On the evening of April 30, 1945, after six years of bloody battle, the Allied forces finally planted their flag on the Reichstag Building.
The news spread all over the world in an instant, and editors of all newspapers were busy overnight, preparing to publish the news in tomorrow morning's newspapers.
The Southern Africa headquarters of The Times in Pretoria was brightly lit and all the staff were in high spirits. It was destined to be a sleepless night.
"It would be great if it was news about the capture of Kyoto -" Tomlinson, who was responsible for the page correction, regretted that the European battlefield was not as popular as the East Asian battlefield in southern Africa.
This is not only because of the large number of Chinese people in southern Africa, but also has a lot to do with the focus of the Times' reporting. The Times has always paid a serious lack of attention to the European battlefield. The news returned by war reporters is delayed by two days.
It is normal to see the newspaper within three days.
It’s really not that the editors of The Times meant to be negligent. I’m really sorry. The progress of the Allied forces in Europe made even the editors of The Times ashamed to mention it.
Appeasement policy and diverting trouble from the north are not good things. In the early days of the European War, the mustache was like a monkey, driving the leaders of Britain and France around. Compared with the mustache, the leaders of the United Kingdom and France were simply retarded.
Especially the scene where Neville waved the document in his hand at the airport and claimed to bring peace to a generation. Compared with what happened after that, it was ridiculous.
The subsequent performance of the Allied forces was equally dismal. Not to mention the British Expeditionary Force coerced the French army into retreating to Dunkirk early, and Russia's carving up of Poland with Germany was not a glorious thing either.
As for France's subsequent 38-day cessation of resistance, the North African campaign that lasted for more than two years, and the most difficult period of the Russian battlefield, when Britain and the United States stationed millions of troops on the British mainland and around the Mediterranean but stood still, they were all in disgrace.
If the editor of The Times published all these things in the newspaper honestly, the positive image that the Allies have been trying to create would be destroyed.
For these reasons, it is understandable that The Times focuses its coverage on East Asia.
"Why occupy? Japan should be completely destroyed with super bombs!" The young and energetic Temple is full of blood. The Southern African Expeditionary Force has sent super bombs to the East Asian battlefield. It is not a secret to the editors of The Times
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"That's too cheap for them. Japan should be our first overseas colony in southern Africa -" Jenkins, the retiring review editor, has serious corrupt ideas. The federal government of Southern Africa has always taken a clear-cut stance against colonialism.
Jenkins' words surprised Tomlinson and Temple. There are some things you should not say out loud, seniors.
Jenkins immediately realized something was wrong: "Although I am also opposed to colonialism, I can make an exception in this matter."
It would be better not to say this.
"Who has information about the flag bearer?" Copy editor Xu Ning was in a hurry. The news coming back from the front line was incomplete, and Xu Ning needed more detailed information.
"Can't we just use 'Russian soldiers' to refer to it?" Jenkins is very experienced. He started with a picture and made up all the content. Jenkins didn't even use a picture.
"Why should we emphasize that they are Russian soldiers? This is obviously the result of the efforts of all Allied forces, and our boys also need to be praised." Tomlinson knows the news.
"Does anyone need coffee?" Heidi, who had just joined the job, brought coffee. The interns also had to work overtime tonight.
"Give me a drink—"
"Thank you Heidi, you are so kind."
"Can I have a cup of green tea?"
The excited editors calmed down immediately. The Times not only provided coffee, but also provided food in the cafeteria 24 hours a day.
Coffee was still very useful, and the busy work continued until three in the morning. Tomlinson finally completed his work.
"I'm going to go crazy if this continues. After the war is over, I'm going to apply for a long-term leave." Tomlinson sat in a chair and stretched, and his waist joints made a loud sound.
Temple stood up in a hurry and went to the toilet. He had drank too much coffee tonight.
"Gentlemen, here we go again -" Deputy Editor Longfellow said weakly. He was also nearly sixty years old, and his body was not comparable to that of the young men.
The office immediately erupted in wailing.
"This is the real good news. The madman committed suicide!" After Longfellow finished speaking, the office fell into a brief silence, and then there were loud cheers.
In The Times, madman is a synonym for mustache.
Although the editors of The Times would rather see the news that the Japanese king pleads guilty and commits suicide, this news is not bad.
Just six hours ago, Mustache shot himself in the basement of the Prime Minister's Office. His new wife Eva Braun took poison at the same time. Their bodies were wrapped in blankets by attendants and carried to the garden of the Prime Minister's Office.
Doused with gasoline, it was reduced to ashes in the raging fire, and the ashes were buried in a shell crater.
"So there is no body, so who can prove that the body in the shell crater is that of a madman?" Tomlinson's question made everyone dumbfounded.
Yes, when Mustache committed suicide, he was surrounded by Germans and no one else witnessed it.
Mustache's attendants directly cremated Mustache's body. There was no DNA technology these days.
"Why do you have so many questions? If he is dead, he is dead. Even if he survives, there will be no World War III." Longfellow said with a dark face. There is no need to verify this matter.
It doesn't matter whether the person buried in the crater is a mustache.
The key is that the influence of Mustache has disappeared with his suicide. This is the best result.
The news of Mustache's suicide dominated the front pages of all newspapers and magazines the next day.
The Second World War lasted for six years from 1939 to 1945, causing 70 million deaths and 130 million injuries around the world, resulting in direct economic losses of US$5 trillion.
You must know that the GDP of the United States in 1940 was only 100 billion U.S. dollars. World War II consumed 50 of the wealth created by the United States in 1940, and the losses were more severe than World War I.
After dawn, all the newspapers and magazines of that day were sold out. The Times was reprinted twice. Many people bought the newspapers and took them home to collect them so that future generations would always remember this day.
Television stations in Southern Africa were not idle either. In the early hours of the morning, Pretoria TV broadcast the news as an emergency news, and then the news was rebroadcast several times throughout the day.
Compared with newspapers, the news provided by TV stations conveys clearer and more direct information to the audience because of the inclusion of pictures.
Pretoria TV also sent multiple reporting teams to Europe. Since the transmission of images still takes time, the news of the day was only accompanied by pictures and no video material.
Nyasaland TV station did include an image showing the scene of the Russian army fighting the German army in Berlin.
There are many Germans in southern Africa, and many people have been to Berlin. Berlin is a city with a long history, its origins can be traced back to the end of the 12th century. This city has countless magnificent and impressive buildings.
In everyone's memory, Berlin is a prosperous modern city.
But in the footage of Nyasaland TV station, only ruins of the former high-rise buildings are left, and they no longer look like they used to.
Berlin's most famous building, the Brandenburg Gate, was severely damaged in the battle. If it weren't for the announcer's narration, many people would never connect the Brandenburg Gate on TV with the Brandenburg Gate in their memory.
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This is still good.
After the battle, only an empty shell of the Capitol was left. Russian soldiers looted the Capitol after taking the famous photo. In order to cover up this fact, the Russians set fire to the Capitol, making the entire building unusable.
, must be torn down and rebuilt.
The City Hall and the Prime Minister's Office were also severely damaged. Fierce battles took place between the Russian army and the German army in these buildings. The surfaces of all buildings were mottled with craters. The streets were full of rubble and burned vehicles, and there were corpses that had not been cleaned up in time.
Everywhere.
Nyasaland TV also broadcast an interview with a Russian soldier.
The smoke from the dozens of Russian soldiers in the camera has not yet cleared. They were very excited and repeatedly expressed their excitement in Russian.
A Russian officer who spoke English happily said that today Russia finally conquered Germany, which was the honor the Russians deserved. He also lamented the bloody and cruel six years of World War II.
The number "six years" was subsequently corrected repeatedly by reporters.
For Europe, the World War indeed broke out in 1939.
But before that, Japan had already begun its expansion in East Asia. If we start from East Asia, then the Second World War should start from 1931.
This algorithm immediately aroused widespread discussion in southern Africa and even caused controversy within The Times.
"Asia is also a part of the world, so World War II should have broken out in 1931." Xu Ning only rested for less than four hours in two days, but her spirits were still high.
Xu Ning is a second-generation Chinese. According to southern African standards, Xu Ning is a standard southern African.
Xu Ning received a complete education in Southern Africa. He graduated from the Department of Journalism at Nyasaland University. He hated Japan's atrocities in Asia. He applied to join the army before graduating from university, but was rejected by the Southern African recruitment department on the grounds that he did not meet the requirements.
reject.
The situation is different from that in the United Kingdom and the United States. In the United Kingdom and the United States, the recruitment departments try every means to trick British and American young people into joining the army.
In southern Africa, the recruitment department does more to review and reject those who do not meet the requirements to join the army.
As one of the best universities in the world, the University of Nyasaland allows students of the University of Nyasaland to go to war. It is irresponsible for their future and for the future of southern Africa.
"At most, it was the prelude to a world war. The war was only between two countries. It was not a world war at all." Tomlinson said it more seriously. This was originally the content of his job.
"But that war has been going on for 14 years now, and it's not over yet." Xu Ning was very dissatisfied with the Allied strategy of putting Europe first and Asia second. Why should Asia be ranked after Europe?
"In a customary sense, we think so." Tomlinson really didn't pay attention to this issue. For a long time, the Allies have believed that World War II broke out in 1939.
"Habits are not necessarily correct." Xu Ning's expression was serious. This was a very serious question.
Rock is also serious, but what Rock is struggling with is not the time when World War II broke out, but the ending work after the war.
The Capitol was captured, Mustache committed suicide, and the end of the war in Europe was just around the corner.
Before committing suicide, Mustache designated Marine Marshal Dönitz as his successor. Dönitz has not responded yet, but the German Army has already taken action.
As early as the night of the 30th, the German army requested a temporary ceasefire through radio broadcasts and requested negotiations with the Allies.
This request received no response from the Allies.
In the process of attacking Berlin, the Russian army has cut off Berlin's connection with the outside world. Therefore, the German army's request, the Southern African Expeditionary Force and the British Army, and the US military have not received it at all. The Russian army that is about to occupy Berlin will not respond. Germany
People have missed the opportunity to negotiate.
During the Russo-German War, Big Beard contacted Little Beard many times, hoping to negotiate with Germany and end the war between Russia and Germany.
At that time, the German army had all the advantages on the battlefield, and Mustache was not willing to negotiate with the Russians at all, so the war has continued until now.
As long as Mustache agrees to negotiate with Russia, the course of the war may change.
In the early morning of May 1st, General Krebs, Chief of the German Army General Staff, walked out of the underground bunker of the Imperial Office under a white flag and went to the frontline command post of the Russian 8th Guards Army. Krebs said to Chuikov: I want to
Let me tell you something absolutely confidential. You are the first foreigner to whom I have reported this matter. Mr. Xi committed suicide yesterday.
Chuikov used the phone to report to Zhukov.
Zhukov reported to Moscow again.
Soon, Big Beard sent a telegram from Moscow: The German army can only surrender unconditionally without any negotiations, not with Krebs or with any Germans.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Zhukov issued an ultimatum to the German troops in Berlin, demanding that the German troops in Berlin surrender unconditionally.
Krebs brought this ultimatum back to Goebbels. Goebbels knew that he had sinned deeply and was doomed, so he committed suicide with his wife and six children.
Roark is now worried about whether the war will continue if the Russians continue to attack.
From Rock's standpoint, Rock hopes to negotiate with the Germans to end the war in Europe as quickly as possible, and then the Allies can shift their attention to the East Asian battlefield.
More importantly, Germany is the only target of the Allied forces' joint operations.
Now that Germany is about to surrender, Russia is at an unprecedented moment of strength.
So will the relationship between Russia and Southern Africa, as well as the United Kingdom and the United States change next?
Even if there is no serious fight, just a misfire is still very dangerous.
