On the morning of April 17, 1942, the pro-German Joseph Kennedy, who was reopened by Roosevelt in December 1941, reluctantly arrived at the magnificent German Foreign Ministry Building with a newly printed ultimatum.

As a descendant of an Irish Catholic, Joseph Kennedy, who fled to the United States for child labor due to the famine in Ireland, had no favour with Britain. When he became the ambassador to the United Kingdom, he advocated "betrayed" Britain, but was dismissed by pro-British Roosevelt. Until the end of December 1941, in order to temporarily stabilize Germany, Roosevelt sent this pro-German Irishman to be ambassador to Germany.

Kennedy, who was good at business but was quite awkward in politics and diplomacy, thought he was about to do something that would be good for both the United States and Europe. He wanted to promote a non-aggression agreement between "American America" ​​and "European Europe".

To put it bluntly, the United States gave up Iceland and the Azores, no longer supported Britain. Germany no longer supported Japan, and at the same time completely blocked the British Isle, and no longer allowed the hateful British people to go to Canada...

Such an agreement is also something that most Germans like to see, so Kennedy lived a glorious life in Germany these days, and was a guest of honor at the Prime Minister's Office, the Royal City Residence, the Charlottemberg Palace and the Potsdam Palace.

But as the agreement was about to be reached, President Roosevelt suddenly announced the resumption of exporting rental supplies to Britain, and also announced the need to carry out escort to prevent the so-called Japanese battleships from breaking the diplomatic relations in the Atlantic Ocean.

The result really annoyed the Germans. They really pretended to be Japanese battleships to sank the South Dakota and Indiana, and killed the commander of the US Atlantic Fleet. Germany then sent the army to Dutch Guiana, which was now considered as stepping on the tiger's tail of the paper tiger of American imperialism. President Roosevelt even didn't even give him a chance to negotiate and directly asked Congress to pass an ultimatum.

And the ultimatum means there is no room for negotiation, and there will be no agreement on "Iceland, Azoles for Guyana".

Kennedy finally understood that he and most Americans were fooled by Roosevelt. The US president did not want peace at all. He wanted to fight against Germany from the beginning!

Now it depends on whether Germany is willing to do its best to avoid a protracted war with the United States.

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"It's an ultimatum. The United States requires us to withdraw from Guyana within 24 hours, otherwise war will be declared." Hitler said in a gloomy tone.

In the meeting room of the commander's headquarters in the Ministry of Defense building, the atmosphere today was a bit depressing. Although Hitler had agreed to Hessman's plan to let German battleships impersonate Japanese battleships to attack the US-UK escort fleet, he did not give up the idea of ​​sharing the world with the United States.

In his opinion, if you fight to let the United States know how powerful Germany is, and then take Dutch Guiana as a bargaining chip, you can negotiate with the United States a peace that "America belongs to the United States and Europe belongs to Germany."

But Roosevelt threw out an ultimatum directly! Obviously, entering Dutch Guiana was a bit miscalculated.

"If the Americans want to fight, just fight!" Hessman didn't care. He had long known that a war with the United States was inevitable.

"Now at least 70% of the Atlantic sea control power is in me, and transportation between Britain and the United States is already very difficult. Only less than 20 of the more than 100 British ships escorted by the U.S. Atlantic Fleet last time arrived in Liverpool."

The reason why there is a ship that escapes the net is because Germany has not completely blocked the Atlantic Ocean's strength. Although the European Combined Fleet is strong, there are still some shortcomings.

First, the number of aircraft carriers is insufficient, and the two "Zepplin"-class ships can be dealt with in fact.

Second, German battleships all "large ships carry small cannons", and even the 406mm cannon was not destructive enough because of the use of "high-speed flicks". In the last "Fight of the Sea of ​​Fog", the 406mm main cannon of the Ludendorf did not have a final say. Although the "South Dakota" was quickly turned into a floating iron coffin, it was not easy to sink it. Three battleships surrounded it for nearly half an hour and did not sink. In the end, the destroyer fired a few torpedoes before sinking it. It was not as powerful as the Japanese battleship Yamato in just a few strokes to get a US battleship.

So a few days after the "Fight of the Sea of ​​Fog" Hitler tried to help the German Navy design battleships, wanting to replace the main gun of the H41-class battleship under construction with a 480mm caliber. In the end, of course, it was blocked by Hessman. It would be nice to be able to serve as scheduled for the 420mm h41 level. If you want to replace the 480mm, you will not be able to serve until 1946.

In addition, there are problems with the airworthiness of the four Italian "Veneto" class in the European Combined Fleet. Because this class of battleships is tailor-made for the Mediterranean, when the North Atlantic Ocean is in a storm, it depends on the sky leaving the port. The time for combat at sea is shorter than that of German and French battleships.

The three French "Richelieu"-classes have now returned to the factory for overhaul due to the main gun explosion. If this problem is not solved, who dares to take them to the battlefield?

Therefore, Britain and the United States can still take advantage of the poor weather and high sea conditions in the North Atlantic Ocean to transport some supplies to the British.

To completely block the British mainland, the only way is to control the Ireland Islands among the British Isles.

"As long as I take down Ireland, there will definitely be a pro-German government in the UK." Hessman then assured confidently, "Now the National Defense Forces are ready to take down Ireland. Even if the United States declares war on us, there will be no problem. As long as Ireland and Britain are taken down, we will not be defeated by the United States."

He paused and said, "And the United States is not going to war with our Germany now, but is in war with the entire European community! They can have America, but we Europeans can't have Europe? The United States' occupation of Iceland and the Azores is an invasion of the entire Europe."

Although the Hitler administration wanted to avoid war, the General Staff of the National Defense Forces controlled by Hessman has been preparing to go to war with the United States. The preparation for war is not only military and economic, but also political propaganda. In terms of political propaganda, "European Europe" is a long-planned subject.

"Is this a battle of living space between Americans and Europeans?" Adolf Hitler asked.

"Leader, this is a war between Europeans and Americans!" Hessman smiled and corrected Hitler's statement. "We should now let the people of the world, including the American people, know that the European Community has no ambitions for America, we only want a united and powerful Europe. As for Guyana... we will help the Guyana people build an independent country. We go to Guyana to liberate Guyana, not to conquer Guyana."

"Liberation..." Hitler certainly knew that the word meant charging, and he thought for a while, "This word probably means that in the ears of Americans, we have to compete with them for the liberation market in South America."

Hessman shrugged, "I think this is inevitable. A strong United States and a unified Europe will inevitably fight in South America. This is the national conditions and Atlantic political decisions of the countries in South America. Even if we withdraw from Guyana now, the United States will not give up its position of interfering in Europe and opposing European unification."

In fact, it is the same if it was Germany. As long as Germany unified Europe, it would inevitably interfere in Latin America. Latin America and Europe are not far away, and Latin American countries have always had close relations with Europe, which can be said to be the semicolon of European civilization.

In addition, most countries in Latin America are independent countries, not colonies of the United States. This pattern has both advantages and disadvantages for the United States. The advantage is that the United States can always keep a distance from those chaotic Latin American countries, and will not fall into internal disputes among Latin American countries while obtaining economic benefits. On the contrary, the United States does not have strict control over Latin American countries, which gives external forces many opportunities to intervene.

Hessman paused and said, "Although we will inevitably interfere in Latin American affairs in the future, we should now let the Americans and Europeans know that as long as the United States agrees to guarantee the independence and freedom of Guyana and withdraw from Iceland and the Azores, we can withdraw from Guyana. So we should respond in the name of the European Community rather than rejecting the U.S. ultimatum."

"Response?" Foreign Minister Ribbin Trov said with a frown. "The Marshal of the Empire did not respond to the ultimatum diplomatically. He either refused, accepted, or ignored it."

"But we should still respond with a low attitude and strive for negotiations on the surface."

Hessman thought, "It is not really necessary to negotiate with the United States, but a means of propaganda war. Perhaps the Pope of Rome can come forward and ask the Brazilian president and the Argentine president to come forward to mediate together."

Brazil and Argentina are both Catholic countries. Regardless of whether the ruler is pro-Germany or not, they will not refuse the pope's request for mediation. They always need to do some superficial effort. In this way, at least the people of Latin America will know Germany's intentions.

Some Americans may also be dissatisfied with the Roosevelt administration because of the government's tough rejection of the suggestion of "Iceland, Azores to Guyana". Roosevelt was an elected president after all, and a few percentage points of voter turn against him is enough to stop his rule in his third term. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!