On the morning of April 27, while the Allied and German forces on Newfoundland were preparing for the upcoming decisive battle, the Chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht Hersmann left his lair in Tsosen and flew to London, the capital of England, on a Fokker 42 airliner.
His trip to London had been planned long before the German troops landed on the island of Newfoundland, but it was delayed by a lot of military affairs, and it was not until the "authorization to drop the atomic bomb" was completed on the 26th.
So on April 27, he arrived in London, the capital of the United Kingdom, together with Hermann Goring, President of the European Communities, and Rudolf Hess, the German minister.
Hersman's visit to London and the Canadian campaign that had begun on the actions of the European coalition forces in Newfoundland and Labrador actually kicked off the "invasion" or "liberation" of Canada And whether this offensive is an "invasion" or "liberation" depends on the position of the London side.
If the Queen of England and her government still insist on not participating in the war between Europe and the United States, then the European coalition is the aggressor.
On the other hand, if Queen Elizabeth held high the banner of liberating Canada, then the righteous name would be on the side of the European coalition, after all, before the "fall" of Britain itself, the Dominion of Canada would still be subject to the will of London, and the United States would also recognize British sovereignty over Canada at that time.
To this day, George VI and his government, as well as the Dominion Government and Parliament, have never declared Canada a sovereign and independent state.
According to their caliber, the Dominion of Canada remained part of the British Empire In other words, the British Empire still had indisputable sovereignty over the Dominion of Canada, and even the United States Government never openly questioned the British mainland on both sides of the Atlantic and the Dominion of Canada.
So now the European coalition forces that "invaded" Canada are justified as "People's Liberation Army" as long as they have the support of the Queen and the government of England.
But the Queen and her government also know how important the stakes are, so they have been vague until Hersmann, Goering, and Hess visit.
"Ludwig, look down there, on the Thames."
As the plane passed over the Thames, Hersman, who was recuperating with his eyes closed, was suddenly woken up by his personal secretary, Natalie.
"What is this?"
Hersman looked out the window in the direction of Natalie's finger, who was sitting across from him, and saw a large ship moored on the Thames, near the docklands of London.
"This is a battleship" came the voice of the fat man Goering, the fat man was a pilot and had a pair of farsighted eyes, so he recognized the big ship floating on the Thames at a glance, "It's King George V's class, oh my God, the British still have a battleship" "It's the Prince of Wales."
Hersman smiled and said, "This battleship was badly damaged by us in '41, but it was not abandoned, but was towed back to London for overhaul, and has been hidden in the dockyard until a day ago, I think, it was launched to meet us." ” The news that the British had secretly repaired the battleship Prince of Wales, of course, could not hide it from German intelligence.
However, the Wehrmacht did not intervene either, after all, in Hersmann's view, the battleship was in fact completely obsolete in the era of increasingly mature anti-ship missiles.
The battleship HMS Prince of Wales was more of a symbolic mascot than a powerful murder weapon.
It symbolizes the revival of the British Royal Navy, and also means that the British Empire has the power to rebuild the Royal Navy In fact, in the 1943 Armistice Treaty of the European Community, the Germans did not prohibit Britain from owning battleships and aircraft carriers, but only imposed some restrictions on the size of the RAF and RAF aviation.
However, the British themselves have been very weak in rebuilding the navy, and do not dare to openly engage in the navy, but secretly repair the "Prince of Wales", and at the same time are building the "Elizabeth II" fleet aircraft carrier that can carry jets, this aircraft carrier was originally named "Daring", which was started in October 1942, and was later shelved because of the surrender of the British mainland.
However, the Germans did not "forcibly buy" the aircraft carrier under construction, but allowed Britain to continue to build it secretly.
In 1944, when the British government's financial resources were slightly restored, the construction of the "Elizabeth II" was resumed, and the beveled deck design of the "Adolf Hitler" class aircraft carrier was also referenced.
According to the latest design plan, the full load displacement of this class of aircraft carriers will exceed 50,000 tons, making it the world's third largest aircraft carrier after the Adolf Hitler class and the Midway class.
However, the third in the world of the "Elizabeth II" class aircraft carrier will not last long.
Because at the beginning of 45, the Japanese Empire, which was trapped in the Continental War, gave up the construction of two Prussian-class ships under construction at the Petrograd shipyard on the condition that they exchanged drawings for the Adolf Hitler class, and the Japanese government, which was in extreme financial difficulty, had to build an aircraft carrier, otherwise the shameless navy would not have jumped up, but the navy was a great hero, how could there be no world's largest aircraft carrier, and decided to design and build the world's largest 80,000-ton supercarrier on the basis of the Adolf Hitler-class aircraft carrier, to maintain its hegemony in the Pacific The Japanese tightened their belts to build supercarriers to maintain hegemony in the Pacific Ocean and at the same time to pay the navy.
As a de facto defeated country, Britain is now building battleships and aircraft carriers, so it is a bit reluctant to admit defeat "The appearance of the Prince of Wales should be beneficial to our itinerary this time."
Rudolf Hess, a minister who doesn't care about everything, his status is equivalent to that of the deputy prime minister, he is a pro-British faction, and he has a good relationship with the British fascist leader, Earl Waldmoseley, so he naturally knows the intentions of the British.
"They want to revive the Royal Navy," Hess said, "but have always been afraid of our interference." ” "Revive the Royal Navy" Hersman sneered a few times, "the Royal Navy does not join the European Combined Fleet" Hess shrugged: "They're British, after all" The biggest difference between the British and the French, the Germans, the Poles and the Russians is that they are cut off from Europe, a loose European community is already the limit of what they can accept, and the United States of Europe is unacceptable to them, at least not for the time being After all, the British Empire was an unrivalled colonial empire on the map, with more land and more people than Germany and the United States combined.
Therefore, the British Royal Navy did not join the European Combined Fleet like the French Navy and the Russian Navy, but maintained a small Royal Navy.
Now, taking advantage of the opportunity of the European coalition expedition to Canada, the Prince of Wales, which had been hidden in the snow, was released, clearly wanting Germany to recognize that Britain had the right to revive the Royal Navy.
And Germany's recognition, of course, was conditional, on the condition that Britain supported the actions of the European coalition forces in Canada.
Of course, the political arrangements after the European coalition took Canada are another game.
Hersman laughed: "Rudolph, you're right, it seems that Queen Elizabeth will agree to our request, and we can also give them a chance to revive the navy and a chance to dream."
Perhaps all Elisabeth and Friedrich needed was a dream. ” Germany's request had already been informed to the British side through diplomatic channels, that is, to borrow Britain's "name" for Canada to allow the European coalition to send troops in the name of expelling the United States and resuming the exercise of sovereignty over Canada, and at the same time to send famous British generals such as Field Marshal Harold Alexander to serve as the "joint commander" of the coalition ground forces.
The Wehrmacht, of course, would not really hand over the command of hundreds of thousands of expeditionary forces to Field Marshal Alexander, he was just going to put on a name.
The actual commander of the ground forces on the Canadian island of Newfoundland and Labrador selected by the Wehrmacht General Staff is General Rommel, who is also named "Joint Commander", which means that Rommel will fight alongside Alexander However, this idea did not exist in the "Fort Gauch Plan", and no one in the Wehrmacht General Staff knew about it until the European Expeditionary Force successfully landed on the coast of Labrador.
It was just a long-term plan privately agreed by Hersmann and Hitler to "liberate" Canada from American control after the success of the "Göchburg Plan".
Therefore, after the British learned of the Germans' request, they had just learned that before the German troops landed on Newfoundland, the British were very surprised that they did not know that the main direction of attack of the European coalition was Canada.
The Queen and Prince Friedrich convened a royal meeting overnight and discussed for a long time, and finally decided to take out the Prince of Wales, which had been "hidden" for a long time, to test it to see if it was possible to revive the Royal Navy.
For the upper echelons of the British Empire, the tool to sustain their collapsing empire was the Royal Navy.
Once the Royal Navy falls, there is no way to sustain the distant and vast colonies of India, Canada, and Australia.
Once these colonies were lost, then the British Empire would be reduced to an ordinary European power.
Therefore, the revival of the Royal Navy has always been the dream of the Queen Elizabeth authorities, although those who dream may know very well that dreams are difficult to come true, and the pursuit of the dream of reviving the Royal Navy is itself a kind of political correctness in Britain t1706231537: