Eight Hundred and Forty-Eight Good Things Come in Pairs
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Just as Akado's salty pig's hand was walking back and forth on Anna's plump chest, there was a knock on the door, and the two hurriedly packed up their clothes and straightened their slightly messy hair. Anna blushed and stood beside Akado's desk, and Akado pretended to sit on the sofa a little far away and picked up a document.
"Come in." After the two of them had settled into their respective positions as if they were on a stage, Akado yelled out the command that should have been yelled earlier. For a moment, he even thought that he and Anna should act in a movie, and it would definitely be perfect.
At this time, except for Fanny and Syndra who would knock on the door of Akado's office, no one else would come. This is also the reason why Akado and Anna couldn't help it just now: Basically, when no one comes, a little indulgence is actually harmless, isn't it?
"My head!" Syndra walked in front of Akador with a pair of very exquisite myopia glasses, and stood at attention to salute: "The latest news from the front line."
"What about the front line? Is there any news from Smolensk?" Now Akado is most concerned about the situation in the Smolensk area. As long as there is a beautiful battle of annihilation in Smolensk, the German army will The supplies can go south smoothly, allowing the German army in the south to have a more flexible combat plan.
Syndra took a peek at Anna who was standing there not knowing what she was thinking, and then withdrew her gaze: "Yes, Head of State. The combat report just sent back from Rundstedt stated that the troops of Group A have entered Sri Lanka." Molensk, the last nail of the Soviet Union behind our defense line has also been pulled out."
"Phew!" Aka let out an extra breath, as if he had let go of one thing on his mind. The Battle of Smolensk was an important link in Germany's foreign wars. Now that this link has been successfully won, it will depend on the final decision of the Battle of the Caucasus. After the German army occupied Smolensk, there was no obstacle to attacking Moscow. Whether it was Stalin or Zhukov, they had to carefully consider whether the German army's next battle plan was to attack Moscow or Stalingrad.
"Is there any news from Rommel?" After finishing Smolensk, Akado was in a very good mood. He picked up the cup of coffee that was half left on the coffee table, and asked after taking another sip.
The news of the Afrika Korps has not been the strategic focus of the National Defense Forces for a long time. Since taking Cairo, Mussolini has shown little interest in attacking the Middle East. He has recently flirted with secret representatives of the United States, hoping that the Axis and the United States will achieve mutual understanding. , to restore true peace to the world.
Because of his disappointment with the Italian army, he changed from a person who supported foreign expansion and launched a war of aggression to a person who hoped to gain greater benefits through diplomatic means. He prefers to take advantage of the situation created by the invincible German army to find a suitable critical point to make peace with the United States and end the war. The secret envoy sent by the United States gave Mussolini quite a few hints, making him feel that the United States is weak and deceitful,
Italy can use diplomatic blackmail to obtain massive oil exploitation rights in the Middle East.
The discovery of a large amount of oil in Libya also gave Mussolini the idea of withdrawing from the war. After all, his urgently needed resources have actually been satisfied to a great extent, and the war has lost most of its meaning for Italy, so Mussolini's support for North Africa has become dull and procrastinated.
Without the full support of Italy, Rommel's supplies became tight, and it became very difficult to cross the Suez Canal defense line built by the United States and the remnants of the United Kingdom. At least under the full defense of the United States, they captured Suez and completed their plan to enter the Middle East. Too aggressive.
Instead, there is a plan called "Turkish Express". This plan uses transport ships from Turkey, Germany and Italy to transport part of the main force of the German General Scherner's L Group Army to Turkey, and lead Turkey's 150,000 troops from Turkey. Attack southward against Iraq and Syria.
This set of plans requires Germany to secretly transport the most elite 12th Armored Corps under Scherner's command to Turkey, cooperate with Turkey's 150,000 elite troops, go south to the Middle East, bypass the Suez Canal defense line carefully arranged by the United States, and occupy the important oil production in the Middle East in one fell swoop. district.
However, the implementation of this plan is so complicated that even Rommel himself, who has been planning to reopen the North African battlefield, does not believe that this plan can be successfully implemented. One almost condemned the plan to death.
Then Turkey’s asking price was too high, almost unbearable for the Germans. They actually used such a battle in exchange for one-tenth of Germany’s oil share in the Middle East. Cheaper.
But this does not prevent Akado from doing more things at a cheap price. In the end, the Supreme Command drew up a more feasible plan, code-named "Barbecue". This plan was the first time that the strategist Manstein had not been reminded by Akado, a genius action plan he had drawn up.
With his precise and unique strategic vision, Manstein changed the original Turkish express delivery plan, turning an absurd plan into a genius strategic deception.
In fact, the whole plan has not changed, but the troops implemented have been changed a little. Let the Vichy French Navy and the Italian Navy work hard to transport the 3 infantry divisions of the J Group Army under Hawke, who is doing nothing in the Balkans, to Turkey to implement the plan to attack southward.
Compared with the 12th Armored Army, the three infantry divisions have much less supplies to transport, and the main body of transport has changed from Turkey to the defeated Vichy France. . Although the ability to attack southward has been greatly reduced, it is really a question of whether the US military, which has lost the canal defense line, can stop the German infantry of the next three divisions.
This has created an irreconcilable problem for the US military strength in the Middle East: whether to divide the troops or not to prevent the German troops from going south from Turkey. Once the troops are divided, the Rommel and Scherner armies that are staring at the other side of the Suez Canal can be blocked.
The barbecue plan had been secretly carried out a month ago. The main reason for the delay was that the North African Army had barely managed to gather the fuel and ammunition supplies needed for the operation until a month ago. One of the reasons why Akado supported Rommel in launching the North African campaign again was to use a brilliant victory to prevent Mussolini from continuing to attack the two ends of the snake.
Akado, who knows another time and space, and the history of the liberation war, of course understands the tricks of the United States. He uses negotiation promises as a means of delaying time, and then immediately overturns the negotiating table to start a war after he is ready. This is the consistent style of the United States. If anyone really believes the stupid statement that the United States is willing to share the world with it, then they are really out of their minds.
Fortunately, the oil found in Libya somewhat eased the dependence of the African Legion on oil, at least allowing Rommel's troops to produce the oil they needed locally. In addition, the transformation of the arsenal in Cairo and other places has achieved initial results, which has relieved a lot of logistical pressure on the African Legion. If this was placed a few months ago, Rommel would not even have imagined that he would have the opportunity to attack the Middle East before the start of the Caucasus Battle.
It has to be admitted that with the exploitation of Libyan oil fields and the gradual development of African logs and other resources, the strategic resource reserves of the Axis countries have gradually improved. Except for rubber products, which are still stretched due to geographical restrictions, most of the other important resources have been supplemented and developed by relying on expansion and war. Judging from the situation of Germany in 1937, it is obviously an unrealistic fantasy to launch the North African War and the Caucasus War at the same time. But now it's all possible and in progress.
"The barbecue plan is being implemented slowly. Due to the constraints of Turkey and Italy, the second infantry division has just started shipping. It will take at least a month before the North African battle can be carried out smoothly." Syndra Hui reported: "Our side The intelligence personnel confirmed that the US intelligence organization in the Middle East has learned of our army's action plan, and the US mainland is urgently transporting two divisions of troops to the Middle East, but the time should not be as fast as ours."
The barbecue plan was ultimately easier to execute than the Turkish express plan because the German army directly changed the offensive in the direction of Turkey into a feint attack, and also told the Americans that it was a feint attack-in terms of secrecy, the feasibility of this plan would exceed a lot of.
"I see. Then I will personally send a telegram to Marshal Rommel to confirm the progress of the action plan." Akado thought for a while, then waved his hand, indicating that Syndra can go out.
But before Syndra went out, an officer in a navy uniform stood at the door of Akado's office. He knocked on the open door, then stood at attention and raised his hands in a German salute: "Report! Führer Akado? Long live Rudolf!"
"What's the matter?" Akado looked at the officer and asked directly. The navy's recent offensive plans to go to sea have all been cancelled, and there is no important thing to report in person.
"My head of state, due to the use of wartime emergency production regulations and new shipbuilding techniques, the latest naval aircraft carrier No. 7 and No. 8 have already started trial voyage an hour ago." The naval officer replied: "This time The Navy has used a large number of escort ships to ensure that there will be no accident with the No. 6 ship. The Navy already has 7 aircraft carriers!"
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A supplement is here, Long Ling begs for a monthly pass to reward, blows kisses and hugs... lah! There is another chapter, Long Ling is desperately typing, don't stay up late and wait, read it tomorrow morning!