Bismarck

"Behind the Soviet Union there is not just one country, there is also Britain, and most importantly, there is the United States... In short, the situation is not that optimistic." Bismarck smiled and touched Lily's head.

Germany's situation was very miserable before, but history has changed so much now. Bismarck felt that the British had been hit so hard at sea that their support for the Soviet Union had decreased a lot. If Raeder was not stupid, he could have strangled the lifeline at sea, and the army might not have suffered a major defeat, and could have survived in the end.

Want to win? Sorry, Bismarck doesn't have that idea. Although she is unscientific, the United States is a krypton gold player, and the people on earth can't do anything about it.

The only hope is that when we lose, Lily won't be too affected.

"But even so, I think we still have a chance of winning, so don't be discouraged, even if we are against the whole world." Bismarck added, "Be careful in Berlin, and try not to come to the city, otherwise you might be bombed again."

"Yeah, I understand." Lily nodded obediently.

"Oh, by the way, how is your research going?" Bismarck asked curiously, "Any progress?"

Lily and Bismarck had talked about nuclear stuff, so it's not surprising that she knew about it.

"That's it, no progress." Lily said lightly.

"Be careful, it's not good to touch that thing too much." Bismarck said worriedly.

"It's okay, I'm just doing theory, practice is none of my business." She smiled.

"That's good~"

You can cut so fast while talking, aren't you afraid of cutting your hand? Lily touched her finger with some fear. She was also cut last time. That feeling was really...

Ding--

She looked up and found that Bismarck had cut his hand, but her expression remained unchanged. Instead, she raised the knife in her hand and took a look, fearing that the knife was broken. There were some small cracks, but it didn't matter.

Well, he is not a human being at all, why should she worry about him?

"It will be a long time since we will meet again." Bismarck said, "Don't miss me in the future."

"You are so shameless." Lily said unhappily, "I don't want to!"

Bismarck snorted twice and said nothing, calling his "daughter" hypocritical.

The dishes she cooked were her best and also the simplest. The ingredients were not difficult to buy. Although the empire had recently entered a state of war, the supply reserves should still be sufficient.

One dish was spicy and sour shredded potatoes, one was scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and the rest were some Chinese side dishes like braised pork.

To be honest, she can't cook German food. Fortunately, although this kind of Chinese food tastes like poison at the beginning, it gets better after cooking it more and more, and the taste is still acceptable.

As for home-cooked dishes, Lily eats relatively little, so they must be fresh.

Lily was also interested in this novel dish, and the two of them talked about everything from family and national affairs to food, and they got along quite well.

Lütjens came back in the evening and praised Bismarck's food highly. Of course, he was most happy to see Lily.

The father and daughter met once in such a long time, and the atmosphere was a little dull but warm, and Bismarck was also happy about it.

The three of them were eating around the dining table. Lily looked at their faces and prayed silently to God in her heart.

Hope everyone returns safely.

Chapter 553: Zeppelin, Goering

It was already winter in Berlin in mid-December 1941.

Although the temperature was not very cold, the temperature on the thermometer was only around zero degrees. However, the fluttering snow, accompanied by the cold current that blows in every winter with the change of time and climate, made the city look particularly charming under the white snow. Although even with the cover and cover of snow, some traces of bombing can still be seen everywhere in the city. Coupled with the wind, snow and cold current, as well as the refugees who were waiting for resettlement on the streets, it always left a sense of decline to those who cared about it...

However, even so, at least the Third Reich now, although the proportion of military production has been rising, but when implementing economic control, relying on the food looted from Eastern Europe, while achieving relative fairness in distribution, and using the previously confiscated property and vacant houses hoarded by the Jews to properly settle the refugees, the people of the Third Reich at least don’t have to worry about eating "bread" made of flour mixed with sawdust while shivering in the cold wind when the average temperature has dropped below zero like the late Second Reich more than 20 years ago...

Although, this has nothing to do with the treatment enjoyed by Germany's real top leaders...

In a luxuriously decorated and heated office in the German Air Force building, Goering, who was sitting behind his desk, was looking at the heroic female pilot in white standing at attention with a look of regret...

With the British abandoning the Suez Canal and retreating all the way to Palestine in the Middle East, the Mediterranean copy has been declared completely opened. At this time, a month has passed since the Malay Naval Battle in the Far East.

During this month, the Japanese army in the Far East has captured Hong Kong and is currently besieging the Bataan Fortress in the Philippines. At the same time, they are relying on their sea power advantage to launch various offensive operations towards the oil fields in Sumatra among the archipelagos in Southeast Asia. As for Singapore, the former pride of the British Empire, the first fortress in the Far East with 381 defenders and more than ten mm heavy artillery, it was already frightened by the overwhelming Japanese army and surrendered directly to Yamashita Tomoyuki, who only had half of his own troops.

Under such a big change, according to the latest intelligence, the re-activated commander-in-chief of the Middle East-India war zone, Auchinleck, has withdrawn all the hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in Ethiopia through the Red Sea and the desert road of the Saudi Arabian Peninsula to the Middle East to strengthen the combat power in order to stabilize the war situation and stabilize Turkey, which has little desire to participate in the war and only wants to make money from the war (historical facts). The Red Sea is basically undefended for the German Mediterranean Fleet, which has two battleships and an aircraft carrier!

Then, next, the German and Japanese navies will most likely meet in the Indian Ocean to cut off Britain’s connection with the India-Middle East region. This is probably only natural!

In order to obtain some extremely scarce but extremely important rare resources in Southeast Asia, such as natural rubber, tin, copper, silver and gold in the Philippines, etc., German and Japanese diplomats have recently reached an agreement that Germany will provide Japan with a batch of advanced scientific and technological information in exchange for Japan's supply of resources to Germany from the occupied areas in Southeast Asia. This time, Zeppelin came to the Air Force to receive the technical information and drawings from the German Air Force, including the ME-183 fighter jets that were eliminated after the German Air Force decided to develop the TA-262 fighter jets, and the drawings of its supporting JUMO-004 jet engine.

only……

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"...Are you really not staying?" Goering was silent for a while, and finally spoke reluctantly: "With your ability and record, there is no one more suitable than you for the position of Fighter Director. Your training of the GR-186 Wing and the suggestions you submitted are very important to the Air Force..."

Goering was indeed reluctant to let the queen pilot leave. In just one and a half years, she had shot down more than 200 enemy planes in various air battles, and now she was the number one in the German Air Force's kill list!

Moreover, she is so talented even in the training of the troops and the construction of the army! For example, she strengthened the actual combat survival training of pilots and compressed the unnecessary training flight time as much as possible, and also provided many suggestions for the improvement of the performance of many existing aircraft. In addition, she also provided many insightful suggestions... With such a brilliant and charming girl, she is fully capable of serving as the director of fighter jets!

Although Ernst Udet changed his job from the director of weapons production of the German Air Force to the head of the naval aviation, which resulted in a series of butterfly effects in personnel and technology, the position of the director of German fighters that Goering had always wanted to establish has not been officially established until now due to the need to consider the business coordination relationship between the Air Force fighters and the naval aviation fighter units. But compared with Zeppelin, even the other two candidates: Werner Moders and Adolf Galland, who are also super aces with tactical development capabilities and excellent leadership abilities (because history has changed, there is no plane crash and death), at least in Goering's view, whether it is the experience of commanding naval aviation operations, or the diversity of capabilities and vision, compared to Zeppelin who can improve aircraft design, train reserve pilots, and even develop electronic warfare capabilities, the gap is still a bit big...

Unfortunately, in the past, she had easily rejected important positions like Fighter Director!

Moreover, Goering actually knew that this time, she would most likely refuse the position without hesitation, just like before, and then go to the distant Indian Ocean with GR-186 and Lütjens...

If we fail to recruit her to serve as the fighter director this time, it will be difficult to recruit her once she goes to the Far East!

but……

As expected, as soon as Zeppelin opened his mouth, he still politely declined Goering's kindness.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, Imperial Marshal. Although I also want to make greater contributions to the Imperial Air Force, I really can't leave... um, that aircraft carrier."

Goering was a little helpless, but he still felt that he should ask why since he was rejected again and again.

Although Goering was a little depressed, he had a guess in his mind! After all, how could he not know about the battle between Raeder and Lütjens in the Admiralty Prison?

Although Goering was not angry because of this speculation, he was not very clear whether it was true that he was the Air Marshal and Raeder had a dictatorship in the Navy. If he didn't ask for clarification now, he would not be reconciled!

Something like a ship girl, and a girl similar to Bismarck. Goering had guessed about such a situation before. Someone once reported that Zeppelin's cockpit was hit by an aircraft cannon, and the shell exploded inside but no damage was caused. Goering vaguely confirmed his guess.

But you still have to admit it yourself.

There was no one else in the office, so Goering simply asked the question in his heart:

"…Lieutenant Commander Zeppelin, let me ask you one last question. Is the reason you can't leave that aircraft carrier because of 'that'?"

Goering clearly saw this sentence, and Zeppelin was stunned for a moment. But within two seconds, Zeppelin nodded gently and admitted his identity...

"Well, that's right, so... I'm the only one who can't leave..." Speaking of his true identity, even Zeppelin felt a little embarrassed: "Although I know that when I was built... it was because of your insistence that I was built into my current appearance, rather than Raeder's two-deck appearance that can only take off a biplane. So... actually, I really wanted to call you father before..."

Zeppelin looked embarrassed, but quickly said, "But let's still call you that for now."

"Ah... is that so? Then I am still somewhat incompetent. I only realized this now..."

After knowing the truth, Goering touched his nose embarrassedly.

In fact, I was not that surprised. It was just that my guess was confirmed. This talented girl was indeed not human.

Although he felt somewhat relieved that the aircraft carrier he had strongly supported actually treated him like a father, but now that they were about to part, he could only smile helplessly:

If she wasn't a shipgirl, it would be great if she could accept the position of fighter director...

However, neither of them was so slow-moving, especially Goering, who had been in a high position for many years. Goering quickly calmed down and said, "Well, after you go to the Indian Ocean, do your best! I will keep an eye on you!"

Zeppelin on the opposite side was also very straightforward. He calmed himself down and nodded seriously to Goering: "I will do my best! Your Excellency, Imperial Marshal!"

I still feel a little embarrassed to call him father.

For some reason, Goering, who had been in a high position for a long time, suddenly felt that the conversation with the Queen in White was just like a father saying goodbye to his adult, independent, and soon-to-fly daughter. He suddenly felt reluctant to let her go...

I wonder if this is an illusion? Goering thought about it with some complexity. Although he has a daughter, she is a lovely little princess...

However, it seems not bad to have such a gorgeous daughter...

"…Then I'll be leaving now! Grossdeutsche Zeppelin aircraft carrier, take your leave!"

With a standard hand salute and a standard turn (according to the military law of Nazi Germany, the salute to superiors in the office must be the Nazi hand salute, implying that Germany is above all else), Zeppelin, dressed in white and extremely handsome, left Goering's office as more than just a soldier. But at the moment of leaving, another sentence slipped out from the crack of the door: "By the way, remember to take care of your health! Don't take anesthetics if you can..."

No such name was called out, but the expressions of concern were still the same, just like usual.

Goering laughed and nodded.

Just like that, Zeppelin left a few words like a daughter caring about her father. As the door closed, the people had already walked away. In the spacious but luxurious office, only the Imperial Marshal was left sitting behind the desk. It seemed that no one knew what he was thinking.

It was just that Goering's mouth and eyes, in a subtle way, seemed to carry a bit of relief and hope, but also a bit of worry...

Perhaps in Goering's heart, in addition to the usual concerns about the international situation, high-level politics, and military aspects, there seems to be some more emotions now?

Chapter 554: Separation

December 1941, 12, Berlin, Tempelhof Airport…

At the airport, which had just cleared up after the snow, Lütjens, Bonte, Bismarck and Zeppelin were watching the burly ground crew members load box after box of lead-sealed confidential documents onto a transport plane heading back to Italy.

Looking at these boxes, Bismarck felt mixed emotions.

She knew what was in these boxes - VT fuses, 128mm heavy anti-aircraft guns, PPI displays for radar, IFF devices, electronic jammers, (obsolete) ME-262 fighters and JUMO-004 jet engines, (originally planned to equip Zeppelin) aircraft carrier air catapults... drawings and materials, etc. And the object of the transaction of these things was to be used by Japan in exchange for some strategic resources produced in Southeast Asia and very scarce in Germany.

Although it is not known whether it was because the Locust Country's Army was overconfident after sweeping all the way through the Southeast Asian campaign, the Japanese did not make any requirements for the German tanks that swept across Europe in the information they requested this time. Instead, they made a bunch of requests for air power and electronic equipment, which was unusual. Moreover, it was said that many of the lists of these things were specifically requested by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, who came to inspect the military in the middle of last year - obviously, these things were requested for the Japanese Navy.

Even if these technologies flow into the Japanese industrial sector, given the contradictions between the Japanese army and navy, and the fact that Japan's industrial base needs time to accept these technologies, it is possible that... they will not have a chance to be used on the Chinese battlefield...

After thinking about it, Bismarck felt a little better...

I just hope that the Japanese Navy and the US Navy can beat each other into submission...both of them are not good people anyway!

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Bismarck suddenly retracted his claws and clenched his fists, which made Zeppelin on the side look a little confused.

"what happened to you?"

"Eh?!" Bismarck was startled. Seeing Zeppelin looking at him, he quickly shook his hands and explained, "It's nothing, it's nothing!"

"...Are you thinking about Lily?" Contrary to his usual behavior, Zeppelin did not joke with Bismarck.

"Um... um, a little bit..." Hearing Zeppelin's question, Bismarck had to stammer and pass over the matter.

But after hearing what Zeppelin said...it seems that I miss Lily a little...

I still remember that early in the morning, when the military car stopped at my doorstep to pick me, the captain and Zeppelin up to go to the airport, Lily, who had been able to control her emotions when she returned home the day before, couldn't control herself when she saw me and the captain carrying suitcases and briefcases to prepare for the expedition to the Indian Ocean. She threw herself into the captain's arms and cried her heart out...

And I… I couldn’t seem to hold back my tears at that time…

It's so embarrassing that my eyes are red.

Although the situation of the Third Reich is much better now than in history, the resistance of the Allies has not weakened at all! And it seems that there have always been people in Germany who oppose the mustache...

If Germany really loses the war...

"Lily, you have to be careful too... Remember to wear the ring I gave you! If anything really happens, I will rush back to protect you..."

Bismarck still remembered that he hadn't finished speaking when he was interrupted by Lily, who was already crying loudly:

"...Dad, Bismarck, you are the ones who need to be careful...I'm fine in the institute in Berlin, but you are going to the battlefield...You were beaten so badly by the British last year, you know how worried I am about you...Really, sometimes I have nightmares at night, and then I quickly pray to God to bless you...Wuwuwuwu...Wuwuwuwu..."

The captain didn't say much at the time, after all, it was the fate of being a soldier... The captain just held Lily in his big hands, gently stroked her hair, and comforted her together with Bismarck...

"Lily, I'm sorry I can't spend Christmas with you this time..."

"Dad, I don't blame you... I just make sure you guys pay attention to your safety..." Lily raised her head, ignoring the tears on her cheeks, and looked straight at Bismarck: "...Bismarck, I don't care about your relationship with dad, but if you are on the battlefield, no matter what... remember to come back safely..."

"Yes! I will definitely protect the captain."

Bismarck, who also had tears in his eyes, and the captain, who was also obviously trying hard to hold back his tears, reached out their hands, one on the left and one on the right, and gently wiped away Lily's tears...

The so-called separation of life and death is so simple, yet so heavy...

Although Christmas was less than ten days away, how could we celebrate holidays in wartime? The family could gather together for a while and have dinner in the small room they had arranged for us, just like celebrating Christmas in advance...

Life is unpredictable, death is unpredictable, all is left to rise and fall.

Even if I think about the separation of life and death... the old butler is no longer here...

Now, when Bismarck recalled that he had just said goodbye to Lily and got on the military vehicle, it seemed that Zeppelin, who was standing by the side without saying a word, also wiped his eyes, right?

Bismarck seemed to have sensed it and heard the conversation between him and Zeppelin. The captain and Bonte in front of him also turned their heads slightly and calmly.

Amid the roar of the military transport plane's engine, Lütjens, Bismarck, Zeppelin, and Bonte boarded the plane's cabin together, leaving Berlin, the capital of the Greater German Empire, and flying towards the unknown ahead in the biting cold wind of winter...

On the tram in Berlin, Liliana, who was praying silently in her heart, seemed to have sensed something and looked out the window. In the direction of Tempelhof Airport in the distance, there seemed to be a plane that had just taken off, flying farther and farther, and higher and higher...

Finally, the silhouette of the transport plane turned into a small black dot that gradually blurred and slowly disappeared into the light mist in the sky...

Seeing that the plane was no longer visible, Lily lowered her head and closed her eyes, but a glimmer of light appeared in the corner of the girl's eyes...