Chapter 209

In a small conference room next to the prime minister's office, Britain's most powerful people are holding an important meeting.

Under a huge portrait of the king of England, a minister put his hand on the table and said, "isn't the war between France and Germany what we've always wanted to see?"

"It's true, but we don't want to see a strong and westward Soviet Union kill a weak France and a weak Germany." Another politician in a suit stood up helplessly and said, "we need a slightly stronger Germany now, at least now, to hold the east gate for the whole of Europe, don't we?"

"Merkel's special envoy also assured us that they were preparing for a war with the Soviet Union, and that the German team needed time to expand its size and equipment."

Churchill snorted coldly: "God! How many more people and equipment do they need? I bet they have at least two million troops now, twice as many as we do. You dare to use their promises as a reason now. All the promises of that asshole Fuehrer turned out to be lies in the end! "

"You are the Minister of the Navy. In fact, you know the German threat to us best! The last time their navy came out, they were scared away by our fleet. " A minister said optimistically: "in fact, Germany has delivered two giant battleships that we have ordered, and the quality is also very good. At least in terms of naval cooperation, our two countries have a good precedent."

"Say that to the German fleet on the high seas." Churchill said angrily, "they don't build battleships because their leader has put all his bets on aircraft carriers. Our intelligence officers in Kiel military port found that they are building two other aircraft carriers. If we include the two already launched, the Germans will have to build at least six aircraft carriers. This is not good news for us! "

"Churchill's worries are not without reason. I suggest speeding up the technical upgrading of naval aviation. At least we can no longer let the German Air Force fighters do whatever they want over Europe. " An old minister nodded and said, "this must be done as soon as possible."

"Both the army and navy have encountered technical problems to varying degrees. The Navy insists on using Mirs with rotating turrets, but the army is not satisfied with the same design of fearless fighters." A person in charge of Technology said.

Churchill said with a displeased face: "I've heard about the Navy, but we already know very well about the fw-190d fighter that the German army put into operation in Poland. This kind of single seat fighter's performance is really excellent. By contrast, our aircraft's performance is very average."

"We smuggled two me-109c fighters exported from Germany from Spain. They are very advanced, so I suggested that the relevant departments should copy them on a large scale. However, considering that there are various reasons for the problem of combat identification, many ministers and technical departments insist on studying our own fighters. " "So we started to develop a new type of fighter project, code named 'Spitfire'," Hui, head of technology, reported

As early as 1936, because of the stimulation of the Spanish Civil War, Britain began to develop new fighter planes. At the beginning, two kinds of fighter planes, fearless and Mirs, were selected, both of which used unique turret design. However, many military people always felt that these planes were not as powerful as the German single seat me-109c fighter.

So at the beginning of 1937, Rolls Royce provided more powerful aircraft engines, new fighter projects began at the same time, and a single seat fighter called flamethrower was designed. The fighter has the same speed and fighting performance as the German fighter, and it has almost no shortcomings except that the complicated wings make it a little expensive.

However, the British also made corresponding changes compared with the German fighter. The British fighter adopted 12. The 7 mm machine gun is the main weapon. This is because the British designer and the military think that the 30 mm caliber machine gun with 20 mm caliber wing gun of the German fighter is too small to be suitable for long-time air combat.

At this point, we have to talk about the family design of German aircraft advocated by the Fuehrer. Under the leadership of akkado, the fw-190d fighter series has been divided into two basic models from the beginning. One is equipped with high-altitude interception fighter equipped with liquid cooled engine, and the other is equipped with large caliber machine gun specially for dealing with bombers; One is a low altitude combat fighter with air-cooled engine, equipped with a 30mm caliber machine gun and four 13mm caliber machine guns.

Obviously, British intelligence personnel have only seen the German high-altitude interception type fw-190d fighter, so the British always think that the German Air Force fighter has insufficient ammunition capacity. In fact, German Air Force pilots generally prefer to use the configuration of four machine guns, because they don't have to rush back to the base frequently to replenish ammunition, so they can stay in the air for a longer time.

Therefore, the military is very satisfied with the design of this kind of fighter, and has determined the purchase intention of 1500. However, the progress of this kind of fighter is slow due to the lack of senior designers, and the first test plane fell off a few months ago. This leaves the Spitfire a long way to go before it can be put into service - during this period, Britain can only rely on fearlessness and Mirs to fight against Germany's fw-190d fighter.

"Now I'd like to know about when this new type of flamethrower will be ready for service?" Churchill asked“ If the test flight goes well and the military continues to invest money, it can be put into use around the beginning of 1939. " The man replied“ The advice given by his Majesty's technical adviser is that before 1939, we'd better not have a direct armed conflict with Germany and avoid unnecessary losses to the Royal Army and the Royal Air Force. " Another minister added: "and his majesty and the prime minister are more interested in luring Germany eastward."“ But now the head of state has mobilized his army to fight a crazy war with France, which is not in the fundamental interests of capitalist countries. " The British Chancellor of the exchequer sighed helplessly: "I suggest that we must contact Merkel to persuade the German head of state to give up the crazy war against France."“ Will the head of state give up easily? After all, this time the French forces did launch a full-scale attack, which no one can easily tolerate. " The foreign minister clearly has little hope for such a plan at this time: "not to mention the German head of state for sovereignty and nationalism and its extremes." Churchill coughed twice: "I think it's more difficult to convince the other side. The French suffered a big loss this time. They lost at least 2000 people in this attack. In this case, will they give up revenge easily?"“ We are threatening and compensating on both sides, trying to complete the plans of his Majesty the king and the prime minister. " The chancellor of the exchequer thought for a while before he said, "we sanction the French economy, and then promise the French to mobilize 10 army divisions, and they will compromise; On the other hand, we used our navy to blockade Port William and promised the Germans to smuggle rubber and steel to them. "“ Then there's nothing to be nervous about. In this way, they will compromise. The European continent will not shed blood when the Soviet Union attacks Poland. " An old minister said hoarsely: "this time the French are leaving us alone. This is a bad omen. We might as well be more partial to the Germans this time." Sure enough, this time the Germans were reluctant to give up. The head of state, akkado, issued a comprehensive mobilization order, announcing that all-round war preparations would be completed before 1939, and the army would be expanded to 3.5 million. Acardo once again made a speech, claiming that France, regardless of its righteousness, secretly supported the Communist invasion of Europe. However, the British foreign envoy contacted the German Foreign Ministry in Turkey. They promised Merkel to provide steel, rubber and oil for Germany, and asked Germany to cancel the mobilization order for war and abandon the crazy plan to attack France. On the other hand, the attitude of the French made British diplomats feel relieved. The French commander-in-chief assured Britain that he would not send any troops to stimulate Germany, and was willing to provide convenient conditions for the mediation of the British government. The French troops stationed in Luxembourg retreated 10 kilometers as a gesture of goodwill. The withdrawal of the French army eased the tension on the western front, and the German army did not take advantage of the victory. They stopped in the border area and did not cross the German French border into the Maginot line. This move obviously brought face to the British government. On that day, a smuggling ship with the Turkish government set sail from the Mediterranean port under the supervision of German diplomats and sailed to Wilhelm port, Germany, full of rubber. With the help of the British government, the goal of starting the Western Front War in 1938, which Germany had been trying to maintain, was finally realized. The army general headed by brauchich was relieved, and the commander of the Navy, Randall, who was trapped in Wilhelm harbor, was even more jubilant, He now fully believed that akkado was the soul of the German Navy. A war on the western front that was about to break out disappeared. The Poles who were looking forward to the war between Germany and France finally believed that they had been betrayed. The French fulfilled some of their allies' obligations, but gave up at the last moment. Warsaw is now isolated, and the Soviet Union has broken through the border between the Soviet Union and Poland without support. A large number of Polish refugees have poured into the German occupied areas, because the Soviet Red Army from the East is obviously more ferocious than the German. At this moment, akkado is concerned about Stuttgart's expanded paratroopers. He split the original paratroopers Division 1 and division 2, and gave them to the newly established five new paratroopers divisions. Now these units are working hard at the foot of the Alps to train their skills for the future amazing achievements.