The Rise of the Third Reich

On the morning of June 6, 1944, the wide sidewalks on both sides of the Electoral Street in Berlin were filled with people wearing decent clothes and holding Roman and German flags.

They came to welcome the re-creator of the Roman Empire, the Caesar of the Roman Empire, the leader of the Fascist Party of the Roman State, the Archon and Tribune of the Roman Empire, and the Duke of Alexandria, Benito Mussolini.

Mussolini's visit to Germany was completely unplanned, but it was reasonable.

The nuclear test on June 1st changed the world forever. The Roman Empire was no longer an ally that could stand on equal footing with Germany - it was not originally, but Mussolini always had a kind of illusory self-confidence, but now he has recognized the reality.

After recognizing the reality, Mussolini and his fascist comrades held a closed-door meeting in the Venice Palace for three consecutive days to discuss major issues that would determine the future fate of the Roman Empire.

First of all, of course, they had to do everything they could to make a nuclear fission bomb. Without this thing, the Roman Empire would not be able to stand up straight. Mussolini, the great leader, would be inferior to Hitler. Therefore, making an atomic bomb is the top priority of the Roman Empire now. As for how to make it... the leaders of the National Fascist Party are also unsure.

Therefore, during the three-day meeting, the second consensus reached by the leaders of Rome was to never, ever, ever provoke the Germans!

Although the warriors of the Roman Empire were also very powerful and had defeated the Abyssinian barbarians, the Germanic barbarians were obviously more powerful than the Abyssinian barbarians, and they also had terrible nuclear fission bombs!

So even the noble Romans had to treat the Germans as masters and serve them carefully before making atomic bombs.

However, serving carefully does not mean that they must follow the Germanic barbarians to fight the United States, because the United States is now the only country in the world that can contain Germany. On this issue, the Italians who have played the politics of the states for hundreds of years are much more sober than the Japanese who are the kings and hegemons in the Pacific.

If the United States is overthrown by Germany, then Rome will never be able to become a country on par with Germany, and may even be absorbed into the European Community like Britain, France, and Russia.

Therefore, the foreign policy of the Roman Empire still follows the peaceful route. It must not only make peace with the United States, but also promote peace between Europe and the United States, and at the same time prevent Germany from dropping the atomic bomb on the American people.

"This is... Imperial Marshal, what do you call it?"

"Atomic bomb, the unit number is Heisenberg device, and we also have a Fermi device, that's it."

"Fermi? Enrique Fermi?"

"Yes, that's him."

"He's a Roman."

"Now he's a German, Baron Enrique von Fermi, a noble and loyal German aristocrat."

Just as Mussolini sat in a large car with Hitler and entered the German Chancellery amid the cheers of the people, Marshal Giovanni Messe, Chief of the General Staff of the Roman Empire, was visiting the atomic bomb in the building of the German Wehrmacht General Staff in Zossen!

Of course, it is a "hollow atomic bomb" without any charge. In a large and beautiful exhibition hall, two atomic bombs are displayed side by side, namely the "Heisenberg device" and the "Fermi device".

The former is the plutonium bomb tested on June 1, and the latter is a uranium bomb with uranium-235 as the charge. However, Germany does not have enough weapons-grade uranium-235 to use, so the Fermi device cannot be tested in the short term.

"Dr. Fermi has put a lot of effort into your U project, right?" Marshal Giovanni Messe, who can speak fluent German, asked Hessmann tentatively.

"Of course, Dr. Fermi is a true genius." Hersman smiled, "There are many geniuses like him in the U Project Committee, but genius alone is not enough for us to build an atomic bomb in such a short time...Making an atomic bomb is a matter of great national strength. National strength, especially the country's industrial strength, is the foundation. Let alone other things, the power consumption of the U Project alone is an astronomical figure."

Historically, the power consumption of the Manhattan Project in the United States was more than 20 billion kWh a year, and the current German U Project is more energy-saving because it mainly takes the plutonium route. However, since the large-scale deployment of the U Project in 1940, the average annual power consumption has not been less than 10 billion kWh.

And while the plutonium route is the main focus, the research on the uranium route will also be carried out with all efforts. Because the separation of uranium isotopes is crucial to the use of nuclear energy, it is impossible not to make great efforts to develop it.

So Germany's U Project will continue to generate huge consumption for a long time in the future. This is of course not a problem for the European Community, which has gradually integrated the power of European industrialized powers such as Britain, France, Germany, Belgium and Russia. However, the Roman Empire may have great potential in the future, but the current industrial strength is actually very limited for the paper tiger imperialism, which is simply unbearable.

However, Hessman will not allow people like Enrique Fermi to return to Rome. Otherwise, with the knowledge Fermi possesses, although Rome cannot quickly possess nuclear weapons, it can greatly shorten the time for the United States to possess nuclear weapons!

After probing for a while, Giovanni Messer knew that the Germanic barbarians would not easily let Fermi return to his hometown in Rome. He had to change the subject and said, "Imperial Marshal, you once proposed to lease three "Duke Alexander" class battleships as a condition for agreeing to a separate peace between the Roman Empire and the United States. Is this condition still valid now?"

Hessmann was a little surprised by Marshal Messer's question. He looked at the other person and asked, "Now you still want to make peace with the United States?"

"Of course, we Romans don't have much warlike elements in our blood, and we are content with what we have now." Giovanni Messe said, "And we will make peace with the United States first. For your next step, we will make peace with the United States. , is also very beneficial. Caesar can act as a messenger of peace, which is his biggest wish at the moment."

Mussolini was a peacemaker? Hessmann couldn't help but burst out laughing. He asked, "Marshal, how are you going to act as an envoy of peace between Europe and the United States?"

Giovanni Messe shrugged, "I don't know that. I only know that Caesar has agreed to lease three battleships to you. If you want four Veneto-class ships, we can negotiate. You can also recruit Roman volunteers. However, his purpose in doing so is definitely not to prolong the pain of the war, but to end the Second World War that may destroy human civilization as soon as possible... This is also the thought of all Roman citizens. "

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"Adolf, if you really drop atomic bombs on the heads of the American people, it will be a terrible mistake. Because no weapon in history will be monopolized by anyone forever. The same is true for atomic bombs. Sooner or later, many countries will possess them. It, and the United States is certainly one of them.”

"No, the United States cannot have atomic bombs! This is not allowed. The United States will be tied up by a Treaty of Versailles."

"But it's useless. Did the Treaty of Versailles bind Germany? Not at all! How could the Treaty of Versailles be effective for a country like the United States? Unless you can completely occupy the United States, sooner or later the Americans will create Atomic bomb."

At this moment, in the German Chancellery, the peace-loving Mussolini was earnestly persuading the war madman Adolf Hitler. The latter seemed to have the idea of ​​using atomic bombs to blow up the Americans, but Mussolini tried his best to stop it.

"But would Americans agree to a costly peace treaty without the use of atomic bombs?"

There was a murderous tone in Adolf Hitler's tone, which made Mussolini very frightened.

"I will agree!" Mussolini nodded exaggeratedly, then patted his chest and said, "As long as our two countries continue to maintain diplomatic cooperation... just like the cooperation between the United States and Britain and France in 1917 and 1918, we will It will definitely force the United States to submit.”

"Rome...is the United States in 1917 and 1918?" Hitler looked at Mussolini doubtfully. "But the United States entered the war instead of withdrawing from it!"

"That's right." The leader of the Roman Empire smiled and nodded, "But the fundamental reason that brought victory to the Allies was not the American army, but President Wilson's deception. The Second German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire believed It failed because of the lies of the United States... At least President Wilson's lies played a huge role, and now I am ready to be a European Wilson, spiritually dismantling the American will to war, and the atomic bomb should be the spiritual defeat of the United States. Not a tool to physically destroy the American people.”

Hitler nodded slightly, noncommittal.

Mussolini then expressed his views, saying: "Although the power of the atomic bomb is huge, and only one can reduce a small and medium-sized city to ruins, such a victory is meaningless and cannot be what the European people want. Yes. I know very well what the European people think. They want American money, not American lives! Europeans want money rather than lives!”

"You want money...not your life?" Hitler nodded, which was a good thing. Isn’t the key to integrating the European Community all about money? As long as the money is in place, the big problem will disappear.

"We have to make the Americans hand over their money!" Mussolini seemed to be moved when he saw Hitler, so he worked harder to save American lives. "Let them spend money to save their lives. You can use atomic bombs to intimidate them, and the Roman Empire will also be affected by it." Mediation, I believe the Americans will hand over the money in the end. The United States is a hen that lays golden eggs, you can’t kill it with atomic bombs! And you probably don’t have enough atomic bombs?”