Three days later, Manstein, Guderian, Rommel, and the others received their orders.
Manstein went to work in the Army Department as the Deputy Chief of Operations.
Guderian became the director of the armored force and was responsible for the formation of the armored force.
Rommel was promoted to colonel and became the deputy director of the armored forces. He was also the commander of the 1st armored division.
Because of Hess, the talents of the three were discovered in advance. This would also allow the three of them to walk to a higher position and play a greater role in the future.
The military generals didn't know why Hess valued the three of them.
However, after a round of assessment, they recognized the talents of the three of them, so they naturally would not set up obstacles for them.
At the beginning of August, General Raeder and General Doenitz of the Navy asked to see Hess and submitted the Navy's warship construction development plan, the famous Plan Z.
However, when Hess finished reading the contents of Plan Z, he could not help but feel a little pale.
This plan was very grand.
However, it was also very costly. After all, almost all the warships in the navy were built with money. Especially with the development of technology, the navy's warships used a large number of new technologies. Not only did they become more powerful, but the cost of construction also soared.
"Prime Minister, if we want to defeat the allied countries in the future, the Sun Never Sets Empire is a hurdle that we can't avoid. In the last war, the main reason why the Second Empire was dragged to death was that the navy could not break the blockade of the Royal Navy of the Empire of the Sun Never Sets. As a result, the sea trade routes were completely cut off and they could not obtain supplies. If we were to start a war with the allied countries again, in order to win, the navy would have to defeat the Royal Navy of the Empire of the Never Setting Sun!”General Ryder explained his point of view.
Hess nodded. He naturally knew this.
Regardless of whether it was the Second or the Third Reich, no matter how powerful their national strength was, they could not change the shortcoming of lacking resources.
It could be said that they lacked almost all resources other than coal.
This also greatly restricted the country's war potential.
In modern warfare, the battle was about the comprehensive strength of a country. Resources were undoubtedly an important factor. If this shortcoming couldn't be fixed, even if Hess went all out, he wouldn't be able to change the outcome of the war.
"The navy has to defeat the Royal Navy. This is our goal!" Hess said.
General Raeder and General Doenitz could not help but feel happy. With the support of Hess, the navy might be able to start building more warships. The rise of the navy was just around the corner!
"However, this plan is too grand and unrealistic. We simply don't have that much money to build so many huge warships!”Hess said with a straight face.
General Raeder and General Doenitz couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
They naturally knew that this plan was too big.
However, they had always wanted to ask for a sky-high price to pay back the money.
They had deliberately made an extremely grand plan. Even if Hess cut down half of it, they would still have a huge harvest.
According to Plan Z submitted by the Navy, the Navy would build ten battleships with a displacement of more than 56,000 tons and 15 armored ships, of which 12 were 20,000 tons and 3 were 10,000 tons. 10 battlecruisers with a displacement of more than 31,000 tons. Four 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 captains, with a displacement of more than 5,000 tons. In addition, there were 68 destroyer and 249 submarines.
It could be said that if this warship construction plan was to be implemented, even if the entire country's financial revenue in the next few years was invested, it might not be enough.
Moreover, in Hess 'opinion, many of the battleships in this plan were unnecessary.
For example, armored ships were completely behind the times. There was also no need to build a search cruiser. As for battleships, although there was a certain demand, there was no need to build so many.
If a battleship had a displacement of more than 56,000 tons, the steel would be enough to build 1,300 tanks, even Leopard tanks.
Due to the lack of resources, the Third Reich only produced a total of 6,000 Leopard tanks during the war.
Although this type of tank was powerful and could easily kill a T-34 medium-sized tank, it was not a big deal. However, the numbers on both sides were not on the same level at all. More than 84,000 T-34s were produced, which was 14 times more than the Leopard tank.
Even if the casualty ratio on the battlefield was one to six, Mao Xiong could use the sea of tanks to drown the Leopard Tank and the stronger Tiger Tank.
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