"I've already reported this matter to General Eisenhower, but the response I got was that he already knew about it, and the issue has been entirely handed over to the Strategic Science Corps to handle. Additionally, he asked me to express his thanks to you!" A few days later, in the headquarters of the U.S. First Army, General McGinins said.
Hearing General McGinins' response, Josh was completely confused.
What does this mean? He already knew about it?
"It's like this. When Schmidt carried out his large-scale retreat, the Howling Commando also participated in the pursuit and interception of Schmidt. However, although Schmidt managed to escape in the end, they captured Schmidt's most important subordinate, the scientist Arnim Zola. After capturing Zola and interrogating him, we learned about Schmidt's superweapon plans. So, unless something unexpected happens, our Captain America and his comrades, along with the entire Strategic Science Corps, may have already entered Schmidt's stronghold." Seeing that Josh was still a little confused, McGinins explained the situation in detail.
After explaining, he looked regretful, after all, attacking the Red Skull's stronghold and stopping his crazy plans would be a great achievement. If Josh had told him about this sooner, maybe he could have fought for it.
At this point, Josh no longer knew what to say. Was history's corrective power really this strong?
So much had changed, and the timeline had been moved up by several months, yet it still ended up following the original storyline.
But for Josh, this was still a good thing.
Although preparing this "real" intelligence had wasted a lot of his time and effort, at least the result was the same.
Now, the only issue was whether Captain America could succeed as he did in the original timeline.
In Josh's view, the most reliable approach would have been for the Allies to send a large army to encircle the Alps.
But now, since the Strategic Science Corps had already been deployed and adopted the same decapitation strategy as in the original timeline, there wasn't much Josh could do.
"Alright, Josh, don't think too much about it. They'll succeed. What you should be thinking about now is whether to come with me to Austria or go to Germany!" Seeing that Josh was still worried, General McGinins patted his shoulder and said with a smile.
"Huh? You're going to Austria?" Josh looked at General McGinnis in surprise.
"Yes, although the coup led by Karl Renner was successful, their forces are still limited, and there are large amounts of resistance forces everywhere, so they need the help of the Allies. Another very important reason is that the Russians have already entered Hungary, so the Allies have decided to send my First Army to station in Austria, while the rest of the main forces continue to advance north toward Berlin. But honestly, it will be difficult for us to enter Berlin. The Siberian bears march faster than we do!" McGinins shrugged.
Unlike in history, when the Yalta Conference had already determined the division of Germany, and the British and Americans allowed the Russians to advance on Berlin in order to preserve their strength.
Most of Europe's border areas and the majority of Russia in this world are basically occupied by Hydra.
Now, with Austria, Hungary, and Romania being manipulated and divided between the Allies and the Russians, the Hydra forces in those regions had immediately become rootless and drifting.
Additionally, these two countries were vast plain areas, very suitable for the advancement of armored columns.
Without any support, the commanders of these Hydra legions were desperately pushing south, concentrating in the Czechoslovakia region, launching a frantic attack on Austria and Hungary, trying to establish contact with Schmidt.
This way, the territories of the border areas and the Russian domain would be directly surrendered.
Seeing this opportunity, the Russians, apart from sending some legions to intercept in Hungary, sent more armored divisions directly into Germany through the Pomeranian plains.
Berlin was only a few dozen kilometers away from the border area...
So, with the Russians' relentless advance, the Allies would not be able to capture Berlin.
However, it was only Berlin they couldn't capture. In terms of occupying German territory, the Allies had taken much more.
"Of course, I'll go to Austria. Let's not even talk about how Germany hasn't been fully captured yet. Even if it is, the division of territory won't be decided in the short term. It's better to go back to my homeland and take a look. Honestly, it's been more than six years, and my memory of my homeland is getting a little fuzzy!" Josh smiled and said.
Of course, talking about his homeland was just an excuse.
Austria was the homeland of the original body, but not of Josh, the transmigrator. Even though he had accepted the original owner's memories, it was impossible for him to have any deep feelings for this country.
The real reason he wanted to go was that he had been thinking about Neuschwanstein Castle.
Before coming to Europe, he had promised Margret that he would buy this castle as a gift.
By the way, the Disney Castle is modeled after Neuschwanstein Castle. Once he acquires Neuschwanstein Castle, maybe he can charge Disney a royalty fee?
Well, this was just a thought, since although it's widely accepted that Neuschwanstein Castle was the prototype of the Disney Castle, Disney had never admitted it, so this lawsuit would never go anywhere.
Instead of wasting time on such a lawsuit, he might as well spend some money to buy Disney.
Though Disney was a big company now, it was nothing compared to the future, and its valuation was only in the tens of millions. For Josh, who had been making money from the war, that was just small change.
Apart from Neuschwanstein Castle, Josh had another purpose for going to Austria.
That was to recruit the remaining Hydra factions.
Through Ophelia, who had already been fully recruited, Josh had gained considerable knowledge of Schmidt's Hydra faction.
This particular Hydra faction still had quite strong support, especially in the intelligence network, which was impressive.
However, with Schmidt's defeat, these people had become a scattered force.
What was originally one faction had split into three factions.
The first faction was the one that betrayed Schmidt, led by Ophelia.
These people were mainly from Austria and Bavaria's big capitalists, those who controlled vast social wealth and were naturally not going to cling to Red Skull as their savior.
Instead, they transformed into a winning faction, preparing to carve up the spoils of war and continue to be landowners in Austria.
The second faction was also part of the faction that betrayed Schmidt.
It mainly consisted of local old aristocrats and some small capitalists.
Unlike the first faction, these people were very loyal to Hydra.
Note, they were loyal to Hydra, not Red Skull.
So, they wanted to rejoin the Hydra Council.
Although they were temporarily cooperating with the first faction, they were not completely united.
The third faction was simpler, consisting of those who were firmly loyal to Red Skull until the very end.
This group was mainly composed of lower-ranking officers and soldiers within Hydra.
However, during the first faction's coup, this faction was either captured or killed, or scattered in various regions of Austria with some resistance forces. They no longer posed much of a threat and were waiting to be exterminated by the Allies or sent to the tribunal.
What Josh wanted to recruit were the first and second factions.
As long as he recruited these two factions or even just part of them, when Josh returned to the U.S., he could rightfully take the seat left vacant in the Hydra Council.
That's right, after careful consideration, Josh planned to join Hydra.
Josh considered himself neither a superhero nor a paragon of justice.
Except for being slightly used in the case of Whitney, there was no conflict of interest with the Hydra Council.
On the contrary, when it came to how to use the new strongest country in the world, America, to control the world and seize benefits for himself, Josh would have a lot of common ground with Hydra.
Since that's the case, why not join them and use their resources for his own gain?
As for joining Hydra meaning he would be a villain...
Don't joke. Since Josh's rebirth, he had killed, run gangs, smuggled, made fortunes from war...any one of these would make him a villain in the eyes of those so-called righteous superheroes.
Would Josh care?
Moreover, in a few decades, even if he joined Hydra, who knows if Hydra would still be called Hydra.
What if it was renamed Ninecoil?
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