"New York is being shelled! This explosive news spread over the entire United States and the whole world almost immediately. For Americans who think they have the dangers of the ocean and their own safety is absolutely guaranteed, this is undoubtedly a slap in the face. I believe that this Christmas will no longer be any joy or laughter for Americans, and the haze of fear will always hang over their hearts.

Although the German submarine bombardment of New York had little success, causing less than 2,000 casualties and more than 10,000 displaced by damaged homes. But this shelling operation still hit the Americans, especially the arrogance of the American decision-makers headed by Roosevelt.

It was clear that the German submarine forces had succeeded in this operation, and the Germans had responded with artillery shells to the American air raids on Berlin, reminding the Americans that America was no longer a pure land outside the world, and that if they dared to get involved in this war, they needed to be prepared to pay a heavy price for this war. ……”

December 9, 1941, Deutsche Post News.

After getting the news of the shelling of New York, Karl? Admiral Dönitz first sent a congratulatory telegram to the 101st Submarine Force: "Drummer Reinhardt? Well done Hadelgen, well done! ”

"It can't be!" When Roosevelt received the news of the bombing of New York, he was so surprised that he could not say a word for a long time, but let the telegram fall from his hand to the floor with a dull expression.

At the same time as the bombing of New York, the broadcasts of various radio stations in the United States were interrupted to briefly announce the news of the air raid on New York. The announcer interrupted the New York Symphony Orchestra's concert in Chicago, and he appeared out of order, referring to the "performance" as a "symphony" twice in succession. The vast majority of people were stunned, but there was no panic. Pedestrians on the street who don't know each other begin to look at each other with a new kind of kinship.

National disasters transcend personal issues. The Americans, who had been quarreling over the war with China, stopped their heated quarrels in an instant. With the exception of a handful of people, 130 million Americans seem to have made up their minds and united in an unprecedented total battle after the news of the bombing of New York.

But as they made up their minds, a fear echoed in their hearts. The Pacific Ocean, once considered a natural barrier by them, is no longer safe. The German submarines could appear in New York this time, but they would also appear in other East Coast cities, and would the German bombers follow?

The newspapers reported that Britain had been bombed into New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago, Detroit, and other major American cities, and people even saw these large cities in ruins under the devastation bombing of Axis bombers.

It was in the midst of this fear, when ordinary Americans volunteered to join the military to express their love for the United States. Some of the wealthy have left the cities on the East Coast and moved to the central or western regions. The impact of this bombing on the United States was top-down, affecting all aspects of the United States.

"The German Navy has done something unspeakably stupid!" At the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, Lehedon put down the newspaper in his hand and turned his gaze to the Imperial Square outside the window.

Before the German Navy informed Austria-Hungary about the bombing of New York by submarine forces, the emperor also knew about this from the newspapers.

Imperial Foreign Minister Schühnig brought bad news to the Emperor: the Americans, after the bombing, did not "spend Christmas in fear, as the newspapers say!" Fear only had a temporary effect on the United States after the bombing. However, the bombing of New York aroused the hatred of the Americans, and now the whole United States has set off a craze for military service. Within three days of the bombing, more than 2.5 million people across the United States had volunteered to join the military. The U.S. government has sold $30 billion in war bonds in the past two days, and the results of the bombing have pushed the U.S. to another extreme that no one wants to see.

"I wanted to keep this war under control so that we always had room for a negotiated settlement. Now that this is over, the warring parties have become an endless deadlock, and we will have to pay at least tens of millions of lives for this bombing campaign! After a moment of silence. Lehedon turned to look directly at Schneig.

"Your Majesty, at least our strength is not weaker than that of the United States, and we will not lose this war." Schöchnigg said.

"Well, that's it anyway." Lechelton sighed, the course of the war had exceeded his expectations. "Tell the Chinese that we will launch a full-scale attack on Soviet Russia next summer to force them out of this war." We will have peace talks with the Russians, and before we reach a peace agreement with the Russians, how much of their past territorial claims will be able to recover depends on the table of their army! ”

"Your Majesty, do you mean to ask the Chinese to temporarily abandon the Manchurian battle plan and go all out against Soviet Russia?"

"That's why, after eliminating the threat on land, we have to focus our main efforts on the ocean." "This is an era of aviation-led warfare, and we need to have more planes and aircraft carriers!" He walked over to the large map hanging on the wall and looked at it carefully. In fact, this war was mainly caused by the German-Austrian alliance and the Anglo-American alliance vying for world hegemony, and unlike the other world, in the history of the other world, the two main belligerents during World War II, China and Japan, chose diametrically opposed allies. The Japanese joined the Allies, while China, which was weak but had unlimited war potential, was joined by Helton Lee into the Axis camp.

In this world, Germany has such a powerful ally as Austria-Hungary, which is far more powerful than at the same time in history, and its industrial capacity even exceeds that of the United States now, and with his strong support, China's industrial capacity is also enough to compete with Japan, in addition to the navy, in terms of the number and performance of army and aviation equipment.

But the current situation is very similar to that of the same period in history, the British are like a small power that cannot be killed, which seems to be very dangerous, but in fact they are like a hedgehog curled up, so that Germany and Austria have no way to speak. Having lost their superiority at sea, the British, on the contrary, devoted themselves to the development of indigenous aircraft construction. In terms of the number of fighters equipped, the British Air Force currently has more than 12,000 fighters of various types and nearly 4,000 bombers, while Germany and Austria are currently equipped with a total of more than 28,000 combat aircraft of various types, but they need to be used for the defense of Europe and Africa, the Soviet Russian battlefield and the Far East battlefield, and have not been able to seize air supremacy in the British Isles.

Thinking of this, Li Haiton couldn't help but want to scold.

In the short term, there was no hope for the long-range ballistic missile that he had invested heavily in the development of the missile until October 1941, and the development of ballistic missiles was still in the stage of reality, and a sounding rocket alone was developed for nearly ten years, and the performance was not much more advanced than the German V1 rocket, and the only thing to be proud of was that the weight and range were stronger than the Germans. At the current pace of research and development, it is impossible to produce the ICBM that you expect within a year.

What can be counted on now is the latest heavy bomber developed by the Empire. (To be continued......)