At 17:03, seeing the US military plane finally disappear from sight, everyone in the fleet breathed a sigh of relief: they finally sent the plague god away again. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Have you intercepted the enemy's telegram?" Crake asked uncomfortably.

"Intercepted, but can't be deciphered."

"It's probably the report ...... direction," Ozawa waved his hand, "The whole army turned, taking a course of 345 degrees, a speed of 20 knots, and we went to Newfoundland ......"

A loud voice interrupted the silence in the war room of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ......, "Bermuda reconnaissance plane has discovered the enemy fleet ......"

"Good!" Admiral Kim stood up excitedly and quickly took the telegram, glanced at it a few times, and then handed it to the others.

Other staff officers marked the position of the German fleet on a large map: "At about 17 o'clock in the evening, the center of the enemy fleet was located east-northeast of Bermuda, about 56 degrees west longitude, 37 degrees 11 minutes north latitude, about 1,000 kilometers from Bermuda, 1,600 kilometers from New York, and at 275 degrees and at a speed of about 17 knots at the time of discovery...... It is confirmed that it is the main force of the Axis Fleet, and the vast majority of capital ships are there. ”

"Did you send a group of attack planes?"

Arnold shook his head: "The range of the attack aircraft group against the sea is not enough, the only heavy bomber that can hit the top is not fast enough, and our army cannot launch a night attack, so it only strengthens the air defense alert and cannot attack." ”

Admiral Kim added: "The enemy is not a general, the combat range is well controlled, and now there is no way for our army to pick up this distance, and they can accelerate their advance after nightfall, and by tomorrow dawn they can reduce the distance to less than 500 kilometers, and then they can take the lead in attacking, and our army needs to conduct another reconnaissance to locate it." ”

"Where is Admiral Cunningham's fleet?"

"There are still more than 1,400 kilometers to go to Bermuda, and if they rush at full speed, they can reduce the distance to less than 800 kilometers tomorrow morning, and they can launch an attack on the enemy at noon or afternoon tomorrow."

Marshall nodded: "Now the problem is very critical, we must withstand the first wave of enemy attacks launched in the early morning, and then find their position as soon as possible......"

Eisenhower reminded: "Is it impossible to ignore the possibility that the enemy will attack New York or other large cities? ”

"Let me think about ......" Vice Admiral Jonas Ingram took his staff officer's pencil and sketched it on the map, and soon he drew a course that approximated the arc of the reverse tangent, "if this is done, the enemy can basically remain 1,200 kilometers away from Bermuda and attack the east coast at the same time, and an attack on the east coast is expected to be launched on the evening of the 28th or the early morning of the 29th." ”

Due to Admiral Ingersoll's inability to command operations and his own tiredness, Roosevelt planned to change his generals and consider transferring Nimitz back to his post, and the Pacific Fleet was directly under the command of Halsey.

Admiral King agreed, but he made a mistake in the personnel arrangement, given that the Pacific direction was equally important, and in the face of a competition for who would dominate the sea and land, MacArthur and Halsey, the two men with a temper of gunnery, were likely to quarrel directly, and Marshall also expressed concern about this. For the sake of balance and harmony on land and sea, Roosevelt believed that it was still necessary to equip the Pacific Fleet with a steady and serious person, and Nimitz himself also agreed, hoping that Halsey could be trained again, and personally recommended Vice Admiral Jonas Ingram, although Turner was also promoted to vice general, but his qualifications were not as good as Halsey, and Admiral King also agreed that Turner still needed to be sharpened, and if there were outstanding military exploits - such as the capture of Cape Verde, such as the attack on Cape Verde, other important positions could be arranged in the future. In the end, the Joint Chiefs of Staff reached a unanimous agreement and decided to make personnel adjustments after the battle in the Atlantic was over.

After listening to Ingram's analysis, everyone frowned a little, feeling that this matter was too tricky: Although a large number of air defense facilities had been set up on the East Coast, and the President had also said that he should not pay too much attention to the matter of air raids -- sooner or later, the American people would have to accept such a scene, this was a war, not two great powers, but everyone still hoped that the East Coast would be tested as few as possible.

Arnold thought for a long time and then replied: "Now that the initiative is in the hands of the German fleet, we can only be forced to defend passively, but at least we have the preliminary position of the other side, and Admiral Cunningham's fleet is also on the way, I am still confident of victory, I hope that the navy will deploy submarines and torpedo boats in the front, and strive to launch a wave of attacks on the enemy fleet in the early hours of tomorrow morning......"

This request is really difficult for a strong man, but Admiral Kim readily agreed.

Since the sunrise in Bermuda was about two hours earlier than in Washington, everyone in the Joint Chiefs decided to stay on the scene for the night, ready to fight the battle and wait for the Germans to come to their deaths.

As the minutes ticked by, the Bermuda airport was in full heat, and after nightfall, all the planes were ready, the air defense forces were fully prepared, and the radar room was specially staffed and waited intently for the German offensive to begin. Considering that the German army has the ability to conduct air strikes at night, in order to prevent the aircraft from being destroyed by the enemy on the ground, according to the predetermined plan, the aircraft will remain in a state of being ready to dispatch at any time to deal with emergencies, and assuming that the German army does not appear before 4 o'clock, the army aviation will be ready to take off first to seek the enemy.

Under such a night, the Axis fleet and the British and American aircraft carrier formations were rushing towards their destinations, but their directions were completely opposite and the distance was barely reduced.

The clock slowly crossed 1 o'clock, and Taylor, who was not sleepy, simply ran to the radar room to study the enemy situation with the professional sergeant, but found nothing but false alarms and blanks......

At 4 o'clock, the roar of the propeller broke the silence of Bermuda, and the heavy bombers began to take off first, then P51 fighters and TBF \ SBD and other attack aircraft against the sea, according to forecasts, the enemy fleet should be within 400-600 kilometers of Bermuda at this time, Taylor sent a telegram to Washington: "Our troops have not yet encountered air attacks, and the planes have taken off one after another, ready to seek the enemy's ......"

Arnold was equally busy directing large bomber sorties - what if the Germans were going to bomb the East Coast?

5 o'clock was missing, and before it was dawn, Admiral King and Marshall had all gathered in the conference room to wait for news, waiting for the damned Germans to come up.

However, they were doomed to disappointment, and one hour passed, two hours passed, until 8 o'clock when the sun had risen and the Germans were not called, and what was even more puzzling was that the Bermuda fleet reported no German fleet......

Everyone is asking: where did the Germans go? (To be continued.) )