1245 Atomic Bomb II
Another sinner of all mankind and the number one devil, Adolf Hitler, has been troubled by the question of whether to use atomic bombs to massacre the American people who have guns.
Unlike the democratic and freedom fighters on the other side of the Atlantic, the Nazis and fascist leaders in Europe, because of their racist ys form, actually do not agree with dropping atomic bombs at Americans unless the blacks and Jews in the United States are willing to concentrate in a target area waiting for the atomic bomb to fall.
So when Hitler and his comrades (including Mussolini, Goring, Rudolph Hess and others) discussed the "nuclear peace issue", they received mostly opposition suggestions. Among them, Mussolini opposes the most fiercely. He told Hitler that Washington, the current capital of the United States, has almost become an empty city, and it is meaningless to drop an atomic bomb. Although there are millions of residents in the big cities of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, most of them are blonde and blue-eyed Aryans, among which there are many Aryan women and children of pure blood... How can they be bombed with atomic bombs?
Those who support the use of atomic bombs are all professional soldiers who are politically "neutral" like Hessman. The first thing soldiers should consider is victory, and then the ys form, so they are more likely to accept the act of using atomic bombs to kill the Aryans.
But most of them did not agree with bombing New York and Washington with atomic bombs, because these Junkers thought they were self-righteous knights and were not willing to massacre civilians. They hoped to use the atomic bomb as a tactical weapon.
In addition, before Germany completely controls the Avalon Peninsula, launching a nuclear strike against the United States was actually an unavoidable option.
Because launching a "one-way nuclear air strike" based on the Azores is just a theoretical feasible one. There are many problems in actual implementation. The main difficulty is that it is impossible to send escort aircraft, and it is impossible to send a large aircraft fleet. A small number of long-range raids of me264 are too easy to be shot down by American interceptor aircraft fleets. If one of the me264s carries an atomic bomb, it means that the precious atomic bomb is lost... There is even the possibility that the atomic bomb will be seized by the Americans!
The latter possibility means that all efforts to defeat the United States will be vain.
What is even more troublesome is that once the aircraft carrying the atomic bomb is shot down, no one can guarantee that the atomic bomb will not be captured by the enemy.
The possibility of the atomic bomb being seized is related to its detonation design. According to the design, the fuse used in the Heisenberg device must be installed before the bomb is dropped, with three insurances: "fixed height", "timed" and "trigger". As long as one fuze is activated, the Heisenberg device will explode. However, before installing the Heisenberg device with a fuze, this type of atomic bomb will not (in theory) be detonated, even if it falls from a high altitude, even if it is hit by a 20mm or 30mm machine cannon shell!
In addition, the shell of the atomic bomb is very strong (whether the shell is strong or not directly related to the explosion power of the atomic bomb, because a solid shell can give more time for nuclear fission reactions) and cannot be broken by bullets and shells at all, so the atomic bomb is unlikely to be broken. If the aircraft loaded with the atomic bomb is shot down over the land controlled by the Allied forces, the atomic bomb will have a high probability of being picked up by the Americans.
Therefore, the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb must have relatively strict escort, so that even if it cannot break through the Allied air defense, it can still gain some time for the installation of the atomic bomb fuse. Before Germany established a solid and reliable base on the west coast of Consepsun Bay, it was actually not safe to launch a nuclear strike on the United States.
"No," Hessman knew the Nazi devil's mind, so he shook his head and said, "New York, Boston and Philadelphia are not our targets. They are actually hostages. If the hostage is killed, how can we ask for money?"
"Yes!" Hitler nodded, "We cannot kill hostages, otherwise we will have no money. Money is the goal, and killing is just a means of asking for money."
Hessman nodded and asked, "So... Mr. Prime Minister, will you approve the use of the atomic bomb?"
The atomic bomb cannot be used in the United States, but it does not prevent it from playing its key value as a tactical weapon.
"Yes, I will approve it," Hitler said, "After all, victory is the most important thing. In order to win the war, you can certainly use an atomic bomb. But the Wehrmacht must understand what is the real victory?"
It is a real victory to get enough money! Because now the European community is already there, whether it can evolve into the United States of Europe depends on whether there is enough money. Therefore, the invincible German Wehrmacht is now a kidnapper and blackmailer, not a murderer.
"Understand, the General Staff of the National Defense Forces understands what victory is," Hessman replied immediately, "so the strategic role of the atomic bomb will be to shock the enemy. At the same time, it is also a very important tactical weapon. In Operation Columbus, it will be used mainly as a tactical weapon."
"Okay, that's good!" Hitler thought for a while and asked, "How many atomic bombs are you going to use at most?"
"1-2 pieces," Hessman replied, "3 pieces need to be prepared for backup."
"3? OK." Hitler paused, "By the way, how many atomic bombs do we have in total?"
"6," Hessman told Hitler, "there are currently 150 kilograms of charge (plutonium-239 with abundance of more than 92%) in total, and up to 6 atomic bombs can be installed."
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"…The Pentagon believes that the main difficulty we are facing on the battlefields of Newfoundland and Labrador is the lack of aviation force. As long as this problem is solved, victory is still expected."
The meeting in the White House bunker is still ongoing, Admiral William Leach, who is speaking. What he is now making is the conclusion drawn by the Pentagon after research. He told Truman: "Because there is not enough aviation force, the Allies on Newfoundland can only attack at night and in bad weather, but the Germans have night vision equipment, which makes us at a very disadvantage at night."
There are planes during the day and infrared night vision devices at night... It's really hard to use!
"Then send more planes to support!" Truman said, "Can you confirm that the Germans' main attack direction is Newfoundland?"
"It's not entirely certain," said William Lehi. "So the air force in the Bermuda Islands must be maintained, and 1,000-2,000 fighter jets can be drawn in the direction of the Caribbean. However, the redeployment of a large number of air force requires time, and this is not enough to transfer the aircraft to Newfoundland or Nova Scotia Peninsula."
Military aircraft cannot fight alone without the huge ground support system. If 1,000-2,000 combat aircraft are to be transferred from the Caribbean to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia Peninsula, there will be tens of thousands of ground crew members who need to follow the transfer. The materials and equipment that need to be transferred are even astronomical. Even when the water and air traffic is unobstructed, it will be fast to work for a few weeks.
"So we can only use carrier-based aircraft!" William Lexi saw Spruins, the joint commander of the Pacific-Atlantic Fleet, sitting in the conference room, raise his hand, "Raymond, what's your problem?"
"Yes!" asked Spruins, "What exactly is the fleet's goal? Newfoundland? Or the German fleet?"
Hearing his question, Naval Operations Minister Ernest King said: "Raymond, Newfoundland is undoubtedly the most important!"
War Minister Wallace interjected: "Admiral, the gains and losses of Newfoundland are related to the survival of the United Nations! Even if the Navy defeated the European Combined Fleet, it would not be able to recover the losses caused by the fall of Newfoundland."
Spruins couldn't help but frown. He didn't dare to agree with this view. If the European Navy Combined Fleet failed, how could the Germans on Newfoundland win?
President Truman asked Spruins at this time: "Admiral, how confident are you to defeat the powerful German naval fleet in the North Atlantic?"
Seize? There is not much.
Spruins then remembered what the president said to him when he entered the bunker just now, it seemed that Truman was the meaning of defending Newfoundland!
"I don't have much confidence." Spruins' answer hit Truman's thoughts.
The president asked: "So...is it possible to lead the German fleet away from near Newfoundland?"
"Yes." Spruins replied.
"How to do it?" asked War Secretary Wallace.
"Advance towards the Azores." Spruins said that he and the staff of the Joint Pacific-Atlantic Fleet Command had long studied related issues. "The Azores are the base camp of the German invasion, and the Germans could not afford the losses caused by large-scale bombing of carrier-based aircraft and bombardment of naval guns in the Azores."
His suggestion made everyone present lit up before their meeting. The conclusion they came to the meeting was to let the 56th Special Mixed Fleet bomb the main force of the German fleet with carrier-based aircraft, and then lure them towards the Bermuda.
This idea can only be said to be a wishful thinking at best, and the Germans are likely to ignore it.
But the plan proposed by Spruins is different. The Azores are the Germans' must-have rescue! If they are attacked by the US, the German fleet in the North Atlantic will inevitably be dispatched to rescue them. Once the German fleet leaves, the battle on Newfoundland will be decided.
"Have the entire 56 special mixed fleet been dispatched?" Naval Operations Minister Ernest King interjected.
Chapter completed!