The Rise of the Third Reich

"Sir, all Thor troops have set off."

Bermuda time, at 11:55 pm on September 6, Admiral Hoffman, who was commanding the fleet to pursue the escaped battleship Soviet Union at sea, received a secret message from the Georgetown Island base.

"Thor Force" is the code name for the attack group led by Colonel Peltz.

Admiral Hoffman nodded, and just as he was about to give the Vienna a fatal order of "not to be lost under any circumstances", the report came again.

"Admiral, good news!" It was Rear Admiral Meyer who spoke this time, "Telegrams from the 27th Submarine Detachment and the 'Jean-Sure Formation'. They have just sunk three Iowa-class battleships that were severely damaged by us. , and also sank 3 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers and 25 destroyers!

In addition, there are tens of thousands of US Navy officers and soldiers who fell into the water on the sea. The Jean-Sur formation is working hard to salvage. "

"Good job!" Hoffman laughed, "We have already killed four Iowa-class ships...and now we are about to kill another Soviet-class ship!"

When he said this, he turned around and asked: "What's the distance now?"

"33,000 meters!"

The navigational officer answered immediately.

The operation to hunt down the Soviet Union was more troublesome than expected, because the aircraft carriers of the U.S. 30th Task Force (also divided into many formations for dispersed operations) dispatched dozens of F4U and F6F came to bomb the formation commanded by Hoffman himself.

The bombing did not achieve any results, but it entangled Hoffman's formation for more than an hour and shot down an Ar196 seaplane tracking the Soviet Union. As a result, Hoffman's formation once lost track of the Soviet Union!

However, the Soviet Union failed to escape the pursuit of the Hoffman formation in the end. At around 8 o'clock in the evening, a Bv138D long-range seaplane discovered the Soviet Union formation. Three hours later, the battleship Soviet Union was already within the missile range of the guided missile battleship Gneisenau!

"Send three Ar196 seaplanes to drop flares over the Soviet-class battleships!" Hoffman ordered, "Get missiles No. 1 and No. 2 ready!"

This time, Hoffman did not choose to launch a saturation attack, but chose to launch multiple batches of attacks with two salvos.

The reason for doing this is of course to save ammunition - Hoffman now wants to kill more than just one Soviet ship, but also wants to sink the Soviet Union's escort ships together!

Because there are more than 2,000 officers and soldiers on board the Soviet Union, there are at least 3,000-4,000 people on board the several light cruisers and destroyers escorting it. If all ships are sunk, the U.S. Navy will be short of nearly 6,000 experienced naval officers and soldiers!

This loss is no less than losing a Soviet-class battleship!

Currently, there are 2 "Iowa" class battleships, 5 "Montana" class battleships and 3 "Alaska" class battlecruisers under construction in major shipyards in the United States. There are also aircraft carriers and heavyweights under construction. There are even more cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers.

However, the number of experienced naval officers and soldiers is limited. If a large number of ships are lost, there will not be enough experienced personnel to drive the ships under construction after they are put into service.

Therefore, after four "Iowa" class battleships were severely damaged or sunk, the commander-in-chief of the European Community Atlantic Front, Admiral Lütjens, issued an order to "eliminate or capture American naval officers and soldiers as much as possible."

Moreover, frontline fleet commanders were asked not to be afraid of losing their main ships.

Because now the European Community's shipyards also have sufficient shipbuilding capabilities and can continuously provide the navy with combat ships. And as the battlefield value of missile ships has been fully verified, all non-missile ships are actually obsolete and should be eliminated after the war, so it doesn't matter how many are lost now, as long as most of the naval officers and soldiers on the ship can be saved. .

The situation is similar to that of the Americans. The most valuable assets in the European navy now are experienced naval officers and soldiers, including naval aviation pilots.

Around the early morning of September 7, 1944, the blazing white light from the flares enveloped the battleship Soviet Union which was escaping at full speed. One minute later, two "Reaper" type 2 missiles, dragging fire and thick smoke, roared towards the Soviet Union 30,000 meters away. One of them hit the Soviet Union's stern unbiasedly and penetrated directly. He broke into the deck near the main gun turret on the stern of the Soviet Union, and effortlessly broke through to the power compartment of the Soviet Union, and then exploded there, directly destroying 4 boilers and 2 steam turbines, and waste half of the Soviet Union's power. And it caused a fire!

Now the Soviet Union not only became a very visible target in the night, but also became a liability to its escorting ships. Not only did they have to face the Gneisenau, which also had 18 Reaper missiles, but they also had to face the battleship Gbismarck and the heavy cruiser Blücher, which were in the same formation as the Gneisenau.

"Sir, the enemy ship formation has slowed down to about 13 knots!" the navigation staff officer reported to Hoffman in a voice full of surprise, "They seem to be turning! They are coming towards us!"

It turns out that the U.S. Navy commander on board the USS Soviet battleship whose power system was damaged and whose speed was greatly reduced (most of the sailors on this ship are soldiers of the former Soviet Red Navy who defected to freedom, and most of the officers are U.S. Navy soldiers who have been trained in Russian Officer) knew that his battleship was doomed, so he wanted to fight to get at least one German battleship to back him up.

"Turn?" Hoffman laughed. "Are we going to fight desperately? Do these Americans think we are afraid of losing battleships and heavy cruisers now?"

He shouted an order: "Let the Bismarck, Blücher, Frankfurt, Z38, Z40 and Z41 all go up!

Hit me hard! Don’t miss even one! I want to destroy not only the American battleships, but also their naval officers and soldiers! "

"Yes, sir!"

…

"Sir, I just received a telegram from the battleship Soviet Union..."

Panama, in the U.S. Pacific-Atlantic Fleet Joint Command, the deep report of the fleet communications staff broke the suffocating silence.

The silence in the headquarters was because a quarter of an hour ago, they had received a report from the escaping destroyer "Cook" and knew that the "Halsey Formation" had suffered heavy losses, including 3 battleships, 3 heavy cruisers, and 3 light cruisers. Cruisers and more than 20 destroyers were sunk, and more than 20,000 American naval officers and soldiers, including Admiral Halsey, were missing... Even Admiral Halsey himself was missing, and he might even be captured by the Germans. This battle was really lost!

"Read it," Admiral Nimitz said weakly.

"U.S. Pacific-Atlantic Fleet Joint Command: Our formation was attacked by enemy missile ships, the battleship Bismarck, and several heavy cruisers around zero o'clock on September 7. At present, except for the Soviet Union, all other ships have been sunk. The Soviet Union The battleship No. 2 also suffered heavy damage. The No. 2 power compartment was destroyed by a missile and lost 50% of its power. The No. A turret and the No. B turret were blown up, and the entire ship was on fire!

Now, the Soviet Union is being besieged by superior enemies!

But as long as we have the last shell, we will keep fighting!

Long live the liberal and democratic United States of America! Long live the wise and correct American Democratic Party...er, long live the greatest President Roosevelt, long live... This station has stopped generating electricity. "

"..."

After the U.S. Navy colonel, who had a very strange face and tone, read out the strangely worded telegram - in the eyes of Americans, it is indeed strange for the military to shout long live for a political party and the president - everyone in the entire combat command center was stunned. It was an expression of fear and surprise.

The reason for the panic was that the losses were heavy. This time it was not a loss of the ship but a loss of face. The USS Soviet formation is about to be destroyed, and the 6,000 American naval officers and soldiers will be gone. If we add in the losses just reported by the "Halsey Formation" (the main force of the Halsey Formation was attacked by 12 Type 21 U-boats at the same time, three The Lightning Strike Formation was also defeated and could only flee in a panic, with no time to save people). As well as the previous losses in the Bermuda battle, nearly 30,000 US naval officers and soldiers have been killed or missing.

Although the U.S. Navy has three million officers and soldiers on its books, most of them are not crew members on front-line combat ships. The U.S. Navy has a large number of bases and a large Marine Corps, as well as a large number of escort, transport and landing ships. crew. Therefore, among the three million people, the number of personnel who actually have combat experience and serve on front-line combat ships is at most 300,000.

Now we have lost nearly 30,000 at once. This kind of loss is more serious than losing several super battleships, and this thrilling decisive battle in Bermuda is not over yet! I really wonder how many outstanding officers and soldiers the U.S. Navy will lose in the end?

The reason for surprise was the last telegram sent by the battleship "Soviet Union".

Although this battleship still carries the name "Soviet Union", it is after all a battleship controlled and used by the US Navy! But most of the sailors on the ship are American citizens with "New York registered residence" - in order to attract the officers and soldiers of the former Soviet Red Navy to stay on the Soviet Union to fight for the United States, the U.S. government specially acquired some land in the Bronx, north of New York City. They came to build houses to house them - and most of the officers were "original" Americans. How could they send a telegram to Roosevelt and the Democratic Party?

Isn't this too undemocratic?

Moreover, this year is still an election year, and people will vote for the President of the United States in November. What does this telegram sent by the Navy mean? Does the U.S. Navy support Democrats?

Is this a military intervention in politics?