Iron Cross

When receiving Guderian's detailed African war report, the Führer's special train was already on the railway to Smolensk. Hoffman still felt something unusual about the sudden collapse of the Allied forces in Nairobi and the unconventional idea of ​​using aircraft to retreat - history has undergone major changes, and we can't always look at things with the old perspective.

He was very sure of one thing. Although it was unknown whether senior generals such as Eisenhower and Patton could be re-employed, this blow was very heavy for them, and it might be a mountain that they would never be able to overcome in their lifetime - the US military was defeated in the first battle with the German army in the ground war. It was not a small setback, but a disastrous defeat!

In Hoffman's eyes, the value of the battle cannot be judged by the number of people eliminated or captured. In terms of the strength of the Nairobi encirclement, it was only a week's result on the Eastern Front, not even enough for the size of the army group, but for the Americans, this failure is worth savoring for a long time, and they will be very cautious in the future. What is even more fatal is that due to the "unfair" arrangement during the final retreat, Germany will soon have a lot of public opinion bombardment - the American officers and soldiers who rushed to surrender will be the best trumpeters of "peaceful evolution" in the future. Hoffman is very confident about this.

Rather than saying that this victory is military, it is better to say that it is political and psychological.

"Call Heinz back and congratulate him on his victory. I hope we can continue to work hard to take Zambia. This way, our layout in Africa will be close to perfect and will also help promote the next step."

Dalgus nodded, then asked in confusion: "Führer, will you really promote the Zambia Plan?"

"Do you have a different opinion?"

"No, I don't! I just think it's a bit too cheap for the Jews."

"Even you think it's too cheap for the Jews, which shows that there is a lot of room for improvement." Hoffman smiled, "If I carve out a piece of land from the Sahara Desert, you probably won't think it's too cheap, right?"

"This..."

The so-called Zambia Plan is actually a package of political solutions: on the one hand, part of Zambia's territory will be divided to the Belgian Congo, and then the issue of Uganda's status and the involvement of France can be resolved; on the other hand, Zambia is also the choice of Hoffman's "final solution" to solve the Jewish problem. Compared with the originally envisioned Madagascar Plan, Hoffman believes that he has taken advantage - Madagascar is obviously better than Zambia, and he is reluctant to let it go.

According to the assumption: after completing three years of hard labor, all Jews in Germany will face the problem of where to go in the end, and the number may be as high as 6-8 million. He does not want to use concentration camps and gas chambers for the "final solution", as the cost is too heavy, and they cannot continue to stay in Germany, which will become a new destabilizing factor. After thinking about it, he plans to let the Jews establish a country in Zambia.

Now the Middle East is full of pro-German Arab countries. If the Jews still establish a country in Palestine, they will definitely become a thorn in the Middle East for the Americans in the future. Judging from the historical outbreak of combat power of the Jewish state, unless Germany personally intervenes, most Middle Eastern countries cannot beat it. This poses a major threat to the future "Oil Mark" (or Oil Euro), and it must be prevented in advance. Therefore, Palestine must not allow Jews to establish a country.

If the Jews are given a country, they cannot choose a place that is too bad or too harsh, otherwise they will not be able to support too many people, and they will not be recognized by the Jewish nation. Zambia's location, geography, resources, environment and climate conditions are relatively suitable-at least better than that ghost place in Palestine. If the Sahara Desert is really chosen, I am afraid that the Jews will disdain it.

According to the design plan, Zambia's world-renowned copper mines, cobalt mines, and farmland can become the foundation of the Jewish nation, and also a kind of economic compensation for the German Jews who were deprived of their property. Those deprived properties have either been distributed or consumed and used up, and there is no hope of returning them to their original owners. At that time, all these minerals and lands can be transformed into shares, and each Jew can be given a share. There are many bankers among the Jews, and the Germans don't have to worry about this.

More importantly, he also arranged implicit benefits for the Jews-South of Zambia is Rhodesia, a large British colony. As long as the Jewish nation has a foothold in Zambia, it will never give up expansion. Rhodesia, with a small population and a lot of land, will bear the brunt. Rhodesia is further south to South Africa, so they will never live in peace with the British Empire. Given that Jews have a huge influence in the United States, this has extraordinary value in destroying the special relationship between Britain and the United States, and also adds some insurance to the balance of power between Germany and the United States after the war.

To achieve this goal, he has secretly sent senior diplomats such as Neurath and Weizsäcker to contact the Zionist Organization - this secret and sensitive matter is not suitable for a big mouth like Ribbentrop to do, and the other party is also very interested. For the Jews, building a country is the first priority, and dealing with Germany is the second priority. If the head of state is really willing to allocate a piece of not too bad land for the Jews to build a country after the victory, and at the same time provide some security guarantees, they are not impossible to reconcile with Germany. Everything about money can be discussed, and they can even give out another sum to support Germany.

After Germany stopped the concentration camps and started the Jewish export project, the Zionists' hatred towards the Führer was not as strong as it was at the beginning. In fact, they knew the characteristics of their own nation better - this greedy personality has attracted countless cold stares and revenge in the past thousand years. They sensitively believed that Germany's move was a harbinger of major policy adjustments, which meant that the most painful stage for the Jews was basically over - Germany first stopped persecuting Jews in occupied areas such as France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Denmark, and then used hard labor instead of concentration camps to alleviate the persecution of Jews in Germany.

Putting aside the entanglement of ideology and national sentiment, the leaders of the Zionists could easily see the Führer's motives for sparing no effort to deal with the Jews: selecting an ethnic group to set up a target, so that the German people can be better united; the confiscation of Jewish assets provided economic guarantees for Germany's military expansion and bribery of industrial giants. All of this is the routine of mature politicians. The Jews have long since summed up the thousands of years of anti-Semitism in Europe. They just didn't expect the Germans and the SS to be so radical. The "Zambia Plan" is a step forward on the basis of the current policy adjustment, which can be regarded as a return to normal relations.

Most of the senior leaders of the National Socialist Party support the new idea proposed by the head of state. Only Himmler has some different opinions, mainly because he feels that it is not enough to relieve his anger, but Hoffman believes that he can be persuaded. If Germany wants to become a world leader after the war, it cannot have a major stain and burden on the Jewish issue. Now it has passed the era of genocide in the 18th century. Regardless of whether the German nation can become friends with the Jewish nation in the future, at least there should be no unsolvable deadlock. Zambia and the establishment of an independent nation are Germany's reconciliation gifts to the Jewish nation. This is also a demonstration for stabilizing the eastern border. If Germany and the Jewish nation can finally reconcile, then the relationship with the Slavic nation is even more out of the question.

At the same time, this nation-building plan will better gain the friendship and support of the Arabs. In the late period of World War I, in order to win the support and funds of the Jews, Britain authorized Foreign Secretary Balfour to issue the Balfour Declaration, claiming that "a national home for the Jews would be established in Palestine, and every effort would be made to achieve this goal." This stimulated the rise of Zionism, and more than 500,000 Jews immigrated to Palestine one after another, but it also exacerbated the contradictions between Arabs and Jews, and between Arabs and the British Empire. Why Germany's entry into the Middle East is so popular among Arabs is not only because Germany and Britain are irreconcilable, but also because Germany is the number one anti-Semitic country. In the eyes of Arabs, cooperation with Germany is equivalent to achieving two goals at once.

The European Union (political), collective security (military) and oil mark (economic) are the three pillars that Hoffman strives to establish Germany's world status. Any one of them is indispensable, and Arabs will be an important link.

Moreover, he believes that after the formulation of this plan, it will also increase the enthusiasm of the Jews who are currently serving hard labor. They are currently living in a muddle. Once given hope, the persevering Jewish nation will definitely strive to make a breakthrough, which will also play an important role in promoting the war. As a time traveler, Hoffman has a deeper understanding of this than anyone else.

In fact, Germany currently has a Jewish police force, who are usually responsible for the security of the occupied areas. Their efficiency, intensity and dedication are exemplary, and they are worthy of being a high-level Gestapo. This is why many people keep saying that they want to finally solve the problem of the Jews, but in fact they are reluctant to even lay off the Jewish police, and are even preparing to vigorously develop them.

Hoffman smiled: "The Eastern Conference determined the principle of independent statehood and redistribution of collective land for all ethnic groups in Russia. Germany does not demand any territory. At the beginning, some people said that I gave those Slavs a bargain. Now look back and see how much support and cooperation these countries have for us. There are more than 500,000 soldiers fighting for us wholeheartedly on the Russian front alone, and there are also a steady stream of volunteers signing up, not to mention the various materials they transported. Even the situation of guerrillas and non-security areas has greatly improved. If we can stabilize the front line and let the people of these Eastern countries enjoy a free and abundant autumn harvest and live a stable and peaceful life, I think even if Stalin has another 5 million troops, he can't think of returning to the previous state."

Dalgus nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Send a telegram to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If they can reach an agreement with the Jewish organization, I propose to announce the plan in full at the end of June." Hoffman was full of confidence. "Many times, political consultation can solve problems better than force..."