"Marson, the situation here in Guyana is very simple now, there is no way to fight and no one to build roads."

The one who was complaining to the frightening Marshal Kesseling was General Nicholas von Falkenhorst. The invasion of Guyana (Dutch Guiana) and the subsequent occupation of French Guiana, which was commanded by him.

After occupying British Guiana and French Guiana, he was promoted to general of the army and became commander of the European Union in Guyana (the three Guyana were merged into the Republic of Guyana).

However, he, the commander, did not have many troops. Before Marshal Kesering arrived, the European troops stationed in Guyana were the 8th, 9th Mountain Division and 950th Gurkha Infantry Regiment (recruited from prisoners of war), the Spanish Blue Division, the 1st "Torenfez" Mountain Division in Italy, the Portuguese Regiment of the SS (Portugal is still a neutral country, but sent volunteer soldiers), the Fifth Infantry Regiment of the French Foreign Legion (Indochina Regiment), etc.

The total force is only 50,000, including 2 German Mountain Divisions and 1 Italian Mountain Division, with less than 8,000 (all with only 2 regiments). The 950th Regiment, the Portuguese Regiment and the 5th Infantry Regiment of the French Foreign Legion each have 3,000 people, and the Spanish Blue Division has about 20,000 people, which is the main force of the European Union stationed in Guyana.

The fact that the small soldiers and the generals are not the most helpless thing that makes General Falkenhorst the most helpless is that he seems to have nothing to do in South America and has no way to attack Venezuela, as if he doesn't need to defend against the Americans attacking from Venezuela.

"It is impossible to attack. We and the American ground troops encountered the same problem. There was no way to attack and could only stare at each other hundreds of kilometers! And we did not have enough labor to build roads for the army to pass."

General Falkenhorst invited Keserin to the newly prepared South American Front Command (here is located in the New Amsterdam Fortress near the capital of Baramalipo, the Republic of Guyana), and pointed to a large military map and said: "Because there is almost no road from Georgetown (formerly the capital of British Guiana) to the city of Gaiana in Venezuela. More than 500 kilometers are forests and plateaus, even if we took Gaiana, it is not very useful. Because from there to Venezuela's oil-producing area, there are still 900 kilometers between Lake Malacaibo, most of which are in tropical prairie, and there are dangerous Merida mountains blocking it, which is difficult to pass.

Moreover…the Americans care very much about the gains and losses of the Malacabe Lake area, and they stationed heavy troops in various passes of the Merida Mountains. So it is impossible for us to capture Malacabe Lake from land."

"We can't go... Then will the Americans call?" Marshal Keseling asked looking at the map.

"Under normal circumstances," General Falkenhorst shrugged, "Is there anything that attracts Americans in Guyana? Although there are many non-ferrous metals such as gold, bauxite, diamonds, manganese, molybdenum, copper, tantalum, and many other non-ferrous metals, as well as abundant forest resources. But the United States does not lack these things. Their local resources are very rich, and they also need Canada and Central America. In addition, other countries in South America will not cut off trade with the United States."

Marshal Keseling nodded. He also knew the style of a group of fence-makers in South America, and... Americans held the oil needed by all countries in South America!

Now the world has dug up about 350 million tons of oil in a year, of which 260 million tons are controlled by the United States, while Germany only controls more than 40 million tons. Before the British submission, these more than 40 million tons could meet the demand of the European region under Germany's control, but now there is another Britain, which makes oil supply tight again.

According to the plan of the General Administration of Germany and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the oil supply shortage caused by the surrender of Britain will not be greatly alleviated until at least 1944. New oil fields invested and built by the European Community countries in Iraq (including Kuwait), Persia and Saudi Arabia will not be put into production until the second half of 1943. The synthetic gasoline plant opened with Lviv's coal resources will not be put into use until the beginning of 1944.

By 44, the oil production controlled by Germany (including synthetic fuel) could increase to about 50 million tons. However, this only meets the economies of the European Community and maintains war needs, and still cannot meet the share of South America.

In this case, South American countries are coming to embrace Germany's thighs, and Hitler and Hessmann dare not ask for them. This is the reason why countries such as the Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal and Türkiye can continue to maintain neutrality.

"But we still have to do something..." Marshal Keseling said with his arms in his arms, "because it is a critical moment in the Pacific battlefield! The Americans have given up the European first strategy and are transferring the constantly produced warships to the Pacific. If we do nothing, it will be difficult for the Japanese to hold on until 1945. Nicholas, what can we do now?"

"We may be able to attack Trinidad and Tobago..." General Falkenhorst thought for a while, and shook his head and said, "Trinida and Tobago are the key to seizing Venezuela, while the key to competing for Trinidad and Tobago is air superiority.

But the Americans deployed many aircraft there, maybe 1,000! These included a large number of p51, p47 and p38, so we didn’t have air superiority on the Caribbean battlefield.”

The fighter jets used by the Luftwaffe/Naval Aviation Corps to support the facade are the F-190 series fighters, the Foxker Zero D fighter and the He219 trained fighter jets. These three main models are not weak, and there is no big problem against the US p51, p47 and p38. However, there is no overwhelming advantage, and both sides are just half a pound.

On the battlefield near the Caribbean, because American aircraft have an overwhelming number advantage, air quality is basically on the US side. German aircraft rarely penetrates deeper over Trinidad and Tobago, but Americans' p51 and p47 often cover the b-17 and Balamalipo to throw bombs.

The German army's main airports and material supply ports in Guyana were placed near the former French Guiana capital Cayenne far from Trinidad and Tobago due to American air strikes.

After hearing the situation introduced by General Falkenhorst, Marshal Keseling smiled and nodded, saying, "I know what to do. I think we can scare Roosevelt and make him think we will attack Trinidad and Tobago soon."

"Marson, do you have any solutions?" Falkenhorst asked.

Keselin smiled and said, "I have me262, and there are also large airports for me262 to take off at Cayenne."

If there is any trump card in the hands of the Luftwaffe that can crush the opponent, it is undoubtedly a jet plane!

According to the intelligence provided by the British, Americans now know that there are jet engines, but in the competition to develop jets, Americans fell far behind Germany and Britain.

The Germans tested the world's first jet He-178 in 1939, while the British tested the e.28/39 jet in May 1941. The Americans did not complete the first test flight of their own first jet XP-59a until October 2, 1942.

The prototype of the me262 jet fighter that can be used in actual combat was successfully tested in 1941, and in November 1942, the first mass-produced me262a-1a model was found.

At the same time, the ek262 Experimental Flight Team, captained by Captain Novotney, the comrade of Hessman, was officially formed.

By March 1943, the Luftwaffe had 40 me-262a-1a used for experimental flights, and six experienced pilots could already fly me-262 jet fighters.

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"Do you want to mobilize 4 me262s to the Cayenne?"

Hessman soon received a telegram from Kesseling from the New Amsterdam Fortress, and at this time he had already returned the blame and served as Chief of Staff.

"Franz, what do you think?" he asked Marshal Halder, the first military chief who had just returned from Britain. "Is it time to let me262 be exposed?"

"It's always going to be exposed!" Halder thought for a while and said, "and we also obtained another jet engine design from the British... It is said that it is also very excellent and has reference value. I believe that better models will appear soon."

Historically, the achievements made by the British in the field of jet engines were not inferior to those of Germany, and their development routes were not exactly the same as those of Germany. Germany mainly took the route of "axial flow" jet engines, while the United Kingdom took the route of "centrifugal" jet engines. Both have their own advantages (due to the limitation of rare metals, the performance of German jet engines is better than in history), and can be learned from each other.

So after obtaining relevant British technology, Germany (theoretically developed by Germany, France and the UK) can definitely come up with a better jet engine soon, and with a better engine, the performance of the me262 will also be greatly improved. Therefore, we are not afraid of exposing this secret weapon, and the Americans' progress in this regard is too backward, so it is difficult for them to catch up.
Chapter completed!