Chapter 519 Tiger! Tiger! Tiger 23

"Marshal Reich, I don't quite understand... Now, why are we rushing to declare war on the United States? Why can't we reach a secret agreement with Roosevelt to carve up the world? As long as the United States is willing to suspend aid to Britain, Europe will be ours. Then We can concentrate our efforts on dealing with the Soviet Union. After defeating the Soviet Union, the world will also belong to Germany!"

Berlin, inside the Chancellery. Adolf Hitler was chatting leisurely with the visiting Reich Chief of General Staff Hersmann.

"Leader, you..." Hersman was stunned by Hitler's words. Historically, Hitler had already gone to war with the Soviet Union in Germany, and the war situation was falling into an unfavorable situation, but he resolutely declared war on the United States.

Now, Germany's situation is not a little bit better than it was historically. The British Royal Navy has been beaten to death, and Gibraltar has been occupied by the German and Spanish forces. The Mediterranean Sea has now become the lake of Germany and Italy, the Middle East has become Germany's oil depot, and Egypt and Syria have become Germany's granary. France has also made up its mind to follow Germany. Now the French and Italian navies are conducting joint combat training. Once the training is completed, they will rush out of Gibraltar and cause trouble with the British Empire.

Under such a good situation, Hitler actually backed down on the issue of declaring war on the United States.

Hitler, who seemed to be in a good mood, smiled and said to Hessmann: "We, Germany, are a European country after all. The first thing we need to establish is absolute leadership in Europe, rather than contaminating South America or the Far East. Therefore, defeating the British Our core interests are with the Soviet Union. As long as the United States is willing to abandon Britain and the Soviet Union, we can conclude a "Mutual Non-Aggression Treaty" with the United States. "

"Leader, are you going to betray Germany's loyal friend Japan?" Hersmann looked at Hitler with wide eyes.

Hitler shrugged and smiled: "Japan just wants to use us Germany to dominate the Pacific...and we have given them a lot and don't owe Japan anything. Why give up an opportunity for Japan to solve Britain without much bloodshed? What if? If you feel sorry for Japan, we can give Japan more aid and let them hold back the United States."

Hitler's thinking turned out to be this. In his view, Germany and Britain were cousins, and the two sides were not fighting to the death. It was not worth shedding too much blood to defeat the British, and it was not good whether the Germans or the British died.

The reason why Britain is still resisting is actually because the United States is instigating it. If the United States is willing to give up its stance of supporting Britain, Britain will immediately choose to surrender and lose half. In this way, Germany will become the undoubted leader in Europe, and it can then concentrate its efforts on fighting the Soviet Union. If Germany unites the power of all Europe, it is very possible to defeat the Soviet Union and restore Tsarist Russia.

"But Americans will never give up supporting Britain!" Hersman's tone was very certain.

"If they are really stubborn," Hitler sneered, "then we will unite with Japan to defeat them! But now we should give the Americans one last chance! We Germans have always been very reasonable and we will always give Roosevelt a last chance. of."

He looked at Hessman and said: "Marshal Imperial, I plan to send Hess as my special envoy to the United States to negotiate with President Roosevelt face to face. I think Roosevelt will seriously consider our peace proposal."

Hess goes to America? Hirschman thought to himself, if only he had been detained by Roosevelt! But this is just a thought. Germany and Germany have not yet declared war. No matter how much Roosevelt hates the Nazis, he cannot do this.

"Hess couldn't convince Roosevelt, that's absolutely certain." Hessman thought for a while and then said, "Now Japan is attacking Hawaii, and they are very likely to capture it. This will completely change the relationship between the United States and Japan. Based on the balance of strength, Japan is likely to play a greater role in future wars. Japan will be the key to our victory over the United States, so we should give them more encouragement now if they know that we will not declare war on the United States in the short term. , they will definitely feel frustrated, and maybe their confidence in occupying the Hawaiian Islands will be shaken... Leader, how should we explain to the Japanese?"

"It's too simple," Adolf Hitler smiled. "Practical actions are always more effective than verbal encouragement. Hasn't the Navy always had a plan to break into the Atlantic? I think it's time to implement it now. Hess can compete with the high seas The fleet moves together, and then just send a destroyer to take him to Iceland... And the invasion of the Atlantic Ocean is also the best reason to delay the declaration of war, isn't it? Our navy's invasion of the Atlantic Ocean is the key to establishing a sea line of communication between Germany and Japan. ah!"

The "break into the Atlantic" plan is for the main force of the German High Seas Fleet to break into the Atlantic to join the French and Italian combined fleets.

The conditions for implementing this plan are now fully mature. The British Home Fleet suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Shetland and is still licking its wounds. The main force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet is now probably busy moving to the Pacific to rescue Oahu. There is no more concern about playing "freedom of navigation" in the North Atlantic. Therefore, Germany's two Bismarck-class, 1 Scharnhorst-class, 2 Seydlitz-class and 3 P-class armored ships can break through the Denmark Strait with swagger, and then go to Gibraltar to join the Italian-French combined fleet.

After the rendezvous is completed, the two "Seidlitz" class aircraft carriers will become the key to breaking through the Red Sea. Because of the protection of the aircraft carrier, Italian battleships can penetrate into the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea to support the army in opening up the maritime communication line from the Persian Gulf to Suez.

In addition, the German-Italian fleet's entry into the Indian Ocean is also an important step to open up the German-Japanese sea transportation line! Opening up the German-Japanese sea transportation line is also a prerequisite for Japan to receive a large amount of aid materials from Germany.

And obtaining German weapons and equipment and machinery is the key for Japan to defend the Hawaiian Islands and block the United States in the Eastern Pacific in the future. Therefore, it is completely reasonable for Germany not to declare war on the United States for the time being, and Hitler is a particularly good fool. So Hessman did not insist on it. After leaving the Chancellery, he immediately convened the heads of the Navy and the Air Force to hold a meeting to arrange the High Seas Fleet's entry into the Atlantic.

At the same time, US President Roosevelt also learned that Hitler would send Minister Hess to the United States as a secret envoy.

"Mr. President, we can refuse Hess's visit." US Secretary of State Hull said to Roosevelt in an extremely solemn tone, "As long as we refuse Hull and reiterate our policy of supporting Britain, the Germans are likely to declare war."

"Then their High Seas Fleet will come to attack the islands in the Atlantic and Caribbean Seas," Navy Secretary Knox said to Roosevelt worriedly. "President, now we must transfer the main force of the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific Ocean to rescue Hawaii. The British Royal Navy has lost the ability to control the Atlantic Ocean. If we declare war on Germany now, Germany may become the master of the Atlantic Ocean..."

Because the Japanese aircraft carriers are stranded near the Hawaiian Islands and have been conducting air strikes for days. The US Navy Operations Department has made a judgment that the Japanese army will capture Hawaii! Based on this judgment, Admiral Stark, the Chief of Naval Operations, has formally proposed to transfer the main force of the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific Ocean to reinforce Hawaii. In this case, declaring war on Germany immediately is not a particularly wise choice.

Navy Secretary Knox said: "President, we should consider declaring war on Germany after the Battle of Hawaii."

"But Germany will continue to launch military offensives, but the direction will be transferred from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean." Roosevelt frowned and said, "They will soon open up the Indian Ocean transportation line and join forces with the Japanese devils who occupied Southeast Asia. This is also a very bad situation."

Once Japan and Germany meet in the Indian Ocean, the two countries will be able to exchange what they have, and the resource bottlenecks stuck on the necks of Japan and Germany will disappear. Moreover, India will also be occupied by Germany and Japan!

"It's better than them occupying the islands in the Atlantic and Caribbean immediately." Secretary of the Navy Knox said, "We need time to strengthen the defense in Iceland, the Azores, the Bahamas and a series of important islands in the Caribbean." Before Hawaii was attacked by the Japanese, the Americans only deployed a relatively strong force in Iceland. There were not many troops deployed in the Azores, and no one thought about deploying troops in the Bermuda Islands and Caribbean islands close to the US mainland. Because no one thought that one day the powerful Atlantic Fleet would transfer its main force to the Pacific to deal with the Japanese. "Well," Roosevelt knew that he could not refuse Hess, because even some of his cabinet members thought that Hess should come to the United States, not to mention those congressmen who were not very supportive of going to war with Germany. "Let Hess come, but... no agreement will be reached. We cannot abandon Britain, and we cannot tolerate Germany becoming the overlord of the Old Continent!" Hull nodded and said, "Of course, we cannot compromise with Germany... unless they are willing to completely abandon the invasion route." Roosevelt looked at the Secretary of the Navy, Noske, and said, "Since we are not going to war with Germany for the time being, the Atlantic Fleet can enter the Pacific Ocean... I think there will be no accidents in the Hawaii operation, right?" Noske frowned, and he dared not guarantee it. Because the Atlantic Fleet's voyage from the east coast of the United States to the west coast is more than 5,000 nautical miles, and it takes at least 14-15 days to arrive. Then it takes a few days of supply and rest before going to Hawaii, and the journey to Hawaii is more than 2,000 nautical miles, and it takes another 6 days. Adding it all together, it will take a total of 25 days. It is hard to say whether Hawaii can hold on until then.