Chapter 1118 Roosevelt's Death 3

"What? Are we going to attack the mainland of the United States? I thought we needed to take over Puerto Rico before bombing the mainland of the United States."

In the luxurious office of the Chancellor of the German Empire, Adolf Hitler listened to Hersmann's report on the results of the Battle of the Bermuda Islands. Before he could issue a "declaration of victory", he was stunned by the battle plan proposed by Hersmann. .

Of course Hitler knew that the General Staff had been planning to attack the United States - without attacking the United States, how could the Americans happily shell out 500 billion European marks in compensation?

But Hitler did not expect that the attack on the United States would begin immediately at this time. He originally thought that the mainland United States would not be bombed until after the Caribbean War.

"Prime Minister," Hessman smiled proudly, "If we don't attack the United States now, it will be difficult to succeed in the Caribbean war, right?"

Hitler was stunned, and Hersman explained: "According to intelligence, the number of combat aircraft currently owned by the United States is still far greater than ours, and the Caribbean battlefield is the focus of the deployment of American aviation forces. Trinidad alone The number of US military combat aircraft on the island exceeds 3,000.

If we could not manage to divert Caribbean aircraft to the east coast of the United States, the attack on Trinidad would turn into a bloody war of attrition. "

Hitler understood a little bit, "Reichsmarschall, is our attack on the United States mainland aimed at forcing the Americans to withdraw troops from the Caribbean battlefield?"

"right."

"What can we use to attack?" Hitler asked again. "Our longest-range bombers can't reach the mainland of the United States, right?"

"It's actually within reach."

"Enough?" Hitler asked, "What type of plane?"

"Me264 long-range bomber," Hersman said, "the latest model Me264F bomber has an ultimate range of 9,500 kilometers."

"That's the ultimate range." Hitler shook his head. "If bombs are attached and the fuel consumed during the takeoff formation is added, it will be difficult for the Me264 bomber to reach the United States, right?"

"It's difficult," Hersman said, "but there is a way to solve it." He paused, "We have the Reaper 1B air-launched missile that can be launched from 500 kilometers away."

The prototype of the Reaper 1 air-launched missile, the Reaper man-operated missile, has a range of 300 kilometers. If the pilot's cockpit is changed to a fuel tank, the range of 500 kilometers is not a problem at all. However, because the Reaper 1 missile is an anti-ship missile and does not need such a long range, the fuel tank was reduced during design and the charge was increased.

The Reaper 1B is an air-launched cruise missile, so the design focused on increasing the range in order to gain the range to attack the United States - in fact, the Reaper 2 ship-based anti-ship missile also has a modification of the cruise missile, called the Reaper 2B model, also has a range of 500 kilometers.

"It's about 3,680 kilometers from Porto Heroes in the Azores to Boston," Hersman said. "If you deduct the 500 kilometers of the Reaper 1B missile, the distance the aircraft needs to fly is only 3,180 kilometers. As long as the aircraft are not in formation. For flight, the range of the existing model Me264 long-range bomber is sufficient.”

"In addition, we can also dispatch missile carriers to launch V1B cruise missiles." Hersman then proposed a cheaper tactic to attack the United States mainland - dispatching "Kesselring" class aircraft carriers equipped with V1B missile launchers. The U.S. coastline is 500 kilometers away to launch missiles against the United States.

The maximum speed of the Kesselring-class aircraft carrier is 26 knots. Due to the high reliability of the marine diesel engine it uses, the aircraft carrier can maintain a high speed of about 24 knots for a long time. Therefore, the aircraft carrier can use the cover of night or bad weather to sneak close to the United States and wait until it is within a distance of 500 kilometers before launching missiles.

Moreover, the Kesselring-class aircraft carrier carrying V1B missiles can still carry a certain number of carrier-based aircraft, and has strong self-defense capabilities. If multiple aircraft carrier groups act together, they can completely withstand US air strikes and successfully complete missile launch missions.

"Can a missile launched 400-500 kilometers away hit the target?" Hitler was still a little doubtful.

"Yes." Hessman said, "We have some guidance and correction methods that can launch 30% of the missiles within a radius of 6 kilometers from the target. For strategic bombing, this accuracy is acceptable "

The accuracy of the V1 missile in history is actually not bad, causing huge casualties and property losses to the UK. And this was achieved in the absence of effective correction means. At that time, the correction means were mainly a combination of spy reconnaissance and radio signal tracking.

Experts from the German Naval Armament Bureau have prepared a "traditional" correction method for the V1B missile - seaplane sighting! To this end, the German Navy purchased a "Sukuf" class cruise submarine from the French Navy for modification, removed the heavy guns, and increased the number of seaplanes (equipped with captured American OS2U "Kingfisher" seaplanes). In this way, when the cruise missile attacks the United States mainland, the seaplane can quietly conduct some observation.

In addition, spies to observe the impact of missiles have of course been sent to potential strike targets such as New York, Washington, Boston, and Philadelphia.

However, no matter how hard you try, the circular error probability of only a few hundred meters is out of the question. A circular error probability of 6,000 meters is actually pretty good. And Hersman didn't really intend to use cruise missiles to force the United States to surrender - his purpose was just to tell the Americans that their country was not safe and that Germany had means of attack that they could not defend against.

In addition, using cruise missiles to attack large cities in the United States was also to accumulate experience for possible nuclear strikes in the future.

According to Hersman's order, the "Super Death God" and A series ballistic missiles that can carry 2.5-3 tons of warheads are being intensively developed.

And the work of miniaturizing atomic bombs is also underway!

"Well," Hitler said, "Ludwig, you are the Chief of the General Staff... I fully support your decision on whether to launch a missile attack on the United States."

Just as Hersman and Hitler were about to finish their conversation, the phone on Hitler's desk suddenly rang. Hitler picked up the receiver and Ribbentrop's voice came immediately.

"My leader, Marquis Ciano just called me and said that US President Roosevelt has fallen ill and had a stroke."

"Did Roosevelt have a stroke?" Hitler asked, "Is he going to die?"

"No, he is out of danger now and seems to be able to continue governing... because the US President has invited the Roman Caesar to visit the United States after waking up."

"Did Mussolini agree?"

"Yes, the Roman Caesar thinks this is an opportunity to promote peace. He wants to know if our peace conditions have changed?"

"Not yet." Hitler said, "If the High Command Meeting and the European Community Leaders' Meeting make a new decision, the Roman Caesar will be notified as soon as possible."

After that, Hitler hung up the phone. Then he said to Hersmann, "Roosevelt has had a stroke and it seems that he won't live long."

Hersmann was not surprised by the news at all. Roosevelt, who was so proud in history, also died in early 1945. Now that the United States is about to lose the war, Roosevelt must be very depressed. It is completely normal to live a few months less.

"He is a great man," Hersman smiled, "It's a pity that he met us! This is his greatest misfortune!"

Hitler shrugged, "Maybe dying as soon as possible is a relief for him... At least he doesn't need to be responsible for the defeat." He thought for a while and asked again: "Ludwig, do you think there will be any surprises in the November election? Will the United States become a country ruled by the Fascist Party or the Nazi Party?"

In fact, the Nazi fascism of the United States is not necessarily a good thing for Europe, but politicians in the 1940s did not think about the problem in this way. They were used to dividing the camps in the form of YS. If the United States becomes fascist (Nazified), it seems to be a comrade of the United States of Europe and the Roman Empire.

So Hitler, like Mussolini, had expectations for the "Nazi-Fascist Revolution" in the United States.

"No." Hersman said very confidently, "Before the defeat of the United States, the Fascist Party and the Bolshevik Party could not be elected. And even if the Fascist Party was elected, could we exempt the United States from reparations? Could we allow the United States to become a powerful country that could compete with the United States of Europe after the war?"

"That's definitely not possible." Hitler shook his head and said.

"Yes," Hersman nodded and smiled, "So now is not the time for the American Nazi Party or the American Fascist Party to come to power. Otherwise, the Nazi comrades in the United States may become social democrats. So we should find ways to help the Fascist Party come to power after the Democratic Party or the Republican Party in the United States becomes a traitor to the interests of the United States."

Hersman's ideas are of course different from Hitler's. He doesn't really want to see a fascist or Nazi America - this is not necessarily beneficial to Germany and Europe. After all, the comprehensive national strength of the United States is too strong. Once the Nazis or fascism are fully mobilized, it may really become an American version of the Third Reich!

Hirschman's real idea was to make the American Fascist Party or the Nazi Party a force that would split American politics after the war. And considering that the influence of Wall Street tycoons on American politics was far stronger than that of German industrial capitalists, it would be difficult for the American Fascist Party or the American Nazi Party to make them submit.