Chapter 867 Allies Are Meant to Be Betrayed (Fourth Update)

"Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. Imperial Marshal, our two countries can completely divide the world...The Atlantic Ocean is the dividing line. We, the United States, rule the west of the Atlantic Ocean, and Germany rules the east of the Atlantic Ocean. We, the United States, will deal with Japan severely, while you will destroy the evil Bolsheviks. . This is the pattern of the post-war world in the minds of us Americans. If you agree, peace will appear in the Atlantic Ocean immediately."

In the conference room of the German Chancellery, Mr. Kennedy, the U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, was describing a pleasant new world order in the future to Hitler, Hessmann and Rudolf Hess - at least in the eyes of Hitler and Hess. Come on, this new order is still barely acceptable.

Of course, there were still some differences between the two Nazi leaders. Rudolf Hess meant to immediately betray Japan and negotiate peace with the United States, and then concentrate on destroying the Soviet Union. And Hitler was still very hesitant on whether to betray Japan... It was too immoral to betray allies. As a high-quality Nazi, Hitler felt that he could not do this. Unless the United States is sincere enough to make peace with Germany...in this case, Hitler is still willing to sell Emperor Hirohito without conscience.

The biggest criterion for measuring America's peace sincerity is naturally oil.

Hitler asked: "Mr. Kennedy, as far as I know, Britain has a large share of Venezuela's oil production. If the United States and we have an armistice, does it mean that Venezuelan oil can be continuously shipped to the British mainland?"

During the historical Second World War, the oil consumed by the UK mainly came from Venezuela, with a total supply of tens of millions of tons every year. And if this oil is shipped to the British mainland, it means that the amount of oil at Germany's disposal will suddenly increase by about 25%.

"This...this should be no problem." Kennedy shrugged, "I think there is no problem. If an armistice is reached, we have no reason not to let the British get what belongs to them."

"15 million tons of Venezuelan oil per year!" Hersman immediately added, "Within one month after the signing of the armistice treaty, we will get the entire share for the first year."

When Kennedy heard the "Armistice Treaty", he was overjoyed and immediately patted his chest and assured: "No problem, no problem at all... In fact, we have a surplus of oil. The United States simply cannot use up 200 million tons of oil. If you are willing By paying cash, we can sell you American oil, providing at least 15 million tons per year.”

ah? real or fake?

Hearing this answer, both Hessmann and Hitler were stunned... This Kennedy was so powerful. He agreed to 15 million tons of oil in one fell swoop, and also agreed to sell 15 million tons of American oil to Germany!

Is this really going to betray the Soviet Union?

"Marshal Reich, what do you think?" Hitler listened to Rudolf Hess's translation and was obviously interested. "If we could get 30 million tons of extra oil, could we eliminate the Soviet Union?"

Hessmann thought for a moment and replied: "At least we can capture the European part west of the Urals."

If Germany negotiates peace with the United States, it will be fighting on a single front, concentrating all European forces to attack the Soviet Union, and there will be a Belarusian lead party. In terms of strength, it is enough to overwhelm the Soviet Union. The only factor that restricts the European coalition forces from exerting their strength is the lack of oil. If the United States is willing to provide an additional 30 million tons, the amount of oil at Germany's disposal in the next year will exceed 70 million tons!

This is an astronomical figure for Germany! Historically, Germany could barely produce 10 million tons of oil a year, and it almost overthrew the Soviet Union. Now that there are 7 times the oil, theoretically there will be 7 times the tanks and aircraft (now that most of Europe's industries have been integrated and relatively fully mobilized, the production of tanks and aircraft and the number of troops are no longer a problem. ). Damn it if Stalin could hold it, so Hessmann said that taking half of it was actually very conservative, but Hitler immediately changed his mind after hearing this.

"It will be enough to capture the west of the Urals," Hitler nodded and said with a smile, "It will be easier to digest."

Hitler liked the European part of Russia very much, but he just hated the Slavs... If he could drive a large part of them to the east of the Ural Mountains, he would think it was very good.

It would be better to keep tens of millions of people in the European part of Russia, and keep an "Eastern Soviet Union" east of the Ural Mountains that can compete with "Western Russia." In this way, eastern Germany will be safe and sound. Moreover, "Western Russia" will inevitably rely on Germany in order to survive. In fact, it is the source of Germany's resources and agricultural products... This is a disguised economic colony!

Although this plan is not as good as turning "Western Russia" into a real German colony, it is certainly much stronger than Hersman's current proposal to negotiate peace with the Soviet Union after seizing left-bank Ukraine and East Belarus.

"Mr. Prime Minister, the Americans are probably deceiving us!"

Having just seen off Kennedy, Hersman immediately began to doubt the integrity of the Americans.

"As long as Roosevelt is on stage, the United States will never watch us swallow Russia." Hersman said, "Because that will mean that Europe will dominate the world for hundreds more years!"

That was the merger of the later Great European Union, Russia, and a bunch of small countries that split from the Soviet Union. Moreover, this Great Europe also controlled Africa, the Middle East, and India... a proper thousand-year empire!

Rudolf Hess immediately retorted: "Roosevelt is just an elected president, he can't dominate the United States... and he has more than a year left in his term, and he should be replaced in January 1945. If he doesn't want to leave a mess for the next US president, he will definitely solve Japan during his term. In order to achieve this goal, he must make peace with us."

Hitler nodded and said, "Maybe it's true... We have to try it anyway, but we shouldn't completely trust the United States, after all, the current US president is still Roosevelt!"

"It's right to try," Hersman thought about it and agreed with Hitler's words, "You can let the Dutch come forward to import fuel from the United States... Import 3 million tons of C3 grade fuel."

C3 grade fuel refers to high-quality aviation fuel with an octane number higher than 100, which is one of the most strictly exported controlled materials in the United States. If the Americans are willing to sell 3 million tons of C3 fuel to the Netherlands (actually to Germany), it means that Roosevelt really wants to sell it to the Soviet Union - 3 million tons is not a small amount!

If the United States is unwilling to sell or drags its feet, it means that it is fooling Germany.

"Okay, let's do it." Hitler nodded, and then said to Hersmann, "Imperial Marshal, before we make peace with the United States, Japan must also be appeased... Even if we make peace with the United States, Japan had better resist for a long time until we take over the area west of the Ural Mountains."

When mentioning Japan, Hersmann couldn't help but frown. Although he was busy fighting against the Soviet Union during this period, he also devoted some energy to asking about the issue of aid to Japan. So he knew that the Japanese were still on the wrong path!

Although the Japanese also knew that the initiative on the Pacific battlefield was about to be lost, Japan must start to deploy defenses comprehensively. But they did not listen to Hersmann's advice-to defend the Hawaiian Islands with the tactics of defending them with suicide attacks, but instead placed their hopes on fleet mobile defense.

While deploying defenses on several key islands in the Pacific, they were also working on expanding the size of the fleet and seeking so-called "advanced" fighters, hoping to use aircraft carrier fleets to fight decisive battles and continuously kill the US military's living forces, and finally force the United States to seek peace.

In addition, according to what Hessmann knew, Japan was still conducting secret negotiations with the United States through the Soviet Union. This group of Showa staff was probably fooled by Stalin and Roosevelt.

After leaving the German Chancellery, Hessmann put the issue of "aiding Japan" behind him. Because in his opinion, it was impossible for the Americans to sell 3 million tons of precious C3 fuel to the Netherlands... Kennedy's promises were mostly Roosevelt's conspiracy.

And now for Germany, the most important and safest route to victory is to force the Soviet Union to land as soon as possible.

"Imperial Marshal, just received a request for help from the Northern Army Group."

Hessmann had just returned to the General Staff in Zossen, and Guderian gave him a request for help from the Northern Army Group Command.

Among the three army groups on the Western Front, the Central Army Group and the Southwestern Army Group are in a relatively ideal situation. Only the Northern Army Group responsible for encircling Leningrad has been under great pressure in the past few days.

The Soviet Union's Leningrad Front and Kalinin Front had far more troops than the German Northern Army Group, and they also had an advantage in armored forces. They launched a surprise attack on the Velikiye-Pskov line. Although Velikiye was not captured, it also put great pressure on the Northern Army Group.

Therefore, the Northern Army Group Command had no choice but to partially lift the siege of Leningrad in accordance with the instructions of the General Staff. However, Kuchler was still unwilling to retreat from the city of Leningrad. Therefore, only the northern part of the Leningrad encirclement (the line of the Neva River-the north bank of the Gulf of Finland) was removed, but the semi-encirclement of the Neva River-the south bank of the Gulf of Finland was still guarded, and the Red October Railway from Moscow to Leningrad was also blocked, making the traffic between Leningrad and the outside of the city very unsmooth.

However, it was precisely because of guarding half of the encirclement that the Northern Army Group was stretched to its limits and could not cope with the offensive of the two Soviet fronts. Moreover, the defense of the eastern Baltic State, which was under the responsibility of the Northern Army Group, was now a bit empty.

"What troops can be deployed now?" Hessmann put down the report and asked Guderian.

"We still have a lot of reserve troops," Guderian replied with a smile, "but I think it's time to send the Polish Defense Forces out... This is a chance for the Poles to take revenge."