The Rise of the Third Reich

"Marshal of the Empire."

"Mr. Ambassador, Major General Yokoi."

After the Marquis Ciano and his wife, Prince Yusupov and his wife, and Marshal Alexander arrived at the Heinsberg Manor in Zossen, Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Oshima and Naval Attaché Tadao Yokoi also arrived.

The two sides greeted each other and performed military salutes in a very grand hall with a vaulted dome. Hessmann performed the German hand-raising salute, and the two Japanese performed the military salute.

After the meeting, Hersman led the Japanese guests through some rooms and corridors, opened a light black wooden door, and walked into a very elegantly decorated reception room. An elderly valet served them coffee, then exited the room and closed the door. There were only four people left in the reception room of Noda: Hersman, two Japanese people, and Hessman's personal secretary Natalie.

Natalie placed the two documents on a small coffee table in front of the two Japanese people. The document is not official, but a document of "German Opinions on the U.S.-Japanese Peace Negotiation Issues" dictated by Hersmann and handwritten by Natalie.

The "Document" proposed that Japan could possess the Philippines, Dutch East Indies, Burma, Siam, French Annan, and some islands in the central and western Pacific after the war.

The status of Malaya (including Singapore) has not been determined, but it can be occupied by Japan, and the dispute can be resolved by Britain and Japan through friendly negotiations.

As a condition for Germany to support Japan in acquiring the above-mentioned rights and interests, the Japanese navy must launch a decisive battle with the US Navy fleet in the waters near the Hawaiian Islands and severely damage it.

The two Japs, both of whom knew German, read the document quickly, and then they exchanged glances. Naval Attaché Tadao Yokoi said: "Your Excellency Imperial Marshal, this "Document" does not mention the ownership of the South Pacific Islands, Australia, New Zealand and the Far East of the Soviet Union."

Hersman nodded and said with a smile: "Because the ownership of the South Pacific islands, Australia and New Zealand has nothing to do with Japan."

"It's irrelevant?" Oshima Hiro's tone sounded a little unhappy. Although Japan does not want to occupy Australia and New Zealand, the South Pacific Islands can also be discussed - if Japan abandons the position of "Australia and New Zealand are neutral", it will be meaningless to control the South Pacific Islands. However, Japan should receive adequate compensation for its concessions on rights and interests in the above-mentioned areas. For example, Germany supported Japan's occupation of the Far East and Malaya (including Singapore), and provided assistance in technology, resources, weapons and equipment.

Now Hersman directly lists these territories as "unrelated" to Japan, which blocks the possibility of exchange of interests in other areas!

However, Oshima Hiroshi did not fall out with Hersman because of this, because diplomatic negotiations were originally about making offers to each other and then bargaining. If Germany fully accepted Japan's demands, it would appear abnormal.

At this time, Oshima Hiroya took out a handwritten document from the briefcase he brought with him and handed it to Natalie with both hands.

This is a diplomatic handicap based on instructions from Tokyo and is considered an informal test.

Japan's main demands are that the Philippines, Dutch East Indies, Burma, Siam, French Annan, Malaya (including Singapore), and the central, southern and western Pacific islands should be owned by Japan; after Japan's armistice with the United States, Germany should support its entry into the Far East of the Soviet Union; Germany should provide Japan with necessary resources, technology, and equipment support to ensure that Japan can maintain the war during peace talks with the United States; Japan should receive 30% of the war compensation paid by the United States; Australia and New Zealand Neutrality was later implemented.

There is no doubt that the Japanese are also opening their mouths.

Hersmann read the document written in German and gave it to Natalie for safekeeping. Then he said to the Japanese: "There will be a secret weapons test in Algeria on June 1st. Now I invite you two to go and observe it."

"Secret weapon?" Hiro Oshima was obviously unprepared for what Hersman proposed. He was stunned for a moment and then asked, "What kind of weapon is it?"

"It is a weapon that can change the future of the world!" Hessmann replied, "When you see it with your own eyes, you will know that the world has completely changed from this moment on, and the trend of European rejuvenation under the leadership of Germany is unstoppable!"

"What kind of weapon is it?" Japanese naval attache Tadao Yokoi asked anxiously.

"It's a nuclear fission weapon!" Hessman said lightly, "I believe you two have heard some rumors that the German Empire now possesses this powerful weapon!"

When the two Japanese generals heard this, their expressions suddenly changed. Although they did not know the specific situation of Germany's development of nuclear fission bombs, they knew that it was happening. Because the secret of nuclear fission has long been made public, Japan has also evaluated the possibility of manufacturing nuclear fission weapons - the result of the evaluation is that no country has the national power to build a nuclear fission bomb during a war!

But now Germany has made a breakthrough! If this breakthrough is true and nuclear fission bombs are as powerful as some scientists say, then the world situation has really changed fundamentally.

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"Harold, Felix, I think you all know what a nuclear fission bomb is."

Still in the same living room, the subjects of Hersman's conversation had become Marshal Alexander and Prince Yusupov.

"Nuclear fission bomb?" Prince Yusupov looked surprised, "Ludwig, do you already have such a weapon?"

"Yes." Hessman said, "There will be a test explosion on June 1st, and the probability of success is 90%. I invited you and Marshal Alexander here just to observe the test explosion on June 1st."

Dr. Heisenberg, the chief scientist in charge of the U project, assured Hersman in March: the probability of a successful test explosion is more than 90%... This is a conclusion reached after repeated demonstrations and tests.

Hersman continued: "The power of the test explosion is estimated to be between 10,000 and 20,000 tons of explosive equivalent."

This is not a conclusion given by Heisenberg, but a judgment made by Hirschman based on the knowledge of later generations.

"How powerful can one bomb be?" Prince Yusupov was shocked.

"How much does it weigh?" Marshal Alexander asked a more professional question.

"4.5 tons." Hersman said, "It can be carried by Me264 bombers!"

Being able to mount the Me264 shows that the German atomic bomb, the Heisenberg device, has actual combat value. If this thing weighs 40 tons, it won't be very interesting.

"You..." Marshal Alexander's face turned pale, "You plan to use it to destroy big cities in the United States?"

Hersman shook his head and said: "There is no need for this. We are not murderers... We do not want to take the lives of countless Americans. Our purpose is actually the same thing as what you wanted before the war."

"What do we want?" Marshal Alexander looked at Hessman.

"Financial hegemony!" Hessman revealed his trump card and said to Marshal Alexander with a smile, "Don't you always want to restore the pound's international reserve currency status and maintain London as the world's number one financial center? Although there is no pound, we still have the European mark, and London can still become the world's number one financial center! As long as we can defeat the United States and defeat the dollar... we can succeed, and the European Community can also succeed!"

This is international money printing power!

This is the ultimate alchemy!

As long as the European Community has the power to print international money with the Midas touch, achieving true reunification will not be a problem.

Moreover, the power of international money printing and the international financial center are indeed two things that the British ruling class dreams of taking back. Although the issuance of the Euromark is mainly controlled by Germany, the probability that London can become the first international center again is very high.

Don't look at how awesome the German Empire is now, and the headquarters of the European Union Bank is also in Frankfurt. But the German Third Reich was really unattractive to bankers. Because Germany is a socialist country with huge government power, since the Nazi Party came to power in the 1930s, the government has blatantly interfered with bank operations and forced banks to issue huge loans to large military-industrial enterprises.

In addition, in the early 1930s, there were "bad records" of seizing shares of Jewish-owned banks and expelling a large number of Jewish bank employees. These events seriously affected Frankfurt's position in the international financial community.

Therefore, in the future European Community, it is not Frankfurt that can become the international financial center, but London and Paris.

After thinking about this, Marshal Alexander was already a little tempted.

"At that time, we will have the power to print money internationally," Hersman continued, "we will have nuclear fission weapons, a united and strong European community, and a fleet deployed globally...the hegemony of the world will be firmly in our hands. Marshal, Prince, if we miss this opportunity, in the future, our Europe will become a vassal of US imperialism, and our descendants will no longer have strong Britain, France, Russia and Germany. Become a slave to America!”

"The Imperial Marshal is right!" Prince Yusupov followed the Russian Empress's instructions and spoke in support of Germany. "The Russian Empire is willing to fight with the German Empire for the happiness of the European people!"

Hersman laughed. Although Russia is extremely poor now, as long as Russia and Germany can truly join forces, Britain and France will not be able to compete. What's more, Germany still holds the atomic bomb in one hand and the international currency issuance rights that the big capitalists in Britain and France covet in the other.

Marshal Alexander also nodded, "I completely understand what the Imperial Marshal means... I hope the test on June 1 will be a complete success."