The Rise of the Third Reich

"Rudolf, there are guests at home tonight."

After little Hersman finished talking about his "suicide plane" idea, his father suddenly talked about the guests at home in the office.

"The guest is..."

Hersman smiled and pointed at Lieutenant General Haye and Colonel Hinze, and said: "These two gentlemen will be guests of the manor, and there will also be two Japanese friends."

"Japanese friends?" Little Hersman looked at his father. He knew that "Japanese friends" must be relatively important people, and tonight's dinner was likely to be a "diplomatic event."

"Japanese Ambassador to Berlin Hiroshi Oshima and Japanese Navy Lieutenant Commander Minoru Genda." Hersman said, "Minomi Genda is an elite officer of the Japanese naval aviation, and his current position is the joint fleet staff officer."

"Combined Fleet Staff Officer?" Little Hessman thought for a moment and asked, "He came to understand the situation of the Battle of Shetland?"

Hessman nodded and smiled: "Yes, they are preparing to fight a Pacific War with the United States and need to master the latest tactics of world naval warfare."

In fact, Japan has not finally made up its mind to go to war with the United States. Negotiations with the United States are still continuing, and Japan has proposed the conditions for withdrawal (withdrawal from French Indochina) of "Japan-US alliance" and "mutual defense of G". However, Hersman was very sure that Japan's request would be rejected by the United States, because "mutual defense against G" was aimed at the Soviet Union. Now the United States and Britain are sparing no effort to win over the Soviet Union. How could they offend the huge Soviet Union because of a small Japan?

When Japan will attack the United States depends on their oil reserves and the progress of the European war.

"They want to go to war with the United States?" Little Hersman's eyes widened. "God, did I hear that right? The Japanese want to commit suicide?"

Hirschman shrugged, "This is the military thought of 'put yourself to death and live later'...the military thinking of the Easterners."

"That must be wrong." Little Hersman still shook his head.

"But it is good for us for Japan to do that." Hersman did not intend to discuss any "art of war issues" with his son. He said bluntly, "Rudolf, we must convince the Japanese that with a small number of elite pilots, They can win air supremacy over the Pacific, and if they win air supremacy, they can win the Pacific.”

Little Hersman said seriously: "It depends on how few their pilots are and how elite they are."

Hersman replied: "They have about hundreds of rigorously trained carrier-based aircraft pilots with similar technical levels to you. In addition, they have 4 large fleet aircraft carriers, and another 2 will be completed in September this year. As for The aircraft are currently mainly Zero and Type 99 dive bombers and a single-wing torpedo bomber with good performance.”

"The Fokker Zero currently has an advantage," little Hersman said thoughtfully, "but the performance of the Type 99 is not as good as the SBD dive bomber, and the American TBD torpedo bomber is also a monoplane. The Japanese have an advantage in the short term. But once the war becomes protracted, the United States will be a very formidable enemy.”

Hersman nodded and said: "So the Japanese should develop suicide weapons early. The aircraft you mentioned that can fly horizontally and hit warships, and the British fearless human-operated torpedoes are both suitable for Japan."

Of course Imperial Marshal Hersmann was sincerely planning for his Japanese friends, because he knew that Japan's national power was far inferior to that of the United States. Since there is a huge difference in national power, Japan should no longer have any reservations, but must go all out from the beginning and take all possible extreme measures!

Naturally, this includes launching suicide attacks! For European and American countries that value human life more, suicide attacks are just a talk. If they are actually carried out, they will definitely cause great resistance. But the situation in Japan is different. Japan is not a Christian country and suicide is not taboo. Moreover, it seems more honorable to serve the emperor and become a god by killing oneself.

And this is a huge advantage of Japan, which should of course be fully exploited early in the war. Historically, it was not until 1944 that the Japanese realized that conducting a kamikaze attack was a huge strategic mistake.

Moreover, piloting a plane to ram a warship is a technical task, and it cannot be done casually by using a Zero plane with explosives to ram an aircraft carrier. That is worthless suicide, and it is impossible to sink a US aircraft carrier.

To make suicide more valuable, we must develop high-tech suicide weapons - technology is combat power!

In addition, kamikaze members who commit suicide attacks must be scientifically trained so that they can die with honor and value!

So when the British came up with models of "dauntless weapons" to scare people, Hessmann also took this as an opportunity to order Germany's weapons research and development and production departments to come up with internationally leading suicide weapons.

Then, this powerful and advanced suicide weapon technology will be taught to Japanese friends, so that they can die earlier and die with greatness and glory.

…

That evening, in the spacious and luxurious manor of the Heinsberg-Hersmann family, the Hersmanns met the Japanese ambassador to Berlin, Hiroshi Oshima, and Minoru Genda, who came with Hiroshi Oshima.

Genda Minoru is 37 years old this year. He has a somewhat heroic appearance, but is a little short. He was wearing a crisp blue Japanese navy uniform and white gloves. His speech and behavior were very graceful, and he could speak fluent Cockney English. He really looked a bit like a Royal Navy officer.

Hirschman knew that the Japanese navy had been a "British fan" for a long time and imitated the British in everything. Their Etajima Naval War School copied the curriculum of the British Royal Navy from the beginning, and it was taught entirely in English. Later, although English was no longer required, English teaching was not relaxed, so all Japanese naval officers could speak fluent Cockney English - this was actually not difficult for the cadets of the Japanese Naval War School, because the Naval War School It has always been the most difficult school in Japan to get into, and those who can get into it are all top academics (except for students from the royal family).

The Hirschmanns, Lieutenant General Haye and Colonel Hinze, as well as Lieutenant General Hiroshi Oshima, who became a diplomat, can all speak English. So the conversation before dinner today was conducted in English.

"Mr. Oshima, Mr. Genda, I know you are still negotiating with the United States." After a few pleasantries, Hersman got straight to the point. "But in my opinion, this kind of negotiation has only one function, which is to cover the preparation and launch of a surprise attack!"

The two Japanese soldiers were a little surprised after hearing these words, and looked at each other not knowing how to answer.

Hersman continued: You will not reach any agreement with the United States, and the United States will not form an alliance with you, nor will it support your expansion into the East Asian continent. Because the object of alliance that the United States wants to form an alliance with is always the Soviet Union! And you Japan... it is impossible to help the United States defeat us, so you are of no value to the United States, and you are not worthy of becoming a first-class power that can be on an equal footing with the United States. "

In fact, Japan's top leaders have seen this situation very clearly. In the current world war, the Soviet Union's huge army is a decisive force, and Stalin is a major player who can make decisive changes in the war situation with just one word. .

Although the United States will create obstacles for Comrade Stalin in Afghanistan, it will never ally with Japan to attack Stalin's big socialist brother. If Roosevelt had done this, Stalin would have thought that U.S. imperialism has always placed the destruction of Japan in a very important position. In this way, unless Germany takes the initiative to attack the Soviet Union, the possibility of a U.S.-Soviet alliance will not exist.

At present, Germany shows no sign of attacking the Soviet Union... Therefore, the US-Japan alliance is simply impossible.

"Your Excellency, Imperial Marshal," said Hiroshi Oshima, who was very familiar with the current international situation. "We will have two large aircraft carriers completed in September this year. Before they are equipped with the navy, we must try to maintain relations with the United States."

He was talking about the "Shoikaku" and "Zuihe", which have a standard displacement of 25,600 tons and can carry 84 carrier-based aircraft. Without these two fleet aircraft carriers, the strength of the Japanese combined fleet will appear somewhat insufficient.

"Yes, two fleet aircraft carriers are very important, especially in the Pacific." Hersman said, "But the war in the Pacific cannot be won by six fleet aircraft carriers and hundreds of elite pilots... because Britain and the United States are very They are powerful. Once they go into war, they will go all out and use any means, and they are not afraid of sacrifice! You must have heard about the fearless weapons, right?"

"Your Excellency, Marshal, we know about Dreadnought man-operated torpedoes and Dreadnought aircraft..." Minoru Genda hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Did the British really adopt this 'Dreadnought tactic' in the Battle of Shetland?"

Hersman glanced at his son, who immediately replied: "Yes, I was at the scene and witnessed the attack with my own eyes. At least 12 British SBD aircraft adopted ramming tactics!"

"Is this true?" Genda Minoru was stunned again and again. He never thought that the British would become crazy when they were at a critical moment of life and death. It seems that some people in Japan have inaccurate views of Britain and the United States. The British and Americans are not afraid of death...

Little Hersman nodded seriously and said: "It's true, but the impact of these 12 planes was not ideal. In the end, only one SBD plane hit the Seydlitz, although it caused some damage. , but it is still far from the results they want. I think this is mainly because the British have just begun to implement such tactics and have not yet equipped specialized fearless aircraft and trained specialized fearless fighters.”