Hersman and Kesselring held secret talks in the defense minister's office, preparing to characterize the upcoming Soviet-German conflict. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info In the famous White Crane Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland, Rudolf Hess, a minister of the German Empire and a member of the Senate of the European Community, is meeting with the US ambassador to Switzerland, John F. Kennedy, a meeting - a secret, of course.

"It's impossible for the U.S. to give up its support for the UK, and you know, we have close economic, cultural and political ties with the U.K. Although not every American likes Britain, the 1940 election has shown that most Americans support Britain, which is the mainstream public opinion in the United States. Although President Roosevelt himself was unwilling to fight Germany, he could not defy the mainstream public opinion of the country. But we Americans have always been very realistic, and if Britain surrenders to the will of Germany, then we will no longer hold on meaninglessly......"

Kennedy's words actually sound quite reasonable, although virtue is now in a state of war, but the dawn of peace is not without - as if as long as England kneels and Prince Friedrich of Hohenzollern marries his Aunt Elizabeth, then the United States can only admit the reality.

Then the United States and Germany will happily divide the earth. Anyway, this earth looks quite big, enough to accommodate two superpowers.

"What we in the United States want is North and South America and around the Pacific Ocean." Kennedy was serious about saying "what the United States demanded."

Rudolph. Hess listened carefully, still holding a pen and notebook in his hand, and from time to time he recorded something.

"Pacific?" Hess heard Kennedy mention the Pacific Ocean and immediately asked, "Including the sphere of influence of the Japanese Empire?" ”

"The Japanese Empire must perish!" Kennedy said categorically, "You must stop aiding Japan...... In exchange, the United States would also stop aiding the Soviet Union. Then you go and clean up the cancer of GCISM in the Soviet Union, and we go to destroy the Japanese Empire. ”

"Mr. Kennedy," Hess asked as if he had heard something worthwhile, "can I understand that the United States supported Germany's attack on the Soviet Union?" ”

"Not for support, but not against." Kennedy shrugged, "Although I myself was in favor of the elimination of the Soviet Union, very much in favor of it!" But there will inevitably be competition between the United States and Germany in the future. So the United States will not support Germany in attacking the Soviet Union, just as you Germany will not support the United States in attacking Japan. ”

"I see." Hess nodded in satisfaction, and the outcome of today's meeting with Ambassador Kennedy was clearly satisfactory.

Although the United States, like the Soviet Union, is a powerful and dangerous country, after all, the United States and Germany are separated by an Atlantic Ocean, and it is impossible for them to attack each other's territory without overwhelming maritime superiority.

Germany and the Soviet Union, on the other hand, were neighbors on land, and the armies of both sides could easily attack their opponents. It can be said that if Germany does not collapse the Soviet Union, a powerful land neighbor, it will not be able to enjoy the fruits of victory in the world war with confidence and boldness.

Therefore, after defeating Britain, it seemed that making peace with the United States, abandoning Japan, and then concentrating on the Soviet Union was the most advantageous option for Germany.

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"Leader, I don't think it's possible to make peace with the United States under the current circumstances, and the United States will not negotiate with us sincerely." At a meeting of the high command that evening, Hersman bluntly expressed his "disbelief" in the proposal to make peace with the United States.

"Then why did Ambassador Kennedy negotiate with Hess in Geneva?" Adolph. Hitler looked at Hersmann and asked.

"I guess it was made for Stalin, right?" Hersman shrugged, "Geneva is a nest of spies, and the British, American, Soviet, and our spies have all set up spy networks and are well informed. Wherever Kennedy and Minister Hess met, Stalin's agents could not be hidden. ”

"Did the Americans want Stalin to know that they would make peace with us as soon as Britain yielded?" Hitler quickly guessed Roosevelt's intentions, which was in fact a "conspiracy". If Britain really kneels, the negotiations between the United States and Germany will not be fake, but real, and then Stalin will have to think about the confrontation with the whole of Europe.

"Roosevelt this liar ......" Hitler immediately realized that Rudolph . Hess was fooled again. When a figure of Hess's level had a secret conversation with Kennedy in Geneva, it was clear what Stalin would think.

"So will Stalin strike in the east?" Hitler looked at Hersmann and Kesselring and asked.

"The General Staff believes that the war on the Eastern Front is already on the verge of breaking out." Kesselring replied.

"On the verge?" There was a hint of nervousness in Hitler's expression, but it was quickly replaced by anger.

"Shouldn't we strike first?" Hitler's gray-blue eyes were fixed on Hersmann, "Can you fight a blitzkrieg like the Polish and French battles?" ”

"I can't." Hersmann's answer was very crisp. "The USSR is a powerful country with great depth, a large population and developed industrial strength, and after the completion of the 3rd Five-Year Plan of the USSR, both the Ural Industrial Region and the Second Baku Oil Field have reached a certain scale, which greatly enhances the ability of the USSR to conduct a protracted war, and it is impossible for us to defeat it with a blitzkrieg."

"But we have a Russian empress in our hands," Hitler said, "and she is the legitimate monarch of Russia, and there will always be someone to support her...... The Bolsheviks were brutal. ”

Thanks to Hersmann, Hitler had much more cards to play in his policy toward the Soviet Union than in history, not only most of the Poles and Ukrainians could be used by Germany, but even White Russia became a target for use because of Empress Olga. But Hersman did not believe that Olga and her White Russia could level the vast, populous, and complex Russia.

"Not too much," Hersman shook his head, "she's just a weak and failed empress." And the Russians embrace tough leaders who can bring victory to the country...... Stalin is such a leader now, so the Soviet people love him as a tyrant, and at least until he suffers the same defeat as Nicholas II, the vast majority of the Soviets will not abandon him.

And even if the Soviets abandoned Stalin, most of them would not support Olga, who failed like Stalin. If we insist on propping up Olga or some other political force that has no foundation in the Soviet Union, it will be a very costly choice, and it will be a choice that will not outweigh the losses. ”

"Then what should we do with those Bolsheviks?" Hitler asked in a calm voice.

"Not to aim at the destruction of the Soviet Union, to fight only a limited war, and to pursue a peace treaty that is beneficial to us." "There's been a plan in the blue plan for a long time...... We cannot fight a war in the USSR that cannot be ended. And for the war to end before we run out of steam, we need to set some easy-to-reach goals for victory.

If our aim is to overthrow the Bolsheviks in Russia and restore the Romanov dynasty. Then we will have to occupy the entire USSR, at least to advance the front to the Ural Mountains, to seize the main industrial regions of the USSR. And then we have to help Belarus build up an army and a government...... I think Empress Olga is bound to set up a corrupt, unpopular government that is stupid from top to bottom. By then, we will have to worry about the livelihoods of tens of millions of Russians and face a long guerrilla war. ”

In the "blue plan" developed under Hersman's leadership, only one or two "small goals" were to be achieved in the war against the Soviet Union, namely Ukraine-Western Belarus and the oil-producing regions of the Caucasus.

It is not to achieve two goals at the same time, but to be able to achieve the capture of the whole of Ukraine and Western Belarus, which originally belonged to Poland, is considered a victory, and the Caucasus oil-producing regions depend on the situation.

Hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of left-bank and right-bank Ukraine (a total of 600,000 square kilometers were introduced, and about 70,000 square kilometers now belong to the Galician-Western Ukrainian Kingdom, ruled by Germany) will be merged with Western Ukraine to form the Kingdom of Ukraine after the war, and then become part of the German Empire in the form of a republican union or state.

In this way, the mainland area of the German Empire, including the German State, Austria, Bohemia, Balticia, the Sinai Peninsula Reserve, the Cyprus Reserve, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of Poland (including Western Belarus), the Kingdom of Ukraine, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Slovenia, and the Grand Duchy of Slovakia, would exceed 1.8 million square kilometers.

Although it is not particularly vast, it has a relatively developed economy and a relatively moderate population, with 150 million to 160 million people, of which the Germanic or Germanic population is close to 100 million. With 100 million to assimilate 5-60 million, one generation and two generations will be successful.

If the whole European part of the Soviet Union were to be taken over, the Germans would become a minority in the future German Reich. Assimilating more than 200 million Slavs with less than 100 million Germans will not succeed no matter how you look at it. Therefore, it is better to choose the route of eating less and being easy to digest.

With a base of 1.8 million square kilometers and a population of 150 million to 160 million, plus Croatia-Hungary, Finland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Romania, and Bulgaria, as well as the subdued Britain and France, it will be possible to build a European Community with the Greater German Empire as the core in a few decades after the end of the world war, and even have the opportunity to turn the European Community into a federal unified state. (To be continued.) )