Chapter 16

Three days later, Manstein, Guderian, Rommel and others received transfer orders one after another.

Manstein went to work in the War Department and served as deputy chief of operations.

Guderian became director of the Armored Forces and was responsible for the formation of the armored forces.

Rommel was promoted to colonel and served as deputy director of the Armored Forces and commander of the 1st Armored Division in preparation.

Because of Hess, the talents of the three were discovered early. This will also allow the three of them to move to a higher position and play a greater role in the future.

Although the military generals didn't know why Hes valued the three of them.

However, after an assessment, he recognized the talents of the three of them and naturally would not set up obstacles for them.

In early August, Generals Raeder and Dönitz of the Navy asked to see Hess and submitted the Navy's shipbuilding development plan, the famous Plan Z.

However, after Hess read the contents of Plan Z, he couldn't help but feel a little pale.

This plan is very grand.

But it’s also very expensive. After all, the navy's warships are almost all built with money. Especially with the development of technology, the navy's warships use a large number of new technologies. Not only are they more and more powerful, but their construction costs are also soaring.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, if we want to defeat the Allied Powers in the future, the Empire on which the sun never sets will be a hurdle we cannot get around. In the last war, the main reason why the Second Empire was dragged to death was that the navy was unable to break the blockade of the Royal Navy of the Empire on which the sun never sets, so that the sea trade lines were completely cut off and supplies could not be obtained. If we go to war with the Allied Powers again, if we want to win, the navy must defeat the Royal Navy of the Empire on which the sun never sets!"General Redel explained his point of view.

Hess nodded, and he naturally knew this very well.

Whether it is the Second Reich or the Third Reich, no matter how powerful the country is, it cannot change the shortcoming of lack of resources.

It can be said that , except for coal, they lack almost all resources.

This greatly restricts the country's war potential.

Modern wars are fought on the country's comprehensive national strength. And resources are undoubtedly a very important part. If this shortcoming cannot be fixed, Hess will not be able to change the future outcome of the war even if he tries his best.

"The Navy really had to defeat the Royal Navy. this is our target!"Hess said.

Generals Raeder and Dönitz couldn't help but feel happy. With Hess's support, the Navy may be able to start building more warships. The re-emergence of the Navy is just around the corner!

"However, this plan is ambitious and even unrealistic. We simply don't have that much money to build so many huge battleships!"Hess said with a straight face.

General Raeder and General Dönitz couldn't help but look a little embarrassed.

They naturally knew that this plan was too huge.

However, they originally wanted to repay the high price.

Deliberately formulating an extremely ambitious plan, even if Hess cuts off most of it, they will still gain huge gains.

In Plan Z submitted by the Navy, the Navy will build ten ships with a displacement of more than 56,000 tons in the future. Battleships, 15 armored ships, 12 of which are 20,000 tons, and 3 are 10,000 tons. 10 battlecruisers, with a displacement of more than 31,000 tons. 4 aircraft carriers, with a displacement of more than 20,000 tons. 5 Heavy cruisers, with a displacement of more than 12,000 tons. 16 light cruisers, with a displacement of more than 7,000 tons. 22 search cruisers, or destroyer leaders, with a displacement of more than 5,000 tons. In addition, there are 68 destroyers and 249 It can be said that if this shipbuilding plan is to be implemented, even if all the fiscal revenue of the entire country in the next few years is invested, it may not be enough. What's more, in Hess's view, many of the plans Battleships are unnecessary.

For example, armored ships are completely behind the times. Search cruisers are also unnecessary to build. As for battleships, although there is a certain demand, there is absolutely no need to build so many. You know, a battleship If the displacement is more than 56,000 tons, the steel used to build tanks, even Panther tanks, would be enough to produce 1,300 tanks.

You know, due to lack of resources, the Third Reich produced Panthers during the war. There are only more than 6,000 tanks in total.

Although this tank is powerful and can easily kill T-34 medium tanks. However, the numbers of both sides are not at the same level at all.T-34 However, a total of more than 84,000 tanks were produced, which was fourteen times the number of Panther tanks.

Even if the battle loss ratio on the battlefield is one to six, the Mao Xiong is enough to swamp the Panther tank and the stronger Tiger tank with a sea of ​​tanks.