Chapter 587

"This is a political issue. If I only consider it from a military point of view, I will not even accept Australia's statement. I will scold it back and watch Japan occupy it." Akado took a look at Manstein and explained with a smile, "but once political interests are involved, the pros and cons of many things have to be re analyzed."

"We have planted the seeds of friendship in China. If we get too close to the Japanese, general hickett's previous strategic investment will be in vain. This is obviously not in the interests of the Empire, nor is it in line with the long-term strategic arrangement of the Empire. " Akado handed a document to Anna: "moreover, if we don't respond to the Japanese declaration of war immediately, Germany's influence on neighboring allies will be weakened. Once northern Britain finds a reason to look at the Americans, there will be a weakness in our Atlantic barrier, which is not a consequence that the empire can tolerate. "

"Well, my head of state, we can declare war, but why send so many submarines to the Pacific Ocean to help the United States fight against the Japanese Navy is obviously not in our interests." Manstein continues to ask questions.

Akado pointed to Manstein and said, "you, you, Augustus would not have asked such stupid questions. I sent so many submarines, but we didn't move our main fleet. Don't you see the difference? When submarines reach the Pacific Ocean, we can reduce our losses to the minimum. This scale is used to appease northern Britain. Without Chamberlain, we will curse the streets. "

Why does akado waste saliva explaining this to his general? Because not only one Manstein was puzzled about akado's decision, but even the Navy's submarine commander, dennitz, was dissatisfied with akado's taking away his 10 submarines. However, due to the distance, Donitz, who inspected the construction of submarine base in the coastal area of Norway, had no condition to ask akado why.

So akado now explains to Manstein, because he needs Manstein to spread his ideas and persuade more people to support the decision to declare war on Japan. So akado decided to say more: "in the past, I dare not let the submarine troops go so far to carry out the mission. However, we need to accumulate experience in everything, and so does the ocean command. Therefore, I think we can use this method to accumulate valuable experience for the Navy and lay the foundation for fleet expeditions. "

"In addition, the maturity of naval submarine technology and the extremely low failure rate of new and improved submarines are also the guarantee of this expedition. Such a long sea voyage is an opportunity to test the long-term combat capability of our submarine forces. Moreover, as far as the task itself is concerned, I believe that after the captains of 10 submarines come back, I will issue an order to issue 10 medals. " Akkado smiles and doesn't intend to say anything more. There are also several generals from North Africa and general sherner who is going to North Africa to command the k-army.

Manstein watched as akado took Anna into the conference room and stood outside for a few seconds. He now knew a lot about Imperial considerations. Some of the questions akado said were guessed by him, and some were not thought of by him. He is a general, not a politician. Most of the time, he only needs to think about how to reduce the losses and win the war. He doesn't need to think about other issues.

Germany sent 10 submarines to Australia. This action must be shown to Chamberlain. This is politics; All the way, these 10 submarines need to accumulate experience for fleet navigation, and finally participate in the war. This is military. Mixing politics with military affairs to achieve diplomatic goals, and mixing military affairs with politics to reduce wasteful spending is a subject worth studying and considering.

At this moment, Chamberlain flew to Berlin to meet with the Prime Minister of the Empire, Augustus. They discussed the issue of Australia for a whole morning. Chamberlain meant not to give up Australia as much as possible. He even hoped that the German army could send one or two divisions there to help the British defend the vast colony.

But even he knows that this plan is just a dream. Even the most confident German commander can't agree with this crazy plan. So the plan to send troops to Australia is just a cover, a bargaining chip. In fact, what Chamberlain really wanted to say was the following sentence: since the army reinforcement is not feasible, please send the Imperial Navy to it?

"Mr. prime minister, I believe even you agree with us that the fleet on the high seas can never be used, can you?" Augustus and Reidel met with Chamberlain and received the "British Prime Minister" ceremoniously at the Berlin Hotel. Without any politeness, they immediately began to discuss the plan of sending troops.

But even chamberlain is not a fool. Of course, he saw that the huge pit in Australia was just a trap dug by the British royal family and the Americans. What he wants to do is to be a "hero" who revives and preserves Britain. Naturally, he can't and dare not play his own life to death.

Augustus said that even if Chamberlain asked for it, the German would never agree with it. What's more, Chamberlain knew better than anyone that the high seas fleet could not be moved.

Once the high seas fleet goes to the Pacific Ocean, let's not mention the outcome. The British naval fleet in the Atlantic Ocean will immediately take back its own advantage. At that time, if the British really fight back to the mainland, his "British traitor" will naturally be the first to die. Therefore, it is impossible for him to make such a stupid request to use the high seas fleet.

For Chamberlain, the ideal situation is: the German Navy sent a sub fleet, made up of several cruisers or destroyers, to show off their force for the northern Britain. Even if all these warships were sunk, it would be harmless. It's good for the Japanese to be afraid, but even if they do, the losses are all German, which has nothing to do with Chamberlain. However, the Germans obviously had a better choice. They sent a fleet of ocean going submarines to the Pacific Ocean. In this way, chamberlain is hard to say. After all, the Germans have given the face of northern Britain and sent out 10 submarines, which is a considerable lineup. However, compared with the cruiser and destroyer's speed of 30 knots, the speed of the submarine is a bit tearful. In the area that is heading all the way to the Pacific Ocean, the submarine can only have a speed of about 10 knots most of the time. In case of any situation, the submarine even has to dive down to 5 knots. This speed is a cruel torture for Australia, which is waiting for rescue. The distance is nearly 20000 kilometers. It will take several months to drive all the way. This is not so much to reinforce Australia as to retaliate against Japan's invasion of Australia. It is estimated that by the time this fleet entered the Pacific Ocean, Japan had occupied Australia, singing all the way to the United States. But Chamberlain did not raise any objection. He knew that even if the German high seas fleet was now rushing to Australia, it was estimated that Japan had occupied Australia. The Americans did not really send Australia to the Germans, but used a trick to pit the Germans once. So it's not the Germans who can't help but the Americans who are despicable. Just when Germany sent out submarines to show its sense of existence in the Pacific Ocean, the Japanese were not idle. They seized almost all the axis merchant ships in Asia, and completely turned against the axis group. This made Japan a windfall, adding a lot of free goods from the axis powers. These merchant ships could not return to Europe because of the war. After all, the Indian Ocean, which is full of British naval warships, is absolutely a forbidden area for axis merchant ships. So these merchant ships stay in Asia, do some short distance business, and occasionally play a guest role in intelligence gathering. To borrow the face of hickett and the scruples of Japan, these merchant ships even started smuggling business and smuggled American arms to China. However, this time, it is obvious that the Japanese really intend to tear their faces open and start a war in an all-round way, and even detain these merchant ships. He killed the owner of the ship, sent the crew to the concentration camp and confiscated all kinds of goods on board. It's rubber, it's food, it's guns, it's ammunition. The German government in Berlin, which got the news, did not make any statement. After all, there was a war between the two countries, and nothing else could help. Now what the Germans have to do is wait for the submarines going to the Pacific to send back some useful information“ Gentlemen On the fifth day after the submarine left port, Donitz said to the submarine commander who went to the Arctic Ocean to carry out the blockade mission: "our soldiers are already on the way to the Pacific Ocean. Our submarine forces will always be the revenge sword of the head of state and the killer mace of the pride of the Empire! I hope you can bring back more glory for the Empire when you go to the battlefield this time! "