The Fourth Disaster, Starting from the Movie Eight Hundred

Compared to the terrifying scene in the movie where the hatch was pounded by machine guns, this landing battle was more like an armed outing.

"Our volunteer friends are so powerful that it is unimaginable. If they were my enemies, I would not have any chance of winning." - US military commander, Eisenhower.

George walked on the beach and looked at the position that had been stabilized. He felt confused and wondered, "What am I doing here?"

His company was the second group to land, but the problem was that the first group had already cleared out the enemies above, and even the German artillery in the rear were cleared out by the anti-artillery fire of the Volunteer Army. Those superhuman anti-artillery capabilities were always so amazing that they seemed a little redundant.

"Do you want to eat?" George's comrade handed him a bag of French fries.

"Where did you get it? It's fresh out of the oven."

"The Volunteer Army has everything, look."

George looked in the direction his comrade pointed. There was a stall selling fried chicken legs and French fries with a sign saying "French fries on the dot". A group of American and British soldiers were already queuing up there.

This is a meme name that only gamers can understand at the moment. However, after the Internet became popular in this world, whole French fries became a game meme again, but this time, it has a whole new meaning.

For George and others, these were the most meaningful fries they had ever eaten.

However, on another beach position, the battlefield delicacy in the memory of American and British soldiers became sweet and sour pork, because the players who set up stalls here were good at making this and only made this.

The biggest difference between the sweet and sour pork here and the original version is that it is too sweet. Anyway, the sweetness that foreigners may say is good is a nuisance to Chinese people, as it is so sweet that it tastes bitter. Insulin said that this is a high-end game that determines both the winner and the loser, and also decides life and death.

But those American and British soldiers who ate the sweet and sour pork just out of the pot either said "good" or "Oh god".

This can be considered as Chinese cuisine going global. Don’t worry about the specific details.

For the US government, the success of the Normandy Landing brought them a huge comeback, and domestic public support soared, and people forgot the failures of the Roosevelt era in the shortest time, and directly praised Truman to the sky, as if all the benefits today can be cut off from the past. The United States won in an instant, and the previous failures were all the fault of the previous government and had nothing to do with the new president.

I can't stand it. This is typical diode thinking. History is evolutionary, not segmented. But for the American people who lack education in historical materialism, as long as they win, it's fine. They are like a group of giant babies who only know how to vent their dissatisfaction to the world with a pacifier in their mouths and declare that they have won. They have no resilience at all when facing failure.

Players in the United States commented on the situation:

"Overnight, the vast majority of Americans have forgotten past failures and become obsessed with the joy of victory. Their minds cannot accommodate anything other than winning and losing; they have no in-between. I used to think the US military's problems were physiological issues caused by their excessive drug use, but now it seems that the entire American ideology and culture has a deep-rooted problem, one could even say it's been terminally ill since the day the country was founded."

But no matter what, it has now indeed landed in Europe, and the United States is beginning to eagerly exert its influence.

Because they were pleasantly surprised to find that the volunteers didn't care at all about what the United States did in France. Although the French Communist Party approached the volunteers, the volunteers only expressed their willingness to provide help. However, the specific ownership of the regime would depend on the choice of the French people. The volunteers would not use bayonets and gallows to defend the revolution, as that would be a betrayal of the people.

The US government immediately understood this to mean that as long as the French people could be led to stand in the capitalist camp, France could become capitalist France, a bridgehead for the United States, and Britain...

Yes, yes, England is still the mainland of the United Kingdom. After the return of Queen Elizabeth II, most of the local British people still knelt devoutly before the royal power, but the problem is that Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have become independent, and those who have returned have returned. Ireland and Scotland even directly invited volunteers to be stationed... cough cough cough, it is a mutual benefit and win-win situation, to create an exclusive economic zone. Even if there is not a single volunteer soldier there, they are already considered the reserved areas for the volunteers.

Given the achievements of the Volunteer Army in World War II, no country wants to confront them head-on.

Japan tried it and it broke.

The Soviet Union tried it and it also fell apart.

The British never tried it, but the volunteers were torn apart as soon as they arrived.

Similarly, under the influence of Xinhua, the East Asian region has actually become the logistics base of the Volunteer Army. Taking all these forces into account, any country with a normal mind knows what to do.

The United States has ideas about Europe and has planned to use various means to make Europe chaotic again when the time is right, so that it will completely become a servile of the United States. However, the premise of all this is that the volunteer army must at least remain neutral. If this cannot be done, it would be best if there are no volunteer troops around.

Look at the British mainland which has shrunk by half. The areas around England are all marinated by the Volunteer Army. Moreover, the Volunteer Army also has a powerful navy with incredible combat capability. The US stationing troops in the UK is equivalent to delivering food to your door.

In France, however, there is still room for maneuver, as for the French Communist Party.

If they really had the strength, they would not have been suppressed by de Gaulle's nationalism.

Oh, by the way, Charles de Gaulle is back, the last man of France.

Compared with his original historical figure, this man had a very unfortunate life in the moral world. Not only did he become a prisoner of war, he almost lost his life. However, he escaped and formed the Free France.

How to say it, this experience is even more legendary, especially now that the French are in great need of heroes.

The US government attached great importance to this matter, and Eisenhower also had a good conversation with de Gaulle, but the last man of France left the US command and went to the Volunteer Army command right after.

As expected of the French, they made the United States a minotaur so quickly.

But there was no way around it. The strength of the Volunteer Army meant that even if he did not express his stance, de Gaulle had to ask the Volunteer Army about their attitude towards Free France. It was still necessary to pay homage to them. If he really did not take them seriously, he might be unhappy and support the French Communist Party. Then even if de Gaulle had great ability, he would not be able to make any waves.

This is the real strong person, who can decide the rise and fall, honor and disgrace of a country even by relying on his own breathing. The strong can not care about anything, but the weak must become the emotional value of the strong, at least to know what the strong are going to do.

Regardless of France's past glory, at this critical juncture, it was still a small country and had to learn the ways of survival, at least to stabilize the volunteer army. Then, Charles de Gaulle encountered the thing he least wanted to face - the national liberation movement.

"Mr. de Gaulle, the liberation of France is inevitable. This is the belief and purpose of our volunteer army. But by the same token, France must also give up all its overseas colonies and allow national self-determination. This is the bottom line."

Simply put, the Volunteer Army has joined forces with the Soviet Union, the New Soviet Union, Xinhua, and even the United States, and is ready to completely castrate all European colonists on the issue of colonies.

Chapter 289: Charge to Berlin

(One update today, busy at work)

Since the Age of Discovery, European colonists have exploited the world for more than 500 years. Relying on massive resources, they forced Europe to launch the Industrial Revolution, which quickly transformed the entire world into the shape of Europe.

But with the rise of nationalism, large-scale armed struggles began to emerge in the colonies. Some colonies, although they did not engage in armed struggles, tried hard to turn themselves into bleeding wounds for the colonizers, using the method of "losing money business" to force the colonizers to roll. Anyway, no matter what, forget the beginning, forget the middle, forget the end, in short, burn, world.

The independence movements that emerged continuously after World War II were a backlash against European colonizers.

Of course, any backward affairs will not roll off the stage of history by themselves, especially Britain and France, two traditional colonial countries, which even tried to wrestle with the United States and the Soviet Union over the issue of the Suez Canal, but ended up running away with their tails between their legs.

Dismantling the European colonial system was the common will of the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II, and was not affected by the subjective consciousness of Britain and France.

The main reason is that after World War II, these two countries were completely ruined and could not defeat the combined forces of the United States and the Soviet Union.

Ultimately, with the combined efforts of the United States addressing the symptoms and the Soviet Union addressing the root causes, the two countries successfully evolved into specimens of the old era.

But there are differences between imperialism and imperialism. France was once quickly defeated by Germany when it was extremely angry, and Britain also knelt in front of the United States and the Soviet Union when it was extremely angry. When the colonies collapsed, France, which relatively attached more importance to colonial construction and projecting its own influence, laughed longer than Britain.

This is France’s “North African economic colonial empire system”.

Let’s take a look at the CFA franc. It is divided into the Central African CFA franc and the West African CFA franc. Guess why it is divided so finely.

The full name of this thing is "CFA franc", which is the unified currency of the West African Economic and Monetary Union. You can call it a financial instrument, but its only function is to give money to those who listen to France. -p

The actual effect is a shift from traditional colonial exploitation to covert exploitation through economic control. However, in practice, this so-called "covert" is not that covert at all. France completely puts the saying "I am your father" on its head and flaunts its power in its African economic colonies. Many important local minerals are simply bought as dirt.

If France can really lead the entire North Africa and West Africa to prosperity, then in the future France may become the white moonlight of Africa. Perhaps it can also carry out local transformation, allowing France to truly digest these regions and countries and establish a real French superpower.

Don't look down on Africa. They've proven through their actions that any fully educated black person is no less capable than anyone else in every aspect. The reasons for their poor performance are, first, colonial plunder, second, the triangular trade, and third, food insecurity under economic oppression. Their most valuable land, population, and resources have all been plundered. These three factors would spell national and genocidal disaster for any country. If a country can still defy all odds despite these three debuffs, that's truly remarkable. Not every country can be called the University of the East.

Let me say something politically incorrect. Even if you analyze it from the perspective of exploitation and plunder, you have to allow the entire economic system to have a positive cycle so that the colonies have consumption capacity and can become valuable backyard markets. The model of more output and less input is an increasingly debilitating economic terrorism for any country. On the one hand, they suck blood, and on the other hand, they accuse the other party of not having a large consumer market. This is really taking double standards and shamelessness to the extreme.

Of course, from the French perspective, de Gaulle and his Gaullistism did indeed extend France's status as a great power. Every French person who has enjoyed the dividends of France's development must express their gratitude. This man did allow France to speak to the United States on its own merits, at least for a period of time.

But these are all France's personal happiness, which is far from the great unity of the people of the world pursued by the Volunteer Army. Therefore, France cannot have colonies, and the same goes for Britain. Economic colonization is not allowed either. If they are unwilling and want to interfere, then the Volunteer Army will declare war on these colonizers worldwide.

Anyway, there are many war maniacs among the player community. If we really throw them into the imperialist homeland and mess with them, even a country like the United States will not be able to withstand it.

Charles de Gaulle certainly would not dare to openly oppose the Volunteer Army. There was no point in making harsh remarks now. If the Volunteer Army really wanted to get rid of Free France, all they needed to do was raise a finger. The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and even the French people would not speak for Charles de Gaulle. Even if they did, it would just be talk. It was like an ant trying to shake a tree. No one in France was willing to do such a thing except fanatical nationalists and the real French Communist Party.

"Mr. de Gaulle, we have all remembered your current attitude. Of course, we wouldn't be surprised if you change your attitude and approach the United States after you leave. But don't forget, our goal as an international volunteer army is to liberate all of humanity. Our fighting power is strong enough to make any imperialist country tremble. The post-World War II era presents a historic opportunity for the national liberation movement, and we will not let it go. If France dares to stop us or become an accomplice, we will set the whole of France ablaze."

When the volunteer army representative said this, there was no emotion on his face, because this was not a threat, but a guarantee that could become a reality at any time.

As the last man in France, Charles de Gaulle was sweating profusely. When he left the Volunteer Army’s base, he felt that his shirt could be used as a bathrobe, and his heart was filled with sadness.

Because he knew very well that France would be nothing without Africa.

Still, he would struggle.

Struggle, fail, struggle again, fail again, until complete destruction. This is the characteristic of imperialists, and they cannot escape this law of history.

At the same time, the players' armed forces in Africa officially debuted as the Second Column of the International Volunteer Army. A group of people dedicated to the African liberation movement began to gather under the banner of the Volunteer Army. Even in the fragmented Africa, the locals have their own epic struggle.

The European situation at this time had become a nightmare for Germany. The Volunteer Army, the US Army, and the Soviet Army were sandwiched on three sides, and Munich in Germany had become a meat grinder even more brutal than Verdun in World War I. The German army's losses here had exceeded 500,000.

This is real loss, the kind of casualties, without a single exaggeration. The main force of the German army is being quickly crushed under the millstone prepared by the volunteers. The reality is so desperate that the German front-line troops tremble at the soul level.

The German troops on the front line have already surrendered in an organized manner, and currently it is only at the squad and platoon level, but it is only a matter of time before the company level wavers, or they have already wavered and are just waiting for the right time to surrender.

Germany is losing hope, and the German people's confidence in victory is rapidly fading.

No matter how Goebbels shouted about the victory on the front line on the German radio, the mobilized troops and the increasingly strict control of material supplies made the German people recall the days after the end of World War I.

It’s very similar, exactly the same as before the failure, even worse.

The Volunteer Army had no plan to indiscriminately bomb German cities. They only attacked military targets and dual-use military and civilian facilities with great precision. However, after the US B-17 and B-28 entered France, the bombing of Germany was completely indiscriminate carpet bombing. Perhaps because they had been suppressed for too long, the crazy Americans seemed to want to drop all the bombs they produced on the heads of the Germans. The liberated French ports were full of ships from the United States, loaded with napalm bombs, and these things were soon thrown indiscriminately on the heads of all Germans.

The only thing that made the German government feel relieved was that even at this point, Amalgam was still cooperating with them and providing them with various resources. This made Germany's resistance very fierce. For example, air defense towers were erected around every major city in Germany. Under the shooting of large-caliber automatic anti-aircraft guns, the US bombers suffered heavy losses.

Because players provided Germany with proximity fuses, American aircraft would be covered by dense firepower as long as they got slightly close to these air defense towers. The bombing was indeed massive, but the actual results were questionable.

However, Germany's counterattack came soon, and V-1 and V-2 sent warm greetings first.

Don't forget, excluding Russia, the whole of Europe is about the same size as our country. The straight-line distance from Berlin to Normandy, France is only 930 kilometers. The improved V-2 can attack targets 500 kilometers away, so Germany only needs to deploy missiles in Belgium or its western border to bomb Normandy, bringing almost all of France into the attack range. However, facing this iron lump at Mach 4.8 during its descent, there is currently no means of interception.

The V-1 could be intercepted, but that was the old version. The new version of the V-1 missile was now almost supersonic, and none of the current US fighter jets could catch up with it, unless they strafed it head-on when they discovered it. However, the reaction time was also very short, and in the end it came down to the pilot's efforts. However, the V-1 still hit the target location.

Fortunately, the accuracy of these two missiles did not improve significantly, and the damage caused was within the tolerable range. The US, Soviet and volunteer armies all rushed towards the German mainland, among which the Soviet army was the most proactive.

It is completely understandable that dominating Europe is an ambition of the Slavs that has existed since the period of the Principality of Kiev. Whether it is the Soviet revolutionaries who hope that red flags will be planted all over Europe, or the nationalists hidden in the Soviet revolutionary ranks, they all hope that the Soviet Union's influence can truly cover the whole of Europe.

The long-cherished wish of a thousand years is right before their eyes, and they have sufficient motivation to fight, to grab, and to strive for it.

Another point is that Germany, which had plundered the whole of Europe, was extremely rich. Whether it was machinery and equipment or scientific research talents, they were all wanted by the United States and the Soviet Union. This aspect was particularly tempting to the United States.

Because of the secret activities of the players, the United States is almost finished with World War II, but its actual income is not even one percent of its original historical income. The hidden dangers buried by the Great Depression have not been alleviated at all. On the contrary, as the war is about to end, the military industrial production capacity has shrunk, and it has become a beast about to break out of the cage. Wall Street has already given a clear warning, so the United States now needs to eat meat, no matter what kind of meat, as long as it can be eaten.

The three forces thus began a competition, with the whole of Germany as their target.

Section 290: Christmas, the countdown to life in Nazi Germany

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History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. As long as the geographical pattern does not change much, the evolution of world politics will revolve around the objective environment. This is not metaphysics or philosophy, but the simplest objective materialism.

Germany was facing the same situation at this time, but apart from the volunteer army, the US and Soviet armies were not able to make much of a dent in the German army.

Taking the US troops in France as an example, with the cooperation of the Volunteer Army, the American soldiers dared to fight and charge, and each one wanted to be Rambo. But if the Volunteer Army was not present, and the United States was left to fight alone, even with air superiority, the US military would be beaten by the German second-line troops. In any case, the Volunteer Army could not understand why the US troops equipped with Pershing and Sherman tanks could be chased by the German army with Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks as the main force, and even the Panzer II tanks.

If it was night and they were attacked by surprise, it would be normal to fall into chaos, but now it is broad daylight, and the US military still has overwhelming air superiority. Moreover, they are not using Shermans to fight Tigers, nor are they facing the German E-series tanks. They are completely out-equipped and the troops are being beaten in battle.

Frankly speaking, when the volunteer army pulled the US troops out of the battlefield, all the American soldiers could not raise their heads.

At first, General Patton of the United States was not convinced and thought that the US military alone could win the battle. But after this battle, his eyes became clear and his heart became calm. He no longer said that the US military could fight independently.

The Volunteer Army did not hinder the US military from fighting independently. On the contrary, the US military could fight however it wanted, and it didn't matter whether it cooperated with the Volunteer Army or not. But, the US military has now made up its mind to cling to the Volunteer Army at all costs. It doesn't matter whether the generals above have any ideas or not. What matters is what the grassroots soldiers do when they execute.

With the Volunteer Army around, the war can be fought. Even if we lose, the Volunteer Army can come to rescue people. But if it were other American or British troops, they would not watch people die without helping. It’s just that the rescue efficiency is so poor. This day next year will definitely be my death anniversary.

"Don't expect any reinforcements other than the Volunteer Army. Their efficiency is too low!"

This is not just the consensus of the US military, but also the British army and the French army of Free France.

On the surface, the Western Front had the largest number of American troops, and the offensive was centered around the US military. In reality, the Allies completely deployed their fronts around the Volunteer Army, or strongly demanded that they have at least one Volunteer Army unit by their side, even a company, and never let themselves face the German army alone.

Can't you just try and win for once?

Sure, but before a victory comes, American soldiers still prefer a safer approach. No matter how we bring back the victory, as long as we win, nothing else matters. Anyway, the guys in the country also want to hear the news of victory. This is called mutual benefit and win-win.

The only army that dared to fight the Germans was the British army, but their numbers were too small. After the division of Britain, the native British had no interest in continuing the war. Although the Queen was welcomed back to England, they also refused to participate in the war on the grounds that King George had betrayed them. In order to appease them, Queen Elizabeth II had no choice but to accept their conditions. Therefore, the British army now cannot recruit soldiers in the mainland, and most of the British troops are actually Canadians.

This configuration is really quite black humor.

In this way, time came to November 1945. As the snowflakes fell, Germany ushered in a new cold winter, and all Germans had already tacitly accepted in their hearts that this was the last cold winter they could survive.

Winter reduced the intensity of the war, but this did not include the volunteers. Even on snowy days, the volunteers' offensive did not stop, and the German army was forced to wrestle with the volunteers in the ruins of the city against the wind and snow.

At this time, no matter how the volunteers adjusted the rhythm of the attack, the German army stopped sending reinforcements to Munich. Even many local people began to surrender to the volunteers. The morale of the entire Germany was visibly declining.

"This will be the last winter of Nazi Germany," Liu Qi murmured.

On November 11, 1945, Singles' Day, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army completely occupied Munich, which had been reduced to ruins, and the German Army Group South retreated to the Nuremberg-Mannheim line.

On the same day, the Fifth Column of the International Volunteer Army airdropped into the Danish capital of Copenhagen, and then quickly liberated the entire territory of Denmark. It moved south from Kolding and headed straight for Hamburg, the second largest city in Germany.

Now, Nazi Germany was squeezed from four directions and officially entered the countdown to its demise.

Around December of that year, Germany's missile attacks stopped. It was not that Germany did not want to bomb anymore, but that Amalgam had cut off contact with them. Just as the company had suddenly appeared, it had now suddenly disappeared, taking with it all the technicians and service personnel. This was because Amalgam's core business was not in Germany, and no Germans had entered Amalgam's core decision-making level. Therefore, Germany had no records or evidence against this company. The other party had disappeared so cleanly that many German executives began to wonder if they were dreaming.

The Amalgam Company has become one of the many unsolved mysteries left by Nazi Germany, and has become a topic that many historical mysticism enthusiasts talk about in the future. There are even special novels, games, comics, animations, and film and television works, which are preserved in this world in the form of cultural symbols.

In such a desperate situation, some high-ranking Nazis became frightened and began to contact the Allies, especially the Volunteer Army, through various channels.

Because the battle situation on the front line made them realize that the threats from the US and Soviet armies only looked scary, but what was really scary was the Volunteer Army. This army was not only powerful in combat, but also firm in belief. If only peace terms were reached with the US and the Soviet Union, but the Volunteer Army did not accept them, then Germany would still die, and it might be even worse than in history.

Mainly for those Nazi high-ranking officials, they had finally achieved wealth and glory and became the upper class, but to be completely purged was something they could not accept no matter how they thought about it, so they hoped to obtain guarantees from the volunteers through transactions, such as not sending them to the shooting range or hanging them on street lamps.

Of course they had to talk, but the Volunteer Army's offensive did not stop because they were just teasing you. As the situation on the front line changed, the Volunteer Army's demands became more and more harsh. In any case, these were demands that Germany would never accept at the moment, and all of them included the content that the Nazis must be liquidated.

At this time, a major event occurred in Berlin, Germany, which completely changed the course of the entire history of World War II.