The Rise of the Third Reich

Hersman left the intelligence command center and returned to his office. His personal secretary, Natalie, was waiting there. When Hersman opened the door and walked in, she immediately called in advance to get through the hotline of the Prime Minister's Office for him.

"It was a call from Mr. Hitler himself," Natalie handed the phone receiver to Hersman and said with a smile, "It sounds like there is great news."

"Great news?" Hessman raised his eyebrows, already understanding what happened.

"Adolf?" Hersman took the phone receiver. "This is Herssman."

"Ludwig," Hitler's almost laughing voice came from the phone receiver, "We have won, this time we really won... I just received a call from Mussolini, he told I, the American, have agreed to accept all the peace conditions, and we have won! The war is over! The United States of Europe is now truly established!"

It seems that the effect of three atomic bombs exploding underwater is quite good! Hersman said in his heart: However, the compensation of 500 billion Euromarks seems to be a little less. No matter what, we have to pay 1,000 billion, and the Canadian people must also get rid of the colonial rule of US imperialism...

"That's great," Hessman thought about it in his mind, "but we can't cease fire just yet."

"Can't cease fire?" Hitler looked a little surprised. "Ludwig, what else do you want? Do you want to increase the amount of compensation? This has nothing to do with the ceasefire, right?"

"It is not yet time to discuss the amount of reparations." Hersman did not deny it. He said, "Adolf, what I mean is that we cannot have an unconditional ceasefire. If the Americans want a ceasefire, they must hand over the Avalon Peninsula."

The Avalon Peninsula is the most important part of Newfoundland. It houses the Churchill Naval Fortress and multiple large air force bases. It also has multiple deep-water ports, among which St. John's Port is the largest port in Newfoundland.

If the European coalition can control Avalon Island, it can deploy three atomic bomber groups there, putting all the most prosperous areas in the northeastern United States under the deterrence of German nuclear weapons.

"Of course we cannot have an unconditional ceasefire," Hitler agreed with Hersmann. "If they are really sincere, they will definitely agree to our ceasefire conditions."

Hessman smiled: "If they don't agree, we can also take the Avalon Peninsula. In fact, it won't cost much."

"Easy?" Hitler asked, "But the terrain there is quite difficult."

"No problem, at least the Churchill Naval Fortress will be occupied by us soon." Hessman said.

"Really?" Hitler on the other end of the phone line didn't seem to believe it. "That's a very strong naval fortress... How are we going to capture it? Are we going to use special forces?"

"No, not with special forces, but with Marshal Harold Alexander." Hessmann told Hitler, "He will have a way to take down the Churchill Naval Fortress. After all, it is a fortress belonging to the British Royal Navy."

After all, Newfoundland is a territory of the British Empire, and it does not even belong to Canada in name (historically, Newfoundland only joined Canada in 1949), so while the US military is stationed, it must also pretend to respect the sovereignty of the British Empire. Therefore, the most important naval fortress on Newfoundland (built by the Americans) was handed over to the British army. But now, the atomic bombs have been exploded in the Bay of Concepcion, and the United States is ready to accept all the peace terms proposed by Germany - which is tantamount to conditional surrender. What reason do the British soldiers guarding Churchill Fortress have for not abandoning the dark side and turning over to the bright side? Even if they want to fight for Canada's freedom and democracy, Newfoundland is not part of the Dominion of Canada.

Moreover, the Germans still have atomic bombs that can be used to scare people. The British guarding the Churchill Naval Fortress have no obligation to carry the atomic bombs for the Americans, right?

"Okay," Hitler already understood Hersmann's thoughts, "Then I will tell Mussolini this condition... Is that okay?"

"Okay," Hessman immediately gave an affirmative answer, "Just say that the Avalon Peninsula is a guarantee for the ceasefire... Don't talk about other demands, don't mention compensation. Now we should mentally relieve them The weapons are the same as they were in 1918."

What Hessman means is to first coax the United States to surrender its guns, and then slowly rectify it! As long as they can capture the Avalon Peninsula and deploy the atomic bomber brigade there, what room for resistance will the Americans have?

"Okay, okay, that's it!" Adolf Hitler hung up the phone, but he did not immediately dial the hotline with Mussolini. Instead, he called his personal secretary Martin Bormann in: "Go and send a telegram to the Dutch Standard Oil Company and tell them that the Avalon Peninsula must be handed over, otherwise... Hessman will also have a way to seize it. The price of the ceasefire will be even higher by then!"

Standard Oil Company of Holland was the Dutch asset of the Rockefeller family and was primarily responsible for selling American petroleum products in the neutral Netherlands. However, after Kennedy visited the Roman Empire last time, a senior manager named Rockefeller was welcomed there. He also secretly purchased a confidential military high-power radio station from Germany and set up an antenna on the top of the rented building. The Dutch police and customs turned a blind eye to Standard Oil's actions...

"What? You said the Germans would take the Avalon Peninsula as a guarantee?"

The radio station inside the Standard Oil Company building and the antenna on the roof are indeed very useful. Just a few hours after Hitler and Herschmann spoke on the phone, Truman was already discussing peace issues with Kennedy in Chicago on the phone in his office.

"Yes, this may be a request of the German military. And Hitler also hinted that if we refuse, the German military can easily take the Avalon Peninsula."

"Easy?" The word "atomic bomb" suddenly flashed in President Truman's mind. "Are they going to use an atomic bomb to blow up the Churchill Naval Fortress?"

"I think so!" Kennedy told Truman in a very worried tone. "I just had a phone call with Dr. Oppenheimer. He also believes that the Germans' atomic bomb technology has made a breakthrough compared to 1944. They invested in Concei The power of the three atomic bombs in Pushkin Bay and the Bay of Fundy must have exceeded 100,000 tons, and even reached 200,000 tons.

If the Germans used this kind of atomic bomb to bomb the Churchill Naval Fortress, they should be able to level it to the ground! "

Because the three atomic bombs exploded in the Bay of Conception and the Bay of Fundy were all underwater explosions, and the momentum they displayed was very alarming. Even Oppenheimer made a mistake after receiving the preliminary report. judgment and overestimated the yield of the atomic bomb.

After hearing Kennedy's words, Truman's heart sank: "If that really happens, the officers and soldiers on the Avalon Peninsula will probably be frightened and go crazy. How can this war be fought? But I can't hand over the Avalon Peninsula right away. To the Germans... After all, the formal peace talks have not yet begun. In addition, the geographical location of the Avalon Peninsula is too important. I must take some time to convince the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph, tell Hitler what I mean. Hand over the Avalon Peninsula, but he must find a way to control Hersman and never drop another atomic bomb, because the war is over and there is no need to let innocent people die. "

Some of Truman's judgments were correct. The psychological problems caused by watching the atomic bomb explosion at close range were very serious, especially when the atomic bomb was dropped by the enemy.

Therefore, the US military on the Avalon Peninsula is now panicked, and the offensive against the German positions on the west bank of Concepcion Bay has long been stopped. Some troops of the U.S. 16th Armored Division who had previously occupied Grays Harbor simply abandoned the city and fled after the atomic bombing. They were almost scared crazy and lost their organization. The division commander and division personnel of the 16th Armored Division all Disappeared in the tsunami, the troops entering Grays Harbor and some of the troops near the port also lost their normal organization and were no longer an organized army.

Lieutenant General Walton Walker, commander of the 20th U.S. Army, was busy preventing these poor American officers and soldiers who were frightened crazy by the atomic bomb from escaping from the front line.

Near dusk on April 29, Lieutenant General Walker's men finally blocked the fleeing troops on a road near Grays Harbor Airport. A U.S. Army colonel was grabbed by the military police of the 20th Army in front of Lieutenant General Walker. When the lieutenant general saw his military rank, he couldn't help but cursed: "Colonel, are you crazy? Do you know what you are doing? You are a colonel!"

"General, we are defeated," the colonel cried loudly when he saw Lieutenant General Walker. "The German weapons are too terrible, really terrible..."

"But you can't run away, you are a soldier, an American soldier!" Lieutenant General Walker felt very sympathetic to the wet and trembling colonel in front of him. Most of his troops encountered a tsunami in Grays Harbor... Those were 9 tsunami waves! It's perfectly normal to scare people crazy. But Walker is a soldier, and soldiers have their vocation.

The colonel continued to cry: "General, I don't want to die, I don't want to die yet... Please let me go to court-martial. Please, don't let me go to the front line again. That is meaningless."

I don’t know if they were infected by his crying, but the two to three thousand exhausted American soldiers who were blocked by Lieutenant General Walker no longer ran away, but all sat on the ground and howled.

Just when Lieutenant General Walker didn't know what to do, one of his staff officers suddenly ran over breathlessly. Without even looking at the occasion, he yelled: "General, Lieutenant General Collins ordered us to immediately Dig bunkers...According to reliable intelligence, the Germans will use atomic bombs again tomorrow!"

"What? You want to throw an atomic bomb?" Lieutenant General Walker's calf also trembled. He also witnessed the power of the atomic bomb explosion during the day. Fortunately, this guy fell into the sea. If he was on the shore, the 20th Army might have given it to him. It blew up.