Chapter 75: Between the Peace and the War (21)

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At the same time that the Dewey administration was deploying the North American defense and Stalin was deploying the North American revolution, Hoffman presided over a strategic meeting to fully deploy a military offensive against North America.

Ribbentrop reported the whole process of negotiations with Dulles at the meeting, and when he heard that the US position was showing signs of softening, but tried to sow discord between Japan and Germany, Hoffman laughed out loud, and he instructed Ribbentrop to expose some Japanese-German contradictions, originally hoping that the Americans would seize the opportunity, but he did not expect that the other side completely misunderstood this meaning and did not think it through at all.

"Führer, but this meeting is not without positive results, and the Americans have almost agreed on two aspects, as long as we exert a little pressure." Ribbentrop analyzed, "The first is the issue of control of the Panama Canal, and I think that the United States has agreed in principle to joint control and international joint management, but there are more doubts about the garrison; The second is the Newfoundland question, in which the United States has largely agreed to become part of Great Britain, and when it tries to keep Churchill entrenched in it, I have refuted it with a British policy. The main question facing the United States now is how we view Japan-Germany and Japan-US relations after the German-American peace. ”

"Anyway, we will not promise to use military means to intervene in the war between Japan and the United States, and they will fight as long as they want."

"But Dulles is very worried about this, and he hopes that we can further ensure that we will not provide intelligence and diplomatic support, and that the materials and equipment will be shipped directly in cash and reciprocal between the two sides."

"He thinks it's quite beautiful, who doesn't know that Japan owes us a lot of debts and can't pay them back, doesn't these words mean that they can only be bought by the United States?"

Ribbentrop shrugged: "Maybe that's what I thought. ”

Keitel frowned: "In this way, it seems that the Americans need to be taught a little more lesson, the Japanese did a good job this time, and taught the Americans a lesson on the island of Hawaii, I think the West Coast of the United States will soon face a great threat, and at this moment, if a huge blow is given to the East Coast, the Americans will learn from it." ”

Goebbels added: "It would also break the U.S. government's false propaganda against its citizens, who are all shouting about a victory in the Caribbean, and if it can deal a powerful blow to these key cities on the East Coast, the deceptive propaganda of the U.S. government will be self-defeating." ”

Hoffman nodded, did not express his position directly, but looked at Yodl and asked, "How are the preparations for the joint European exercises?" ”

"It's basically almost, it can be launched on time on May 8, the main force of the exercise is Marshal Guderian's European Rapid Reaction Force, a total of 240,000, including 3 divisions from Italy, 2 divisions from Britain and France, 1 division each from Romania, Hungary, Belgium, Spain, and Ireland, and some SS units as reserves, plus some air force and special forces, and support forces, involving a total of 500,000 troops. The exercise, codenamed 'Europa', took the Eastern European Plain as the main exercise area, simulating the tactics of raiding the Great Lakes and the Northeast region of the United States from Canada to the south. ”

Hoffman nodded: "Very good, although this joint exercise is mainly based on intimidation, it can still test the results of our new tactics, and at the same time, it is also a kind of touch to European countries, telling all troops that the exercise should be close to actual combat, increase difficulty, consider a variety of variables, and be as realistic as possible." The results of the exercises and reports can be selectively leaked. ”

Yodel laughed: "Indeed, we have invited military and diplomatic representatives of many countries, and I am sure that there must be American spies mixed in." ”

"Intelligence can be transmitted, but the mole must be found out, I don't believe that the Americans have so many spies to squander."

After talking about the operation and intimidation, Hoffmann began to deploy an attack on the east coast again: nearly a month after the end of Operation Doomsday, the German rocket forces not only replenished their rocket reserves, but also received the support of the fourth rocket carrier, and now have a total of four standard rocket carriers, and their combat goal is very clear: to use Bermuda as a base, attack the ports on the east coast of the United States, and force the United States to agree to Germany's negotiation terms by force, of course, this is not the main goal, The most important point is to prepare for the development of an offensive against Venezuela in South America.

At first, everyone chose the city chain of Washington, New York, and Philadelphia, but then Hoffman chose a more stealthy target: the Norfolk Navy Yard.

According to the confessions of the captured Americans, the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, together with the New York and Philadelphia shipyards, constitute the backbone of the shipbuilding force on the East Coast, accounting for more than one-third of the shipbuilding force, and Norfolk is very close to Bermuda, with a straight-line distance of only 1,200 kilometers, which means that the rocket carrier only needs to travel no more than 200 kilometers at night to carry out an attack on a steady basis, which not only greatly enhances the concealment, but also has a very good safety and can accept the protection of its own fighters throughout the process. What's more, in addition to the V4 rocket, the Me464 fleet based in Bermuda can also take off and attack, and the V3 cruise rocket they release can also accept the nearest irradiation guidance from submarines, which greatly enhances the strike intensity.

Hoffmann's proposal was quickly adopted.

On the night of April 21, behind Oak Ridge, the missile attack that terrified the Americans began: dozens of V4 rockets and hundreds of V3 rockets swooped down on the Norfolk naval base in a lightning speed.

The Navy Yard was a huge target, with huge dockyards, warships to repair and all sorts of materials piled up, not as chain-effect as Oak Ridge, but just as damaging as it was.

Especially the semi-finished products on the slipway, the rocket does not need to be completely destroyed, as long as it penetrates a corner of the dock, causing seawater to pour back or twist the keel of the warship, it is enough to scrap the dock or even scrap the hull.

Like Oak Ridge, the radar also spotted the V3 rocket at low altitude, but this offensive weapon, which had no means of counterattack, ignored the futile US planes in the night sky and swooped down on the designated target with their heads covered.

In the "boom" explosion, not only was the Norfolk naval base seriously damaged, but also the 1 Essex-class and 2 Atlanta-class semi-finished products on the slipway were hit, and repairing it was more convenient to repair than to rebuild.

Worst of all, many rockets missed their targets and landed in the Virginia shipyard workers' quarters, many of which were workers' homes that had been transferred from the British. They thought they would find some peace by escaping Britain, but when calm was restored to Britain itself, the German attack on the United States had just begun.

As far as the Dewey administration was concerned, the attack on the Norfolk base not only seriously curbed the war potential of the United States, but also pierced the layer of window paper that whitewashed the peace and advocated a great victory in the Caribbean!

On 23 April, the workers of Norfolk, who had suffered so badly, united to organize a general strike to protest the government's inaction, and daunting slogans and long-lost red flags were raised. The next day, the wave of demonstrations swept through New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Virginia, Boston and other first-tier cities, and the hardship of life, the prospect of victory in sight, and the increasingly severe military situation made the hearts of the Americans heavy, and the loss of the Norfolk shipyard and the casualties of the workers made the crisis deepen and detonate like never before.

Now, the US government is in a deep crisis, and the call for Dewey's resignation has been louder for the first time, and even in the newspapers, it has appeared that it is not Hoover's inaction, but that all the newspapers are publishing it like this, and his manpower can no longer be suppressed!

ps: It was originally scheduled to be passed at 8 o'clock, but it turned out to be some difficulties, but fortunately, I finally overcame the sweat, and tomorrow is still the third watch, and strive to be a little earlier!

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