On February 12, 1940, the climate in Berlin was still quite cold. No. 73 William Street (where the meeting of the Ministry of Defense and Command) was also quite deserted. Only one anti-aircraft gun group fiddled with an 88mm anti-aircraft gun on their anti-aircraft gun positions, and several Opel trucks with air balloons were parked on the side of the road. Last night, Berlin was once again air strike! The war seemed to be moving towards the direction of "bombing and blockade victory". The ground forces of both sides of the war were hiding behind the solid defense lines and rarely exchanged fire. Only the air and sea struggle was fierce. While German planes kept bombing French airports, British and French bombers would occasionally visit Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt and other German cities at night, dropping a few bombs and leaving quickly.

Although such an almost guerrilla air strike would not cause much damage to Germany, the sudden sound of air defense alarms and bomb explosions that suddenly sounded in the middle of the night were enough to make people bored.

Hessmann, who had not been sleeping overnight due to handling official duties and bombing, had red eyes and drilled out of the Mercedes-Benz 770k sedan. Accompanied by his adjutant Major Schnett, he walked into the Ministry of Defense Building surrounded by air balloons.

There were many people sitting in the conference room No. 1 used to hold the headquarters meeting. Before Hitler arrived, Schletcher, Goering and Ribbentrop had arrived and were sitting at the conference table holding coffee and talking about things. Seeing Hessman walk in, Schletcher waved to him: "Ludwig, I heard that a bomb fell on Toxson. Didn't I sleep well last night?"

Due to navigation and light control issues, bombers flying over enemy airspace at night often get lost and throw bombs far away from the target.

"The bomb fell into my estate and exploded a big pit," Hessman said with a frown, "and scared Chloe."

Hessman's estate in Toxson covers a large area and can run horses in the yard. Although the bomb landing point is still far from the house (about 3 kilometers), the loud noise still scares the pregnant Chloe, running barefoot inside the house, calling the children to go to the basement to hide from the bomb, and then rushes into Hessman's office.

"Is she okay?" Schletcher asked with concern.

"It's okay," Hessman shrugged, "he was commanding his servants to fill the bomb crater early in the morning."

"It's really troublesome!" Schletcher shook his head tiredly, "It seems we have to find some way to deal with this night bombing."

"How?" Hessman found a chair and sat down. "It is very likely that the British are walking in front of us!"

He took out a photo from the briefcase he brought and handed it to Schletcher. The photo was a strange thing, composed of a black disc, a glass cover, and some messy wires.

"What is this?" Schletcher asked.

"This is a resonant magnetron," said Hessman. "It was researchers at the University of Birmingham invented that it can emit powerful microwave rays with dozens of times the power of existing transmitters. Using it, the British could create efficient airborne radars."

The University of Birmingham is the top institution of learning in the UK and also has top research institutes. It is naturally the focus of monitoring of the Foreign Intelligence Agency of the Central Security Administration. As early as the 1920s, spies were involved.

"Our agents stole it?" Schletcher asked again.

"Not yet, but we are working hard." Hessman thought for a while and said, "We are also working hard to develop ourselves. Maybe these photos will help a little."

It is not easy to take photos secretly, and it is unlikely to steal the real thing. After all, the British anti-espionage agency is not a vegetarian.

"In addition, we can also try to get resonant cavity magnetrons through Japan and Italy," said Hessman. "They are now countries that Britain, the United States and France want to win over. It is still possible to want a few advanced radars."

Hessman once heard a rumor: Japan developed a cavity magnetron with relatively reliable performance in 1939, in fact, the Japanese were not behind in the field of microwave transmission and reception. Yagi antenna was invented by Dr. Hideji Yagi of Japan. However, like this possible cavity magnetron, the Japanese themselves did not use this invention well. Historically, the Japanese seized the British Yagi antenna (radar) in Singapore, but they couldn't figure out what it was.

So Hessman wanted to get Japanese cavity magnetron through technical cooperation, and also impart German radar technology to Japan.

"Marson," Ribbintrov reminded, "the Japanese are not going to turn to us now. Ambassadors Todman and Ambassadors Dixon reported that the Japanese government and the emperor were still hesitating, and that their army was not ready for war. At present, Japan is just asking us to provide technology to help them prepare for war, and has not made any promises."

Hessman nodded and said, "Japan has established a complete national mobilization system, and their army will be ready within 12-18 months. Only then will they decide the direction of the attack, either going west, north, or south. Anyway, they can't beat us!"

Hessman knew that the current situation in Northeast Asia seemed tense, but there was actually no possibility of fighting. On the one hand, Japan was not ready for war in the past few years, and they spent too much money on the "03 Ship Supplement Plan".

The budget for one Yamato-class is more than 100 million (actually more than 200 million), and Japan started construction of four ships at once! The budget for the construction of an "ideal aircraft carrier" is also 85 million, and the Japanese also started construction of four ships at once.

In addition, the "03 Ship Supplementary Plan" also includes a huge cruiser, destroyer and auxiliary ship construction plan.

The navy spent too much, so the army could only save some money... Anyway, the Japanese Empire government had less than 3 billion yen a year to allocate the total national budget.

Therefore, the number of personnel and equipment of the Japanese Army has not reached the level that it can fight a large-scale war.

On the other hand, Stalin has not yet decided the direction of the expansion of the Soviet Union. According to the tradition left over from the Tsarist Russian era, the Soviet Union will only take the initiative to fight in one direction. If the Soviet Union wants to turn the focus of its expansion to the Far East, it will definitely sign an alliance treaty with Germany, but the current Soviet Union does not mean to form an alliance.

"Here is the leader!"

While several people were talking, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and then Hitler, dressed in military uniform, walked in quickly. The officers and senior government officials who attended the headquarters meeting stood up and saluted, while Hitler raised his hand to salute.

"Everyone, I was on the phone with Stalin just now!" Hitler said after sitting down.

After the release of the "Declaration of the Liberator", there was a telephone hotline between Hitler and Stalin (of course, there was a translation involved).

"He told me that the Battle of Brest will be victorious within a week!" Hitler said, "Then the Soviet Red Army will attack Warsaw. Marshal Schletcher, Marshal Hessman, I ask the National Welfare Army to carry out a protective occupation of the entire Poland in accordance with the provisions of the Polish Armistice Agreement within a week after the Battle of Brest!"

This has been planned for a long time, so naturally there is no problem. Even the people of Poland that are about to be occupied will cooperate more. Because if they do not accept "protective occupation", then the great Soviet Red Army will come!

However, how to deal with Poland after completing the occupation is a nerve-wracking question...

"In addition, Stalin also said on the phone that he would attack Finland this spring." Hitler glanced at Schletcher and Hessmann after he finished speaking, "This is our last chance to defeat France from land!"

Hitler originally wanted to attack France in the winter of 1939, but was blocked by Schletcher and Hessmann. The reason was that the German Wehrmacht exposed many problems during the 12-day battle in Poland, which needed to be solved by strengthening training and replenishing equipment.

In addition, senior German generals also needed time to digest the experience of the Polish battle in order to better master the armored forces.

"Leader," said Hessman, "the troops will be ready by the end of March as soon as possible. The offensive can be launched in April, and the specific date will be determined by the weather."

The combat plan to attack France has been formulated, with two copies, one copy of the "Yellow Plan" of the "Sharifen Plan" and the other copy of the "Manstein Plan" that carried out a surprise attack through the Arden forest.

Among them, the "Yellow Plan" is a smoke bomb used to paralyze the opponent, and the "Manstein Plan" will be truly implemented.

However, the Manstein Plan is not the only combat plan to deal with France. It is only used to defeat the main force of the British and French coalition forces concentrated in northern France.

Because in addition to these main forces of the British and French coalition forces, France also has a very powerful French navy! Hessmann is not as easy to talk to as Hitler, and allows France to retain the naval battleship until the end of the world war!

Three Richelieu-class battleships, two Dunkirk-class battleships and seven heavy cruisers must be handed over to the German Navy for use. With these main battleships, the German Navy can organize a Mediterranean fleet, and the Mediterranean operations will be foolproof.

In addition, France's colonies in Algeria, **** and Morocco must be liberated by Germany and Italy.
Chapter completed!