Chapter 496 Two Thousand Tons of Gold

Cyric's words surprised everyone present.

In this era, some countries have the army and the navy, and some have the three armies of the army, navy, and air force. Among them, the army belongs to the traditional military branch, the navy is the second, and the air force is the newest. Many air forces now belong to the air force of the army.

The competition for resources is very serious among the various military services. For example, the army and the navy are the most fierce. After all, the navy is a military service that burns money. Building warships requires a lot of money, which will inevitably lead to dissatisfaction with other services.

For example, the island country is the country with the most serious conflict between the army and the navy. The United States is not very serious now.

As for Germany, there is competition and cooperation among the various military services, but for the time being, it seems to be relatively harmonious.

After all, the leading figure in the Air Force, Goering, was still in a vegetative state in his hospital. Without the backbone, the Air Force would not be able to stand up. He had to obey Cyric's arrangements.

The Air Force used the fighter jets developed by the Navy, and they couldn't stand up in front of the Navy. In this way, the relationship was quite harmonious.

However, harmony is harmonious, and it is unrealistic to say that the three armed forces are jointly commanded. There are still contradictions between the various military services, and various kinds of thinking are deeply rooted, so how can they be easily integrated?

It was General Keitel who spoke first: "Führer, why do you want to set up a joint command of the three armed forces?"

"Let's think about it, the British and French forces are surrounded by us, where will they break out?" Cyric asked the officers in front of him a question.

to where? Many people haven't thought about it carefully. After all, it doesn't seem to be a big problem, right?

"Breaking out to the south?" Brausic asked.

Now it is surrounded by northern France. In the south of France, there are important big cities, and the capital is also in the south. Therefore, they should break out to the south, right?

"If they break through to the south, can they outrun our mechanized troops?" Cyric said, "Also, Spain in the south is also closely related to us. Would the French not know? At least, the British are willing to take them continue to send troops to the fire pit?"

Cyric's analysis is very reasonable. Let alone the French, the British will not move south again.

On the other hand, if they wanted to break out of the siege to the south, they had to break through the Waffen SS defense line. The Waffen SS's powerful combat power was a nightmare for the British and French forces. They couldn't break through at all, and that was to die.

If you can't break through to the south, then the answer will come out.

Go to England!

Not only the British Expeditionary Force, but even the French army, should make a choice to go to the United Kingdom when they cannot see victory!

They go north, west, and with such a long coastline, they will always find a suitable place, and Britain can take them back to Britain as long as they send a large number of ships.

In the previous wars, only the United Kingdom has sent troops to the European battlefield, and there has been no war in the British mainland. The United Kingdom and the European continent are separated by the strait, which is very safe.

Therefore, these British and French troops should retreat to Britain!

So, how to stop the opponent's retreat? Of course, the army alone is not enough. The cooperation between the navy and the air force is necessary. When it comes to cooperation, there is nothing more effective than coordinated command.

Cyric's proposal has won the approval of others. In fact, now, no one can change the proposal made by Cyric. Cyric's proposal is the truth and has never been missed.

"This matter cannot be delayed. We will establish our joint headquarters within three days." Cyric said: "Three days later, our joint headquarters should be able to exert great power. ."

Cyric did this, of course, with a deeper purpose, to lay the foundation for the establishment of the Joint Chiefs of Staff system in the future, just in conjunction with his upcoming personnel transfer, to completely exclude those who have dissent.

When it comes to political skills and military skills, Cyric is definitely tough and will play tricks.

This headquarters will play an even greater role in the future.

"At the same time, we also pay attention to the training of our airborne troops and marines, and after conquering France, we will continue to conquer Britain."

France, just the beginning!

Landing across the sea, airborne troops and marines will play a more important role, and now, the horn of attack is about to sound.

There is no time for repair, and it is necessary to conquer France and Britain as soon as possible. When the trend of American public opinion is still not to interfere in the war in the Old World, Britain must fall into its own hands.

After discussing the near-term strategy, it has been more than an hour. When he came out of the conference room, Cyric rubbed his scalp. If possible, he really wanted to be an ordinary person. The fate of the empire is under pressure. On my own, heavy.

Sitting on the large chair, Cyric closed his eyes and rested, and when he heard footsteps approaching, he knew it was Reinhardt.

"Führer, according to your instructions, we have closely monitored Pi-Fournier, president of the Bank of France. Just five hours ago, the French Minister of Finance, Lucien-La Molet, had an appointment with Fournier to discuss the secrets of their discussions. We are still investigating the plan, but the general content of the plan has been intercepted by us."

The Banque de France is the central bank of France. Established on January 18, 1800 by Napoleon Bonaparte, who was the first in power at the time, its original purpose was to be responsible for the issuance of banknotes and to help the French economy get rid of the depression brought about by the French Revolution.

After that, the Bank of France developed rapidly, monopolized the right to issue currency throughout France, and completed the transition to a modern central bank. The franc it issues is the French currency, the foreign exchange and gold it holds are the guarantee of the franc’s international purchasing power, the bonds it sells are the highest credit guarantee, and it is also the last channel for the French government to obtain funds.

It is no exaggeration to say that whoever controls the Bank of France controls the economic lifeline of France.

The most striking example of this is the Paris Commune.

At that time, the fire of the revolution was raging, and the whole of France was about to change. Several survivors who fled to Versailles in embarrassment, relying on the control of the Bank of France, easily raised a huge sum of 2 billion gold francs for the civil war.

Relying on the advantage of funds, they quickly gathered a large number of restorers and successfully saved the country.

The lessons of the Paris Commune showed that revolutionary regimes that did not grasp the economic lifeline were fragile and vulnerable.

Up to now, the Banque de France is of course still under the control of the French government, and this bank has France's main gold reserves, as high as 2,226 tons!

At first, 600 tons of gold from Spain was intercepted, and Germany ushered in an era of rapid development. Now, it is more than 2,000 tons!

It can be said that as long as this gold is obtained, then Germany will have sufficient financial resources to complete the entire European war, not only to fight the United Kingdom, but also to fight the Soviet Union!

At the same time, as long as the gold is obtained, Germany can continue to export large sums of money to the capitalists in the United States to purchase the products they produce, so that those capitalists can continue to support Germany.

As long as Germany does not threaten the United States, how can those capitalists firmly oppose Germany? The Pearl Harbor incident in history stimulated the Americans. Now, Cyric does not want to mix in the muddy waters of the island country.

"Lucien informed President Fournier that all the gold in stock must be transferred urgently in a short period of time. This emergency plan for the evacuation of gold, code-named "Fish". The first task of this plan is to quickly and secretly transfer the gold in the vaults everywhere. The land is transferred to the coastal ports of Toulon, Brest and Le Verd, and then shipped outside the country,” Reinhardt said.

"Okay, continue to follow, I believe that our intelligence system will not let me down." Cyric said.