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Chapter 72 Strategic Defense (Part 2, 3600

On August 6, just the day before the German army set out early to launch large-scale reinforcements, the UK and the Axial Camp (except Japan) signed a package contract in The Hague. The rhythm was basically impossible. Germany neither raised the quotation nor agreed to the British side's request to lower the quotation, but insisted on fulfilling the original agreement.??

This made Black Cat and others relieved. Their most fears now is that Germany suddenly turned against each other and refused to admit its promise and raised its offer. After Germany decided to accept the conditions for a ceasefire in the last war, the Allies had shamelessly played this move. At that time, the authoritarianism of the German government had collapsed and the army continued to recover, and they did not even have the ability to resist and could only be slaughtered.

It seems that Germany is still very trustworthy. Both sides quickly fulfilled the preliminary conditions according to the terms: Germany relaxed the import of British food, energy and other necessities, and released 10,000 British prisoners in advance; Britain promised to launch military demobilization and obtain parliamentary approval within 15 days, and delivered the hull of the Man Yong and relevant technical information to Germany. Hoffman has instructed the designer to transform the ship into an air defense battleship with unique air defense battleship in the world, without a main gun.

After being sworn in as the king again, Black Cat made a great sacrifice. He did not ask the parliament to call Simpson the queen, and also gave up the inheritance of direct descendants. This marriage caused him to give up the throne. This action resolved the last trace of conflict between him and the Anglican Church, and also reflected his image of sacrificing his personal sacrificiality. The British people looked at the new king in a complicated mood and listened to his prospects and voices for the future of the country: "I did not come for the rights, I came for the fate and future of this country. If you want me to leave in the future, I will declare abdication without hesitation..."

In order to take care of the emotions of the king and Mrs. Simpson, the parliament and Edward agreed that Mrs. Simpson would be honored as the queen when visiting abroad as the title of "His Madam". Although Mrs. Simpson herself was a little emotional, she wisely did not say that she was an American. This identity is very important and sensitive.

Hoffman and Ribbentrop privately promised that if she could give birth to a male heir in the future and insist on British-German friendship, no matter how difficult it was, Germany would find a way to help her descendants ascend the throne.

This promise was even hidden from the Black Cat himself, and Mrs. Simpson was very satisfied with it. In her opinion, as the world leader in the future, the German Yuan would speak much more seriously. Isn’t this restoration relying on Germany’s strength? The conditions given by Germany are not bad. Although she is an American, she believes from the bottom of her heart that cooperation with Germany is the best way out for Britain.

As for the peace between Britain and Japan, the two sides also agreed similarly based on the original conditions. Although there are voices in the UK who believe that it is a bit expensive to pay for just one piece of Pakistan, the Japanese representative pointed out that this is not only a redemption payment from Northwest India, but also the compensation paid by the UK after the armistice. The UK handed over all the equipment to Germany as compensation, but did not handed over the compensation to Japan.

Germany said it had suppressed the price once and could not suppress it anymore, otherwise Japan's attack on Pakistan and Germany would not be able to stop it.

Finally, Iran came forward to act as an intermediary under Germany's suggestion: the UK transferred some technologies such as metallurgy and shipbuilding to Iran, and then Iran paid 10,000 tons of crude oil to Japan on its behalf, and the same payment was made in two years, and Japan reduced its requirement for Britain's 10,000 tons of special steel.

The three parties were very happy and finally reached an agreement readily. Pahlavi was very grateful for Germany's matchmaking. Although it was not the most advanced technology, it was much better for Germany to come forward than Iran to negotiate on its own. He patted his chest and said that he would accept the oil mark system. This is the fundamental system that Hoffman tied all the Middle East countries together.

Unlike the petrodollars in history, the German-led oil fund controlled at least two-thirds of the oil production in the Middle East and penetrated into all links of the opening. The remaining one-third of the output was also directly or indirectly influenced by Germany, which means that the later OPEC was directly under the control of the oil fund.

In addition to economic and fiscal control, Germany also directly occupied protectors and military bases, and dispatched powerful forces, which were much tighter than the United States' control. At the same time, Germany does not have to support a Jewish force like the United States to disgust the Arabs, which will be of great benefit to the future stability of the Middle East order.

As the war on the Eastern Front came to an end, the oil mark gradually became operational, and all countries needed to rely on the oil funds controlled by Germany to supply crude oil. Germany took the opportunity to recover the Mark's government bonds that were originally out of the country.

Given that Germany won consecutive victories on the battlefield, not only conquered Europe and gathered Africa, but also took half of South America, and even squeezed out an American republic from Brazil. Everyone was optimistic about Germany's prospects for dominance and Mark, and the value of the Mark has been rising. Generally speaking, too strong local currency is not conducive to exports, but Germany needs to import a large amount of materials to maintain the war, and the high-value local currency actually saves costs.

Although Germany no longer needs to take out real money and silver to buy supplies at this moment, just by starting the printing press, Hoffman and Sperer were very clear-headed. These debts will be returned in the future. If it is a democratic political system where the election will be replaced in 4-5 years, Hoffman certainly doesn't have to worry about what to do in the future. It will definitely be the way to do what is going on now. But in the future, the Kuomintang will still rule the world. This trick cannot be played like this. You have to find ways to export some materials and technologies to maintain a balance so that the trade deficit will not be outrageous.

Germany is currently focusing on developing the economic structure of the military industry, but it does not mean that it cannot be exported, nor does it mean that it cannot make money. Iran, Iraq, Argentina and other group of Axis brothers cried and shouted to ask for the equipment in Germany. Those with rich people bought first-class German equipment. For example, the rich man like Pahlavi specifically needed the most advanced jets, tiger-type leopard tanks, stg43 assault rifles, and even the Axis class had been booked for two to be enjoyed in the future. Recently, he heard that Germany was going to sell train cannons, but he didn't even pay back the price, so he snatched another 4 K5s away. Finally, he was not confused yet and didn't say he wanted to buy Gustav to fight whom he was going to fight?

Argentina is a little poorer but has modernization needs, so let's buy the No. 4, 98k, 37mm war defense artillery and other weapons that Germany eliminated. As for cutting-edge weapons, Peron wants it, but he must take a breath first.

As for Eastern European countries, which were more shy in finance, they directly used materials to exchange them as a means to buy seized Soviet and American weapons from Germany, such as Soviet artillery and American m1 rifles, which were all popular.

In the end, the scrap copper and iron that could not be sold were all given to Japan, and they were asked to go to the Far East to make a second-hand difference. The Japanese who were very careful always made gold in the garbage dump, and then sold the remaining goods to both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. This kind of work was always done by the poorer Japanese 6th Army, and the navy was much richer. Horitiki gave the 6th Navy all the equipment of the Navy team consisting of complete sets of American equipment and advanced German equipment.

Even the 6th Army was more prosperous than before after the battle of India. The entire 6th Army tanks had more than 4 ooo, not the original thin-skinned coffin, at least the tanks above No. 3, mainly No. 4, Sherman and T-34. With the successful imitation of the t-34, the proportion of the equipment of the t-34 is gradually increasing.

Now the 6th Army has set its sights on the German armored grenade system and plans to develop Japanese mecha infantry. Since the terrain in Asia is more complex than in Europe, German armored vehicles built on semi-tracked vehicles are not suitable for Japan. Ishihara Kanji and Yamashita Tobuki believe that there are fewer fully tracked armored vehicles needed, and only 3-4 mecha infantry divisions are equipped.

This requirement also meets Hoffman's demand for developing fully tracked infantry fighting vehicles. Although there is a design tender for light fighting vehicles in the e-series, it is obviously impossible to achieve it overnight.

After comparison and research, the designer proposed two emergency construction plans: one is based on the foundation of the No. 3 tank chassis, and the other is based on the foundation of the 38t tank chassis. Relatively speaking, the No. 3 has a larger holding capacity, more chassis, and more technology has spread more openly. Italy and other countries also have it, and the cost will be higher than the 38t transformed products...

Considering that there are not many large-scale wars in the future, Hoffmann decided to drive an infantry fighting vehicle based on the No. 3 chassis as the transition before the e-series service.

However, the weight of 2o tons of No. 3 is obviously too heavy. After research, it is determined that the weight cannot exceed 15 tons. Each vehicle has one chief and co-pilot, and can carry 10 soldiers who are back-to-back. Just 12 people form an infantry squad. The motivation remains unchanged, and the weight loss requirement is increased to 6o kilometers per hour. The body of the vehicle is equipped with a 2m machine cannon and a 7.92mmmmg42 machine gun, arranged front and rear, and members can also use stg43 rifles to attack externally through the shooting hole.

The rear passenger compartment of the vehicle has a rear door for crew members to enter and exit, and they can escape from the top in an emergency. This design was completed in less than two months. Hoffmann waved his pen and asked to first modify 5O vehicles to verify. If feasible, he would prepare to modify 1OO vehicles to deploy troops first.

In order to be consistent with the original armored vehicle naming, the armored personnel carrier code of the No. 3 chassis is nicknamed "Wolf Hun". Japan recognized the improvement and hoped that Germany could transfer the finalized technical information to Japan in the future. Hoffman also generously agreed to the Japanese's small request. After all, the Japanese had just spent a lot of money and always had to give some discounts.

During this period, Japan was crazily buying equipment, especially advanced radars, aircraft, anti-aircraft guns, etc., and the joint fleet even bought and bought. In just three months from May to July, Germany 6 continued to deliver 4oo do-412, 6oo ju-198 and 6oo bu-319 to Japan, multiple supporting motives, 4oo multiple sets of sea radars, and dual-equipped 128mm anti-aircraft guns.

Especially the last B-319 (Liefeng Reform) provided, due to the differences in tactical use between Japan and Germany, the main fighter of the joint fleet is Liefeng Reform, and the proportion of Zi Electric Reform is less than one-third of the fighter jets. However, ace pilots such as Akamatsu Sadaki liked to use Zi Electric Reform. In order to take care of these pilots, they also considered the need to intercept the US 4 heavy bombers, some aircraft carriers were also equipped with a batch of Zi Electric Reform.

Hearing the news that the United Fleet had launched an expedition in full swing, Hoffman nodded slightly: "The good days for the Americans have finally come..." 8
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