The Fourth Disaster, Starting from the Movie Eight Hundred

The result is that it is better to buy than to build, and it is better to rent than to buy. Anyway, as long as the money is in your pocket, the rest is not important.

But if you think that American capitalists have only achieved this much, you are wrong. After Pfizer obtained the contract for penicillin and received the first batch of goods, it immediately announced that it had cracked the "key cheap synthesis technology of penicillin" and asked Roosevelt for subsidies under the banner of "letting Americans use cheap and safe medicines."

Yes, they ask for subsidies for private label products.

Don’t think that we are cheating on subsidies here. The United States has been doing this for a long time, and they even use leverage.

When it comes to being immoral and cheating others, American capitalists have always been inhumane.

Roosevelt was not an expert in this area, and the volunteers would not tell him about this. In addition, with the assistance of his staff under the "persuasion" of the consortium, they finally concluded that this was God's blessing on America.

"Pfizer's breakthrough at this time is a great victory for America!" Roosevelt was completely fooled.

Because too many people benefited from this matter, and in the United States, the relationship between capital and politics is the transaction of power for money, and the revolving door between politics and business is a normal behavior that is allowed to exist, so everyone worked together to support Pfizer and confirmed the "fact" that Pfizer "has advanced technology for mass production of penicillin". With the surge in Pfizer's stock price, the Qingdan series of penicillin drugs provided by the volunteer army also successfully entered the US market and began to gain ground.

With this kind of cooperation, the American pharmaceutical consortium will naturally not speak for United Fruit."

What do you mean we are all American capitalists? Go away. We are a serious high-tech pharmaceutical company. You are a stinky beggar who grows fruits, and you dare to act wildly in Congress. It is already very merciful that we did not kick you out.

In particular, the blue Xiaoyao Pills provided by the Volunteer Army really made many Americans happy. Even the absence of this thing affected their married life. The Pfizer Group, which made a lot of money, naturally attached more importance to cooperation with the Volunteer Army. This is all part of free trade, and even the federal government cannot interfere.

In fact, cooperation with Pfizer could only be regarded as the other party coming to the door, and then the players made a casual move, but this casual move became the last straw that broke the camel's back for United Fruit. Those American capitalists who realized the many benefits of cooperating with the Volunteer Army decisively abandoned United Fruit. Wall Street began to short United Fruit on the stock market, and other companies were also ready to share the profits and did not care about the company's whining at all.

Anyway, this incident will at most affect the supply of bananas to the American people, but compared to the US dollars that are like a flood flowing out of the gorge, American capitalists can still tolerate this little grievance, and it is not a big deal at all.

What's more, the volunteer army that controls Central America will also develop local industries, which will provide more opportunities for cooperation with the United States.

However, some American capitalists were wary, believing that the infiltration of the Volunteer Army would disrupt the US layout in the Americas. However, they had no evidence at the moment, and World War II was in its fierce stage, so the United States was unable to cope with the situation and could only temporarily shelve the issue. However, they were also prepared to cause trouble for the Volunteer Army after the war.

There is no way. The geographical location of Central America is too special. The Panama Canal is here. Now both the Volunteer Army and the US Army are stationed in Panama, which is equivalent to the control of the two gates being in the hands of two people, and it is in the backyard of the United States. This is something that the US government absolutely cannot accept, and it will inevitably be fought over in the future.

This is the short-sightedness of the US government. Players are not interested in the Panama Canal at all. There are so many suitable places in Central America anyway. As long as the volunteers ask to dig a canal, there are many countries that welcome the volunteers' investment. The volunteers' powerful military support is enough to force the United States to respect the territorial sovereignty and territorial integrity of these countries.

In this way, the United Fruit Company, which was described at great length by the authors in many novels, was kicked off the world stage by the players and directly became the menu of Wall Street. Those greedy Wall Street wolves would not give up this opportunity to feast. They even allocated who should eat how many pieces of meat, and were waiting for the United Fruit Company to be put into the pot.

Those shareholders of United Fruit Company who were trapped had no way out. It was still okay for those who only held a small proportion of shares, but for those whose wealth and lives were tied to United Fruit Company, they had no choice but to go to hell.

Below is the prosperous American street scene, and above is the cold wind from the rooftop. Be careful in your next life!

Not long after, a news story titled "Former United Fruit CEO's Leap of Faith from the Empire State Building" made headlines in American newspapers. This was the last positive value this scumbag brought to the world. The American journalists who profited from his actions were very happy. But not long after, United Fruit and its past glory were selectively forgotten by the American people.

Instead, the "People's Fruit Company" opened by the volunteer army in Central America quickly grew into a fruit industry giant spanning multiple countries, and even to a certain extent replaced some government functions of the Central American government. Local people are proud to join the "People's Fruit Company" to work.

The difference is that this time, the people's land belongs to the people. While making huge profits, the People's Fruit Company continues to strengthen and improve local infrastructure construction. The local economic development has gradually become diversified. The people living here will no longer bleed because of bananas.

Section 236: America goes east, Germany also goes east

(The first update is here!)

With the liberation of Central America, the Japanese army, realizing that the American offensive was no longer possible, began to gradually withdraw from Mexico. However, only the volunteer army finally entered Mexico, because if the US military dared to cross the border, the Avengers would come to play with them at night. Realizing that they were unwelcome, the US military never set foot in Mexico again.

They had asked for help from the Volunteer Army, but they simply replied: "Do you remember how many immoral things you did in Mexico?"

If it were the United States in the 1990s to 2020s, if the Volunteer Army had spoken to them like this, they would definitely have turned on the propaganda loudspeakers around the world to slander them to death, and directly advertised that "the Avengers were the Volunteer Army in disguise." Regardless of whether they could fool the whole world, as long as they could fool their own people, they would have successfully diverted the conflict.

But now they dare not do so. After the Volunteer Army took control of Central America and began to influence Mexico, the United States clearly realized that it would have to be neighbors with the Volunteer Army for a long time. Once its inhumane behavior was exposed, endless troubles would be waiting for it.

The current US military can't even defeat the Japanese army, let alone the volunteer army.

Fortunately, the Japanese threat in North America has disappeared. Now it’s time to start the Pacific strategy... right?

“We’ve suffered heavy losses in our shipyards on the West Coast.”

Roosevelt listened to the reports from his staff with a headache.

After Japan took control of Mexico, a strategic fulcrum, the next thing it often did was to send bombers to cause trouble in the shipyards on the west coast of the United States and continuously destroy the US shipbuilding industry.

We can’t reach the ones in the Atlantic direction, but we can’t let go of the ones in the Pacific direction.

In addition, Amalgam Company continued to provide Japan with the precise coordinates of American shipyards, so basically every time Japanese bombers visited the shipyards on the west coast of the United States, they would gain something.

What they don't know is that there are other players secretly helping and carrying out internal sabotage. As for whether it was the result of the Japanese plane bombing, it doesn't matter. Anyway, as long as the Japanese planes come, the matter cannot be explained. Does the Great Sage of Settlement understand this?

Therefore, the US government has always been unable to understand why they moved their shipyards to the shore and even began to build ships in sections. Even though they were hiding so deeply, the Japanese bombers were still able to accurately locate them and achieve such outrageous results with bombs that seemed to have a small yield. Their bombs, which were one-third less in weight than American bombs, had such incredible armor-piercing performance? What kind of black technology is this?

Who cares? Anyway, these losses are paid for by the Japanese, and the bill will be settled on the Japanese Empire.

"The shipyards on this side of the Atlantic are running at full capacity, but the Panama Canal is unusable right now."

"Speed ​​up the repairs to the Panama Canal and the shipyards on the West Coast. We must return to the Pacific and at least reclaim Hawaii before the Volunteer Army."

There was a reason why Roosevelt made such a request. In addition to Hawaii's geographical location, there is also a little-known fact: Hawaii was not officially called the 50th state of the United States until 1959.

You see, the United States now occupies Hawaii, not its homeland in the strict sense. Any place that can be discussed will become an unstable factor in this turbulent era, especially after the Japanese army occupied Hawaii and launched a massacre there. Hawaii is now basically a clean land. Whoever liberates Hawaii from Japan first will be the new owner there.

Originally, this was something that the United States had no choice but to do, but now the emergence of the volunteer army has changed the situation.

The latest news is that Xinhua has formed an expeditionary fleet, saying that it is going to liberate Orb, but who knows which route they will take to liberate it. It can be considered a liberation after going around Hawaii.

And I don’t know if you have noticed, Xinhua calls Australia “Aub”, which is the official name.

It is nonsense to say that Xinhua recognizes the Japanese occupation, but calling it Aub instead of Australia shows that Xinhua directly chooses not to recognize the white people's occupation and control of Australia and is ready to make a fuss about it.

When I think about the vast homeland of Xinhua plus Australia controlled by the Volunteer Army, the Pacific Ocean is really about to be split into two.

The United States has no idea of ​​sharing the Pacific Ocean. What they want is the advantage of two oceans. They can enter and exit both oceans freely, but if other countries want to come, they must apply to the United States. This is also a common method used by maritime countries to control the world economy, and it is also evidence that the United States learned from Britain.

Britain's continental balance of power policy is Europe, while the United States' continental balance of power policy is Eurasia.

"Mr. President, even if we try our best, Australia may not be able to..."

"I know. Let's do our best. This world war is an opportunity for the United States, but this opportunity is not exclusive to the United States. We can only say that we are not yet ready to inherit British hegemony."

Roosevelt looked up at the ceiling, feeling mixed emotions.

I thought the new world war would be a chance for the United States to be crowned king, but I never expected that the United States, the world's leading industrial country, would have such a weak US military. If we can't win on the battlefield, everything will be zero. It seems that the importance of weapons is lower than human initiative.

So why were Japanese soldiers so good at fighting? Is this the Eastern belief in collectivism?

How should I put it? If Roosevelt knew that the Japanese government was mainly brainwashing and drugging its own soldiers, and that there were people who were constantly working behind the scenes to harm the United States and help the Japanese devils, he would probably question his life.

It's not the US that's fighting Japan, it's the US that's fighting the players in Amalgam, a company that's masquerading as an American company.

Until now, Japan still believes that Amalgam is an American company, and has a more intuitive understanding of "capital has no borders" and "arms dealers want to sell weapons to the enemies of the motherland."

These foreigners are really crazy, they dare to sell anything.

Since there is no possibility of a breakthrough in the Pacific direction in a short period of time, the layout here can only be "doing one's best and leaving the rest to fate", but Roosevelt is relatively more confident about the layout in the Atlantic direction.

The Third Reich's navy was not as good as the US military's, which was the key to the US military's confidence.

In addition, the United States also carried out diplomatic work with the Soviet Union, hoping that when the US military sent troops to Europe, the Soviet Union would join the anti-fascist camp and that the Allies would work together to liberate Europe.

In this regard, the Soviet side is still in the state of reading but not replying or reading and replying randomly.

It can be seen that Comrade Gangtie does have an idea of ​​attacking Sandezi from both sides, but the current Sandezi is obviously too powerful. It is somewhat difficult to let the Soviet army, which has suffered heavy losses in Asia, fight against Sandezi, who is currently in his prime, and take the initiative to attack.

Therefore, the Russians' ultimate move can only be activated when they are low on health, and it is easy to be abstracted when they are full of health.

However, the Soviet Union privately proposed that the United States, the Soviet Union and the Volunteer Army work together to attack Europe at the same time, to deal with the three Germans in one go, and then consider turning back to deal with Japan.

It was mainly Japan in Australia. The Soviet Union was certainly powerless, but the benefits to Europe were real.

Apart from the Volunteer Army who really wanted to liberate Europe, the United States and the Soviet Union each had their own plans, and Xinhua stayed out of it the entire time.

Moreover, the first generation discovered that Xinhua's current political situation had an advantage, that is, other countries tacitly accepted that only the Volunteer Army was qualified to decide Xinhua's strategic direction. Therefore, when Xinhua communicated with other countries, once it encountered some difficult things, it could just delay the matter indefinitely under the banner of "discussing with the Volunteer Army", or simply discuss with the Volunteer Army and then start passing the buck.

The only good news is that the volunteer army responded very quickly. If it was okay, it was okay. If it was not okay, they would clearly refuse without any nonsense.

This sounds very inconsistent with China's traditional political communication model and is too harsh, but it is very suitable for young countries outside the Chinese civilization circle. They cannot understand euphemisms and can only be straightforward.

But some things are not a matter of whether you want to or not, but you have no choice.

In this world, many things are different, but some things remain the same.

Under the ultimate geopolitical test, Germany, which has already controlled the core areas of Europe, must eliminate the last obstacle.

A very realistic thing is that both Germany and the Soviet Union knew that the other would definitely not allow them to unify Europe, but they were not sure when the other would take action.

Nazi Germany had its own Operation Barbarossa, and the Soviet Union had its own Operation Thunderstorm. The difference was that Barbarossa was an offensive plan that was carried out and was an established fact in history, but Operation Thunderstorm was just a plan and it did not become a reality. Just like a national emergency plan, as a big country, it always has to prepare many emergency plans just in case. After all, if the sky falls, only tall people can hold it up.

Small countries just need to lie low and wait for big countries to take action, but big countries have a lot to consider before they actually take action.

Then, the Soviet Union received a "gift" from the Volunteer Army.

"Comrade Chairman, the Volunteer Army has given us intelligence that Nazi Germany will launch an attack on us on April 1, 1943, and will use tactical deception before that. Please see..."

"Then be prepared to face the enemy. The Soviet Union must fight this battle and must win!"

The Soviet intelligence department had personally experienced how incredible the intelligence capabilities of the Volunteer Army were, and they knew how valuable the black holes of the agents were.

Therefore, Comrade Gangtie attached great importance to this information and immediately ordered the Soviet army to prepare for battle.

The Soviet Union had originally built a defense line against the German army in Poland, but now that intelligence on the German attack had been obtained with certainty and the Supreme Soviet attached great importance to it, it was necessary to prepare for war with all its might. The already thick and overlapping fortifications began to be further reinforced. In some places, the bunkers had reached the level of permanent fortifications, with reinforced concrete on top that was one meter thick, not to mention the half-meter thick steel armor stacked inside.

It turned out that all the preparations made by the Soviet Union were timely and meaningful.

April 1, 1943, Barbarossa, launched!

Volume 3: Enemy at the Gates

Chapter 237: Iron Barrier

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Historically, during Operation Barbarossa, the German army and its Axis allies deployed a total of approximately 380 million to 420 million troops, of which the German army itself had approximately 300 million to 330 million troops, including the three major army groups North, Center, and South, with 70, 115 million, and 101 million troops respectively, as well as troops from vassal states such as Finland, Romania, and Hungary, with approximately 80 to 120 million troops.

However, in a parallel world, due to the existence of the Volunteer Army and the clear enemy relationship at the time, the German army began to prepare for war in 1941. As a result, during the Barbarossa operation, the total number of troops deployed by the German army exceeded six million on the German side alone. In addition, preparations were made in advance to address the incompatibility between German and Soviet railways, and new carriages with variable track gauges were produced to ensure that the mobilization efficiency of the German army would not be greatly affected after it invaded the Soviet Union.

The military strength of the vassal states was even larger, reaching an astonishing four million. The reason for this was that at that time most European countries believed that Germany would definitely win, and Europe would be unified under Germany's will. It was time for them to prepare for a new era.

In this case, the mentality of European countries has quietly changed, and they have unconsciously begun to view the German central government as local officials.

The changes of the times are both challenges and opportunities. It depends on how you grasp them. The most important criterion at present is how much you can contribute to prove your loyalty when Germany needs your manpower and effort.

In addition, European capitalists were already hostile to the Red Soviet Union, so they actively sent troops and manpower. The British Republic government supported by Germany was even more fanatical, providing no less than 500,000 people at one time. Regardless of the combat effectiveness of these people, just tell me whether this attitude is correct given the size of the British mainland.

Since the British puppet government tried so hard to express its stance, others naturally could not be inferior to this puppet government that was finally forced to join. So they began to fight internally and forcibly increased the military strength of the vassal state to more than four million.

In terms of equipment, the German army historically deployed about 3350 tanks, mainly Panzer III and Panzer IV, a small number of assault guns, 7200 artillery pieces, and 2770 aircraft. The Center Army Group concentrated two-thirds of the German army's armored forces.

However, in this world line, Germany, which has integrated the essence of Europe, has achieved all-round improvement. The number of tanks has reached an astonishing 20,000. The worst one is the Type 4H with a new main gun. The rest are basically Panther tanks. The subsequent Tiger and King Tiger are also under development. However, the iconic square box shape of the Tiger is gone. Instead, the Soviet and German tanks are all dominated by sloped armor.

Moreover, after learning from the experience of the Volunteer Army in urban warfare, the German army also developed their own street fighting assault guns, which were modified from the Panther tank chassis. The calibers were 150 and 240. There were also 380 of the Sturmtiger, but in smaller quantities. The German army believed that the 240 was sufficient for artillery used in this special environment.

May they feel the same way in the concrete jungles of the Soviet Union.

There were more than 40,000 artillery pieces and more than 30,000 aircraft, which was almost the weapons production of Germany in two years of World War II in history. However, after the war machine was fully launched, Germany soon possessed these.

So, what is the price?

The price is that German factories are working in three shifts.

Wow, how merciful! They still work in three shifts at a time like this instead of just one person doing it all at once.

"Brother, you're having people work for over twelve hours straight on military equipment. Are you sure the stuff you're making is reliable? Those things are destined for the battlefield straight off the production line, and the inspection process is drastically compressed. Especially when the front lines need them urgently, an eight-hour workday is already ridiculous. And you're still adding to the workload, just like you're trying to make the frontline arsenals a spectacle for the enemy."

Of course, there are also relatively less technical jobs assigned to ordinary assembly lines, such as the Nazi concentration camps, where Jews and prisoners of war from various countries toiled hard. The work they were responsible for did not require much technical skills, and any problems that arose were not a big deal. However, if an inspector discovered a problem, the only result from above was to drag them out and shoot them.

That's the place where people actually eat black bread fourteen hours a day, and the Germans deliberately fed the Jews the very unpalatable black bread, on the grounds that they wanted to let these speculators feel the pain of Germany's bankruptcy.

Other people's factories all have labor consumption indicators, and it is thanks to these screwdrivers who toiled under the SS machine guns that German workers have an eight-hour workday. Of course, it is a very intensive three-shift eight-hour workday, but it is still an eight-hour workday. In terms of fulfilling their promises, the little mustache guys did much better than the Japanese devils.

The German Nazis really did divide the pie among the people, otherwise why would the German soldiers fight until the defense of the capital? In contrast, look at what the Japanese nuclear government has done. They have really not been hit by enough nuclear bombs. It is recommended to increase the equivalent.

The result of the surge in production capacity is that Germany can expand its military on a large scale and provide high-quality troops. It is hard to say about other things, but at least there is no shortage of weapons and equipment. Under such circumstances, the pressure faced by the Soviet troops on the front line can be imagined.

The good news is that this time the Soviet army was not caught off guard.

The bad news is that the intensity of the German offensive also far exceeded historical standards.

The first to engage in combat were the air forces of both sides, with the German Bf109 late models and FW190 late models fighting against the Soviet Yak-9 and La-7. Both sides had basically reached the technological peak they could achieve in the history of World War II. The next step up was the technological limit of World War II propeller fighters, and they were about to touch the technological limit of jet fighters.

Because the Volunteer Army is already equipped with jet fighters, the major powers in the world are all exploring the development path of jet aircraft, but they do not have the technical plug-ins provided by players, so the exploration efficiency is quite slow. Germany still has the Me262, the Soviet MiG series is still a prototype, and the US P-59 is a technology verification aircraft with a speed that can barely reach 660 kilometers. Obviously, it is only valuable as a test aircraft and a trainer aircraft. It is okay to train pilots who are adapted to jet fighters. In actual combat, it is easy to be beaten by the top fans.

Although there are still a group of electric fans in the sky, their strength has increased dramatically and rapidly, reaching a technical level that can easily kill the weaker ones of the same period, and they have successfully achieved the goal of being able to act alone without forming a band.

But when the fight really came, the pilots on both sides were startled by each other.

Soviet pilot: "Is this the Germans' combat effectiveness? It's almost 50% of the level of the Volunteer Army." -p

German pilot: "Are Soviet pilots all monsters? They can even perform such an outrageous flying posture."