The Rise of the Third Reich

Harry Hopkins, who returned home to report on his work, was shocked when he saw Franklin Roosevelt leaning on his wheelchair, motionless with his eyes closed. He thought the strong American president couldn't bear the blows that followed and fainted.

Times have been really tough for Roosevelt lately. The originally planned route of "compromise with Japan, resistance against Europe and currency war" was disrupted because of Germany's successful test of an atomic bomb.

Just a few days ago, the German Foreign Minister was in Switzerland and made a "handicap" on behalf of the entire European Community: demanding 500 billion Euromarks in war compensation; unilaterally returning all properties of European Community countries in the United States; giving up all obligations to the European Community All national investments and debts; and requiring the withdrawal of US troops from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Bermuda, the British Bahamas, British Honduras, British Trinidad and other places.

Such conditions are simply unacceptable! But the fact that the Germans dare to propose it now probably shows that they really want to drop atomic bombs on the heads of the American people!

While the Germans were demanding high prices, Japan, which had already agreed to the United States' peace terms, also jumped the price and made an rude request for the United States to cede the Hawaiian Islands and the Aleutian Islands!

Obviously, these hateful Japanese devils are also preparing to use the German atomic bomb to kill the United States.

The demands made by the Japanese were also unacceptable... It was not that Roosevelt could not accept it, but that Truman and Dewey, who were running for president, could not accept it.

Because once a certain presidential candidate agrees to cede the Hawaiian Islands and the Aleutian Islands to the Japanese who once used bacterial weapons on the west coast of the United States, then there will be no candidate votes in those states in the midwestern United States.

Therefore, once Roosevelt announced his acceptance of Japan's peace conditions, the two presidential candidates would definitely express firm opposition at the first opportunity. The two parties in Congress, for the sake of electoral considerations (1944 was also a congressional election year), will definitely express the same position.

Therefore, the Roosevelt administration can only bite the bullet and start a war on two fronts, and if it is not careful, the atomic bomb will fall on the heads of the American people.

By then, Roosevelt will not only be the worst president in American history, but may also be the culprit of America's demise!

This was a huge blow to Roosevelt, who had been president for more than ten years and had been praised for most of his tenure. Faced with this blow, Roosevelt's already poor health became even more fragile. After telephone contact with Mrs. Roosevelt (Hopkins has an extraordinary relationship with the Roosevelt family), Hopkins learned of the president's death in mid-June. I had fainted several times during my time, and the situation was very worrying...

"Harry," Roosevelt suddenly opened his eyes at this time and waved at Hopkins, who was very thin and seemed to have some serious problem, "The negotiations with the Roman Empire have been reached, right?"

"Yes, it's not nothing at all." Hopkins reported his achievements in Europe with a wry smile while sitting on a chair opposite Roosevelt. "I met Mussolini himself at the Palazzo Venezia in Rome. He told me personally that Rome would make peace with us alone..."

At this point, Hopkins sighed softly: "But...but Mussolini said that in order to gain a chance for peace, Rome had to lease six of its most powerful battleships to Germany, and he also agreed Germany is recruiting volunteers on Roman soil. He hopes we will understand."

"Sigh... Of course we understand." Roosevelt smiled bitterly, "What else can we do? How about adding another enemy like the Roman Empire? The United States already has enough enemies and cannot add any more."

"President," Hopkins said, "the Roman Empire is our true friend...Mussolini personally handed this portfolio to me."

He placed an unmarked document bag wrapped in brown paper in front of Roosevelt.

"What is this?" Roosevelt asked strangely. He had not received any reports in this regard.

"It's all the information the Roman Empire has about nuclear fission bombs." Hopkins lowered his voice. "A scientist from the Roman Empire who loves peace and justice hopes that we can make this kind of bomb as soon as possible!"

There are no permanent friends in the world. Now, as the second largest country in Europe, the relationship between the Roman Empire and the European Community is conceivable - if the ultimate goal of the European Community is to unify the entire Europe, then annexing Rome is only a matter of time. !

The Roman Empire was powerless to stop this process unless they could break Germany's nuclear monopoly. However, nuclear physicists in the Roman Empire knew very well that Rome had neither electricity nor uranium, nor even enough copper (used to make electromagnets). It was impossible to build an atomic bomb within ten years.

Therefore, some nuclear physicists responsible for the Roman atomic bomb project (perhaps under the instruction of Mussolini himself) pinned their hopes of breaking the German nuclear monopoly on the Americans.

Roosevelt raised his eyebrows, but quickly sighed: "It seems that the Romans were frightened by the German nuclear fission bombs, and with Rome's strength, it is simply impossible to create such a weapon in the short term, right?"

"I think so," Hopkins nodded. "Rome is too close to Germany, and the Romans now have to be careful with their northern neighbors."

Roosevelt reached out and patted the document bag on his desk and said, "I will send it to experts for study. I hope the information provided by the Romans can speed up our process."

In fact, Roosevelt did not have high hopes because he had intelligence and knew that the Roman Empire had not conducted nuclear weapons research at all in the past. All they can grasp are the clues collected by the intelligence department. The United States' Office of Strategic Services and the British (Canadian) military intelligence department have also done the same work.

"Any other exciting news?" Roosevelt then asked.

"There's... there's good news."

"what news?"

"The Soviet Union is doomed."

"Is this... considered good news?" Roosevelt glanced at Hopkins, "And I already knew it."

"No, there are new changes now." Hopkins said, "The Japanese will launch a sneak attack on the Soviet Far East, and Germany will acquiesce."

Roosevelt then showed a thoughtful look: "Is the news reliable?"

"Reliable!" Hopkins said, "Mrs. Kollontai, the Soviet ambassador to Switzerland, told me personally...Germany and Japan bargained for a long time over the ownership of the Soviet Far East. In the end, Japan continued to fight against us. , and in exchange for a decisive battle in the Hawaiian Islands, Japan acquiesced in a sneak attack to seize the Soviet Far East, and both the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire already knew about this!"

"Did the sneak attack capture the Soviet Far East?" Roosevelt thought for a moment and asked, "Or the Russian Far East?"

"It's the Soviet Far East!" Hopkins said, "not the Russian Far East. Now Belarus is Germany's closest ally. If Japan seizes the Far East land with the Russian tricolor flag, then Germany will definitely declare war on Japan. Even if Hitler and Hersman had not a penny of interest in the barren lands of the Far East."

At this time, the door to the Oval Office was pushed open. Colonel Carton came in, and he gave the President a military salute.

"Mr. President, the generals and the vice president and the secretary of state are all waiting in the Cabinet Room."

Roosevelt waved to Hopkins and said, "Harry, come along and tell everyone what you know."

A military meeting was held in the cabinet conference room. When Roosevelt and Hopkins arrived together, four generals including William Leahy, Ernest King, Marshall, and Arnold, as well as Secretary of State Hull, and Deputy President Wallace was already waiting there.

When Hopkins saw Wallace, he immediately remembered Roosevelt's poor health. According to the U.S. Constitution, the vice president is not allowed to have executive power. He can only exercise relevant powers as the president's representative when the president delegates other powers. .

And now Vice President Wallace appeared at the most important cabinet military meeting in the United States, obviously familiar with the situation, in order to take over the position of President of the United States when necessary—when Roosevelt became ill.

"Gentlemen," Roosevelt pointed to Hopkins beside him and said to everyone, "The good news... We have reached a peace agreement with the Roman Empire. Now the only enemies left are the European Community and Japan, and Japan will soon We will be defeated!"

Without the European Community's intervention, Japan would not have been able to survive for long, but it was impossible to reach a peace agreement between the United States and the European Community.

"We must get the Japanese out of the war as soon as possible!" Roosevelt glanced at Hopkins, who was already sitting at the conference table. "Harry, tell me about the news you heard in Rome about the Soviet Far East."

"It is reported that Germany has acquiesced in Japan's occupation of the Far East of the Soviet Union." Hopkins said, "But Japan can only seize the Far East from the Soviet Union, not from the Russian Empire."

Roosevelt's originally dull eyes suddenly showed a bit of sharpness, and he looked at the four generals in military uniforms: "Do you understand what this means?"

"This means that Japan must immediately make a choice to abandon the Hawaiian Islands or fight a decisive battle with us in the Hawaiian Islands." Admiral Marshall immediately answered the president's question, "Because the Far East of the Soviet Union is an alpine zone, once it enters late autumn, the Japanese army will not be able to To launch an effective offensive operation, the war will inevitably be delayed until next summer, and during this period, the Russian Empress's government is likely to politically resolve the issues of Siberia, Central Asia, and the Far East, and the political unification of Russia means that Germany must intervene. The conflict in the Far East was a fatal blow to Japan.”

Roosevelt nodded, then looked at Admiral Ernest King, Chief of Naval Operations. "Admiral, I believe Japan will choose a decisive battle, so please defeat Japan... You must defeat them, right on the Hawaiian Islands! This is the last chance to knock Japan out of this war!"