The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

Compared to Major General Burgdorf's ease, Eisenhower's face was not so good. At this moment, he was taking a deep puff of cigarette, trying to get rid of the irritability in his heart.

This was already the fifteenth cigarette, because he had been particularly irritable and restless recently.

There were many reasons for his irritability.

Originally, the war was going very smoothly.

According to his prediction, it would take less than a year to invade the German mainland and the war would be over.

But now, the German army suddenly had a lot of new weapons, and the situation did not develop as he imagined.

The situation has changed a lot, and the original plan has been shelved.

As for the so-called opening of a second battlefield, it will always be a paper plan.

Without the British Isles as a springboard, the landing plan has failed.

"How is the air force replenishing its losses? How many planes have arrived here now?"Eisenhower turned to his adjutant and said

"The replenishment is almost complete. Five more infantry divisions have been added, and a batch of lost warships have also been replaced. The force has almost returned to the pre-war level. In addition, the Indian Ocean Fleet has passed through the Suez Canal and is heading towards us."The adjutant said in a deep voice.

Several air battles caused heavy losses to the air force under Eisenhower, especially the jet planes. It was simply a massacre to deal with these propeller planes.

When the battle damage was reported, Eisenhower was scolded by the president for a whole hour. Fortunately, it was just a scolding. Other generals would have been dismissed long ago, and even sent to a military court for trial. However, Eisenhower was the president's confidant and confidant, so there was no other punishment except reprimand.

After all, the loss this time was not small. There were 800 fighter planes lost alone, more than 20 warships, and nearly 10,000 army troops. The key point is that Pantelleria Island has not been captured yet. If it had been captured, then the loss of these few people would not be a big deal.

"How many warships did the navy bring this time?"Eisenhower asked.

Since the loss of the Strait of Gibraltar, Eisenhower has become more and more aware of the importance of the Suez Canal. It must not be lost, otherwise the entire Europe will become an iron barrel, and it will be impossible to break in.

Although he was scolded by the president, he still asked for a batch of warships, mainly aircraft carriers and battleships, and a number of other types of warships. Only by strengthening the strength of the navy can he have the opportunity to land in Italy and open up a second battlefield.

The British Isles are gone, but he is still unwilling to give up opening up a second battlefield. He decided to use the Mediterranean as a springboard and try the second battlefield again.

"There are 500 large and small warships, including 15 escort aircraft carriers, 3 main aircraft carriers, 5 battleships, hundreds of warships, and the rest are transport ships."The adjutant said.

Hearing this, Eisenhower nodded. With this batch of warships, he felt more confident.

""Commander, this time there are another batch of jet fighters. We can finally compete with the D Army jet fighters head-on." The adjutant suddenly said excitedly.

During this period, they have been attacked by the D Army jet fighters, and the air force dared not take off. If it weren't for the lack of fuel, the air force would probably have been destroyed.

Now that he heard that their jets were about to arrive, Eisenhower was somewhat happy. He took a puff of his cigarette and blew out a circle.

"Good, it's finally produced."

After evacuating from London, Fatty Qiu moved away a batch of advanced weapon blueprints, and then sold them to Country M, including the Meteor jet.

Previously, due to the engine, the Meteor jet was very unstable, but now after the rectification of Country M engineers and the replacement of new engines, the stability of the aircraft has been greatly improved, and even the speed has exceeded 800 kilometers.

It is fully capable of fighting with the J-5. Of course, there is still some gap in the face of more advanced jet fighters, but Country M engineers are still working hard to develop engines with more powerful horsepower.

Especially after obtaining the engine technology of the British Empire, they have made major breakthroughs in some key technical fields, and the engine performance has also been greatly improved. I believe that they will be able to develop fighters with a speed of thousands of kilometers per hour soon.

It has to be said that war is a catalyst. It can quickly catalyze the growth of various weapons. If it is in peacetime, it may take five to ten years to achieve a breakthrough.

In wartime, with a large amount of funds supplied and production at all costs, many things immediately turned from paper into reality.

"How many jet fighters are there?" Eisenhower thought for a moment and asked.

"There are about 100 of them. The production capacity is not high now. When the production is increased, there will be more."The adjutant explained.

"Very good, you have to keep an eye on it, we need a lot of jet fighters here"

"I understand."

Country M is producing a large number of advanced jet fighters, which actually does not have much impact on Country D, because August has the arsenal behind him, and there are too many models of fighters for him to choose from.

Even if one day the performance of the fighters produced by Country M is equal to or even exceeds that of the J5, he will not panic, because he has other more advanced fighters. As for why he does not choose these fighters now, there is no need at all. Without satellites and electronic computers, the avionics charts alone are enough for a pilot to train for many years.

At any time, it is better to train some low-level jet pilots, and rely on numbers to defeat the opponent.

The only tragedy may be Benzi. They were originally short of resources. Facing the jet fighters of Country M, their Zero fighters would die miserably, and they would even no longer have any air superiority in the Pacific from then on.

Once they lose air superiority, the next thing is sea superiority, and finally the islands will be breached. As one goes up and the other goes down, Benzi is not far from failure.

When August learned that Country M had produced jet fighters, his eyes just flashed. He was a little surprised, but not too worried.

But he turned his eyes to the east and frowned. To be honest, August really wanted to kick the two teammates of the Third Reich.

At least Romania was much stronger than them. Although its combat effectiveness was not good, it could provide oil. 60% of the oil consumed by the empire was supplied by Romania. The low combat effectiveness of the vassal army was understandable. After all, their equipment was not good. Now after the replacement, their combat effectiveness was greatly improved. At least they could still deal with some low-intensity battles.

In contrast, what did Italy bring to the Third Reich? Except for a bunch of pits, there was nothing. Occasionally, resources were exchanged in various ways, and even the prime minister was imprisoned.

August was too lazy to save him, so he pretended not to see it and prepared to support a close person so that he could help Rommel to reorganize Italy.

But the other one was a bastard. He almost didn't provide anything and pitted him in various ways. If he didn't hope that it could hold back the United States in the Pacific, he would have kicked it long ago and let it fend for itself.

"It still won't work. We have to let them hold out for another two years."August muttered as he looked at the map.

At this time, Yamamoto Isoroku had died in battle, and Koga Mineichi took over as the new commander of the Combined Fleet.

As soon as he took office, he was ready to fight a big decisive battle with the M Army, and he even put it into action, concentrating a batch of new battleships in the Tokyo Bay area, and even summoned all senior officers for an emergency meeting.

However, no matter how they discussed, the final result was that the strength of the two sides was not at the same level. If they really had to fight, the only outcome would be failure.

There was no way. After two disastrous defeats, the navy and air force of this country suffered heavy losses and were seriously injured. They were simply unable to continue fighting.

Seventy percent of the pilots were recruits, with less than 500 hours of flying time, no combat experience, and no flying experience. A lot.

Sending them up is simply sending heads to the enemy. Aircraft carriers rely on carrier-based aircraft to fight, and carrier-based aircraft pilots must have combat experience so that they can deal with various complex situations.

Letting these recruits fly carrier-based aircraft is equivalent to saying that the aircraft carrier is a pile of scrap metal, without any combat effectiveness, and even sending records to others.

Of course, Japan can also use the occupied islands to build airports, so that each island will become an unsinkable aircraft carrier, but the commander of the M Army is not a fool.

He is very skilled in the leapfrog tactics and directly avoids these islands, making their planes useless.

He can't hold the mentality of death every time he bombs.

In that case, no matter how many pilots Japan has, they will not be enough for bombing.

This is the power of the leapfrog tactics, and it is also a headache for Japan.

"Our aircraft performance is no longer able to completely crush the enemy, and it is too difficult to win."A navy rear admiral said with some concern.

"Yes, we must have more advanced aircraft. According to intelligence, our allies have acquired a batch of new fighters. If we also have such aircraft, we will definitely win."

"Then send someone to negotiate and get the blueprints of the aircraft."Koga Mineichi said seriously.

"Hi!"

……

Ambassador Oshima Hiroshi didn't know how many times he had come here, especially after the Third Reich won various victories.

He didn't even know how many times he had come here, and the purpose of this visit was to obtain the blueprints of advanced aircraft.

‘I just don't know what price I should pay. 'Oshima Hiroshi murmured as he stood at the door.

When he saw August, Oshima Hiroshi was very humble and respectful, but August said in a cold tone:"Your Excellency the Ambassador, what do you want from me?"

August naturally didn't have a good face for the book, but now he still needed this pig teammate to help him hold on for a few more years, so he had to give him some color.

""Your Majesty, we need the blueprints of the jet aircraft, and we are willing to pay any price for it." Oshima Hiroshi said straight to the point without beating around the bush.

Hearing this, August just snorted coldly and said nothing, but Catherine next to him was unhappy and said loudly:"This is the top secret of the empire. Sorry, we don't sell it."

"Marshal, without advanced fighter planes, we can't stop the fighter planes of the M army. Our navy has suffered heavy losses. To be honest, we can't hold on any longer."Oshima Hiroshi said bitterly.

‘It's because you guys are too reckless.' August complained silently in his heart, why did you have to provoke the United States when you could provoke anyone else? Don't they know that they are your godfathers?

"We naturally understand your country's difficulties, but the jet aircraft involves confidential information, so we can't sell it. However, we have another aircraft that is absolutely suitable for you."August said with a smile.

It is impossible to give the drawings of the J-5 to Japan. If you give them to them, it will definitely be transferred to the hands of the United States. With the industrial capacity of the United States, it is possible to produce it at any cost, and then it will be really troublesome.

But he can sell the drawings of the Meteor jet to Japan. Anyway, this thing is not valuable. Just buy a prototype and ask someone to reverse engineer the drawings. It doesn't take much effort. It's just right to wait for Japan to produce it, so that they can compete with the United States to see whose Meteor jet is more powerful.

Thinking of this, August showed a smile.

Looking at August's weird smile, Oshima Hiroshi couldn't help but shudder. He always felt that there was some conspiracy, but he didn't know what it was.

"Thank you, His Majesty the Emperor, but I wonder what price we have to pay for this." Hiroshi Oshima knows that there is no free lunch in the world, and there must be something to ask for.

"I need something, but you can't do it, rubber, oil, copper ore, etc., can you deliver it?" August said with a smile.

If it is a small amount of smuggling, it may be transported, but if it is a large-scale transportation, it will definitely be ambushed, and August will not make these requests.

"Sorry, Your Majesty, our navy has been severely damaged and we are temporarily unable to dispatch more escort troops."Oshima Hiroshi said with cold sweat on his forehead.

"Don't worry, I'll tell you my request later, let me tell you what I can give you first." August waved his hand and said

"I know you are coveting the Panther blueprints, no problem, I can transfer them to you. I can also transfer some other aircraft blueprints that are in service to you, do you want the Panzerfaust? I can also transfer them to you."

Hearing what August promised, Oshima Hiroshi's eyes were full of brilliance. These are the things that the empire lacks the most, especially the island defense troops. With these things, they can definitely improve their combat effectiveness.

"Yes, I wonder what your country's requirements are?" Oshima Hiroshi asked hurriedly

"It's very simple. I need a batch of gold and silver. I know you have a lot of them. You have plundered so much over the years. Don't tell me you don't have any." August Lion said loudly.

"Don't think about refusing. You don't have the capital to refuse. If you lose the war, do you think you can keep the gold and silver?"Looking at Oshima Hiroshi's refusal, August snorted again.

The gold was almost used up, but he still had a lot of things to buy, and the gold was almost spent. If he wanted to increase income, he could only look to other places.

The island country was a big dog owner, and it would be a big loss if they were not slaughtered, especially at this time, the book was sweeping across Southeast Asia, and the money seized was countless. It was time to make them spit out some.