Battle of the Third Reich

v6 Chapter 192: Flying over the Mediterranean

"These are the telegrams I just received, my head of state." Leaping from the vertical ladder, Disenhofen walked quickly to Xu Jun.

"Imperial Command?" Xu Jun looked up at the adjutant.

"There is also Deputy Minister Ribbentrop of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." The adjutant smiled and placed a stack of telegrams on a small table in front of the head of state.

"Do you want to drink some coffee? General Weiler." Disenhofen turned his head and asked the chief of staff standing in front of the front loading door.

"No need for the moment, thank you, Eric." Weyler didn't look back. He looked at the Mediterranean Sea under the square porthole with great interest. At this time, a maritime formation consisting of three destroyers was sailing on the sea. The course of these warships should be going to a seaport in Greece.

Because it is not an airtight pressure-resistant cockpit, in order to make passengers feel more comfortable, the pilot deliberately kept the height of the aircraft at about 1,500 meters. Doing so will definitely consume more fuel, but this loss is for this giant. Speaking, it is totally affordable.

This is a brand new b222 "Viking" transport aircraft, which is the ninth mass production aircraft of this model. It just joined the active service at the end of October. Before coming to Taranto, she had been docked at the Toulon Naval Base in France and traveled between Toulon and Tunisia three times a week, mainly transporting German and French military personnel and some valuable materials and equipment. Two weeks ago, she was transferred to the port of Taranto to start a flight from Wilhelmshaven to Taranto. The passengers were mainly officers and soldiers of the German Navy.

This aircraft is currently affiliated with the IDF Mediterranean theater. The aircraft and flight attendants are all air force establishments. In order to mobilize this beast, in addition to the approval of the theater command, it must also be reported to the IDF Overseas Transportation Office in advance.

This transportation office is a newly established department of the Supreme Command in early December. It is specifically responsible for the management, planning and coordination of the internal defense forces, those tasks that involve intercontinental long-range strategic delivery and material supply. Because Germany now has a series of overseas colonies in disguise, considering that the German military activities abroad are gradually increasing, the establishment of a special logistics and transportation management department was placed on the agenda of the headquarters.

The bv222 is Germany's longest voyage and strongest carrying type. Both the army and the navy are very interested in this kind of aircraft, but the current production of the factory is limited, and it can only give priority to meeting the Air Force's orders.

The Army Command has signed an agreement with Bloom Flowserve to develop a land-based model of this aircraft based on bv222. This is a very difficult project, because the structure and shape of the aircraft need to be modified, but the army is now very rich, and the large gold mark hit it without blinking, it is said that the project has entered At the stage of technical demonstration, a prototype can be built for test flight about the middle of next year.

Xu Jun rushed to the port of Taranto. In addition to inspecting the German Navy’s takeover of the Italian fleet, it was to transfer the "Viking" here. This plane is the fastest and safest means of transportation right now, and can take him across the Mediterranean Sea and fly directly from Italy to Alexandria in Egypt.

To be honest, the voyage of this aircraft, even if it is a direct flight to Yanbu, is not a problem, except that he needs to meet in Alexandria and Admiral Veville to discuss the next joint operation of the two armies, and then wait with Egypt in The special envoy of the British Cabinet to talk about the current problems in the Far East.

This aircraft has been taking on personnel transportation tasks these days. The front cargo compartment below the cockpit has been converted into a senior officer’s cockpit. The internal space here is relatively large, and bulletproof armor is added to the bulkhead, and the machine gun hatches on both sides They also erected a m2 heavy machine gun produced in the United States.

This is not the first time the Germans have purchased equipment produced in the United States. It has also previously purchased vehicles and aircraft engines produced in the United States. It is of course a sub-version approved by Congress. Roosevelt was full of vigilance against the Nazis. If he was re-elected as successfully as in history, the President would definitely not agree to any arms deal with Germany.

Unfortunately, the current president is George Dewey. After a bunch of U.S.-UK underground transactions were exposed, Dewey felt that the relationship between Germany and the United States must be affected. At least the domestic US public opinion has been saying this, so he put the German The arms trade in China is seen as a way to ease relations with the Third Reich. Most members of the US Congress seem to support this view, but in Xu Jun’s view, it is more likely that they want to use it This way of expressing your attitude, this is to clear the connection with the former president.

The German orders reinvigorated the stagnant economy of the United States. At the same time, the people and capital who fled from Europe before began to return to Europe. Everything seemed to be developing on the positive side. In addition, due to the prevalence of domestic isolationism Worrying, some American domestic capital and enterprises have also begun to consider moving to Europe. After some people think that after the destruction of war, the market here has great potential to be tapped.

The topic is far away, and now come back to this plane. The head of empire woke up very early today, and no one told him that the early morning in this Italian port would be so noisy, with all kinds of whistle and all kinds of trumpets, stunned to drive the head of empire out of sweet dreams.

After a light breakfast, a group of people left the German barracks, boarded a transport boat dedicated to the commander of the Royal Italian Fleet, and boarded a large seaplane parked in the port of Taranto. Soon after taking off, the head of state shrank into a comfortable leather seat, closed his eyes and began to recharge. I slept for a full hour after this sleep. At this moment, the plane had flown over the island of Malta in Greece and was flying in the center of the Mediterranean Sea.

As the landline of the empire's head, this "Viking" was automatically upgraded to "Empire One", which received the highest communication priority. Along the way, "Viking" continued to receive telegrams and telecommunications from various departments of the Empire. The number of messages received by staff in just one hour exceeded the total amount received in the past week.

Disenhofen quickly deciphered a confidential message, and then classified it according to the department of the call, and then arranged the order according to the importance of the content. In the respect of the telecoms officer, the army major used a kind of almost artistic grace rhythm to skillfully complete the work that should be done by the entire communication office and the secretariat.

Upon learning that the head of state was awake, Disenhofen immediately submitted several telegrams that required priority processing to Xu Jun for approval.

"Weirler, Molotov really chose patience. I have said long ago that they are not ready to show up with us, especially in Stalin, when they saw Soviet intelligence personnel get them from the Kummersdorf Weapon Test Site. After "confidential information." Xu Jun put the telegram of the Vice Foreign Minister aside.

"My head of state, this is just our guess. The Moscow inside has not yet heard relevant information." Weierle walked back to his seat and respectfully reported to Xu Jun.

"Find a way to find out the internal response of the Soviet Army to the "Fluffy Bear Project", especially Stalin himself. Pay attention to the recent changes in the Soviet military system, whether it is personnel, supplies or processing machinery, do not miss any details , I don’t need to issue a command to teach you.” The head of empire looked at his chief of staff squinting.

"Of course not, my head, I will pay close attention to this work in person." Weierle said with a respectful bow.

"It's best, Weierle." The head of empire nodded in satisfaction, and picked up a telegram again.

ps: Thank you for your support. Today, the first chapter is presented. The author takes a break and then follows the second chapter.