Expanding the army to prepare for war

After receiving the news, Raeder came to the Fuhrer's Palace soon.

"Long live the Führer!" As soon as he saw Leon, he gave a standard German salute, "My Führer, what can I do for you?"

"You sit." Leon pointed to the chair in front of the desk. After Raidel was seated, he took out the naval construction plan in the drawer.

"Führer, have you agreed to this plan?" Rader asked excitedly, looking at the document Leon took out.

"No, Raidel." Leon shook his head, "On the contrary, one of the main reasons I called you here was to tell you that I rejected this plan."

"Why? Fuehrer, there is still a big gap between us and the Royal Navy." Raedl was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said, "They now have 12 battleships, 7 aircraft carriers, 3 battlecruisers, 18 heavy cruisers, 38 light cruisers, more than 200 destroyers. And our high seas fleet has only 4 battleships, 4 aircraft carriers, 12 heavy cruisers, 20 light cruisers and more than 60 light cruisers."

"But don't we still have 2 aircraft carriers in the sea trials?" Lyon replied, "And you look at what the British battleships are now? The latest of the 12 battleships is the Rodney - 13 years ago. Old man, five were Queen Elizabeths from 1912 and five were Vengeances from 1916. What about us? Our oldest ship, Admiral Scheer, is only 12 years old."

"Let's talk about aircraft carriers. Their aircraft carriers are basically modified. Only one Athletics and a Royal Ark are specially designed aircraft carriers. In terms of carrier-based aircraft, the Royal Ark is only 60 aircraft. , how many of our worst Graf Zeppelins? 72! Not to mention our three strongest Deutsches."

After a brief analysis, Leon stood up, walked behind Raidel, held his shoulder and said, "My general, the war is coming soon, we have no resources and no energy to build more warships."

"I understand, Führer." Raeder lowered his head and said.

"What we need now is not more warships, but more tanks and more powerful aircraft," Lyon said. "Our air force now has only 1,000 fighter jets, and our army has less than 800 tanks. I have to Make that number 6000 and 2500 in a year!"

"Führer, is there a year left for the war to break out?" Raeder's body trembled slightly when he heard the words, but this was not fear, but excitement - he was eager to regain the glory of Germany.

"I expect to start our revenge plan in 1939." Lyon patted Rader, "I have been preparing for this for 20 years, and now, the time for revenge is finally here."

"Führer!" Rader stood up excitedly, "The High Seas Fleet will not disappoint you!"

"I believe in the High Seas Fleet, I believe in you!" Leon laughed. "Of course, in order to ensure that the High Seas Fleet can win this crucial war, I specially prepared a battle plan for you."

With that said, Leon returned to his seat, took out a document, and handed it to Raidel.

Rader took the document suspiciously, opened it and read it, but just after he read an outline, his face changed greatly, and he said to Leon in a panic: "Yuan, head of state. I can't implement this plan, it's really humiliating. Glory to the High Seas Fleet."

"My general, it's not the Middle Ages anymore." Leon said with deep meaning: "There is no glory in today's wars, only victory is the truth!"

Raidel was silent.

This plan was really unacceptable to Raedl, a traditional Prussian soldier, because the plan required the German Navy not to confront the Royal Navy, but it boiled down to two words - "sneak attack".

Yes, this is a sneak attack plan, which requires the High Seas Fleet to attack Scapa Flow, England at the beginning of the war, and use the powerful naval aviation to destroy the British Home Fleet before the British Home Fleet sails. For some time to come, no fleet in the Atlantic will be able to compete with the High Seas Fleet.

Like the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Although Raedl is reluctant to implement this plan in his heart, it is undeniable that once this plan is realized, the German Navy will dominate the Atlantic Ocean, at least for a long time.

This result was full of temptation for Rader.

After thinking for a long time, Raeder sighed and agreed, "My Führer, I accept this plan, and I will bring victory to Germany!"

"Very good." Leon smiled, "In order to ensure that the operation is foolproof, I have ordered the development of new carrier-based fighter jets and torpedo attack aircraft. I want to wait for our new aircraft carrier to complete the sea trials, and the High Seas Fleet will be equipped with more powerful equipment. carrier aircraft."

"Thanks to the Führer for everything he has done for the development of the navy!" Raedl stood up and gave the German salute again.

"Okay, Rader, you must be very tired just after returning from the Spanish battlefield." Leon waved his hand and said, "I won't disturb your rest. You can go back with this plan."

"Thank you." Rader thanked him and left the Fuhrer's Palace with the sneak attack plan.

The return of the Graf Zeppelin and Redel and the rebellion in Cartanach meant that the two-year Spanish Civil War would soon come to an end.

Following the Cartanakh sailor's rebellion on March 3rd, from March 5th to 6th, Colonel S. Casado, commander of the Central Front of the Republican Army, launched a military coup in Madrid, announced the takeover of the regime, and began to search for and massacre the former soldiers. comrades-in-arms, and opened the door to Guo Mingjun to enter Madrid.

On the 28th, the National Army and the German-Italian Allied Forces entered Madrid and Valencia, proclaiming the complete end of the civil war.

Although the war in Spain has temporarily come to an end, the dark clouds over Europe have not dissipated, but have intensified.

On April 1, German Führer Lyon gave a speech on the future of Germany in front of the Reichstag building.

In his speech, Lyon put forward the slogan of equality of arms and status. He demanded that Germany should legally maintain the same military strength and the same international status as surrounding countries. Once the speech was issued, it won the unanimous support of the whole German people.

On April 3, Lyon formally submitted a request to the League of Nations for the withdrawal of the New Portsmouth Peace Treaty.

On April 4, the League of Nations convened representatives of all member states to vote. In the end, all the member states participating in the vote, except Britain and France abstained, agreed to withdraw the Portsmouth Peace Treaty. At this point, Germany was completely freed from the shackles, and all the armed forces could be put on the show, without the need to cover up. .

On April 10, Germany carried out its first large-scale military expansion after the signing of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty. The original three major armies were expanded into three major army groups, and the number of active army troops passed the threshold of 600,000.

On April 15th, all Czechoslovakia military factories began to implement German weapon standards in a unified manner, mass-producing G41 rifles, the latest mg42 general-purpose machine guns, and low-cost, high-performance mp40 submachine guns.

War, once again approaching the European continent.