The winter wind is bleak, the snow is dancing, and the northern land has ushered in a desolate and cold winter season. However, at the end of 1940, the whole world was shocked by the successive changes in the Far East. On December 7, Japan, unwilling to give up its existing gains on the East Asian continent, brazenly declared war on Germany, intending to defend its hegemony in East Asia through a larger-scale war. However, just nine days later, on the 16th, six nuclear bombs were fired at its own territory. Countless lives and fortunes were wiped out in an instant, and the trauma was so severe that everyone who knew the truth trembled with fear and trembling in their hearts. Not to mention how irreversibly weakened the destruction of these industrial cities would have been to Japan's warplanes, the unprecedented extinction of millions of people who died in a very short period of time alone was enough to make any kite flyer lose all their stubborn resistance!

Although Japan still has a large conventional army and controls more than 2 million square kilometers of East Asia, the fighting faith of its top generals has been completely destroyed by the great disasters that have occurred at home. The base camp soon issued an order to all the armies on the front line to stop the war operations and the whole division to withdraw to the mainland one after another. Although there are 10,000 unwillingness and pain in the hearts of ordinary Japanese grassroots officers, they no longer have the courage and determination to act alone and overcome as before; The reason why they dared to cook raw rice again and again to show the government to look good was that the support of those military bigwigs in important positions and the noisy and unbridled right-wing crowd in the country were the backing soil and talisman for them to put the plans in their minds into action. Now that this source has been cut off, the script of the kidnapping of the army by radical rank and file officers can no longer be realized. Not to mention. The speaker of this armistice statement was none other than him. It was Emperor Showa, who had been in the end for 14 years; These rank-and-file officers and soldiers were indoctrinated with absolute respect for the emperor from an early age. How can you disobey orders at this moment?

On December 18, when the fires in six cities including Hiroshima were still raging, the Japanese base camp, which was approaching the deadline for the German ultimatum, finally made a "painful and difficult" decision, announcing an immediate unilateral ceasefire, withdrawing the entire army to the border before the war, and handing over a large number of warships and equipment. This marked a total failure of Japan's strategy of expanding the war. Since only 11 days elapsed between the start of the war and the acceptance of the surrender, this short war was also known as the "Decennium". With six cities and millions of people buried along, there is the madness, intoxication, and ambition that the empire has been brewing since half a century ago. All the benefits obtained from the Meiji era Bubu Quartet were firmly controlled and arbitrarily adjudicated by the other side!

In the early morning of Berlin time, Qing Ying announced on the national radio that the war against Japan was over. The German people had already learned about the launch of nuclear bombs at the other side through the radio and newspapers the day before yesterday, but when victory came, countless people sitting at the table could not help but spew milk and bread in their mouths. Ten days ago, they were worried about the course of the war, believing that it would last more than a year and cost hundreds of thousands of German young lives; However, in just over a week, the situation has changed dramatically and decisively. There has never been a war in which the two belligerents were as far apart as Germany and Japan, and the whole process was so short. The pattern of war in the whole world has been completely reshuffled accordingly!

The Decennium's upheaval was not only the German people, but all the countries of Europe and the world who were shocked. All of them have been shocked like never before in the process. Although they had already learned the scaly claws of nuclear weapons during the German-American War, they never imagined that this type of weapon would be delivered in this final form; Even Japan, which is half a world away from Germany, has been punished by this ruined nature, and where else is there that it is not the hunting ground of this Central European empire? Whether it was a traditional ally such as Austria-Hungary and Italy, or a newly propped puppet regime such as Imperial Russia and Vichy France, its attitude towards Germany changed dramatically, from a subservient little brother to a fanatical satellite that swore to follow. Even the United States of America, which had lost a quarter of its territory, abruptly changed the mainstream tone of its internal propaganda, and the voices denouncing the numerous crimes committed against Germany were instantly eliminated from its borders. And their attitude towards the "heartbroken" "Houston Peace Treaty" has also changed from the grief and hatred of the tsunami to the approval of the wind and rain; The Washington Post even published an editorial saying that it had every obligation to honor the treaty in order to reflect deeply on the historical crimes it had committed.

Qingying was also quite pleased with the obviously changing enthusiastic attitudes of the surrounding countries; With the combination of ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons, the shape of the whole world has undergone a fundamental reversal under this "1×1 nuclear fusion" (as a certain dynasty once said), and this is exactly what he hoped to get after sacrificing this ultimate weapon. From now on, it will become the Xuantie longsword in the German Wei Lingyu, and judging from the current technological leadership achieved by Germany, it is difficult for the other party to have the means to intercept it!

However, not all Germans were enthusiastic about this easy means of winning the war. As early as after the German government issued an ultimatum to Japan that there were still 60 nuclear missiles pointing at the sky, a considerable number of pacifists jointly wrote to Qingying to strongly protest the government's misuse of this weapon of mass destruction against humanity. If Germany today sets a very bad precedent, then in future wars the use of such weapons will lose its limits and eventually drag the entire human race into hell of death and destruction. These advocates of reducing nuclear arsenals and even destroying nuclear weapons include almost all strata of the Reich: from military and political leaders such as the economic devil Schacht and military benchmark Rundstead, to elite oligarchs such as Bohr, the scientific giant, and Krupp, the industrial leader. Either out of duty and justice, or out of selfish interests, they have warned the imperial government to treat this kind of devastating divine weapon with a special attitude.

In the face of this menacing wave of opposition, Qingying was also prepared with both hands. In his own heart, he only regarded this weapon as a deterrent weapon that would not be used until the last resort, and there was a basis for cooperation with the other party in limiting its number and conditions of use; Soon, he responded in an official name, promising to impose strict controls on the weapon. In addition, Qing Ying had the government media publicize the numerous crimes committed by Japan during the war of aggression against China for more than half a year, including several horrific massacres; Since Germany had been involved in East Asia as a neutral for most of the previous period, it had no difficulty finding a mountain of ironclad evidence to support these complaints. Through this propaganda, Qing Ying effectively defended his decision to use nuclear bombs: since Japan was already gluttonous on the East Asian continent, why couldn't Germany use similar means to counter it? Not to mention the huge benefits it brings!

Although this public opinion storm is still fermenting, and the military and the public are still discussing the positioning of nuclear weapons, with the implementation of Qingying's two-step strategy, the protests surrounding him for the abuse of nuclear weapons have disappeared. What Qing Ying had to do next was to act similar to that of the later lighthouse states, imposing strict restrictions on Japan's military power and political constitution, so that it no longer had the objective strength and social soil to expand outward. Although Germany did not experience the same protracted Pacific War as the United States in history, the fear and suffering inflicted on Japan was superior; As long as Germany could assemble a strong enough fleet in the Far East to impose a shipping blockade on it, it would also be able to achieve violent control over the country.

On Christmas Eve, the Christmas bell rings, and the night sky of the towns directly controlled by Germany bursts into colorful and brilliant fireworks. Although the massive use of nuclear bombs in this war still worries some pacifists, they have to admit that it is precisely because of the starry flight of these missiles that the German military and civilians were able to spend Christmas with their families only half a month after the outbreak of the war, and avoid the blood of tens of thousands of soldiers. The German war planes had not even started working, and the wealth saved was incalculable. Since the other party is the most vicious culprit responsible for the tragedy of the massacre of the city, then the imposition of a nuclear attack is also a just sanction.

In this quiet and peaceful atmosphere, the new year 1941 is approaching, and the National Day ceremony of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the German Empire is also just around the corner. With three weeks to go until the sacred 18th of January, dignitaries from all over the world have gathered like bees in Berlin; The hotels were overcrowded, full of knowledgeable Western journalists and loyal citizens who had come from all over the empire to watch the action. A large number of police officers armed with blast shields and armoured vehicles stood guard in the streets to guard the unfolding of the celebration on an unprecedented scale. Compared to the victory parade three years ago, Germany is in a different position today; This historic National Day is also a continuation of the past and a new one, announcing the complete end of the bloody war and the dawn of happiness and peace. Now that Germany has no subjective needs, and cannot find a country that can have strong enough strength to be its real opponent, the Prussian sword, which has been tempered for more than a thousand years, can finally be returned to its sheath and become a peerless legend that will be talked about forever in future generations! (To be continued......)

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