The Rise of the Third Reich

Washington, D.C., White House bunker.

In the conference room, under the dim and low lights, all the U.S. military dignitaries and senior government officials sat in awe, staring blankly at a copy of the telegram in front of everyone. President Truman sat slumped in the main seat at the head of the conference table, motionless as if he had aged ten years.

That telegram copy actually contained two telegrams, one sent by Lieutenant General Collins, commander of the Allied ground forces in Newfoundland and commander of the U.S. Army's 6th Army, and Lieutenant General Walton Walker, commander of the U.S. Army's 20th Army. Come.

The contents of the two telegrams were similar, reporting that the Germans had dropped an atomic bomb in Concepcion Bay. Moreover, both telegrams described the scene of the atomic bomb explosion - a 2,000-meter-high water wall, a huge semicircular condensation cloud, and nine consecutive tsunami-like waves hitting the shore. The power spread to 6,000-8,000 meters away, and the power was far away. Far exceeding previous estimates by American scientists!

The two U.S. lieutenant generals also made the same judgment: if the atomic bomb exploded on land, the impact of the explosion would definitely reach more than 100 square kilometers! If the target of the bombing is Manhattan, New York, the entire Manhattan area will be leveled, and millions of people will die...

In other words, the Germans now have a new atomic bomb that is 10 times more powerful than the 20,000-ton atomic bomb tested in the Algerian desert in 1944! Its equivalent is probably 200,000 tons!

Even if the Germans do not use 200,000-ton atomic bombs on big cities like New York and Boston because of their pan-Aryan stance, they can still use them to destroy the U.S. military in Trinidad and Bermuda.

If two atomic bombs of the same yield exploded near the coastlines of Trinidad and Bermuda, huge waves of 2,000 meters...or hundreds of meters would violently hit the beaches, and millions of tons of seawater and sand would Destroy all the defenders!

Faced with such horrific murderous weapons, the United States has no chance of winning!

No one spoke, and the air pressure in the conference room became lower and lower, almost to the point where it was suffocating. Suddenly, people heard President Truman sigh: "Gentlemen, we lost the war, didn't we?"

No one answered his question.

"Lost, right?" Truman raised his voice, "If so, please tell me about this president!"

Presidential Chief of Staff William Leahy and War Explosion Wallace looked at each other. Leahy sighed, and just as he was about to speak, Wallace spoke first: "Mr. President, we have not been defeated yet. We have not yet been defeated. There is a Patriot program..."

"Minister, we have lost!" Wallace was suddenly interrupted by Chief of Staff William Leahy. General Leahy made a completely opposite judgment to Wallace this time. "The mines, submarines and torpedo boats deployed by the Newfoundland fleet at the entrance to Concepcion Bay simply cannot withstand the power of the atomic bomb explosion. Now except for the eight 406mm cannons of Fortress Churchill, there is nothing that can stop the German fleet from rushing into the bay. Once their battleships enter the bay, it will be impossible for our ground forces to regain the west coast of Concepcion Bay. Once the west coast of Concepcion Bay is lost, the Germans can easily transport a large number of ground troops from Europe. Newfoundland. At the same time, Me264 bombers that can drop atomic bombs can also be deployed on Newfoundland!

So, we have lost the war. We must admit defeat now. If we continue to fight... we will be completely defeated! "

Wallace frowned, glanced at Truman, who was sitting silently on the throne, and said, "If we admit defeat now, will 500 billion European marks be enough?"

Truman suddenly trembled when he heard his question. 500 billion European marks were definitely not enough. That was the price for peace before the atomic bomb was actually dropped. Now that the Germans have demonstrated an atomic bomb with a yield of 200,000 tons, how can the asking price not rise? Why do you want 1,000 billion Euromarks?

Moreover, the German army has now landed on Canadian soil and has also drawn Britain into the coalition. If the United States surrenders at this time, will Germany give up on "liberating" Canada?

"But we were defeated!" William Leahy said loudly, "Do we have to wait until the atomic bomb is dropped at the mouth of the Hudson River before admitting defeat? By then it will not be a question of 500 billion Euromarks or 1000 billion Euromarks, but 5000 billion is still a trillion-dollar question.”

The Germans have long expressed their position through the Roman Empire not to use atomic bombs in American cities, and most of the highest-ranking generals in the US military, including William Leahy, also believe this.

Because the German army in this time and space is not cruel when it comes to treating civilians, and it has not launched devastating bombings on any large cities in hostile countries.

"We have countermeasures!" Wallace said, "Project Patriot should be launched immediately!"

All the senior U.S. military generals in the room were shocked when they heard Wallace's suggestion. The main content of the "Patriot" plan is to use bacterial weapons and chemical weapons to fight back against large cities in Europe...and this also means that Germany is likely to take corresponding retaliatory measures and use atomic bombs to level New York and Washington!

"Mr. Secretary, are you crazy?" William Leahy stared at Wallace. "Do you want the Germans to use atomic bombs to blow our cities into rubble? Do you want the United States of America to be destroyed in our hands?" ?"

"Of course not!" Wallace retorted loudly, "This is the position! It is the position of our American nation to resolutely resist foreign aggression and fight fascism and Nazis to the end. Only by adhering to this position can we win a decent peace. !”

"What kind of decent peace are you still thinking about?" William Leahy rolled his eyelids, "Mr. Minister, we must end the war as soon as possible. The sooner the war ends, the smaller the losses will be to the United States!"

"But the power to approve the peace treaty rests with Congress!" Wallace gritted his teeth. "The Republicans are now in control of Congress, and there are many people in the Democratic Party who are firmly opposed to humiliating peace."

The Democrats who firmly opposed the humiliation of the peace were Wallace's own faction. In fact, what they opposed was not compensation to the Germans, but the abolition of the New Deal legislation. Wallace's faction was the most determined New Deal faction in the Democratic Party and resolutely opposed The Democratic Party used repeal of the New Deal legislation in exchange for Republican support for peace talks.

Moreover, Wallace knew very well that once the Truman administration and the Democratic Party were determined to end the humiliating peace, they were actually preparing to betray the interests of the American working people and seek compromise with the Republicans who opposed the New Deal.

Therefore, Wallace must make his position clear before Truman and the Democrats kneel down to the Republicans. If he cannot stop it (in fact, Wallace does not really want to stop it), he must resign as Secretary of War and bring several like-minded Democrats with him. The congressman left to join the American Bolshevik Party.

After losing Wallace and some left-wing members, the Democratic Party will become more fragile and is likely to collapse before the 1946 midterm elections. Most of the original political territory of the Democratic Party would be divided between the Bolshevik Party and the Fascist Party. The composition of the supporters of the Democratic Party in this era was a bit strange. Some were southern racists (because Lincoln was a Republican, so they supported the Democratic Party); It is the working people of the North, including black people. When the Democratic Party collapses, these two groups of people will inevitably flow to the Fascist Party and the Bolshevik Party.

From then on, the American political arena will change from a harmonious dispute between gentlemen of the two parties to a situation where two extreme parties are attacking the Republican Party.

It is no exaggeration to say that this situation is more harmful than paying $1 trillion in war compensation!

However, President Truman was now unable to prevent this political pattern from appearing in the United States. He sighed and just wanted to end the dispute between Wallace and William Leahy - by asking Wallace to resign! Chief of Naval Operations Ernest King, who had been silent in the conference room, suddenly shouted.

"Oops, we still have our 56th Task Force in the Bay of Fundy!"

"Bay of Fundy?" Truman was confused.

"That place is also under the threat of the German Me264 bombers taking off from the Azores!" Ernest King said quickly and urgently, "As long as the tactics of shuttle bombing are adopted, the Germans can drop the atomic bomb on the first place." In the sea area where Task Force 56 is located..."

Before the explosion of Heisenberg Device No. 3, no one thought that the atomic bomb could pose any threat to the fleet sailing at sea. After all, the formation of the fleet in combat operations is very dispersed. There will not be a few warships on a few or ten square kilometers of sea, and even if it is bombed by an atomic bomb, the loss will not be too great.

But the bombing in the Gulf of Concepcion showed that German atomic bombs could destroy or severely damage ships within 100 square kilometers. If a few fell in the Bay of Fundy, Task Force 56 would probably be gone. This is the main fleet with 10 Essex-class aircraft carriers!

"Task Force 56 must be preserved!" Truman immediately shouted, "We cannot live without a fleet, otherwise the United States will be at the mercy of others!"

The fleet is a tool used to support Newfoundland. If it is gone, Newfoundland will inevitably fall, and the fall of Newfoundland is likely to be the beginning of drastic changes in Canada. This will cause the United States to lose its negotiating leverage, and the amount of reparations will soar.

"The fleet can be dispersed..." Ernest King just made the suggestion and felt it was inappropriate. "The fleet can be dispersed, and there is no problem. American capital ships have a speed of about 30 knots per hour, and can run more than 55 kilometers in one hour, and there is no problem in running 100 kilometers in two hours.

However, once the fleet is dispersed, there will be no way to form a huge air defense formation. When encountering a surprise attack by a German carrier-based aircraft group, the trouble will be big.