"What! How so, isn't our transport fleet escorted by an escort fleet? ”

Hearing this, Eisenhower exclaimed in dismay.

"Damn the Germans!"

Admiral Cunningham, however, was vicious and invective.

But then the two of them immediately asked the operational staff officer who rushed in to report the situation to explain to them the ins and outs of the matter, especially about the size of the German submarines and the losses of their own transport fleet.

A quarter of an hour later, both Admiral Canning and Eisenhower had gloomy expressions on their faces, very solemn and angry.

Because the German submarine forces have successively inflicted heavy losses on their five transport fleets, almost all of them have been wiped out.

And they lost more than 150 ships at a time, and the military supplies and weapons and equipment and other important things loaded on these transport fleets were also heavy losses, and almost all of them were sunk into the sea and reduced to nothing.

"From the successive naval battles and even landing battles, we can see that our intelligence gathering is really too poor, and we have not grasped the naval movements of the German army at all, and such a result is very dangerous for every counteroffensive and combat operation and even transportation operation we have now! And it's a very serious and fatal crisis! ”

"So I think before we meet the attack of the German naval forces in Dönitz, we need to immediately send some personnel from the naval intelligence team to monitor the German navy's every move for us!"

After thinking for a moment, Cunningham said with a serious face.

"That's right! I agree with your proposal! And I feel that this matter needs to be done immediately to reduce the loss rate of our upcoming battle! ”

Eisenhower also nodded solemnly in agreement.

"Do you have any good talent introductions?"

Admiral Cunningham blurted out.

"Major Edwin Layton, Director of Intelligence for the Pacific Fleet, and Lieutenant Colonel Rochester!"

Eisenhower replied without thinking about it.

"They are ......."

Hearing two names that he didn't know at all, or even heard of, Cunningham stopped talking with a puzzled face.

"Both of them are the best officers of the Naval Intelligence Service under Admiral Nimitz, and the Battle of Midway relied on the intelligence team led by them to decipher the latest Japanese code, and discovered the location of the Japanese attack by monitoring the Japanese army's telegraph exchanges, so that our American troops can fully deploy in advance and defeat those damned Japanese troops in one fell swoop!"

Seeing the puzzled expression on the other party's face, Eisenhower explained proudly.

"Hmmm! The two of them are so powerful? I've never heard their names before! ”

After hearing this, Cunningham was slightly surprised.

"Because this is our internal confidential personnel! How can you casually reveal their identities? And our focus now is on the Atlantic, and how to open a second European theater of war to relieve the pressure on the Soviet army against the German army! ”

"So it's normal that you haven't heard of them for a while, and even if you hear about them, I don't think you pay too much attention to them with your identity and status, and you're still a British admiral!"

As soon as the words fell, Eisenhower immediately quipped in a joking tone.

"Hey! You say as if you're focusing on the big things and ignoring the little things! ”

Hearing this, Cunningham retorted feigned anger.

Eisenhower, however, shrugged his shoulders, smiled slightly, and then pulled out his favorite cigarette brand, and after giving him a cigarette, Cunningham, he smoked it as if he was in a heavy mood.

The two you just mentioned, can you send them here in the Mediterranean to help us defeat the Germans? ”

Cunningham glanced at Eisenhower, who seemed to be preoccupied, and he also asked with a few cigarettes.

"Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to say, because they are the two naval intelligence officers that Admiral Nimitz values the most, and it is difficult for him to release them, especially now that the Japanese army has received the aircraft carrier fleet and other weapons and equipment secretly supported by the German army, I am afraid that he will not want to let go of such a good lover!"

"At least if I were their immediate boss, I wouldn't be so easy to let go!"

"But I can use the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Marshall, Admiral Leahy, Admiral King, and Army Admiral Arnold to get me to borrow them for a short time!"

Eisenhower puffed out a puff of smoke and said with a wry smile.

"Hmmm! When do you plan to seconded them to collect information on the movements and movements of the German Navy? Dönitz's aircraft carrier fleet has already set sail for us, and we haven't found out exactly where they are! ”

As soon as the words fell, Cunningham immediately asked anxiously.

"Hey! We have already applied for their secondment in advance, but unfortunately now Nimitz and they are preparing to fight the Japanese battle of Gilbert and the battle of Munda Island, which is already in full swing, so he is only willing to send the intelligence director, Major Edwin Leiton, and a small part of his intelligence team to use for me for one to two months, as for Lieutenant Colonel Rochester and his team, they are still in the Pacific to collect intelligence and conduct intelligence warfare against Japan! ”

"Although I tried so hard to persuade and negotiate, in the end I could only be seconded to Major Leiden, but it is better to have talent than not to have talent!"

"Anyway, you have done a good job in British intelligence, can you find a way to send us more elites to assist Major Layton, who I finally seconded over, to conduct an intelligence war against Germany? Admiral Cunningham! ”

Seeing this, Eisenhower replied with sharp eyes.

"I'll figure it out, I'll ask our intelligence department five and six! Of course, I will also select some capable intelligence officers from our Navy's intelligence department to assist us in our intelligence war against Germany! ”

Admiral Cunningham narrowed his eyes and replied as if to challenge his abilities.

"Good! Then I'll wait for your good news, as for now I have to send a reconnaissance group to reconnoiter the movements of the German submarine group, as well as the exact hiding place of Dönitz's aircraft carrier fleet! ”

Eisenhower only smiled at Cunningham's sudden imposing response, and then after a few puffs of cigarette cigarettes, he relaxed a lot and said happily.

In this regard, Cunningham also showed a very confident smile to show a counterattack.

Soon after, a large number of British and American submarines and maritime patrol planes immediately left the port of Algiers and flew into the sparkling Mediterranean, heading for the possibility of Dönitz's aircraft carrier fleet and reconnoitring the hidden location.

Behind them there is a large forward fleet, which follows closely and supports them at any time.