Chapter 438: A New Era of Naval Dominance
It did not take much to secure the patronage of the United States. The Werwolf Group had a fearsome reputation, as both mercenaries who operated without any verifiable ties to their employers, and with impeccable results nonetheless.
The price was hefty, but as Bruno pointed out, it was significantly cheaper than the cost of raising entire new divisions and equipping them with an invasion of Mexico. It also was an option completely devoid of any political baggage that would normally come with such a thing.
And within weeks, the first Werwolf Mercenaries arrived on Mexico soil, acting as foreign advisors, and agents of foreign internal defense more than anything else. At least on paper that is, underneath the surface however their primary purpose was to foster a local militant faction that was pro-Washington and would be operating under the order of the United States department of defense.
As a result, Bruno had played the best hand he could within the realm of the Americas, which were under strict defense, reinforced by the Monroe Doctrine, and he had convinced the American government to foot the bill.
Bruno was a man of his word, and one way or another the war would be won within the next few years, hopefully creating a solid, stable, Mexican government that chose to work within the American sphere of influence, and preferably keep the United States, grounded in their own region, rather than needlessly butting their nose in where it didn’t belong.
Thus, Bruno’s attention turned elsewhere, with developments being made in regards to the introduction of turboprop aircraft, and the e-series of tanks and armored vehicles slowly being scaled up to their maximum reasonable size, and all variations needed to fulfill early combined arms battalions, Bruno instead shifted his focus to the much neglected version of Germany’s war development.
Or he should say, much neglected in preparation for the previous war, but now was a large focus of his. Bruno’s shipyards in Danzig had gained extensive experience over the last decade building submarines, and destroyers, and their knowledge of developing and manufacturing warships was now second only to the major German Shipyards.
But now... Now Bruno had something else planned, and to first build this next generation of warships, he had to first change the mentality of the Kaiserliche Marine on a doctrinal level. Hence why he used his power and influence to summon the highest members of the German Admiralty.
Bruno’s relationship with these men was complicated to say the least. On the one hand, many of them were very displeased with the fact that Bruno had taken the spotlight in Germany’s victory during the Great War.
After all, the Army seemed to receive most of, if not all the credit for Germany’s dominating victory, while the navy played a significant but largely forgotten role in the overall result of the conflict.