Chapter 883 God Stands on the Side of the Queen

Kuchler is the commander of Army Group North. In the German Wehrmacht command system led by Hersmann, the commander of Army Group has great authority and can decide major issues. Therefore, Kuchler could order the troops outside Leningrad to launch an attack without consulting the General Staff, but he still had to report it to the General Staff after the order was issued.

When his report was sent to the General Staff of Zossen via radio waves, Imperial Marshal Hersmann was having a headache about the battle taking place in the Atlantic.

It seems that the war with the Americans will continue!

Because Germany’s request to purchase 3 million tons of C3 fuel through the Netherlands seems to have fallen into the sea without even a wave. It was obvious that Roosevelt would not be able to get through what Kennedy had promised.

In addition to refusing to sell oil, the Americans also sent a huge fleet out of the Caribbean Sea, and this fleet caused headaches for both Hessman and Redl in the past two days.

"The Americans' target is not the Azores..." Redl shook his head, "Our reconnaissance plane did not detect their approach."

The Azores were captured by Germany in 1942. At that time, the Ju288 plus remote-controlled glide bombs had just come out, and the U.S. Atlantic Fleet simply did not dare to confront Germany in the mid-Atlantic and simply withdrew to defend the Azores. Therefore, Germany took over this key location in the mid-Atlantic without much effort.

Subsequently, the Azores became a maritime fortress that Germany painstakingly managed. The German army built a naval base and underground oil depots on Terceira, the third largest island in the archipelago. It also built several large airports nearby and deployed Ju288, He219, Fw-190 and other fighters to block and cover the mid-Atlantic route. .

After the main force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet (3rd Fleet) rushed out of the Caribbean Sea, both the German Naval Command and the European Combined Fleet believed that they were headed for the Azores. So a reinforcement fleet was immediately dispatched from Gibraltar, including a regiment of Marines and a tank destroyer battalion belonging to the Marine Corps.

At the same time, the main force of the European Combined Fleet also headed towards the Azores Islands under the command of Marshal Lütjens, preparing to fight the American fleet there.

But now the main force of the European Combined Fleet (departing from the French port of Brest) has almost arrived at Port Heroes, and the reconnaissance planes sent by the Azores Islands have not found any trace of the American fleet.

Because all the reconnaissance aircraft of the German Navy are now equipped with new airborne radar systems using British technology, there is no possibility of seeing the main force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet (not a few ships, but dozens or hundreds of ships) No, unless they are not close to the Azores.

In other words, their target is not the Azores!

"Will he return?" Hessman asked thoughtfully.

"It's possible." Redel nodded, "But it's not very big... The American fleet rushes out and turns around and then goes home. What's the point of this?"

Doesn't it make sense? Hirschman thought, maybe Roosevelt just wanted to show off?

"How is Cape Verde's defense?" Hessman asked again with a frown.

Cape Verde is also a must-defend stronghold. Controlling Cape Verde can protect most of the west coast of Africa. If it is captured by the Americans, there will be problems with the European Community's rule in Africa - although Germany did not use large-scale troops in sub-Saharan Africa, after the surrender of the British mainland, almost the entire sub-Saharan Africa was controlled by the European Community.

"Cape Verde doesn't have much of a problem," Redl said thoughtfully, "but the Americans' target may also be South Africa! We can't live without South Africa's gold."

South Africa is now a Dutch colony - it was given in exchange for the Dutch East Indies. However, the Japanese did not fulfill the agreement to send a fleet to assist the German army in landing in South Africa (they helped the German army capture Madagascar). South Africa later fell to Germany due to the surrender of the British mainland and became a nominal overseas territory of the Netherlands. However, most of the gold produced in South Africa was deposited in the United European Bank, effectively becoming a guarantee for the European mark.

Therefore, losing South Africa will be somewhat of a problem for Germany.

"Let the fleet search near Cape Verde," Hersman suddenly realized that once the U.S. Navy breaks through the Atlantic blockade with Ju288 as the backbone, it will be very troublesome. "At the same time, we are preparing to send more troops to South Africa. In addition, we must rebuild the Atlantic blockade." Hersman asked again, "Can Heroes Port be used as the home port of the fleet now?"

Porto Heroes is located on the south coast of Terceira, the third largest island in the Azores. It is protected by a series of mountains and has become a natural haven. But Heroic Harbor is not the only good harbor on Terceira. There is also Terceira Bay on the east coast of the island, which, like the Port of Heroes, was built as a military port by the German army.

"It can be used as a home port for the squadron," Redl said, "but the entire European Combined Fleet will definitely not be able to accommodate it."

"Then put an aircraft carrier squadron there." Hersman said, "Now the Americans have effective means to deal with the Ju288, so we can no longer rely on the Ju288 as a trump card. We must let the Ju288 cooperate with the carrier-based aircraft. Fight to ensure the reestablishment of the Atlantic Blockade."

When Hessmann was discussing with Raeder how to re-block the Atlantic Ocean and prevent Americans from entering and exiting at will, First Munitions Director Guderian suddenly walked quickly.

"Imperial Marshal, there may be a military mutiny in Leningrad!" Guderian saluted, "Marshal Küchler has ordered the troops to launch an attack on Leningrad and provide assistance to the mutinous troops."

"Mutiny?" Hersman was stunned.

What's going on? It's 1943, not 1991, how could the troops mutiny?

"Really?" Hersman asked in disbelief.

"Absolutely true!" Guderian said, "At present, at least one Soviet infantry regiment has surrendered to the Russian empress, and more teams have mutinied."

"Imperial Marshal, will the war with the Soviet Union end soon?" Raeder couldn't help but interrupt at this time, "Does this mean that we can concentrate our forces to deal with the United States?"

"Or make peace with the United States." Guderian said hurriedly, "The Soviet Union is not so easy to defeat. Even if there are problems within it, we must make great efforts to succeed."

If you want to contain the United States, you must make peace with the Soviet Union!

If you want to destroy the Soviet Union, you must make peace with the United States!

Raeder and Guderian each proposed a possibility, but Hersman just shook his head.

Neither the Soviet Union nor the United States can be achieved by Germany's unilateral efforts! Now Roosevelt has not only refused to sell oil, but also sent a fleet to break through the Atlantic blockade. I don't know where to go to cause trouble. It doesn't look like he wants to make peace.

"Now we must be prepared to fight the United States and the Soviet Union at the same time!" Hersman said, "If the Queen really returns to Petrograd, then the door to negotiations with the Soviet Union will be closed. And whether the United States will make peace with us at that time... It's hard to say, it doesn't depend on us."

"Then should we make peace with the Soviet Union immediately?" Raeder asked in a low voice, "While Leningrad is still Leningrad now."

In fact, Hersman wanted to do this, but it was not possible, because neither Hitler nor the German Emperor William III would be happy, and the pro-Russian and anti-Soviet Junker officers would oppose Hersman because of this... This villain has done too much.

"Let God decide this time!" Hessman thought for a while and said, "Now we have to fully support the Northern Army Group. Marshal Kuchler can give him anything he wants!"

...

This time, God is likely to stand on the side of Russian Empress Olga, because something unexpected happened in Leningrad at this time.

This is because on the morning of June 12 (the second day after the Kaminsky gang's riot), the "Blue Hat Internal Guards" stationed in the city center were mobilized to the outside of the city in full view of the public.

Leningrad is the second capital, and the people here are well-informed and have flexible minds. Of course, they know what the "Blue Hats" do - they are the supervision team and the last defenders of Leningrad.

Now they are actually rushing to the front line in the south of the city, which means that the German and White Russian troops have begun to attack the city in a large scale and have made great progress.

Leningrad City can't be defended! The household registration of Leningrad will soon be changed to Petrograd household registration...

The first to react to this matter were not the families of anti-GM elements in the city, but the cadres and their families who had not yet been evacuated. Leningrad is a very large city, and there are many people who need to be evacuated first, about 200,000 to 300,000 people, and there are also many machines and equipment to be transported away. So evacuation is a process, and because the main transportation line from Leningrad to the outside world has not been opened, the evacuation process is relatively long.

By June 13, there were more than 100,000 comrades who needed to be evacuated first and had not left. Together with tens of thousands of other cadres who were originally scheduled to stay in Leningrad, they all spontaneously embarked on the journey to leave Leningrad in the afternoon of June 13 - because at this time not only a large number of "blue hats" drove out of the city, but also dense gunfire was heard, and German planes were also bombing the battlefield in the south of the city.

Listening to the dense gunfire, all Leningraders believed that the city would soon change hands, and a large number of Bolshevik Party cadres, with their families and large and small bags of property, flocked to the north of the city, making everyone more convinced that Her Majesty the Empress would soon return to her loyal Petrograd!

Under this expectation, the revolutionary order in Leningrad began to collapse!