Although the Axis reconnaissance plane had already detected the position of the US troops, this did not have much practical significance, because the US military had already known the general position of the Axis Fleet, and this reconnaissance only determined the relative distance between the two sides -- the two sides exceeded 1,200 kilometers, far beyond the normal combat range of the carrier-based aircraft, and it was almost dark, and after the two sides disengaged and lost their targets, there would be at least 10 hours until the early morning of the next day, which was enough for a fleet to run far away, and it had to be reconnoitred the next day, so this reconnaissance was only a deterrent at best. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The only thing that was meaningful to Machar was to determine the location and distance of the U.S. reconnaissance fleet, so that the retreat could be arranged calmly: "Order the Marines to speed up boarding and set off overnight; The main force of the fleet first turned northeast, and then turned due north after nightfall, and disengaged with the enemy. ”

Of course, the retreat of the German marines could not be concealed from the well-intentioned people of the Dutch Guiana authorities, but they did not know at this time that the British and American fleets and a large number of reinforcements had arrived, and the Germans would not reveal this, they only thought that this was a normal military movement: French Guiana and the northern coastal areas of Dutch Guiana were accessible by road, but to British Guiana and Venezuela there were no such good road conditions, many of them were primitive landforms or tropical rainforests, and the straight-line distance on the map did not look far, but it was impossible for mechanized troops to move past - Landing in British Guiana after loading the ship is the most feasible option.

In fact, although the countries of South America are distributed on the same continent, their land connections with each other are intermittent and completely fragmented, and there are no good transportation facilities and road conditions like Western Europe, nor do they have large plains like Eastern Europe and Ukraine, not to mention large-scale mechanized operations, it is very difficult for ordinary infantry to attack and fight, and the only thing that can establish a stable, efficient and fast transportation link is by sea. As a result, the population of Dutch Guiana was convinced of the German claim that they were going to attack British Guiana by boat.

Admiral Ingersoll spent the night in fear: although only the outpost was exposed, he was afraid that the enemy would come to his door, even though Turner reminded him that there were generally few carrier-based aircraft air raids at night, but Ingersoll did not think so-you all said that night air raids were impossible, but why did Japan and Germany accurately attack New York or other bases at night? It is of course impossible to count on a night attack by a group of rookie pilots of the Atlantic Fleet, but this does not mean that it is not possible to say that the experienced German and Japanese carrier-based aircraft pilots are also impossible.

The configuration of the Atlantic Fleet this time is very interesting, because Britain and the United States no longer have any first-class battle cruisers, so the reconnaissance fleet is 4 Cleveland-class light cruisers and 8 destroyers, followed by the reconnaissance fleet is the first escort force composed of 6 escort aircraft carriers and light warships, they are too slow to keep up with the reconnaissance force; This was followed by the main formation, including the battleship formation, then the transport unit and the second escort force (20 escort carriers); Finally, the aircraft carrier formation led by the veteran Cunningham with six fleet aircraft carriers as the core -- this long line is more than 400 nautical miles away from the front and back, and when the reconnaissance fleet has made contact with the Axis Fleet in the Panamanian waters south of Haiti, the main force of the aircraft carrier formation commanded by Cunningham is still in the direction of the Bahamas.

This strange formation was proposed by Turner, obviously drawing on the experience and lessons of the Pacific Fleet, even if a part of the troops encountered the enemy, they would not be wiped out by the whole army, but it was a pity that Machar was not Horiyoshi, he mistakenly thought that the main force of the American army was not far behind, and was more worried that the marines would suffer a heavy blow, and decided to retreat first rather than choose to eat this enemy force - the first very advantageous fighter plane slipped away from the hands of the Axis Fleet.

This result is not too bad to be fair, because if it wants to attack the US forces, the Axis Fleet must move forward, and in the evening the fleet has arrived at a place only more than 600 kilometers from Trinidad and Tobago, and it has been lucky that it has not been discovered by US patrol planes -- after the Combined Fleet has made a big fuss in the Caribbean Sea, the US Army has strengthened the defense system of the Caribbean Sea, and the entire chain of islands around the sea is full of US military bases, on which there are all kinds of land and ground forces, although it is impossible to destroy Machar's fleet, But it was possible to rush up and besiege the Axis - in the event of a massive U.S. approach, damage to the ship would almost be equivalent to sinking.

Therefore, Marcal has to jump out of this dangerous wolf's den and look for another suitable opportunity to destroy the enemy - he is inexperienced in hard-to-go battles, he is a first-class good player in peek-a-boo, and I am afraid that there is no naval power in the world that is better at breaking diplomatic relations than the Germans.

Early the next morning, the weather in the Caribbean suddenly took a turn for the worse, and no one could send a plane to investigate. Ingersoll hesitated, in view of the importance of Venezuela and the news from Dutch Guiana that the German fleet had left to attack British Guiana, he adopted Turner's suggestion and continued to advance in a southeasterly direction, and the aircraft carrier formation, which had learned that the Outpost Fleet had encountered the Axis Fleet, accelerated the pace of its advance, shortening the distance to within 200 nautical miles in one go, and the landing force marched towards Port-au-Prince in an orderly manner, and the whole long line became more compact.

At this moment, the Axis fleet was trudging through the storm, and the capital ships were moving relatively smoothly, but the small ships encountered serious difficulties, and the destroyers with the smallest size and tonnage appeared and disappeared from time to time, and the masts shook rhythmically back and forth, like a few small dogs with cocked tails wandering between the crests and valleys of the waves, the islands and the offshore coastline disappeared completely, and the wind cut off the tips of the waves like knives, and then flew up a slip of white foam.

By the afternoon, after a day and a night of sailing, the entire Axis fleet had reached about 1,000 kilometres east of Martinique, while their adversaries were casting a net in the waters north of Venezuela in the most traditional visual search, and the results were clear - nothing was found.

"Keep the current route and head northwest early tomorrow morning......"

Ozawa looked at the chart and asked suspiciously, "Are you going to fight the continental United States?" ”

"Don't go, but you can pick a good place to fight." Marshal nodded at an inconspicuous location on the map.

"Bermuda?" Crake paused for a moment, then burst out laughing, "If we occupy this place, I wonder if Roosevelt will be able to sleep at night......" (To be continued. )