The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

"Your Majesty, Romania has sent someone to request a meeting with you."In the City Palace, August was reading various telegrams and handling government affairs. Zorn walked in, looked at him, and said respectfully.

Hearing this, August was stunned for a while. This was a loyal little brother, but since the two disastrous defeats of the German army last year, this little brother has also begun to link shoulders with the Russian bear, and has lost the purity of the past.

Even the oil supply has decreased a lot. In the past, his oil supply accounted for at least 50% of the German army. As a result, it is getting lower and lower now, although it has a lot to do with the Allied bombing.

But it dropped suddenly. If you say there is no trick, he will never believe it.

"Then let's meet."August touched his nose and said meaningfully. He didn't have much good feelings for the small countries in the Balkans. They were all fence-sitters and would follow whoever was stronger.

Last year, the German army showed obvious signs of defeat, and as a result, this little brother began to reduce oil supply for various reasons.

Now, Manstein played the spirit of the German army again, and the little brother came again. August could only sneer.

""Your Majesty, the great emperor, on behalf of our leader, I extend my most respectful greetings to you." Tunescu said respectfully.

Hearing this, Augustus said in a cold voice:"I wonder what you want to discuss with me, Your Excellency?"

"We have learned that your country has started to fight back and has achieved excellent results. We hope to send vassal troops again."Tunescu said hurriedly

"Then, like before, they surrendered and betrayed the Sixth Army?"August said coldly.

August was talking about a division of the Romanian Third Army that betrayed the German Sixth Army, causing it to lose its retreat and eventually be surrounded. In order to ensure the survival of tens of thousands of people, Paulus chose to surrender.

It can be said that Romania was largely responsible for the surrender of the Sixth Army.

"We are sorry for this, and we have never thought about this."Tunescu was sweating profusely and explained quickly.

"In view of your country's combat effectiveness, I do not recommend that you continue to send vassal troops. In addition, your country's oil supply has been getting lower and lower in the past two months. We have received intelligence that your country has begun to contact the Allied Forces. Are you ready to surrender?" August snorted coldly.

"If that's the case, I don't mind sending troops to help your country suppress the unrest."

Hearing this, Tunescu quickly explained:"It's like this. Due to the enemy's bombing, many of our oil wells have been bombed and the production can't keep up. Once we have repaired it, we will definitely restore the previous supply."

Hearing this, August sneered and said,"How long will this repair take? Are you going to wait until the war is over? And then repair it?"

"I have a suggestion. From now on, we will send troops to protect the oil wells and send people to repair them. I believe they can be repaired in half a month at most."

"Of course, we can choose not to send troops, but you must deliver all the oil that was owed to you within ten days. Don't tell me that you don't have oil. You have so much oil in your oil storage. Do you think I don't know?"

Tunescu felt like a transparent person, sweating profusely. He even knew the oil they secretly stored.

"I will discuss this with the leader when I return. I cannot make the decision."

"It's okay, I'll wait for you, but my army can't wait any longer, they've already assembled at the border."August said calmly.

""Yes!" Tunescu nodded in response.

Watching Tunescu leave the office, August snorted coldly:"You are shameless. Once we take over Libya's oil fields, you will be of no use to us."

"Where is Field Marshal Rommel?"

"We have arrived at Malta. The Italian army is organizing the navy to send the tanks ashore."Zorn said respectfully.

"Everything is going very smoothly?"

"It went very smoothly. Since our army had absolute air superiority, the enemy's aircraft could not approach Malta at all. Now many tanks have been rushed ashore, but the logistics department is complaining and the fuel supply has reached its limit."Zorn explained quickly.

"I understand. Let Speer think of a way to get some more fuel from somewhere else. It will only take another month." August nodded.

"Send a telegram to Marshal Rommel, asking him to prepare for the attack as soon as possible, and also to organize an exploration team to be ready to explore the oil fields at any time."

"yes!"

"How is the logistics on the Eastern Front? August asked again.

"It's very bad. Although some supplies have been replenished by air transport, the gap is too big."Zorn explained.

The German infantry division currently consumes 200 tons of supplies per day, and the armored division consumes 300 tons. In total, the Northern Army Group consumes 5,800 tons of supplies per day, the Central Army Group consumes 11,300 tons per day, and the Southern Army Group consumes 9,100 tons of supplies per day.

In other words, the daily transportation capacity requires 26,200 tons, plus the consumption of transportation itself, then the supply needs 30,000 tons, and one million tons of supplies per month.

Although air transport consumes very little, the speed of supply is still too slow. Three flights a day can only barely replenish nearly 10,000 tons of supplies.