In fact, everyone was also surprised by the US military's reaction some time ago: when the Shoken left-wing cluster ran through northern Brazil, the troops of Liqiwei, who were entrenched in Recife, did not disturb the Germans at all and allowed them to pass through. According to the initial force, the German army had less than 60,000 troops (another 30,000 Brazilian Germans never included), while the US military was at least 200,000 in Recife. Even so, the US military still watched the Germans sway.

Everyone felt that the US military was so aggressive and that Li Qiwei's troops were unpredictable. Rommel did have the idea of ​​ambushing the US military in Recife at the beginning and arranged the Mandofir troops who had transferred from the Cambodia Island on the right wing. As a result, the US military squatted in the turtle shell and kept moving, forcing him to finally give up.

After handing over part of Brazilian land and land to the Brazilian army to guard, Rommel reorganized the South American Army and restored the field corps. The two clusters on both sides each obtained the strength of 2 heavy armored battalions, 1 armored division, 1 armored grenadier division and 1 infantry division. The command center where Rommel also has the strength of 1 heavy armored battalion and 3 marine brigades, with a total number of about 40,000 people, which constitutes the offensive echelon of the South American Army.

40,000 people looked like there were not many troops, but the mechanized equipment after repeated replenishment was as numerous as a cow. The 120,000 troops had a total of 1,138 tanks/tanks. Most of them were powerful tigers, leopards, tigers 2, 3 and 4 H models, each with more than 200. In addition, they also had a large number of self-propelled artillery and armored vehicles. Except for the heavy large caliber howitzers (referring to 203mm-level army towed howitzers), the remaining equipment standards far exceeded the heyday of the African Army. Even the four armored armies did not have so many tanks and armored vehicles. In terms of the per capita armored vehicle ownership rate, except for the Thor's Hammer, it is the South American Army.

This is also the place where Rommel expressed satisfaction to the Supreme Command's only 120,000 people, no matter how many things they have to maintain.

In order to cooperate with the offensive operations of the South American Army, the Air Force also added troops in four batches, sending more than 1,600 aircraft to South America. In addition to the nearly 200 ground attack aircraft directly assigned, at least 900 of the other 1,400 can support Rommel at any time. In order to protect the huge airport, aircraft groups and material lines, the South American Army has 60,000 garrison troops. They will be responsible for stationing Gauss together with the Brazilian army. This is the reason why the US military dare not attack. After counting these forces, the South American Army has as many forces as the US Army in Recife.

Germany has no idea that the "Clark formula" is currently circulating in the United States. Not to mention the 60,000 defensive echelon and the 30,000 Brazilian army, the US military dare not ignore it. Even the 120,000 field offensive echelon, according to the standards of the US military at that time, they had to prepare 360,000 troops (now 480,000) to fight. Even Li Qiwei and Stilwell did not believe in evil, and did not dare to try it easily.

In addition, about 140,000 troops will be deployed on the long line of defense from Argentina to the American Republic and then to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to be handed over to Paulus to command the supply priority and maneuverability of the South American Army. However, for Paulus, who is about to take office, these 140,000 troops are extremely valuable. This is not a random force to make up for the number of troops.

They are all elite front lines, and there are many of them who were the headquarters of the 6th Army that he led in Stalingrad. They are very familiar and easy to command.

These 140,000 troops will form the basis of force of the American Republic, maintain the defense line between Argentina and Brazil, and provide flanking support for Rommel. Once the US military sets Rommel on the sudden attack on the German soft lower abdomen, the axis will also have a way to deal with it.

Even though the South American direction is full of elite soldiers and generals, Guderian, who is unable to stay idle, still thinks of coming to America to "grab business" and hopes to use the Thor's Hammer Army and Blitz 0 tactics to deal with Li Qiwei's more than 200,000 troops, and strive to practice the fast-reaction troops' routines more "familiar". Anyway, after the South African battle, the Thor's Hammer Army was idle, but after repeated evaluation by the General Staff of the Army, it was believed that Germany would not be able to pull out enough supply and transportation capabilities for the group's transfer before April.

Thanks to the effective logistics support of the Eastern Front, the former Chief of Chief of Staff Schmont has been promoted to general. He was promoted from the Eastern Front military chief to the deputy chief of staff responsible for the army military chief. Although the ranking is still relatively low, this powerful faction controls the military management of the entire army and is the people around the Chief of the People's Republic of China. No one dares to underestimate it. He believes that before the attack on South Africa, he mobilizes two months of transportation capacity and is very close to the oil production area. If it is to be transported to the Americas, it will take at least 3 months to prepare, which is not realistic in the short term.

If you really want to fight Recife, it would be better to double Rommel's troops with this capacity and let him direct the plan directly. This tone was also recognized by General Zeitzler. After winning the Eastern Front, a large number of meritorious generals were promoted, but it was not in line with Hoffman's appetite.

In Hoffman's idea, the US military in Recife kept fish that could still catch Americans, and suddenly solved what if the US military retreated to the local area as a turtle? So he planned to put it aside first.

However, he could not really ignore the heavy army group, so he also had to consider a systematic solution. So Guderian got a guarantee from the head of state: If he wanted to fight Li Qiwei in the future, Guderian would definitely be his first choice! This verbal guarantee is more effective than any document. Guderian was satisfied with his vacation in the country and then summarized the experience and lessons of the South African battle.

As for Manstein, Zeitzler, Yodel and others, Hoffmann could not let them have more trouble while idle, as it was easy to have problems. On the one hand, they were asked to consider the overall deployment and response plan of the EU's military force, and on the other hand, they instructed them to step up the formulation of a grand combat plan to land in the Americas and consider using 300.4 million Axis troops to conquer North America.

The idea is attractive, but the name of the plan makes everyone confused about the Gaobao Strange Man Plan!

When Hoffman solemnly proposed the name, everyone looked black and a little messy: the original combat plan was either named after color or after an important figure in German history (such as Barbarossa). It was a grand plan to conquer North America. Everyone thought there would be a loud title. Everyone was still guessing which celebrity would fall into the head of state's eyes, but the head of state drafted such a strange name. Fortunately, Keitel reacted quickly and was stunned for only 3 seconds before proceeding: "The name of the Gaobao Weiren is good, and it sounds a bit wild. You can tell at a glance that it is the head of state's strategic work. It can reveal some of the wind properly. If it is released, it can scare the Americans!"

Hoffman sincerely appreciated the urgent wisdom and dog-legged understanding of Mr. Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command: "Gentlemen, although the probability of implementation of this plan is less than 1%, it must be done. The Americans must see our determination. Don't think that the empire has no way to deal with them. I'm so anxious that I don't mind dividing the United States! The German family can't take over, let the entire axis divide the headquarters, right?"

Yodel's eyes lit up: "The head of state wants to restore North America to its original state? For example, the British manage 13 New England states, the French manage Louisiana, and the Spanish manage Florida?"

"Spain's main territory is replaced by Italy, and the West Coast is given to the Japanese. Then we also make a better territory to support a socialist republic in the mainland. As a buffer between us and Japan, we can send the SS US Army to serve! If Stalin is willing to send troops, he will allocate Alaska to him!" Hoffman said with a smile, "You first formulate a proper and feasible plan. When the EU and the Berlin Treaty Organization are officially established, we will send this plan and the deployment of the EU military to the chiefs of staff to discuss! The dispatch of troops must be taken into consideration. In this holy war to conquer the North American continent, we will issue 5,060% of the troops, and the remaining forces will be sent by another 47 Axis allies. Even if they only send a trumpeter, they will have to light up the national flag for me, so it can be considered as the first battle of the joint!"

Yodel flattered: "The 48-Nation Alliance, tsk, it's exciting to think about it!"

"Dear Erich" Hoffmann pointed Manstein's name, "You will be the commander of the army of the EU and the Berlin Treaty Organization in the future. If necessary, please be responsible for commanding this unprecedented conquest plan!"
Chapter completed!