The Rise of the Third Reich

Washington, White House.

The sun dispersed the thick clouds that had dominated the capital of the United States of America for many days, and shone through several floor-to-ceiling windows into the lifeless White House Cabinet Room.

Admiral Nimitz's voice was stiff and low, as if he were delivering a eulogy at a funeral. Looking at his trembling lips, everyone felt that what they were hearing was not a battle report but a eulogy for the United States of America.

"Nine battleships were sunk in the battle: Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, Wisconsin, Washington, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Russia, and Belorussia."

"Ten cruisers were sunk in the battle, including New Orleans, Tuscaloosa, Houston, Savannah, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, San Juan, Reno, Juneau... …”

"Destroyers sank 36 ships..."

"In addition, we have also lost more than 500 aircraft, including more than 300 carrier-based aircraft, more than 50 seaplanes and nearly 200 shore-based aircraft. The airport in Bermuda has also suffered major damage and is currently undergoing full-scale repairs. .

In addition, Admiral Halsey, who commanded this naval battle, disappeared during the battle and may have died for his country. "

Admiral Nimitz, the joint commander of the Pacific-Atlantic Fleet who had just arrived in Washington, roughly finished describing the situation of the losses and sighed deeply: "Judging from the news sent back by Admiral Halsey before his disappearance, the German missiles have With great advances, it is likely that TV-guided or radar-guided missiles were used."

"Are we going to lose?"

Before Nimitz could finish his words, he was interrupted by a hoarse lament. Everyone followed the sound, and the speaker was none other than President Roosevelt.

"Answer my question!" Roosevelt glanced around, his forehead and palms covered with sweat. No one answered, because no one was willing to admit the fact that the United States was heading towards the abyss of defeat.

Originally, everyone thought that the U.S. Navy was a force that could compete with the European Community Navy, especially the nine super battleships owned by the U.S. Navy were enough to defeat the European Community Navy's battleship force.

It is as if it would be impossible for EC troops to land on the islands of the Caribbean as long as they exist. As long as the islands in the Caribbean are not lost, the mainland of the United States is unlikely to be hit by an atomic bomb, at least not in the next few years. This will give the United States enough time to develop a life-saving atomic bomb.

But no one expected that Germany’s black technology could reach this level! They built unreasonable killing weapons like guided missile battleships, and suddenly took out missiles and fired them while the good battleships were lining up to fire. Doesn't this mean that when a line of infantrymen are lining up to shoot, one side suddenly pushes up several machine guns? How can the United States continue to fight such a war?

"Mr. President," after an unknown amount of time, someone finally broke the dead silence in the cabinet meeting room. Roosevelt looked over and saw that the speaker was General Arnold, Commander-in-Chief of the Army Air Forces. "There were also some positive events in the Battle of Bermuda. factor."

"Positives? What are they?"

"F7F Tiger Cat fighter." Admiral Arnold said, "The German aircraft carrier force suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Bermuda. At least 2 large aircraft carriers and 2 light fleet aircraft carriers were severely damaged and may have been sunk! And to achieve this The weapon that resulted in the victory was the F7F Tiger Cat fighter jet.

This shows that twin-engine heavy fighters are fully capable of the work of dive bombers and torpedo bombers, and their performance is better than traditional dive bombers and torpedo bombers, and also exceeds single-engine fighters such as the P47 and P51. "

The twin-engine heavy combat aircraft was useless in the early days of the war. It was not until the emergence of the German He219 that the twin-engine heavy combat aircraft gained a place as an interceptor and long-range escort aircraft.

The emergence of the F7F Tiger Cat fighter jet has brought the dual-engine heavy combat aircraft to the war stage as a war bomber. Germany also has a similar weapon, the Me410, but the Me410 has no outstanding performance on the battlefield and has been somewhat ignored.

"We should focus on the production of the F7F Tiger Cat," Arnold said. "We should also develop the two-seat, high-altitude and night-fighting F7F Tiger Cat. The Army Aviation also needs the multi-purpose and long-range P61."

As an air force expert, Admiral Arnold immediately realized the great value of this aircraft after learning about the achievements of the Navy's F7F in the Battle of Bermuda - long range, fast speed, large bomb load, and sturdy body. , and because the body is relatively large and the horsepower is relatively strong, it is easy to install a turbocharger and can be used as a high-altitude interceptor.

Compared with twin-engine medium bombers such as the B-25, B-26, and A-20, which have little anti-ship capabilities, the F7F and P61 are the weapons that the United States needs most at present.

"I suggest that from now on, we should stop the production of twin-engine medium bombers such as B-25, B-26 and A-20," Admiral Arnold then suggested, "and concentrate all the production capacity of twin-engine medium bombers on the improved F7F and P61. "

"The Navy's SBD, SB2C and TBF should also be discontinued," Chief of Naval Operations Ernest King added, "F4U, F6F and F7F are the models the Navy needs most at the moment."

The real meaning of discontinuing the production of tactical bombers/torpedo bombers such as B-26, B-26, A-10, SBD, SB2C and TBF, while fully producing heavy fighters such as F7F and P61 with both anti-ship and interception functions. It's just that the performance of the F7F and P61 is excellent, but the United States has given up any intention to counterattack and instead fully defends its existing territory.

Because the bomb loads of the F7F and P61 are sufficient for anti-ship use, but they are still a bit small for bombing enemy positions, rear lines of communication and ground troops.

"That's it, the production capacity adjustment must be completed before the end of the year. In addition, the Illinois and Kentucky must be put into use before the end of the year!" Roosevelt gritted his teeth, "In addition, we must show greater sincerity in the peace talks, and we should invite Roman Caesar Caesar visits the United States again.”

Roosevelt paused, his voice trembling: "We must defend every island in the Caribbean and Venezuela. For the sake of the United States of America, we must not... we must not retreat from there!"

"From now on, we will face the most difficult situation since the founding of the country. I hope everyone can unite to tide over the difficulties. No matter what, we cannot let..."

"President." Before Roosevelt could finish his words, Colonel Cotton, the presidential adjutant, had already knocked on the door and walked in, interrupting him.

"What's the matter?" Looking at the pale Colonel Cotton, Roosevelt suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart, as if there was some bad news coming.

Colonel Catton, who had followed Roosevelt for many years, swallowed his saliva and looked at Roosevelt's thin, pale and sick face with distress. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said: "President, there is a telegram from Trinidad. The naval base in Port of Spain is in There was a missile attack this morning. Three missiles fell inside the base, one of which hit the base’s barracks, killing eight naval officers and injuring six others.”

"Three missiles killed eight people..." Roosevelt looked at Colonel Cotton with some surprise - for the United States, which was fighting a world war, the death of eight naval officers did not seem to be a big deal, right?

"President, the telegram also said," Colonel Catton frowned, "when the Port of Spain base was attacked by missiles, the air search radar on Trinidad did not detect any enemy aircraft. In addition, the Navy The reconnaissance planes and destroyers did not detect any German ships within 300 nautical miles. However, there was a large German fleet on the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles away from Trinidad..."

"You, what did you say?" Admiral Arnold suddenly jumped up when he heard this and interrupted loudly, "Colonel, are you saying that the missiles that attacked Port of Spain were launched from ships 300 nautical miles away?"

"I don't know. No one knows where these missiles were launched from." Colonel Caton spread his hands, "But it is obviously most likely that they were launched from a ship 300 nautical miles away."

A missile with a range of 300 nautical miles!

And it also hit the naval base!

Anyone with some military knowledge would know what this means?

The Germans do not need to send bombers to bomb American cities and military bases, and the United States currently does not seem to have the ability to intercept these "long-range" missiles. What's even worse is, is it possible for the Germans to create missiles with a longer range and greater carrying capacity...such as missiles that can carry atomic bombs?

If the Germans could build such a missile before the United States had the atomic bomb...

Everyone has a picture in their mind of large missiles carrying atomic bombs being launched from German missile battleships and flying towards New York, Washington, Boston, Philadelphia and other East Coast big cities. It is simply a scene of the end of the world!

"We must find out the progress of German missile technology at all costs!" Roosevelt immediately ordered Donovan, Director of Strategic Intelligence.

"Yes, Mr. President."

"In addition, we must come up with missile interception methods and countermeasures as soon as possible... We must let the Germans know that we are capable of counterattack, so that they can sincerely sit at the negotiating table. We can Do you have such ability in the short term?”

General Arnold, commander of the Army Aviation Corps, nodded and said: "Mr. President, we have been looking for methods and weapons to bomb the European mainland, and now we have achieved certain success. Although it cannot reach the German mainland, there is still a way to drop bombs in Ireland. and Iceland.”

Roosevelt nodded. Just as he was about to give instructions to bomb Iceland, he suddenly felt dizzy, and then his vision went dark and he lost consciousness.