The Rise of the Third Reich

The happy life of communism was very short-lived for the communism fighters of the Soviet Red Navy. A prosperous city, free big fish and big meat (in addition to 3 meal coupons, American working people organized by the USO give free big fish and big meat to the Red Army soldiers on the Chelsea Piers every day), rich gifts, and of course, enthusiastic people. American girls will become part of their beautiful memories and accompany them through the difficult years in the future.

On November 28, 1942, after staying in New York for more than ten days, four Soviet-class battleships and two Kronshtadt-class battlecruisers were equipped with American sea search radar and communication equipment. Now the ships of the Red Navy's Atlantic Fleet will join the ships of the United States Atlantic Fleet and the British Home Fleet to form the Allied Atlantic Combined Fleet.

On the 29th, the Allied Atlantic Combined Fleet escorted the NR21 fleet (New York-Reykjavik) on a long sea voyage. The NR21 fleet is the largest escort fleet since the beginning of the world war, with a total tonnage of more than 250 10,000-ton cargo ships, cruise ships and oil tankers. These ships carry more than 800,000 tons of various goods and carry as many as 108,000 US officers and soldiers.

According to the plan, after leaving New York Port, the NR21 fleet will immediately sail northeast, reach the Arctic Circle route with high winds and dark waves, and then sail directly to the port of Reykjavik in Iceland. The fleet will then be divided into two, with one part sailing to the port of Murmansk in the Soviet Union; the other part staying in Reykjavik and then heading to Belfast in Ireland and Fort William in Scotland in batches.

The reason for this arrangement is that both Belfast Port and Fort William are under the control of German aircraft, and the nights there are only long and the days are short, and it has not reached the level of "polar night". If the Americans did not want their ships to be bombed and sunk in the harbor by Germany using remote-controlled gliding bombs, they could only wait for the sky to open the ship-sail the ship into Belfast Harbor and Fort William when the weather was not good.

Of course, "looking at the sky and sailing" is just a temporary solution. The list of goods shipped to the UK this time includes a large amount of high-octane aviation fuel and P-38, P51 and P47 fighter jets that have just begun to be equipped with the US military.

As long as these fighters are deployed in place, even if they cannot regain air superiority over the entire battlefield, it is still enough to cover the two ports of Belfast Port and Fort William.

Therefore, this NR21 fleet can be said to be extremely critical to the ongoing European war.

Taking into account the capabilities of the German spy network and the efficiency of German reconnaissance submarines, the probability of the NR21 fleet not being discovered by the Germans is almost zero. Therefore, there is no other way to ensure the safety of the fleet but to dispatch the main fleet to escort.

Therefore, Comrade Bulganin, the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries, can finally breathe a sigh of relief for the time being. At least before returning to New York victoriously from Murmansk, he does not have to worry about the communist fighters being re-educated by capitalism.

But when the Allied Atlantic Combined Fleet sailed towards the Arctic Circle route, Comrade Bulganin's headache arose again.

The person who gave him a problem this time was "American political commissar" McCarthy.

"What!? The priest wants to board a Soviet ship? Absolutely not allowed!" Bulganin heard Comrade McCarthy's request relayed by Gromyko and almost ordered the comrades from the Special Branch to arrest him - the priest was anti-G orders Molecule! How could anti-revolutionary elements board Soviet ships? What do you want to do? Are you openly promoting anti-G-life ideas?

"Comrade Political Commissar, it is very necessary for the chaplain to board the Soviet ship." McCarthy, a reactionary, was not afraid of Bulganin at all. Instead, he said plausibly, "Because there is a high possibility of a battle during this voyage. Considering the German fleet With such strength, it is very likely that an American or British ship will be sunk. If this happens, will the Soviet ship participate in the rescue?"

"Of course I will participate in the rescue." Bulganin replied without hesitation.

Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union are allies now! How could you ignore death?

"Then what should we do if some of the injured people rescued are seriously injured and difficult to treat?"

what to do? Die! Bulga calmly said: It is inevitable to die in war...

"Where's the soul?" McCarthy asked with a smile. “What to do with the soul?

soul?

This is a question that touches the soul!

When Bulganin heard the question from Gromyko's interpreter, he was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to answer. As a materialist, Comrade Bulganin certainly does not admit that the human soul is immortal. This is feudal superstition!

But Americans believe it!

McCarthy had a sacrosanct expression on his face, as if he were a priest, and said: "The body dies, but the soul is immortal. A priest can guide the soul of the deceased to ascend to heaven and return to the almighty God."

"But we Bolsheviks don't believe in God and the immortality of the soul!" Bulganin pointed out calmly.

McCarthy shrugged and said: "Comrade Comrade Political Commissar, I know you are atheists, so the chaplain who boarded the Soviet ship will not preach to the Soviet sailors. You can be absolutely assured of this."

Can you rest assured?

At this moment, Gromyko suddenly remembered something and whispered to Bulganin: "Comrade Comrade Political Commissar, it is possible for our people to board the British and American ships! And... the hospital ships following the fleet now are all American ships. !”

Of course, the Soviet Atlantic Fleet also had hospital ships that followed them to New York, but during an inspection, Admiral Ingersoll, commander of the Allied Combined Fleet, found that the equipment on the Soviet hospital ships was too poor and the medicines were insufficient. So we immediately asked for improvements - of course, the United States would help improve it, and take out equipment and medicines and load them on Soviet hospital ships.

This was a good thing, and Bulganin did not refuse. But the modification of the hospital ship takes some time, so there is no hospital ship among the Soviet ships currently attacking...

Gromyko added: "Comrade political commissar, our political cadres must board American hospital ships to prevent American priests from poisoning the hearts of the martyrs who will die."

Bulganin has a headache! How could a joint operation cause so much trouble? First, he was bombarded by sugar-coated bullets in New York, and finally got out to sea, and then came the problem of his soul... If he did not agree with the American pastor to board the Soviet ship, then most Soviet political workers would not be able to board the American ship. In this way, it is possible for the Soviet martyrs to be "transferred" to heaven by American priests.

This is a principled issue related to the theory of atheism. Maybe there will be a route error!

Bulganin did not dare to make his own decision, so he could only send a telegram to Comrade Stalin in Moscow for instructions.

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When Bulganin's telegram was sent to the Kremlin, Comrade Stalin was annoyed by events in Ukraine.

It turned out that as soon as the mud season began, the Supreme Command headed by Stalin took it for granted that the German army would stop attacking. In fact, this judgment was not entirely wrong. Germany did stop attacking on the Belarusian battlefield. The most powerful armored force in the world stopped near the border before the 1939 Soviet-Polish War. Therefore, the High Command of the Red Army transferred troops from Ukraine and Belarus to strengthen the Kalinin Front to ensure that the Front could launch the Leningrad siege in December.

However, they did not expect that the German Wehrmacht, which was adapted from the Ukrainian Defense Force, would launch an attack during the mud season, and as a result, the Southwest Front was caught off guard. The commander of the front army, Timoshenko, has been dismissed from his post for investigation due to the continuous loss of territory, and his rank of marshal has also been lost. For the past two days, I have been conducting an in-depth inspection in the small dark room of the General Political Department in Moscow.

However, Timoshenko’s inspection could not stop the Ukrainians’ enthusiasm to regain their homeland, and there were actually many reactionary elements in Ukraine who cooperated with Germany’s Ukrainian puppet troops, providing them with various logistical assistance and even directly participating in the fighting. Therefore, Ukraine The situation on the battlefield is still a mess!

But Stalin now has no way to spare too many troops to support Ukraine. Because the mud season has passed, the muddy ground in Belarus has begun to freeze, and it is conducive for mechanized troops to move in, so the Minsk-Smolensk line must be strengthened.

And the battle to relieve the siege of Leningrad is about to begin. It is impossible not to fight. More than 2 million people in Leningrad are starving! If the siege is not lifted as soon as possible, even if you have a Leningrad household registration, you will be betrayed by the revolution. Then there will be big trouble!

Therefore, Stalin could only issue a strict order to the newly appointed Southwest Front Commander Lieutenant General Kostenko and Military Commissioner Burmistenko, asking them to protect Kiev and Nikolaev no matter what, and at the same time ensure that the German army did not survive the Dnieper River.

"Comrades, do you think the United States' request is reasonable?" Stalin took out Bulganin's telegram at the political bureau meeting. "Can we allow religious activities to resume on Soviet territory?"

Naval ships are floating countries. If American chaplains can hold religious ceremonies on Soviet naval ships, it means that religious activities have returned to the Soviet Union after many years.

But today Stalin specifically mentioned "Soviet territory", which obviously had ulterior motives!

The political bureau members present and the senior generals attending the meeting can all hear something. However, this issue is too sensitive and no one dares to say anything.

"I think it's okay!" Stalin glanced around the conference room with piercing eyes, and then said calmly, "Although we Bolsheviks don't believe in religion, there are still many people in the Soviet Union who believe in religion, including many Working people. Therefore, religious belief is a force that can be used by us and may also be used by the Russian traitor Queen Olga. My opinion is that we should unite all forces that can be united, including belief in God! Americans and Soviets.”