The Rise of the Third Reich

When the decisive moment of the "Battle of Fundy", known as the Battle of the Bay of Fundy in history, came at 4:35 pm on April 29, 1945, Northeastern North America time, the U.S. military was actually in a very disadvantageous and even desperate situation.

First of all, the U.S. naval fleet on the sea cannot form a relatively dense air defense formation as usual - because this is not a sea and air war in the traditional sense, but a nuclear war!

In fact, the emergence of nuclear weapons and their use in actual combat have eliminated the conventional navy!

From now on, no conventional navy in the world can stand up to an enemy using nuclear weapons. No matter how many combat ships the United States has, they are still a pile of scrap metal in the face of nuclear weapons.

Of course, if the Americans now possess nuclear weapons and can form a corresponding deterrent to Germany, then their huge surface fleet can be used to bully weak countries without nuclear weapons, such as the Empire of Japan...

However, the United States currently does not have nuclear weapons, so under the threat of German atomic bombs, the 56th Task Force of the United States cannot even set up a dense air defense formation, and can only rely on carrier-based aircraft to block the approach of German aircraft possessing atomic bombs.

Secondly, although Germany already possesses and has used atomic bombs, this does not mean that the Germans have thrown conventional bombs and remotely controlled guided missiles into the sea. Among the German fighter planes that appeared over the Bay of Fundy on the afternoon of April 29, 82 Br.810s carried Hs293 remotely controlled guided missiles!

If they are allowed to get close to American ships that cannot form an air defense formation, 82 Hs293 remote-controlled bomb missiles will be enough to sink all 10 American "Essex" class aircraft carriers.

So when 82 Br.810 carrier-based bombers were divided into two large groups and appeared under the cover of the same number of Fokker 636s, they immediately attracted the attention of all F6F and F4U who were ordered to block the approach of enemy aircraft.

And just as they swarmed up, first seizing the altitude, and then launching a dive attack on the 82 Br.810s, four huge Me2e264s suddenly appeared behind the two German aircraft groups that broke through from an altitude of 7,000 meters. It was further divided into two two-plane formations, each formation was surrounded by hundreds of Fokker 636 regiments.

It turns out that these 4 aircraft are the real atomic bomb carrier aircraft and remote control aircraft!

"Right now, Thunder 3 and Thunder 4 begin their assault, targeting the entrance to the Strait of Fundy! Charge!"

Admiral Kolten, who was riding on a P-47 and Pe264H early warning aircraft being used by the US military, was now standing in front of the radar screen in the cabin. When he found that there were not many enemy planes blocking the two real atomic bomb dropping aircraft groups, he issued the order for the final assault without hesitation.

Before receiving the order from Admiral Kolten, the two "atomic bomber groups" at an altitude of 7,000 meters had already begun to accelerate. Although the Me264K long-range bombers are several tons heavier than the ordinary Me264 (to install radiation-proof lead plates), they are also more powerful than the ordinary Me264. They are equipped with four BMW 802K 18-cylinder air-coolers with turbochargers. Type engine, the maximum power of each engine (after using the MW50 system for combustion) can reach 3200 horsepower. Four high-power engines can provide surging power of up to 12,000 horsepower in 10 minutes. Although the best applicable airspace for the Fokker W803 18-cylinder air-cooled engine (this engine is improved on the basis of the British Sagittarius 15-type 18-cylinder air-cooled engine) is at an altitude of 5,000 meters, it is still available at an altitude of 7,000 meters. Can perform well.

Most of the Fokker fighter pilots had participated in the previous nuclear strike in Concepción Bay, and you can probably guess that the Me264 bombers they escorted were equipped with super weapons that would bring them victory and honor.

Therefore, after receiving the order to attack, morale was immediately boosted, and all pilots pushed the fuel rods to the bottom. Large plumes of green smoke suddenly emerged from the exhaust pipes on both sides of the nose, and the engine began to roar violently. The flight speeds of the two "atomic bomber groups" also increased to over 700 kilometers per hour. Like lightning, it broke through the obstruction of dozens of American fighter planes in an instant.

"Damn it, we were tricked!"

Standing on the platform outside the island of the "Essex" aircraft carrier, Mitchell could already use his telescope to see the German aircraft roaring in, covering the sky and the sun. He could even see clearly that two of them were capable of carrying atomic bombs. Me264!

"Turn the helm, full left! Get out of here quickly!" Arleigh Burke's shout came immediately.

The chief of staff of the 56th Task Force now knew that he had guessed the wrong target, and the entire fleet was about to face catastrophe. However, he had not given up his efforts at this time and was loudly ordering the aircraft carrier to turn - the Essex aircraft carrier was originally heading east at full speed, but Arleigh Burke had already guessed that the Germans would drop bombs at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy. . Because now is the time of high tide, there will be a spring tide in the Bay of Fundy (because the Bay of Fundy has a special topography and is in the shape of a trumpet, so the tide is very large), coupled with the power of the atomic bomb, there is a high probability that a catastrophe will occur. Tsunami.

The only way to avoid this tsunami is to let the USS Essex sail to the east of Grand Manan Island (located at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy). In this way, we might be able to use the cover of the island to escape.

So the Essex must now change direction, from east to north at full speed. The aircraft carrier with a displacement of more than 30,000 tons turned rapidly on the sea at a speed of more than 30 knots, which immediately produced huge inertia. The aircraft carrier tilted sharply to one side, and the people on it could hardly stand without holding on to the handrails.

Admiral Mitchell almost fell down on the platform outside the aircraft carrier island. Fortunately, an adjutant quickly caught him. Before he could stand still, he heard someone shouting: "Catfish! The catfish is coming!"

Of course it couldn't be a real catfish, but a French twin-engine carrier-based bomber Br.810 that looked a bit like a catfish. It turned out that some Br.810 had already gotten rid of the entanglement of F4U and F6F and began to approach the American ships on the sea.

"Smoke! Hurry up and set off smoke bombs..."

On the bridge of the Essex aircraft carrier, the captain of the aircraft carrier had given the order to release smoke by phone. The smoke launchers installed on both sides of the aircraft carrier's flight deck had been ready for a long time, and immediately began to continuously fire smoke bombs over the aircraft carrier. The smoke bombs exploded, releasing a large amount of thick smoke, completely covering the aircraft carrier.

The smoke tactics seemed to have some effect. The Br.810 bombers in the air did not drop bombs, but instead raised their altitude and rushed towards an altitude of seven or eight thousand meters.

"Major General, the German planes are climbing upwards. They seem to have given up the attack."

The electronics officer on the Essex immediately reported the latest radar findings to Fleet Chief of Staff Arleigh Burke.

"What? Give up the attack?" Arleigh Burke felt very strange when he heard the report.

Although the smoke can obscure the aircraft carrier, the German pilots can still determine the approximate location of the aircraft carrier. The effect of the smoke is only to reduce the hit rate of the missile. At the same time, the smoke will also obscure the sight of the anti-aircraft gunners on the aircraft carrier, making German aircraft in the air less vulnerable to attack.

Therefore, it is impossible for the German planes to give up the attack when they see the smoke. And according to common sense, planes cannot land on ships with bombs, otherwise the missiles may detonate in the event of an accident. That would be an explosion of nearly a ton of missiles! Therefore, the Hs293 missiles they carry must be thrown out no matter what.

"Sir, all planes have climbed above 8,000 meters."

After hearing the electronic officer's report, Admiral Gunther Kolten nodded, picked up the communicator and began to issue orders to the two atomic bomber formations: "Thunder 3, Thunder 4, I am Gunther Kolten. Admiral Teng, I order you to implement the 'Odin Plan', I order you to begin the 'Odin Plan'."

"Project Odin" was the code name for the combat operation to drop the atomic bomb. To start implementing the "Odin Plan" is to start dropping atomic bombs!

All German and French aircraft in the sky suddenly raised their altitude to avoid being accidentally injured by atomic bombs. Although the atomic bomb exploded after being thrown into the sea, it is almost impossible to threaten aircraft at mid-to-high altitudes, but it is also good to have more safety factors.

The two Me264K long-range bombers loaded with atomic bombs had long been ready to drop the bombs, and the hydraulic fuzes and time fuzes had been installed. At the same time, the two aircraft also blocked the scheduled bombing positions. Their altitude was around 9,000 meters, and there were two moving smoke lines directly below them - these were two small aircraft carrier formations, respectively. It consists of an Essex-class aircraft carrier, an Oakland-class air defense cruiser and two Fletcher-class destroyers.

If they hadn't released large clouds of smoke, they would have been able to use anti-aircraft guns to fire at the four Me264s (2 equipped with atomic bombs and 2 equipped with remote control equipment) at an altitude of 9,000 meters. If you are very lucky, you may be able to shoot down one or two, but this will not prevent the atomic bomb from detonating, because the atomic bomb has already been equipped with a time fuse.

On April 29, 1945, at 4:55 pm, the two atomic bombs with red lights on their tail fins were dropped from an altitude of 9,000 meters. When the two atomic bombs fell to an altitude of 700 or 800, their tails each opened a pair of huge red parachutes with a swastika mark.

At the same time, all German and French aircraft in the sky were flying eastward as hard as they could to stay away from the center of the atomic bomb. About 2-3 minutes later, two plutonium-239-charge atomic bombs code-named "Heisenberg Device No. 4" and "Heisenberg Device No. 5" fell into the seawater at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy.

Chapter 1269 The atomic bomb is over

Dim lights once again illuminated the lifeless White House bunker conference room.

Admiral Ernest King's voice was trembling and low, like an old man who had just lost all his relatives in a disaster recounting his suffering. Everyone felt that what they were hearing was not a battle report, but a eulogy for the United States of America.

“…The Germans dropped two atomic bombs at once at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy. The impact points of the two atomic bombs were about 7,000 meters apart, creating two water walls that were 2,000 meters high, more than 700 meters wide, and nearly 100 meters thick. . The two 'Essex' class aircraft carriers, two Oakland class air defense cruisers and four Fletcher class destroyers located near the center of the explosion were deemed to have been overturned by the wall of water!

Later, the sea water, sea sand and water mist forming the huge clouds that formed the two water walls ran out of kinetic energy and all fell back to the sea, first forming a giant waterfall hundreds of meters high. According to reports from surviving ships, this waterfall fell from the sky and stirred up a huge tide that flooded all the surrounding ships and overturned 8 of the smaller ships (in fact, the ships that were not overturned included 2 The Essex-class aircraft carrier was later scrapped due to severe radiation pollution, but William Leahy doesn't know it yet). Then there was a tsunami on the sea with a maximum height of tens of meters, spreading outward from the center of the explosion.

Since the atomic bomb explosions occurred simultaneously in two places about 7,000 meters apart, all ships between the two explosion points were squeezed by two tsunami waves. All were only seriously damaged, and at least 6 light ships were damaged. The cruiser or destroyer was overturned on the spot. One of the Essex-class aircraft carriers was seriously damaged.

Because the atomic bomb exploded at the time of high tide in the Bay of Fundy, the spring tide and tsunami waves combined to form a huge tsunami wave sweeping eastward. When the sea wave reached a distance of 6,000 meters from the two atomic bomb explosion points, it was still as high as 7-8 meters. At least 9 ships of various types were overturned, and another 21 ships were damaged to varying degrees.

These are preliminary statistical results 30 minutes after the atomic bomb exploded. Since the German carrier-based aircraft group has not left, there may be fierce sea and air battles later, so the losses may increase..."

General William Leahy put the telegram on the table, his face ashen. Two Essex-class aircraft carriers were overturned, one Essex-class aircraft carrier was severely damaged, more than 20 light ships were overturned by sea waves, and the hulls of twenty or thirty ships were seriously damaged due to the compression of tsunami waves. damage!

Such losses did not seem to be unbearable, but Germany's act of dropping two atomic bombs on the Bay of Fundy at once made everyone shudder.

If you include the atomic bomb dropped in Concepcion Bay, the Germans dropped three atomic bombs with a yield of approximately 200,000 tons (actually all of them were 20,000 tons) in one day! This shows that the Germans have so many atomic bombs that they can drop a few at will in a day.

William Leahy said in a trembling voice: "We have lost. The war has entered the atomic age. The weapons we have are completely outdated and cannot fight against the German army armed with atomic weapons..."

"Is this a formal recommendation from the Joint Chiefs of Staff?"

Before William Leahy finished speaking, he was interrupted by US President Truman. Although in the meeting just now, William Leahy made a suggestion to stop the war, that was not a formal suggestion from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the president.

Admiral Leahy looked at Chief of Naval Operations Ernest King who was present. King sighed: "We are indeed defeated. There is no other way."

"George, what do you think?" General Leahy asked Army Chief of Staff George Marshall.

Marshall shook his head: "We can't fight at all. We really lost..."

"Henry, what do you think?" Leahy asked General Henry Arnold, commander of the Army Air Forces. "Is it possible for us to stop German bombers from entering the skies over major American cities?"

"If Germany gains a foothold in Newfoundland, it will be difficult for us to prevent their bombers from visiting New York and Boston." Henry Arnold shook his head and said, "In addition, judging from the three atomic bombings that occurred today, the Germans will The atomic bomb was used as a tsunami weapon, and since New York and Boston are both located on the seaside, the Germans could use submarines to transport the atomic bomb..."

William Leahy was not interested in listening to General Arnold's continued analysis and asked directly: "Henry, do you also think that the battle was lost?"

"Yes, we have lost the battle." Henry Arnold nodded painfully.

William Leahy let out a long sigh. He was about to tell the President in the name of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that the war had been lost and suggested peace. This was the official report and recommendation of the highest staff organization of the U.S. military, and it was the official report and recommendation of the U.S. President and the An important basis for Congress to make decisions-but it was preempted by Secretary of War Wallace.

Wallace said: "I disagree with the analysis of the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Commander of Army Air Forces, because we have countermeasures. It is time for the Germans to know that we have such means, and they are very effective! So that they will not dare to attack Atomic bombs were used in our big cities!”

"Henry, are you crazy?" President Truman said to Wallace angrily, "If you want to resign, just say so. You can take your people to join the Bolshevik Party, but don't say such crazy things!"

"President!" Wallace's thoughts were revealed, and his face turned red and white, but he still said seriously, "It is my suggestion to launch the Patriot Project. If you don't accept it, I will resign as Secretary of War. !”

"I approve your resignation!" Truman glared at Wallace, "Mr. Wallace, on behalf of the U.S. government, I would like to thank you for everything you have done during this difficult time in the past. But it is very regrettable that our efforts It will not allow the United States to win the war, or even win a decent peace. I hope that after you leave, you and your comrades can make important contributions to the future recovery of the United States."

Wallace exhaled and launched the "Patriot Project" to retaliate against Germany with plague weapons and anthrax spore bombs. It was just talk. Now the Germans just want money and have no intention of destroying the United States. If the Germans were angered by the "Patriot Plan" and the atomic bombs really destroyed New York and Boston, then the United States would not lose money, but would surrender unconditionally. This was not the result that Wallace wanted.

"Mr. President, I will remember your words." Wallace stood up. "Before I leave, I have one last suggestion. The United States must not give up the Patriot Project and the Manhattan Project under any circumstances... Otherwise, the United States will never, There will never be a day of revival!”

The so-called "Patriot Plan" is to use one-way B-29 or other long-range bombers equipped with powerful bacterial weapons to bomb the European mainland. The Manhattan Project is of course the United States' own atomic bomb program!

In Wallace's view, as long as the United States has the Patriot Plan, the Germans will not dare to push it too far. At most, they will lose money, which is affordable for the United States. Once the Manhattan Project is broken through, the United States will immediately become a powerful country that can compete with Germany.

Therefore, no matter what temptation or pressure it faces, the United States cannot give up these two plans.

President Truman nodded and said: "Henry, your suggestion is very good...The United States will never give up the Patriot Project and the Manhattan Project. This is our bottom line and the cornerstone of the United States' future revival. As long as I am still president, we will It won’t change. But now, we must admit defeat and seek peace!”

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"Marshal Imperial, reports from Task Force 10 and Task Force 20, we have just achieved a great victory in the Bay of Fundy! What is currently confirmed is that two American Essex-class aircraft carriers were overturned by atomic bombs, and one Egyptian The Essex-class aircraft carrier was severely damaged, and five other Essex-class aircraft carriers were severely damaged by Br.810 carrier-based bombers using Hs293 missiles..."

Almost at the same time that Truman decided to pay for peace, in the Joint Intelligence Command Center of the German General Staff, Admiral Redl was reporting to Hessmann the battle report he had just received.

The Bay of Fundy operation, launched by Task Force 10 and Task Force 20 and the 802nd and 803rd Bomb Groups, is now over. A total of 8 Essex-class aircraft carriers were sunk (actually capsized) or severely damaged (two of them were seriously contaminated by nuclear contamination and were later abandoned).

"How is the situation in Concepcion Bay? Has Marshal Alexander arrived there?" Hersman interrupted Redl's report. He was now not interested in the losses of medium-sized and light ships of the US Navy.

In an age of atomic warfare, they were of little use. The reason why there is still room for various surface ship activities in later generations is mainly because under the terror balance of nuclear deterrence, no country dares to use nuclear weapons easily. Otherwise, with the power of underwater explosions of nuclear weapons, it is completely feasible to use ballistic missiles to attack aircraft carrier formations. As long as an atomic bomb with an equivalent of several hundred thousand tons explodes underwater, the entire aircraft carrier formation will be destroyed immediately.

Now Germany is the only country that possesses atomic bombs, and there is no need to worry about nuclear retaliation from its enemies. In this case, it is absolutely feasible to use nuclear weapons as tactical weapons and use underwater nuclear explosions to deal with the US Navy.

So the question Hersman has to consider now is whether the "Columbus Project" can be successful. As long as an airport can be obtained on the island of Newfoundland for Me264K and He219G to take off and land, the United States will be under the threat of German atomic bombs.

Then as long as another atomic bomb is dropped at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York to create the horrific scene of an underwater nuclear explosion, the American people will obediently pay for it.

Just when Hessman was making his wishful thinking, a senior staff officer from the General Staff suddenly walked in quickly and raised his hand in salute to Hessman: "Marshal of the Empire, the Prime Minister just called, please." Pick it up yourself.”