Qu Hillel was the commander of Army Group North, and in the command system of the Wehrmacht led by Hersmann, the commander of Army Group had great authority and could decide major issues. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info So Qu Hillel could order the troops outside Leningrad to attack without consulting the General Staff, but he still had to report to the General Staff after the order was given.

And when his report was sent over the airwaves to the General Staff of Tsosen, Imperial Field Marshal Hersman was having a headache over the battle taking place in the Atlantic.

It seems that the war with the Americans will continue!

Because Germany's request for 3 million tons of C3 fuel oil through the Netherlands is now like a stone sinking into the sea, and there is not even a wave. Obviously, what Kennedy promised by patting his chest was not going to get over with Roosevelt.

In addition to refusing to sell oil, the Americans also sent a huge fleet out of the Caribbean, and this fleet caused headaches for both Hersman and Raeder for the past two days.

"The Americans' target is not the Azores......" Raeder shook his head, "our reconnaissance aircraft did not detect their approach." ”

The Azores were seized by Germany in 1942 - at that time, the US Atlantic Fleet did not dare to confront Germany in the middle of the Atlantic, and simply withdrew to the Azores because the JU288 and remote-controlled gliding bombs had just come out. So it didn't take much effort for Germany to take this key point in the middle of the Atlantic.

Subsequently, the Azores became a painstakingly managed sea fortress by Germany. The Germans built a naval base and underground oil depots on Terceira, the third largest island in the archipelago, and also built several large airfields nearby, deploying fighters such as the JU288 and HE219 and FW-190 to block and cover the mid-Atlantic route.

And after the main forces of the US Atlantic Fleet (3rd Fleet) rushed out of the Caribbean, both the German naval command and the combined European fleet believed that they were going to the Azores. So immediately a reinforcement flotilla was sent from Gibraltar, 1 regiment of marines and 1 battalion of tank destroyers belonging to the marines.

At the same time, the main forces of the combined European fleet were also under the command of Marshal Lütjens and headed straight for the Azores, preparing to fight the American fleet there.

But now the main forces of the combined European fleet (from the French port of Brest) are almost arriving in Angra Sangra, and the reconnaissance planes sent by the Azores have not detected any trace of the American fleet.

Because now the reconnaissance planes of the German Navy are all equipped with new airborne radar systems using British technology, there is no possibility that the main forces of the American Atlantic Fleet (and not a few ships, but dozens or hundreds of ships) will not be seen, unless they are not close to the Azores.

That is, they are not targeting the Azores!

"Will it return?" Hersman asked, thoughtfully.

"It's possible." Raeder nodded, "But it's not huge...... What's the point of the U.S. fleet rushing out and going home in a circle? ”

Doesn't it make sense? Hersman thought to himself, maybe Roosevelt was just trying to be broad?

"How's Cape Verde's defense?" Hersman asked again with a frown.

Cape Verde is also a stronghold, and controlling Cape Verde will protect much of the west coast of Africa. If it were seized by the Americans, the European Community's rule in Africa would be in jeopardy – Germany did not use troops in sub-Saharan Africa on a large scale, but after the surrender of Britain itself, almost all of sub-Saharan Africa was controlled by the European Community.

"There's not much of a problem with Cape Verde," Raeder pondered, "but it's also possible that the Americans are targeting South Africa!" We can't live without South African gold. ”

South Africa is now a Dutch colony - in exchange for the Dutch East Indies. However, the Japanese did not fulfill their agreement to send a fleet to assist the Germans in landing in South Africa (they did help the Germans to capture Madagascar), and South Africa later fell to Germany due to the surrender of the British mainland, becoming the nominal overseas territory of the Netherlands. But the vast majority of the gold produced in South Africa was deposited with the European Union Bank, which effectively became a margin for the Euromark.

So the loss of South Africa is a problem for Germany to some extent.

"Let the fleet search around Cape Verde," Hersman suddenly found that it would be a big problem to get the U.S. Navy through the Atlantic blockade line supported by JU288. "At the same time, preparations are being made to send additional troops to South Africa. In addition, we must re-establish the Atlantic blockade. Hersman asked, "Can Anglosmo Sansmo be a fleet home port now?" ”

Located on the southern shore of Terceira, the third largest island in the Azores, Porto Herosà does not have to be a natural haven thanks to a series of mountain protections. But Sangra do Heroísmo isn't the only good port on Terceira. On the eastern shore of the island there is also the Terceira Bay, which, like the port, was built by the Germans as a military port.

"It could be the home port of the detachment," Raeder said, "but the whole combined European fleet certainly couldn't be placed." ”

"Then put an aircraft carrier detachment there." "Now that the Americans have effective means to deal with the JU288, we can't rely on the JU288 as a trump card, and we must let the JU288 and carrier-based aircraft cooperate in operation, so as to ensure the rebuilding of the Atlantic blockade line," Hersman said. ”

Hersman was discussing with Raeder how to re-seal the Atlantic Ocean and prevent the Americans from entering and leaving at will, when Guderian, the First Quartermaster, suddenly walked briskly.

"Reich Marshal, there may have been an army mutiny in Leningrad!" Guderian saluted, "Marshal Qucheler has ordered the troops to launch an attack on the city of Leningrad and at the same time provide assistance to the mutinous troops. ”

"Mutiny?" Hersman was stunned and stunned.

What are you doing? It's 1943 and not 1991, so why did the troops mutiny?

"Really?" Hersman asked incredulously.

"It's true!" Guderian said, "At least one Soviet infantry regiment has surrendered to the Russian empress, and many more have mutinied." ”

"Marshal of the Reich, is the war with the USSR coming to an end soon?" Raeder couldn't help but interject at this time, "Does this mean that we can concentrate on the United States?" ”

"Or make peace with the United States." Guderian hurriedly said, "The Soviet Union is not so easy to defeat, and even if there is something wrong with it internally, we must make great efforts to succeed." ”

If you want to contain the United States, you must fight with the Soviet Union!

If you want to destroy the Soviet Union, you must fight with the United States!

Raeder and Guderian each offered a possibility, but Hersman simply shook his head.

Neither the Soviet Union nor the United States can succeed through Germany's unilateral efforts! Now Roosevelt's refusal to sell oil is not counted, and he sent a fleet to break through the Atlantic blockade, and he doesn't know where to go to find trouble.

"Now we must be ready to fight the United States and the Soviet Union at the same time!" "If the Empress does return to Petrograd, the door to negotiations with the Soviet Union will be closed," Hersman said. And will the United States make peace with us at that time...... It's hard to say, it's not up to us. ”

"Should we, then, immediately make peace with the Soviet Union?" Raeder asked in a low voice, "While Leningrad is still Leningrad now." ”

In fact, Hersmann would have liked to do this, but it would not have been possible, because neither Hitler nor the German Emperor Wilhelm III would have been happy, and the pro-Russian and anti-Soviet Junker officers would have opposed Hersmann because of this...... This wicked man has done too much.

"Let God decide this time!" Hersman thought for a moment and said, "Now we are going to fully support Army Group North, and Marshal Quchelel can give him whatever he wants!" ”

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It is very likely that God is on the side of the Russian Empress Olga this time, because there is also a change in Leningrad at this time.

This was caused by the fact that on the morning of June 12 (the day after the Kaminsky gang rioted), the "Blue Hat Internal Guard" stationed in the center of the city moved out of the city in full view.

Leningrad is the second capital, and the people here are well-informed and have a flexible brain. Of course, you know what the "Blue Hats" do - they are the Overseers, the last defenders of Leningrad.

Now they are in a hurry to drive to the front line south of the city, which shows that the German and White Russian troops have begun to storm the city in a big way, and they have made great progress.

Leningrad City is going to be untenable! The Leningrad account will soon become the Petrograd account......

It was not the families of the anti-GM elements in the city who were the first to react to this incident, but the cadres and their families who had not yet taken their turn to evacuate - Leningrad is a very large city, and the number of people who need to be evacuated as a priority is also very large, two or three hundred thousand, and there is still a lot of machinery and equipment to be transported. So there was a process of evacuation, and the evacuation process was relatively long because the main communication route from Leningrad to the outside world was not opened.

By 13 June, more than 100,000 comrades who needed to be evacuated had not yet left, and they, along with tens of thousands of other cadres who had planned to stay in Leningrad, spontaneously embarked on a journey out of Leningrad on the afternoon of 13 June, because at this time not only did a large number of "blue hats" leave the city, but also the sound of heavy gunfire was heard, and German planes were also bombing indiscriminately on the battlefield in the south of the city.

Listening to the sound of the gunfire, all the Leningraders believed that the city was about to change hands, and a large number of Bolshevik Party cadres flocked to the north of the city with their families and large bags of belongings, which convinced everyone that Her Majesty would soon return to her loyal Petrograd!

In anticipation, the revolutionary order in Leningrad began to collapse! (To be continued.) )