The Rise of the Third Reich

“…Now I repeat the words of the signers of the Declaration of Independence—that small band of patriots who, many years ago, were outnumbered and who, like us, were sure of final victory: ‘Stand firmly in God. to the blessing of the Lord, we pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.'"

Truman's sonorous voice carried a bit of sanctity on the radio, and was full of passion and vitality, which was in sharp contrast to the sluggish and tired impression given by President Roosevelt who had just passed away.

This is a recording of the speech Harry Truman delivered at his campaign headquarters after being elected as the 32nd President of the United States. It was sent to Europe by transport plane from the Rome Embassy in the United States. On the morning of November 8, the wire tape recording Truman's election speech was sent to Hitler's Chancellery.

"Haha, he is actually sure of victory!" After Martin Bowman closed the wire recorder with a click, Adolf Hitler's mocking voice rang out. “Such a ungrateful idiot became the President of the United States!”

Rudolf Hess said: "He has not yet become president. The current president is still the Bolshevik that Wallace was."

"Bolsheviks? Not even Stalin dared to be our enemy, but Wallace, an American Bolshevik, still dares to be so arrogant? Imperial Marshal, should we immediately resume missile attacks on the United States?"

Hersmann also came to the Prime Minister's Office. Hearing Hitler's question, he nodded: "Prime Minister, missile attacks on the United States will resume soon. And we will not only attack the United States with missiles, but also land on the North American continent." !”

"Really going to land on the North American continent?" Adolf Hitler had long known that the General Staff was preparing a combat plan to attack the North American continent, but he did not think that this plan would actually be implemented before.

"It seems necessary now." Hersman gave an affirmative answer. "Otherwise, how are we going to end the war? Are we going to let the United States go and tolerate the continued development of a powerful intercontinental country that is hostile to us? Is it growing?"

Of course, Germany can now make peace with the United States without severely damaging the United States - this is what the United States desires - but what will happen after peace is made? Cold war between Germany and Germany? In Hersmann's view, this result was very unfavorable to Germany. Because the United States of Europe has not yet been truly established, and the United States of America has long been a unified whole and has absolute dominance on the North American continent.

If Germany and Germany replace a hot war with a cold war, there is a high probability that Germany will lose the struggle in the end and follow in the footsteps of the Soviet Union!

Hitler said: "But the risk of landing on the North American continent seems too great..."

"The risks are great, but the benefits are also great!" Hersman said firmly, "If we launch an attack from the Caribbean, the United States will probably retain its hegemony on the North American continent in the end."

Letting the United States retain North America was the bottom line of peace acceptable to Hitler - reparations are of course necessary, otherwise the European mark would not become the first hard currency, and the capital of the entire United States of Europe would be insufficient.

But Hirschman wanted to go further and limit the United States to its homeland and its dependencies such as the Hawaiian Islands, the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. At the same time, Canada returned to the embrace of Europe - Canada is still legally a British dependency, but it supports George VI instead of Elizabeth II.

Although the United States, which is limited to its homeland and overseas territories, is still an intercontinental power with rich resources, a large population, and developed industry, it is completely incomparable to the American empire that controls North America or North and South America.

Moreover, the United States, which has lost its leadership position in the Americas, has also lost a large overseas market that can allow its economy to fully expand. The United States of Europe, which controls Canada and South America, can create a super market that includes most of Europe, most of Africa, the Middle East, India, South America, Australia, and half of North America.

If the United States does not want to be excluded from this super market, it can only "learn German well" and abide by the international order established by Germany. Considering the similarity in race and language between the two sides, the probability that the United States will eventually become part of the world order led by Germany is still very high.

Therefore, using atomic bombs to destroy many major American cities is not Hessman's first choice. It is Hessman's best strategy to defeat the United States with conventional war, and then use atomic bombs to scare the American people and force them to give up their dream of hegemony forever.

"So," Hitler was silent for a moment, "under what circumstances should we use the atomic bomb?"

Germany's current atomic bomb policy is relatively "special" - in fact, it is not special. After all, only Germany has the atomic bomb - the "nuclear button" is not kept by the Reich Chancellor. In fact, there is no such button, it is just a stipulation. The use of atomic bombs requires a written order from both the Reich Chancellor and the Chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht.

"Of course, after landing on the North American continent," Hersman gave advice, "because only by capturing Newfoundland can Europe be protected from counterattacks by American bacterial weapons."

The United States today is different from Japan, which was hit by atomic bombs in history. At that time, Japan was unable to fight back against the United States, but now the United States still has the power to fight back against Europe. The American B-29 can break through European air defenses at night. If the return fuel is not considered, the B-29 can even break into Berlin from Newfoundland - the distance between the two places is about 4,700 kilometers. It's not enough for a B-29 to carry bombs back and forth, but it's more than enough for a one-way flight. Although Germany is currently preparing to deploy an air defense system code-named "Atlantic Barrier" on the west coast of the European continent (including Ireland), the system will include hundreds of large radar stations, 200 surface-to-air missile positions and more anti-aircraft artillery positions. , will also be equipped with more than 2,000 high-altitude and high-speed interceptor aircraft (Me262 and He219) and early warning aircraft.

However, even if the "Atlantic Barrier" air defense system is deployed, it cannot guarantee 100% blocking of B-29s invading Europe. After all, current radar technology is still very rudimentary. Not only is the detection accuracy limited, but false alarms often occur. There is no 100% detection rate at all.

And as long as a B-29 loaded with plague fleas and anthrax spores breaks through to Berlin or the Rhineland, it will cause unimaginable consequences!

To completely eliminate the possibility of the "Atlantic Barrier" being breached, it is necessary to seize Newfoundland or even the Nova Scotia Peninsula, which is part of the North American continent.

Hitler thought for a while and then asked: "Then when do you plan to implement the plan to land in North America?"

"After the Spring Equinox next year." Hessman replied, "After the Spring Equinox, the climate in the North Atlantic will improve, making it suitable for transoceanic expeditions. Moreover, the aircraft carrier 'Adolf Hitler' will also be equipped with Me262HG-2 carrier-based jet fighters." It can be mounted on the ship and can provide powerful air cover for the landing fleet. "

The "Adolf Hitler" aircraft carrier is a "70,000-ton aircraft carrier" modified from the hull of the H41 battleship, also known as the "E aircraft carrier". The Adolf Hitler is its first ship, so it is also called "Adolf Hitler". Hitler" level.

Different from the previous designs of the B aircraft carrier and the B41 aircraft carrier, the Adolf Hitler class was an aircraft carrier tailor-made for jet carrier-based aircraft from the beginning, so it adopted an angled deck and a high-power hydraulic catapult - this kind of The new hydraulic catapult can accelerate a load weighing up to 10 tons (the total combat weight of the Me262T is 10 tons) to 115 kilometers per hour within 100 meters. If coupled with the power of the Me262T carrier-based jet fighter itself, it is enough. Let the aircraft accelerate to 250 kilometers per hour within 100 meters, which is enough for the aircraft to take off from the aircraft carrier deck.

Because the hydraulic catapult could temporarily meet the need for jet aircraft to take off, the Adolf Hitler did not use the ski-jump take-off runway originally envisioned, but instead adopted a conventional straight aircraft deck.

In addition to being able to carry the Me262T carrier-based fighter, the Hs293A1 air-to-ship missile and the Hs2e410T carrier-based fighter-bomber were also sent to the Adolf Hitler-class aircraft carrier. With the help of these two high-performance fighters/fighter-bombers, the combat capabilities of the European Combined Fleet will be raised to a higher level, enough to support the battle to land on Newfoundland.

"The vernal equinox is March 20," Hitler thought for a moment and said, "Does that mean there are still four months left?"

"Yes, there are still 4 months!" Hersman nodded.

These four months were the time for the European Community to prepare for the final battle. It was also the time for Hitler and Mussolini to win a bloodless victory for Europe. Of course, it was also the precious time left for Harry Truman, who was about to succeed the US President.

Now that he has been elected president, he is waiting to take over the huge mess from Wallace.

It was impossible for Truman to fulfill the unrealistic promises he made during the campaign. But he found it difficult to break his promise right away! Because the election held on November 6, 1944, had forever changed the political landscape of the United States.

The era when the Republicans and Democrats monopolized politics has passed. Although the Bolshevik Party and the National Fascist Party are not yet capable of winning the White House, these two extreme parties have taken advantage of the good situation of dividing the opposition in American domestic politics and entered the Congress as they wished. Senate and House of Representatives, and also held seats in many state legislatures.

Neither the Republican Party nor the Democratic Party has gained more than half of the seats in either house of Congress, which means that the Democratic Party is simply unable to pass a humiliating peace treaty in Congress.