The Rise of the Third Reich

The car drove along Nevsky Prospekt, filled with beautiful European-style buildings, to the heavily guarded Winter Palace Square - the little mother Olga who now rules Russia is not a benevolent Madonna, in fact she is a female version of Stalin , don’t even know there is such a thing as democracy. Her government implements absolute communist rule in Russia. Civilian protests are strictly prohibited. The Dynasty Socialist Party is the only legal political party in Russia!

"Hi! Olga!"

When the car drove into the Winter Palace, the Royal Guards soldiers on guard raised their hands and shouted slogans.

"Felix," Hessman looked out the car window at the Russian soldiers in long khaki coats carrying Mosin-Nagant rifles, and asked half-jokingly, "When I see Olga later, I will also Do you raise your hands and shout slogans?”

"You?" Prince Yusupov smiled and said, "The Empress wants you to kiss her on the cheek, just like in the past... This is your prerogative."

Olga's pretty face must have been kissed by men in private, but Hersman was the only one who kissed it in public.

"That's such an honor." Hessman said in his heart: It seems that Olga still regards me as her closest ally...at least on the surface.

The car stopped outside the foyer of the Winter Palace. Empress Olga, who had been wearing a military uniform during this period, was already wearing an off-shoulder white palace dress. She braved the cold and walked out accompanied by several ministers and female officials. hall.

Hessmann got out of the car, strode towards her, and as before kissed the Queen on the cheek in full view of the public, and then the Queen kissed Hessman too.

"Dear Olga, you look so charming today." Hessmann said to the Queen in a flattering tone.

"Really?" The Queen chuckled a few times, then took Hessman's arm and walked into the foyer together, "But it's really cold to wear it like this... Although I didn't wear much clothes in winter when I was young, but It’s not possible now. I’ve been in warm Western Europe for so long that I’m almost not used to the cold in Russia.”

As soon as he walked into the foyer, the heat rushed to Hessmann, who was wearing a military coat, and a thin layer of sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead.

"It's really hot here." As he spoke, Hessmann unbuttoned his military coat one by one, then took off his coat and handed it to Adjutant Brandt.

"This kind of temperature is a luxury in Russia under my rule." Olga smiled as if she was self-deprecating, "Most people can only enjoy minimal heating. I can guarantee that the situation in Russia before the February rebellion was better than it is now. Be good.”

The February Rebellion was the February Revolution. Now that Tsarist Russia has been restored, Nicholas II and other members of the royal family who died in the revolution have become Orthodox saints, and the revolution that overthrew them has become an evil rebellion. However, Queen Olga issued an edict pardoning all thugs (revolutionaries) who participated in the February rebellion.

"The situation will get better. As long as we defeat the United States and get reparations, Russia's economy will recover."

"Are you going to attack the United States soon?" Olga asked with interest.

"We're almost ready," Hessmann replied. "I'm here to inform you about this."

The Russian Expeditionary Force is one of the main forces of the European Community Expeditionary Force, with a number almost equal to that of the German Expeditionary Force. The number of Russian troops that have arrived in Belém, Brazil and Guyana now ranks first among the expeditionary forces of any country, reaching more than 500,000.

Although so many Russian troops are under the command of the Atlantic Front Command of the European Community Allied Forces, and their military salaries are borne by the European Community (mainly paid by Germany and France), they really have to be sent to the battlefield. I still want to say hello to Olga.

"Ludwig, don't worry, they will obey orders!"

Hessmann and Olga now walked up the stairs of the Winter Palace foyer to the throne room on the second floor. This is a majestic large room dominated by white, with a red tsar's throne at the end of the hall. In front of the throne is a long oak conference table and two rows of chairs.

At one end of the oak conference table was a red velvet tablecloth, with a map spread out on it. Hersman glanced at it and saw a map of the Caribbean Sea. There were many lines and arrows densely drawn on it, and the numbers of a lot of troops were also marked.

"Ludwig, does the situation on this map match reality?" the Russian Empress asked, standing in front of the map.

Hessman leaned over and pretended to take a closer look, then nodded and said: "The coalition force is about the same, but the number of aviation forces will be more. We will deploy 6,000 shore-based aircraft and seaplanes there, plus ships. The total number of aircraft and carrier-based seaplanes can reach 8,000.”

Now the battle between the US and European surface fleets has been decided. Whether it is a battleship decisive battle or an aircraft carrier battle, the advantage lies with Germany - Germany's airborne missiles can also attack aircraft carriers, and the performance of carrier-based aircraft is incomparable with the capabilities of carrier-based aircraft pilots. In terms of level, Germany also has the upper hand. Therefore, it seems that the battle between shore-based aircraft determines the fate of both sides. Once Germany's shore-based aircraft deployed in Guya and northern Brazil defeat the American shore-based aircraft in Trinidad, the landing operation will begin.

It is probably expected that the European coalition forces, which have dual advantages in sea and air, will win the landing operation.

"Marshal Imperial, most of your 8,000 aircraft can't reach Trinidad, can they?"

The questioner was a middle-aged Slav wearing a uniform of the Royal Air Force of the Russian Empire. He was tall and burly and had thick blond hair.

The Queen pointed at him and said: "He is my Air Force Chief of Staff Air Force General Viktor Maltsev."

Hersman had heard of this man and knew that he was a colonel in the former Soviet Red Air Force and an air force expert.

"That's right." Hersman smiled, "The planes deployed in Belém cannot reach Trinidad."

The straight-line distance between Belem and Trinidad is also 1e264. The combat radius of Ju288 can cover from Belem to Trinidad. He219 and Me410 can also go from Belem to Trinidad after being modified with extended range and adopting shuttle flight tactics. Apart from the battle over Trinidad Island, other fighter planes deployed in Belem are basically out of reach of Trinidad Island - but Viktor Maltsev, a rebel general of the Soviet Air Force, probably would not have thought that Germany is not present in Guyana at all. and deploy 6,000 aircraft in the Belém region in northern Brazil. The actual number is not even 3,000. Most of the "aircraft" displayed at the newly built airports around Belem Port are wooden models, used to fool the American F-13 ultra-long-range reconnaissance aircraft.

"The aircraft there will be flying shuttles into the air battle over Trinidad," Hersman explained.

"Do you have enough fuel and ammunition in Guyana?" Viktor Maltsev raised objections again.

Shuttle flight is a tactic in which the fighter aircraft does not return to the base where it took off after completing the operation, but lands at a base closer to the battlefield, refuels, and then returns to the starting base. However, the implementation of this tactic requires high physical strength of the pilot and fuel reserves at the frontline transit airport.

Guyana lacks a deep-water port and is often bombed by US aircraft, so it is difficult to transport and store supplies. Otherwise, Germany would not have to occupy Belem, Brazil, and would it be better to directly use Guyana as a stronghold to attack the Caribbean?

"The fuel we reserve in Guyana can support short-term high-intensity operations." Hersman explained very patiently, "This period of time is enough for us to paralyze the U.S. Army and Naval Aviation on Trinidad."

Viktor Maltsev frowned, obviously not believing Hessmann's words, "Marshal Imperial, this is not easy... In fact, in the battle with the Soviet Red Air Force, you failed to defeat them in a short time. It’s paralyzed. What’s more, the U.S. air force is huge and can be replenished at any time.”

"But Trinidad is also far away from the mainland of the United States," Hersman smiled. "We are now fully capable of blocking it. As long as Trinidad is blocked, it will be difficult for the United States to send aircraft, ammunition and Fuel."

"Blockade? For what?"

"Mainly mines!" Hersman said, "Use our latest mines."

"Mine? What kind of mine?" asked the elderly "old white man" Admiral Stark, another senior military staff member of Queen Olga and the chief of staff of the Russian Royal Navy.

Hessman replied, "This is a new type of bottom-sinking mine that is detonated by a special method. It is our secret weapon. It has not been used before, so it is impossible for the Americans to get the physical object. So in the short term, they will not A solution may be found.”

Sinking mines are different from anchor mines in that they sink to the bottom of the water, so ordinary mine clearing methods are completely ineffective. To deal with sinking mines, you have to start with their detonation methods. For example, to deal with magnetic mines, use battery iron to simulate the magnetism of the ship or simply demagnetize the ship.

What Hersman planned to use to blockade Trinidad was a new type of mine equipped with a hydraulic fuze and a sound-activated fuze, nicknamed the "Oyster Mine." This mine used the water pressure field generated when the ship passed nearby. And sound detonation - two fuzes must be activated at the same time to detonate, so it is safe, accurate and highly resistant to sweeps. Even if the Americans picked up a complete "Oyster Mine", it would be impossible to build a dedicated minesweeper in the short term.

Moreover, under Hersmann's order, the German Navy has been hiding this mine, which was put into production in January 1944, to avoid being acquired by the US military prematurely (it is common for air-dropped bottom mines to be thrown into the wrong place and picked up by the enemy) It is inevitable to go), so Americans have no way to deal with it in the short term.