Chapter 1172 Project Fort Gauchi - Truman the Scapegoat

On January 20, 1945, Washington, D.C. was fortunately covered by a heavy snowfall. The tall Capitol Building looked hazy from the heavy snowfall that looked like falling goose feathers.

Truman sat in the car. Today, he was wrapped in a navy blue coat, quietly looking at the snow outside the window. His heavy face finally had a hint of relief - such weather should protect Washington from air raids, right?

He turned his head and glanced at his wife Beth Truman. Today is the most important moment in the lives of the couple. Soon, they will become the president and first lady of the United States of America. Since Truman entered politics, all his efforts and all his performances on and off the stage have been for the purpose of being sworn in on the U.S. Constitution one day and becoming the first person in the United States of America.

But on the eve of arriving at Capitol Hill to take the oath of office, Truman had a hint of regret. Perhaps he should not have participated in the presidential election, or perhaps he should not have gone with Barkley to embarrass President Roosevelt. If Roosevelt had gone as he wished, the United States and Germany should have signed a peace treaty, and Dewey, who would soon take control of the White House, and the Republicans who controlled Congress would have had to take the blame for Roosevelt's actions.

It is true that the United States would experience a long period of pain after this humiliating peace, but the United States' domination of the entire North America would be guaranteed - this was impossible before the World War! And the United States' interests in South America were not lost in one fell swoop, because Germany would still face a lot of difficulties in integrating Europe after the war, and would not seek dominance in South America at all, otherwise they would not support the New Asbanian Federation. So if "Roosevelt's Peace" was realized, post-war South America would most likely be a balance of power between the United States and Europe.

With absolute dominance over North America and a balance of power between the United States and Europe in South America, the United States has actually gained a huge living space, and its future resurgence is only a matter of time.

But now... the United States is making a gamble on its national destiny! If it wins, the United States can dominate the entire Americas and confront Germany across the Atlantic. If they lose, they may not even be able to keep their territory in North America, and the United States will be limited to its homeland and several Pacific colonies. And the amount of compensation will increase greatly!

Before today, Truman did not really sit at the gambling table related to the fate of the United States, but watched how Roosevelt and Wallace bet. Just looking at it makes me shudder... This gambling game is really not fun.

Just before Truman left the White House (before taking the oath of office, he also attended the last cabinet military meeting hosted by Wallace in the White House) to go to Capitol Hill to take office, Donovan, director of the Strategic Intelligence Agency, reported a news that made him gasp: the German atomic bomb seemed to have a new trick, which could be used to create a tsunami, using huge waves of ten or twenty meters high to hit the beachhead of Trinidad!

According to Donovan's report, this intelligence is very reliable, and the source is the Soviet intelligence department and the Free French Movement - their hidden agents in the Tsarist Russian puppet government and the French puppet government reported this intelligence almost at the same time, which is obviously very credible!

Let’s not talk about whether the Germans would use such a sinister trick to attack coastal cities on the east coast of the United States (of course, this cannot be prevented. As soon as the inauguration ceremony is over, Truman will discuss this matter with cabinet members and senior military generals). Even if Germany honestly uses tsunamis to deal with the US troops on Trinidad, it will be enough to give people a headache. Coastal cities can also prevent tsunami bombs by evacuating some residents and deploying anti-submarine nets (in fact, many anti-submarine nets have been deployed). But what about the defenders on Trinidad and other islands in the Caribbean? Do we have to reinforce all the beachheads to the point where they can resist tsunamis?

This president really doesn’t look like a good job! Truman didn’t even want to take the oath...

At this time, although Capitol Hill was covered with falling snow, it was covered in silver. But there were still many people in Washington, D.C. and supporters of the Democratic Party gathered. Everyone braved the wind and snow, waving the American flag to welcome Truman, the new president of the United States... maybe the last president.

Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives also gathered on Capitol Hill to welcome the president's arrival. Because the U.S. congressmen took office earlier than the president, they were all new members of the congress. Among them, the Democrats no longer have an advantage. The Republican Party is now the largest party in the parliament, and representatives of the National Fascist Party and the Bolshevik Party also have considerable seats. Although the Democratic Party is the second largest party, it can only keep more than one-third of the seats.

This means that even if Truman wants to take the blame for the American people, he must get the consent of the Republican Party! In order to get the consent of the Republican Party, Truman and the Democratic Party must sell out the New Deal-it is not the Republican Party who voted to reject the New Deal bill, but the Democratic Party and the Republican Party joined forces!

This is betrayal! The Democratic Party betrayed its staunch supporters... The consequence of the betrayal must be a collapse in the 1946 midterm elections!

Once the Democratic Party collapsed, it was hard to say whether Truman could stay in office until 1949. He might become the first president in American history to be impeached and removed from office...

Just as President Truman was panicking over the abyss he might face, the car he was riding in had already stopped outside the Capitol.

"Honey, we're here!" Beth Truman gently reminded Truman, who seemed a little dazed.

The door of the car was opened by an American soldier in full dress, and the biting cold wind blew in his face, and Truman was immediately shocked. The daze and pessimism about the future and fate of the United States disappeared. When Truman walked out of the car and waved to the American people who supported him, the reporters' cameras captured a leader who was full of energy and confidence, ready to lead the United States to defeat all fascist and Nazi enemies!

...

"He looks like a winner!"

Adolf Hitler gently patted the Wall Street Journal on his desk. The newspaper clearly published a photo of "Truman waving", and somehow he said this sentence.

"The United States is the destined winner, but we changed our destiny." Hersman, who had just returned from Petrograd, also said something that sounded a bit unfathomable.

"Yes! We have changed the fate of Germany and Europe." Hitler nodded, and then changed the subject, "Ludwig, how was Rudolf's wedding in Russia?"

"It was much more dignified than the wedding in Heinsberg, almost catching up with the royal wedding."

This time Hersman went to Petrograd for Rudolf's wedding. The wedding was held in the Yusupov Palace, which was extremely luxurious and very high-profile. There was also a carriage parade, just like the royal weddings in Europe. After the wedding, Rudolf and his wife Elena went to Sochi on the Black Sea coast together and lived in the Green Jungle Villa that originally belonged to Stalin, where they will spend their honeymoon.

"What do the Russians think of this wedding?" Hitler asked again.

"It seems very welcome." Hersman shrugged, "This overly luxurious wedding shows the wealth of Germany and Western Europe. I think more Russians will want to come here."

The wedding held in Petrograd was paid for by Prince Yusupov - he is much richer than Hersman! However, the Russians now suffer from inferiority complex, always feeling that their country and people are relatively poor and cannot be compared with the rich people in Western Europe.

When Hitler heard that more Russians would run to Germany, he couldn't help but frowned - this is actually a good thing, but Hitler didn't realize it now. Because the Russian nation is also a great nation with many talents, and their appearance is not much different from that of the Germans, so it is easier to assimilate. If Germany can attract a large number of outstanding Russian talents, it will only become more prosperous and powerful in the future. As for Russian workers, they are also the labor force needed for the construction of Germany and Western Europe. As long as the European Community can extort enough compensation from the United States, the scale of infrastructure construction in the future will be very large, and a large number of workers will be needed. It is definitely more reliable to use Russians than to use workers from the Middle East and Africa. At least they are also blond, blue-eyed, white-skinned, and believe in God.

Hitler, who didn't know the value of the Slavs, brought the topic back to the war with the United States. He asked: "It seems that the first phase of the Fort Gauch Plan has been successful, right?"

The Fort Gauch Plan is divided into two phases. The first phase is the deception phase, which is to make the Americans believe that Trinidad is the target of the German attack, so as to ignore the defense of Newfoundland. The second phase is to attack Newfoundland!

Now various deception operations are being staged one after another, not only deceiving the United States, but also the French, British and Russians.

In addition to deception, the confidentiality work is also very good. There are only a few people who know that the real target of the German attack is Newfoundland. In addition to the elite staff of the Operations Bureau of the General Staff who participated in the formulation of the plan, there are only a few people who are qualified to participate in the meeting of the Supreme Command, and there are also the commander of the Atlantic Front, the commander of the naval aviation, the commander of the Marine Corps, the commander of the submarine command and several quartermasters.

And the intelligence analysis fed back from all sides shows that the deception has indeed been successful. Now the Americans should be 100% convinced that the place that determines their fate is Trinidad.

However, this is not the whole of the "deception plan". In order to mobilize the US air and naval forces to the maximum extent, the General Staff of the Wehrmacht also formulated a false plan to attack the Bermuda Islands.