The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

"We need your help."Marshal Dönitz walked into the French Navy Command and got straight to the point without any greetings. Anyway, this was not the first time the two sides had cooperated, and Dönitz was too lazy to exchange polite greetings with him, so it would be better to express his position directly.

"Help? How can we help you?"Marshal Darlan, commander of the French fleet, asked curiously.

Since the destruction of the Royal Fleet, the Third Reich's navy has become the most powerful in the entire Atlantic Ocean, and France is the second largest navy. It can be said that the navies of the two countries can dominate the entire Atlantic Ocean. As for the navies of other small countries, they don't need to care at all.

"We hope that your navy can follow us to launch a surprise attack on the Strait of Gibraltar." Dönitz said,"And our Emperor has promised to avenge you for the previous surprise attack."

Darlan, who had no interest in the surprise attack on the Strait of Gibraltar, was completely moved by the last sentence.

Yes! Revenge!

The surprise attack two years ago brought shame to the entire French fleet.

The once powerful French navy has now become a third-rate country. If he hadn't tried his best to barely keep this navy, the entire navy would probably be completely gone.

"No problem, we agree to this condition. Marshal Darlan said cheerfully.

"However, we also have a request, that is, the control of the Mediterranean."

In fact, France has always wanted to dominate the Mediterranean, but Italy also wants to dominate the Mediterranean, so the two countries are potential enemies of each other.

Now that the Third Reich needs him, Marshal Darlan naturally has to put forward conditions. Who will dominate the Mediterranean is the key.

Regarding this issue, when Dönitz came, August told him that the Mediterranean should be divided into two, the western Mediterranean to France, and the eastern Mediterranean to Italy.

"The Mediterranean will be divided into two, and the western Mediterranean will be handed over to your country."Dönitz pondered for a while and said reluctantly.

Hearing this, Marshal Darlan nodded. This distribution plan was fair. After all, France's colonies were all in the western Mediterranean. If it was distributed in this way, it would not interfere with Italy's interests. Although the Italian army's combat effectiveness was very poor, it was an old power after all, and its navy was still capable of fighting, so they had to take their feelings into consideration.

As for why the Third Reich did not occupy the Mediterranean, Marshal Dönitz had also asked.

But August quickly gave an answer that as long as the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal were occupied, the entire Mediterranean was actually still in their hands.

In this regard, Dönitz also nodded in agreement. As long as they guarded the head and tail, the entire Mediterranean was indeed under their control, so they did not pursue this issue too deeply.

"Our navy has accepted this agreement, but I don't know when it will be deployed. Darlang nodded in agreement.

"We will be ready to leave in three days."Dönitz said, and then he turned and left. As for the agreement, there will be someone special responsible for signing it.

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On the other hand, after receiving Ribbentrop's ultimatum, Franco assembled an army of 100,000 and launched an attack on the Strait of Gibraltar.

Over the years, Spain has been thinking about taking back the Strait of Gibraltar all the time. Unfortunately, the British Empire is a superpower, and the Royal Fleet alone is enough to overwhelm Spain.

In fact, even if they took down the Strait of Gibraltar, they would be taken down by the British army, so they have been hesitant to act.

However, things are different now. The Royal Fleet has been destroyed, and the homeland has been captured. They can no longer do anything about these overseas colonies.

At this time, the Spanish soldiers on the border have been eager to fight, shouting"Take back the Strait of Gibraltar."

The first to attack was the artillery. Thanks to the business with the Third Reich over the years, the Spanish Army was equipped with a lot of artillery, especially 105mm howitzers, with more than a thousand guns. Once bombed, the sound was deafening.

"Damn it! How dare these cowards fire at us?"At the border, the British governor heard that the Spanish Army had fired at them and roared:

"Fight back, give these cowards a good beating."

At the border, when the artillery fire stopped, the superiors issued an order to reclaim the territory and send the entire army out to attack.

"Attack! Kill!"

"Kill!"

A Spanish soldier rushed towards the border with a rifle, but was met with heavy artillery fire.

Every governor of the British Empire knew the importance of the Strait of Gibraltar, so every governor would strengthen the defense line.

There were two divisions stationed here, with a total of 30,000 people, not to mention the strong bunkers and fortresses. It was almost impossible to break through this defense line.

"God, they have so much firepower."

"Fight back"

"Damn it, where's our artillery?"

"Fire quickly, suppress, suppress."

The Spanish Army had not fought for six years, and many people did not know how to fight, so when faced with the British counterattack, they either panicked or fled.

"Don't run away, asshole."

"Where is our air force?"

The British soldiers on the battlefield looked at the Spanish army that was beaten and running around, and said sarcastically:"A third-rate army is a third-rate army. They can't even do the most basic infantry and artillery coordination."

"Yes, it's too weak, it's just a massacre"

"They bully the natives."

"It is said that their internal disputes were resolved by external forces."

"Stop teasing, fight back and beat these cowards hard."

Then, the British army launched a counterattack on the battlefield, defeating the Spanish army, leaving their weapons and armor behind, and losing many soldiers.

Franco was so angry that he couldn't eat after receiving the battle report from the front. Ribbentrop gave him only fifteen days. If he didn't take over the Strait of Gibraltar as soon as possible, the German army would intervene, and it would be impossible to take back the Strait of Gibraltar in his lifetime.

"Bastard, send a message to the front line, at all costs, we must take over the Strait of Gibraltar as soon as possible."Franco shouted loudly

"Yes!"

Soon the frontline commander received a telegram from Franco and gritted his teeth and ordered his troops to continue the charge, but they were all repelled.

""You are all useless. You can't defeat 30,000 people with 100,000 men. Are you all pigs?" The Spanish commander shouted angrily at the headquarters.

The officers in front of him were so angry that they couldn't raise their heads and could only bear it silently.

The British defense line was too strong. It was all made of cement. Ordinary shells couldn't break it. If you want to break through these defense lines, you must have heavy artillery.

But their largest caliber artillery is only 150mm howitzer. There is no more than 150mm howitzer.

"Commander, without heavy artillery, we can't blow open those rock-solid fortresses and bunkers."A staff officer bravely suggested.

"Why isn't the air force supporting us?" The Spanish commander knew he couldn't blame them all, so he turned around and asked.

"The Air Force's aircraft is still under maintenance and cannot provide support for the time being."The staff officer in charge of liaison with the Air Force explained

"Bastard, you should be shot for dereliction of duty." The Spanish commander became even more angry.