Keitel asked Hoffman: "Are the British and American officers and soldiers really lenient as long as they surrender with leaflets?" ”

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"There must be a lot of counterfeiters in there."

"It doesn't matter if it's fake." Hoffman laughed, "When a soldier has an enemy leaflet to keep his life awaited, what can you expect him to fight to the end?" These words are not so much for the enemies of Africa as for those who remain on American soil! They also have millions of troops amassed on their own soil, all ethnic groups, and guess who Roosevelt can safely send to war? ”

Keitel was stunned for a moment, then laughed, he didn't ask the enemy, "What should we do if we do the same?" "This kind of stupid question, not to mention the arrogant and victorious German officers and soldiers will not have this kind of thought, when the African war is over, the German and American armies will disengage, and there will be no one who can make people surrender.

Neither Hoffmann nor Goebbels expected that the "Voice of Europe" they set up would have such a big impact on the United States:

After the bombing of Berlin and the war in Africa, the number of Americans listening to the "Voice of Europe" skyrocketed, especially at 12 o'clock in the evening, and the hearts of families who had relatives in the army, especially in the Eighth Air Force or in Africa, were tightened.

In the mainstream media, "Time Magazine" publicly reported on the war ahead and the tragic situation of the American military in Africa, although the slogan is still a call to persevere to the end and fight back, but the confidence is already insufficient, the radio station then followed up, the host proposed to use the traditional way of hanging yellow ribbons to pray for the front line, as a result, the next day the big trees in major cities were hung with yellow ribbons looking forward to the safe return of their loved ones.

Although the FBI under Hoover's control did its best to interfere with the radio station, and at the same time explicitly ordered a ban on listening to "enemy stations," there was always unstoppable news circulating quietly, and even government departments, the media, and members of the National Guard themselves were organizing to listen to them, and for the FBI, which had only more than 1,000 people, it was obviously a thankless task to go door-to-door, not to mention that the people's radios could not really be confiscated -- the president's own "fireside chats" had to be disseminated by radio.

The only thing that worked in Hoover's favor was that his idea of tightening surveillance and press control was embraced by more and more lawmakers, and the funding was quickly disbursed, the staff expanded rapidly, and Hoover even knew that there were some Ku Klux Klux Klan elements mixed in, but he pretended not to see it. As for the news published by Time Magazine, it was also allowed to go under the nod of Hoover, for the simple reason that some bad news must be released, not at all, and the news full of praise of victory is too different from the facts, for fear that it will cause public opinion to stir up -- even a pressure cooker must be equipped with a pressure reducing valve.

Roosevelt's health has been less than ideal since he passed out and was hospitalized the last time, and although he still insists on working, he has heard bad news, which inevitably makes him more anxious, and the latest bad news is brought by his confidant, William Joseph Donovan, the director of the U.S. Strategic Intelligence Bureau, who was only established during the war.

"The situation of German radio has been preliminarily ascertained: the headquarters is in Berlin, there are three relay stations in Spain, Portugal and the Azores, and the signal has been greatly strengthened, and at the same time several frequencies have been added, and we cannot deal with it except for the Azores which we can bomb." Donovan smiled bitterly, "And the Azores transit table seems to be on a boat, such a large body of water, and it is working at nighttime, and it can't catch it." ”

"Hell, have you made diplomatic contacts with Spain and Portugal?"

"After being approached, the other party said that freedom of the press is also a commercial activity, and there is no way to interfere, and we can also set up a transit station with them if we need to!"

"A bunch of bastards!" Roosevelt was so angry that he smoked.

Hoover had already told him that broadcasting to Germany was of little use, that the Germans did not have a high share of radios, that many radios on sale did not even have a shortwave band, and that the other side could not listen to them at all. With the Gestapo's all-pervasive posture, how could any German dare to listen to the "enemy Taiwan"? Taking 10,000 steps back, even if there are Germans willing to listen to American radio, what will it report? Repeating the teachings of the Free Democrats and smearing the Führer and the National Socialist Party had no effect at all. In the final analysis, the needs of Germans and Americans are different, Germans are not afraid of war, they want victory, they want to be strong, and the United States can only gain a bunch of white eyes with the call of free people-Lord. Moreover, the United States does not have to look to Portugal and Spain if it really wants to set up a transit station, and the United Kingdom is a better transit station.

"Radio is still a trivial matter, anyway, the situation on the front line can't hide from the ubiquitous media, as long as it is effectively controlled, the situation can be stabilized, and the worse thing is the other two pieces of intelligence." Donovan cautiously raised his mouth, then looked at the exhausted Roosevelt, and looked very hesitant.

"You say......" Roosevelt smiled bitterly, "I can hold on!" ”

"The first is the problem of intelligence leakage, the day before yesterday, that is, on May 17, the Royal Air Force dispatched more than 130 heavy bombers to carry out the bombing operation of the Ruhr dam, which was supposed to reconnoiter the German defense force in this area in advance, but on the same day, the low-altitude raid aircraft group encountered nearly 200 enemy planes and improvised anti-aircraft artillery units in a precise ambush, and only 21 planes safely returned to the UK, and the losses were heavier than the Berlin air raid......

Roosevelt slapped the arm of his chair and muttered, "Intuitively, I think there's something wrong with that." ”

Hoover was nervous: "Is the British side tracking down the leakage of intelligence from the Eighth Air Force?" Through this incident, I suspect that the same spy was responsible for the Berlin air raid. ”

Donovan nodded: "The British are also so suspicious, but the tracking situation is not ideal, the news of the air attack on the dam, except for the specific implementation force, is only known to the senior level of the Royal Air Force, the senior level of the General Staff and the senior level of the Cabinet, and even our people do not know, coupled with the tracking of the failure of the Berlin operation, MI5 determined that the news leaked at the level of the senior staff or the senior cabinet - all of them are big people." ”

"The bombing of the Azores was also very unsmooth, German jet fighters had appeared on the island, and the Royal Air Force bombers suffered equally heavy losses because they were not escorted by fighters." Donovan said with a wry smile, "When the Eighth Air Force retreated, the British were left with hundreds of heavy bombers, and within a few days, more than 200 were lost. According to the analysis, Big C believes that the previous super secret was also destroyed because someone leaked the news - he thinks that this character is of a very high level. ”

"How high?"

"The core ministers of the cabinet, the chief of the British armed forces and the main staff officers, the range of suspicion does not exceed 20 people...... Donovan explained, "and before the investigation, Prime Minister Churchill had ordered a moratorium on the massive bombing of the European continent to avoid unnecessary losses." Now a close internal investigation is underway, and even the prime minister's secretary and adjutant are no exception, but there are no clues. ”

"That's really bad news." Hoover sighed.

"The second bad news is that the Combined Fleet is back in Japan."

"Really? When? ”

"May 17, 9 a.m. Italian time." Donovan explained, "Germany and Italy organized a farewell ceremony, Hitler and Mussolini both appeared, and it was a lively scene, and yesterday the newspaper published the news, and our people also mixed in, and after repeated confirmation, the news was sent back." ”

"This news is very important, and we will convene an emergency meeting to discuss specific response strategies."

After listening to the information about the combined fleet, Admiral Kim frowned: "Could it be another conspiracy to fake a shot?" ”

"I'm afraid it's true this time, and two days later our intelligence officers in Greece also saw the mighty fleet, and there was another chance to check whether it was true -- the fleet had to go through the Suez Canal to return to the Far East, and it should cross the canal in a week at normal times, and I have told our people to keep an eye on it." Donovan's mood is obviously not very high, "After Germany took control of Egypt, there were many fewer British expatriates and pro-British people, coupled with the pervasive infiltration of the Gestapo, the loss of intelligence officers was very large, and it was unrealistic to send them in the short term, and Egypt's voice of friendship with the allies was very weak now." In the past, we had a huge power in the open, and the Germans could only sneak around, but now the situation is reversed, and many people can't adapt to it. ”

"No matter how difficult it is, you have to persevere." Roosevelt sighed and asked thoughtfully, "Whether the Japanese go back to the Far East, they mingle with the Germans, and the pressure on us in the Atlantic is too great." ”

"I can't jump to such a simple conclusion, I'm afraid there will be more trouble." Admiral King walked to the map, pointed to the location of South Africa, and said, "The Germans have taken control of the northern line of Tanganyika, numbering no less than 20,000, and then there is Guderian's Afrika Korps in the direction of Kenya, and at least more than 80,000 mechanized troops, and Ike is already retreating - this means that we have no defense in the interior of Africa, and the enemy can pounce on South Africa next." ”

"South Africa?" Everyone was thoughtful.

"How's the withdrawal going?" Roosevelt turned to Arnold and asked.

"It went well, as of 17 o'clock local time on the 19th, we have successfully transferred more than 6,300 ANZAC troops, and more than 3,000 wounded were transferred before that." Arnold, who had been worrying about the main artery in the air in Africa for days, had completely sunken his eye sockets.

"What about our people? What about George? ”

"The second retreat." Marshall added, "Ike sent me a telegram that British Army Lieutenant General Ramsden had offered to stay and lead his troops to surrender, with the only request being for the ANZ troops to be the first to retreat. ”

"Bastard, how can you agree to such conditions?" The angry Admiral Kim was the first to scold, and now he no longer cares about himself and is not in charge of the army's affairs at all.

"I agreed to this, and the president approved it." Marshall said helplessly, "We must always leave the troops to block, if our army retreats first, I am afraid that the troops of Australia, New Zealand, and Britain will collapse at once, so that no one can escape in the end, and the current situation, order can still be maintained." ”

The hearts of the people were heavy, and they couldn't say a word. (To be continued.) )