The Rise of the Third Reich

"Comrade General Secretary, being able to regain your trust and return to the revolutionary ranks has been the dream of me and all comrades of the German Bolshevik Party for many years. Now it has finally come true. This is all your favor..."

At this point, the leader of the German Bolshevik Party broke down in tears. He didn't know whether he was moved or thought of the hardships he had suffered in Solovetsky over the years.

Stalin was smoking a cigarette with no expression on his face. When Thalmann finished crying, he continued in a calm tone: "The world revolution is not achieved overnight, but is steadily advanced step by step. Because imperialism is very powerful and wants to It is impossible to eliminate them in one fell swoop, so we can only unite two imperialisms to eliminate the other three imperialisms.”

Now the Soviet Union has formed an alliance with the two imperialisms of the United States and Britain, and the three imperialisms of Germany, Italy and Japan are to be eliminated.

"Comrade General Secretary is really wise. Under your correct leadership, the world revolution will surely win."

Ernst Thalmann talks disgusting flattery, which was unimaginable ten years ago.

Stalin nodded. What Thälmann said was true. He was really wise and always correct. He paused and then said: "Poland, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, the Baltic countries, Finland, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece, Albania, Turkey, Persia, the entire Arabian Peninsula, Austria and you, Germany, are all can be liberated in this war."

Thalmann suddenly discovered that Stalin had lowered his tone and was no longer liberating all of Europe except Britain, but retreating to the liberating of Eastern Europe, Central Europe, the Balkans and parts of Northern Europe.

"It seems that the Red Army has encountered difficulties on the front line..." Thalmann knew in his heart that if the Red Army progressed smoothly in Poland, the Russians would never consider letting France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and Belgium go with their aggressive character. , the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Portugal and many other European countries did not liberate themselves.

When Stalin said this now, he must have estimated that the Soviet Red Army would not be able to defeat Germany, and that the British and American imperialists would have to send troops together to open up new battlefields on the European continent or northwest Africa.

Stalin continued: "Now, progressive people in many countries ruled by the German Nazis have established governments in exile to lead the struggle of domestic people and resistance organizations. Germany should also establish such a government in exile, which can be called the government of the Democratic Republic of Germany. It should include all political factions that oppose the Nazi-Junker dictatorship and be a grand anti-Nazi and anti-Junker coalition.”

This means that the remnants of the Social Democratic Party must be gathered together to cause trouble for the Nazi-Juncker coalition regime. Thalmann already understood what Stalin meant. Stalin wanted to repeat the route of World War I and disintegrate the German Empire from within. However, the current domestic situation in Germany is no different than it was more than 20 years ago. The Nazis basically control the middle and lower classes, and the Juncker warlords firmly control the middle and upper classes. The war situation is also excellent, European reunification is in sight, and people's living standards have not declined. Who will follow the Social Democrats and the Bolsheviks to cause trouble? And there are concentration camps in Germany now... Nazi Party leader Hitler and this generation's Junker leader Hersmann are not reasonable people!

In addition to causing trouble for Hitler and Hessmann, Stalin actually wanted to gather various anti-Nazi and anti-Junker forces under the banner of the German Bolshevik Party, so that a legal German government could be established that would be acceptable to the United Kingdom and the United States. . When Germany is liberated in the future, the Democratic German government led by the Bolshevik Party can directly take over Germany.

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"Hahaha, the Germans have promoted Empress Olga, and the Soviets are going to organize the government of the Democratic Republic of Germany. Things are getting more and more interesting."

In a magnificent yellow room in the White House hung with paintings of the sea, President Roosevelt sat behind his desk and laughed as he spoke to the visiting British ambassador, Viscount Halifax.

President Roosevelt was in a very happy mood during this period, because all the good news came. On the European battlefield, the behemoth Soviet Union finally couldn't help but join the war and joined forces with Germany. In the future, it is very promising that both sides will suffer losses.

On the Pacific battlefield, the situation seems to be good. I don’t know if it’s because the Battle of Hawaii consumed too much of Japan’s fuel reserves. Anyway, Japan has been quiet in the past few months. To the east, it stopped in Hawaii, to the south, it stopped in the Solomon Islands, and to the west, it stopped expanding in the Malay Peninsula and Myanmar. There were no further invasions of Australia and India.

At the same time, Roosevelt also accomplished his small goals well. Currently, there are 20 "Independence"-class aircraft carriers (aircraft carriers built with the hulls of Cleveland-class cruisers) placed on slipways across the United States, and the same number of Cleveland-class light cruisers are under construction.

It is expected that by the end of 1942, the first rapid engagement formation composed of aircraft carriers and light cruisers will be in service. By the end of 1943, the United States will have 20 aircraft carrier breakup formations (including 1 Independence-class ship and 1 Cleveland-class ship). In addition, new submarines that can operate in long-term oceans will also be put into service in large numbers after the end of 1942.

By then, the U.S. Navy would be able to put the Japanese Empire into trouble just by breaking up the engagement.

Of course, there is also unsatisfactory news. For example, the early research work on uranium bombs under the responsibility of the United States Bureau of Scientific Research has been progressing slowly. Millions of dollars have been spent on building something, and it seems that it has not succeeded (it just has not been successful for the time being). The research on isotope separation is said to be even more difficult and may not be successful in ten or twenty years.

In this case, the Americans could only turn to Britain, which was likely to be one step ahead in atomic bomb research.

The result of asking for help made Roosevelt a little worried, because the British Cavendish Laboratory discovered the secret of nuclear fission earlier than the Americans. However, Britain, which was under a German naval blockade, simply did not have enough financial and material resources to research nuclear bombs. However, the British discovered that the Germans had invested a lot in nuclear bomb research and spent a long time on it, and they had obviously made some achievements. Fortunately, the UK has also implemented Plan N to counter German nuclear fission bombs within its capabilities.

Viscount Halifax came to the White House today on orders to inform Roosevelt about the German nuclear bombs in Britain's possession, as well as the progress of Britain's own N plan.

"Mr. President, based on the investigation by our agents, it is now basically certain that Germany is actively developing nuclear fission bombs and has made considerable progress. In addition, they are also developing a rocket weapon that can be used to deliver nuclear fission bombs. ”

After hearing Viscount Halifax's words, Roosevelt's face suddenly turned ugly.

"Well, what can we do now?" Roosevelt asked. "Isn't it just to sit and wait for CBS to report that the end of the world is coming?"

"Mr. President, the situation is actually not that bad." Viscount Halifax smiled. "It is very difficult to make a nuclear fission bomb. The Germans may not be able to succeed in the next 10 years. And the N we use to counterattack The plan has now achieved considerable success, and we actually have counter-weapons."

"Plan N?" Roosevelt actually knew something about "Plan N", which was a secret biological weapons program!

"This is a plan to use bombs to widely spread deadly anthrax... This is a very deadly bacteria, and the most lethal form of inhalation anthrax has a fatality rate of up to 100%."

"100%?" Roosevelt's eyes widened. This is so awesome. If you really want this kind of weapon, then take it out and kill the Germans!

Viscount Halifax then told Roosevelt, "Yes, but based on our research, inhalation anthrax is very rare and humans may not be susceptible to it, and we don't have much research on inhalation anthrax. 95% of anthrax cases It's all cutaneous anthrax... Cutaneous anthrax is curable when treated with penicillin.

Without penicillin treatment, the fatality rate of cutaneous anthrax is 20% to 30%. Therefore, this germ is still very powerful, 10-100 times more powerful than any known chemical weapon. "

Penicillin was invented by British scientist Fleming, but Fleming did not find a way to extract high-purity penicillin. This work was achieved simultaneously by the German chemist Ernst Chain and the British pathologist Freud in 1940 (their research was conducted separately in this time and space because Ernst Chain was awarded the honorary Aryan identity). Therefore, pharmaceutical companies in Germany and the United States are now preparing for the mass production of penicillin. A large amount of penicillin will be produced by 1943 at the latest, and the lethality of anthrax weapons will be greatly weakened.

"And we have also opened an anthrax production factory in Canada." What Viscount Halifax said next made Roosevelt frown. "We are currently producing anthrax bombs on a large scale and plan to produce 500,000! This is our British Empire. The last trump card! If the Germans dare to use nuclear bombs or chemical weapons to attack our city, then we will use anthrax bombs against Germany."

In other words, the British are not prepared to use unconventional weapons such as anthrax weapons first, unless the Germans use nuclear bombs to bomb major British cities... Who makes it difficult to contract inhaled anthrax? If 95% of people are infected with anthrax, the fatality rate is 20%-30%. This is not enough to wipe out the German nation, but will provoke the Germans to take cruel revenge.

And now the probability that the Germans will use nuclear bombs or other secret weapons with huge destructive power to deal with the British is very slim. They are now pretending to be the righteous forces uniting Europe, and they don't even throw conventional bombs on the British heads, let alone this. A horrific weapon?

Roosevelt thought to himself: So what are you British doing producing 500,000 anthrax bombs? And it’s still produced in Canada. Who is this for?