Chapter 133

The experience brought by the successful air raid prompted a discussion on the development direction of the air force in Germany. The strategic bomber faction represented by the head of state felt that long-range bombers should be developed as the ultimate means of attacking the enemy's compound areas. There were not many supporters of this faction, including the chief of staff of the air force; However, the senior air force generals, including air force commander Catherine and deputy commander hawk, are tactical bombers. They think that do-217 bombers are enough, and there is no need to rush to develop long-range bombers, because they need to equip more fighters to defend German airspace.

At the residence of the head of state in Berlin, every discussion on the future development of the German Air Force ended in a bad mood, and this time was no exception.

"Fuehrer, it's not that we are not optimistic about the prospect of strategic bombing." In front of the head of state's desk, Catherine is very helpless to spread out her hand: "we can't afford this expensive high-grade weapon now." He was extremely loyal to akado, and akado's reward was to listen to the air force commander's advice as much as possible.

Dick also sighed helplessly: "yes! Fuehrer, our air force lacks basic quantity. That is to say, if we want to maintain the air supremacy of the front line, we must have at least 2000 ME-109 fighters, but so far we have only more than 370. "

Catherine then poured cold water: "the production of our fighters is far from meeting our needs. I hope to have at least 2700 fighters of various types in 1935 to ensure the safety of our airspace. But the person in charge of the production department told me that they could only give us 920 at that time. "

At this time, akado knew how big a problem he was facing. Now the tank troops are clamoring for more tanks. The air force is fighting for raw materials one by one, and the navy is short of thousands of tons of steel. Akkado is nostalgic for those strategy games in his previous life - as long as there is wood and gold, any advanced arms can be produced.

"Isn't it OK to produce a small quantity now?" Akkado sighed helplessly and said, "even if only one squadron is equipped, at least we have accumulated experience, not to mention... Besides, we may really need to use this kind of weapon on a large scale in the future."

"My head of state, according to your request, a strategic bomber needs four aircraft engines! If there are four engines, we can configure four more ME-109 fighters! In this way, the air force can be deployed more leisurely! Much better than that bomber! " Said Dick stubbornly.

Catherine is obviously not a supporter of strategic bombers, and he is also adding fuel to the side: "Fuehrer, a plane like this needs 10 pilots of various professions, 5 gunners and 2 pilots, as well as navigator and bomber. Once the plane is shot down, we will lose the pilots of 10 fighters."

"But don't we develop long-range strategic bombers? It's not going to work! Time will prove that I am right! We have to have this big bomber! It's not enough for an air force to have tactical bombers! " Akado said, pointing to the document on the desk.

"If you insist on doing so, I can only agree to allocate four engines for an experimental plane. However, I still insist that Stuka bombers can be competent for the air force's ground attack mission. Even if they need to attack farther targets, the latest donier do-217 bombers can fully meet the needs. "

"I say it again! Do-217 is a medium bomber! The future attack means of my air force must and must be four engine heavy bombers! Do you understand? " Finally, akado said angrily, "Well! Eight BMW engines will be allocated from next month's engine output to conduct experiments on four engine strategic bombers! "

Catherine and Dick stood at attention and saluted: "yes! My head of state. "

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After seeing off the generals of the air force, akado had to meet with Reidel, Donitz and other naval generals. These are more genuine generals than the air force. When they open their mouths, they need hundreds of tons of steel. A boiler is worth more than 300000 pounds. People dare to ask for 20 at a time.

Compared with the dozens of fighter planes of the air force, the requirements of the navy are the real bottomless abyss. Donitz hopes to equip 80 ocean going submarines to strangle British supply lines by 1936. If akkado meets this requirement, Germany will maintain the construction speed of launching three submarines a month in the next year.

And Admiral Ryder is less in charge than Deputy admiral Donitz. He hoped that Germany would have four aircraft carriers and more than 500 carrier based fighters by 1936 - not including the 1500 various types of aircraft to be deployed by shore based naval aviation. Most of these things have not been screwed yet. They are only in akado's navy development plan.

Akkado feels like crying without tears. Now he even hates himself a little. If he had been more rational and become a carefree rich man, there would not have been all kinds of junk that made him headache. Unfortunately, there is no way for him to retreat now, because there are countless people and eyes staring at him, hoping that he will continue to walk with Germany. So now he has nothing to do, even if it is a road of no return, he still has to go on without hesitation, to the last moment.

Fortunately, under his management, Germany entered the preparatory stage of World War II more powerful than expected. Now he is like a gambler, sitting on the huge gambling table of history with more chips.