When the news that the British, American and Soviet navy naval forces formed a joint fleet reached Berlin, Hessman was presiding on the arms production meeting in the Ministry of Defense building. Those attending the meeting were Marshal Kesseling, Chief of the General Staff General Halder, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Marshal Raider, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, Marshal Wiffer, Minister of Economy and Director of the General Administration of Arms, Director of several arms, and Director of the Armed Forces Bureau of Navy and Army.

Today's meeting will discuss the arms production plan in 1943. The World War is about to enter its fourth year, and the German enemy has changed from Britain to Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union. Everyone attending the meeting has a very fierce premonition that the war in 1943 will be very fierce. Therefore, they tried their best to win more production share for their troops, so the meeting was not going well.

At this moment, Hessman's adjutant Stauffenberg brought bad news that had been expected long ago, and the three countries of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union finally ended their disputes and wanted to organize a joint fleet to seize the control of the North Atlantic.

"Bulganing, the political commissar of the Allied United Fleet... Hehe, it's really interesting. Who came up with it?" Hessman seemed very relaxed. He first teased about Burganing's new position, and then said, "It's no big deal, it's just a joint fleet, and we have it too."

"Marcedes of the Empire, there are 4 Soviet and 2 South Dakota classes to deal with this time!" Marshal Raidel said in a serious tone, "Our two Hindenburg classes cannot beat them! If we could have sneaked into the two Soviet and 1 Kronstadt class in Molotovsk before, we would not be so passive now!"

Hessman smiled and shook his head, saying, "Marty Marshal Redell, what we are going to deal with now is not six battleships with 406mm main guns... They are not a problem. If I really want to block the British and Ireland Islands, I can do it with mines and bombing the ports."

Redell was stunned. Hessman was right. It was not difficult to block Britain. The Navy proposed a plan in June to lay a large number of mines along the northern coast of Ireland and the northern coast of Scotland. At that time, such an action was not difficult for the German Navy. However, Hessman and Kesseling rejected the plan.

"We just want the Americans to come!" Marshal Keseling said with a smile, "We have to let Americans die in Europe for tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, and get nothing and suffer terrible failures. Only in this way can they know that Europe belongs to Europeans, not Americans."

Hessman continued Kesseling's words and said: "Americans can come to Europe, and we can also go to America! They want to use the fleet for escort, so we will take the opportunity to seize the Azores and the Canary Islands, and make the route to South America and Africa safer."

Since Germany seized most of the sea control of the Atlantic Ocean, routes in the European continent, South America and Africa were partially restored. However, these routes were not safe. The rampant British submarine activities caused great losses to the merchant fleets of various countries of the European Community, which made the escort command led by Denitz very troubled. The capture of the Azores and the Canary Islands could allow Germany's anti-submarine patrol aircraft (modified from Ju288 and F-200) to expand the patrol alert range, so it has long been put on the agenda. However, the General Staff once wanted to launch a Black Sea coast landing, but the landing operations on the Black Sea coast have been postponed, and the Navy and Marine Corps have enough troops to launch the Atlantic island capture operations.

Hessman said: "As for the Americans who arrived in Ireland, just let the army deal with them... But you can't hurry this matter. Let them have more, and if you come, you will die a little more!"

The Eastern Front will be relatively calm in the next few months, and the Army will compete with the Americans on the Ireland Island on the Western Front. Moreover, Hessman also knows that what tanks and tanks can be developed now are a very complex system project, and it must be taken one step at a time. It is very difficult to develop leapfrog, even the United States with strong industrial strength is no exception. In the winter of 1942, what they could do was to produce the m4 tank or m10 tank destroyer, and the m26 Pershing tank could not be built no matter what. Therefore, the land warfare on the Ireland Island is very sure.

In addition, the US Air Force cannot gain the upper hand on the Ireland Island, because Germany now has sufficient supply of rare metals, and the development of aero engines in Germany is now very smooth. The BMW-801 series engine used by the F-190 series fighter jets has now developed the 2,000 horsepower bmw-801s, and another more powerful bmw-801f (theoretically 2,400 horsepower) has also reached the final testing stage. The BMW-801ts, which has the power of the BMW-801s and the turbocharged system of the BMW-801ts has now begun to be equipped with the F-190b series high-altitude fighter jets.

So now Ireland is the noose that is tied around the neck of the United States and must be saved, but it cannot be saved, so it can only lose its lives in vain.

"So how to deal with the Allied Fleet?" Raidel asked, "This fleet will control the waterways near the Arctic Circle for 6 months! During this period, a large amount of supplies will be sent to the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, which is very unfavorable to us."

During the polar night, it is not easy to fight the ice sea night battle with an enemy with the number and firepower advantages of battleships. Although the Germans also have the same killer V3 remote-controlled missile, the V3 remote-controlled missile must be hit without being able to see the position of the enemy ship clearly. This means that the "William II" class missile cruiser must be close to the opponent, which is a very dangerous thing.

Moreover, the "William II" class is a missile cruiser that became a halfway-way man. The missile firepower is not strong, and it is very troublesome to fill it. Therefore, it is not safe to rely on just three "William II" class to fight against the powerful Allied Combined Fleet.

However, the German Navy's Military Preparation Bureau had a solution long ago, which was to develop a special light missile attack ship. It was based on the hull of the 1937 lightning strike ship (standard displacement of 853 tons and speed of 35.5 knots), and was equipped with two V1 remote-controlled missiles stored in the launch tube and a small number of self-defense weapons to form a missile attack ship that can be killed and run.

The research and development of this new small ship code-named "V-type assault ship" is not difficult. The construction work began in June. Ship 1 and Ship 2 will be completed in December. From 1943, two ships will be completed every month. However, these V-type ships are new types of ships after all, and it is probably necessary to wait for a while to truly form combat effectiveness.

"Marson Reidel, don't worry, the Allied Combined Fleet will not control the Arctic Circle route for too long." Hessman smiled and said, "Because we have a very powerful ally in the far east, Japan, and the Japanese Navy will severely damage the US Navy for us. We just need to wait for good news to come."

...

The fact that Japan's plan to attack Australia is definitely good news for the Germans, regardless of whether the Japanese can achieve their wishes. However, for the Japanese Minister of State and President of the Planning Institute of Japan, it is undoubtedly a brain-breaking thing.

The work of Sadaichi Suzuki is similar to the director of the State Planning Commission of the Soviet Union or the Minister of Economic Affairs of Germany and the Director of the General Administration of Military Affairs. He is an important officer in charge of wartime resources and production. However, he is not from the Japanese civil service system, but a retired lieutenant general, a serious Lu Shi, graduated from the Lu University. However, unlike other rustic army generals, he also attended the Department of Economics of the Imperial University of Tokyo after graduating from the Lu University. He is a military man who understands economy.

So before the outbreak of the Pacific War, he became the president of the Planning Institute as an economic expert supported by the army, specializing in Japan's wartime economy. The Japanese Imperial Army's southward attack on Australia was closely related to Japan's wartime economy.

Because the army's red deer cannot be left by walking south, and it must take a boat. The Japanese army and the navy do not have so many ships available, so civilian ships used to maintain the wartime economy must be recruited, and the number is very large!

"What? Are you going to use 15 divisions?" Seeing the combat plan sent by Deputy Chief of the Navy Command, Kazuichi Suzuki suddenly felt like he was knocked and slapped.

15 divisions! And it is not lightly equipped, but each division strengthens at least 2 chariot battalions (equipped with Type 97 medium tanks or Type 97 tank destroyers) with an overheaval configuration. This is not the case. If you go to mainland Australia, you can't beat the mechanized US troops.

However, such divisions need to be fully loaded and then loaded with supplies. 300,000 tons of ships are not enough, at least 400,000 tons! 15 divisions are 6 million tons... How many merchant ships are there in Japan now? If 6 million tons are taken out, will the wartime economy still be maintained?

"This is impossible! Ito-kun, there are not so many ships in Japan. You are the navy. You know this situation more than me." Suzuki Sadashi shook his head desperately.

"Suzuki, why are you anxious?" Ito Chikazu was confident, "It's not that you want to transport so many troops to Australia at one time... The naval war has not yet decided the outcome, and it is still early to land in Australia.

Moreover, these 15 mechanized divisions are just the forces needed to win the land on the final land, and they do not have to be transported to Australia at one time. Therefore, the Planning Institute only needs to have enough confidence and determination, and make a plan to carry out a general shipping mobilization when necessary."

Sadaichi Suzuki nodded in embarrassment. Tojo had already said hello to him. The Australian battle was imperative!

"So, when will the battle to Australia start?" Suzuki asked at the end.
Chapter completed!