Five Hundred and Two Passwords

The British found a pocket radio station in Germany at Poison's residence. This advanced equipment stunned the American and British technicians who came to hear the news. The small radio, which has Siemens on its box, is not much larger than a single battery in the radio used by British secret agents.

What kind of gap is this? This is simply a world of difference. When Britain was still trying its best to dismantle the radio station and send it into Germany in batches at the risk of risk, German spies could walk on the streets of the United States or Canada with a handbag containing the radio station.

It can be said that the work of imitating this kind of telecommunication equipment started immediately after a few days. American experts even relied on the small and exquisite battery equipment on this radio station to roughly infer the submarine time of the German submarine.

"You mean that the German submarine can stay underwater for such a long time by relying on this kind of battery?" A British technician looked at the American engineer in surprise and asked.

The American engineer nodded, with a pilgrimage expression on his face, as if he was also amazed at the advanced technology of Germany. He looked at the British personnel and answered, "If the batteries on their submarines are all manufactured according to this battery standard."

"Can we..." the British spy obviously moved his mind and asked.

"It can be used in our submarine technology, but it will take some time to digest the technology in this area." The American engineer nodded and said: "But I am more optimistic about their achievements in fine processing. It is too standard, it is not something that ordinary workers can process..."

It is indeed not processed by ordinary workers, but processed by a mechanically programmed robot. This kind of "original robot" for processing parts has begun to spread in several German factories. It is used for the production of engine parts and precision electronic equipment. Serve. And these mechanical programming processing equipment that simulates the work of skilled workers, the standard parts produced are somewhat more standard than the parts made by old skilled workers.

Akado's "new industrial revolution" is not just about improving the production process. To be precise, changing the production process is only the first step of the entire new industrial revolution, and what follows is every step leading to the information revolution .

When Akado completes the new development of German industry, the data to measure how strong a country's industrial foundation is is not how many skilled workers it has, but how many precision machining equipment it has. He started the process earlier and faster than the United States,

On the other hand, this broke the absolute advantage of the United States in the number of workers and machine tools.

Avoiding the enemy's superior projects and entering another field to defeat his opponents is the most ingenious trick that Akado intends to use against the United States. He does not compete with the United States for resources, consumption and production, but for technological content with the United States—don’t laugh, it is indeed a competition for technological content.

In 1938, the technical reserves of the United States were not much ahead of Europe. It can be said that they were completely equal or even lagged behind Europe in many technologies. For example, the much-praised American Mustang p-51 fighter jet actually uses British engine technology, and the American aerospace technology that took off after the war actually copied Germany's property.

Therefore, Akado confidently competed with the United States for technology. He pulled out the nail in the British mainland with heavy casualties, and his purpose was to lead the United States to a road where it could not compete with absolute production capacity. The United States, which almost dominates the resources of two continents and has the support of British overseas colonies, is a behemoth that Germany cannot surpass, but the situation across the Atlantic is completely different.

As long as Germany's high-seas naval fleet on the Atlantic Ocean is not wiped out by the United States, it is just a dream for the United States to land and counterattack the European continent. At this time, even if the U.S. Army is stronger than the German Army, the U.S. would not dare to launch a war against the European continent.

The original superior geographical conditions of the United States away from the European continent have become a sad shackle that prevents it from intervening in European wars. In fact the United States was not the center of the world before 1900, on the contrary it was a marginalized player. The two world wars shattered Europe, wiped out the accumulation of the great powers, coupled with the development of transportation and communication means, the United States has gradually become the focus of the world.

But all this happened after Germany lost the Second World War. Before that, Akado was surprised to find that the United States was not as magical as he imagined. Nor is it an unsurpassable myth at all.

At least many people say that the British Navy is the world's number one navy, and the French Army is the world's number one army, but few people think that the US Army, Navy and Air Force are anything special—at least in terms of the army, the German Wehrmacht is now the world's recognized The more powerful "ruthless character".

What the British hold in their hands now is not only as simple as a radio station, but also another important thing, which is the German code book. This is news that makes Britain and the United States ecstatic. Through this codebook, many German codes that could not be deciphered before can be cracked.

Compared with a battery technology, this can be said to be a major news that affects many key points. The British department and the US intelligence department immediately started to decipher the German code.

In just one day, several important pieces of information were placed on the desks of the intelligence personnel of the two countries. One is the food reserve message sent by the Supreme Command to the German army in France, which confirms that there is a slight problem with the German army's food reserve, and urgent adjustments are being made in this regard. A piece of information is even more important, which is the telegram that the Supreme Command strictly ordered Rommel's Afrika Korps not to attack in the near future.

It seems that there has been a very significant gap in Germany's material reserves, which has caused this huge war machine to malfunction. At least in North Africa, the German army was initially forced to retrench, which was in line with the US analysis of Germany's war potential at the beginning of the war.

According to the German war reserves that the United States can control, Germany is indeed approaching the limit of its own war potential. The German army has more than 500 troops. These troops consume a lot of materials every day, and various reserves including oil have been exhausted.

This is undoubtedly good news. The most intuitive manifestation on the frontal battlefield is that the German army’s offensive speed has slowed down—this has been confirmed by various aspects: the German army’s offensive speed in the eastern Ukraine suddenly slowed down, and the armored The troops began to reduce their interspersed assaults; and the North African offensive had ceased.

"There is nothing wrong with this telegram itself, but it is a bit hasty to infer that the German army's material reserves are exhausted." A British intelligence officer reminded: "Our intelligence agency in Romania confirmed that the German army's technical support and control of Romanian oil fields Stronger than we imagined. So their oil resources have been relatively abundant so far."

"In the Ruhr area, the Germans have been conducting coal-to-oil experiments. Their chemical industry is very developed, and the technology research and development mainly focused on Farben has been very efficient." Another intelligence officer said helplessly: "Of course, the Germans The looting of resources in Poland, France, and our own land is not counted."

"To put it bluntly, they may still have a lot of war materials left, and their pace of invasion is so fast that the strategic resources of many countries have fallen into their hands intact." An American intelligence officer lamented: " The blitzkrieg was undoubtedly successful in quickly grasping the opponent's resources."

"However, since we know that the German army's operations in North Africa have been hindered and the logistical pressure is relatively high, let's use this information." A general looked at the information in his hand and said to his deputy.

"I have ordered Patton to organize a tentative attack with Montgomery after today, and conduct a limited offensive near the German relay station to see how much confidence the German army has left." The deputy whispered to the American The general replied: "General Patton has been supplemented by 90 tanks and is preparing for a summer offensive, hoping to completely eliminate the German threat to Tobruk."

"The reaction of the German army was very quick. Just three days after the suicide by poison, they changed their code book. This time they were very cautious and even replaced some non-keyword codes, so we have been unable to decipher their code. It is." Finally, the person in charge of the intelligence department concluded: "Our opponents are very sophisticated, and their protection of passwords is very worthy of our study."

In order to counter the forward base where Rommel threatened Tobruk, the British and American coalition forces established a line of defense 40 kilometers west of Tobruk. increase your own strength.

The 90 newly produced M4 Sherman tanks shipped from the United States have arrived here, and Patton has more bargaining chips against Rommel's armored forces. These new troops made British Montgomery full of confidence in the upcoming offensive, and he even saw himself complacent after defeating the German army.

"This time, we bullied Rommel outright. Our tanks surpassed him in quantity and improved in quality. He must never have imagined that we would give him such a fatal blow when he was most vulnerable!" Barton proudly bit his cigar. Said.