The Rise of the Third Reich

"There are no chemical weapons or bacterial weapons in the warheads of these missiles, right?" Roosevelt showed an extremely worried expression.

Biological and chemical weapons are the ace in the hands of the United States and the only bargaining chip that the United States can use to deter Germany!

However, this kind of deterrent weapon will have the best deterrent effect only if it is not used. If it is really used, nothing will happen. The Japanese dropped bacteriological weapons on the western United States, and the United States responded by dropping chemical weapons and bacteriological weapons on the Japanese mainland using submarine rocket launchers. Although the resulting casualties were not light, they were not severe enough to force the opponent to surrender. On the contrary, it further intensified the contradiction and made peace talks between the United States and Japan difficult.

"No... there are no reports of this at this time," Army Chief of Staff Gen. Marshall said.

Roosevelt breathed a sigh of relief. "So, do we know what these missiles were launched from?"

"It should have been launched from an aircraft." Chief of Naval Operations Ernest King said, "There is a blockade consisting of reconnaissance aircraft, surface ships and submarines between the Nova Scotia Peninsula and the Bermuda Islands. If the Germans If the fleet appears near there, it will definitely be discovered. Unless..." He frowned, "Unless the German missile range exceeds 700 kilometers."

"700 kilometers?" Roosevelt frowned bitterly, "If we can build a missile with a range of 500 kilometers, 700 kilometers shouldn't be a problem, right? Even if it doesn't exist now, there will definitely be one by this time next year. And the missile can carry the battle It will definitely become heavier and heavier!”

After hearing these words, there was silence in the Oval Office, and the atmosphere had become very depressed.

"Mr. President, it may be possible to build a missile with a range of more than 700 kilometers based on German technology, but the cost will be very high, the weight of the warhead will have to be reduced, and the hit rate will also be reduced."

Army Aviation Commander General Arnold explained to Roosevelt: "So we judge that the missiles attacking Boston and Cambridge were launched from aircraft. The aircraft that launched the missiles should be 200-700 kilometers away from Boston."

"Can it be defended?" Roosevelt asked.

General Arnold and General Marshall looked at each other, and the latter said: "Mr. President, judging from the attacks on Boston and Cambridge today, the German missiles are extremely fast, reaching a speed of 900-1,000 kilometers per hour. Damn, Our fighter planes and anti-aircraft guns are difficult to intercept, and anti-aircraft balloons have played a certain role. However, the most effective way to defend against missile attacks is to destroy the aircraft used by the Germans to carry missiles. "

"How?" Roosevelt asked again.

“First, we need to strengthen the cordon between the Nova Scotia Peninsula and the Bermuda Islands.” Admiral Arnold said, “More destroyers and reconnaissance aircraft need to be deployed to ensure that approaching German bombers can be detected early.

The second step is to deploy more long-range interceptors on the Nova Scotia Peninsula and Massachusetts. Considering that the Germans are likely to use the cover of night to dispatch bombers, the deployed fighters should be mainly P61 or F7F night combat models.

Then the air defense of Boston and New York was strengthened, and more anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft balloons were deployed.

Finally, we should also strengthen air defense training and long-range radar warning systems for the citizens of Boston and New York..."

"Night interception, or in the Atlantic Ocean," Roosevelt looked at Arnold. "Admiral, how many German bombers do you think carrying missiles will be shot down by us?"

Intercepting bombers at night is inherently difficult, and now the interception point must be placed on the vast ocean - there is no place to build a radar station on the ocean, and the target is found by radars on surface ships (mainly destroyers) and patrol aircraft. . Moreover, it is impossible to build airports everywhere at sea, and it will definitely be too late to wait until destroyers or patrol aircraft find the target before taking off night fighters from the Nova Scotia Peninsula. The most feasible method is to keep a large number of night fighters in the air at all times. The amount of troops required is probably unimaginable!

"Mr. President," said General Marshall, "while intercepting enemy aircraft and missiles is difficult, the German missile strikes are also very costly. Given the speed and reliability of the missiles that struck Boston and Cambridge, they should be used Instead of expensive jet engines or liquid rocket engines, the aircraft carrying them should be Me264 long-range bombers, and the location of the aircraft should be the Azores Islands. In order to transport less than a ton of explosives to our homeland, the Germans not only Expensive missiles are used, and more than ten tons of high-quality aviation fuel are burned. This cost should be quite high for Germany!”

"This is actually a war of attrition. We have enough national power to attrition the Germans!" Mr. ****, Minister of the Army, interjected, "And we are not without the power to fight back."

Roosevelt nodded, knowing that a dozen missiles would not be enough to make the American people accept the reality of defeat in the war.

"Yes!" Roosevelt said, "We still have the power to fight back!" He glanced at General Arnold, "Our B-29s will continue to bomb Ireland and Iceland, and we must let the Germans know that we have the power to fight back!

Also, when will our airport expansion project at Valparaiso Bay be completed? "

"A week," General Marshall replied, "The project is progressing smoothly now and it will definitely be completed in a week. In early October, our B-17s can be stationed there."

"Okay!" President Roosevelt nodded, seeming to be very satisfied with the progress of the project, "Then let's start the air raid on Buenos Aires as soon as possible... If it can help the Argentines to oust Juan Peron, we will definitely Let us achieve a decent peace.”

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"According to the report of the U-4001 submarine, Boston and the neighboring city of Cambridge were hit by at least 18 missiles. Obviously, the navigation of the Reaper 1B missile is very effective."

On September 20, the third day after the first air-launched missile attack on Boston, Air Marshal Kesselring and Air Marshal Jeshunek flew back to Berlin. Also brought back the good news that the missile attack was successful.

As early as the day before, Hessman had learned about the situation when the missiles hit the city through agents lurking in Boston. The missile attack lasted for nearly an hour, although it destroyed some buildings and caused certain casualties. But compared to a big city like Boston, the damage is actually negligible. After all, the more than 18 missiles that hit only had 14.4 tons of charge (explosives), and most of them did not hit any vital targets.

However, the navigation system of the Reaper 1B cruise missile was indeed successful. Half of the 36 missiles launched that day landed in the urban areas of Boston and Cambridge. It's not too far from MIT - all the cruise missiles are aimed at MIT. Most of the 18 missiles that did not fall in the urban areas of Boston and Cambridge also fell in the suburbs of Boston and Cambridge.

If the radio transmission positioning equipment on the missile (actually a transmitter), U-4001 and the information provided by lurking German agents can be used for correction, the hit accuracy will definitely be further improved in the future.

"But the Americans will not pay 500 billion European marks in compensation for those 18 missiles."

Hersman shook his head and said: "We must launch more, more effective and lower-cost attacks. Enough missiles must fall on New York, Philadelphia and Boston to make them feel the pain of war and the invincibility of the German Empire." .

In addition, we must also confuse the Americans by making it look like we are going to attack the Caribbean. Only in this way can favorable conditions be created for the capture of Newfoundland. "

It is impossible to defeat the United States with cruise missiles alone unless they can be equipped with nuclear warheads. However, the miniaturization of nuclear weapons cannot be completed overnight. This matter requires multiple nuclear tests. The prerequisite for multiple nuclear tests is that there must be enough weapons-grade plutonium-239 or uranium-235.

It is not easy to produce a sufficient amount of plutonium-239 or uranium-235. It requires improving the plutonium production reactor or building a large-scale isotope separation plant, which also takes time. At present, the German U Engineering Committee does not have enough uranium-235, but it does have some high-purity plutonium-239, which can conduct several nuclear tests. Hersmann recently approved the second nuclear test aimed at miniaturizing the Heisenberg device, which is planned to reduce the weight of the Heisenberg device from 4.5 tons to 3 tons. But Hessmann had no idea whether it would succeed, and Heisenberg did not make any promises to Hessmann.

So an attack on the Caribbean and Newfoundland seemed inevitable. And Hessmann listened to Guderian's suggestion and prepared to use Newfoundland as a springboard to attack North America. However, the intention to attack Newfoundland must be carefully concealed and not revealed until the last moment.

And using missiles to attack the U.S. mainland and the Caribbean is a way to confuse the United States.

"Marshal Reich," Air Force Chief of Staff Jeshunek said, "If you want to consider the cost of the attack, then using a missile carrier to launch a V1B cruise missile is definitely the best choice. However, in order for the missile carrier to approach the U.S. mainland, Bermuda must first be destroyed ’s airport.”

Hessmann glanced at Raeder and asked, "Where are the Joffre and Banville?"

"It's about 700 nautical miles off the coast of Guyana," Redl said. "If necessary, we can reach the vicinity of Bermuda within 30 hours."

Hersman nodded, "Let's formulate a long-term combat plan to attack the United States with missiles. The name is... Project Tomahawk. The 2nd Fleet will be responsible for missile attacks.

In addition, a new plan for attacking the North American continent needs to be formulated, let's call it the Fort Gotchi plan. "