Chapter 1148 Must Land in North America

“…Now I repeat the words of the signers of the Declaration of Independence—that small band of patriots who, many years ago, were outnumbered and who, like us, were sure of final victory: ‘Stand firmly in God. to the blessing of the Lord, we pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.'"

Truman's sonorous voice carried a bit of sanctity on the radio, and was full of passion and vitality, which was in sharp contrast to the sluggish and tired impression given by President Roosevelt who had just passed away.

This is a recording of the speech Harry Truman delivered at his campaign headquarters after being elected as the 32nd President of the United States. It was sent to Europe by transport plane from the Rome Embassy in the United States. On the morning of November 8, the wire tape recording Truman's election speech was sent to Hitler's Chancellery.

"Haha, he is actually sure of victory!" After Martin Bowman closed the wire recorder with a click, Adolf Hitler's mocking voice rang out. "Such a ungrateful fool became the President of the United States!"

Rudolf Hess said: "He has not yet become president. The current president is still the Bolshevik that Wallace was."

"Bolsheviks? Not even Stalin dared to be our enemy, but Wallace, an American Bolshevik, still dares to be so arrogant? Imperial Marshal, should we immediately resume missile attacks on the United States?"

Hersmann also came to the Prime Minister's Office. Hearing Hitler's question, he nodded: "Prime Minister, missile attacks on the United States will resume soon. And we will not only attack the United States with missiles, but also land on the North American continent." !”

"Really going to land on the North American continent?" Adolf Hitler had long known that the General Staff was preparing a combat plan to attack the North American continent, but he did not think that this plan would actually be implemented before.

"It seems necessary now." Hersman gave an affirmative answer. "Otherwise, how are we going to end the war? Are we going to let the United States go and tolerate the continued development of a powerful intercontinental country that is hostile to us? Is it growing?"

Of course, Germany can now make peace with the United States without severely damaging the United States - this is what the United States desires - but what will happen after peace is made? Cold war between Germany and Germany? In Hersmann's view, this result was very unfavorable to Germany. Because the United States of Europe has not yet been truly established, and the United States of America has long been a unified whole and has absolute dominance on the North American continent.

If Germany and Germany replace a hot war with a cold war, there is a high probability that Germany will lose the struggle in the end and follow in the footsteps of the Soviet Union!

Hitler said: "But the risk of landing on the North American continent seems too great..."

"The risks are great, but the benefits are also great!" Hessman said firmly, "If we launch an attack from the Caribbean, the United States is likely to retain its hegemony on the North American continent in the end."

Letting the United States retain North America was the bottom line of peace acceptable to Hitler - reparations are of course necessary, otherwise the European mark would not become the first hard currency, and the capital of the entire United States of Europe would be insufficient.

But Hirschman wanted to go further and limit the United States to its homeland and dependent territories such as the Hawaiian Islands, the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. At the same time, Canada returned to the embrace of Europe - Canada is still legally a British dependency, but it supports George VI instead of Elizabeth II.

Although the United States, which is limited to its homeland and overseas territories, is still an intercontinental power with rich resources, a large population, and developed industry, it is completely incomparable to the American empire that controls North America or North and South America.

Moreover, the United States, which has lost its leadership position in the Americas, has also lost a large overseas market that can allow its economy to fully expand. The United States of Europe, which controls Canada and South America, can create a super market that includes most of Europe, most of Africa, the Middle East, India, South America, Australia, and half of North America.

If the United States does not want to be excluded from this super market, it can only "learn German well" and abide by the international order established by Germany. Considering the similarity in race and language between the two sides, the probability that the United States will eventually become part of the German-led world order is still very high.

Therefore, using atomic bombs to destroy many major American cities is not Hessman's first choice. It is Hessman's best strategy to defeat the United States with conventional war, and then use atomic bombs to scare the American people and force them to give up their dream of hegemony forever.

"So," Hitler was silent for a moment, "under what circumstances should we use the atomic bomb?"

Germany's current atomic bomb policy is relatively "special" - in fact, it is not special. After all, only Germany has the atomic bomb - the "nuclear button" is not kept by the Reich Chancellor. In fact, there is no such button, it is just a stipulation. The use of atomic bombs requires a written order from both the Reich Chancellor and the Chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht.

"Of course, after landing on the North American continent," Hersman gave advice, "because only by capturing Newfoundland can Europe be protected from counterattacks by American bacterial weapons."

The current United States is different from the Japan that was bombed by the atomic bomb in history. At that time, Japan was unable to fight back against the United States, but the current United States still has the power to fight back against Europe. The American B-29 can break through the European air defense at night. If the return fuel is not taken into account, the B-29 can even break into Berlin from Newfoundland Island - the distance between the two places is about 4,700 kilometers. It is not enough for the B-29 to fly back and forth with bombs, but it is more than enough for a one-way flight. Although Germany is currently preparing to deploy an air defense system code-named "Atlantic Wall" on the west coast of the European continent (including Ireland), the system will include hundreds of large radar stations and 200 surface-to-air missile positions and more anti-aircraft artillery positions, and will also be equipped with more than 2,000 high-altitude and high-speed interceptors (Me262 and He219) and early warning aircraft.

However, even if the "Atlantic Wall" air defense system is deployed, it cannot guarantee 100% blocking the B-29 that invades Europe. After all, the current radar technology is still very rudimentary. Not only is the detection accuracy limited, but false alarms often occur, and there is no 100% detection rate at all.

As long as a B-29 loaded with plague fleas and anthrax spores breaks through to Berlin or the Rhine area, it will cause unimaginable consequences!

In order to completely eliminate the possibility of the "Atlantic Wall" being breached, it is necessary to seize Newfoundland Island or even the Nova Scotia Peninsula, which is part of the North American continent.

Hitler thought for a while and asked again: "When do you plan to implement the plan to land in North America?"

"After the spring equinox next year." Hersman replied, "After the spring equinox, the climate in the North Atlantic will improve, which is suitable for cross-ocean expeditions. In addition, the aircraft carrier "Adolf Hitler" will also be equipped with troops. By then, the Me262HG-2 carrier-based jet fighters will be able to board the ship, providing strong air cover for the landing fleet."

The "Adolf Hitler" aircraft carrier is a "70,000-ton aircraft carrier" transformed from the hull of the H41 battleship, also known as the "E aircraft carrier". The Adolf Hitler is its first ship, so it is also called the "Adolf Hitler" class.

Unlike the previous B and B41 aircraft carriers, the Adolf Hitler class was designed from the beginning to be a carrier tailor-made for jet carriers, so it uses an angled deck and a high-power hydraulic catapult - this new hydraulic catapult can accelerate a load of up to 10 tons (the combat weight of the Me262T is 10 tons) to 115 kilometers per hour within 100 meters. If the power of the Me262T carrier-based jet fighter is added, it is enough to accelerate the aircraft to 250 kilometers per hour within 100 meters, which is enough for the aircraft to take off from the aircraft carrier deck.

Because the hydraulic catapult can temporarily meet the needs of jet aircraft takeoff, the Adolf Hitler did not use the ski-jump takeoff runway envisioned at the beginning, but used a conventional straight aircraft deck.

In addition to being able to carry Me262T carrier-based fighters, the Hs293A1 air-to-ship missiles and Hs2410T carrier-based fighter-bombers were also sent to the Adolf Hitler class aircraft carrier. With the help of these two high-performance fighters/fighter-bombers, the combat capability of the European Joint Fleet will be taken to the next level, enough to support the battle to land on Newfoundland.

"The spring equinox is March 20," Hitler thought for a while and said, "That means there are still 4 months?"

"Yes, there are still 4 months!" Hersman nodded.

These 4 months are the time for the European Community to prepare for the final battle, and also the time for Hitler and Mussolini to strive for a bloodless victory for Europe. Of course, it is also precious time for Harry Truman, who is about to succeed the US President.

Now that he has been elected president, he is waiting to take over the huge and difficult mess from Wallace.

It is impossible for Truman to fulfill the unrealistic promises he made during the campaign. But he found it difficult to break his promise immediately! Because the general election held on November 6, 1944 has changed the political landscape of the United States forever.

The era of the Republican and Democratic monopoly on politics has passed. Although the Bolshevik Party and the National Fascist Party are not yet capable of winning the White House, these two extreme parties have taken advantage of the favorable situation of domestic political divisions in the United States to enter the Senate and the House of Representatives as they wished, and have also won seats in many state legislatures.

Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats have won a majority of seats in either the Senate or the House of Representatives, which means that the Democrats are simply unable to pass a humiliating peace treaty in Congress.