made of ordinary iron sheets. The steel plates are not armored vehicles of armored vehicles. The main guns are some randomly installed mountain cannons and mortar cannons with a maximum caliber of 45 mm. What they call tanks is called armorless assault tanks in our army, but their turrets of armorless assault tanks can rotate 360 ​​degrees.

Japan's current main fighter aircraft, Type Zero, is also a support aircraft that imitates the route of my country's Junx aircraft. The executive of Junx sent a letter to the Imperial Commerce Department for help a year ago because Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. owed a patent fee from the Junx aircraft production company. It refused to admit the fact of the imitation. The reason for the Japanese reason was that their Type Zero can be used to air pairs. It is different from Stuka's functions. If there is any similarity, it is just a coincidence...

Oh! The American Dikos Aircraft Manufacturing Company also told Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries that the grounds for the prosecution were that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries stealing the top secret documents of the Dikos Aircraft Manufacturing Company, and the court of the United States of America has accepted the case."

Yodel found that all the marshals and generals were trying their best to hold their laughter, and smiled in their hearts. On the surface, he still explained very seriously: "The Overseas Intelligence Department led by General Fridge and His Excellency Heidrich still have sufficient evidence to show that Japan has had many private contacts with the Soviet Union recently. The two sides reached an agreement secretly that they would not interfere in the affairs of both sides in the future and reach an understanding of the previous military frictions. On the other hand, the Soviet Union promised that Japan would not send additional voluntary air forces to the Chinese battlefield. If necessary, the Soviet Union promised that if Japan showed enough goodwill, the Soviet Union could recall two Soviet voluntary air force squadrons on the Chinese battlefield."

Heidrich was originally in this living room, but was called out halfway through. His adjutant Dan Su was authorized to explain intelligence issues to the marshals and generals. This young officer named Dan Su was the same age as Xu Yang, and he was also Xu Yang's partner in the Young Miao Military Academy. He was one of the targets of cultivation by Xu Yang.

At this time, Keselin was about to go on stage. He was handsome and danced with the Air Marshal in a few fancy moves and said with a smile: "Because the situation has changed, our country has owned Indonesia, an overseas territory in Asia. For this reason, the Air Force Department has made the following decision as needed and will set up an air brigade to enter Jakarta, the capital of the Indonesian province, so as to use it to confront the air force of the British and French colonial forces in the Asian colonial army. The above resolution will be implemented after the signature of the Head of State."

Rommel also stood up and said, "The Head of State has issued an order. Before June 15, the 3rd Armored Division, the 8th Motorized Division, the 1st Motorized Division, the 46th Infantry Division, and the 4th Infantry Division, which was established under the 15th Army, had left the 289th Infantry Division, and was officially reorganized into the African Expeditionary Force. In addition to the 1st Stuka Squadron Emil Squadron, the five aviation brigades, also automatically left the 15th Army and belonged to the African Expeditionary Force."

Fridge asked in shock: "What does it mean?" The reason for the shock came from his unaware of it. At this moment, Fridge realized that he had been isolated from the decision-making level.

No one answered Fridge's question. Including Kettle, the seven marshals began to formally report the orders they received. As for Qi's hearing or not hearing, a sentence that kept surrounding his mind: He was frozen...

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the military discussion meeting was officially held.

At the meeting, Xu Yang clearly stated that he would not give up a single inch of Germany's land and rejected the Japanese request for goodwill. At the same time, he officially announced the African Expeditionary Force, the Asian Expeditionary Force was officially established, and appointed Lieutenant General Rommel as the commander of the African Expeditionary Force, and General Von Kruger as the commander-in-chief of the Asian Expeditionary Force. At the same time, he announced that he would not send troops to South America in a short period of time. The main reason was that the Atlantic route is currently unsafe, and considering that it is necessary to improve relations with the United States in the future, the plan to station troops in South America will be postponed indefinitely.

In addition, Foreign Minister Berdrich, Commerce Minister Siemens, and Ordnance Minister Krupp also officially notified the headquarters of the Empire's Supreme Command. Taking into account future strategic needs, the Empire officially issued informal decrees (that is, to be tried), partially lifting the restrictions on military technology exports to China, Finland, Persia, Argentina, Chile and other countries, and completely lifting the restrictions on exporting weapons. Friendly countries can place orders with German military-industrial enterprises according to their needs. German military-industrial enterprises can export weapons and equipment that are not within the restrictions after obtaining the permission of the Prime Minister's Office.

The largest weapon exporter at present is the United States. All warring countries in the world basically have imported weapons or raw materials from the United States. In other words, the United States relies on the world war to make a fortune in the war. Germany will certainly not give up participating in competition under the conditions of having the strength to participate and being able to win funds for the domestic national industry.

At the end of the meeting, Xu Yang hopes to hear France admit defeat before June 15 and personally receive the surrender letter signed by the French in Foch's carriage in the Compiène Forest...

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