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May 22, 1942

New Fuhrer's Residence in Berlin, Germany

Breaking news.

It is said that the Soviet Union has reopened its borders to China.

I don't know what caused these people, who were undeterred even when China got angry and complained, to suddenly lift the border blockade.

This was a significant advantage for China, which had used up all of its tank shells and had to store its precious Panzer 4 in a warehouse.

As soon as the border blockade was lifted, China immediately radioed us and asked us to send ammunition and spare parts again.

It occurred to me that lifting the border blockade might be Stalin's only attempt at reconciliation, but one must not let one's guard down.

The Soviet Union still maintains the military forces it deployed on its western border and continues to send troops west.

For some reason, it feels so strange.

The Defense Forces also felt strange, so they suggested that they only accept China's request but postpone sending supplies for a while.

I felt sorry for Chiang Kai-shek, but we had nothing to lose, so we did it.

There was one more big news.

The Soviet Union suddenly proposed yesterday to hold a summit meeting. The date will be roughly set for early July, and the location will be agreed upon gradually.

Ribbentrop claimed that this was Stalin's message of reconciliation to Germany, but he was suspicious.

These guys who have been putting troops on the border to show off while making excuses that don't even seem like excuses are suddenly holding a summit?

It was strange, but it was too strange. Just looking at cancer, it seems like a strategy to reassure us... .

However, as Ribbentrop said, the possibility that it was Stalin's own attempt at reconciliation could not be ruled out.

Stalin had a thorough personality. Even if they don't show it outwardly, they probably know that it would be difficult for the current Soviet military to fight Germany, a war machine.

You can give up because you feel like you're going to get screwed after doing something pointless that doesn't work, or you can maintain the status quo for the time being by making excuses such as saying that if you leave out the military right now, you'll be out of shape.

"Since they made the offer first, it would be natural for us to respond as well. Ask what specific issues you would like to discuss when you meet. Let them decide the date, but let them know that we want to decide the location as much as possible."

"Yes, Mr. President."

We also began broadcasting propaganda against Churchill, who was becoming increasingly hostile towards Germany. To be precise, it would be better to say that it has resumed.

This was 'Germany Calling', hosted by William Joyce, a member of the BUF party and now a German who acquired German citizenship and was called 'Lord Hoho' in England, on Reichsrundfunk.

-Hello, dear listeners. The sky in Berlin is clear again today… .It's not going to rain, and it's going to rain soon. I left my umbrella at home, so I'll have to pray that it doesn't rain until I get off work.

We have a special guest today. Who could it be? as soon as… . This is Chandra Bose from India!

It is said that the propaganda broadcast that Joyce hosted was not very effective because it was riddled with anti-Semitism.

Regardless of the effect, the popularity was surprisingly considerable, so much so that the British government considered taking measures to prevent the public from listening to Joyce's broadcasts too much.

Therefore, if you use Joyce's broadcast well, you may be able to see quite a significant effect.

I sent Chandra Bose on the air with the purpose of preaching to the British people about the injustice of the war and inciting Indians living in Britain.

Boss, who appeared on the broadcast, criticized Britain's colonial rule, sometimes in a calm tone, and sometimes in a passionate tone.

-During World War I, Britain sent hundreds of thousands of Indians to the battlefield under the guise of autonomy. And tens of thousands never returned, and tens of thousands more suffered permanent disabilities. But Britain did not give them any compensation. Instead of achieving autonomy as promised, they further tightened the leash on Indians and brutally suppressed those who opposed them with guns, swords and clubs. As a result, thousands of people died across India alone.

To every Indian who is listening to me: Now is the time for us to stand up for independence. India's fate must be decided by the Indians themselves, no longer by the British!

And citizens of Great Britain, if you truly love peace and believe in love for all mankind, let India go now. Why do you regard us Indians as insignificant and impure beings, but do not want to let go of India, the homeland of those insignificant and impure Indians? I just don't know.

-Yes, you heard me well. Next, shall we talk a little about what kind of person your Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, is? First of all, did you know that he turned tens of thousands of young men into Turkish dirt at the Battle of Gallipoli? You didn't know? Oh my. From now on, I will tell you step by step in an easy-to-understand manner, so please pay attention.

-… So, Churchill passed the failure of the operation on to Admiral John Fisher. How obscene is this? Even Churchill was unable to change his habit and tried to do the same thing to Chamberlain, only to be humiliated. He may only be prime minister now, but that will never erase the fact that he was responsible for the debacle in the Battle of Malaya.

-Churchill's foolish behavior does not end here, folks! Really, there are only ghost stories coming out of Waves and Waves. A person like an onion? I usually think that I have to leave a lot behind before I die, but I have no intention of leaving behind that much like Churchill did.

It's an insult to Churchill that you hear from British people. A propaganda method that is still used in the 21st century is to bring in citizens of the other country and make them criticize that country.

Is there any propaganda broadcast more amazing than this? I don't think so. There's no way Churchill would listen to the Imperial Broadcasting Service, but I wonder what he would think if he did.

***

-Denmark, Norway, Sweden. The three countries above were all countries that maintained a fairly decent relationship with Britain, but now they have become enemies of Britain. Why did this happen? Of course, thanks to our great Prime Minister of the British Empire!

"Fuck you, you fucking Jerry!"

Churchill could not control his anger and threw the radio, smashing it.

The radio he smashed was an expensive product that the British lower class could not buy with the money they had worked for a month without spending a penny, but to Churchill, who had lost his sense of reason, it only felt like a cursed object possessed by Satan, the devil's snout.

"Whoa, whoa…" .."

Churchill seemed to be relieved of his anger just by smashing the radio, and continued to pace around the room, taking deep breaths.

Be patient, be patient. It's already too early to get angry. The war with Germany hasn't even started yet.

Churchill swore that once Germany was destroyed, he would capture Hitler and Joyce alive and crush their testicles with his shoe, and turned his attention to the real problems facing him.

Based on information gathered by MI6 agents in the Soviet Union, Molotov's statement that he planned to strike Germany before June seemed to be true.

Churchill, who was a staunch anti-communist to his core, only joined hands to prevent the second Genghis Khan, Hitler, from dominating Europe, and never trusted the Soviet Union.

Therefore, he advised Eden to hide his country's secrets as much as possible or to reveal only part of them.

They're the second most disgusting commies after the Nazis, but their help is absolutely necessary until they kick Hitler's balls while he's hanging on the gallows.

It is embarrassing to admit, but to put it bluntly, the British Empire alone could never defeat Germany.

America's Roosevelt still had reservations. Roosevelt, who personally hated Hitler and the Nazis, ignored all love calls from Germany and made Churchill happy by saying that he would spare no support if Britain was in crisis, but he was passive in participating in the war against Germany.

This was because, unlike Japan, which had a clear justification for attacking Pearl Harbor, Germany had no justification for going to war.

Americans absolutely support a war with Japan, but they will not accept a war with Germany, which has nothing to do with them. The U.S. Congress will likely react the same way.

Churchill was very disappointed that Hitler joined hands with China rather than Japan.

Although history says there is no such thing, how great it would be if Germany were an ally with Japan. If that were the case, Roosevelt would have been able to declare war on Germany with peace of mind, and the opening of the war against Germany would have been much quicker.

There would have been no need to enlist the help of Free France and stage a self-made plan like Operation Cow.

It was a pity.

"dismissal. Time is running out."

"iced coffee. "I'm going now."

The first report Churchill received upon moving to the War Office concerned the production of fighter planes in Britain.

The Minister of Munitions, Lord Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken, received Churchill's praise for successfully increasing the production of Spitfire fighter jets that would take over the skies of the British Empire.

The Mk.I, which was used in the skies of the French battlefield in 1940, showed a miserable exchange rate against the Nazis' Bf109 and Fw190, but the Spitfire MK.V, which was equipped with a 20mm cannon to enhance firepower and improve various miscellaneous problems, was clearly the Bf109 and Fw190. It will be possible to fight on equal footing with the Fw190!

In fact, the Spitfire MK.V, which was deployed to the battlefield in Southeast Asia, was steadily improving its performance by fighting with its own merits against the Zero Sen and Hayabusa, which the Japanese military was proud of.

The problem is that Germany also developed a new fighter jet... . The newly developed Hawker Typhoon, along with the Spitfire, has been found to have many problems and is still in the development stage.

Churchill sighed and promised himself that he would call the Typhoon development team and say something as soon as the meeting was over.

Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Dudley Pound, complained to Churchill that the resources allocated to destroyer production were insufficient and that the Navy needed more support than it was receiving.

Because of Japanese naval submarines roaming the Indian Ocean, several British transport ships bound for India and Australia sank into the sea.

We need more destroyers to catch those damn submarines and protect our convoys! Churchill expressed his active agreement with Pound, who spoke passionately about his argument while raising the blood in his neck.

When the Great German War begins, you will have to deal with Jerry's U-boats as well as the Submarines of the Japanese, so of course you will need more destroyers.

Roosevelt announced that he would provide 30 destroyers to Britain, but the destroyers he promised to send were obsolete ships used in World War I.

Britain, which was in a position of missing one ship, did not show it, but frankly, it is unreasonable to hunt down the German Navy's latest U-boats with obsolete ships from World War I.

The Matilda tank, which was found to have insufficient performance in France, is surprisingly performing quite well in the battlefields of Southeast Asia.

It was well-received except for the disadvantage of having to deal with enemy infantry and anti-tank guns only with coaxial machine guns because there were no grenades.

The armor was so strong that it was immune to most attacks, and its size and weight were appropriate, making it quite useful in the jungle where roads were not well developed.

Valentine's Tank also received similar evaluations as Matilda.

Churchill ordered that all surplus Matilda production remaining in England and newly produced Valentines be sent to Southeast Asia.

The planes and battleships of the Japanese could not be ignored, but the tanks were quite the opposite. The tank, which didn't even look like the tank they were running, was powerless against England's Matilda and Valentine.

The Type 3 tank, which was said to be the most powerful tank possessed by the Japanese army, was no match for the Matilda and Valentine as it was not only large but also equipped with a 37mm main gun, which was no different from a needle cannon.

In addition to the destroyer, the M3 Stuart light tank, M3 Lee, and M4 Sherman medium tank that Roosevelt had provided to Britain were decided to be stored in the home country in preparation for the future landing on mainland Europe.

High firepower and heavy armor are needed to prepare for the Nazi army that will face the British army that has landed somewhere in France or the Netherlands.

Churchill decided to reserve the most powerful American tanks among Britain's tanks in preparation for that moment.

The Cromwell cruiser tank and Churchill infantry tank are still under development.

"Has Enigma been deciphered yet?"

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency. "Everyone at Bletchley Park is doing their best, so please be patient just a little longer."

"Ugh… ."

Before the start of the war, a Polish code-breaking team attempted to crack the Enigma code but failed, and after the war broke out, Britain took over information from the Polish government-in-exile and began decoding Enigma.

British research seemed to be making some progress, but it slowed down again after Alan Turing, who was head of the Enigma deciphering department, died in an unexpected car accident.

The good news is that it is not still at a standstill, but is making some progress, and it was predicted that it would take another six months to completely decipher Enigma.

Churchill, who wanted to start the war against Germany while deciphering Enigma, felt frustrated, but he knew that this was not a problem that could be solved by just shouting, so he just said in principle that he should work harder and moved on.

Still, he believed in Bletchley Park.

He firmly believed that just as Britain had succeeded in breaking Germany's code and won the war in World War I, the same would happen this time as well.

The only difference is how long it takes, and in the end, victory will be for the British Empire!

As he waited for the Union Jack to fly over the Fuhrer's residence in Berlin, Churchill focused on the present.

***

"after… . Fuck. It really sucks... .."

Brunegger swallowed his anger and hit the sausage served for dinner with his fork.

I could feel the strong taste of blood in the blutwurst made with blood and fat.

"So, did you have a good time seeing society?"

"Don't even talk. "Sergeant Pett SS probably doesn't know how I feel right now."

SS Sergeant Joachim Pett, who was sitting next to me, smiled heartily and spoke.

The former Brunegger squad leader took out a hip flask from his jacket pocket.

The hip flask contained half of Kirschwasser, a distillation of cherries.

"Take the glass."

SS Sergeant Fet poured Kirschwasser into a military tin cup and handed it to Brunegger.

Although it was a fairly strong alcoholic beverage, Brunegger drank it down in one go.

The main ingredient of Kirschwasser is cherry, but during the manufacturing process, almost all of the sweetness is lost, leaving only the bitter taste of alcohol.

Soon, my stomach started to tingle, and an angry feeling like a burning fire spread throughout my body.

"What were you doing before re-enlisting?"

"I worked as a waitress at a hotel. "At most, I only worked for a week."

"okay? "What kind of hotel is this?"

"The Hoener Hotel is just an ordinary hotel. "It was a place where wealthy travelers and businessmen stayed, and the owner was an SS member, so I was accepted right away."

The hotel said they would accept him back any time he came back, but Brunegger didn't understand why he had to return to the military.

How long has it been since I was discharged from the military?

"It may be unfair, but what can you do? It's just an order from His Excellency the President. "I'm sure they called me for some reason."

"Have you heard anything, SS Sergeant? "Why were discharged reservists ordered to be called up again?"

"It seems like the battalion commander doesn't know either. Instead, I heard a rumor. They say it's because the Soviet Union's atmosphere is unusual. "Our division was originally in Dachau, but it suddenly came to Königsberg."

There were many rumors about his sudden re-enlistment order and his reassignment from Dachau to Königsberg.

In order to relieve the tense atmosphere in the division, the division commander, SS Captain Theodor Eicke, held a large banquet, inviting musicians and dancers from the city, but the rumors still showed no signs of going away.

Brunegger hoped the rumors would just stop being rumors.

His honest thought was that he wanted to live a more comfortable life now that he had been on the battlefield for four years.