June 23, 1942, Volkeng Shipyard, Hamburg, Germany.
In the hot summer sun, the shipyard's outfitted wharf is stationed in the newly decorated "Himalaya" super battleship after a brief acceptance test, and is about to usher in the day when it is officially delivered to the Republican Navy for service.
Since Hitler was preparing to launch a "summer offensive" on the Eastern Front, Germany eventually came to participate in the warship's head of the deputy head of state, Marshal Goering, Minister of Propaganda Goebbels, Foreign Minister Ribbintrop, and Marshal Raidel, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.
The air and handover ceremony. The Republican China delegation was headed by General Zhang Tingfu, Commander-in-Chief of the North African Front, General Sa Shijun, Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, and Deputy Foreign Minister Yang Jie attended the handover ceremony.
Since the highest decision-makers in China wanted to vigorously publicize this achievement that symbolized the "China-Germany friendship", not only invited representatives from allies, but also some diplomats and journalists from neutral countries in Berlin were invited to participate.
The handover ceremony for the entry of this squad.
For this reason, the German Propaganda Department also sent a special photography team to prepare a promotional video to the entry ceremony of this super battleship and the two "Hindenburg-class" battleships that were put into service earlier, and to promote it with great fanfare to inspire the domestic
People's morale. Experienced naval intelligence personnel can easily calculate some basic data of this super battleship from these video materials. Naturally, many British and American intelligence personnel are hidden among the people who are thundering at the dock.
Although with the advent of the aviation era, the dominance of battleships has gradually been replaced by aviation ships, if you observe this super giant ship at a close distance, you can still feel what the industrial era can bring to people
The shock and oppression are equipped with four triple 400mm main guns, and the standard displacement of 61,000 tons still has the terrible power to destroy everything.
Fang Minghao also participated in the commissioning ceremony of the super battleship. His interest was not on these two battleships. Although the two super battleships "Himalaya" and "Tianshan" built by the Republican Navy and the Germans jointly built by the Germans, they were powerful.
However, if you encounter an aviation fleet at sea, you still cannot get rid of the embarrassing situation of being beaten and unable to fight back. In the end, it will be a tragedy. The two so-called "super warships" will still only become a costly and look like a
Even more grand and advanced protection than the master, he has already been.
After the grand handover ceremony, he led a small naval delegation to discuss some details about the German Navy entering the Black Sea.
After Hitler failed in the Battle of Moscow, he replaced a large number of senior front-line commanders, which aroused considerable dissatisfaction from the military, and the head of state ordered the troops not to retreat. The order to hold on to the position tightly caused hundreds of thousands of German soldiers to be frost-injured in Russia.
Or frozen to death. In this winter, non-combat reductions are several times the number of casualties in combat, and the German army lost nearly one million mobile troops in total.
On the Soviet-Russian battlefield, both sides were exhausted and were unable to launch a major offensive. Throughout winter to summer, the Russian front seemed quite calm.
Although behind the scenes, both sides were ready to prepare for the next big battle.
The group under Manstein is carrying out a final siege on the Sevastopol Fortress on Crim, the base and port of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet will soon be occupied by the Germans. As the entire Mediterranean
.Especially, the Gibraltar Fortress was captured by the Republican army, and the sea passage of the German Navy to the Black Sea was finally opened. Hitler hoped that during the summer offensive, the German Navy could enter the Black Sea to provide necessary support.
According to the plan, the Third Reich Navy will send four battleships and two airships as the main force into the Black Sea. Although the Turks still adhere to the neutral policy, they obviously have some inclination to Germany and agree to open up Bosphorus.
The international waterway of the strait allows German fleets to pass.
For these Republican fleets, they will send the main force of the Atlantic Fleet from Gibraltar to the waters south of Iceland to respond. The German fleet is currently unable to deal with the British and American fleets alone. If the Republican fleet is added, the British will be unable to stop the fleet from entering.
In the Mediterranean.
The two sides quickly agreed on details of the plan, and Operation Hounds will begin in mid-July.
Fang Minghao stayed in Berlin for a while to assess the situation of the German army on the Eastern Front. He also met with the currently unemployed commander of the 14th Panzer Army at Yue Chengzong, and he had a dispute over Hitler's battle on the front line.
, The armored general was removed from his post.
The German army's preparations for the summer offensive obtained from Yue Chengzong were quite poor, due to the huge losses and consumption in the war. The German army currently has more than 1,600 tanks on the Russian front, and the domestic military production under Gorene was quite chaotic.
In addition, Hitler and others advocated vigorously building tank destroyers, which greatly affected the German tank production. At present, the entire German-occupied area can only produce 350 tanks per month, which is far from meeting the needs of the frontline.
"The Russians currently have about 6,000 to 7,000 tanks, and half of them are T34 tanks with performance exceeding our No. 4 tanks. The Russians, which are equipped with 85mm long barrel guns, are more than what we currently use
Tank No. 4 is much more powerful." Although Guderian was dismissed, he still knows the situation of armored soldiers. In this world, due to the weight of the Republican Army during the Central Asian War, it was equipped with 56-caliber 75mm tank guns.
Influences of Type 28 tanks and Type 35 tanks weighing 37 tons, after the Russians obtained the captured Republican tanks from the battlefield, they modified the T34 with an 85mm main gun very early and strengthened the tank's armor.
Although the Human No. 4 tank is stronger than another time and space, it is still no match for the Russian T34 tank.
Due to the adjustment of production lines and the large number of tank destroyers, the No. 5 "Leopard" tank that can fight against the Soviet T34 tanks was developed by China and Germany. The monthly output was less than 100 vehicles. What surprised Fang Minghao the most was that
The German side currently only handed over the production of this type of main tank to Man Company for production, while Henschel, Poschel and Krupp, as well as the Czech Republic Skoda were all excluded from production.
In Republic China, seven tank factories, including Baotou, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Zhangjiakou, Tianjin, Nanjing and Wuhu, are fully committed to the manufacturing of the latest main tanks, and there are five internal combustion engine factories in China and seven domestically
The arsenal and hundreds of civil machinery factories are processing accessories for it, which makes the Republican Army produce more than 1,500 newest Leopard tanks every month.
As the main research and development institution of new tanks, the Northern Military Industry Group can obtain a license fee of 300 yuan per tank, and its revenue has far exceeded the more than one million R&D expenses it initially invested.
"According to the information we have obtained, the Russians have more than 1,000 tanks per month, and this number is still on the rise. If we look at the current production situation, this summer battle will eventually become a tragedy.
Even if you stabilize the front line, in the East, the German army must be equipped with at least 6,000 to 8,000 tanks. If German workers do not make adjustments and do their best to produce, I think you will eventually taste the bitter fruits you have made." Yue Chengzong faced
Guderian said while introducing the Republican Army's organizational methods in military industry.
"Yes, I also have pessimistic views on the future, but there is nothing I can do about it at the moment. The head of state is becoming more and more stubborn, and there are some incompetent people around him, and no one can give him advice!" Goodry
An's tone was filled with helplessness and sorrow, "When I was on the front line, I advocated retreating, but it aroused his anger, and I could only resign!"
"My opinion is exactly the opposite of you. Although the German army suffered a lot due to frostbite, it stabilized the situation on the front line after all. The result of frostbite is caused by unfavorable logistics, among which the General Staff and the Generals in charge of logistics should be
This is responsible. If you retreat in December, then what awaits the entire German army is a worse ending than Napoleon. If you give up your position, most of the German army will be frozen to death during the retreat, and the entire German army will collapse on the whole line.
Here, your head of state of mind and strict orders that are not allowed to retreat are very correct. It is him who allowed the entire Eastern Front to avoid the danger of the destruction of the entire army." Fang Minghao commented on the situation of the German army after the Battle of Moscow, his point of view
But he stood on Hitler's side, "From this point, your head of state has an unparalleled military intuition. Although the casualties are heavy, this is caused by the previous chaotic preparations. This is also what we have never advocated that you fight with Russia.
The reason is that even without the aid of the Americans, the Russians will not be defeated in a short time. Your plan has great weaknesses and loopholes. When formulating the war, the General Staff never considered a long-term war.
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