Chapter 370 The decision of the French head of state Petain
The German H-44 Super Battleship is one of the German Hindenburg-class battleships and is built by the Brom & Fox Shipyard in Hamburg.
The ship is more than 300 meters long and more than 50 meters wide, with a range of 20,000 nautical miles/18 knots; maximum speed: 32 knots/hour, main gun: 8 530mm, secondary gun: 12 203mm; anti-aircraft gun: 16 105mm, 40 37mm, 60 20mm...
It is a battleship with good combat power, but Chen Yanlong, a battleship like this, only exchanged 5 ships. He has always exchanged other battleships for his favorite brands of goods, the Bismarck battleship and the Tirpitz battleship.
However, the last trump card that Chen Yanlong just mentioned was not these powerful battleships, but the submarine unit he secretly asked Marshal Hithofen to prepare for him.
"Of course I still haven't played my trump cards! A battle has just begun, how can I use all my trump cards immediately? If this is the case, then what can we use to save our lives if the battle situation is not conducive to us?"
So when Denitz was shocked by his words, Chen Yanlong rolled his eyes and said.
"Where did your last trump card come from?"
Seeing this, Denitz also blushed in embarrassment and asked curiously.
"If I said it was a submarine force, how do you feel?"
Chen Yanlong smiled with a relaxed smile.
"Ah! Submarine force, are you talking about our U-type submarines?"
"But with the combat strength of these submarines, how can they fight a large-scale battle with the British and American fleets? Isn't that killing the enemy's lives?"
Hearing this, Denitz was stunned for a moment, then said in surprise.
"Did I say they are those U-submarines you are using?"
Chen Yanlong shook his head, waved his hand and asked back.
"Ga! What type of submarine is that? Why don't I know that the head of state you gave me a new submarine? I am the marshal of the navy!"
After hearing this, Denitz was even more questionable and said in confusion.
"Hey! Let's talk about this naval battle in front of me!"
However, Chen Yanlong did not answer his question immediately, but suddenly and seriously interrupted the topic.
"Yes! Head of State! Embarrassing and rude!"
Seeing Chen Yanlong suddenly changing his face, Denitz immediately responded carefully.
When Chen Yanlong and Denitz talked about this, they were thousands of miles away in Paris, France.
Philippe Betant, the head of the Vichy government, was a very famous general in French history.
He became famous for his bloody battle with the Germans in World War I, but he surrendered to Hitler during World War II and became notorious for being the head of the Vichy government.
But the reason why he surrendered to Hitler was that he often told his confidant that he wanted to preserve France's vitality and allow France to rise again after being defeated.
Of course, only he knows whether he is the truth or not.
However, after the signing of the Compiène Forest Agreement, Germany demanded that France's surrender conditions were very harsh: that is, France must ced 1/3 of its territory, including Paris; the French government must pay 300 million francs of occupation fees for the German occupation forces every day; the French air force and army must not exceed 100,000; the French government must be consistent with Germany in terms of politics, economy, military, diplomacy, etc.
Moreover, all policies and measures of the Vichy regime were to safeguard the interests of the big bourgeoisie and consolidate its reactionary dictatorship.
In addition, the Vichy government led by him also privately engaged in a lot of crimes and cooperation with Hitler.
However, these things have little to do with Chen Yanlong now, and Philippe Betton is now paced around his mansion; while Prime Minister Pierre Ravar stood quietly beside him, waiting for the other party to speak first.
"Has the Sicily landing war started?"
After a long time, when Beden calmed down, he sighed slowly and said to Prime Minister Ravar who was silent.
"Well! The attack has started, and I heard that the battle is still very fierce now!"
Prime Minister Ravar nodded.
"Do you know how many troops the Germans dispatched in Sicily?"
Beden thought for a while and asked.
"At the beginning, there were only two German armed divisions on the surface, one was the Hermann Goring Division and the other was the 15th Armored Division! However, shortly after the battle started, according to the reports of our spies lurking in the British and American forces, Hitler also secretly arranged several powerful SS divisions to ambush the British and American landing forces!"
"But for some reason, they suddenly and bizarrely evacuated when they were halfway through the fight!"
Prime Minister Ravar told all the information he knew.
"How many troops in Britain and the United States have successfully landed?"
Betan was silent for a moment and continued to ask.
"There are at least more than 400,000, and there are also a large number of ships to assist in the battle!"
Prime Minister Ravar replied without hesitation.
"What do you think of this war? Who do you think will win the final victory? Is it Hitler, or Britain and the United States?"
As he said this, Beden suddenly stared at the other party with a sharp gaze and asked.
"I wasn't on the scene, so I don't know much about this!"
Prime Minister Ravar said frankly in response to Betan's powerful eyes.
"You are right. We are not on the front line, so based on this little bit of information, we can't completely infer the direction of this battle! But I still believe that if Sicily is lost, the German army's Western Front will be in trouble and will also affect our France!"
Betan worried.
"I agree with you, and if the German army loses the Battle of Sicily, I'm afraid Italy will rebel immediately! And before the Battle of Sicily, according to the intelligence of our spies, all major Italian cities were subjected to large-scale bombing by British and American air forces."
"And many of these bombed cities have been bombed out of recognition and suffered heavy casualties!"
Prime Minister Ravar added.
"Once Italy withdraws from the battlefield and the Germans are defeated, our fate may not be too good! What do you think, Prime Minister Ravar!"
After hearing this, Betton turned around and looked at the other person with a worried look.
"This question is not easy to answer! It seems that we have to find a way to make new plans for our future destiny! Head of Betton"
Prime Minister Ravar sighed deeply.
"Yes! I agree with you. It's time for us to start our new survival plan. We can't let France fall into a new defeated country again!"
Chapter completed!