Chapter 971: American Strategy (5)

Previously, several pieces of land had been allocated to the Far East, Siberia, Georgia, Molotov, Timoshenko, Budyonny and other governments and people, but the Soviet Union was too big, and each country in the European Union was allocated hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land. Germany took the remaining more than 5 million square kilometers of land. Most of it is Siberia, except for Ukraine, Belarus, the Far East and several strategic locations.

Although many people think that Siberia is a desolate and barren land, Yannik knows that Siberia is actually a great treasure. The resources here are close to two-thirds of all the resources of the Soviet Union. Among them, the timber reserves account for 75% of the entire Soviet Union; the freshwater resources of Lake Baikal account for 70%; freshwater fish account for 25^; oil reserves account for 50%; coal accounts for 70%; natural gas accounts for 80%. In addition, Siberia has almost all the mineral resources discovered in the world, and the reserves are quite rich.

Such a treasure trove is naturally in Yannik's pocket.

The only problem is that these places are not easy to develop. Siberia is located in the frigid and sub-frigid zones, with high latitudes and low temperatures. The living conditions are very harsh, especially in the northern region, where permafrost is widespread and covered with ice and snow all year round, which is not suitable for human survival at all. Even in the warmer southern regions, due to insufficient light and heat, most areas are not suitable for agricultural planting, and can only be used for fishing, hunting and nomadism.

After hundreds of years of development by Tsarist Russia, the Soviet Union, and Russia, Siberia is still very desolate, and most areas still maintain their original ecological features. Only a few areas with relatively better conditions have a large population settled, and the local area has been developed to a certain extent.

However, Yannick decided to collect it first and then slowly develop it later. Moreover, he has ordered all the captured American prisoners of war to be sent to Siberia to participate in the construction of infrastructure projects.

Everyone present was smiling, except for British Prime Minister Clement. Although Britain sent 150,000 expeditionary forces to participate in the Battle of Moscow this time, because the Battle of Moscow ended like an anticlimactic end, none of these expeditionary forces were fully withdrawn. Under such circumstances, Yannick naturally could not give hundreds of thousands of square kilometers to Britain. He gave Britain 20,000 square kilometers for the sake of Queen Elizabeth. But this is not a small amount. The land area of ​​England is only 130,000 square kilometers.

"That's it. Who has any objection?"

Everyone was satisfied. Only British Prime Minister Clement looked a little embarrassed, but he couldn't say anything. If he dared to have any objections, Yannick would be scolded to death by other heads of state around him without Yannick saying anything. Most of them followed Germany to fight on the Soviet battlefield since the outbreak of the Soviet-German War. The armies of various countries suffered a lot of casualties. It is natural for them to get these "rewards". And their 150,000 expeditionary forces went on a public-funded tour and got a land equivalent to one-seventh of their own area. How could there be such a good thing.

Seeing everyone nodding, Yannick continued. "Now that the European war is over, the world war is not over yet. The next step is to fight against the United States. As everyone knows, our army has been bombing the United States and has destroyed many cities, but the US top leaders have no intention of surrendering. It seems that we must land on the US mainland to fight. I decided to launch a landing operation against the United States in the spring of next year. It would be better if the Americans can surrender before that."

"..."Many people secretly prayed that the Americans must hold on and never surrender. If they surrender now, the entire United States will be swallowed up by Germany, and they will not even have soup to drink. After all, Germany has been the only one to confront the United States so far, and these countries have not helped much.

If they land on the US mainland to fight, they can at least get a piece of meat and drink soup.

Yannick didn't bother to care what these guys think. Anyway, if they land on the US mainland to fight, these guys will definitely be very active in sending troops and making efforts. "Whoever doesn't want to participate in this battle against the United States can withdraw. I won't force it, and of course I won't settle accounts later." But what he saw was that these guys were all eager to move and rubbing their hands; let alone withdrawing, they seemed to be ready to send more troops to participate in this battle against the United States. "After we go back, everyone should sort out the number of troops that can be sent out. There is no need for too many." If tens of millions of Ukrainian troops are really assembled to rush over, it would be a waste.

Although the Americans mobilized 12 million troops to the battlefield in the original World War II, now the European coalition has completely controlled the air supremacy, and the ground armored forces are also superior. Yannick thinks that assembling about 7 or 8 million troops is enough to defeat the United States. "This time I plan to assemble 8 million troops to fight the United States, and we in Germany will probably send about 3.5 million." That is, other countries will send 4.5 million together.

It is quite easy to gather this number. For example, in this war against the Soviet Union, Italy sent more than 1.5 million troops, Vichy France sent more than 300,000 troops, Spain sent more than 1 million troops, Romania sent more than 800,000 troops, Hungary sent more than 500,000 troops, Finland sent more than 300,000 troops, and the British Expeditionary Force sent 200,000 troops, and the total number easily reached 5 million.

"Once we defeat the United States, the war will be over. By then, it will be impossible for our countries to maintain so many troops. Cutting them all at once will also have a big impact on society. So I advise you to start considering the issue of disarmament. Before long, our army will cut 500,000 soldiers. This is only the first step. In the future, we will gradually cut down to about 1.5 million."

“…” Everyone looked at each other in surprise. They didn’t expect that before the war was over, Yannick was already thinking about disarmament, and only 1.5 million troops were left.

Seeing everyone’s surprised expressions, Yannick smiled slightly. “I can tell you that before long, the outcome of the war will no longer be determined by the number of troops. It’s like no matter how many ants there are, they can never bite an elephant to death; and as long as the elephant moves its limbs, an ant nest may be destroyed.”

“In half a year, you will witness with your own eyes the terrible power that can rival the power of God; at that time, no matter how many troops the enemy has, we can beat them to ashes in an instant.”

“!!” His words really shocked everyone. After a while, Prime Minister Pétain asked carefully. “Your Highness is going to use this…” He didn’t know where the terrible power that His Highness Yannick mentioned came from. He thought it should be some kind of weapon. “Use this power on the US mainland?”

Yannick nodded without hesitation. "If the United States does not surrender before we launch our offensive, I will drop it on the American mainland."

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