The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 742

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“There is also a fulcrum in the south that can help us control a large area of sea!”

Mainz said to Dönitz.

Hans’ navy is a new navy that has only recently emerged. The navy needs to accumulate combat experience, and to gain such experience it is necessary to maintain a state of war and frequently fight a few battles to practice.

At present, there are not many navies that can give Hans practice. The remaining navy of the British Empire is one, and the Eagle Sauce in North America is one. However, the Eagle Sauce and Hans have not fallen out yet. If you take the initiative to attack the Eagle Sauce, it is equivalent to going to war.

Although Mainz does not mind a Pearl Harbor-style sneak attack, the Atlantic Fleet of the Eagle Sauce is different from the Pacific Fleet. They are not particularly concentrated, but scattered in a large number of ports in the east. It is too difficult to launch a sneak attack on these places because Hans’s fleet Once they get close to the coast of the Eagle Sauce, they will most likely be discovered by a large number of civilian ships at sea, and they will have no way to approach quietly.

The reason why the sneak attack in history was so effective was mainly because Asia was relatively poor at the time, and there were not many ships traveling between North America and Asia. In addition, the Japanese army deliberately chose a sparsely traveled route and avoided the main channel, so that they could quietly approach the vicinity of Pearl Harbor and launch an attack on the Eagle Sauce.

Since the Eagle Sauce’s Atlantic Fleet cannot be destroyed in one go, going to war with them in a short period of time will not be worth the cost. After all, the current strategic focus of the German army is in Eastern Europe, and the navy’s combat area is in the Mediterranean. It is not rational to disperse one’s forces to deal with a powerful country.

“Do you mean the Mediterranean Sea?”

When Dönitz heard Mainz’s words, he had already guessed about 70% of it.

Mainz nodded:”The Mediterranean Sea is an important security barrier in southern Europe. If we take this place, there will be no war in our southern region. So in order to stabilize our rear and let us concentrate our forces to deal with the Russian bear, the Mediterranean Sea must be controlled in our hands as soon as possible!”

Mainz’s attitude was very firm, and he seemed determined to win the Mediterranean Sea.

Dönitz thought about it. Even without looking at the map, the terrain of the Mediterranean Sea could appear clearly and completely in his mind. After all, as the most important sea area in Europe, whoever controls the Mediterranean Sea controls Europe. This statement is no joke!

“If we want to control the Mediterranean, we need to defeat the British Empire’s Mediterranean Fleet, and we also need to control the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal. There is a British fortress on the Strait of Gibraltar, which poses a serious threat to the Strait of Gibraltar. If we don’t take out this fortress, our navy will not be able to enter the Mediterranean!”

“That’s right, so our first step is to get rid of this place!”

Dönitz frowned. He had visited the Gibraltar Fortress. When the Turkish and British were fighting fiercely near the Dardanelles, the German army sent a boat to sneak into the Mediterranean to attack the British warships.

Dönitz had performed such a mission before, and the channel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea is the Strait of Gibraltar, so he once crossed it thrillingly and was deeply impressed by a British fortress here. If the British troops on the shore had discovered them at that time, I am afraid their lives would have been lost!

“Führer, this fortress is not easy to attack. If we cannot launch an attack from land, our casualties will be great if we attack from the sea alone!”

This is the truth. Although we have not yet started to attack here, seeing the magnificence of this fortress, Dönitz feels that this is a tough nut to crack!

“You are right. It is very difficult to attack from the sea. Otherwise, the British would not have been able to control this place for hundreds of years without any worries!”

The Gibraltar Fortress is still in the hands of the British even in the 21st century. Even though the British have greatly declined in strength, they can still firmly control this place. This shows the importance of this place and the strong control of the British over this place.

“Can we borrow the passage from the Banya people, pass through their country, and then attack Gibraltar from land?”

Dönitz didn’t want the Marines to pay too much here, so he hoped to launch an attack from land, which would make it much easier to conquer here and reduce casualties.

“It is unlikely that Banya will open its borders. In fact, after we defeated Gaul and Britain, we have become Banya’s first imaginary enemy. They are on guard day and night, trembling with fear at the approach of our army. How could they take the initiative to open their borders to let our army enter their country? Isn’t that like an old man hanging himself, saying he doesn’t want to die?”

After hearing Mainz’s words, Dönitz also laughed.

Yes, Banya is not a powerful country in Europe. At most, it can only be regarded as a second-rate country. Although they were once the hegemon of the world, unlike Britain, they used to spend almost all the money they earned from the colonies on the royal family, and did not use the money to develop their own industry and carry out the industrial revolution.

This resulted in that although they made a lot of money, they did not accumulate the corresponding funds.

In the industrial revolution, they not only fell behind emerging colonial countries such as Britain, but also fell behind countries like Hans that had no colonies at all.

After missing the wave of industrialization, Banya has been getting worse and worse with each generation, and their lives have been getting worse and worse.

Life became more and more miserable, and was gradually being forgotten by everyone.

At this time, with the strength of the Banya, if they wanted to fight against Hans, it would be like hitting a rock with an egg, so their fear of Hans was deep in their bones, and they were afraid of Hans’ sudden invasion in their dreams!

In this case, the Banya would only continue to increase the troops in the border areas, and it would never open the border to allow Hans’s army to go south.

Although Hans’s own people knew that they were going to attack the fortress where the sun never sets, the Banya people did not know. Who knew if the German army would suddenly change its goal halfway through, and not attack the fortress where the sun never sets, but instead go to the city of Mad to take a walk, and by the way, perform a performance of occupying the magpie’s nest?

“If we can’t attack from land, it will be very difficult to take this place, and there may be heavy casualties!”

Dönitz shook his head, thinking that this battle was not optimistic, and those guys in the Marine Corps were afraid that they would suffer!

“Although we can’t attack here directly from the land, we can launch an attack from the other side!”

Mainz’s words made Dönitz stunned for a moment, and then he reacted:”Führer, are you saying……”