The Rise of the Third Reich

"Mr. Admiral, you think the Germans have a super bomb that will destroy them... What do you call a comer?"

"The atomic bomb, Mr. Senator, the Germans call it the atomic bomb."

"Oh, the atomic bomb, do the Germans have a way to drop an atomic bomb on American soil?"

"Yes, you can use the Me264 long-range bomber to conduct a one-way combat flight. After dropping the bomb, it can make an emergency landing in the Atlantic Ocean or the pilot can parachute directly."

"Can't our combat aircraft shoot it down?"

"It's very difficult because during this period we deployed a large number of P47s, P51s, P61s and F7Fs on Canada's Nova Scotia Peninsula, trying to intercept Me264s launching missiles towards New York and Boston, but the effect was very poor."

"Do you know what caused it?"

"It's not very clear, but the Army Air Forces did an assessment and thought that the most likely possibility is that the Germans have an airborne radar with a very long detection range. They may have installed this radar on their Bv138 large seaplanes, and Use this seaplane as a radar warning aircraft..."

Washington, Capitol Hill. A closed hearing on the war situation was taking place in the Senate chamber.

The person who is asking the question is US Republican Senate Leader Robert Taft, and the one who is testifying is General Arnold, commander of the US Army Air Forces. The question raised by Taft was about the atomic bomb and the Me264's penetration capability - this question was simply prepared to prove that Roosevelt's point of view was correct, and General Arnold seemed to have been prepared. Not only did he answer it very fluently, but his adjutant Preprinted copies of written reports made by frontline pilots and radar station commanders were also produced.

These reports can prove that the Me264 has extremely strong defense penetration capabilities and it is difficult for American fighter jets to catch them. Moreover, Arnold also prepared a very convincing analysis report, pointing out why the German Me264 can always avoid being pursued by American fighter jets.

And his analysis report was really wrong. After the Bv138E waterborne early warning aircraft entered official service, several of them were immediately used to escort the Me264s that attacked the United States.

Because the Bv138E waterborne early warning aircraft has a powerful S-band radar, it can detect American aircraft at a long distance and notify the Me264 to avoid or evacuate.

Although the Me264 cannot withstand a hit, it flies very fast. If the enemy plane can be warned dozens of kilometers away from itself, it can slip away at high speed. And if the American aircraft does not have the radar command of the surface ship, it will not even have a direction to pursue!

Therefore, the U.S. Army and Navy Air Force have spent a lot of effort and failed to shoot down a few Me264s that launched Reaper 1B cruise missiles towards the east coast of the United States. At the same time, U.S. destroyers performing radar search missions at sea were often attacked by Me264 equipped with Reaper 1 anti-ship missiles. From September 20 to October 10, 6 destroyers were sunk, causing losses It’s a disaster!

Due to the failure of intercepting the Me264, the U.S. Army Air Force thought of the possibility that the Me264 carrying atomic bombs could use a one-way bombing method to penetrate large cities on the east coast of the United States at night under the protection of radar warning aircraft.

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"Mr. General," it was now Democratic Senate Leader Buckley's turn to ask, "During this period, are our B-29s bombing Europe?"

"Yes." Admiral Arnold replied.

"Mr. Chief of Naval Operations," Buckley did not continue to ask Arnold, but turned to Chief of Naval Operations Ernest King, "during this time, are we using submarines to launch rockets towards the Japanese mainland?"

"It's a rocket."

"Are these rockets equipped with mustard gas warheads, anthrax spore warheads and plague flea warheads?"

"There are no plague fleas, just mustard gas, anthrax spores and coagulated ******."

"We don't have plague weapons?"

"We have them, but they can't be installed on rockets. They can only be dropped from aircraft."

"So, General Arnold," Buckley asked, "can we use B-29s to drop plague bombs and anthrax bombs on the big cities in Europe?"

"Yes." Arnold frowned and nodded slightly, "If we adopt one-way bombing and night raid, there is a certain probability that we can do it."

"What about the lethality of anthrax spore bombs and plague flea bombs? How many Europeans could those two weapons we have kill?" Buckley asked. "Can anyone answer that question?"

Army Chief of Staff Marshall took over the question: "Mr. Senator, the lethality of bacterial weapons depends on the opponent's medical level and social organization capabilities..."

"Please answer my question directly."

"It may kill tens to hundreds of thousands of people," Marshall thought for a moment and said, "and 10 times that number of people will be infected."

"So how many Americans can the atomic bombs the Germans currently have kill?"

"Maybe hundreds of thousands of people could be killed," Marshall said.

"In other words, the exchange ratio of hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands," Buckley asked, "General, do you think the Germans are determined to use that atomic bomb against the United States?"

"Definitely not at the moment," Marshall replied, "but according to the accurate intelligence, the Germans have built a large-scale and technologically advanced uranium separation plant, which will be able to obtain a lot of uranium-235 after it is fully put into production. Conservative assessment, by 1946, The number of atomic bombs the Germans possess may reach 20-30, and they will be able to kill millions of Americans and destroy 20-30 large cities on the East Coast of the United States."

"But then we'll have the atomic bomb too, right?"

"This...I'm not sure."

Obviously, the issues raised by the US Democratic Party are not conducive to peace. It seems that it is not the Democratic president who is suing for peace but the opposition Republican Party.

President Roosevelt of the United States was also in the Senate conference room at this time. He was leaning on a hard high-backed deputy chair. His face was full of fatigue, his breathing seemed a little rapid, his chest was rising and falling rapidly, and his eyes were a little sluggish.

This old man, who has only a short time but has a heavy burden on his shoulders, has been really tired these days. He had two hearings during the day and had to face all kinds of difficult questions. In the evening, I have to deal with a mountain of government and military affairs, hold meetings with high-level government and military officials, and often have to work until the early morning. Even a normal person might not be able to bear it, let alone a patient like him who is full of diseases and has had a stroke. Not to mention that he is now facing tremendous pressure from all sides. He is gritting his teeth and holding on almost every day now!

"Mr President."

Now that the hearings on military issues have ended, the hearings on Roosevelt's health issues have begun again-a marathon hearing that lasts for several hours a day, which is really difficult for Roosevelt.

"How are you feeling now?" Robert Taft frowned when he asked the question - if military issues still require a hearing, there is no need to "hear" how Roosevelt's health is, just look at his appearance. !

He should go to the hospital room and lie down now, and should not come to the Senate to prove his health. If he were healthy, all the patients in the intensive care units of New York-Presbyterian, Columbia and Cornell University Hospitals would join the United States Marine Corps.

"I feel fine," Roosevelt replied word for word. "Actually... I am in good health, and Dr. McIntyre agrees so on the health report."

Roosevelt's naval adjutant, Colonel Carton, gave Taft a falsified health report. Taft pretended to turn it over, and then said: "It seems that you are really... very healthy. I have no problem anymore."

"Can I make a request?" Buckley, the leader of the Democratic Party, took over the topic at this time and stood up. "As a healthy person, can you stand and answer a few questions for me?"

stand?

Before Roosevelt had a stroke, it was difficult to stand. He had suffered from polio (or some other strange disease), let alone now?

Roosevelt could not refuse the request, however, because the hearings on his health were public hearings. If he says he can't even stand up, how dare he say he's healthy? That “certificate of health” is just perjury.

It is a crime to commit perjury at a congressional hearing!

"No problem." Roosevelt gritted his teeth, grabbed the armrests of the chair with both hands, and pushed up, helping his weak legs to barely support his huge upper body. However, those two thin legs couldn't support him for long. Fortunately, there was a table in front of Roosevelt's body. There were several thick books on the table, which were stacked on top of each other. This was placed deliberately by Colonel Cotton. This was so that Roosevelt could press his hands on them to support his body and stay standing when necessary. Roosevelt pressed his right hand on the book, shook his body, and finally stabilized himself.

"Senator Buckley, do you have any more questions?" Roosevelt asked with force.

Senator Buckley sighed softly. It seemed that Roosevelt was going to get away with it again this time!

At this moment, one of Ernest King's adjutants, a Navy lieutenant colonel, rushed in from the door of the Senate conference room. Under the gaze of all eyes, he ran to the Chief of Naval Operations and leaned over the European Union. Nestor King whispered something in his ear, and an expression of surprise suddenly appeared on the admiral's originally wrinkled face.

"Admiral King," Roosevelt had noticed Ernest King and the Navy Lieutenant Colonel, "what happened, can you tell me?"

"Okay," Ernest King said in an excited tone, "Central Pacific Command reports that Pearl Harbor has been recaptured by us! The Stars and Stripes are already flying over Pearl Harbor!"