Imperial Overlord

"In any case, as long as it is delayed for another month, the Sea Spitfire and the Sea Hurricane may be equipped on the naval aircraft carrier." Charles, who had been waiting for this turnaround, said at this time.

The problem of insufficient speed of British naval warships and serious aging of equipment was found by Germany to find a vulnerable breakthrough. If you can't catch up, you can't beat it, which has become a fatal injury to the British Navy.

With planes and radars, the German navy could easily escape without having to fight the huge fleet of the British navy.

But the British navy wanted to protect the entire Atlantic route, so it could only passively fight and be played by the weak German navy.

Originally, Charles did not intend to speak, and he did not dare to speak at such a meeting. Because his naval performance was so bad, Britain fell into such a passive state.

But can this be blamed on the Navy? The decision to cut navy military spending, cancel plans to build new warships, and rely on old battleships to maintain the navy's numbers was not made by the navy itself.

The Navy has always demanded the construction of newer and more suitable battleships, and has always advocated the development of better carrier-based aircraft. But these all require funds, but unfortunately there are no funds...

If the navy's demands are approved and the money is approved, where will the weak German navy make waves? With just one siege, the nasty German fleet can be wiped out.

And Charles, who was a general, doesn't know about politics and economics. All he knows is how to defeat the enemy.

So he stood up at this time and said to King George VI: "If we can delay it for a month, our navy will be able to contain the German fleet, and even seriously damage this annoying fleet!"

This promise seems to make everyone excited, at least it shows that even in this passive situation, the main battle faction is still quite marketable.

After all, Britain is the former world hegemon, the king of the seven seas! When the British naval fleet was in the world, the country of Germany did not exist!

It is not an easy task for an old world hegemon like Britain to bow its arrogant head.

Especially a country like Britain that is notoriously stubborn and values ​​honor and tradition. It is more difficult than imagined to make them surrender.

Japan, which has never been a hegemon, still remembers after the war that its homeland has not been completely occupied, and it still has spare strength when it surrenders.

Japan, which has been poisoned by militaristic ideology for decades, barely got rid of the decadent Qing government, has its tail raised, not to mention England, which is truly invincible in the world?

Therefore, if they do not cross the British navy, land on the British mainland, and occupy London, the British will not be able to lift their heads, and they will never truly surrender to Germany.

"Then let Hamilton go to Germany to negotiate! The conditions are agreed one after the other, and delaying time is the main purpose!" The Foreign Minister gave his opinion.

The current situation in the UK is very unfavorable, and peace talks are obviously not a good solution at this time.

Under such circumstances, looking for an opportunity to pull back the defeat and regain the initiative in the negotiation has to be said to be an option worth trying.

After much deliberation, the final solution that everyone can think of is to immediately send some people to Germany, try to resume contact with German high-level officials, and pass on the British idea of ​​peace.

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Germany also wants peace and longs for their own peaceful future! But the Germans chose something different, so they are now actively preparing for a tough battle.

Also in order to end the war, the Germans are ready to end the war completely by killing all their enemies.

On January 5, just ten days after Christmas, Marshal Keitel, the chief of staff of the Supreme Command, went to France on behalf of the head of state.

On January 7, the German army held a grand military parade on the outskirts of Paris. During this military parade, more than 5,000 soldiers walked past the reviewing stand and accepted the review of Marshal Keitel.

However, in this military parade to show off its force, there were neither tank units nor armored vehicles that Germany was proud of. There were only four truck phalanxes dragging the artillery to support the scene, and the infantry was surprisingly large.

All the infantry were wearing shiny leather boots, and the troops were neat and sonorous. However, the Mauser 98K, which was all in all, betrayed them. Most of these troops are second-line troops, stationed in France to be responsible for local security.

The trucks were collected by the local garrison, and the cannons were the debt relief materials just produced by France... The only thing that is still fresh in my memory is the air force that passed the review stand.

Although there are no new tricks, at least 500 planes flew over Paris this time, densely packed like locusts crossing the border, which really shocked the locals.

Now, most of the elite troops in France are concentrated in the coastline area. Trucks, heavy artillery tanks, armored vehicles, and thousands of aircraft of various types behind them.

On January 12th, before Keitel left France, he convened various generals in Paris for a meeting, the frequency of which made everyone in the know tremble.

On January 14, an American intelligence point in Italy, which arrived late, sent back this astonishing news. The U.S. military estimated that the probability of Germany landing in the UK before the 20th was as high as 90 percent.

At this time, Dietrich, who was in a group and rushed back to Berlin, and General Student, the supreme commander of the paratroopers, met the Führer together.

"My Führer! The paratroopers can't be parachuted into the UK in winter because it reduces their combat capability." Student was the first to give his opinion.

He has always had a good impression of the Fuhrer, and believes that the Fuhrer is a very professional leader in terms of technology. So he tried to persuade the head of state from a technical level. In fact, he did so that Li Le intuitively realized the trouble of airborne in winter.

"In order to ensure that the paratroopers can continue to fight after the airborne, I will separate the plane to drop more warm clothes." Student pointed to the documents he brought and introduced to the head of state.

Then he continued to talk about the problems caused by this incident: "Führer, this makes me have to reduce the delivery of weapons and ammunition, and also reduce the number of paratroopers accordingly..."

"This is only a problem faced by paratroopers. In fact, landing at sea is more troublesome." As another confidant of the Führer, Dietrich said.

"We have no way to withstand the enemy's firepower and let the soldiers change their wet clothes. The wet clothes and coats will reduce the soldiers' combat ability, and the loss will increase by at least 30%." Dietrich gave a scientific judge.

In other words, the battle for the beach will lose a lot of valuable soldiers because the soldiers are too bulky and endure soaked clothes.

Winter combat will reduce the combat effectiveness of paratroopers by 30% and increase the loss of infantry by 30%. Hearing these terrible data, Li Le found himself speechless.

There has never been a landing battle against the United Kingdom in history, so Li Le does not have the ability to look forward to this matter. Now all he can do is judge rationally and the generals' speculations. He found that Dietrich and Student seemed to be correct.

"Then, for the two generals who are in charge of directing the operational plan for landing in the UK this time, when do you think it is best for us to wait until we land in the UK?" Li Le looked at the two and asked what he wanted to ask. question.

The longer it drags on, the more perfect Britain's line of defense will actually be. From May 1940 to the present, Britain has actually built a lot of fortifications for more than half a year.

These fortifications seriously threatened the German landing plan, and if it waited a few more months, perhaps the German landing would never have been successful.

Li Le knew better than anyone that the superiority of the German navy could not last forever. With the upgrade of British carrier-based aircraft, the German Navy will once again lose its surface suppression capabilities.

As long as the British have regained their naval superiority, then Germany will have a lot more obstacles to landing in the British mainland. The landing time is related to the success rate of landing. The later the failure, the greater the possibility of failure.

"Mid-February! Or the end of February!" Student gave a reasonable time. In February, a sweater can barely cope with the cold, and the weather conditions are much better than now.

Li Le glanced at Dietrich and saw the latter nodded reluctantly, knowing that this was almost the fastest speed. The Army estimated that it might want to delay the landing until March, but Li Le was reluctant to do so.

In the end, Li Le gave face to two generals he valued and agreed to the suggestion of delaying the plan.

On January 19, 1941, the High Command issued an internal confidential document delaying the implementation of the Sea Lion Project.

Worries about the weather, and the opposition of all the generals on the Western Front~www.wuxiaspot.com~ made Li Le give up his offensive plan to land in the UK in January.

After all, landing in the cold winter is a huge test for materials and logistics. Regrettably, whether it is logistical transportation or landing experience, Germany is now lacking.

In line with the principle of trying to make the landing without any extraneous problems, Li Le finally compromised. He canceled the battle plan, and let the more than 200,000 landing troops and the 200,000 recruit reserve team stop in place.

No one could have imagined that this delay would make Himmler, who had always suspected the Führer's identity, suddenly confused about the Führer's plan.

"Suddenly canceled the operation at the last minute? Is he really going to win this war, or is he going to destroy the country at the most critical moment?" The SS Demon King, leaning against the window of his office , murmured in his mouth.

He found that he couldn't understand the man with the mustache in the Prime Minister's Office. Things have completely exceeded his imagination, and he can no longer control his own future...——

The second chapter of the update, Long Ling still owes you 4 updates... I will make it up for you this month... Thank you for your support, thank you everyone.