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"Did the reconnaissance plane find anything new?"

"No, sir, there is no sign of the US fleet nearby at all, not even a single destroyer."

In the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, Iceland, close to the Arctic Circle, is the second largest island in Europe and the westernmost region in Europe.In the Denmark Strait west of Iceland, more than a dozen German warships are slowly cruising. On the tall island of the aircraft carrier Rheinland (renovated from a merchant ship) in the center, German Vice Admiral Friedrich Bundy is looking at the distant rumble The sound of gunfire fell on deaf ears, and he only cared about whether the American fleet would suddenly appear near Iceland.

Thirty nautical miles away in Fakhsa Bay, under the cover of two battlecruisers, huge ships continuously released densely packed small boats, sending batch after batch of heavily armed fascist troops to the beaches of Iceland .The invasion, known as Operation Iceberg, was part of Germany's plan to conquer North America.While the Battle of Bermuda is going on, two infantry divisions and [-] German troops will be quietly transported to this island controlled by the free British army!

The purpose was to open another way for Germany to invade North America.Iceland's geographical location is exactly in the middle of the Nordic continent and the North American continent. It faces Greenland across the Denmark Strait to the west, the Norwegian Sea to the east, the Greenland Sea to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. Historically, the Nordics entered Greenland. springboard.

But this time, in the plan formulated by the German High Command, Iceland is also a transit point for the German army to enter Greenland.After capturing Greenland, Germany will use this island in the Arctic Circle as a base to invade northeastern Canada and set foot on the North American continent!

In fact, the massive Battle of the Bermuda Islands was just a feint to lure out the main force of the US Atlantic Fleet (US-British Combined Fleet).The Iceland-Greenland-Northeast Canada line is one of Germany's real two main attack directions; the other main attack direction is Puerto Rico, an American territory more than 1500 kilometers south of Bermuda. After the fleet defeated the US and British fleet near Bermuda, another German landing fleet will set off from Cape Verde and send a full 5 people to Puerto Rico, while the combined German and Italian fleet will go south two days before the start of the Battle of Puerto Rico Rush to the coast of Puerto Rico and attack this heavily guarded island by the United States.

Unlike the massive battles of Bermuda and Puerto Rico, the scale of the Icelandic campaign seems to be much smaller.Only one 20000-ton aircraft carrier and two Dunkirk-class battlecruisers were dispatched, as well as a dozen light cruisers and destroyers.Because according to intelligence, Iceland has only one free British patrol fleet, and the defenders are no more than [-] people.

Moreover, the attack of the German and Italian fleet on Bermuda will certainly attract the attention of the United States and the Free Britain, at least their naval fleet.But the news that came later still made Friedrich Bundy a little worried, because during the Battle of Bermuda, the powerful battleship forces of the United States and Free Britain did not show up.

He was sure that at least the Free Britain would not just watch Iceland and Greenland fall. Perhaps their fleet was coming at full speed and might appear in the Greenland Strait at any time.If the army has not taken Iceland by then, then this small fleet of its own may have to flee in despair!

It should be said that Friedrich Bundy's worries were not unreasonable.In fact, as soon as Churchill, the free British Prime Minister, got the news that Iceland had been attacked by the German army, he couldn't sit still anymore, and immediately called an emergency meeting of the cabinet to deploy reinforcements for Iceland.

"Dudley, where is the closest capital ship of the Royal Navy to Iceland?" Churchill, who looked a little distraught, asked the Secretary of the Navy Dudley Pon German Admiral.

"Your Excellency, our HMS Royal Oak and HMS Malaya are currently at the Ajensha Naval Base in Newfoundland." The Secretary of the Navy's answer seemed to give Churchill a blow: "It is more than 1300 nautical miles away from Iceland, at a speed of 20 knots. It will take at least two and a half days to arrive, but I don’t think those two battleships can deal with the German navy. According to reports from Iceland, the Germans sent two Dunkirk-class battlecruisers to bombard.”

"Damn it!" Churchill clenched his fists. The Dunkirk-class battlecruisers originally belonged to Britain's ally, France, but those cowardly French gave them to Germany to compensate for their own compensation!

"Moreover, the Germans also dispatched Ju-87 dive bombers to bomb the airport in Iceland. It is impossible for such aircraft to fly from Norway to Iceland to fight. Obviously, the Germans dispatched at least one aircraft carrier!" Admiral Pound Continuing to undermine Churchill's confidence, he seemed to have no interest in sending what little capital the Free British Navy had left to fight a war of attrition.The loss of the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable in the Battle of Bermuda a few days ago had already made his heart ache.

Since Canada is basically still an undeveloped land, it is impossible to build large warships by itself. Once these warships brought from the UK are lost, there is no way to replenish them.Therefore, the free British navy is not very active in combat now, and only wants to stay in the base as a fleet.

"Then what should we do? Dudley? Do we just let Iceland fall, and then the Germans will take Greenland, and then they will go to North America, to Canada!" Churchill waved his fist and roared at Pound .

Pound replied coldly: "Your Excellency, Iceland is definitely hopeless, and Greenland is probably hard to keep... We are afraid that we will have to resist the German invasion in Newfoundland!"

Chapter 0941 opens the door of the United States ([-]) unexpected talks

On November 1939, 11, in the Huxin Pavilion in the Cuijin Garden of Prince Kung’s Mansion in Peking.An unexpected meeting is taking place.This negotiation is rarely mentioned in the public historical materials of later generations, but in "The Memoirs of Harry Hopkins" and "The Diary of Anastasinia", as well as "5 Years of the Communist International" by Zhou Enlai It's all mentioned.

"Harry Hopkins Memoirs" has this description: "Marshal Luo Yaoguo of China sat there, beside him sat Anastasinia I, Empress of the Russian Empire and Queen of Persia, and I, the businessman of the United States of America, Secretary, President Roosevelt's special envoy is sitting across from them!

This was probably the most absurd scene in my entire public career!Now, the United States of America is at war with the Russian Empire, and I sit face to face with the Empress of Russia as if nothing happened.

What's even more absurd is that Marshal Luo Yaoguo solemnly condemned the aggression against the United States by Germany, Italy and Russia during this meeting!Oh, he also said to the empress who was holding hands with him with a serious face: I also strongly condemn you for participating in the war of aggression against the United States... When the Russian empress heard this, she actually smiled and replied: : Do whatever you want to condemn me.

I'm sure, these two people must be the world's most humorous, but also the thickest-skinned national leaders! "

Empress Anastasinia's diary contains such a record: "Marshal (referring to Luo Yaoguo) asked me to meet with Harry Hopkins, the special envoy of the President of the United States. He believes that this war (referring to Germany, Italy , Russia and other countries' invasion of North America) is meaningless, and will definitely end in peace talks in the end. And I, the Russian Empress, must be the most suitable middleman for negotiations, so I should take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the United States A certain amount of goodwill, after all Russia's participation in this war was completely forced...

In fact, I was forced to meet Harry Hopkins!Hitler can force my country to take part in wars it doesn't want to be in, and the Field Marshal can force me, the Empress, to do things I don't want to do!But I don't resent the two of them at all. This is probably the result of believing in God, right? "

"The 40 Years of the Communist International" also described this extraordinary meeting. Zhou Enlai wrote: "Luo Yaoguo has always been an opportunist and a speculator. He actually arranged for the Russian Empress who secretly visited Peiping to meet with the US President’s special envoy! In fact, we all know that the Russian Empress was Hitler’s special envoy, and the purpose may be to persuade China to continue to maintain neutrality between the United States and Germany. Therefore This meeting can also be understood as Luo Yaoguo's first mediation effort between Virtue and Virtue.

But the result of this mediation will definitely disappoint him.The scene that day was a bit embarrassing, Harry Hopkins' expression was very surprised and a little bit angry.However, the Russian Empress showed enough friendliness to the US President's special envoy. It was not known whether it was Luo Yaoguo's benefit or the Empress' original intention.However, neither side has shown any willingness to reconcile.

Due to the unexpected appearance of the Russian Empress, neither we nor the United States had any way to ask or suggest that China participate in the war against Germany.At the beginning of the talks, the focus was still on the establishment of a war alliance between China and the United States, and Luo Yaoguo also raised the issue of Australia's sovereignty as we expected.After Harry Hopkins stated that the United States could issue a joint communiqué with China, indicating that the United States had no view on Australia's sovereignty dispute, Luo Yaoguo expressed that he could try his best to promote an alliance between China and the United States.At the same time, he also proposed that after China defeated Japan, it could mediate between the United States and Germany, Italy, Russia and other countries to restore world peace.

He has since followed up with a proposal for a postwar world order.The core idea of ​​this proposal is that great powers rule the world, and after the war, China, Germany, and the United States will rule together!

He also imagined the establishment of an organization similar to the League of Nations to implement this kind of domination of the world by great powers.The organization will set up a supreme international arbitration commission, with two arbitration commissioners from China, Germany, and the United States, and one arbitration commissioner from Italy, Russia, India, Brazil, and Poland. Disputes between ... and as long as any two members jointly exercise the 'veto power', the arbitration committee will not be able to pass any arbitration resolutions, and this idea is the prototype of the current Supreme Council of the League of Nations.

After Luo Yaoguo finished explaining his proposals for establishing a post-war world order in detail, Anastasinia I took the initiative to get up and leave the venue, which was the Huxin Pavilion in the Cuijin Garden of Prince Kung's Mansion.This was obviously also arranged in advance, and the subsequent talks were carried out between China, the United States, and the Communist International. "

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Seeing the reactionary Russian empress finally disappear from the lake pavilion, Harry Hopkins let out a sigh of relief, leaned forward slightly, and said solemnly to Luo Yaoguo: "Mr. I am really surprised to see the Russian Empress here, but I can still understand your thoughts. In fact, the United States of America does not rule out the possibility of living in harmony with Germany, but under the current situation, Mr. Hitler may not give up ruling the world ambition?"

Zhou Enlai also raised his head, looked at Luo Yaoguo with expectant eyes and said, "Marshal, if we can't deal a heavy blow to the fascist forces in the world, they won't consider co-existing with us peacefully. And judging from Hitler's treatment of Japanese militarists, Judging by the support, his ambitions are not limited to Europe, Africa and the Americas."

Luo Yaoguo picked up the teacup and took a sip, deliberated and said, "Of course the Republic of China does not want to see Germany dominating the world. The future world should be one with pluralistic leadership rather than one. and rationality, and have enough confidence that the dictatorship of the German Socialist Workers Party will not last forever, and Germany will eventually return to the democratic camp and become a force that is beneficial to human progress and world peace.” These words said To be tactful, but the meaning is still very clear. Luo Yaoguo still insists that the future world will be governed by China, Germany, and the United States. He neither opposes Germany's elimination of the United States, nor agrees that the United States and China will jointly destroy Germany.

Zhou Enlai smiled slightly, and there was a breath of spring breeze in his smile, which seemed to bring the relationship between them a lot closer at once. "Supplementary text, we should have no illusions about fascism. This system is the enemy of all mankind. If our generation does not completely eliminate it, the victims will be our children and grandchildren, and it will be all mankind. The future." His tone was very sincere: "The future and destiny of the entire human race is in your hands, and defeating the demon Hitler is not difficult for China and the United States right now."

Luo Yaoguo smiled slightly, noncommittal.However, Harry Hopkins took over Zhou Enlai's topic and continued: "Marshal, the United States also has a proposal for the future world structure, that is, China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Communist International will jointly lead the four parties. We as long as the United States Maintain the pre-war spheres of influence; Britain can be the leading power in Western Europe, Central Europe, and Africa; the Comintern can lead South Asia, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula; and China can rule the land from the Pacific coast of Asia to the Baltic Sea! China can Become the most powerful country in the world, become the leading force in the world!"

"Baltic Sea?" Luo Yaoguo hesitated for a moment, then asked back.

Harry Hopkins nodded with a smile, looked at the direction where the Russian empress left just now and said: "Your Excellency, the close relationship between you and Empress Anastasinia is known to the whole world, the United States and President Roosevelt wish Your relationship can go further." Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and then said: "I think it is the German head of state who is preventing you two lovers from finally getting married?"

Luo Yaoguo glanced at him with a smile on his face, as if Harry Hopkins, who was about to become an old man, sneered in his heart.These Yankees are poor at fighting, but their level of fooling people is top-notch!It's a pity that this is no longer the Middle Ages, and it is not the era when two countries can be merged together by dynastic marriage.If I force myself to get involved in Russia, I am afraid that I will eventually fall into the vast ocean of the Russian People's War.

"Mr. Hopkins," Luo Yaoguo took a sip of tea, collected his thoughts, and then said slowly, "I have a relatively close personal relationship with the Russian Empress, but it is only personal and does not involve the relationship between China and Russia. China's national interests, I believe that you who are familiar with European history should know better than me."

"Sure enough, he can't be fooled." Hopkins sighed in his heart. If Luo Yaoguo is really not interested in the tempting hot potato of the Russian Empire, I am afraid that there is really nothing that can make him bring China into the anti-fascist camp. ... But then again, isn't Luo Yaoguo himself a fascist in the cloak of democracy?

The atmosphere in the Huxin Pavilion suddenly became awkward, Luo Yaoguo remained silent, and Hopkins didn't know what to say, so he could only secretly wink at Zhou Enlai, asking him to come forward and make peace.Zhou Enlai looked at Luo Yaoguo with eyes full of regret, and sighed softly: "Fu Wen, Hitler's ambitions are endless, if he suffers setbacks in North America, he may soon turn his expansion target to Russia. At that time, China may become a neighbor with Germany."

"This kind of thing will not happen. In fact, the era of military expansion will soon be over. The future world will be dominated by economic and political competition, and it will be difficult for major powers to fight wars." Zhou Enlai listened to Luo Yaoguo's answer. It was a little confusing, but Hopkins suddenly understood what the other party was referring to!

"Your Excellency, Marshal, I'm afraid this is your unilateral idea?" Hopkins said with a worried look on his face: "Hitler is now attacking Bermuda with all his strength, and his purpose should be to use this secret weapon as a base to force the United States to attack Bermuda. Surrender!" At this point he sighed: "If Bermuda falls and Hitler has that weapon again, I am afraid that disasters for all mankind will inevitably befall... Am I right?"

"You're right. I think the United States must defend Bermuda at all costs." Luo Yaoguo knew that Hopkins' last sentence was asking about the results of China's atomic bomb test. He took out a sealed document from a briefcase beside him. file bag and handed it to Hopkins. "Here are the data of that test and some photos of the test site. In addition, there are technical information on the German P-35 missile."

Speaking of this, he smiled lightly: "The P-35 missile is one of the last few projects of Sino-German technical cooperation. We now also have a production line for this missile, but this weapon is not piloted by the Japanese kamikaze." Under the circumstances, there is not much tactical value."

Hopkins took the file bag and asked doubtfully, "Your Excellency, you said the Japanese Kamikaze just now? Could it be..."

Luo Yaoguo shrugged his shoulders: "That's right, the Japanese kamikaze pilots were flying P-35s to fight against the United States in the Atlantic Ocean. Or do you think the Germans would do such stupid things? Don't forget, they are all Christians."

After thinking about it carefully, Hopkins understood that Christians who commit suicide will go to hell, while Japanese devils who launch suicide attacks can become gods.Therefore, it is quite difficult for Hitler to recruit a sufficient number of lunatics among Christian Germans to fly P-35 missiles. It is better to buy them from Japan at a small price.

"Fu Wen, I seem to have read in the newspaper that Germany is preparing to supply Japan with P-35 missiles..." Zhou Enlai seemed to remember something, and his face became serious, "If the Japanese have enough P-35 missiles Missiles, can we still defeat them?"

"No problem, the pilot of the P-35 missile is not so easy to train." Luo Yaoguo pointed to the document bag in Hopkins' hand and said: "Mr. Hopkins, the P-35 missile has been analyzed in detail here." With the strength of the U.S. Navy, as long as more precautions are taken, there will be no problem."

Hopkins smiled and nodded at Luo Yaoguo, stuffed the file bag into his briefcase, and was about to say some words of gratitude to further narrow the distance between the two sides.A blond beauty with a graceful figure in a cheongsam suddenly trot along the corridor and entered the Huxin Pavilion, walked directly to Luo Yaoguo and handed him a telegram.

Luo Yaoguo frowned slightly, took the telegram and looked at it, his expression changed, and he said in a broken voice, "The Germans have landed in Iceland!"

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President Roosevelt sat at the window of the Oval Office of the White House, looking at the dark American capital outside the floor-to-ceiling glass windows.Although Washington is not a bustling city that never sleeps, it is always brightly lit at eight or nine o'clock every night. A scene like tonight never happened even in the most difficult years of the Great Depression. of!

And what put the capital of the United States in this darkness was an emergency decree signed by the President of the United States this morning, announcing a blackout in all towns along the Atlantic coast of the United States from 7:5 pm to [-]:[-] am the next day!

The flames of World War II will soon reach the continental United States!In fact, as long as that German head of state, Adolf Hitler, is willing, he can send carrier-based planes to bomb any city on the east coast of the United States tonight.Because the combined fleets of Germany and Italy are now cruising in the Atlantic Ocean hundreds of nautical miles off the east coast of the United States, and the U.S. Navy dare not go to confront them at all.

But that's not the worst!After all, the combined fleets of Germany and Italy did not dare to get too close to the mainland of the United States, otherwise the thousands of combat aircraft in the United States would not be vegetarians.As for the Bermuda Islands, General Arnold, the commander of the Army Air Corps, has also guaranteed that as long as the weather conditions permit, no less than 1000 combat aircraft can be dispatched every day to reinforce the American defenders there!