Hitler was a relatively stubborn person and could not be convinced in just a few words. So on the afternoon of March 1, the meeting of the German Command continued, and the location was transferred from the conference room to the Ministry of Defense's combat room.

The current military and political affairs in charge of the German Ministry of Defense does not directly command operations, so this Ministry of Defense war room is used to study strategic issues for senior officials participating in the command department meeting. In the center of this quite large room, there are three large sand tables side by side, which show the changes in the situation in the British-North Atlantic battlefield, the Middle East-North Africa-Mediterranean battlefield and the European under German rule.

"If Roosevelt did not intend to get involved in the war in Europe, there was no way we could do with the United States." Hessman stood in front of the map showing the situation of the British-North Atlantic battlefield and said happily, "Because the United States is on the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean, and controls the Panama Canal, and has many strongholds in the Caribbean Sea. In South America, the United States has a much greater influence than us. If we want to land in Canada, seize strongholds on the Caribbean Sea, and turn South America into our territory, then defeating the US Navy will be necessary. And if the US Navy fleet is based on the East Coast of the United States and under the cover of aircraft deployed on the East Coast of the United States, the East Coast of Canada, and the Caribbean US military bases, it is almost impossible to defeat."

Shore-based aircraft have huge advantages over carrier-based aircraft. They fly farther, have a larger load of ammunition, and are more numerous, and pilots are also easy to train. Therefore, once Germany and the United States "draw and govern", there will be situations where no one can do anything to each other. Even the United States cannot use carrier-based aircraft to fight against shore-based aircraft with a number of more than 10,000.

"But the United States made a pretty fatal mistake!" Hessman picked up a baton and knocked on the British position on the sand table, saying. "The Roosevelt administration will not give up Britain, a large stronghold they used to attack and contain Europe. If they are willing to give up, the world war is now over, and Britain who lost the Mediterranean should make a peace. But Britain is still resisting, which shows that the United States will give Britain more firm support in the future."

Hessman then used his baton to draw a horizontal line on the map, "From New York through the North Atlantic Ocean, through Iceland and then to the UK, this is the lifeline of Britain and the noose that is tied around the neck of the United States. In the next two years, our struggle with Britain and the United States will revolve around this noose!"

"On the Atlantic route?" Hitler was stunned. "I thought we would land in the UK."

"Leader, landing is very difficult, because Britain has been preparing for anti-landing operations since June 1940. Britain is an industrialized country with a population of 46 million, and Britain established a national mobilization system long before World War I. It can form millions of troops when necessary, and Britain's industrial strength is enough to equip them with sloppy. And we have no way to transport fifteen or twenty powerful armored divisions or motorized infantry divisions across the English Channel at one time.

In fact, before the outbreak of the war, until recently, the General Staff was studying the possibility of landing on the British mainland. All studies have shown that the possibility of landing failure is high, because landing forces will face enemies with more than themselves and better equipment than themselves. And it is difficult for us to ensure that the enemy will not destroy the ports that are about to fall into our hands after the landing operation begins, and in the absence of a complete port, it is difficult for us to quickly transport enough troops and supplies to the British mainland."

It is actually not easy to launch a landing battle against the British mainland. Just think about how much power Britain and the United States invested in the Normandy landing battle in history. With absolute sea control and air supremacy, the Allies also invested 1,200 combat ships and more than 4,000 landing ships, including 13 battleships, 47 cruisers and 134 destroyers. More than 5,000 ships were prepared for various transport ships and more than 13,000 combat aircraft. No matter how many ships and aircraft were, they sent more than one million ground troops to the European continent in about a month. The opponents of these more than one million Allied troops were only about 400,000 German troops of varying quality.

If Germany wants to land on the British mainland now, it is likely that it will face 4-5 million British troops. Moreover, Germany or the European Community will not be able to provide so many ships to support landing.

In addition, the British Royal Navy has not yet fallen to the point of annihilation. They are still very likely to rush out from the anchorage on the west coast of the British Isles late at night to cause major damage to the landing German troops.

Therefore, the General Staff's repeated research results were to establish the issue of using blockade operations to greatly weaken Britain, and then consider landing or forced landing in the UK.

If you want to completely block the UK, it is not possible to rely on submarines. You must dispatch the main fleet not to break the enemy fleet consisting of a battleship, an aircraft carrier and a cruiser, but to completely block the UK with the main fleet!

"Like us, Britain also needs to consume a lot of oil," Hessman said, "and they have not mastered the technology of synthesizing gasoline. Therefore, once they lose the access to oil imports, the UK can only rely on reserves to maintain it. After their reserves are exhausted, the entire war machine cannot be maintained. In addition, Britain's food and most industrial raw materials also rely on imports from overseas. If the shipping channel is completely cut off, it means that 46 million people will start to starve and the British economy will completely collapse!"

"But the United States will take action before Britain collapses!" Hitler said coldly, "If they don't take action, then 46 million British people and the powerful British industry will be used by me."

A few British powerful people can leave the EU and become Americans before their local collapse, but most British people can only stay as Europeans. At that time, there is likely that British Pedro will come out to clean up the mess and make Britain a part of the European community.

"Yes, they will definitely take action!" said Hessman, "and once the United States sends troops to intervene, we can fight the American fleet in the North Atlantic!"

Hessman picked up several model boats with star-striped flags that symbolize American warships and placed them on the sand table, and then took out more model boats with German, French, Italian and Japanese flags.

"According to intelligence, before 1943, the US Navy had only three Colorado-class, two North Carolina-class and four South Dakota-class, a total of 9 super battleships, and the number of fleet aircraft carriers was only 7-8. As long as we join forces with Japan, we can defeat the US Navy!"

This is actually a routine of surrounding the points and attacking aid. It does not attack the British mainland, which is guarded by millions of troops, but attacks the British supply line, and then leads out the US fleet to fight to the decisive battle. Relying on the quantity and quality advantages of the battleships, the US fleet was annihilated on the North Atlantic to seize the Atlantic sea power.

"But the British Navy has not been wiped out yet!" Hitler thought for a while and said, "We probably don't have any advantage in the number of battleships and aircraft carriers, right?"

"It's included in Japan," said Hessman. "They have 12 battleships, two of which are 70,000-ton super battleships, which are equivalent to the H41 type. Moreover, our Hindenburg class was stronger than any British and American battleship before the Iowa class was put into service in the United States. In addition, our carrier-based aircraft and shore-based aircraft also have huge performance advantages."

Hitler glanced at Goring, who was in charge of military production. Goring patted his chest and said, "My leader, the Hindenburg and Zeppelin classes under construction are very powerful, and he can definitely defeat American battleships and aircraft carriers!"

Hitler finally nodded and said, "Then we will solve the Atlantic battlefield first, and then go back to deal with the Soviet Union. However... we cannot hand over Iran to the Soviet Union! King Reza. Khan is our friend, we cannot bèi pàn friend."

He looked at Hessman, "Marson, when can I airlift the troops to Iran?"

“It depends on Türkiye,” Hessman said. “The straight line distance from Romania and Bulgaria to Iran is more than 2,000 kilometers. Our ju52 voyage is not enough and we need to refuel in Türkiye.”

Hitler asked again: "If Turkey is willing to refuel our planes, when can the troops be dispatched?"

"In three hours," said Hessman, "the 5th Mountain Division and the 22nd Airborne Division can be dispatched at any time."

The two divisions were originally planned to be used for airborne in Crete, but now Crete is already an isolated island and there is no need to seize it by airborne.

"Ribbintrov," Hitler immediately told the foreign minister present, "go and tell the Turks to open several airports within 3 hours and have enough fuel for us to use!"

There is no need to be polite to Türkiye now, because Türkiye has no choice but to obey Germany unless they are willing to let the Soviet Union enter.

"In addition, how to solve the problem in Yugoslavia?" Hitler finally asked about the problem of Yugoslavia. Compared with the unreasonable demands put forward by the Soviet Union, this was really a small matter.

"Using force to force the Yugoslav government to accept relevant resolutions of the League of Nations," Hessman said.

Hitler said nothing, but said to Hessman: "Marson, go and tell Mussolini. If he agrees, just do it."

"Okay." Hessman nodded.

"Also, has the Japanese Observation Team left?" Hitler asked again.

"No," Hessman replied, "they want technical assistance from us and Italy."
Chapter completed!