The Rise of the Third Reich

When Lieutenant General Matthew Bunker Ridgway, commander of the U.S. 18th Airborne Corps, arrived in Montreal, where the Allied North American Northeast (Canada) Command is located, he was surprised to find fleur-de-lis flags hanging in the streets and alleys, and slogans were even displayed in some places. : Welcome, Your Majesty Prince Charles.

"Who is the noble Prince Charles?" Lieutenant General Ridgway asked this matter after meeting his immediate boss, General Clark.

"He is a lucky guy," Clark snorted and said disdainfully. "The full name is probably Charles de Bourbon-Palma, and there may be a long list of middle names. I can't remember."

"Bourbon?" Li Qiwei was startled, "Is it the French Bourbon dynasty?"

"To be precise, he belongs to the Parma branch of the Bourbon dynasty and is the son of Charlotte, the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg." Clark said, "He is not yet 20 years old this year. He is probably serving in the Nazi army?"

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has now joined the German Empire as a whole and is the State of Luxembourg under the German Empire. However, Archduchess Charlotte still retained her royal status and title of Grand Duke, and became the royal monarch of the German state.

And her son (she married a prince of the Bourbon royal family) is naturally German, and he should be serving in the military when he is less than 20 years old.

"Served in the Nazi army? But here in Montreal...it seemed like someone was welcoming him."

"Yes," Clark smiled bitterly, "because he is the popular choice for Princess Margaret's husband."

"Princess Margaret is going to marry a Nazi?" Lieutenant General Ridgway simply wondered if there was something wrong with his ears.

Admiral Clark shrugged: "They said they were looking for a suitable prince among the Bonaparte and Bourbon families, but the Germans still had the final say! So other princes who were suitable for marrying Princess Margaret gave up. , only Charles of Luxembourg remains.”

He was right in guessing that Prince Charles of Luxembourg was the favorite candidate of the German Emperor and Chancellor Hitler. The people of the Bonaparte family look so annoying - the people of the Bonaparte family always remind people of the great Emperor Napoleon, who was the mortal enemy of the Hohenzollern family. Of course it is impossible for a Napoleon to go to Canada and become the royal wife.

The main faction of the Bourbon family died in 1936, and the flag fell into the hands of the Spanish branch. However, the Spanish Bourbons lived in Rome after the fall of the kingdom and were guests of Mussolini. Now they are still seeking restoration, and there are even rumors that Mussolini wants to support the resurrection of the Spanish Empire and let Juan Carlos of the Spanish Bourbon family wear the crowns of New Asbania and Spain! Naturally, Germany cannot let the Spanish Bourbon family take the Canadian crown anymore.

Moreover, Prince Juan Carlos is only 7 years old this year, so it is not suitable for him to be engaged to Princess Margaret, who is 8 years older than him.

After excluding the Spanish faction, the Bourbon dynasty was left with the Parma faction and the Orleans faction. There were several suitable princes from both tribes, but none had as close a relationship with Germany as Charles. As Clark guessed, Prince Charles is currently serving in the German Army. Although he is not a Nazi, he has sworn allegiance to the German Emperor and has integrated into the large circle of the German royal family. In fact, he is originally a member of the German royal family. Her father is from the Bourbon family, and his mother, Archduchess Charlotte, is from the Nassau family. She and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands were in the same family more than 600 years ago (Wilhelmina also had a surname of Nassau), an old German royal family.

In addition, the Nassau family once ruled Britain in history, namely William III, who was also the ruler of the Netherlands and the Prince of Orange. So it seems logical that Charles, who has Nassau family ancestry, will once again take over Canada.

However, this logical arrangement seems completely ridiculous to Americans. An enemy of the United States and Canada, a Nazi, actually wants to marry the heir to the Canadian throne! Couldn't the Canadiens and the British royal family be a little more serious?

"How can we allow such a thing?" Ridgway felt incredulous, "Can't we persuade them to give up this arrangement?"

"It's up to you." Admiral Clark's answer surprised Ridgway.

Clark said: "The problem now is that the Germans have arrived in Canada... right in Labrador. Defeating them will be more effective than any persuasion! Matthew, when can your men move out?"

"Anytime and anywhere!" Ridgway said, "The entire 18th Airborne Army is on the highest alert and can be dispatched at any time as long as there are enough transport aircraft."

The 18th Airborne Corps is currently stationed in Presque Isle, Maine, close to the Canadian border. Several large airports have been built there to quickly transport the five divisions of the 18th Airborne Corps to battlefields 1,200 kilometers away.

"That's good." Clark nodded with satisfaction, "Send out two divisions first, the 82nd Division and the 101st Division." As he spoke, he walked to a military map of southern Labrador and kept getting closer to it. An airport sign next to a large river in the Atlantic Ocean, "Paradise River Airport," is only more than 40 kilometers away from Hare Bay where the Germans landed. It is now controlled by an advance team of the British (Canadian) 6th Airborne Division. I hope your people can parachute there before the 23rd, and then cooperate with the British Independent Parachute Brigade to launch a counterattack to recapture Hare Bay."

"How big is that airport? Can C-47 transport planes take off and land?" Ridgway asked.

"It should be possible," Clark said. "The British said it can take off and land, but its take-off and landing capabilities are not very strong."

"That's not bad. It can be used to transport heavy weapons and vehicles." Ridgway paused, "How is the situation at Hare Bay? Can the navy block the German logistics line?"

The battle in Labrador was all about logistics. The Allies relied on air transportation and airdrops, while the Germans relied on sea transportation. The decisive factor is whether logistics is smooth.

"The Navy is working hard." Clark said, "Hare Bay is more than 200 kilometers away from Newfoundland, and our torpedo boats can still get there. In addition, submarines can also be dispatched to lay mines and block the German logistics transportation lines. Naval aviation and army The aviation team is also going all out, if not completely cutting off their logistics, it should be able to choke their necks."

"What about our necks?" Ridgway asked, "The transport planes won't be shot down in large numbers, right?"

"No, it won't." Clark said, "Lieutenant General Harmon's fighters will protect them. And that area is very far away from the German air base. Now they mainly rely on carrier-based aircraft and aircraft landing on Hare Bay Island. Judging from the results of the battles in the past few days, there is no obvious advantage between the Fokker Zero fighter and our aircraft. "

"Okay, then I'm relieved."

Just when Lieutenant General Ridgway was confident about the Battle of Labrador, near a small fishing port called Cartwright on the Labrador front, two troops flying the flag of the British Army were confronting and shouting at each other.

One of them is the 4th Parachute Battalion of the British Independent 2nd Parachute Brigade. The other one is a battalion-level battle group of the 1st Armored Grenadier Brigade of the Russian Royal Guards. However, they did not fly the flag of the Russian Royal Guards, but the British Army flag.

It was really embarrassing for two troops flying the same military flag to encounter each other on the battlefield.

Hessmann's second son, Reinhardt, was also in the White Russian army under the British Army flag at this time. He was also holding a rolled-up iron trumpet and speaking standard Oxford accent. He was captured the night before he came forward to capture it. British troops shouting at the White Russian-occupied Cartwright fishing port.

"We are the 1st Battalion of the Royal Hanover 'Prince Friedrich's' Infantry Regiment. We were sent by Her Majesty the Great Queen Elizabeth II to liberate the Dominion of Canada. Canadian brothers, the British do not fight the British... "

Now Britain has a Royal Army! In the "London Civil War" in 43 years, most of the army swore allegiance to the Queen, so after the "London Civil War", the British Army was awarded the royal title.

The designation of the "Prince Friedrich's Infantry Regiment of Hanover" does exist, because there was a Hanoverian dynasty in British history that ruled for 187 years. Therefore, for a long time, the British Army had infantry regiments recruited from Hanover. After the "London Civil War", the Queen restored the Hanover Infantry Regiment, specifically recruiting British youths with German aristocratic ancestry to join the army, and named it after her husband, Prince Friedrich.

However, this infantry regiment did not participate in the expedition to Labrador, but stayed quietly in London to protect the Queen and Prince. However, this did not prevent the Germans from using its name to fool the rustic Canadians.

After all, for most Canadians who lived in the 1940s, they still recognized Britain as their master, but looked down upon the piles of American upstarts stationed in the country now.

And in the eyes of the Canadians, their war is over. The problem now is nothing more than the escaped old king retiring early and the brave little queen taking over early. These are all matters within the British royal family. Canadians don't care, and they are even less willing to fight a succession war for the British throne because of the power struggle between the father and daughter.

But the Americans refused to admit defeat and did not allow the Canadians to withdraw from the war. As a result, the war was brought to Canadian soil. It is really abominable that Canadians are now being used as cannon fodder to fight against the British.

"Fellow Canadians!" Seeing that the Canadians on the opposite side did not fire, Reinhardt thought it was funny, and then used Oxford accent to fool him, "There are hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops armed to the teeth illegally stationed in your homeland. , this is a shameless act of aggression and a violation of the sacred territory of the British Empire. They are your and our common enemy!

Down with US imperialism, long live the Queen! "