The Rise of the Third Reich

"On the evening of April 11, I was ordered by His Majesty to organize a new government. According to the wishes of Congress and the people, the new government should obviously consider establishing it on the broadest possible basis and should be compatible with all parties. I have completed The war cabinet has been formed by five people, including the Labor Party, the Opposition Party and the Liberal Party, which reflects the unity of the country...

I have made it clear to the House, as I have made it clear to the ministers who have entered the Cabinet, that I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. What we face will be an extremely severe test and a protracted struggle. and suffering.

What is our policy? My answer is: fight on land, sea, and air. Fight with all our strength, with all the strength God has given us, against a tyranny unprecedented in the dark, miserable history of human sin. This is our policy.

We must realize that without victory, there will be no British Empire. Without victory, there will be no more everything the British Empire has symbolized. Without victory, there will no longer be the strong demands and impulses that have existed for centuries: mankind should move towards its goals.

I took on my tasks with high spirits and confidence. I am convinced that if we all unite, our cause will not be frustrated..."

While a fierce air battle was taking place over the Meuse River, Winston Churchill was delivering his inaugural speech to the British Parliament. He is now Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, a month earlier than ever before, and in an even worse position. However, this nervous and determined British Prime Minister still delivered a high-spirited speech. He would deliver such speeches many times later, time and again inspiring the British people in distress to unite and fight the enemy to the end.

After the inauguration speech, Churchill did not greet the leaders of the various parties in the parliament. Instead, he frowned and left in a hurry. In the Prime Minister's official residence at No. 10 Downing Street, US Secretary of State Cordell Hull is waiting for a candid meeting with the new head of the British Empire.

He flew to the UK urgently after Germany began its massive attack on Belgium, and would later go to France to meet with Prime Minister Paul Reno.

"Prime Minister, I listened to your speech on the radio. It was very good." Cordell Hull shook hands with Churchill, and then said some compliments.

"That's nice, but not the truth!" Churchill sat down on a sofa in the haunted Pillar Hall (room 10 Downing Street) and lit another cigar for himself.

"What's the truth?" Cordell Hull asked.

Churchill winked at one of his secretaries. The secretary understood what the Prime Minister meant and quickly walked out of the room and closed the door.

"The truth is that the British Empire is suffering defeats at sea, in the air, and on the European continent." Churchill smoked a cigarette. "The enemy is unprecedentedly powerful, with the best aircraft in the world, and possibly two of the world's largest ships." Battleship! If you can't intervene soon, we'll be in big trouble."

"Intervention?" Cordell Hull was stunned for a moment, "Is the situation that serious?"

"I'm afraid it's very serious!" Churchill said, "The German armored forces broke through the defense line in the Sedan-Mause River area one day ago."

"Sedan? Where is..."

Churchill said: "The north of the Maginot Line faces the Ardennes Forest, which is said to be impenetrable to tanks!"

"But now the Kraut tanks are passing through the Ardennes Forest?"

"Yes," Churchill nodded, "countless!"

"What about the Maginot Line?" Cordell Hull asked.

"It's been bypassed," Churchill shrugged. "The Germans have bypassed the Maginot Line. Now it's up to the French to seal the gap."

"Bypassed?" Cordell Hull said, "This is ridiculous. The French spent so much money and time building a line of defense that is said to be the strongest in the world, but now it was easily bypassed by the Germans? "

Churchill was also quite helpless, "This is the current situation... Mr. Secretary, I think it is time to consider letting the United States join the war."

Obviously, Fatty Qiu had no confidence in whether the French could block the gap between Sedan and the Meuse River. If we want to win the world war, it seems we can only rely on the United States.

"What?" Cordell Hull was stunned. Churchill was discussing with him an issue that was almost taboo in the United States - participating in a world war!

Although everyone in the power circles in Washington knew that the United States' participation in a world war was inevitable, the American people did not know this and were not prepared to participate in a world war.

"Prime Minister, I think that will be two or three years from now, right?" Cordell Hull asked tentatively.

"No," Churchill immediately gave a negative answer, "I'm afraid we can't wait that long... If the French counterattack on the Sedan-Mause River line fails to win, then we will be in big trouble. This is a big problem. Big trouble!"

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The air battle over Sedan-Maas continues! This air battle lasted from early morning to evening, and both sides invested too many aircraft to count. All I saw were planes of all sizes flying up and down in the sky, chasing each other. From time to time, planes were hit by bullets and caught fire, trailing black smoke and falling.

Although the BF-109 and Fokker Zero have superior performance and great power in combined operations, they still cannot completely stop the desperate Blenheim bombers and Breguet attack aircraft from rushing towards the dense anti-aircraft artillery fire network like moths to the flames. Protected pontoon. They came in batches and were swallowed up by German anti-aircraft fire one after another. The panicked British and French planes dropped bombs indiscriminately on the river, causing water droplets to rise into the sky, but the German pontoon bridge remained intact.

"What are they doing? This is simply a suicide attack!" Rudolf Ribbentrop was sitting in the driver's seat of a Volkswagen 82 military car, looking around with his head raised, and he would express emotion from time to time.

"Rudolph, over there, go over there, 8 o'clock direction!" Lieutenant Schwarzenegger reached out and patted Rudolph on the shoulder, then pointed in a direction. "Hurry up and drive over there. A plane has fallen there. Let's go see if there are any survivors!"

After hearing the order from his superior, Rudolf Ribbentrop quickly started the car and went along the country road in France to search for the downed plane. It turned out that when the British and French planes attacked, his company was performing alert patrol missions near the Maas River pontoon. It was not their turn to fight the plane, but they could catch the enemy pilots who had parachuted to escape and rescue their own parachutists.

Since this large-scale air battle took place in an area controlled by the German army, the impact on the British and French air forces was also unprecedented. In previous air battles that mainly took place over areas controlled by Britain and France, the pilots of downed fighter jets had a high chance of escaping by parachuting. As long as they are not injured during the parachute jump, they can immediately fly a new aircraft and return to the battlefield.

But now, the British and French pilots who fell from the sky were either captured or killed during resistance. Only a handful of them were able to escape under the cover of local French residents.

This time Rudolf Ribbentrop drove his car and found a British Blenheim bomber. The aircraft fell to the ground and fell apart, with parts and fragments scattered everywhere. In the severely deformed fuselage, Lieutenant Schwarzenegger found the bodies of three British crew members. One of the corpses, the driver, was covered in blood and had a big hole in his vagina. He was obviously killed by a machine gun. The other two bodies had no obvious external injuries, but they still lost their lives.

Gustav Schwarzenegger dragged them out, placed them on the ground, and then ordered Rudolf Ribbentrop and two other SS soldiers to search the bodies. They found documents, wallets, pistols, watches and other miscellaneous items. Rudolf Ribbentrop opened the blood-soaked document and vaguely saw the name "Garland", and also found a photo of a beautiful woman, who should be Garland's sweetheart.

Gustav Schwarzenegger put away three pistols, put some things that looked like medicine into a small box, and then put three watches and the pounds in three wallets into his own pocket. Finally he waved his hand: "Three more British guys died... Let's go and look elsewhere!"

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"Hey, Rudolf, how many fights did you win today?"

When Rudolf Herschmann dragged his tired steps into the pilot lounge, his boss, Lieutenant Heinz Bahr, asked him loudly.

"One H-75." Rudolf Herschmann answered. This was his second victory, after a Breguet attack aircraft.

"Not bad, there are two results...you are no longer a rookie." Lieutenant Heinz Barr recorded it in a book. After the camera gun is inspected, the results can be confirmed. At this time, he saw Novotny come in again, his face also full of exhaustion. Today was a fatigue battle. All Fokker Zero pilots had stayed in the sky for at least 8 hours. "Walter, how many fights have you fought?"

"One Ms. 406, and another one I don't recognize. It was also a fighter jet... Rudolph and I shot it down together."

"You are the leader, so that's two victories." Heinz Barr said, "What's going on with the unknown fighters? Tell me."

"That is an aircraft equipped with a liquid-cooled engine. It should be from France. The lines are smoother than the Ms.406 and the speed is much faster. I think it is no worse than the Fokker Zero and BF-109."

Heinz Barr nodded, "So we have another opponent. You two should go write a report quickly. I have to report this news as soon as possible."