Chapter 2017： Crown Prince and Pershing Yi

According to Taft’s idea, the first question he had to talk about after seeing Pershing was how to get rid of the dependence of the United States on Germany in the future Pacific War. What he did not expect was that at this time, the future commander-in-chief of the US Pacific War, Pan General Xing is discussing with Crown Prince Ruprecht how to fight land battles in the future Pacific War. No way, in the entire United States, you can't find anyone who is proficient in general service like the crown prince. *Speaking of the combat power of the German army, it will make any other country willing to be the one.

Someone may have asked, why did Crown Prince Ruprecht have spare time to discuss the war in the Pacific with the Americans before the outbreak of the war? There must be time. Let’s not talk about the future decisive battle but also need to prepare. In fact, if the French cooperate, then Germany will hit the British expeditionary force. The real difficulty is not the fight on the battlefield, but the The French admit counsel, but what if the French don't admit counsel? The crown prince has also arranged, that is to directly kill the rhythm of the French.” Now it seems that the French can't hold it anymore. Maybe a fierce demonstration can make the French succumb.

And now? How to control the future German-American relations is actually more important than fighting on the battlefield! After all, the things on the battlefield and the planning for several months can be described as a matter of course. What about the current German-American relationship? This is a very important node. In Ruprecht's view, the end of the war must not be a signal for the end of the friendly period of German-American relations. The relationship between the two sides must be at least 7 to 8 years until Germany has recovered from the trauma of the war and has roughly digested the new After occupying the colonies, Germany's confidence was sufficient.

And now, although there is a hidden mystery in the relationship between the United States and Germany, Ruprecht is also willing to give the Americans a weapon in the future Pacific War when everyone is allies. To Da Li said that it was the country's strategic situation, but to Zhuo said that it is related to how much benefit Germany can get from it!

In Ruprecht’s living room, there is a huge sand table, and this sand table describes the situation of New Guinea, the second largest island in the world. In this area, less than a quarter of the area is British colonies, while the remaining three quarters are occupied by the Japanese. The western part of Chichi Island belonged to the Netherlands before, and the northeastern part was It was originally intended to be transferred to the United States by Germany.

Pershing directly studied the situation in New Guinea without considering places such as the Bismarck Islands and Truk Atoll, because in his opinion, these places are problems that the fox needs to solve, and if Yongguohu helps, Then this question is not a problem!

"To be honest, in the current state of the United States of America, it is very difficult to achieve your goal-to completely drive Japan out of the Dutch East, because the army you are preparing to mobilize is too weak. On the fox side, the German fleet The United States fleet can guarantee a huge advantage in the decisive battle of the fleet, but it is somewhat difficult to ensure the smooth flow of the route. As for land warfare? Even if the area controlled by the British is excluded, you must be in a dense forest and complex terrain. There was a large-scale battle with hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in an area larger than France."

"I don't know how many troops your country can mobilize in the end, but if you want to wipe out the opponents from a military perspective, it is impossible for an army with no more than 400,000 to have 400,000 troops on the front line, so that means there are at least 400,000 troops behind. People are serving the frontline army." Count Calipute said.

"How many troops can Japan transfer from the mainland to here?" The old black man said dissatisfied. He thought the German earl's words were a bit exaggerated.

"During the Russo-Japanese War (in terms of the plane), the Japanese gathered more than 500,000 front-line legions. Now they have been operating in New Guinea for more than a year. If you wait until you officially start the war, I guess the Japanese I have been preparing for 3 years, and the most terrible thing is that you can't cut off the Japanese supply line." Calypte said.

"Are you talking about the British? Damn, we should join forces to fight to London. Then we can completely solve the Far East problem." Pershing said, after all, the Chinese control the southeastern part of New Guinea, and the British again It is an ally of the Japanese, so from this perspective, it is impossible to cut off the Japanese supply line on the island of New Guinea. Because the United States will never fight against Britain and Japan at the same time!

Of course, if the United States declared war on the United Kingdom at this time, and then worked with the German Foxes to completely convince the United Kingdom, then this problem would naturally be resolved, but in fact, in the eyes of senior Americans, this Yang is impossible because of various Political reasons have constrained the hands and feet of the United States and Germany, so the war on the island of New Guinea will be very difficult. From the perspective of the army, it is very difficult to solve these problems.

"If we want to fight for islands one by one, then this battle will be very long, and it will exceed the endurance of our two countriesAfter all, your country does not intend to fight a long-lasting full-scale war. . And the German Empire has just gone through a great war and needs to recuperate. Therefore, this kind of thinking must be abandoned, and then we need to change the way of thinking to war." At this moment, Crown Prince Ruprecht walked into the conference room and said .

"Listen thoroughly." Pershing was full of respect and even a little humble for the highest commander in Germany. After all, their record is absolutely worthy of being shining through the ages.

"The purpose of war is to make the opponent submit. There are two types of submission. The first one is that we seize the territory of the cons and make it impossible for them to regain it. The other is that in the protracted war of attrition, the opponent first I couldn’t hold it anymore, and then I was forced to admit defeat. Obviously, the first method of fighting to seize the islands one by one was not a good tactic. The tug-of-war is really expensive."

"So, the strategy we adopted should be the second, to force the Japanese to submit to New Guinea through an all-round war of attrition. For example, we don’t actually need to occupy every inch of land on the island and eliminate the Japanese people. The key to the war in the Far East is the fox, and if we want to defeat Japan, we must build a supply line extending from Pearl Harbor to the Dutch East. Therefore, from this point of view, the island of New Guinea is truly valuable to us. Only those important islands, port cities, and some special points along the coast, as long as we can occupy these areas, we can meet our strategic needs, there is no need to go deeper." Ruprecht said.

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