Chapter 1172: Must Land in North America

“…… I now repeat the words of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence - the small group of patriots, outnumbered many years ago who, like us, were as sure of the final victory: 'Resolutely relying on God's blessing, we swear to one another our lives, our wealth, and our holy honor. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info'"

Truman's booming voice carried a touch of sacredness to the radio, and it was full of passion and energy, in stark contrast to the last impression of the recently departed President Roosevelt.

This is Harry. Recordings of Truman's speeches delivered at his campaign headquarters after being elected the 32nd president of the United States were sent to Europe by transport plane from the Roman Embassy in the United States. On the morning of November 8, a tightrope tape containing Truman's election speech was delivered to Hitler's chancellery.

"Hehe, he is actually sure of victory!" In Martin. After Bowman clicked off the tightrope tape recorder, Adolf. Hitler's mocking voice rang out. "Such a stupid person who doesn't know what to do has become the president of the United States!"

Rudolph. "Hess is not yet president," Hess said. The current president is still Wallace, the Bolshevik. ”

"Bolsheviks? Even Stalin did not dare to be our enemy, and Wallace, the American Bolshevik, dared to be arrogant? Marshal, should we immediately resume missile attacks on the US homeland? ”

Hersmann also came to the Chancellery, and hearing Hitler's question, he nodded: "Chancellor, missile attacks on the United States will soon resume." And we are going to attack not only the continental United States with missiles, but also land on the North American continent! ”

"Really going to land on the North American continent?" Adolph. Hitler had long known that the General Staff was preparing an operational plan for an attack on the North American continent, but he did not think that it would actually be carried out.

"Now it seems like a must." Hersman replied in the affirmative, "How else are we going to end the war?" Is it okay to just let the United States go, and then tolerate a powerful intercontinental country that is hostile to us to continue to grow and develop? ”

Of course, Germany can now make peace with the United States without seriously damaging the United States -- this is something that the United States cannot ask for -- but what will happen after making peace? The Cold War between the United States and Germany? In Hersmann's view, this result was very unfavorable for Germany. Because the United States of Europe has not yet been truly established, while the United States of America has long been a unified whole, and has absolute dominance on the North American continent.

If the United States and Germany replace the hot war with a cold war, the probability that Germany will lose the struggle in the end and follow in the footsteps of the Soviet Union is still quite high!

Hitler said: "But the risk of landing on the North American continent seems too great......"

"The risk is big, and the benefit is great!" Hersman said firmly, "If we attack from the Caribbean, the United States will most likely retain its hegemony on the North American continent in the end." ”

Letting the United States keep North America was Hitler's acceptable bottom line of peace -- reparations were of course necessary, otherwise the Euromark would not have become the first hard currency, and the capital of the entire United States of Europe would be insufficient.

But Hersman wanted to go one step further and limit the United States to its mainland and its dependencies in the Hawaiian Islands, the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. At the same time, it will return Canada to the bosom of Europe, which is still de jure a British dependency, supporting George VI rather than Elizabeth II.

Although the United States is still a continental power with abundant resources, a large population, and a developed industry, it is completely incomparable to the American Empire, which controls North America or North and South America.

Moreover, the United States, which has lost its leading position in the Americas, has also lost a large foreign market that can fully expand its economy. The United States of Europe, which controls Canada and South America, could create a supermarket that includes most of Europe, most of Africa, the Middle East, India, South America, Australia, and half of North America.

If the United States does not want to be excluded from this supermarket, then it will have to "learn German well" and abide by the international order set by Germany. Given the degree of racial and linguistic similarity between the two sides, the probability that the United States will eventually become part of the German-led world order is still very high.

Therefore, the use of atomic bombs to destroy many large American cities is not Hersman's first choice, and it is Hersman's best policy to subdue the United States with conventional war, and then use atomic bombs to intimidate the American people and force them to give up their dream of hegemony forever.

"Well," Hitler was silent for a moment, "under what circumstances should we use the atomic bomb?" ”

Germany's current atomic bomb policy is rather "special" -- in fact, it is not special, after all, Germany is the only one that has an atomic bomb -- the "nuclear button" is not kept by the Reich Chancellor, and in fact there is no such button, but it is stipulated that the use of the atomic bomb must be ordered in writing by the Reich Chancellor and the Chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht.

"After landing on the North American continent, of course," Hirschman advised, "because only by seizing Newfoundland could Europe be ensured that Europe would not be countered by American bacteriological weapons." ”

The United States today is different from Japan, which was bombed by atomic bombs in the past, and Japan was powerless to fight back against the United States, while the United States still has the power to fight back against Europe. The American B-29s could break through European air defenses at night, and if the fuel on the return trip was not taken into account, the B-29s could even break through from Newfoundland to Berlin - the distance between the two places was about 4,700 kilometers. It is not enough for the B-29 to fly back and forth with a bomb, but it is more than enough to fly one way. Although Germany is currently preparing to deploy an air defense system codenamed "Atlantic Barrier" on the west coast of the European continent (including Ireland), the system will include hundreds of large radar stations and 200 surface-to-air missile positions and more anti-aircraft artillery positions, as well as more than 2,000 high-altitude and high-speed interceptors (Me262 and He219) and early warning aircraft.

However, even if the "Atlantic Barrier" air defense system is deployed, it cannot guarantee 100% of the B-29s that invade Europe. After all, the current radar technology is still very rudimentary, not only the detection accuracy is limited, but also false alarms often occur, and there is no 100% detection rate at all.

And if a B-29 loaded with plague fleas and anthrax spores breaks through to Berlin or the Rhine area, the consequences are unimaginable!

In order to completely eliminate the possibility of breaking through the "Atlantic barrier", it is necessary to seize the island of Newfoundland and even the Nova Scotia Peninsula, which is part of the North American continent.

Hitler thought for a moment and then asked, "When are you going to carry out your plan to land in North America?" ”

"After the spring equinox next year." Hersman replied, "After the vernal equinox, the climate in the North Atlantic will be better for transoceanic expeditions." And' Adolf. The Hitler's aircraft carrier will also be equipped with troops, and the Me262HG-2 carrier-based jet fighter will be able to provide strong air cover for the landing fleet. ”

"Adolf. The "Hitler" aircraft carrier is a "70,000-ton aircraft carrier" modified from the hull of the H41 battleship, also known as the "E Voyage". The Hitler was its lead ship, hence the name "Adolf. Hitler".

Unlike the previous B and B41 ships, Adolf. The Hitler-class was designed from the outset to be a carrier-based aircraft carrier, so it used a beveled deck and a high-powered hydraulic catapult - this new hydraulic catapult could accelerate a load weighing up to 10 tons (the Me262T's combat weight was 10 tons) from 100 meters to 115 kilometers per hour, and if you add the power of the Me262T carrier-based jet fighter itself, it was enough to accelerate the aircraft to 250 kilometers per hour in 100 meters, enough for the aircraft to take off from the deck of the aircraft carrier.

Because the hydraulic catapult can temporarily meet the needs of jet aircraft to take off, Adolf. Instead of a skid take-off runway as originally envisaged, Hitler adopted a regular straight deck.

In addition to the Me262T carrier-based fighters, the Me410T carrier-based fighter-bombers, which can carry Hs293A1 air-to-ship missiles and Hs293H air-to-air missiles, were also sent to Adolf. Hitler-class aircraft carriers. With these two high-performance fighter/fighter-bomber aircraft in place, the combined European fleet will be able to take its combat capability to the next level, enough to support the landing on Newfoundland.

"The vernal equinox is March 20," Hitler said after a moment's thought, "which means that there are still four months left?" ”

"Yes, 4 months to go!" Hersman nodded.

These four months are the time when the European Community prepares for the final showdown, and it is also the time for Hitler and Mussolini to fight for a bloodless victory for Europe, and of course, it is also reserved for Harry, who will succeed as President of the United States. Truman's precious time.

Now that he's been elected president, he's just waiting to take over a huge, too big mess from Wallace to clean up.

It was impossible for Truman to make good on the unrealistic promises he had made during the election campaign. But he found it difficult to break his promise right away! Because the election held on November 6, 1944, has changed the political landscape of the United States forever.

The era of the Republican and Democratic monopolies has passed, and although the Bolsheviks and the state fascist party are not yet capable of winning the White House, these two extremist parties have taken advantage of the good situation of domestic politics in the United States to tear apart the confrontation and make it to the Senate and the House of Representatives, and have also won seats in many state legislatures.

Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats have a majority in either House of Representatives, which means that the Democrats simply cannot afford to pass a humiliating peace treaty in Congress.