One Hundred and Fifty-Two Out of Control Military Expansion Preparations

The German national power company has established a large-scale thermal power plant and began to recruit workers in nearby towns. (First release) Now the Greater German Party is posting posters supporting women to go out to work, and power plants give priority to female employees in many positions.

Germany is seriously short of human resources in all aspects. The army needs more soldiers to expand the Wehrmacht; factories need more workers to participate in production; hospitals need more nurses, schools need more teachers, film studios need more actors … countless holes to fill.

So the lack of men had to be supplemented by the elderly and children, and the shortage of the elderly and children had to allow women to join the battle. In the past year, the army began to use female soldiers in many logistics organizations, and 3,000 soldiers with special skills were recruited in one go. "Women" serve in military service. Factories provide a full 120,000 jobs for women, and this number continues to increase.

The lack of supplies caused everyone a headache: at the end of 1934, Germany began to ration bread and butter, and the quality of the two foods began to plummet after the official takeover. Many areas have become accustomed to margarine, and even real butter. All have been forgotten. The supply of sugar and salt began to be limited, and the factory added a sewing room to delay the obsolescence of work clothes—although all this was a bit frustrating, but everyone still cheered for no longer starving or freezing.

For military use and supplementary civilian use, Germany has established 22 thermal power plants and hydropower plants in 14 regions across the country, using more than 20,000 labor camp prisoners from concentration camps, and expanding more than 10,000 jobs. For a while, it seemed that the jobs in Germany would never be filled, and everyone was full of confidence in the prospect of the head of state's economic construction.

In the dimly lit small attic, this is an ordinary German country family.

"Father! Why don't you let me go?" A young man stared at his father and shouted: "Didn't you also go to fight for the emperor? Why can't I go for the head of state now?"

"I lost my left foot for the emperor!" The man took a step forward, and the metal prosthesis made a loud thump on the wooden floor: "The reason why I don't want you to go is because I don't want to see my son Limp home!"

The young man said angrily: "The head of state can lead us to victory! We won't fail like you!"

"When I was a soldier, you were only seven years old! My child! When I put on my military uniform and carried a rifle, I also believed that the emperor could lead us to victory! It is a pity that I lost a leg on the way to victory. I went home and waited It's not news of victory!" my father roared.

"We should be loyal to the head of state! Father! He gave us hope! He gave us dignity!" The child still refused to let go.

The father stared at his child and was silent for a while before he said, "Have you ever seen a bullet go into the head? The whole skull was shattered,

Brain mixed with blood is splashed on your face, even hot tea can't wipe it off! "

He took a step forward, forcing his child to take a step back: "Have you ever seen a wounded soldier who fell in muddy water? The whole stomach was smashed, the intestines were wrapped around the barbed wire, and the heart was black. ’, he cried and begged others to help him. His eyes were still open when we got back!”

"All night and all night the sound of shells exploding! Wake up in the morning with a bandage over your mouth and throw the dead bodies of the enemy and your own people out of the trenches, because if you don't, there will be thousands of people in the trenches All will suffer from contagious diseases." The memory seemed to make him miserable.

"Father!" The young son called out softly, wanting to call him back from his memories.

"Do you know what it feels like to have your legs sawed off?" The father suddenly stretched out his hands and grabbed the child's shoulders: "It's like they are sawing wood, and you are just a spectator, and you feel someone kicking your knee , watching my blood splash around the field tent, there is blood everywhere, some dried up, and some are dripping down!"

"Father!" The son suddenly called out.

"Yes, I'm sorry!" The father was obviously pulled back to reality by the yell, he let go of the hands holding the child's shoulders, ignored the cold sweat on his face, moved with difficulty, and walked towards the bed. While walking, he sighed lonely: "I can't watch you die! Child!"

Although the pain caused by the war has not been healed by time, the spirit of revenge seems to have spread to every corner of young people. As soon as the National Defense Force's public recruitment posters were posted all over the streets and alleys, the conscription office was filled with passionate young people.

At the end of 1934, the German Army finally broke through 1 million, becoming a European military power second only to the French Army in terms of total strength. The consequence of crazy expansion is the decline in the quality of soldiers. Akado strictly ordered the training department to strengthen the quality training of recruits, but in fact the overall combat effectiveness of the German army has declined to varying degrees.

To say that there are varying degrees shows that this decline is not a problem for all units. For example, the 2nd Armored Division of the SS and the 1st, 7th, and 8th Armored Divisions of the Wehrmacht have significantly improved their combat effectiveness. The combat level of the second-class infantry division in the future is not so high.

Germany, Berlin, Führer's residence.

Accardo took the time to meet with the two later famous German generals he wanted: "Good afternoon, Major General Manstein and Colonel Student. Please sit down!"

"Long live the Führer!" Manstein and Student immediately stood at attention and saluted when they saw Akado, they didn't dare to sit down.

"Let's talk about you first!" Akado pointed to Colonel Student and said with a smile: "I heard that you have been studying the impact of paratroopers on future wars?"

"Yes! My head of state! I think that on the future battlefield, the large-scale use of paratroopers can quickly break through the enemy's defense line, destroy the enemy's transportation line, and disrupt the enemy's rear deployment. This can greatly shorten the war process .” As soon as Student mentioned his ideas, he was not as restrained as before, and he began to introduce in detail the development and operations of the German paratroopers in his mind.

Accardo listened carefully, and glanced at the seemingly boring Manstein from time to time. This general must not have studied airborne combat deeply, and now it is no different from listening to heavenly scriptures. I have to admire the rigor and thoroughness of the German nation. Student has even reached the level of how many planes are needed to transport as many materials as possible.

However, Student was limited by the technical conditions of this era, so it is inevitable that there will still be deviations in the means of airborne combat: for example, the German paratroopers are more inclined to airborne by glider, rather than the parachute airdrop that the US military prefers in the future. After listening to his introduction for a long time, Akado decided to use his status as the head of state to teach his subordinates a good lesson, so that they had to be awed by his "vision and insight".

"Cough!" With a light cough, Akado interrupted Student's introduction: "Student, I am very satisfied with your understanding of glider airborne! But I think you have already analyzed the benefits of glider airborne It's very clear, but I didn't see the limitations brought by this tactic."

"The biggest limitation is the size of the airborne!" Akado stood up, walked to a thing covered with a black cloth on his desk, reached out and took off the covered black cloth, "Lu" Out of a plane model inside: "If I give you this kind of plane, let you expand the airborne scale in your mind by ten times?"

Manstein followed suit and saw a model of a medium-sized twin-engine multi-purpose bomber—because on one side of this plane, in order to visually represent the size of this plane, an equal-scale me- Model of the 109 fighter jet.

"You two, this thing is still a top secret of the military." Akado smiled and pointed to the huge transport aircraft model and said: "This is the Air Force's general-purpose aircraft plan developed from the Air Force-217. This plan will be developed into the Luftwaffe's Multi-purpose aircraft will develop into transport aircraft, bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, anti-submarine aircraft and other types. It abandons the design idea of ​​unilaterally pursuing the flight speed of bombers, and instead pays more attention to load and multi-function."

He glanced at Student: "What I want to give you is such a large transport plane, one plane can send dozens of people to the vicinity of the target, hundreds or thousands of these planes transport your troops, and then parachute and airborne. And your glider airborne tactics can also be used at the same time to increase the scale of delivery."

"Of course, the navigation training of the entire air transport force must be strengthened to provide soldiers with more perfect weapons and equipment. Here I have a detailed plan for the construction of the airborne force. You can take it back and study it. If there is anything you don't understand, you can come directly to Find me." Accardo handed Student a document.

Manstein raised his eyebrows aside, glanced sideways at Akado's back, and thought: Isn't this Führer a little sergeant from World War I? I always felt that although he started his career in the army, he didn't have any real skills after thinking about it. But now he seems to be a capable and formidable person, what exactly is he looking for himself for?

"Fuhrer! I didn't expect you to know so much about airborne operations. You are really a gift from God to the German people." Student said standing at attention. He is very excited now, when a person knows that his immediate superior has the same idea as himself , When you have developed the results of your painstaking research as reality, you will always be moved by meeting your confidant in life. And smart people will immediately think that it is not too long before they are promoted to power.

Sure enough, Akado nodded and said with a smile: "I called you this time because I applied for a promotion for you. Now you have been promoted to a major general of the German Wehrmacht and will be in charge of commanding our country's first airborne division."

"Airborne division!" Student was taken aback by the scale. Even a superstitious airborne commander like him never thought that the German head of state would establish an airborne division at once. He thought it would be a regiment, a battalion, or even just an experimental company.

"In the future, I will continue to increase the troops in this area. I want you to expand and train this army into an airborne army that can complete the mission by the end of 1935." Akado's words scared Manstein on the side. One jump - one army? That's the size of at least two divisions!

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