The Rise of the Third Reich

"Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. Imperial Marshal, our two countries can completely divide the world...The Atlantic Ocean is the dividing line. We, the United States, rule the west of the Atlantic Ocean, and Germany rules the east of the Atlantic Ocean. We, the United States, will deal with Japan severely, while you will destroy the evil Bolsheviks. . This is the pattern of the post-war world in the minds of us Americans. If you agree, peace will appear in the Atlantic Ocean immediately."

In the conference room of the German Chancellery, Mr. Kennedy, the U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, was describing a pleasant new world order in the future to Hitler, Hessmann and Rudolf Hess - at least in the eyes of Hitler and Hess. Come on, this new order is still barely acceptable.

Of course, there were still some differences between the two Nazi leaders. Rudolf Hess meant to immediately betray Japan and negotiate peace with the United States, and then concentrate on destroying the Soviet Union. And Hitler was still very hesitant on whether to betray Japan... It was too immoral to betray allies. As a high-quality Nazi, Hitler felt that he could not do this. Unless the United States is sincere enough to make peace with Germany...in this case, Hitler is still willing to sell Emperor Hirohito without conscience.

The biggest criterion for measuring America's peace sincerity is naturally oil.

Hitler asked: "Mr. Kennedy, as far as I know, Britain has a large share of Venezuela's oil production. If the United States and we have an armistice, does it mean that Venezuelan oil can be continuously shipped to the British mainland?"

During the historical Second World War, the oil consumed by the UK mainly came from Venezuela, with a total supply of tens of millions of tons every year. And if this oil is shipped to the British mainland, it means that the amount of oil at Germany's disposal will suddenly increase by about 25%.

"This...this should be no problem." Kennedy shrugged, "I think there is no problem. If an armistice is reached, we have no reason not to let the British get what belongs to them."

"15 million tons of Venezuelan oil per year!" Hersman immediately added, "Within one month after the signing of the armistice treaty, we will get the entire share for the first year."

When Kennedy heard the "Armistice Treaty", he was overjoyed and immediately patted his chest and assured: "No problem, no problem at all... In fact, we have a surplus of oil. The United States simply cannot use up 200 million tons of oil. If you are willing By paying cash, we can sell you American oil, providing at least 15 million tons per year.”

ah? real or fake?

Hearing this answer, both Hessmann and Hitler were stunned... This Kennedy was so powerful. He agreed to 15 million tons of oil in one fell swoop, and also agreed to sell 15 million tons of American oil to Germany!

Is this really going to betray the Soviet Union?

"Marshal Reich, what do you think?" Hitler listened to Rudolf Hess's translation and was obviously interested. "If we could get 30 million tons of extra oil, could we eliminate the Soviet Union?"

Hessmann thought for a moment and replied: "At least we can capture the European part west of the Urals."

If Germany negotiates peace with the United States, it will be fighting on a single front, concentrating all European forces to attack the Soviet Union, and there will be a Belarusian lead party. In terms of strength, it is enough to overwhelm the Soviet Union. The only factor that restricts the European coalition forces from exerting their strength is the lack of oil. If the United States is willing to provide an additional 30 million tons, the amount of oil at Germany's disposal in the next year will exceed 70 million tons!

This is an astronomical figure for Germany! Historically, Germany could barely produce 10 million tons of oil a year, and it almost overthrew the Soviet Union. Now that there are 7 times the oil, theoretically there will be 7 times the tanks and aircraft (now that most of Europe's industries have been integrated and relatively fully mobilized, the production of tanks and aircraft and the number of troops are no longer a problem. ). Damn it if Stalin could hold it, so Hessmann said that taking half of it was actually very conservative, but Hitler immediately changed his mind after hearing this.

"It will be enough to capture the west of the Urals," Hitler nodded and said with a smile, "It will be easier to digest."

Hitler liked the European part of Russia very much, but he just hated the Slavs... If he could drive a large part of them to the east of the Ural Mountains, he would think it was very good.

It would be better to keep tens of millions of people in the European part of Russia, and keep an "Eastern Soviet Union" east of the Ural Mountains that can compete with "Western Russia." In this way, eastern Germany will be safe and sound. Moreover, "Western Russia" will inevitably rely on Germany in order to survive. In fact, it is the source of Germany's resources and agricultural products... This is a disguised economic colony!

Although this plan is not as good as turning "Western Russia" into a real German colony, it is certainly much better than Hersman's current proposal to negotiate peace with the Soviet Union after seizing left-bank Ukraine and East Belarus.

"Mr. Prime Minister, the Americans are probably deceiving us!"

Having just seen off Kennedy, Hersman immediately began to doubt the integrity of the Americans.

"As long as Roosevelt is on stage, the United States will never watch us swallow Russia." Hersman said, "Because that will mean that Europe will dominate the world for hundreds more years!"

That was the merger of the later Great European Union, Russia, and a bunch of small countries that split from the Soviet Union. Moreover, this Great Europe also controlled Africa, the Middle East, and India... a proper thousand-year empire!

Rudolf Hess immediately retorted: "Roosevelt is just a democratically elected president. He cannot dominate the United States...and there is more than a year left in his term. He should be replaced by January 1945. If he does not want to stay If Japan is a mess for the next U.S. president, he will definitely solve it during his term. In order to achieve this goal, he must make peace with us.”

Hitler nodded and said: "Maybe it's true... We have to give it a try anyway, but we shouldn't completely believe in the United States. After all, the current President of the United States is still Roosevelt!"

"We should try it," Hessmann thought for a while and agreed with Hitler. "We can ask the Dutch to come forward to import fuel from the United States...import 3 million tons of C3 grade fuel."

C3 grade fuel refers to high-quality aviation fuel with an octane number higher than 100. It is one of the most stringent export control materials in the United States. If the Americans are willing to sell 3 million tons of C3 fuel to the Netherlands (actually to Germany), then it means that Roosevelt is really serious about selling to the Soviet Union - 3 million tons is not a small amount!

If the United States refuses to sell or drags its feet, it means it is deceiving Germany.

"Okay, let's do it." Hitler nodded, and then said to Hessmann, "Marshal Reich, before we can reach peace with the United States, Japan must be appeased... Even if we make peace with the United States, Japan It would be best to resist for a long time until we take over the area west of the Ural Mountains.”

When it came to Japan, Hessmann couldn't help but frown. Although he was busy fighting against the Soviet Union during this period, he also devoted some energy to asking about aid to Japan. So he knows that the Japanese now continue to go down the wrong path!

Although the Japanese also know that the initiative in the Pacific battlefield will be lost, Japan must begin to fully deploy its defenses. However, they did not listen to Hersman's suggestion of using the tactics of defending the Hawaiian Islands and launching suicide attacks. Instead, they placed their hope on mobile defense with the fleet.

While deploying defenses on several key islands in the Pacific, they are also working to expand the size of their fleet and seek so-called "advanced" fighter jets, hoping to use their aircraft carrier fleets in decisive battles to continuously kill and injure the U.S. military's effective forces, and finally force the United States to sue for peace.

In addition, according to the information Hersman knows, Japan is currently conducting secret negotiations with the United States through the Soviet Union - these Showa staff members were probably deceived enough by the two old foxes Stalin and Roosevelt.

After leaving the German Chancellery, Hersmann put the issue of "aiding Japan" behind him. Because in his opinion, it was impossible for the Americans to sell 3 million tons of precious C3 fuel to the Netherlands... Kennedy's promises were mostly Roosevelt's conspiracy.

But now for Germany, the most important thing is to make an emergency landing on the Soviet Union as soon as possible, and it is also the safest route to victory.

"Marshal of the Empire, we have just received a request for assistance from Army Group Northern."

As soon as Hersmann returned to the General Staff Headquarters in Zossen, Guderian gave him a request for assistance report from the Northern Army Group headquarters.

Among the three army groups on the Western Front, the Central Army Group and the Southwest Army Group are in relatively ideal conditions. Only the Northern Army Group, which is responsible for encircling Leningrad, has been under great pressure in the past few days.

The Soviet Leningrad Front and Kalinin Front had far more troops than the German Army Group Northern, and they also had an advantage in armored strength. Another surprise attack was made on the Velikiy Luki-Pskov line. Although Velikiy Luki was not captured, it also put great pressure on the Northern Army.

Therefore, the Northern Army Headquarters had no choice but to partially lift the siege of Leningrad in accordance with the instructions of the General Staff. However, Kuchler was still unwilling to retreat from Leningrad. Therefore, we only removed the northern part of the Leningrad encirclement (the line between the Neva River and the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland), but we still maintained the semi-encirclement of the Neva River and the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. At the same time, we also blocked the Red Cross between Moscow and Leningrad. The railway made transportation between Leningrad and outside the city very unsmooth.

However, precisely because of guarding half of the encirclement, the strength of Army Group North was stretched thin, and it was somewhat unable to cope with the offensive of the two Soviet front armies. Moreover, the defense of the eastern Baltic states, which was the responsibility of Army Group North, was now somewhat empty.

"What troops can be transferred now?" Hersman put down the report and asked Guderian.

"We still have many reserve troops," Guderian replied with a smile, "but I think it is time for the Polish Defense Forces to be dispatched... This is an opportunity for the Poles to take revenge."