Although he did not receive a positive reply from William II, Lin Wei knew that William II welcomed Lin Wei's suggestion in his heart, and this was enough for Lin Wei, thanks to the fact that when the National Socialist Party was in power in Germany, Germany achieved an unprecedented victory in a century. Almost all German people now support the National Socialist Party. Although the officer corps is unshakable in the Wehrmacht, the National Socialist Party is still a unique force in the government. Although it cannot control the Wehrmacht, it can It can provide help to the SS, such as providing policy preferences for the SS in terms of military expenditures and various weapons and equipment. This also resulted in the SS greatly surpassing the Wehrmacht in weapons and equipment, although Hitt? Le is now gone, but the government is still in the hands of the National Socialists.
Lin Wei returned to his headquarters and used the hard-won time to spend time with his wife. Everyone else was still busy with their own affairs. Only Lin Wei seemed to have nothing to do with the war in an instant. This was not because Lin Wei did not value Britain, but now Britain's powerful navy and tenacious air force had been wiped out. Britain's weak army poses no threat at all in Lin Wei's eyes. Although possible street fighting may cause some trouble for Germany, Lin Wei does not believe that London has the potential to become Stalingrad. The vast territory of the Soviet Union forced Germany to control various large cities and transportation hubs. The United Kingdom did not have this advantage. Germany did not necessarily have to fight the British army in the heavily defended large cities.
Various factors caused Lin Wei to show even a trace of concern for the upcoming landing battle. Germany now has all kinds of favorable conditions. On the contrary, Britain has fallen into the most dangerous time in hundreds of years. If Germany still fails to succeed under such circumstances, then no matter how hard Lin Wei tries, Germany will still fail. Moreover, Lin Wei believes that he is far from being a genius and can affect the success or failure of a country. So far, Lin Wei has only tried his best to maintain Germany's victory attitude and save some fatal mistakes. As for whether Germany would achieve final victory in the war, Lin Wei was not sure at all.
Although the threat of the gallows is still there, fortunately it seems to be far away from him. Taking advantage of this opportunity, it is reasonable for Lin Wei to enjoy life. Thirty-four years after he came to this world, Lin Wei Wei's second child is about to be born. Although he had already had the experience once, it was only when the situation came to Lin Wei that he realized that any experience was bullshit, and he would still be nervous when he should be. After all, he is his own child, so he would be lying if he said he wasn't nervous. Although Lin Wei's own marriage is somewhat suspected of being a political marriage, fortunately, the relationship between the two is very good, and they are definitely the best couple in front of outsiders.
While Linwei had been living a decadent bourgeois life, Goering was still banging the table and shouting at Karin Manor. Britain, which had lost its air defense capabilities, could not arouse Goering's sympathy at all. Every day he still continued to Thousands of German aircraft flew to Britain, and they were free to bomb military bases, airports, highways, train stations, and government agencies. As long as the Luftwaffe pilots thought they could bomb targets, they were free to bomb them. Britain suffered such indiscriminate attacks. suffered heavy losses. It also made public opinion in other countries around the world, especially the United States, sympathize with Britain's tragic situation today.
Major newspapers in the United States unanimously condemned Germany's barbaric act of indiscriminate bombing. Even US President Roosevelt issued a strong protest, condemning the Luftwaffe's barbaric bombing of London and the unrestricted submarine warfare carried out by the German submarine force, especially Unrestricted submarine warfare caused heavy losses to the property of the American people. However, limited by domestic isolationism, Roosevelt could only do this.
Roosevelt's remarks sparked hope in British Prime Minister Churchill's heart that as long as the Americans could withstand the Germans for about a year, the Americans could join the war. However, for Germany, the threat of Roosevelt's speech was very limited. Although William II took into account the strong industrial potential of the United States, at this time, Britain only had one breath left. As long as Germany worked hard , it would be easy to strangle Britain to death. As long as Germany's powerful army can land in Britain, the British war will be over. William II will naturally not care about American intervention by then, because there is no place in Europe for Americans to stay. Therefore, William II pretended to be deaf to Roosevelt's remarks, as if he had not heard them.
Goering did not take Roosevelt's remarks seriously. He heard them one day and forgot the next day. In Goering's eyes, the status of the United States was even worse than that of Italy. It turned out that Goering had said more than once that Americans Industry can only produce fruit knives for combat, which satirizes the United States' backwardness in the military industry. Goering's experience also came from the performance of the United States during World War I. The United States trained in the United States for a full year before entering the war. When they came to Europe, the weapons and equipment were still provided by the French government. You must know that northern France was still in German hands. , one can imagine how weak the American military industry was at that time. From weapons design to manufacturing, it was very backward, which was inversely proportional to the strong industry. Whether Goering's idea is naive or stupid, as long as Germany defeats Britain, Americans will naturally tolerate it, and Germany will not have to test the authenticity of Goering's words in the future.
As for the reactions of European countries to the Americans' move, Roosevelt was extremely disappointed. No one took the Americans seriously. The British resisted Germany alone and were in danger of destruction at any time. Even if the empire on which the sun never sets is like this, other countries will not dare to challenge Germany. There are now four powerful military powers in Europe, Germany, France, Italy and the Soviet Union. France and Italy follow Germany's lead. The Soviet Union still has very close relations with Germany. The remaining European countries simply cannot match any of the above countries, and Germany has so many allies, such as Romanian military leader Antonescu, Spanish military leader General Franco, Portuguese leader Salazar, and Hungarian conservative leader Admiral Prince Horthy, King Paulus III of Bulgaria. Many of these leaders are related to Hit? Ledu was very close and admired the victories achieved by Germany. Hope to rely on Germany to resist the strong pressure of the Soviet Union.
Among them, Spanish General Franco clearly changed his position after Germany captured the Fortress of Gibraltar. When talking about Britain, his tone became stronger and tougher. He relentlessly accused Britain of occupying Gibraltar for hundreds of years on various public occasions. , and even more appreciated the actions of Germany, France and Italy in helping Spain regain the Fortress of Gibraltar. Although Gibraltar is still under the control of Germany, France and Italy, it is no longer a restricted area for Spain. At least some Spanish soldiers were free to enter Gibraltar.
Just as Lin Wei estimated, General Franco had no good impression of the locals who supported the British and directly expelled the remaining people from Gibraltar. And the local people who helped the British here were identified and arrested. The people who were taken away disappeared from this world forever.
After the German Air Force launched a massive attack on Britain, Franco had always been concerned about the war between Britain and Germany. On the day when Goering mobilized five air forces to knock out the British air defense line, General Franco declared war on Britain on behalf of Spain. Because he has seen that the war between the two sides is basically no longer suspense.
Except Hit? In addition to having good relations with the leaders of various countries, fascist parties in many countries are important domestic forces, including the Romanian Iron Guard, the Hungarian Arrow Cross Party, and the Spanish Falange Party. They all have a very good relationship with the National Socialist Party. The Arrow Cross itself is an ancient symbol of the Magyars, and it is very similar to the Nazi Party's swastika. The relationship between the National Socialist Party and the Arrow Cross Party is like twins. From the collar badges, ties, hats to the armbands on the right arms, there is almost no difference between the two parties. Therefore, the Arrow Cross Party is also the closest party to the National Socialist Party in other countries.
Among them, there are also countries like Hungary, which were themselves part of the defeated countries in World War I. They want to overturn the Versailles Treaty and re-expand their status. The Allies gave Hungary a very harsh peace treaty. It was cut off a large area of land, forced to pay indemnities, and its army was limited to 35,000 men. The Hungarians' dissatisfaction with the peace treaty was obvious. Horthy himself was even more resentful that the peace treaty took away all the country's coastline and made him an "admiral without a navy."
In addition to the relationship between the dictators and the National Socialist Party, the restoration of Wilhelm II brought another set of relationships to Germany. At the beginning of Wilhelm II's restoration, just as Queen Wilhelmina promised, it would only be maintained in the Netherlands. A token garrison and the withdrawal of the Netherlands after the war, also for Leopold III of Belgium. After William II made a public statement, the resistance of the German occupying forces of the two national teams immediately eased a lot, and Queen Wilhelmina and Leopold III also controlled the situation in their own countries. The Romanian royal family has the closest relationship with William II. Michael I, like William II, belongs to the Hohenzollern royal family. As the current emperor of Germany, William II undoubtedly has more prestige than the British King George VI. The various ties between European royal families have allowed Germany to stabilize some small kings who are afraid of Germany. After these three relationships, no one in Europe now dares to say no to Germany.
This is the Europe of dictators, this is the Europe of royalty, this is the Europe of fascism. Although the United States is extremely powerful, when forces that are incompatible with the United States gain the absolute upper hand throughout Europe, the United States is still ignored. Keep used only a few words in his speech to express concern for US President Roosevelt. President Roosevelt's remarks this time did not cause a splash in Europe. Moreover, there are still problems within the United States. After Lin Wei took charge of the SS, he greatly supported the fascist strength of the United States. Although since Roosevelt came to power, there have been very few Americans who yearn for fascism. But there are still millions of people under Lin Wei's control. As long as necessary, Lin Wei can order the ambassador in the United States to put pressure on the U.S. government. Lin Wei knew that Roosevelt would disintegrate the pro-German forces sooner or later, but Lin Wei only hoped that these people could delay the United States' entry into the war. As long as Germany was given time to turn its plans into reality, the United States would naturally Will make his own decision.
Lin Wei was still wandering around the streets of Berlin with his wife, listening to the loudspeaker on the street broadcasting Goebbels's introduction to the latest situation in Britain, and seeing people in the streets passing around a leaflet written by Deputy Head of State Hess. This was a leaflet written by Deputy Head of State Hess. A leaflet calling on all of Germany to join in the final battle. Goering was still tirelessly mobilizing heavy air forces to bomb Britain. He even used the skies over Britain as a training ground for the Luftwaffe. Pilots who had experienced the war were constantly being transferred to Poland, and the flying wing originally stationed there Then he was transferred to the airports on the western front to participate in the bombing of Britain.
The fighting on various battlefields is still continuing, and no one has heeded the call of the United States. The German High Command, the French General Staff, and the Italian Prime Minister's Office are all formulating the next battle plan. According to the latest modifications of the Blue Plan, Germany In addition to the 150,000 people who landed in the first stage, another 250,000 people were landed, and the remaining troops were supplemented by France and Italy. This was mainly a request made by Pétain and Mussolini to give France and Italy a greater role.
Italian Prime Minister Mussolini turned his attention back to Egypt, east of Libya. Egypt is a British colony and an indispensable part of the British Empire's global strategy: it has the Suez Canal, which is the only way from Europe to India and the Far East; it is also the gateway to the Middle East. Egypt also had the well-appointed port of Alexandria, which was key to the British Royal Navy's possession of the eastern Mediterranean. For Italy, Egypt is also important: Italy relies heavily on imports economically, and 90% of imported materials come from the Mediterranean coast, which is Italy's vitality. Controlling Egypt can strengthen Italy's control over the Mediterranean coast, and can also open up the road to Sudan, connecting the Italian-occupied areas of North Africa and the Italian colonies in East Africa, killing two birds with one stone.
In 1940, the Italian troops stationed in Libya had 250,000 troops, 1,800 machine guns, 350 light tanks and 8,000 trucks, as well as 150 aircraft. The force was not weak. The ground forces of the Italian army are divided into two groups: the 10th Army, commanded by General Berti, based in Silanega in eastern Libya, with 3 infantry divisions, 1 Blackshirt Army and 1 Libyan local force. The 15th Army, commanded by General Garibaldi, is based in Tripoli, the capital of western Libya, and has 6 infantry divisions and two Blackshirt Army detachments. Such a deployment was obviously in preparation for the invasion of the French colonies in northwest Africa. However, now that the attack to the west is hopeless, the main combat task has fallen from the 15th Army to the west to the 10th Army. The 10th Army was strengthened, first by 9 divisions and later by 10 divisions. Judging from the number, Berti's 10th Army was enough to scare the British army in Africa.
Mussolini could no longer control his rationality and was eager to take action against the British colony of Egypt. In order to save face between allies, Mussolini still informed William II. Mussolini's Foreign Minister Ciano came to Berlin in person to inform William II of Italy's plan.
With the arrival of Ciano, Lin Wei, who had been leisurely for a few days, was finally summoned by William II. Although the SS was only equivalent to the strength of a group army of the Wehrmacht, its armored strength accounted for 40% of the German army. , Lin Wei certainly has the right to participate in this kind of military meeting, even if he is Hit? Even though he was strangled, Lin Wei still had enough strength to participate.
"Everyone knows Italy's attitude. Let's talk about what you think of Italy's plan!" In the Supreme Command, William II said coldly. Unexpectedly, he was happy and angry after learning about Italy's actions. Some people can't control their temper.
"Judging from the comparison of military strength, Italy has a clear advantage!" On this occasion, it was the commander-in-chief, Marshal von Blomberg, who spoke first, "The British army is not strong. If nothing else happens, Italy will be in power in half a year." If we cut off the Suez Canal and completely close the Mediterranean Sea, our German belly will be completely safe!" Marshal von Blomberg, the commander-in-chief, is still optimistic about Italy.
"I also think Italy will win. You must know that the British in Egypt are now isolated and helpless!" Army Commander-in-Chief General von Brauchitsch said, "Italy has control of the sea and can continuously transport troops. Entering Africa, but the British can't!" Indeed, the current situation in Italy is much better than in history. Italy, which controls the Mediterranean, can transport troops to Africa without any scruples, but the British cannot. Moreover, the Italian Navy can assist the Army in attacking Egyptian ports. I believe that with the help of the battleship's huge main gun, the Italian Army will be much easier. Various advantages made General von Brauchitsch suddenly forget that just two months ago, the Italian Army was beaten to disgrace by only one-fifth of its own French army on the French border.
William II considered the pros and cons. As we all know, Germany is now preparing to land in Britain and needs the help of the Italian Navy. If Italy turns its attention elsewhere at this time. For Germany, this is not a good thing. If the Italian navy in turn assisted its own troops in landing in Egypt, William II really couldn't find any reason to object. In his heart, William II did not want anything to happen before he landed in the UK. Now Mussolini's whims undoubtedly made it difficult for William II to make a decision.