For the imminent attack of the German army, the US military actually made careful preparations:

First, the huge fleet of aircraft will be dispersed, especially the large number of strategic transport planes with no combat effectiveness will be evacuated back to Venezuela or the Caribbean, and other combat aircraft will also be dispersed and deployed;

secondly, some night fighters equipped with radar were prepared for interception, so that the radar station could strengthen monitoring and prevent the Germans from carrying out night assaults - this is a hand that the Axis often plays;

Thirdly, the well-prepared anti-aircraft artillery units, all of which were ready to meet the arrival of enemy air raids with artillery fire from all over the sky. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

However, the Germans, who did not play according to common sense, suddenly changed their routine -- they opened the way directly with a meteor, and the first missile exploded at the port pier, and then one after another missiles flew down.

At this time, the top brass of the US military came back to their senses and realized that these were not pleasing to the eye, but the breathtaking and defenseless rockets used by the Germans in London.

The V2+ missile's 1-ton explosive warhead is actually equivalent to a super-heavy bomb or a Yamato 460 naval gun shell (simply compared to combat force), but when it lands, the momentum is far superior, and this earth-shattering and terrifying momentum is no longer on the same level as the aforementioned two - the falling speed of Mach 4.8 far exceeds the landing speed of the bomb or shell, and the destructive power caused by it is far exceeded. Unlike ordinary bombshells or artillery shells, the people on the ground did not know what they were going to hit until the missiles fell, and barracks, ports, docks, airfields, fortifications, residential areas, open spaces, hills and even forests could all be - and the Germans could not control where they were going.

But on the whole, one-third of the 72 V2s caused damage, especially one that hit a fuel depot at the airport impartially, broke out a chain explosion, and formed a huge mushroom cloud.

A missile directly hit a radar station 30 meters away, and the huge explosion force and shock wave swept away the radar station and all its staff like playing cards, leaving a crater on the ground with a diameter of more than 100 meters.

This sudden meteor shower caused confusion in the minds of Brazilians and ordinary American soldiers, who fled screaming for doomsday judgment, which was not the tragic end of the night, but on the contrary, it only kicked off the saturation attack of the German army.

Soon the radar station reported to the higher authorities that a large number of aircraft were rapidly breaking through the defense, at speeds of up to 700 km/h, and that the night interceptors and other attack planes that had been prepared for the war immediately took off, the former to deal with the enemy, and the latter to avoid being destroyed by the enemy on the ground.

The fighter pilots in charge of the interception saw a scene that they will never forget: one after another small planes spewed flames at the tail, and pounced on them with a 700 km/h tell, and the brave American pilots tried to volley head-on, only to be shocked to find that the opponent was not afraid of their own fighters using 12.7mm bullets to intercept and shoot, and even "disdained" to do evasive actions, so they rushed in, and only a few lucky ones hit the warhead of the V3 missile with a 20mm Sispano cannon, Then I saw a "boom" on the opposite side, which turned into an explosion shock wave mixed with various fragments.

The anti-aircraft gunners on the ground fired desperately at these targets in a state of panic, but achieved only a few successes.

On that day, the German army launched a total of 192 V3 cruise missiles in two batches, reaching nearly 92% of the targets in El Salvador, and the rest did not know where they flew, 3 were successfully intercepted by US planes, 6 were hit by ground anti-aircraft guns and exploded, and the rest all successfully fell and caused explosions. Since the 2 submarines in the port provided relay guidance for the last segment, correcting the flight error of this batch of missiles, their hit rate was much higher than that of the V2. Although the power and momentum of the individual destruction are not as strong as those of the V2, they are more numerous, more evenly distributed, and more widely distributed, causing great panic.

It wasn't until the sky began to light up that their "long-awaited" German assault group arrived belatedly.

However, after a lot of tossing and turning at night, both in terms of physical strength, energy, defense and reaction ability were at a low ebb, and they were caught off guard by the German army.

Ozawa pulled out four main aircraft carriers with a total of 251 attack aircraft, the remaining four escort aircraft carriers took off more than 100 fighters to escort the remaining fleet, and 12 Ar-452s took on the photo shooting function, preparing to go deep into the theater to photograph the masterpiece of missile formation.

The Bf-319 and Do-412 began to follow the example of the Air Force this time, all carrying R4M rockets, and seeing that the interception of the US military aircraft was a rocket greeting without saying a word, or lowering the altitude to strafe the ground, and the Ju-198s carried three 250-kilogram bombs to carry out bombing missions.

At 7:45 a.m., under the three saturation attacks of the German V2+ missiles, V3 missiles, and aircraft carrier attack groups, the entire El Salvador fell into chaos, and the German army paralyzed almost all the airfields in El Salvador with missiles worth 50 million marks and the loss of 14 planes, shot down more than 300 US planes in the air or on the ground, and directly stifled the counterattack capability of the US Army Aviation.

At the same time, the battleship units, which had been advancing at high speed since last night, were approaching the port at an accelerated pace, and by 8 o'clock in the morning, they were less than 200 kilometers away from the port, and in more than three hours, the 380mm shells were about to fall.

At 10 o'clock, the U.S. troops, who had come to their senses, pieced together an attack group composed of more than 100 planes to attack the German fleet, and the target of the officers who led the team was the German aircraft carrier formation, but when they saw the five majestic battleships continuing to approach accompanied by air defense cruisers and hedgehog-class destroyers, cold sweat fell, and they immediately turned around and attacked the German battleships. However, they were ruthlessly intercepted by German fighters covering above, and several battleships were unscathed except for a few near-misses and a few 1,000-pound bombs, but the porcupine-class air defense cruiser and the Hedgehog-class destroyer accompanying the advance were each blown up and sunk, but the results of the American army were limited to that. They were shot down by German fighter pilots who went on a killing spree, and more than 60 planes were shot down.

"What, you said that the main German fleet was shelling El Salvador? Our army suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat? At noon, George Patton, who received the urgent telegram, was taken aback, "Doesn't El Salvador have nearly 700 planes?" Why not attack this fleet? Are their bombs used as toys? ”

"The enemy attacked our troops by surprise last night with a large number of rockets, causing great confusion, and then this morning they were attacked by German attack aircraft again, and the losses were great, and the army aviation did organize an air attack on the German fleet, but it did not have much effect, but instead lost more than 70 aircraft, and then under the German artillery bombardment and the second aircraft carrier aircraft attack, we lost almost 200 aircraft...... There are now less than 100 aircraft working in the whole of El Salvador, and they are all in the rear field airfields, lacking fuel, bombs and other facilities, and basically no longer able to fight. ”

"Bastard! Army Airlines is a bunch of rice buckets! Patton slammed his fist on the table, "Call for reinforcements from the air force in the Recife area, they still have at least 400-500 planes there." ”

"I have called and it is said that an air strike will be organized as soon as possible, but I feel that it works, they are more than 700 kilometers away from El Salvador."

"Can you get General Hewitt to send naval aviation to help?" Patton asked Roosevelt Jr., "We have at least 170 planes in our hands." ”

"I asked him, and he said that it was useless, most of the planes on this batch of escort aircraft carriers were F6F fighters, as long as there were less than 20 SBDs, the pilots were also very unskilled, the level of attack on ships and ground was very poor, and the only thing that could be done was defense!"

"Alas......"

"Now I am still thinking about how to defend Port Saiguru, I see that General Hewitt is uncertain and worried."

After the TF48 formation went south to South Africa, Hewitt, who had returned ahead of schedule, returned with nearly 20,000 Roosevelt strike groups, and finally Patton insisted on landing at Port Seguru, and Hewitt agreed because he couldn't resist it.

Judging by the situation at the time, landing in Port Seguru was a good move. Because the place is nearly 300 kilometers away from the German army in Brazil and more than 400 kilometers away from El Salvador, it can be attacked, retreated and defended, and Patton not only has a powerful armored group in his hands, but also has fighter cover provided by six escort aircraft carriers and land aviation protection in El Salvador in the rear.

According to Patton's idea at the time, if the German reinforcements dared to attack the port of Seguru, he would fight a defensive battle: the escort aircraft carrier provided the air defense of the theater, and the Salvadoran Army Air Force provided air cover, and with the troops in his hands, he could not hold the place, but after one night, all the situation changed.

Hewitt's annoyance was that his fleet was supposed to leave and return to the mainland to continue the carrying, but because the German main fleet was heading south, in order to prevent a collision on the way, he had to wait in the port of Seguru, and the result was better now, El Salvador to the north was terminated, and now this fleet only has a large group of transports, destroyers and weak escort carriers, how can it cope with the wolf-like German main fleet.

Sauken, who led his troops on the line of Victoria-Linaris, received an urgent telegram: "Field Marshal Rommel orders us, not to be afraid of the emptiness in the rear, to attack the American troops in Port Segguru with all our might, and he will fill the defensive line." ”

"Good!"

"Marshal Rommel and Marshal Machar have jointly sent a telegram, asking us to command the troops to attack and destroy the American fleet entrenched in Port Saiguru!"

Cranke was stunned: "I'm in Argentina, the fleet is scarred and can't fight at all, how can I go to Seguru?" Even if the fleet is intact, it will not be able to catch up. ”

Hintz smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, I didn't make it clear, the two marshals meant to let the carrier-based aircraft in Rio attack!" ”

"That's no problem, let the Air Force have full command, I don't control it remotely!"

Rommel waited for Krrank's words, he had actually informed the Brazilian air force to prepare for the attack, but Gauss reminded him that although the HNA was an evolution of the air force, it was a navy after all, and it was inappropriate to bypass Cranc, so he had this telegram of inquiry.

In the morning, Machar sent a report on the frontline battle in El Salvador to Rommel, who immediately and keenly captured the killing machine—in France, in Poland, in North Africa, in the Middle East, in Central Asia, in Iceland, with countless enemy troops.

"Tank, assault!"