"Providing 600,000 tons of heavy oil at one time, 50 BF-109, 50 Folk Zero, 50 Ju87, 50 No. 3 tanks, 120 SA37 anti-tank guns (47mm anti-tank guns produced by France), 20 sets of maritime beat radars and 50,000 tons of special steel." At the command meeting on July 6, Adolf Hitler asked with a frown, "Marson, what can we get after we give so much?"

"Win the World War!" said Hessman. "In addition, we can also deploy air bases on the island of Malta and station ground forces with no more than 3,000 people."

In order to launch the Battle of Malta, Hessman spent a lot of money and agreed to all the conditions proposed by Mussolini. During the talks on July 4, Mussolini took the opportunity to speak out and put forward higher requirements after Hessman offered the conditions for aid, and Hessman actually agreed at once (this is actually to increase Italy's strength).

"Can you win the world war by taking Malta?" Adolf Hitler smiled, "I thought I would have to take London!"

"Leader, if you take Malta, you can block the T-Nice Strait," explained Admiral Raidel. "In this way, the traffic between Britain and the Middle East and India must not take the Mediterranean shortcut, but must bypass Africa, which will greatly increase the pressure on the British maritime transportation line. At the same time, if... if the Italians really fail in North Africa, mastering Malta will create favorable conditions for the next stage of counterattack."

"Will the Italians be defeated?" Adolf Hitler giggled, as if he heard a big joke, "They have 500,000 people! How many British people are?"

Hessman replied: "By September, the British Australian 6th Division and the Indian 5th Division will arrive at the battlefields of North Africa and East Africa respectively, and some scattered independent troops will arrive. By then, the British army's troops in the battlefields of North Africa and East Africa will reach 150,000."

"Defeat 500,000 for 150,000?" Adolf Hitler shook his head repeatedly.

"Leader, Italy may fail." Marshal Schletcher, Minister of Defense, said, "The 150,000 British troops are just what we have at present. Perhaps by September or October, the number will be more. The Italians are very slow to act. They could have launched an attack in May, but they are said to be not ready yet... I really don't know when they will start the attack?"

"In addition, there is reliable information that Mussolini is planning an attack on Greece." Hessmann then reported a piece of intelligence that had just been detected to Hitler. "This will disperse the Italians' forces and add greater trouble to logistics support."

"What? Greece?" Hitler was a little annoyed when he heard the news of the Hessmann report. "What do Mussolini want to do? Didn't he know that now is the critical moment for us to handle the Balkan affairs? He is causing trouble for me!"

During this period, the Balkans were undergoing drastic changes. First, the Soviet Union invaded without waiting for the referendum of Bisarabia. The Romanian king Carol II dared not resist and had to give up the throne to his son. Then, with his mistress Elena, he fled to Portugal with a large number of royal treasures. Romania's power fell into the hands of the pro-German Jan Antonescu. After Jan Antonescu came to power, he announced that he would accept the Geneva arbitration, handed over half of Transylvania, and at the same time he joined the European community and accepted Germany's protection.

The Croatian and Slovenian provinces of Yugoslavia also declared independence one after another. The Croatian parliament then formulated a monarchy constitution, elected the Hungarian kingdom of Habsburg. Otto (Hungary was formerly surnamed) as the Croatian kingdom and formed the United Kingdom of Croatia.

The Slovenian Parliament elected German Emperor William as the King of Slovenia and became the Union of the Communist lords of Germany.

However, the Yugoslavia refused to recognize the independence of Croatia and Slovenia, and refused to hand over half of Vojvodina, and clamored for Belgrade all day long.

Although this is just a means for Prince Paul to appease the sentiment of the Serbian people, the sentiment of the Serbians became even more excited because of his shouting. If the British army appeared in Greece during this period, Prince Paul would probably find it difficult to appease the situation.

"Master Hessman, consider it from a military perspective," Hitler shouted a few words before calming down, looking at Hessman and asked, "Are we going to stop Mussolini's offense?"

"No," said Hessman, shaking his head, "if Mussolini's adventure in Greece succeeds, the Balkan problem can be completely resolved, the Serbs will accept reality after they have no hope, and Bulgaria will turn to us."

"What if he fails?" Hitler said, "The British will not let go of the opportunity, will they?"

"This is also our opportunity!" Hessman said. "If the British troops in the Middle East enter Greece in large quantities, we will have the opportunity to annihilate them all... As long as we can severely damage the Mediterranean fleet and seize the sea control of the Eastern Mediterranean."

"How strong is the British Mediterranean Fleet?" Hitler asked.

Marshal Raidel replied: "At present, the British Mediterranean Fleet has been divided into two. Its main force is based on Alexandria, which has the USS War-wearing battleship, the USS Malaya battleship, the USS Junquan battleship, and the USS Eagle aircraft carrier; the USS Lorraine battleship, which is loyal to the French rebels (Free France), and should act together with the main force of the British Mediterranean Fleet.

Another part of the Mediterranean Fleet formed the H Fleet, which owned the Battlecruiser Hood, the Battleship Determination, and the Ark Royal aircraft carrier, and was stationed in Gibraltar.

As far as we know, the main force and the H fleet of the British Mediterranean Fleet are now based on Malta. To the east of Malta is the range of activities of the main force of the Mediterranean Fleet and to the west, the H fleet. If we want to capture Malta, it is very likely that there will be a fierce sea and air war with them."

"There are five battleships, one battlecruiser and three aircraft carriers..." Hitler looked at Redel, "Can the Italian navy defeat them?"

Marshal Redell said: "The Italians have 6 battleships and 2 aircraft carriers, among which the USS Veneto and Litorio are both new battleships that have just been in service this year, with firepower and displacement comparable to our Bismarck class."

From the perspective of paper forces, the British maritime power in the Mediterranean is comparable to the Italian Navy, which has two aircraft carriers in this time and space. However, it is best to pay more discounts for Italian paper data...

"Our air force and naval aviation will be deployed to Sicily," said Hessman. "According to the agreement I reached with Mussolini, the Italians will complete the expansion of several military airports on Sicily in early September. Then our air force will enter, and there will be a combat aviation regiment and two bombing aviation regiments to go to Sicily. In addition, we will strive to mobilize the battleships of the French Navy volunteers to participate in the operation."

"Will the attack on Malta be carried out in September?" Hitler asked again.

"The current plan is September," Hessman said, "but Italians may delay until October or November."

If it weren't for the Italians' procrastination, there would be no problem of occupying Malta at all. Maybe even the Suez Canal was defeated by the Italians.

"But it's nothing to delay for a while," Hessman said with a smile, "this will make the Italians more prepared... I hope to launch a decisive battle around Malta, which requires the Italians' fleet to exert their combat effectiveness, and they should be given time to train and install radar."

Hitler thought for a while and finally nodded: "Okay, let's implement the joint battle to seize Malta... the Italians can give you everything they want." He glanced at Gorene, who was fat and big-eared, "Hermann, is there any problem with the General Administration of Arms?"

"No problem, it's just a small number," said Goering. "Now the factories in Belgium and Luxembourg are under our control. The production capacity of weapons, aircraft and ships has increased to a certain extent than before the Battle of the Western Front. In addition, French industrial production is also recovering, and we can hand over many orders to French factories to complete."

After using the European Community, the European Customs Union and the European Monetary Union integrated European countries that were controlled or pro-Germany, factories in many European countries began to serve German arms production.

Of course, the situation in each country is not exactly the same. For example, factories and mines in Belgium, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia-Hungary, Galicia-Ukraine, Lithuania, Slovakia, Romania, Finland, Luxembourg (currently part of Germany) and Alsace-Lorraine (named the capital of the European Community, and in fact part of Germany) are directly included in the wartime management system of the General Administration of Arms, and are produced and invested with the participation of German engineers and capital (Galicia-Ukraine and Romania will be the focus of investment).
Chapter completed!