The Rise of the Third Reich

"Mr. Weizmann, I wish you a pleasant journey."

"Thanks."

Professor Chaim Weizmann smiled and took his passport from a British customs officer at the Port of Liverpool. Then he nodded to an assistant next to him and said, "James, let's get on the boat."

"Okay, Professor."

The man named James is probably in his 40s and looks like an out-and-out British gentleman. He is a teaching assistant in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Manchester and has just become Professor Weizmann's laboratory assistant. But Professor Weizmann knew very well that his new assistant had a background, either MI5 or MI6 - he was sent to monitor Professor Weizmann.

However, Professor Weizmann understands this kind of surveillance very well, because he is a person who should be closely monitored. He has always had two identities, a famous chemist and a leader of the Zionist movement!

Unlike the choice of Einstein, another Zionist scientist of this era, Weizmann has always stayed in Britain and followed the route of the British Empire. Not only did he actively seek support among the British elite, but he also contributed to the war machine of the British Empire. During World War I, he researched smokeless explosives for the British, and now he develops high-octane for the British. Worth the gas.

In addition, he was the leader of the pro-British wing of the Zionist movement. After the start of World War II, he made more than one speech on German radio, calling on European Jewish scientists not to work for the German Empire. Moreover, he repeatedly called on the Jewish autonomous organizations in Palestine to obey the leadership of the British Empire and jointly fight against the German and Italian invaders.

His attitude certainly won the favor of the British, which was why he was able to travel frequently between Britain and the United States during the war. But this trust changed significantly after the German-Italian forces won the Mediterranean Campaign.

Not only are most of the Jews now under German control, but Palestine, the homeland in the hearts of the Jews, will also fall into German hands.

If Professor Chaim Weizmann is really a Zionist, then he should defect to Germany, and only to Germany.

But Professor Chaim Weizmann showed no sign of defecting to Germany. Just a few days ago, he developed an additive for the United Kingdom that could increase the octane number of gasoline.

Today he is going to take an American cruise ship to the United States to discuss synthetic rubber technology with several colleagues. Although there is no shortage of rubber in the United Kingdom and the United States, Japan's threat to Southeast Asian rubber production areas is well known. So British and American chemists have begun to study synthetic rubber

Professor Chaim Weizmann is an expert in this field, so the British government did not prevent him from going abroad. After all, Professor Weizmann was on an American cruise ship, and there were British agents following him, so he shouldn't be able to escape.

Just when Professor Weizmann was boarding the American cruise ship named "Mississippi Princess", at a berth next to the "Mississippi Princess", the cruise ship "Gothenburg" flying the Swedish flag was parked. The destination of this "Gothenburg" is also the United States, and it is a coincidence. It left the Port of Liverpool very close to the time the Mississippi Princess left, almost immediately.

"Colonel Schellenberg, are you absolutely sure that the professor got on the Mississippi Princess?"

In the captain's cabin of the "Gothenburg", the captain, Colonel Kurt Weihe, and Colonel Val T. Schellenberg of the German Central Security Service were having a secret conversation with the door closed. This Colonel Korte Wehe is not a Swedish colonel, but a genuine German Wehrmacht naval colonel.

Before he took over the "Gothenburg", he was the captain of an auxiliary cruiser (that is, a camouflaged assault ship). He sank 10 British merchant ships in the Atlantic Ocean and won the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for this. After completing a one-year maritime mission to break diplomatic relations, he became the captain of the Swedish-registered intelligence collection ship "Gothenburg".

The so-called "intelligence collection ship", as the name suggests, is used to collect intelligence. Because it flies under the flag of neutral Sweden, this cruise ship can enter and leave ports in the United Kingdom and Canada openly, and can also sail on the North Atlantic route openly. Sometimes they could follow behind the British convoys and send their coordinates by telegram (in plain code) to the German submarine headquarters in Wilhelmshaven.

In order to better disguise itself, the "Gothenburg" several times rescued British sailors who fell into the water after German submarines launched attacks, and safely sent them to British or American ports. Therefore, the "Gothenburg" is also on the "good guy list" of the British Royal Navy. Every time it enters and leaves a British port, it will get some preferential treatment and convenience.

However, today the "Gothenburg" was not following the British fleet, but an American merchant ship.

"Absolutely sure!" Val T. Schellenberg replied, "Send a telegram to headquarters now."

"Okay." Colonel Colter Weihe nodded, "This way we can damage it in the waters near the Azores Islands!"

That's right, it's an injury! Damage an American merchant ship! Although it is a bit risky, it is the only way to quickly "rescue" Professor Weizmann who is firmly guarded by the British.

This Chaim Weizmann is really an important person. He not only has the formula of high-octane gasoline that Germany urgently needs, but he is also one of the most important leaders of the Zionist movement and the best candidate for the president of Israel.

And the State of Israel is very important to Germany now! Germany's current policy towards European Jews is to let them have their own homeland - to let them have a country, but not to drive them out of Europe immediately. Because there are millions of hardworking and very capable laborers, including many scientists like Professor Weizmann. Germany needs them to work hard, but it can't let all of them become Germans, so it needs to create a homeland for them. And this Jewish homeland must be firmly controlled by Germany!

"Will there be any accidents?" Val T. Schellenberg asked, "Can your submarine catch this American cruise ship? This cruise ship is very fast, right?"

"No problem," said Colonel Kurt Weh, "We also prepared seaplanes, which took off from Spain. If the submarine attack doesn't work, the seaplane will attack."

Before the Mediterranean Campaign, it was impossible for German seaplanes to take off from Spain. But now the situation is different. Although Franco has not yet agreed to join the war, he has agreed to allow German seaplanes and submarines to use the ports of Galicia, Spain (near the Atlantic Ocean). Therefore, the He-115 seaplanes with torpedoes can operate near the Azores.

"Will the American ship not be sunk?" Val T. Schellenberg asked somewhat worriedly.

The plan to damage the American cruise ship, and then use the "Gothenburg" to rescue people and kidnap Professor Weizmann was thought up by Schellenberg. Because of the fear of triggering a war with the United States, Schellenberg did not dare to sink the American ship, but only dared to damage it.

"It will be OK. Everything has been arranged." Colonel Colt Weher stood up, straightened his uniform, and then said to Schellenberg with a smile, "Don't worry. Professor Weizmann will definitely fall into our hands before dark tomorrow."

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"Mr. Gurion, Professor Weizmann will definitely arrive in Alexandria safely. He will arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest."

The plan to "rescue" the future president of Israel was approved by Hersman himself. Now he is still in Alexandria, Egypt, and has moved into the former British Consulate, which is a very grand and solemn house, showing the glory and prosperity of the British Empire everywhere. But now the swastika flag of the German Empire is hung here.

This afternoon, the future Prime Minister of Israel, Ben Gurion, whose hairstyle looks strange, and Michel Aflak, the leader of the Arab Renaissance Movement, were invited at the same time. Of course, it was for the two interrelated events of Zionism and Arab Renaissance.

"Mr. Aflak, you sit down too." Hersman smiled and greeted Michel Aflak, who looked a little ugly. "I invited you here today to talk to you about the restoration of the Jewish state and the independence of Syria. This is Mr. Ben-Gurion, the chairman of the Zionist Executive Committee, and he will soon be the prime minister of the independent State of Israel. Mr. Ben-Gurion, Mr. Aflaq, the leader of the Arab Renaissance Movement, I think he will be elected as the prime minister of the independent Syrian Republic. I hope that you two can become good friends in the future, so as to further promote the traditional friendship between Israel and Syria."

Do Arabs and Jews have a traditional friendship? Aflaq and Ben-Gurion looked at each other and shook hands politely. It seems that there is still hope for the two countries to live in peace in the future.

However, it doesn't matter if Jews and Arabs don't get along. It will be fine if they fight a few more Arab-Israeli wars. After all, there is no acquaintance without fighting!

Hirschmann nodded with a smile and said, "I hope today will be a historic moment, the beginning of the Arab and Jewish peoples becoming friendly neighbors again after more than a thousand years of separation." "I would also like to formally announce our German government's policy on the Arabian Peninsula." Hirschmann's voice had become deeper. He said, "At a time when all mankind is jointly opposing British colonialism, we in the German Empire hope that the people on the Arabian Peninsula will abandon all prejudices, coexist peacefully, and stand together on the anti-colonial and anti-imperialist positions. If any party violates our policy and provokes conflict and war on the Arabian Peninsula before we defeat Britain, then they will be regarded as Britain's accomplices and running dogs and will be ruthlessly eliminated. In addition, what we support on the Arabian Peninsula are secular progressive forces, and we hope that one or more Turkish-style countries will emerge on the Arabian Peninsula."