When Hessman quickly walked into the conference room of the new headquarters building of the National Defense Forces Navy at Port Kiel (originally in Wilhelmshaven, but the place was always bombed at night, so he moved to Port Kiel), all the German naval generals stood up and greeted him respectfully.

After the Battle of the Western Front, Hessmann's prestige in the German Army was established. Although he was not the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, Hessmann was in charge of the entire Western Front battle from the planning to pre-war preparations. Later, when the battle started, he acted as the Chief of General Staff and was the actual supreme commander of the German Wehrmacht.

However, the German Navy was not convinced by him at that time. No matter how hard Marshal Hessman could fight, he was also an Army Marshal. Why should he point fingers at the navy? Do you know how the ship is driving? Can you tell the difference between the east, south, west and north at sea?

But now, a group of awesome German naval generals are really convinced! The God of War is the God of War. The third-rate goods that command the Italian Navy actually drove the British Royal Navy out of the Mediterranean and sank 4 battleships and 1 aircraft carrier. Although the Italian Navy also lost 1 battleship and 2 aircraft carriers, it seemed that the losses were about the same at first glance. But the German naval generals who were meeting here today are experts, of course they know how valuable the Mediterranean Battle commanded by Hessman is.

The two aircraft carriers lost by the Italians are nothing more than "cruising" things. They are not modified with "blue ribbon cruise ships". They are just ordinary cruise ships with a capacity of more than 20,000 tons. This kind of cargo is everywhere in the ports of EU countries and has no high value. As for the sunken battleship "Earl of Cafur", it was an old ship before World War I. Although it has undergone major changes, its foundation is too poor and its value is very limited.

The four battleships lost by the British include the "Rodney", which is one of the seven battleships in the world! It is also one of the two giant ships that can threaten the "Bismarck" class in the hands of the British Royal Navy.

After losing the Rodney, the British were left with only one Nelson with a fearful 16-inch cannon, while the German Navy had two Bismarck-class ships. Moreover, in the Battle of the Mediterranean, the German Navy and the Italian Air Force cooperated to show strong anti-ship capabilities. It proved that the theory of "using air to control the sea" was completely applicable to the main fleet in combat state.

Therefore, this Mediterranean battle has pointed out the direction for the German Navy to victory! So all the German naval generals who were meeting at the Navy headquarters today were ready to go, hoping to immediately command the fleet to attack and decide the victory with the Royal British Navy.

"What does Admiral Dallang say, Your Excellency Marshal?"

At the beginning of the meeting, the German Navy Commander-in-Chief Raidel asked about Dallang's statement that Marshal Betan had agreed to follow Germany in principle, but after the defeat, the French team showed some signs of warlordization. The military leaders under the government's orders may not necessarily obey, and the French Navy is still very powerful now, so it is normal for them to not accept Germany.

Therefore, the attitude of the French Navy Commander-in-Chief Darlang largely determines whether the French Navy can truly follow Germany.

"He wants us to take Gibraltar first!" Hessman said with a sneer, "I have already promised him a deputy head of the European Community, but he still refuses to give in. It seems that he is still dissatisfied!"

The reason for dissatisfaction is that Britain has not been defeated in the end. Under such circumstances, the position of the German boss is unstable. After all, the French emperor Napoleon has also achieved the achievements of Germany in history.

"Marson," Raidel thought for a while and said, "The British Navy will never watch Gibraltar be taken away by us. Because once the German, Italian and French navies meet, the British mainland may be out of order. Instead of fighting in the English Channel, Britain is better at fighting in the Strait of Gibraltar. Therefore, the Battle of Gibraltar will definitely be very fierce!"

If the final battle is held in the English Channel, it will be that the German, Italian and French fleets will fight against the British local fleet. The time will be about the spring or summer of 1942. At that time, Italy's "Rome", Germany's "Hindenburg", "Ludendorf", "Barbarossa" (O-class), "Schliffen" (O-class), and two "Zepplin-class aircraft carriers will be added to the active service. The German, Italian and French navies will have an overwhelming advantage, and the British local fleet will surely be wiped out near the English Channel!

So now blocking the Strait of Gibraltar has become the inevitable choice for Britain.

Hessman said: "I have mobilized the Gustav and Dora guns, 16 K5 train guns, 6 Karl mortars and 4 Big Besha howitzers. In terms of firepower, it is enough to destroy the British fortress on the Gibraltar Peninsula."

Redell shook his head and said, "We have all studied how to destroy the Gibraltar Fortress (this is the German Naval Academy exam question). The fortress can certainly be destroyed with super-large caliber artillery, but the problem is that the British fleet will come from the sea to destroy our artillery positions."

Of course, the choice of these cannons is targeted. The terrain of Gibraltar is almost necessary, and the British have been operating for many years. The construction location of the turret is a result of careful selection. It is necessary to cooperate with train cannons and super-caliber mortars and super-caliber howitzers to destroy it.

Moreover, the arrangement of these cannons is very particular. The k5 cannons, the Gustav cannons and the Dora cannons are train cannons, and they cannot be arranged where there is no railway. The targets they bombarded are the 6-inch cannons deployed on the west side of the Gibraltar Rock Front, as well as the solid fortifications on the Fengmill platform in the northern section of the Gibraltar Rock Peak.

After these strong fortifications and turrets were destroyed, the Germans could attack the northernmost part of the downwind platform. Then the mortars and howitzers with a relatively close range could be moved to the foot of the Wind Platform, and with the cover of the Wind Platform to avoid the firepower of the four British turrets between the Wind Platform and the Europa Platform, and destroy them with the same shells.

Therefore, the best deployment location for the k5 gun, the Gustav gun and the Dora gun is in this area on the railway between Alchesiris and Tarifa to the west of the Gibraltar Peninsula. The railway may not be paved, but some temporary railways can be paved now. However, it is not possible to move northward, because the north is full of mountains and it is difficult to pave the railway.

This area is close to the Strait of Gibraltar. It is not very worried during the good weather during the day, but at night when the plane cannot be dispatched, the British battleships coming from the Atlantic Ocean are a huge trouble.

Although this train cannon has a large caliber, it is not an armored turret after all, it has no protection and is extremely slow in firing, so it cannot defeat the battleship.

"Master Redel," Hessman said with a smile, "this is why I came to Port Kiel." He looked at Redel, "Can the High Seas Fleet be dispatched now?"

"High Sea Fleet?"

Redell and Admiral Rolf Karls, commander of the High Seas Fleet, looked at each other.

Admiral Karls immediately asked: "Marson, what is the target of the High Seas Fleet attacking?"

"Attack the Shetlands!" said Hessman.

"What? Shetlands?" Admiral Karls was shocked.

He originally thought that Hessman wanted the High Seas Fleet to eliminate a broken squadron from the Norwegian Sea and the Denmark Strait into the Atlantic Ocean. Unexpectedly, Hessman proposed to occupy the Shetland Islands!

This is no longer breaking the diplomatic relationship, but directly breaking the diplomatic relationship!

"Marson, the Shetlands Islands are simply impossible to capture." Admiral Karls shook his head, "It is only more than 200 kilometers away from Scotland, only more than 100 kilometers away from Scarpa Bay, and the distance from another important British stronghold, the Faroe Islands. In northern Scotland, Scarpa Bay, Shetlands and the Faroe Islands have now formed a defensive whole, and the deployment of shore-based aircraft is likely to exceed 1,000!"

The Shetlands is a link to blockade the island chain of the German fleet into the Atlantic Ocean. The British have been operating there for nearly two years, so of course it is impossible to be easily compromised.

Hessman nodded and said slowly: "But Norway will join us soon. Prime Minister Gisling is our man, who has controlled the parliament and the army. They have built several large airports in Bergen and Stavanger, and can deploy at least 500 aircraft. There is only three or four hundred kilometers away from the Shetland Islands, which just allows our -190 and Folk Zero to exert their power."

Hessman is no longer a "liar". After fighting the Mediterranean Battle, he is already an expert in sea and air combat, so he knows how to fight the British in the Shetland Islands.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether the Shetland Islands can be captured in the end. As long as the main force of the British local fleet can be attracted from near Gibraltar to near Shetland, and at the same time, it will be considered a victory by using the continuous battle over the North Sea to consume a large number of outstanding British pilots.

With the current strength of the Luftwaffe and Naval Air Force, it is not difficult to achieve this. On the one hand, the high and low combination of the -190 and the Folk Zero can exert great power; on the other hand, Germany's air power has always had an advantage since the war started, so the loss is not large. Instead, a large number of ace pilots were trained. However, the British lost at least 1,500 old pilots due to two huge losses in the French battlefield and the Mediterranean battlefield. The number of ace pilots cannot be compared with Germany at all.
Chapter completed!