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On the evening of April 10, Hoffmann returned to Berlin. During his stay in Spain, he inspected the completely destroyed fortress of Gibraltar and held talks with Franco, who was "inspired" by the victory of the Axis and determined to "contribute" more, claiming that he had secretly mobilized his army, but wanted more help because of the lack of national strength and military strength.

Hoffman saw through his true intentions at a glance, but he did not want to debunk Franco's tricks, the Spaniards were in the best position for the Axis camp - the same standard "non-belligerents" as France, and he did not expect the Spanish National Army to be of much use, as long as Germany had access to Spanish airports, ports, resources and railways, and he did not want to carry such a big burden as defending the Iberian Peninsula, so he reassured Franco with a few words: on the one hand, it was unequivocally recognized that Spain had full sovereignty over Gibraltar, But Germany wants to use it; On the other hand, he said that he would give the Spaniards the treatment of Italy.

On this basis, the two sides reached a package deal: Spain produced the "Wheel of Will" according to the drawings provided by Germany, sent 1 million laborers to Germany, and opened the relevant military bases for German use; Germany gave Spain an additional 300,000 98K rifles, 10,000 MG34 machine guns and 300 artillery pieces.

Shortly after his arrival in Berlin, Dahlges reported Raeder's request for an audience and handed him two documents.

"What is this?"

Raeder replied: "This is a statement left by the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Navy, Hori Tsukiyoshi, after the completion of the resupply in Sanstinto Sanjuri, that he intends to send it out to the Azores in the form of a clear code telegram tomorrow at noon, but I disagree with that. ”

"I'll take a look!"

The message was written in English, and by the time Hoffmann had been translated into German, but no one knew it, and in fact it could be understood by the Führer without translation.

Letter to the General Public of the United States of America and the Dominion of Canada in the British Empire

…… In order to retaliate against the unprovoked air raids of the British and American allies on the Axis countries, our naval fleet is now coming to fight back, and the immediate targets are mainly the coastal zones and related islands of the United States and Canada in the Atlantic region; because military operations cannot accurately distinguish between military and non-military targets, in order to avoid harming innocent people, the commanders of the Axis countries have decided to inform them in advance: The broad masses of people in the two countries are requested to immediately start dealing with this public notice, and those who can be evacuated should be evacuated to inland areas as much as possible, and those who cannot be evacuated should find the nearest air-raid shelters and artillery shelters for themselves. And prepare enough water and food for this......

In this attack, the range of naval artillery attack is 30 kilometers along the coast, and the target of the attack by carrier-based aircraft is 300 kilometers along the coast.

The commanders of the Axis countries deeply regretted the loss of life and property that might result from the attack, and asked the people of the two countries to seek compensation from their own governments after the fact, which should bear all the losses they should bear in order to satisfy the ulterior secrets and desires of the black arms dealers, monopoly oligarchs, opportunistic politicians, and ambitious officers.

In addition, the entire territory of the Atlantic Ocean will be designated as a war zone from now on, and the merchant ships of the allied countries are requested to avoid it immediately, so as not to be sunk by our troops......

As for the military objectives of the two countries, please do not worry, the governments of the United States and Canada have forged a strong line of defense with countless tax revenues, which can fully play the role of guarantees, and the military forces of the Axis countries have come to conduct special audits and inspections on behalf of independent third parties...... In the previous battles, we have assisted in the acceptance of many warships, including the USS South Dakota, the USS Washington, the USS Maryland, the USS Colorodora, the USS Massachusetts, the USS Texas, the USS Pennsylvania, the USS Tennessee and other warships......

Commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet: Admiral Horikichi Tsukichi

Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Navy: Admiral Iyakinso

Commander of the North Sea Fleet of the German Navy: Admiral Machar

"Interesting, interesting...... This Admiral Horikichi is a very interesting commander. ”

"But General Machar objected, as it would reveal the operational intent of our troops and lose the suddenness of the attack, and at the same time would put the fleet under a serious threat to the enemy, and would further irritate the Americans......"

"How did they deal with us before we provoked the Americans?" Raeder was speechless about this.

"Do you think Horikichi is going to fight or not after making this statement?"

"It's really not clear, the fleet has implemented radio silence as soon as it leaves the port, only receiving telegrams and not returning calls."

"Agree, ...... as it is"

"Führer, why?"

"Do you think the fleet hasn't been exposed yet? When passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, in Spain, Italy, Portugal, any link can leak out, I don't believe that the Americans are unaware of this, and now the question is, even if they perceive it, can they catch us and deal with us? ”

"This ......"

"This general knows politics and psychology far better than our generals." Hoffman suddenly asked an unrelated topic, "When is the U.S. election?" ”

"It was probably the fall of 1944 that Roosevelt would have run, and his opponent might have been Dewey." Raeder didn't know anything about this, and neither did Dahlgas, but Cole, who had been in the diplomatic service for a long time, quickly answered.

Raeder was stunned, he had no idea what the Führer meant by asking.

"If Horiyoshi is Dewey's chief staff officer in the campaign, maybe Dewey still has a chance to win."

Having said that, the poor naval commander could not continue, because the tradition of the German officer corps did not intervene in politics, and he did not understand democratic elections at all, so he could not understand what Horikichi was doing.

"Take it easy, my dear Admiral, the Japanese Navy has such a small amount of money, and it can't afford to lose more than us, and he won't come here nonsense - a fool can't be the commander of the Combined Fleet!"

"Sir, are you sure you really want to do this?" Commander Nagato, the chief of staff of the Combined Fleet, Kusaka, was also asking Horikichi in confusion.

"Do you know what the Sword of Damocles is?"

"Know...... Oh, I kind of get it. ”

"With our strength to attack the United States or the East Coast of Canada, the chances of causing substantial threat or destruction are almost zero. But do you know what the attitude of the Americans was after dropping bombs on Tokyo last year? ”

"In retaliation, the base camp initiated the Battle of Midway." Grass Deer either answered honestly.

"Although the Americans finally boasted that these bombers took off from Shangri-La, I don't have to guess that these planes actually took off from aircraft carriers, and those bombs in Tokyo were actually not destructive, but the impact caused was incomparable, remember the atmosphere at the beginning?"

The grass deer nodded his head, and he instinctively felt the clamor and hysteria.

"What do you think will happen to the American people if we bomb an important city in the United States?"

"Of course, angry shouting for revenge!"

"That's good, of course, but if you think back to what happened to Lieutenant General Uemura during the Riro War, maybe you won't think so."

Horiki is talking about a story from the past: during the Russo-Japanese War, on the eve of Japan's imminent victory, the Russian Vladivostok detachment sank the Japanese "Hitachi Maru" and "Sado Maru" (an army officer and soldier of a guard regiment was buried at the bottom of the sea and lost 18 siege guns) near the Tsushima Strait. When the Second Fleet, which was on duty to guard the strait, arrived at the scene, the Russian ships were long gone. Not only that, the Vladivostok squadron continued to sweep north along the west coast of Honshu, sinking 3 ships, intercepting 4 ships, and capturing 2 cargo ships before returning safely. The whole country of Japan was in an uproar, and the home of Vice Admiral Hikonosei Uemura, commander of the Second Fleet, was destroyed by angry people.

"I see! You're going to put pressure on Roosevelt, Admiral King, Nimitz, etc. ”

"To put enough pressure on the Americans to put resources on homeland defense, how many planes, shore artillery, anti-aircraft guns, and troops do you think the United States needs to make up for that shortfall -- these wasted resources will be hundreds of times more damaging than our offensive would do." "You haven't been to a democracy, so I don't know what kind ......of mentality they have, but I've not only been there, but I've experienced it myself."

"Berlin called back, the German Führer fully agreed with your proposal and assured the obedience of the German Navy to the command, I wish us all the best!"

"You see, the German Führer is still very reasonable...... "Horiyoshi nodded with satisfaction, "Prepare to attack west!" ”

Early the next morning, Washington time, as soon as Roosevelt was in office, he heard the chief of staff report in a frustrated manner: "President...... Something went wrong. ”

"What's going on?"

"Our newspaper and radio station received telegrams from the Japanese in clear code."

"What is it?"

"It's all here!" The chief of staff placed the "Notice" on Roosevelt's desk and whispered, "Now that all the telephones are blown up, the people are frantically asking whether the newspapers and radio stations are true." Members of the Senate and House of Representatives asked the Joint Chiefs of Staff to explain and refute the rumors! ”

"Bastard! Bastard! Bastard! Roosevelt tore the telegram to shreds, and he was an elected leader, and of course he knew how powerful Horiyoshi was: as soon as he said that he should not announce it to the public so as not to disturb the people's hearts, the Japanese gave him a surprise hand -- it was not the news that mattered, but the news that came from the mouth of the enemy. What's even worse is that the "Notice" also blatantly ridicules the recent defeat of the United States, which of course will anger the people, but once the people calm down and think, many things will be troublesome, why should public opinion be controlled in wartime and the people should not be allowed to listen to enemy Taiwan, this is the reason!

At this time, he envied the Japanese people, how obedient and docile they were! (To be continued.) )