Chapter 829

Germany is using strategic oil reserves, which are much more than the demand for oil and other industrial raw materials in the same period in history. This is the inevitable result of the expansion of domestic production capacity and the improvement of military modernization. Tanks, cars, airplanes, warships and submarines are all big oil users, and the number of these equipment is several times more than that of the same period in another time and space.

"The coal to oil project is expanding. In addition to providing some crude oil with poor quality, it can also supply the production of napalm." Another general in charge of logistics told akado: "bio refined oil is also replacing some industrial oil, and we are trying to improve our energy environment."

Looking at the whole picture of the third empire behind lundstedt, akado slowly asked, "so, what's the return of our oil investment in Libya?"

"My head of state, the infrastructure environment in Libya is too bad. Now the production capacity of oil exploration can not meet the demand at all. We can only use the oil there to supplement Marshal Rommel's military action in Egypt. As for domestic transportation, it depends on the extent of future production expansion."

Libya, after all, is Italy's traditional sphere of influence. Part of the oil produced there is owned by Italy and needs to be transported back to Italy to supplement the use of the Navy, while the other part of the oil supplies are not ↙ All the transportation went to Rommel, because to accumulate an attack on the Middle East, we need a lot of oil supplies.

Oil development in the Middle East is progressing very fast because it is in peacetime and is jointly invested by several superpowers in the world. In just a few years, it has become one of the world's major oil producing areas. Libya, as a private possession of Germany and Italy, began to build and exploit after the war, so a year later, the oil production capacity still did not meet the expectations of both sides.

Although the oil field eased the transportation pressure in North Africa, saved a lot of consumption for the German army, and also reduced a lot of prey for several British submarines hunting in the Mediterranean, it still could not meet the growing demand for German oil. As for the North Sea oil field, akado is now holding a rhythm of starvation. He knows there is oil there, but he can't exploit it.

As a future man, akado knows where Germany's weakness as an industrial country lies. He knows that Germany lacks tanks and other equipment produced in the war. He also knows that at the end of the story, Germany finally missed many opportunities because of the shortage of oil.

That's why he worked so hard to integrate Germany's industrial production capacity and change its industrial design mode in his own way, which gave birth to a lot of high-quality weapons and equipment. But this innovation has also put Germany in a vicious circle.

German tanks and other heavy weapons and equipment because of the performance is too advanced, resulting in less loss in the battle, coupled with excellent performance, and low failure rate, these heavy weapons and equipment survive in a large number in the cruel battlefield environment, so that the number of German tanks increased sharply.

As a matter of fact, Germany has so far considered a lot of compatibility due to the advanced and efficient design, resulting in almost zero waste due to unclear development links. Take the weapons of the German armored forces as an example: most of the No. 2 tanks originally arranged by Germany have been sent to the allies or transformed into self-propelled anti tank guns, and the improved chassis of No. 2 tank, which is still produced in small quantities, is mainly used by paratroopers as combat vehicles.

No. 3 tank has also been discontinued, but its chassis has been produced as the carrier of self-propelled gun and assault gun, and there are even signs of scale expansion; The leopard tank, also because of its successful design, has been the backbone of the German armored forces. Its chassis has been improved into a large number of armored vehicles including self-propelled guns and assault guns.

The Tiger tank, as the fist of German armored forces, was superior to the tanks in the world and became the super weapon of German army. We can see that Germany has never wasted production capacity since it produced the first tank. What it produced is useful.

In addition, since tank 3, German tanks have been known for their low failure rate and excellent reliability. Therefore, along the way, there are few abandoned tanks except those destroyed by the enemy. Therefore, the number of front-line tanks can be described as terror.

With such a large number of tanks, akkado's troops were invincible. At last, they didn't care about being submerged by the terrible tank sea of the Soviet Union. However, the most direct cost of doing so is that the consumption of oil resources is equally terrifying.

It is not that akado did not make efforts. In peacetime, he threw out the killing weapon of Middle East oil and promoted the exploitation of Middle East oil resources. Because of this, he secretly accumulated a large amount of crude oil reserves, once as high as 5 million tons of crude oil, so that his oil accumulation plan won the support of the generals of the national defense forces at that time.

After that, Poland and France won incredible victories, and Germany's oil reserves rose instead of falling, reaching the most exaggerated 11 million tons in history. The rapid failure of France made Germany not only get gold and other foreign exchange reserves, but also a lot of industrial facilities and unimaginable strategic resources.

Relying on these strategic resources, the battle of the English Channel started smoothly, Germany's strategic plan of invading Britain was carried out, and Germany completed the construction of the "polar Atlantic barrier", so that the possibility of its two-line war no longer existed, and completely completed the strategy of the western line of Europe.

However, from the beginning of the British war, Germany's oil reserves began to go down the slope. Although it was slow, it was still breathtaking: the British hardly left too much strategic materials for the Germans. After Germany beat Britain, its crude oil reserves dropped to 10 million tons. At this time, in order to improve the living standards of the people, Germany carried out a series of economic revitalization reforms. As the head of state, akkado promised to let every family own their own cars. Germany will start to popularize television and other luxury electrical equipment in 40 years. This has enabled Germany's civil industry to develop on a large scale, and also brought the domestic consumption of oil to a new level. At the end of 1938, Germany's crude oil reserves dropped to 8 million tons, and the national defense forces stationed in France and Germany began to reduce their strategic fuel reserves. At the beginning of 1939, the Navy had to join the "belt tightening" campaign, and the number of aircraft carrier fleet voyages was reduced to twice a year. Because the war is going on too fast, there is no return on oil investment in Syria. Rommel's Middle East strategy has been forced to stagnate due to the bloody war on the eastern front. Because of the growth and development of domestic industrial capacity, German crude oil has almost declined to a worrying level. It is true that the total amount of crude oil reserves now is nearly 3 million tons more than that at the beginning of the war. However, the scale of the German army and the area under German rule have expanded several times or even more than ten times, and the industrial production capacity is more than five times larger than that before. Under this condition, the crude oil that was originally estimated to be burned out in one year has been burned out, It's estimated that you can burn it in only five or even three months“ Marshal blauchich. " Akkado was a bit worried when he thought about these energy issues. He looked at the nominal leader of the army and asked, "if we can relax some restrictions on Vlasov and let him form a new Ukrainian army to fill the southern front, will it be effective?" Blauchich was stunned, then frowned and thought. Finally, he hesitated and answered the question of the head of state akado: "my head of state, this can really alleviate some problems, but... But how much can be alleviated? The general staff and I need to evaluate before we can give the result."“ The plan is divided into two parts! " Akkado made up his mind. Then he stood up and went to lundstedtete's side. He pointed to the map and said, "let the three new armies of N, O and P draw out some troops and give them all to tricheler! Let his N group army form combat effectiveness first and pull it directly to the south line to ensure that the Caucasus war can end smoothly. As long as we capture the oil producing areas in the Caucasus, we can improve the current passive situation. " Then he turned to lundstedt and said, "marshal lundstedt, after seizing Smolensk, the attacks in the central region have stopped completely. The next focus is to capture the Caucasus. This is a compromise that must be made for oil." The more akado said, the more upset he was. He was the only one in the room who knew what he was talking about and what it meant. He was repeating Hitler's orders, abandoning the plan to attack Moscow, and the whole army turned south to fight an "economic war.". There are still some differences. Hitler's campaign to the south is not as large as that of akkado, and the strategic goal of fighting for the oil fields in the Caucasus is not as certain as that of akkado. What's more reassuring is that the war situation of akkado is much better than that of Hitler. Because of this, as like as two peas, Accardo was brave enough to fight a war. If he had gone the same old way as Hitler, he would consider begging. Another reason why he felt that he had the capital to gamble once was that he had spent the whole spring and summer in the Caucasus, which was much more time than the German army in another time and space“ Generals! It's up to you to win or lose! " Akado pointed to the map and said, "capture the Caucasus! Down with Stalin“ WOW All the generals present stood up and saluted: "yes! My Fuehre