Ozawa and Cranke looked at each other, they had almost never seen Marchar behave like this—the admiral, who was also in his sixties, and the ecstatic appearance just now said that he had just joined the army and was promoted. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"I'm sorry, I'm a little out of shape." Realizing that he had just behaved "excessively", Machar handed the telegram to the other two and laughed at himself, "The Führer is right in his criticism, I just can't hold my breath sometimes......

A staff officer couldn't help but laugh, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh. However, this is the kind of temperament of Mashal, who is frank and generous to his subordinates, and makes people feel quite affectionate, unlike Raeder, who coldly thinks that everything is under control.

After reading it, Cranke asked the confidential staff officer again to verify: "Have you checked it carefully?" Sent through a top-secret channel? ”

"Yes, check it three times!"

"Good!" Cranke was clearly very pleased.

In order to prevent leakage or decipherment of passwords, the Axis Fleet has a set of top-secret passwords for the exclusive use of the high command in addition to the regular passwords, and the system and method of compilation are completely different from the regular passwords.

The thinking embodied in the telegram is quite imaginative, but it is very powerful, and at first glance it is the Führer's handwriting and style: ...... Machar and commanders, the "Voice of Europe" will continue to send warnings of air strikes against the United States, guiding the US military to misjudge our fleet's attack on Bermuda, I order the fleet to march to the middle route between Bermuda and Newfoundland, and at the right time, please turn north to attack Newfoundland, according to reliable information, the island is the starting point of the Anglo-Canadian route, and a large number of military supplies and ships are stranded in Hong Kong, please completely destroy the fleet, if it can land and operate, it is better to deter the British, American, and Canadian alliances, pay attention to safety in the itinerary, and be serious!

Ozawa thought about it carefully for a while, and also smiled: "I think it is of great significance, the Führer is worthy of being the greatest strategist in Germany, and Chief Horikichi admires the Führer's grand strategic thinking and far-reaching pattern, and many strategic decisions that we cannot understand, but the Führer accepted and agreed with it as soon as he heard it, which is really emotional......

It was only by this time that many of the staff officers understood why the Führer had made a series of strange dispositions: first, he placed the main forces of the fleet in the Azorean air defense circle, and even became indifferent to the revelation of the situation, and then decided to move westward—not to the south-west where Bermuda was, but to the west.

One only needs to look at the map of the world to understand that Newfoundland, Bermuda, and the fleet now form a triangle, each nearly 1,000 nautical miles long, and that continuing to advance westward will simultaneously and continuously shorten the distance between the two islands, and when the fleet is at the right point, it will turn north instead of south -- thus carrying out the strategic concept of assaulting Newfoundland in one fell swoop. This not only failed the US forces that were waiting in the direction of Bermuda, but also attacked the fragile and valuable island of Newfoundland.

The fleet continued to move forward, the battle on Sal Island in Cape Verde entered the white heat, on November 25, the two sides fought from noon to evening, the American army was in the battalion, the German army resisted step by step, countless bunkers, semi-underground fortifications became a nightmare for the American army, whenever you thought that there were no surviving people in the pile of rubble, the German army would drill out of the corner, either with STG43 to give you a shuttle, or with an iron fist to hit two shots, this tactic of breaking up into pieces The US Army is very unsuitable, they have no firepower advantage and can not play, Clumsy as an elephant.

The defenders of the island have a total of 1 armored battalion and 1 anti-tank battalion, including a Tiger company, a No. 4 tank company, a Himmler organ company, 2 No. 3 assault gun companies and 1 assault company (the successor of the Stalker, an anti-tank destroyer with an 88mm/L56 gun on the T-34 chassis).

This process made Major General MacDonald miserable, according to the US Army's armor use regulations, tanks were used against German infantry, and tank destroyers were the main force against German tanks. However, in the actual firefight, there is a big problem with the performance of the M10, not to mention that the Tiger armor cannot be penetrated at a long distance, even the 80mm armor of the No. 4 tank and the Raider are also difficult to gnaw on with the inclined armor of the T-34, and if the distance is narrowed, before it can be destroyed, the German 88 gun is enough to destroy - the German army is not only the Tiger caliber is 88mm, the Assault and even the anti-aircraft guns of the upper planes and lower tanks are 88mm caliber, and everyone can ensure the destruction. What's worse is that the cabin of the M10 is still open, and mortars, grenades, and even any high-explosive shells are enough to cause great deterrence and reimburse the US military. (To be continued.) )