White House Bunker, Washington, D.C.
In the conference room, under the dim and low light, a full seat of US military dignitaries and senior government officials sat solemnly, staring at a copy of a telegram in front of everyone in a daze.
President Truman, on the other hand, sat on the throne at the top of the conference table, as if he had suddenly aged ten years and remained motionless.
The transcript actually contained two transcripts from Lieutenant General Collins, commander of the Allied ground forces on the island of Newfoundland and commander of the 6th Army of the U.S.
Army, and Lieutenant General Walton Walker, commander of the 20th Army of the U.S.
Army.
The contents of both telegrams were much the same, reporting on the dropping of atomic bombs by the Germans in Concepson Bay.
Moreover, both telegrams described the scene of the atomic bombing, a 2,000-meter-high wall of water, a huge semi-circular condensation cloud, and nine consecutive tsunami-like waves crashing on the shore, the power of which reached 60,008,000 meters away, far exceeding the previous estimates of American scientists The two American lieutenant generals also made the same judgment: If the atomic bomb were to be exploded on land, the force of the explosion would certainly cover an area of more than 100 square kilometers, and if the target of the bombing was Manhattan, New York, the entire Manhattan area would be flattened and millions of people would die In other words, the Germans now have a new atomic bomb 10 times more powerful than the 20,000-ton atomic bomb tested in the Algerian desert in 44, and its yield is likely to be 200,000 tons Even if the Germans, out of their Pan-Aryan stance, did not use the 200,000-ton yield atomic bomb in large cities like New York and Boston, they could still use them to destroy the American forces in Trinidad and Bermuda.
If two atomic bombs of the same yield exploded near the coastlines of Trinidad and Bermuda, waves of 2,000 or hundreds of meters would crash against the beaches, destroying all defenders with millions of tons of sea water and sand In the face of such a horrific weapon of killing, the United States has no chance of winning No one spoke, and the air pressure in the conference room was getting lower and lower, almost to the point of being breathless.
Suddenly, a sigh from President Truman was heard: "Gentlemen, we lost the war, did we?"
No one answered his question.
"Lost, didn't you" Truman raised his voice, "If so, please tell me about this president" William Leahy, the chief of staff of the president, and Wallace, the war bomb, glanced at each other, Leahy sighed, and just as he wanted to speak, Wallace spoke first: "Mr.
President, we have not been defeated yet, we still have the Patriot program" "Minister, we've already lost" Wallace's words were abruptly interrupted by the president's chief of staff, William Leahy, who made the exact opposite judgment of Wallace this time.
"The mines, submarines, and torpedo boats deployed by the Newfoundland fleet at the entrance to Concepson Bay could not withstand the power of the atomic bombing.
The artillery had nothing to stop the German fleet from rushing into the bay.
And as soon as their battleships enter the bay, it will be impossible for our ground forces to regain the western shore of Concepsin Bay.
As soon as the west coast of Concepson Bay was lost, the Germans could easily transport large numbers of ground troops from Europe to Newfoundland.
E264 bomber So, we have lost the war.
Now we have to throw in the towel, and if we continue to fight, we will be defeated."
Wallace frowned, glanced at Truman, who was sitting on the throne without saying a word, and said: "If you admit defeat now, will 500 billion European marks be enough?"
Truman suddenly shuddered when he heard his question, 500 billion euromarks was certainly not enough.
That was the price of peace before the atomic bomb was really dropped, and now that the Germans have demonstrated an atomic bomb with a yield of 200,000 tons, how can the asking price not rise to 1,000 billion euromarks And the Germans have now landed on Canadian soil, and have drawn Britain into the coalition forces.
If the United States admits defeat at this time, will Germany give up on "liberating" Canada?
"But we have defeated," exclaimed William Leahy, "must we wait until the atomic bomb reaches the mouth of the Hudson River before conceding defeat, and then it will not be a question of 500 billion European marks or 1,000 billion European marks, but a question of 500 billion dollars or 1,000 billion dollars." ” The Germans, through the Roman Empire, had long made it clear that they would not use atomic bombs in large American cities, and most of the most senior American generals, including Wilhelm Leahy, believed this.
Because the German army in this time and space was not cruel in its treatment of civilians, it had not yet launched a devastating bombing of a major city in a hostile country.
"We have countermeasures," Wallace said, "and the Patriot program should be launched immediately."
The senior generals of the US army, who were full of seats, were shocked when they heard Wallace's suggestion.
The main content of the "Patriot" plan was to use bacteriological and chemical weapons to strike back at the major cities of Europe on the European mainland, which also meant that Germany was likely to retaliate by razing New York and Washington with atomic bombs "Mr.
Minister, are you crazy" William Leahy glared at Wallace, "Do you want the Germans to blow up our cities to ruins with atomic bombs, do you want the United States of America to be destroyed in our hands" "Of course not," Wallace retorted loudly, "this is the position of our American nation to resolutely resist foreign aggression and fight fascists and Nazis to the end."
Only by adhering to such a position will we be able to win a decent peace" "What kind of decent peace do you still want until now" William Leahy rolled his eyelids, "Mr.
Minister, we must end the war as soon as possible, the sooner the war ends, the smaller the loss of the United States" "But the power to ratify the peace treaty rests with Congress," Wallace gritted his teeth, "and it is the Republicans who now control Congress, and there are many in the Democratic Party who are staunchly opposed to humiliating peace." ” In fact, what they oppose is not to lose money to the Germans, but to repeal the New Deal legislation, and Wallace's faction is the most staunch New Deal faction in the Democratic Party, and it is resolutely opposed to the Democratic Party using the repeal of the New Deal legislation as a condition in exchange for Republican support for peace.
And Wallace knew very well that once the Truman administration and the Democrats were determined to end the humiliating peace, they were in fact ready to sell out the interests of the American working people and seek compromise with the Republican Party that opposed the New Deal.
So Wallace had to make his stand clear before Truman and the Democrats knelt down to the Republican Party, and if he couldn't stop it, Wallace didn't really want to stop it, he had to resign as Secretary of War and leave with a few like-minded Democratic congressmen to join the American Bolshevik Party.
The Democratic Party, having lost Wallace and some left-wing lawmakers, will become even more fragile and likely to collapse before the 1946 midterm elections.
The original political map of the Democratic Party will be mostly divided between the Bolshevik Party and the Fascist Party, and it is a bit strange that the supporters of the Democratic Party in this era are partly racists in the South, because Lincoln is a Republican, so they support the Democratic Party; Some were the working people of the North, including blacks.
In the event of the collapse of the Democratic Party, these two sections of the population will inevitably go to the Fascist Party and the Bolshevik Party.
From then on, the American political arena will change from a harmonious struggle between the two parties to a situation in which the two extreme parties are sandwiched between the Republican Party.
It is no exaggeration to say that this situation is more harmful than the payment of $1,000 billion in war reparations But President Truman is now powerless to prevent this political pattern from emerging in the United States, and he sighed when Chief of Naval Operations Ernest Goldkin, who had just wanted to end the argument between Wallace and William Leahy and demanded Wallace's resignation.
"Oh no, there's still our Task Force 56 in the Bay of Fundy" "Bay of Fundy" Truman was a little puzzled.
"There is also the threat of German 264 bombers taking off from the Azores," Ernest kin said quickly and urgently, "and the Germans could drop atomic bombs in the waters where Task Force 56 is located if they use shuttle bombing tactics."
Before the explosion of the Heisenberg Device-3, no one would have thought that the atomic bomb could pose any threat to the fleet at sea.
After all, the formation of the fleet in combat operations is very scattered, and there will not be a few warships on a sea surface of a few or ten square kilometers, and even if they are bombed by atomic bombs, the losses will not be too great.
But the great bombing that took place in Concepson Bay showed that the Germans could destroy or severely damage ships within a range of 100 square kilometers.
If a few had landed in the Bay of Fundy, Task Force 56 would probably have been gone.
This is the main fleet with 10 Essex-class aircraft carriers "Task Force 56 must be saved," Truman immediately roared, "we can't do without a fleet, or the United States will be slaughtered."
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The fleet was a tool used to support Newfoundland, and if it were not, Newfoundland would inevitably fall, and the fall of Newfoundland would likely be the beginning of a drastic change in Canada.
This would deprive the United States of bargaining chips, and the amount of reparations would soar as a result.
"It is possible to disperse the fleet" Ernest Kin felt inappropriate as soon as he made a suggestion.
"The fleet can be dispersed, there are no problems with this.
The capital ships of the United States have a speed of about 30 knots, and they can run more than 55 kilometers in an hour, and 100 kilometers in two hours are no problem.
However, once the fleet is dispersed, there is no way to form a huge anti-aircraft formation, and in the event of a surprise attack by a German carrier-based aircraft group, it will be in great trouble. t1706231537: