"THOSE FUCKING TRAITORS!" The Kaiser read the letter in his shaking hand. The room was filled with anger and rage. The Italians sought peace with the Entente! When the sun of Victory was beginning to rise over Germany!
"This will not stand mein Kaiser! Allow me to authorize a Military intervention in Italy!" Asked Rictofen as he read through the document presented to him. His eyes were filled with fury and he mouthed such words that would make a sailor blush. "If they do join the Entente I will burn Rome to the ground!"
"DO YOU WANT ANOTHER FRONT!" Yelled Hindenburg as he stood up, horrified at Rictofens proposal. "They have not joined yet! If we attack now they will almost certainly turn against us! This is not it. We need to give the Italians reason to stay with us. A massive Victory over the Entente is needed!"
Meanwhile, A man in a naval admirals uniform ignored the chaos going on in the room. His mind was filled with dozens of plans with one being formed every second. He saw naval battles and envisioned his fleet before him. He imagined naval landings and port raids. But none worked for the situation they were now in. Suddenly, he saw a flash of lights. He could now see a huge group of small boats. He opened his eyes and read a document in front of him. He read it and smiled. "Gentlemen I have a plan!"
The Kaiser turned around to see a rising star. High Admiral Dönitz. He had come from mostly obscurity being a just a naval officer. But when the high admiral died in a sudden car crash he was the only when willing to take the reigns. So far Dönitz had only seen one battle but in that battle, he had essentially destroyed the Danish navy in one stroke. The Kaiser would normally not trust such a young upstart that knew little of war but he had no other choice. "What is it Dönitz?"
"I hope you people have heard of the surrender of the Russians?"
"Of course! What do..."
"And that they are eveacuated huge amount of men from Russia who have refused to surrender. They only have a few destroyers and maybe a battleship to protect their vulnerable troops escaping. I have planned that we can engage them at Jutland with the full might of our navy."
"Such a Victory could make Italy stay with us!"
"Can I rely on your help, Air Marshall?"
Rictofen smiled, "Any chance to destroy those English and Russian dogs."
The High Fleet of the Kaiserreich had spent much of the war docked. Afraid that a significant fleet could provoke a war with the British they had stayed in port. Now, none of that mattered. They had tried to coerce their ally Itlay and they would feel the wrath of an intact German fleet. Dozens of destroyers now slipped their moorings and set sail. Battleships waited for their escorts in the bay and the shadow of hundreds of planes filled the air. The full might of the Kaiserreich was about to be unleashed.
But deep in the harbor construction was finally done. It had taken years to build and many "accidents" to keep it secret. But it was done. Black smoke thundered from its eight smokestacks. It six 4x 400mm main battery completed their final tests. It's 5 massive propellers found propulsion as water flooded the dry dock. It's 300mm armor groaned. Sailors race across the battleship in little carts in the 300-meter long battleship in order to reach their position as fast a possible. The anti-aircraft gun crews focused their sights on the sky. On the bridge, High Admiral Dönitz looked upon the massive fleet and smiled. The Vengance of the Kaiserreich had only begun! The SS Bismark was about to be unleashed.
The SS Bismark leaves port
The strength of the high fleet.
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-100 Torpedo boats
-42 Destroyers
-12 Heavy Destroyers
-8 Battleships
-One bismark class Battleship
-12 Bismark class air battleships
-321 Fighters
-60 Gotha Bombers
-30 Torpedo bombers
(The player of Austria is too busy and has told me that I can take over for him in the meantime)
Gioberto enjoyed the cigarette in his hand. It was the only joy and excitement he got from this job. Border duty was the worst ever and he...
He noticed something move in the distance. He dropped his fag and crushed it under his boot. He grabbed his binoculars and saw a whole Austrian army! Help was coming! But wait... They had stopped and been digging in trenches. Maybe it was defending an exposed flank?
Gioberto grabbed his radio next to him in the shack he was in. He transmitted a message to Rome
"Austrian troops prepare to help us. They appear to have waited on the border for more forces. The war has been won"'
The war against Russia was over. While the treaty had not been formalized yet all aggression between the nations has stopped. Over 4 million German men had been freed from the front and raced to the west as fast as they could. On the French border, defenses were prepared and staging areas built. But one army, the 5th shock army with 300,000 men was not heading to the west but rather was southwest... To the Italian border.