The Rise of the Third Reich

On the afternoon of January 3, while the fierce battle on the island of Great Britain was in full swing, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler was sitting on a spacious and gorgeously decorated Fokker 42 passenger plane waiting for someone.

This aircraft was modified from a Fokker 42 transport aircraft, and the Fokker 42 is a long-range transatlantic transport aircraft used to replace the Ju52. It has a maximum range of more than 6,000 kilometers and can fly directly from Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, to Paramaribo, the capital of Guyana.

The emergence of this long-range transport aircraft not only meets Germany's need to transport dignitaries and special supplies to Paraguay in South America, but also serves as a liaison transport aircraft between Japan and Germany, able to bypass the Indian Peninsula from Muscat controlled by Germany. Fly to Japanese-controlled Bandazia.

So not long ago, when Hitler decided to hold the Axis Summit in Cairo, Egypt under Italian rule, several Fokker 42 long-range transport aircraft (passenger aircraft type) flew to Tokyo, Japan to pick up Tojo Hideki and Yamamoto Go. Sixteen.

Just when Hitler was waiting a little impatiently, there was a sound on the stairs, and then he saw Defense Minister Marshal Hessmann, his wife Chloe, and adjutant Stauffenberg walking into the cabin together.

It turned out that the person Hitler was waiting for was Hersmann.

"Leader, Mr. Minister, I have kept you waiting." Hersmann nodded to Hitler and Foreign Minister Ribbentrop in the cabin, and then smiled at Ribbentrop's wife Annalis.

"Reichsmarschall, you are half an hour late..." Hitler asked, "What happened?"

Hersmann was very punctual and was rarely late, let alone keeping someone like Hitler waiting for half an hour, which had never happened in the past.

"Leader, you guessed it right." Hessmann took off his military coat and handed it to Stauffenberg, while sitting on the chair opposite Hitler. "I'm telegraphing to General Halder. The 7th Paratrooper Division has just taken the port of Hartlepool! At the same time, a regiment of the 1st Marine Division and the 516th Heavy Armored Battalion also crossed the Teez River."

"Great!" Hitler clapped his hands, "The British are finished now, we have won!"

Taking the British mainland is victory!

This is the consensus of the top German military and political leaders, because after taking over the British mainland, Germany can avoid the situation of fighting on two fronts. Although the battle with the United States in the Atlantic will continue, it is a struggle for sea power and will not endanger the empire. Basically, it won't hold much of the army and air force.

Because without the springboard of Britain, no matter how powerful the American industrial power was, it would be impossible to cross the Atlantic and land in Europe.

Moreover, Stalin has now sued for peace, and the problem on the Eastern Front now is nothing more than how far the empire can expand.

"Leader," Hessman smiled, "the British are not completely dead yet. They will launch a counterattack. They still have a little strength, and the Americans have not given up yet."

"American?" Hitler frowned in annoyance.

Negotiations between Hess and the U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, Kennedy, are still continuing. The latest price offered by the Americans is that they can stop aiding the Soviet Union - the condition is that Germany must stop aiding Japan, and then Germany will destroy the Soviet Union and the United States will massacre Japan. At the same time, Australia and New Zealand were under the control of the United States, and the United States and the United States would divide the world between them.

The conditions sound good, but how can it be easier to destroy the Soviet Union than to destroy the Japanese?

According to the plan of the German General Staff, the ultimate goal of the summer offensive in 1943 was Stalingrad. Even if it could be achieved, it would only seize Ukraine and cut off the connection between the Caucasus oil producing areas and Moscow.

To destroy the Soviet Union, Moscow and Leningrad must be captured at the same time. Leningrad is easier, after all, it has been besieged. Capturing Moscow was an absolutely impossible task in 1943. Under the most optimistic scenario, this was a goal that could only be accomplished before the winter of 1944, and it might even be delayed until 1945.

It seems easier for the United States to destroy Japan. 1943 was when the "dumpling ship" Essex class and Independence class were put into service in large numbers. Moreover, the United States now has several fighter jets that can defeat the Zero, such as P51, P47, F4U, F6F, etc.

Without the restraints of the European and Atlantic battlefields, the Americans would devote 100% of their power to attacking Japan. I am afraid that Japan may not be able to survive even 1943. According to the analysis of the German General Staff and the German Naval Command, Japan The defense of the homeland may be able to sustain until 1945, but the combined fleet will definitely not be able to sustain it until 1944 in the face of the overwhelming naval and air superiority of the United States. Once the combined fleet is destroyed, the Japanese Empire will have no choice but to wait for death.

In addition, Hersman also raised the possibility that the Soviet Bolsheviks would very likely retreat to the Far East and Eastern Siberia, and then join the U.S. camp together with their East Asian allies.

In this way, the United States will own North and South America, Oceania, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Northeast Asia after the world war. Controls far more land, population and resources than Germany and the European Community.

Moreover, in order to eliminate the Soviet Union, Germany would definitely pay millions of casualties, which would be extremely detrimental to Germany's future dominance of Europe!

Finally, how to digest the tens of millions of Russians after the collapse of the Soviet Union is also a big problem. If we want to eliminate it, I am afraid it will chill the hearts of the people of all European countries. If not eliminated, the Germans will become a minority in the European Community...

Therefore, after some weighing, the opinion of the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff is to seriously weaken but not destroy the Soviet Union, and at the same time, it is necessary to unite Japan to contain the United States.

"The United States is not trustworthy," Hessman went on to put forward a point that everyone knows. "They deceived Mr. Hess last time. There is no guarantee that the peace talks this time are sincere. One of our submarines was in a few An hour ago, another American transport fleet was discovered crossing the Atlantic, five of which were suspected to be aircraft carriers!

"Five aircraft carriers!?" Hitler's good mood suddenly disappeared. Why couldn't the Americans defeat all the aircraft carriers?

It turned out that the USS Essex, USS Princeton, USS Belleau Forest, aircraft carriers USS Aquitania and USS Berengaria were discovered by the submarine. Among them, the USS Princeton and USS Belleau Forest were independent "dumpling ships". Class No. 2 and No. 3, these aircraft carriers are now loaded with tanks, aircraft, artillery and ammunition and are heading to Iceland. And... Roosevelt, the captain of the transportation group, is really talented! They are really rich!

In addition to the Independence class, which was originally planned to be used to break diplomatic relations, and is being launched with great fanfare, the No. 2 ship of the Essex class, the Valiant, has also begun sea trials and will be put into service soon. According to the plan, by the end of December 1943, the U.S. Navy would have 9 Essex-class ships and 11 Independence-class ships. If Germany and the United States can reach an armistice agreement, the construction speed of dumpling ships will be accelerated!

"In addition, five cruisers of the European Combined Fleet each captured a T2 oil tanker and seized 50,000 tons of C3 fuel."

Hersman reported another "good news." However, Hitler shook his head repeatedly - the seizure of one T2 meant that more T2s would slip through the net... Hitler really didn't understand this world of American tycoons.

"The United States has unlimited potential," Hessman said with a wry smile. "If we don't curb it, our generation may not have to worry, but our children and grandchildren will definitely suffer as much as the Americans."

Hitler nodded, "And the Soviet Union! If we can't destroy it, we must also castrate its potential so that it will never be able to fight against us."

In fact, Hitler really wanted to destroy the Soviet Union, but the generals of the German Wehrmacht all said that it could not be destroyed, so he had no choice.

"Of course," Hessman smiled and said, "We will take over the entire Ukraine! That is the only place suitable for the Soviet Union to develop industry."

This has been proven by history. The Soviet Union, which owns Ukraine, is a superpower that can confront the United States. However, Russia, which has lost Ukraine, cannot get up even if it has a great emperor. No matter how hard it is, it is just a Russian oil and gas company.

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"Yamamoto-kun, the Navy's 18th trial land attack should fly farther than this German plane, right?"

When Hitler and Herschmann set off for Cairo, the Fokker 42 aircraft on which Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and Navy Minister Isoroku Yamamoto were already flying over the Indian Ocean.

Hideki Tojo is extremely envious of this long-distance passenger plane that flies high, fast and is very comfortable. That's why I asked about the Type 18 land attack being developed on the way - the historical "Lianshan" long-range bomber. The Japanese Navy has put forward requirements for a range of more than 7,000 kilometers, a ceiling of more than 10,000 meters, a maximum speed of more than 580 kilometers per hour, and a bomb load of 4 tons.

"Actually, we have aircraft that fly farther than this Fokker 42." Isoroku Yamamoto smiled and said, "Our Type 2 large boat can fly 7,500 kilometers, which is the aircraft with the longest range in the world."

The aircraft with the longest range in the world is now the Me264 long-range bomber, which can fly 8,000 kilometers while carrying 5 tons of bombs! However, the Japanese still do not know the specific situation of Me264.

"Type 2 large boat?" Tojo shook his head, "It can't fly high and it's very slow... It's impossible to use it to bomb the mainland of the United States!"

"The United States is not the key," Yamamoto Isoroku said, "the key is the Panama Canal!"

Although the American "dumpling ships" are still running transportation, the Japanese combined fleet in the Pacific has already felt the pressure. Just three activities of destroying aircraft carriers caused the Japanese to lose hundreds of thousands of tons of cargo ships. If these Essex-class and Independence-class ships that have been put into active service like dumplings arrive in the Pacific, then Yamamoto Isoroku is not sure whether the Japanese Combined Fleet can fight on.

Therefore, preventing these "dumpling ships" from reaching the Pacific Ocean is Japan's biggest concern. And to attack the Panama Canal, it seems that the arrival of the "dumpling ships" can be delayed...