The source of the German army's atomic bomb on the Avalon Peninsula is US President Harry Truman!

Immediately after his phone call with Kennedy, he convened an emergency military meeting of the Cabinet. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 At the beginning of the meeting, he first announced that he had learned through "secret channels" that Germany would use the atomic bomb again on the Avalonian Peninsula.

Since Truman's "secret information" was confirmed last time, no one dared to take it lightly this time. Marshall immediately hung up the phone with the Army General Staff and asked them to give an order to the Allied Northeast North American Command: to ask the Allied officers and soldiers on the Avalon Peninsula to make all preparations for the defense against atomic bombing!

However, everyone knows that the Allied officers and soldiers on the Avalon Peninsula had no good way to defend themselves against the Germans' atomic bombs except to dig a pit! And the Germans were able to use more than just a few 200,000-ton atomic bombs on the Avalon Peninsula, they also had a powerful fleet sailing off Concepson Bay.

The U.S. Navy has completely collapsed after the explosion in the Bay of Fundy, with two of the 10 Essex-class aircraft carriers of the 56th Task Force sinking six seriously damaged, twenty or thirty cruisers and destroyers, and more than 20 seriously damaged. The entire task force has completely lost its combat effectiveness and is now dispersing and retreating towards the Norfolk base.

As for Task Force 11, which was originally planning to reinforce Newfoundland, and Task Force 57, which was preparing to raid the Azores, they have now abandoned operations and are retreating in the direction of the Caribbean.

In other words, Newfoundland has become an island! And it will soon be attacked by the overwhelming superiority of the European Community Navy. Even if the Germans had not bombed the Churchill naval fortress with atomic bombs, relying on battleships and missile ships, they would have knocked out the Churchill fortress and opened the way into Concepson Bay.

In fact, shortly after the atomic bombing of Concepson Bay, the German S-100 torpedo boats, piloted by naval officers and men in full radiation suits, ventured into Concepson Bay to attack the remaining British ships. The Fokker 636, which took off from the aircraft carrier, also joined the operation in Concepson Bay with bombs. By sunset on the 29th, the British fleet in Concepson Bay was basically incapacitated, and the only force that could stop the German landing in the bay was the artillery of the Churchill naval fortress.

What is even more worrying is that these cannons, which can defend Concepson Bay, are not in the direct control of the US military!

"Just now, I have instructed the Secretary of State to make a request for peace to Germany through the Imperial Roman Embassy (currently based in Chicago), with the confidence that a general ceasefire will soon be achieved......"

When Marshall returned to the room, President Truman was briefing cabinet members and the military top brass on the progress of the peace quest — he certainly couldn't tell everyone that he was in direct contact with Hitler through secret channels, which were not under the supervision of the U.S. State Department and Congress, and were violating the law. So Truman only spoke of the open progress of the peace seeking, that is, through the State Department and the Roman Embassy in the United States, and then through Rome as an intermediary to Germany for peace.

And this formal and open channel of peace, while not exposing the president to a judicial crisis, has the problem of inflexibility and slow response. There is a risk that the United States will miss the best time to make peace – in fact, the United States has missed the best time, and if it drags on any longer, the situation will only get worse.

In addition, Truman also learned through various channels that on the German side, Chancellor Hitler of the "Lord-Peace faction" was actually constrained by the "warmongering" Juncker military clique in Germany, and he also needed a channel through which he could avoid the Junkers' military clique's sight and have direct contact with the US president. This was what prompted Truman to venture out and establish a secret channel of communication with Hitler.

And since it was a secret channel, Truman could not disclose the contents of the private agreement he had reached with Hitler at a cabinet military meeting. As a result, he would have great difficulty in fulfilling his promises to Hitler.

Now, for example, he cannot openly say that the surrender of the Avalon Peninsula is a prerequisite for a ceasefire, because open ceasefire negotiations have not yet begun.

So Truman could only fulfill his promise to Hitler by directly intervening in the same unorthodox method of operational command.

"Since a ceasefire is imminent," Truman said, glancing at Admiral Marshall, who had just finished talking on the phone with the Army Staff, with a sad face, "so we should avoid unnecessary casualties, and now is the time to withdraw the American ground forces on the Avalonian Peninsula." ”

"Mr. President......" Marshall was shocked to hear, "the Avalon Peninsula is only 1,800 kilometers from New York, and if we abandon it, the Germans will have a stronghold for an atomic attack on New York." ”

"Admiral, I know how close the Avalon Peninsula is to New York." Truman said angrily, "But can we hold the Avalon Peninsula?" The German atomic bombs would soon raze the naval fortress of Churchill to the ground, and by then we would still lose the peninsula. He paused, and said in an unusually gloomy tone, "But I doubt that the British, who guarded Churchill's Fortress, were determined to suffer atomic bombs for the sake of America." Colonel Donovan, what do you think? ”

This is indeed a problem!

Marshall looked at Donovan, the director of strategic intelligence, who shook his head and said, "The British troops guarding the fortress are relatively reliable, but that was before the atomic bomb exploded......"

The atomic bomb not only destroyed the Churchill naval fortress (in fact, the 20,000-ton yield Heisenberg device did not have such power, but the British and American sides overestimated the power of the German atomic bomb because the underwater explosion scene of the atomic bomb was too large), but also destroyed the hope of victory and draw!

Now the United States will definitely lose, the question is just how much to lose. And the British (Canadians), who fought with the United States, were in an even more desperate situation, not only facing defeat, but also threatening to become traitors to the country. Because they lost not only a world war, but also a war of succession.

If they don't want to be sinners of their country for the rest of their lives, it would be a good way out to submit to Queen Elizabeth II in time.

"Retreat from the Avalonian Peninsula!" Truman saw that Marshall had nothing to say, so he simply made his own decision, "This is my order, and the Army Staff just has to carry it out!" ”

"Yes, sir." Marshall stood up, gave Truman a military salute, and then picked up his military hat and left the conference room once more to give what was later believed to be the order to accelerate the United States into the abyss.

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British Vice Admiral Fraser's Tribal-class destroyer USS Athabasca escaped the catastrophe when it hid behind Belle Island during the nuclear explosion in Concepson Bay.

But the Germans' atomic bombs still dealt a severe blow to the psychology of all British officers and soldiers on the Avalon Peninsula, including Lieutenant General Fraser, and plunged them into complete despair.

The spirit of "destroy the enemy" that the British Royal Navy has always been proud of has also disappeared with the explosion of the atomic bomb. The ships that survived the nuclear explosion on the sea (including the American torpedo boats integrated into the Newfoundland fleet) rushed to the nearest beach without waiting for Fraser's order, and regardless of whether there was a port or not, they directly put their ships on various tidal flats, and then abandoned ship and fled—there was no place to hide from the atomic bomb at sea, so it was better to get ashore quickly!

Vice Admiral Fraser, on the other hand, was a little stronger, and finally did not let the "Athabasca" run aground on the beach, but let the warship sail into the port of Portugal, the closest to the naval fortress of Churchill. After getting off the ship, he asked his men to find a few cars, and then went straight to the Churchill naval fortress.

When he arrived at the panicked Churchill Naval Fortress, he found that the fortress seemed to be empty! The British soldiers who were supposed to be on duty outside the fortress didn't know where to run? Lieutenant General Fraser's car made its way through several unmanned checkpoints, and was finally blocked at the entrance to the core of the fortress, which was closed and no one was on duty at the checkpoint outside the gate.

"What's going on? What about people? Where have all the people gone? Lieutenant General Fraser asked loudly as he looked at the closed gate and the surrounding empty trenches, anti-aircraft positions, anti-tank gun positions and lookout posts.

"Probably all dodged the atomic bomb, right?" Fraser's chief of staff, Colonel Cook, guessed the reason.

The British troops at sea were afraid of the atomic bomb, and of course the British troops inside the fortress were also afraid! Moreover, the hasty withdrawal of the Allied Newfoundland Ground Forces Command, previously led by Lieutenant General Collins of the US Army, from the fortress also seriously hit the morale of the British troops in the fortress. Everyone thought that Churchill Naval Fortress was the next target of atomic bombing.

Therefore, after the nuclear explosion in Concepson Bay, all the British officers and soldiers who were originally stationed on the surface of the fortress went to the underground core bunkers to hide from the atomic bomb. Not only were the positions on the perimeter of the fortress unguarded, but even the four most important twin 406mm armored turrets and the fortress radar station were empty.

Suffice it to say that the Churchill naval fortress is now in an undefended state, and if the Germans now throw a company of airborne troops, the fortress will change hands.

"It's so shameful, how can a soldier of the British Empire be so afraid of death?" Figuring out the situation, Fraser was furious, but there was nothing he could do to deal with the British soldiers who were hiding from the atomic bomb. Because he can't enter the fortress now, and his people who want to give orders can't hear it.

Just when he was angry, someone next to him suddenly shouted: "Air raid! Air raid! ”

Fraser hurriedly raised his binoculars and looked into the dark sky - he wanted to see if it was the Me264 that dropped the atomic bomb, and if so, he would be dead. However, he was stunned when he saw it, and it turned out that what appeared in the air were three Short "Sunderland" seaplanes painted with the British Royal Navy mark.

Chapter 1272: The catastrophe is coming, and they fly separately

Now it's the Royal Navy's seaplanes attacking the British Royal Navy's forts!

Lieutenant General Fraser looked at the Schott "Sunderland" seaplane hovering in the air, and suddenly had a feeling of unreality. Because the anti-aircraft artillery positions of the fortress were now unmanned, there was no anti-aircraft fire to prevent the three SCHOTT "Sunderland" seaplanes from approaching the fortress. Several of Fraser's lieutenants and staff officers rushed up to set up Fraser and tried to find a place to hide, but were pushed away by the British vice admiral who was angry.

"I'm not going anywhere, just here, let the British bombs up!" Lieutenant General Fraser shouted his "wish", but unfortunately the British bulletin in the sky did not bring bombs, and what was dropped was leaflets. The content of the leaflet is the edict of Queen Elizabeth II!

In the edict, the Queen ordered the officers and men of the "astray Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force" stationed in the Canadian Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force to immediately pledge allegiance to her and join in the cause of liberating the Dominion of Canada. At the same time, the queen also assured that all British officers and soldiers who had taken refuge in her would retain their original ranks and all their glory, and that they would be properly resettled after the war, and that they would not be held accountable for their experience of being deceived and used by the American invaders.

In short, if you abandon the darkness and join the camp of Elizabeth II now, you will be a good comrade of the British Empire.

If they refuse to join, Her Majesty's army will immediately land and destroy them, traitors to the British Empire!

After handing over a mimeographed edict to his chief of staff, Colonel Cook, Lieutenant General Fraser smiled bitterly: "If we defeat Her Majesty's army, the Germans will probably drop the atomic bomb, right?" ”

"No, it won't." Colonel Cook shook his head, "Lieutenant General, if it was Her Majesty's troops who landed on Newfoundland, then why should we fight them?" Aren't we the British army? ”

"But...... Queen Elizabeth's throne is illegitimate. Lieutenant General Fraser seemed a little hesitant.

"Illegal?" Colonel Cook looked at Lieutenant General Fraser seriously, "We are soldiers and don't know much about the laws of the Empire...... The question of whether it is illegal or not should be decided by His Excellency the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. ”

That's right! Lieutenant General Fraser nodded repeatedly, Colonel Cook was right! I am a general and not a judge, how do I know if the queen is illegal or not?

"Viscount Simon, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, never said that the Queen was illegitimate." Colonel Cook said eloquently, "This shows that Her Majesty is the rightful sovereign of the British Empire!" ”

Colonel Cook said that the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain was John Cook. Viscount Simon, a former British foreign secretary, is also one of the Big Three of the Conservative Party. He happened to be a British justice at the time of the London incident, and he did not go to Canada, so the Bolsheviks were caught right and almost shot according to the bourgeois reactionary legal authority. Fortunately, Queen Elizabeth's guards were able to fight and rescued him in time, and after being rescued, he will be his Judge of Great Britain and Viscount.

With such a life saved by Queen Elizabeth, how dare the Justice of Great Britain say that the Queen is illegal?

Fraser nodded vigorously: "Yes! Her Majesty is the rightful monarch, and we must be on the side of the rightful monarch. ”

Speaking of this, he glanced up at the closed gate of the fortress - he couldn't enter the fortress now, wouldn't he have no way to surrender?

At this moment, one of his lieutenants had already found a way to enter the gate, and it turned out that the person had found a telephone in the checkpoint outside the gate of the core area of the fortress, and the phone could still be connected, and he directly contacted the deputy commander who stayed behind in the fortress.

"Hell, why don't you have a defender on the upper floor?" Receiving the phone from the adjutant's hand, Fraser did not say that he was ready to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but directly reprimanded.

Even if you want to surrender, someone has to defend the fortress, right? Otherwise, surrender will not be welcomed in the past.

"Sir, I've got someone to open the door for you, so come down quickly...... The Germans were about to drop the atomic bomb! ”

"What?" Fraser was shocked when he heard the deputy commander's report, "Who said that?" It's a rumor, right? ”

"No, not a rumor. It was the Allied Newfoundland Island Command that said! The Germans are preparing to flatten the Avalon Peninsula with atomic bombs, so the Americans have already begun to retreat from the Avalonian Peninsula......"

"What? What the? Fraser was even more surprised this time, "The Americans ran away?" They ran away? ”

"Yes! Now we are the only ones left on the Avalon Peninsula. ”

"Lieutenant General," Colonel Cook, who was next to Fraser, could hear a voice coming from the receiver of the telephone, and then he interjected, ""We didn't see a single American soldier when we came from Portugal Harbor just now, and we didn't see any Americans in Portugal Harbor......

Fraser thought about it, and sure enough, he didn't see the Americans all the way, which means that the Americans themselves escaped and left the British to eat the atomic bomb!

It's so shameless, absolutely not!

Thinking of this, Fraser immediately gave an order on the phone: "Hurry up and send someone to open the door for me, and prepare another speedboat and a white flag." ”

"White flags? Lieutenant General, what are you going to do? ”

"What for?" Fraser snorted, "Of course you're on the right side...... If you don't want to take the atomic bomb, you have to be on the right side! Do you understand? ”

After saying that, Fraser hung up the phone, and then said to Colonel Cook: "When it is dawn tomorrow, you will take a speedboat with a white flag to Concepson Bay, and see if you can meet the German speedboat." If so, say that it was an emissary sent by the naval fortress of Churchill to see Field Marshal Alexander. ”

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While the British troops inside Churchill Naval Fortress were busy re-uniting, on the west bank of Concepson Bay, Second Lieutenant Brandt of the German Airborne Forces was pursuing the fleeing American armored units with his platoon of paratroopers with about a dozen men left!

That's right, German paratroopers with FG42 paratrooper rifles and Iron Fist grenade launchers are now pursuing M26 tanks, M4A3 tanks!

Although the Americans' M26 and M4A3 can easily crush their pursuers with their tracks as long as they turn their heads too much. But the Germans have atomic bombs! That thing can blow up a "5,000-meter" high wall of water (in fact, it's only 2,000 meters, but the frightened US officers and soldiers think that the wall of water is as high as 5,000 meters), and it can also cause several waves of tsunami, and if it falls on your head, you really can't even find the ashes.

So when the order to retreat came, even Lieutenant General Walker couldn't stop the troops from collapsing, which is probably the real defeat, right?

When the morale of the army completely collapsed and the officers and soldiers lost their fighting spirit, the armored soldiers, who operated tanks and armored vehicles, were reluctant to engage in firefights with armored soldiers who only possessed light weapons.

From the Port Grace airport to the west, abandoned vehicles and weapons can be seen everywhere on both sides of the road, some of which have only minor breakdowns, while others have simply run out of fuel – the American forces on Newfoundland are short of fuel, and the 20th Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Walker, has taken to the battlefield with long convoys of fuel. Theoretically, it only takes a short time for tankers to come and refuel tankers or other vehicles.

But now the American soldiers, frightened by the atomic bomb, have fallen into chaos, and they are afraid that they will be killed by the atomic bomb if they run slowly.

However, this kind of pursuit of the water dogs did not last long, and at three or four o'clock in the morning of the 30th, the American troops, who had retreated more than ten kilometers south from the Port Graces airport, finally stopped retreating, and the German paratroopers who pursued them did not dare to really go to the armored forces, so they accepted it as soon as they saw it.

And let Walton. The reason why Lieutenant General Walker's troops stopped retreating was not that they remembered the duty and glory of an American soldier, but that there was a serious traffic jam.

U.S. convoys that had been withdrawn from all over the Avalon Peninsula poured onto the roads near the isthmus, blocking the roads.

Lieutenant General Collins's command column was also blocked on the road near the small town of Whitburn, and at about 5 o'clock in the morning of the 30th, he saw a distraught Walton on the road west of the town to the isthmus. Walker.

"Why did you order a retreat?" Lieutenant General Walker asked, somewhat annoyed. "That damn atomic bomb has already caused panic in the hearts of the people, and retreating at this time could easily cause the collapse of the troops!"

Lieutenant General Walker's annoyance was justified, and the troops had long been shaken by the fact that they had witnessed the atomic bomb exploding in the water, and some of them had been struck by the tsunami. In this case, the most important thing is to stabilize the morale of the army, not to retreat without a head. If you blindly retreat in the face of a collapse in morale, it is very easy to cause a rout. These truths are almost common sense!

Lieutenant General Collins also had a bad face, seeing that the victory was about to be reached, he was brutally blown up by 3 German atomic bombs, and what was worse was that the 4th German atomic bomb was likely to hit his head directly.

"Walton," Lieutenant General Collins sighed, "this is the order from above, the order from the Eastern Theater of Operations in North America...... He also said, "He looked left and right and saw that it was himself and Lieutenant General Walker's aide-de-camp, and then continued," and said that tomorrow Germany would drop atomic bombs on the Avalon Peninsula, possibly two more. ”

Lieutenant General Collins didn't get any information about throwing a few shots, but the commander of the US Army's elite staff officer was very good at fooling around. He believed that the two atomic bombs dropped on the Bay of Fundy were also meant to be dropped on the Avalon Peninsula, but that the plans were changed only because the Germans discovered Task Force 56......

"Throw 2 more?" Lieutenant General Walker gasped, "Reliable information? ”

Lieutenant General Collins nodded and said, "Didn't we get the news before today's atomic bomb attack?" Otherwise, our losses would have been even greater, right? So let's retreat quickly. ”