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In the conference room, under the dim and low light, a full seat of US military dignitaries and senior government officials sat solemnly, staring at a copy of a telegram in front of everyone in a daze. President Truman, on the other hand, sat on the throne at the top of the conference table, as if he had suddenly aged ten years and remained motionless.

The transcript actually contained two telegrams, one for Lieutenant General Collins, commander of the Allied ground forces on the island of Newfoundland and commander of the U.S. Army's 6th Army, and Lieutenant General Walton, commander of the U.S. Army's 20th Army. Sent by Lieutenant General Walker.

The contents of both telegrams were much the same, reporting on the dropping of atomic bombs by the Germans in Concepson Bay. Moreover, both telegrams described the scene of the atomic bomb explosion - a 2,000-meter-high wall of water, a huge semi-circular condensation cloud, and nine consecutive tsunami-like waves crashing on the shore, the power of which reached 6,000-8,000 meters away, far more powerful than the previous estimates of American scientists!

The two American lieutenant generals also made the same judgment: if the atomic bomb had been exploded on land, the explosion would have covered an area of more than 100 square kilometers! If the bombing targets Manhattan, New York, it will flatten the entire Manhattan area and millions of people will die......

That is, the Germans now have a new atomic bomb that is 10 times more powerful than the 20,000-ton atomic bomb that was tested in the Algerian desert in 44! Its equivalent is likely to be 200,000 tons!

Even if the Germans, out of their Pan-Aryan stance, did not use the 200,000-ton yield atomic bomb in large cities like New York and Boston, they could still use them to destroy the American forces in Trinidad and Bermuda.

If two atomic bombs of the same yield exploded near the coastline of Trinidad and Bermuda, 2000 meters...... Or hundreds of meters of waves that will crash against the beach, and millions of tons of sea water and sand will destroy all the defenders!

In the face of such a terrifying murder weapon, the United States has no chance of winning!

No one spoke, and the air pressure in the conference room was getting lower and lower, almost to the point of being breathless. Suddenly, one heard President Truman's sigh: "Gentlemen, we lost the war, didn't we?" ”

No one answered his question.

"Lost, didn't you?" Truman raised his voice, "If yes, tell me about this president!" ”

Presidential Chief of Staff William. Leahy and War Bomb Wallace glanced at each other, Leahy sighed, and just as he wanted to speak, Wallace spoke first: "Mr. President, we haven't been defeated yet, we still have the Patriot program......"

"Minister, we've already lost!" Wallace's words were abruptly replaced by the president's chief of staff, William Brown. Leahy interrupted, and Admiral Leahy made the exact opposite judgment to Wallace this time. "The mines, submarines, and torpedo boats deployed by the Newfoundland fleet at the entrance to Concepson Bay could not withstand the power of the atomic bombing. Now there was nothing left to stop the German fleet from rushing into the bay, except for the 8 406mm cannons of Churchill Fortress. And as soon as their battleships enter the bay, it will be impossible for our ground forces to regain the western shore of Concepsin Bay. As soon as the west coast of Concepson Bay was lost, the Germans could easily transport large numbers of ground troops from Europe to Newfoundland. At the same time, the Me264 bomber, which can drop atomic bombs, can be deployed on Newfoundland!

So, we have lost the war. Now we have to admit defeat and fight again...... We're going to lose! ”

Wallace frowned, glanced at Truman, who was sitting on the throne without saying a word, and said, "If you admit defeat now, will 500 billion European marks be enough?" ”

Truman suddenly shuddered when he heard his question, 500 billion euromarks was certainly not enough. That was the price of peace before the atomic bomb was really dropped, and now that the Germans have shown the atomic bomb with a yield of 200,000 tons, how can the asking price not rise? Why do you want 1,000 billion European marks, right?

And the Germans have now landed on Canadian soil, and have drawn Britain into the coalition forces. If the United States admits defeat at this time, will Germany give up on "liberating" Canada?

"But we defeated!" William. "Do we have to wait until the atomic bomb reaches the mouth of the Hudson River before conceding defeat?" At that time, it will not be a question of 500 billion European marks or 1,000 billion European marks, but a question of 500 billion dollars or 1,000 billion dollars. ”

The Germans, through the Roman Empire, had long since made it clear that they would not use the atomic bomb on the major cities of the United States. Most of the top U.S. generals, including Raisi, also believe this.

Because the German army in this time and space was not cruel in its treatment of civilians, it had not yet launched a devastating bombing of a major city in a hostile country.

"We have countermeasures!" Wallace said, "It's time to start the Patriot program now!" ”

The senior generals of the US army, who were full of seats, were shocked when they heard Wallace's suggestion. The main content of the "Patriot" plan is to use bacteriological and chemical weapons to counterattack the large cities of continental Europe...... And this also means that Germany is likely to retaliate accordingly and raze New York and Washington with atomic bombs!

"Mr. Minister, are you crazy?" William. Leahy glared at Wallace, "Do you want the Germans to bomb our cities all to rubble?" Do you want the United States of America to be destroyed in our hands? ”

"Of course not!" Wallace also retorted loudly, "This is the position! It is the position of the American nation to resolutely resist foreign aggression and fight to the end against fascism and Nazis. Only by adhering to such a position will it be possible for us to win a decent peace! ”

"What kind of decent peace do you want until now?" William. Leahy rolled his eyelids, "Mr. Minister, we must end the war as soon as possible, the sooner the war ends, the smaller the losses of the United States!" ”

"But the power to ratify the peace treaty rests with Congress!" Wallace gritted his teeth, "It is the Republicans who now control Congress, and there are many people in the Democratic Party who are firmly opposed to humiliating peace. ”

The Democrats who resolutely opposed humiliating peace were Wallace's own faction, and in fact they were not opposed to losing money to the Germans, but to the repeal of New Deal legislation, which was the most staunch New Deal faction in the Democratic Party, and was resolutely opposed to the Democratic Party using the repeal of New Deal legislation as a condition in exchange for Republican support for peace.

And Wallace knew very well that once the Truman administration and the Democrats were determined to end the humiliating peace, they were in fact ready to sell out the interests of the American working people and seek compromise with the Republican Party that opposed the New Deal.

So Wallace had to make his position clear before Truman and the Democrats knelt down to beg the Republicans, and if he couldn't stop it (and Wallace didn't really want to stop it), he would have to resign as secretary of war and leave with a few like-minded Democratic congressmen to join the American Bolshevik Party.

The Democratic Party, having lost Wallace and some members of the Left Pai, will become even more fragile and likely to collapse before the 1946 midterm elections. The original political map of the Democratic Party would have been divided between the Bolshevik Party and the Fascist Party - the Democratic Party in this era had a somewhat strange composition of supporters, some of whom were Southern racists (because Lincoln was a Republican, they supported the Democratic Party); Some were the working people of the North, including blacks. In the event of the collapse of the Democratic Party, these two sections of the population will inevitably go to the Fascist Party and the Bolshevik Party.

From then on, the American political arena will change from a harmonious struggle between the two parties to a situation in which the two extreme parties are sandwiched between the Republican Party.

It is no exaggeration to say that this situation is more harmful than paying $1,000 billion in war reparations!

But President Truman is now powerless to prevent this political pattern from emerging in the United States, and he sighs, just wanting to put an end to Wallace and William. Leahy's controversy - in the form of a demand for Wallace's resignation! Chief of Naval Operations Ernest Murphy, who had not spoken in the conference room, had been silent. Kim suddenly shouted.

"Oh no, there's still our Task Force 56 in the Bay of Fundy!"

"Bay of Fundy?" Truman was a little puzzled.

"There is also the threat of German Me264 bombers taking off from the Azores!" Ernest. King said quickly and urgently, "As long as the tactics of shuttle bombing are adopted, the Germans can drop atomic bombs in the waters where Task Force 56 is located......"

Before the explosion of the Heisenberg Device-3, no one would have thought that the atomic bomb could pose any threat to the fleet at sea. After all, the formation of the fleet in combat operations is very scattered, and there will not be a few warships on a sea surface of a few or ten square kilometers, and even if they are bombed by atomic bombs, the losses will not be too great.

But the great bombing that took place in Concepson Bay showed that the Germans could destroy or severely damage ships within a range of 100 square kilometers. If a few had landed in the Bay of Fundy, Task Force 56 would probably have been gone. This is the main fleet of 10 Essex-class aircraft carriers!

"Task Force 56 must be saved!" Truman immediately roared, "We can't do without a fleet, or the United States will be slaughtered!" ”

The fleet was a tool used to support Newfoundland, and if it were not, Newfoundland would inevitably fall, and the fall of Newfoundland would likely be the beginning of a drastic change in Canada. This would deprive the United States of bargaining chips, and the amount of reparations would soar as a result.

"Can make the fleet dispersed......" Ernest. Kim just made a suggestion when he felt it was inappropriate. "The fleet can be dispersed, there are no problems with this. The capital ships of the United States have a speed of about 30 knots, and they can run more than 55 kilometers in an hour, and 100 kilometers in two hours are no problem.

However, once the fleet is dispersed, there is no way to form a huge anti-aircraft formation, and in the event of a surprise attack by a German carrier-based aircraft group, it will be in great trouble.