The Rise of the Third Reich

"You don't fly missiles..." Rudolph looked at Genda Minoru in confusion, "Then why is your name on the list of students?"

"I'm here to learn to fly a jet." Genda Minoru did not hide his intention, because he still needed the help of his old friend Rudolph.

"Jets represent the development trend of aviation," Genda exhaled. "We in Japan are also working hard in this area! Especially in the Pacific battlefield, the Americans have an absolute advantage in quantity, and we in Japan can only pursue quality. In the field of piston aircraft, it is difficult for us to gain an overwhelming advantage over the United States in terms of quality, so we can only find another way and focus on the development of jet aircraft.”

Rudolph nodded, noncommittal. He is very aware of Japan's current predicament. Japan is now completely weak. If it wants to reverse its decline, it must make strange and dangerous moves. Although the "Silver Death" is strange and dangerous, the price is too high.

In order to help Japan train 180 "Silver Death" pilots, the German Wehrmacht must devote at least 80,000 tons of precious aviation kerosene! It even delayed Germany's own large-scale installation of jet aircraft... Therefore, such help can only be provided once and will not happen again.

If 180 "Silver Reapers" are still unable to repel the US military - both Rudolf and Nowotny are very doubtful of the effectiveness of the "Silver Reapers" - then what will Japan rely on to defeat it?

However, the development of "high-priced" and "high-consumption" aircraft such as jet aircraft is obviously not in line with Japan's national conditions. This kind of weapon is simply not something Japan can afford at present.

But as a German militarist who truly loved Japan, Rudolf really couldn't think of any good way to save Japan.

"I understand," he could only say to Genda Minoru in the end, "Genda-kun, I won't let you pass the 'Silver Reaper' driving test... It's actually very difficult to pilot the 'Silver Reaper' for a dive attack. Because the dive speed is too fast, exceeding 900 kilometers, and it must be successful at the first time.”

"Thank you so much." Minoru Genda smiled and nodded. His purpose of signing up for the Kamikaze Team was not just to learn how to fly a jet, but also to take the lead... after all, he would drive a missile to hit an American ship. The ship is a fatal mission, and if the officers are unwilling to take the lead, it will be almost impossible to complete the recruitment quota in a short period of time.

But he actually didn't come to Rudolf to "cheat" for himself - it was difficult to get 100 points in the exam, but how easy was it to fail?

"In addition," Genda paused, and then showed an embarrassed smile, "there are still some people who are not suitable to pass the assessment."

Passing the assessment is a dead end, but failing the assessment can continue to contribute to the cause of militarism... Therefore, whether you can pass the assessment, you must consider the value of the students!

However, some Japanese militarists are not flexible in their thinking and do not know that sometimes they have to give zero marks in exams for the cause of militarism. So Genda Minoru had no choice but to ask Rudolf, an old friend, to help him cheat.

"I understand, I understand." Rudolph said with an understanding expression, "Some people are indispensable and cannot be sacrificed casually."

"Yes!" Yuan Tian nodded in agreement, "Those of us who survive have to bear greater responsibilities. This is also a last resort."

"Yes, yes." Rudolph said, "Then Genda-kun will make a list, and I will ensure that they fail the exam... I am the vice principal, I can take care of this matter."

Maybe Rudolf has been in Japan for a long time and is not as stubborn as ordinary German Junkers officers. He actually learned to help others cheat - failing to help others is also cheating!

"There is one more thing I want to ask you." Genda Minoru first handed Rudolf a pre-made list - all of them were the names of naval officers, but the names of Army Red Deer were not included. The Army is all aware of shame. , you shouldn’t cheat, and you shouldn’t be cheated on either. Then he added: "We hope to complete all training subjects before Christmas 1943."

"Christmas 1943?" Rudolph was startled, "There's still more than a month left... Isn't the time too tight?"

Genda Minoru nodded with a grimace: "There is no time... Time is not on our side. Now the Americans have destroyed our bases on Amakonak Island and Unalaska Island, and they are still in Dutch Harbor Mines were laid outside.”

Because the Japanese navy did not dare and was unable to respond (not enough fuel and pilots, it could not fight a decisive battle at all. It could only send some submarines for sneak attacks, but it did not achieve any results. Instead, three submarines lost contact). Therefore, Japan The most important stronghold in the Pacific was paralyzed, and now the Japanese had no way to monitor the North Pacific shipping lanes.

U.S. submarines and aircraft carriers can now safely advance to the waters south of Attu Island (also part of the Aleutian Islands), 1,700 nautical miles away from Tokyo. The threat to islands in the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia has greatly increased.

Therefore, Isoroku Yamamoto and Osamu Nagano have made the decision to launch a biological attack on the United States on Christmas Day 1943!

Prior to this, all Me264 and Silver Reaper missiles, as well as pilots trained in Germany, had to return to Japan.

This is to prevent Germany from seizing the Me264 and Silver Reaper missiles on the grounds that Japan has launched a bloody germ war. Now Germany thinks that victory is in sight and has begun to act like a winner, saying that it is fighting It is impossible for a knight's war to support Japan's germ warfare. And bacteria can spread. Who knows if it will spread to Germany?

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"Nagano-kun, the Germans have agreed to complete all missile pilot training subjects before Christmas. Another 42 Me264s and 198 Silver Reapers will also arrive in Japan before Christmas."

After hearing Yamamoto Isoroku's report, Japanese Navy Commander-in-Chief Nagano Shushen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that we can launch an attack on Christmas." Nagano Shushen said solemnly.

US time, December 25, 1943 was the time to launch the biological attack! 42 Me264 long-range bombers will take off from Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands carrying 4,200 ceramic bacterial bombs to attack the southern part of the California Valley in the United States - Southern California has a warm winter climate, which is conducive to launching bacterial warfare.

Because Oahu is close to 4,000 kilometers from the California Valley, it has reached the limit of the Me264's range. Therefore, the 42 aircraft participating in the attack will not form a formation (forming a team is more fuel-intensive), and they will be as light as possible.

All removable self-defense weapons and armor on the aircraft will be removed, and the number of crew members will also be reduced from 12 to 4 (captain, co-pilot, bombardier, navigator/telegraph operator). It is no exaggeration to say that this It was an out-and-out "suicide mission."

In order to increase the penetration rate of these 42 Me264 aircraft, Lieutenant General Tsukahara Tsukahara, the head of the Japanese Naval Aviation Headquarters who formulated the air strike plan, set the time for the aircraft to take off at 7:00-8:00 on Christmas Eve, Western United States time. Point (there are 42 planes to fly). It takes about 10 hours to fly over a distance of 4,000 kilometers, so the breakthrough time is probably between 5 and 6 in the morning the next day.

At this time, the sky on the west coast of the United States is very dark, which is not conducive to fighter interception. However, as long as these 42 aircraft make a few turns in the sky, they will have enough visibility to help them find small and medium-sized towns in the California Valley - if the situation is more urgent, they do not even have to find the towns. , just drop the ceramic germ bombs randomly over the fields or rivers in the southern California Valley...

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"Mr. President, Ambassador Kennedy sent a telegram from Switzerland saying that Marquis Ciano, the new foreign minister of the Roman Empire, expressed to him his willingness to promote peace negotiations between the United States and Japan."

When the Japanese's biological and chemical attack was imminent, US President Roosevelt got the news that Japan wanted peace negotiations.

"Marquis Ciano?" Roosevelt looked at Secretary of State Cordell Hull and was very surprised. "What's going on? Aren't we in peace talks with the Japanese?"

The secret peace talks between the United States and Japan were brokered by the Soviet Union. Currently in charge of this matter are the American and Japanese embassies in Chelyabinsk (the wartime capital of the Soviet Union).

However, the price differences between the two sides were too large, so the negotiations progressed very slowly.

The Americans demanded that Japan give up all the land it had captured after the Pearl Harbor incident, but that it could retain the French Indochina it captured before the Pearl Harbor incident and the Dutch East Indies transferred by the Netherlands. In addition, Japan must apologize to the United States and compensate for losses.

The Japanese, however, refused to give up any piece of the land they had captured.

"Are the Japanese willing to accept the conditions we propose?" President Roosevelt asked.

"Marquis Ciano didn't say," Cordell Hull replied, "Kennedy's telegram said that Japanese Foreign Minister Aoi Shigemitsu and the new ambassador to Rome Matsuoka Yosuke wanted to meet with him... I think there might be some breakthrough. The conditions are almost unbearable compared to those of the Japanese.”

Roosevelt nodded and said: "I sent Hopkins to meet with the Japanese... The original conditions cannot be compromised, and Japan must also guarantee not to launch new wars in the East Asian continent and the Far East after the armistice. In addition, Singapore, Malaysia The peninsula and the Philippines must be handed over to us immediately, Cordell, what do you think?”

"I think that's acceptable," Cordell Hull shrugged. "At least it avoided millions of American casualties. And we will have plenty of opportunities to deal with the Japanese in the future... As long as we can keep at least half of the Soviet Union, and Keep the Germans west of Malacca."