Chapter 446: The Dark Cloud of Nuclear War

In the blink of an eye, the snow in Moscow has almost melted, but the weather has not warmed, and the low temperatures brought by the large-scale winter snow melt continue to affect the weather in Eastern Europe and Northern Europe, and the general trend of warming weather is the opposite of the stalemate on the battlefield.

In early May, the German army, whose rear line of defense was quickly opened by the Allies, suffered heavy losses by surprise, and more than 1.2 million people fell into the encirclement in just half a month, and were slowly digested by the Allies.

Although 1.1 million of the 1.2 million German Nazi legions were troops from Italy, Poland, France, and other client states, Hitler still felt a great crisis.

Quickly mobilizing elite armies, rushing to the aid of the hinterland of Europe, and drawing from the Moscow theater of operations, when more than a million Japanese troops fought fierce battles with the Allies with the assistance of numerous tank divisions, the Allies once again discovered that the war was never as smooth as imagined.

Even at this time, Hitler's Nazi legions were still very strong in combat, perhaps infected by the powerful Chinese expeditionary force on the other side of Moscow, and the Nazi legions generally had a positive and optimistic idea.

"When did the Chinese call?"

"Wait, the Chinese will defeat the Soviets."

"As long as the Chinese continue to attack, we will win."

"It's the most dangerous moment now, we just need to hold on a little longer......"

…… The same voice, through Goebbels' Propaganda Department of the Third Reich, was proclaimed to Germany, to the Nazi client states throughout Europe, and almost the same agitation for war was heard from civilians to officers and soldiers at the front.

Goebbels was full of such remarks on important occasions in his speeches to the German people and the people of the client states, and the Chinese allies, which had been hidden and rarely publicized positively, seemed to be the saviors of the entire Axis powers.

“…… They have defeated the enemies of the Allies countless times, they have almost never been defeated, they have the best economic power in the world, they have the best industrial power in the world, they have a great Emperor Majesty who is as great as the Great Führer...... The situation of the war will certainly be in our favor, and our great allies will launch the deadliest attack at the most critical moment under the leadership of His Majesty Zhang Shusheng, the great emperor, and completely defeat the ...... of the allies."

Berlin, Hitler's office, Hitler was listening to a broadcast from Deutsche Welle with Goebbels, Goering and others.

On the radio, the hostess, who was full of Germanic style, used a beautiful voice full of exaggeration to proclaim the "great news" that the eastern allies would definitely participate in the decisive battle in the Moscow theater of operations at the most critical moment.

These so-called battlefield news, true or false, were not effective in fooling the Allies who were well aware of the war situation and the situation, but they were extremely lethal to the Axis nationals.

It's as if the Chinese will go to war tomorrow, and the war doesn't even need to be fought until June to end.

"Goebbels, I am very satisfied with this manuscript."

It was not until the end of this radio broadcast and the broadcast of the victory news from the front that Hitler waved his hand to turn off the radio and signaled everyone except the high-ranking officials Air Marshal Goering, the chief of the General Staff of the base camp, Field Marshal Keitel, the propaganda minister Goebbels, the SS leader Heinrich, the head of the Gestapo Himmler, the head of the Reich intelligence, Admiral Canaris, and others.

"This is all done according to your instructions from the Führer." Unlike other high-ranking generals who always displeased Hitler, Goebbels rarely made Hitler feel uncomfortable, but set off Reich propaganda again and again, so that the Third Reich could at least firmly grasp public opinion.

"As the core department of the Third Reich, the propaganda department should indeed deliver the most authentic and favorable news to the people, which is a reward and responsibility for Germany and the Nazi countries in Europe as a whole." Hitler nodded with satisfaction, what is the most real favorable news? Naturally, it was the news he wanted to disclose. "We must let the people and the army know that the Chinese will not sit idly by and watch our war with the Allies, and we must let the people and the army firmly believe that the victory of the war must belong to us, and let our enemies know that the Chinese will abide by the agreement and finally make the Axis countries win World War II."

"Yes, Führer!"

Everyone nodded.

Hitler turned around and asked the Chief of the General Staff, Field Marshal Keitel, about the recent war and his analysis.

"At present, our army has reversed the disadvantage in the Leningrad direction, the surprise attack cluster of the Allied forces has been blocked by us, the battle is very fierce, the losses of both sides are basically equal, the ground forces and armored forces of our army are stronger than the opponents, and the Allies have a slight advantage in air force and ground artillery...... On the Moscow battlefield, our army completely drove the Soviet troops back to the city, the Soviet troops are relying on the ruins of the city for defensive operations, and after the Allies have strengthened their air support in the Leningrad direction, the offensive operations of our troops in the Moscow theater are being resumed and strengthened...... However, in the long run, this battle is still in a state of stalemate, and if the Allied forces continue to reinforce and the air force and armored forces continue to be strong, the situation of our army will be very unoptimistic. ”

After a long time, Field Marshal Keitel stopped explaining, and basically summarized the reports that Hitler got every day, but when he heard the chief of staff once again report the poor performance of the Air Force, Hitler's face was already pale.

Goering built the Luftwaffe from scratch, and was very good at appointing those R&D and technical personnel, and had a high degree of loyalty, it can be said that Hitler was very satisfied, but with the deepening of World War II, Hitler also found that the air marshal appointed by himself had too private control of the air force, insufficient strategic command ability, and lack of strategic courage, and was increasingly insufficient to hold this position.

He had considered a substitution many times, but he had never made up his mind, but this time, all of a sudden, he had made up his mind.

Looking at the fattest fat man in the imperial base camp, Hitler said as usual, "Goering, the Chinese's aircraft have comprehensively advanced us, from fighters to bombers, from transport aircraft to civilian aircraft, their aircraft have entered the jet age in an all-round way, and even their propeller aircraft have entered the most advanced era." You should put more effort into developing and strengthening the Air Force.

I've decided, von. Field Marshal Graeme will take over your role in Air Force Command, and your job will be adjusted to Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Air Force, responsible for commanding naval aviation and equipment research and development. ”

"Boom ......"

This news, like a thunderclap, suddenly exploded in Goering's mind, he even ignored the great Führer's cold and terrible expression, Huo Ran stood up, and then realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly stood up and saluted, the extreme shock made his lips even tremble, no, it was the entire body of more than 250 catties of flesh that was trembling, "I, I ......"

He never imagined that the Reichsair Force, which had been in control of the Reichs, would suddenly be lost, and he knew better than anyone the problems of the Luftwaffe, and the Führer certainly knew, but this time, he did not even feel a little anger from Hitler in advance, but he understood that since the Führer had given the order, he had already had an idea.

"After the meeting, I will have Himmler take Graham and hand you over immediately." There was no room for change in Hitler's tone, but Goering decided that he would stay after the meeting anyway, and since he could not change this decision, at least he could not let himself lose favor in the eyes of the Führer.

Then there was a bunch of messy subjects, Hitler looked at the time, and found that the meeting had been going on for two hours, and he had ordered everyone to take the fruits and food on the table, and then he said the most important thing of the day. Because before that, several people, including Himmler, asked him euphemistically what the hole cards given by the Chinese were.

"You may be very curious why I insist on reinforcements and decisive battles when the Chinese avoid fighting in order to reduce casualties, because the Chinese have given us the firmest commitment.

Zhang Shusheng was a great emperor, and his starting point was based on the interests of the Eastern Empire, which I have always seen very clearly.

In the Moscow war, the Chinese explicitly mentioned the lack of troops of the expeditionary force in the negotiations, and raised concerns about possible heavy casualties.

In the end, after negotiations, I promised Chinese that the Soviet Union would be defeated at any cost, and the condition given by Chinese was ......"

Speaking of this, Hitler paused slightly, and everyone's eyes had already focused on him, although some of them had already guessed, but they still wanted to hear it from the Führer's mouth.

"They will use the atomic bomb!! They promised to use a certain amount of nuclear weapons on the Allies to help us and help the Axis to win the war. This is the promise given to us by Zhang Shusheng. In the face of the nuclear weapons of the Chinese, no army will be doomed to be able to prevent the Axis powers from winning the war. ”

Hitler was well aware of the power of nuclear weapons, and in his opinion, if the power of an atomic bomb was really as described by scientists, then an atomic bomb would be enough to destroy a division.

He believes that the terrain of the European battlefield is not complicated, not to mention the terrible consequences of nuclear radiation, after all, the consequences of this disaster have not yet been foreseen by ordinary people, the Chinese have a natural excellent opportunity to use it for the first time, without really seeing the power and harm of the atomic bomb, the atomic bomb can be used arbitrarily.

In his view, as long as the Chinese used ten atomic bombs, or thirty atomic bombs, to destroy or break a large area of the Soviet defenses, or to fall on the heads of the Allied army groups, the Allies would inevitably move to the Axis-dominated negotiating table.

"Führer, this, this news is so important!! This is the greatest boon for our Axis powers, and if all the citizens and officers and soldiers know the news, it is hard for me to imagine how excited they will be, at least I can't help but want to tell them......"

After hearing Hitler's words, everyone couldn't help but stand up together, most of them originally thought that the Chinese would just promise to provide some equipment support, or increase the size of the expeditionary force, and give the Soviets a final blow at a critical moment.

But most people did not expect that the Chinese would so readily agree to use a nuclear weapon like the atomic bomb.

They are not ordinary people, so they naturally know the great lethality of this weapon, and after this weapon, which was once Germany's highest priority, was blown up by the Allies, Germany finally tasted the same suffering as the Americans, and there is no way to say what is suffering.

This top-secret scientific and technological project is sabotage, there is no place to cry, and there is no way to exaggerate the propaganda that may bring up the high level of hostility.

"So, my marshals, ministers, generals, I am confident that the Axis will win, and we will strive to have this very powerful weapon in the fastest possible time, and the war will be won quickly, and the Allies will lose everything......"

Soon, after the meeting, everyone was leaving, and Himmler waited for Goering outside with the people in the base camp, because Goering stayed behind to meet the Führer alone.

Hitler didn't want to listen to Göring's never-ending complaints and complaints, but this time, he gave Göring this opportunity, because Goering made a very strategic suggestion as soon as he came up, and Hitler almost jumped for joy when he heard it, you know, he almost never had such a gaffe, all because Goering's ghost idea was really good.

"Führer, since the Chinese are willing to use the atomic bomb on the USSR, or the Allies, why not let them drop the atomic bomb on Britain, for example, London. We just need to open the airspace to their strategic bombers, allow their planes to fly over Europe, and they will be able to drop atomic bombs on the heads of the British......"

…… Hanjing, China.

In May, when the weather is gradually rainy, Zhang Shusheng likes to fish in the light rain weather the most, and occasionally some senior generals accompany him, and today it happens to be accompanied by Luo Feng.

"Chairman, your fishing skills are getting better and better."

Luo Feng saw that Zhang Shusheng pulled up a foot-long fat carp again, and couldn't help laughing, "It's really a long line to catch a big fish, the chairman of the committee not only put a long line in this pond, but also put a long line in Europe, thousands of miles away, and now it's about to take the bait." ”

Luo Feng's fishing skills are average, and there are only a few small crucian carp up to now.

"Hehe, it's just a trap for the Americans, and it's up to them to take the bait."

Zhang Shusheng said with a smile, just now Luo Feng said that a top-secret intelligence from Europe had just been sent to Washington, and it hadn't even been sent to London, which shows how anxious the American agents were.

Tell Hitler about China's possible use of the atomic bomb as a negotiating condition, and Zhang Shusheng is waiting for this day.

Once this kind of thing is known to the Germans, unless Hitler never says it in front of his senior generals, such top-secret information will be leaked as quickly as the Germans' nuclear program.

Even if it doesn't leak it out on its own initiative, as long as Hitler has mentioned it a little bit at a high-level meeting, Chinese agents will 'help' them and send the information to the Americans.

Zhang Shusheng is looking forward to how shocked and surprised the Americans will be when they get the news that the Chinese will use nuclear weapons; although he has never said where the atomic bomb will be used, once the Americans are put on the top of their heads such a sword of death, what huge benefits can China get?

He was looking forward to the moment when the fish took the bait.

(To be continued)