69novels Chapter 610
Chapter 610
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“What will the British choose?”
The Third Reich was also very curious about this question. The British were faced with this dilemma. Both choices were very difficult for them.
If they put their troops in the south to protect their merchant ships, then the control of the North Sea would surely fall into the hands of the Germans.
The North Sea was right at the doorstep of the British, next to their homeland. Once they lost control of the North Sea, the Germans would be able to directly threaten their homeland, and the powerful German army would be able to land on the British mainland!
This threat was simply too great. The British mainland was just an island country. If a million German troops were allowed to land there, they would have no place to escape!
Once the German army suddenly… If they break the defense of their coastal areas, the British will have no choice but to surrender without any room for maneuver!
Therefore, it is really hard for them to give up their control over the North Sea.
However, if they put their troops into the North Sea to guard against the Germans, they will not be able to deal with the German submarines in the southern region!
At present, the German army has only blocked their homeland for more than a week, and it has already caused such a huge impact on their homeland. If the German army continues to threaten their routes like this, the tens of millions of people on the British mainland may really be starved to death!
Therefore, the British cannot ignore the southern route!
“No matter which one they choose, they will definitely lose one thing while taking the other into consideration. This is a godsend for us!”
Everyone was very excited. As the last tough nut to crack in Western Europe, the British Empire has always been the most troublesome target because it is isolated overseas!
Because there is no strong enough navy, European countries cannot threaten the British mainland, which has made the British Empire rest assured for hundreds of years!
And today, their comfortable environment was finally broken by the German army!
Although the German army did not achieve a decisive victory, it only destroyed about one-third of the main battleships of the Royal Navy, which has caused great trouble to the British Empire!
It even made the German generals see the hope of landing on the British mainland and completely solving the huge trouble in the west!
“How is the Sea Lion Plan being prepared?”
Mainz was also very happy. The Battle of the North Sea had a great impact. The biggest impact was that the Royal Navy’s already limited manpower became even more stretched!
If the Royal Navy was the undisputed world hegemon during the First World War and could simultaneously cope with the challenges of the world’s second and third navies, then in the Second World War, the dominance of the Royal Navy declined too much!
After the First World War, the decline in the overall national strength of the British Empire, coupled with its lagging industrial strength, put them at a disadvantage in the arms race, which forced them to enter the Washington Naval Treaty to limit the arms race of emerging powers!
And This kind of restriction actually puts a great limit on the strength of the British Empire’s own army!
They originally maintained the two-strong standard, that is, the total tonnage of the Royal Navy was the sum of the navies of the world’s second and third countries.
However, the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty and the subsequent Fog City Naval Treaty caused them to lose the first crown and had to be on par with the Eagle Sauce.
Moreover, the tonnage of Hans is close to about 80% of the Royal Navy.
This situation was something the British Empire had never faced before the First World War. Although their total naval tonnage is still larger than that of Hans, the gap in strength between the two sides is no longer as big as it was before!
Moreover, the British Empire The British Empire has vast overseas colonies, and there are too many colonial interests that need to be maintained, which has led to their forces being too dispersed. The naval strength on the European mainland is probably no longer superior to that of the German army, and is even at a disadvantage!
What’s more, most of the British warships are old-fashioned ships from before and after World War I, while the Germans are all brand-new warships that have been redesigned and built. The technical level of the warships of both sides is not at the same level!
There is no advantage in tonnage, but the gap in performance has been widened.
Mainz felt that even if he did not give the German navy so many black technologies, if a fight really broke out, the Germans could still win just by relying on the fighting between battleships. They can win, but their victory requires a certain price. By then, they may lose several of the ten battleships, and it will not be so easy to win!
However, as long as Hans seriously integrates the industry and economy of the whole of Europe, integrates Europe into a whole, and then relies on the strong strength of this whole to engage in an arms race with the British Empire, the British Empire will be exhausted sooner or later, and the German army will definitely land on the British Empire.
The only variable is time, and this process may take a little longer!
But Mainz has always been confident of the final victory.
Compared to Mainz, the German army does not have such great confidence.
“Well, the army is still short of landing ships. Although the seven large shipyards in the country are working overtime to build large landing ships, especially tank landing ships, the construction of these warships takes a certain amount of time. In a short period of time, these warships may hardly meet our needs. Without a sufficient number of landing ships, our troop projection will be a huge problem!”
Industry Minister Speer touched his nose and said a little embarrassedly. What he was in charge of were not Hans’ own factories, but most of Europe’s industry!
With such strong industrial strength, it was impossible to meet the army’s combat needs in a short period of time. It was a bit embarrassing to say this out, so under the earnest expectations of President Mainz, he felt that he could not raise his head, and had a feeling of failing the president’s expectations. Mainz sighed. The German army’s industry was indeed very developed, and its total industrial output ranked second in the world and first in Europe.
In the whole of Europe, when it comes to industrial strength, they are naturally second to none.
However, Hans’s strong industrial strength is not reflected in the shipbuilding industry!
Because Hans was established relatively shortly, it was not until after the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 that a complete German Empire appeared on the map of Europe.
After the unification of Germany and Italy, after defeating Gaul, the main rival in Europe, Hans began to pay attention to and develop the navy.
And their shipbuilding industry officially began to take off from this time. Flying, at this time, the shipbuilding industry of the British Empire has been developed for hundreds of years. They have the most advanced shipbuilding industry and technology in Europe and even the world.
Their warships are unique in the world in terms of tonnage and performance. Almost all new warships in the world are learned and borrowed from the British Empire’s warships, and imitated on the basis of the British Empire! The strong technical strength has made the British Empire firmly occupy the main orders of the international shipbuilding industry, and a large number of orders have supported a large number of shipyards, making the British Empire’s shipbuilding industry even stronger!
However, Hans has not been able to get any orders because of its late start and slow development. Their shipbuilding industry is far from the level of the British Empire! Moreover, after the First World War, the Allies’ damage to Hans’ shipbuilding industry was also quite serious, leaving Hans with only about five shipyards capable of building large warships. At this time, these shipyards are working overtime to build battleships and aircraft carriers, and have no time to build landing ships!