My Third Empire

Eight Hundred and Thirty Old Routines

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Germany is using strategic reserves of oil, and much more than the historical demand for industrial raw materials such as oil at the same time. (Baidu search website updates the fastest and most stable) hp://This is the inevitable result of the expansion of domestic production capacity and the improvement of the military's modernization. Tanks, automobiles, airplanes, warships, and submarines are all big oil consumers, and the number of these equipments is several times more than that of the same period in another time and space.

"The coal-to-oil project is expanding. In addition to providing some crude oil with poor quality, it can also supply the production of napalm bombs." Another general in charge of logistics said to Akado: "Bio-refined oil is also being expanded. By replacing a portion of industrial oil, we are trying to improve our energy environment."

Akado looked at the whole map of the Third Reich behind Rundstedt, and asked slowly, "So, what is the return on our oil investment in Libya?"

"My head of state, the infrastructure environment in Libya is really bad. The production capacity of oil extraction can't meet the demand at all. We can only use the oil there to subsidize Marshal Rommel's military operations in Egypt. As for the domestic transportation, It also depends on how far the production capacity expansion can go in the future.”

After all, Libya is Italy's traditional sphere of influence. Part of the oil produced there is owned by Italy and needs to be shipped back to Italy to subsidize the navy. Large quantities of petroleum supplies are required.

The oil development in the Middle East, because it was in peacetime and with the joint investment of several superpowers in the world, the progress was very fast, and it became one of the world's major oil producing areas in just a few years. As a private possession of Germany and Italy, Libya did not start construction and mining until after the war, so a year later, the oil production capacity still did not meet the expectations of both parties.

Although this oil field relieved the transportation pressure in North Africa, saved a lot of consumption for the German army, and also reduced a lot of prey for several British submarines hunting in the Mediterranean, it still could not meet the growing demand for German oil. As for the North Sea Oilfield, Akado is holding on to the rhythm of a treasure mountain starving to death. He knows that there is oil there, but he can't extract it.

As a person from the future who travels over time, Accardo knows where the weakness of Germany as an industrial country lies. He knows that Germany lacks convenient and produced tanks and other equipment during the war, and he knows that at the end of the story, Germany finally lost due to oil shortages. many opportunities.

That's why he took such painstaking efforts to integrate Germany's industrial production capacity, and used his own methods to change Germany's industrial design methods, allowing Germany to produce many weapons and equipment that are easy to produce and of high quality. But this innovation also brought Germany into a vicious circle.

German tanks and other heavy weapons and equipment are too advanced in performance, resulting in less losses during battles.

Coupled with excellent performance and low failure rate, a large number of these heavy weapons and equipment have survived in the cruel battlefield environment, so that the number of German tanks has surged.

In fact, so far in Germany, due to the advanced design and high efficiency, compatibility has been considered a lot, resulting in almost zero waste due to unclear development links. Take the weapons of the German armored forces as an example: most of the No. 2 tanks deployed by Germany at the beginning have been sent to the allies or transformed into self-propelled anti-tank guns. The improved chassis of the No. 2 tanks that are still produced in small quantities are mainly supplied to paratroopers as combat vehicles. use.

The No. 3 tank has also been discontinued, but its chassis has been produced as a carrier for self-propelled artillery and assault guns, and there are even signs of expansion; the Leopard tank has also been the backbone of the German armored forces because of its successful design. It has been improved into a large number of armored vehicles including self-propelled artillery and assault guns.

The Tiger tank is the fist of the German armored forces, surpassing the world tanks and becoming an invincible super weapon in the hands of the German army. It can be seen that Germany has never wasted production capacity since it produced the first tank, and what it produces is useful.

In addition, since the No. 3 tank, German tanks have been known for their low failure rate and excellent reliability. Therefore, German tanks along the way, except for tanks destroyed by the enemy, rarely scrapped tanks, so the number of front-line tanks It can be described as horror.

Such a huge number of tanks made Akado's troops invincible, and finally they didn't care about being submerged by the terrible tank ocean of the Soviet Union. But the most direct cost of doing so is that the consumption of oil resources is also terrifying.

It's not that Akado has worked hard. He threw out the big killer of Middle East oil in peacetime, and single-handedly promoted the exploitation of Middle East oil resources. Because of this, he secretly accumulated a large amount of crude oil reserves. At one time, as high as 5 million tons of crude oil, his oil accumulation plan was quite supported by the generals of the National Defense Forces at that time.

Subsequently, the blitz against Poland and the fierce battle against France all achieved incredible victories, which also caused Germany's oil reserves to rise instead of falling, reaching the most exaggerated 11 million tons in history. France's quick defeat allowed the Germans not only to obtain foreign exchange reserves such as gold, but also a large number of industrial facilities, as well as unimaginable strategic resources.

Relying on these strategic resources, the Battle of the English Channel started smoothly, Germany's strategic plan to invade Britain was implemented, and Germany completed the construction of the "Ultimate Atlantic Barrier", eliminating the possibility of fighting on two fronts and completely completing the European West. line strategy.

But since the Battle of Britain, Germany's oil reserves have begun to go downhill beyond their means. Although slow, it is still thrilling: the British hardly left too many strategic materials for the Germans. After Germany defeated the United Kingdom, its crude oil reserves dropped to 10 million tons.

At this time, in order to improve the living standards of the people, Germany carried out a series of economic revitalization reforms. As the head of state, Acado promised that every family should have their own car. Germany will start to popularize high-end luxury electrical equipment such as TV sets in 40 years. This allowed Germany's civilian industry to develop on a large scale, and also brought domestic oil consumption to a new level.

At the end of 1938, Germany's crude oil reserves fell to 10,000 tons, and the Wehrmacht troops stationed in France and Germany began to reduce their strategic fuel reserves. At the beginning of 1939, the Navy also had to join the sequence of "tightening their belts". voyages were cut to twice a year.

Because the war was going on too fast, there was no return on oil investment in Syria, and Rommel's Middle East strategy was forced to a standstill due to the bloody battle on the Eastern Front. Due to the growth and development of domestic industrial capacity, German crude oil has almost decayed to a worrying point.

Indeed, the current total crude oil reserves are nearly 3 million tons more than when the war started, but the size of the German army and the area under German rule have expanded several times or even ten times, and the industrial production capacity has also increased by more than five times than before. , In this state, it is estimated that the crude oil that was originally estimated to be burned in a year can be completely burned in only five or even three months.

"Marshal Brauchitsch." Akado felt a little overwhelmed when he thought of these energy-related matters. He looked at the nominal boss of the army and asked, "If you relax some restrictions for Vlasov and let him form A new Ukrainian army to fill the southern front, will it be effective?"

Brauchitsch was taken aback for a moment, then frowned and thought about it, and finally he spoke with some hesitation, and answered the question of Head of State Akado: "My Head of State, this can indeed alleviate some problems, but...but what How much it can be alleviated, I and the General Staff have to evaluate before we can give the result."

"The plan is divided into two parts!" Akado made up his mind, then stood up and walked to Rundstedt's side, pointing to the map and said: "Let the three new armies N, P, and P draw some When the troops come out, hand them all over to Küchler! Let his Army Group N form combat power first and pull them directly to the southern front to ensure the smooth end of the Caucasus battle. As long as we capture the Caucasus oil-producing region, we can improve our current passiveness situation."

Then he turned around and said to Rundstedt: "Marshal Rundstedt, the attack in the central region has been completely stopped after capturing Smolensk. The next focus is to seize the Caucasus, which is for oil. A compromise has to be made."

The more Akado talked, the more irritable he became. He was the only one in the conference room who knew what he was talking about and what it meant. He was repeating the order given by Hitler, abandoning the plan to attack Moscow, and the entire army turned around and went south-to fight an "economic war."

There is still a difference. Hitler’s southward operations are not as large as Akado’s today, and the strategic goal of competing for the Caucasus oil field is not as certain as Akado’s now. What is more reassuring is that Akado’s current war situation is much stronger than Akado’s. Hitler faced much better back then.

It was precisely because of this that Akado dared to fight. If he embarked on the same old path as Hitler, now he would consider begging for peace. The other thing that made him feel like he had a chance to gamble was that he spent the entire spring and summer in the direction of the Caucasus in the current time, which was much more abundant than in another time and space, which the German army had.

"Generals! The outcome depends on it!" Akado pointed to the map and said, "Take the Caucasus! Defeat Stalin!"

"Wow!" All the generals present stood up, stood at attention and saluted: "Yes! My head of state!"

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