According to the secret documents, Germany would first provide economic and military aid to Mexico to help it build a modern armed force, and Mexico would provide Germany with a military port. Then the Germans would transfer part of their army to Mexico in the name of joint military exercises and help the Mexicans build a line of defense against the United States. Then the German army, disguised as the Mexican army, would launch an attack from Mexico towards the Lone Star State in the name of reconquistading, and when the main force of the American army was drawn in this direction, with the cooperation of the surrendered British, the German army would use the thousands of ships in the hands of the surrendered British, to land in Canada and launch an attack on the Great Lakes industrial area of the United States. Destroy the entire Great Lakes industrial region in one fell swoop, thus forcing the United States to surrender.

Of course, strictly speaking, the feasibility of this plan is still almost zero. Because all of this is almost all based on the super-paralyzing carelessness of the Americans. A plan for a war that will decide the fate of a nation stakes the possibility of victory on the premise that the other side makes a mistake. That's definitely not a good plan. However, this is already the most reliable plan to conquer the United States, because the others are even more unreliable. After all, the geographical environment of the United States is really good, and it is separated from Europe by the Atlantic, as long as the Americans themselves do not faint, with the current national strength of the United States, no one in this world really has the strength to knock him down. Therefore, even the British could only formulate such a battle plan that was stylistically like that formulated by the later Japanese Showa staff.

Honestly, such a thing should be unconvincing, and no one with a little education and a brain as big as a monkey would believe such a ridiculous plan. However, this is not the case. Countless facts have proved that the vast majority of people are very stupid, even if they have so-called higher education, because many times, the purpose of education is not to make people wise, but to make people confused. Just one point, as long as you pay attention to the Weibo of the brick family big V in later generations.

Moreover, various studies have also shown that a large amount of repeated information bombardment is enough to change a person's mind and make them believe something ridiculous and ridiculous. For example, in later generations, the leader of an illegal pyramid scheme organization who was caught once said: "I have never seen anyone who can resist the propaganda of pyramid schemes for a long time, even if he is a high-level intellectual with so-called higher education, even if he is studying economics or something, it only takes seven days at most to make him a fanatical pyramid scheme believer." ”

Nowadays, almost all the media in the United States have begun to angrily accuse Germany of wolf ambitions, although many people did not believe that the Germans would do such a brain-dead thing at first, but soon he will get lost in the endless propaganda and other people's different opinions.

"Is everyone wrong, right?" "The reporters of the ** newspaper don't know how much smarter than you, and they talk and laugh with those big people in Congress all day long...... You're so young and naïve. ”

As a result, many people who were still skeptical were shaken and full of doubts about themselves, and finally, they began to really believe that all that the media reported was true.

There are also people who are more intellectually and confident, who are still not deceived by the trend and still know that these propaganda are nonsense. However, precisely because they are smarter, they naturally know that the reporters of those media are definitely not stupid, and the unanimity of opinion of most of the media is definitely not accidental, so they can naturally see that there is a terrible force behind this, and then these smart people will naturally take the initiative to join in the chorus and behave more radically, so as to reap the benefits; Or, if they still have a little conscience, then they will honestly remain silent. Of course, if someone insists on the truth and stands up to expose the truth, they will also find that their voice is too small for everyone to hear.

For example, German diplomats in the United States feel like that now. Although they also worked hard to refute the rumors, although on the surface, the American media also gave them the opportunity to refute the rumors, for example, when the German embassy held a press conference to refute these rumors, reporters from major media also came, and they all reported. It was only the next day that the Germans got the newspaper and almost fainted from the reports.

The New York Times reported that they first devoted a lot of space to the cause of the incident, and by the way, they summarized all kinds of so-called rumors, including the previous rumors against Germany, and also compared some rumors with what the Germans actually did, as if to let everyone see that these rumors were really matched later. Then they relayed the rumors in detail, and stopped at refuting them, such as the last sentence of the report: "As before, the spokesman of the German Embassy, Mr. Hansen, told us: 'All these are baseless rumors. ’”

This, this, is this a rumor or is it a rumor? What about other media? Although the method is different from that of the New York Times, the final effect is actually similar. In short, the deep malice shown by the American media sent chills through all the staff at the embassy.

The Germans who were able to work in the embassy were smart people, and they all understood that the emergence of this phenomenon meant only one thing, and that was that the United States was preparing public opinion to enter the war. They also understood that all they could do was inform the country of all this and slow down the entry of Americans into the war as much as possible.

However, before they could make any truly effective moves, the United States took action first. First, several Democratic senators demanded that Germany give a detailed and sincere explanation of the plan, and then several Republican senators joined in, and they even put forward an even more demanding proposal, demanding that Germany immediately stop unrestricted submarine warfare in order to show a peaceful attitude.

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"Field Marshal Hindenburg, what do you think we should do now that the Americans have demanded that we immediately stop unrestricted submarine warfare?" Emperor Wilhelm II asked his chief of staff.

"Your Majesty, this situation was expected by us. You know, the interests of the United States are already very tightly tied to Britain and France, and now for their own interests, they will not allow Britain and France to be defeated. Therefore, as long as Britain and France are in an unsustainable state, they will join in and fight against us. But it will take time for the United States to be ready for war and to make a real difference. Your Majesty, as you know, the U.S. Army is still only a security force. There are only a little over 100,000 people, and the equipment and training are very inadequate. It will take time for them to expand their army to millions, equip and train it. ”

"Marshal, how much time do you think it will take the Americans to accomplish all this?" Emperor Wilhelm II asked.

"It takes at least eight to ten months, and under normal circumstances, it should take about a year." Field Marshal Hindenburg replied.

"Once the United States is ready and into battle, we can't win, we can't even have a decent peace, right?" Emperor Wilhelm II asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty. So we have to hurry up, on the one hand, we have to get in touch with the British and the French to discuss the possibility of peace; On the other hand, we also need to find a way to win the war before the United States can find peace. Field Marshal Hindenburg replied.

"So can we first promise the United States to stop unlimited submarine warfare in order to delay time?"

"No, my majesty. If we stop unrestricted submarine warfare, the power of Britain and France will increase rapidly, and at that time, the situation on the battlefield will be very unfavorable to us, and when the time comes, we will definitely lose without the need for the United States to enter the war, and in such a situation, in order to compete for the fruits of victory, the United States will be more actively prepared to enter the war. Therefore, we must not stop unrestricted submarine warfare. Field Marshal Hindenburg replied. He saw that Emperor Wilhelm II seemed to be still wavering, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you just gave the ship number to our latest submarine launched a few days ago, do you remember that kind of submarine?" ”

"Marshal, are you talking about the kind of submarine that can reach a surface speed of more than twenty knots in a short period of time?" Emperor Wilhelm II thought for a moment, nodded and said, "I can only count on it." ”

In fact, both Hindenburg and Wilhelm II understood that this kind of high-speed surface submarine had more advantages in dealing with high-speed merchant ships than those previous submarines, but considering the strong rapid shipbuilding capabilities shown by the United States, this could not really cut off the sea transportation lines of Britain and France. Moreover, this kind of submarine can have such a fast surface speed, in fact, at the expense of submersible ability and self-sustaining power, which makes the real combat effectiveness of this kind of submarine very doubtful. But now, what can they do but hope for it?

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"The Germans really refused to stop the unrestricted submarine warfare." Greystone said to Scrooge.

"So what's next for you?" Scrooge asked.

"Several of our friends intend to adopt a proposal on allowing the US Navy to escort merchant ships with American goods. This proposal should soon pass the Reichstag, and then, if we have the slightest conflict with the Germans, we will declare war on Germany. Gladstone replied.