Chapter 360: How did the German reconnaissance aircraft group suddenly appear here?
"Let him immediately lead his troops into Italy, and take over the military power of Italy, and all Italian soldiers who resist will be killed!"
Chen Yanlong was silent for a while, and then decisively gave an order. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"And find out where Mussolini was imprisoned? Let Rommel send soldiers to his rescue! This Italian prime minister is still very valuable to us, and we must not let him be killed by those Italian rebels like this! ”
"The Italians want to negotiate peace with the Anglo-American forces, and defect to us? Then I'm going to make them all pay a heavy price! While I won't stop others from having the right to choose, I will never show mercy to those who want to harm me or kill me! ”
Then Chen Yanlong also added in a cold tone.
Hearing Chen Yanlong's creepy words, the naval staff officer who was reporting to him suddenly trembled and responded in a panic.
Chen Yanlong didn't take the other party's fear to heart and didn't reply again; He just waved his hand very calmly, signaling the other party to retreat and carry out his order.
And the naval staff officer also obediently turned around and left immediately, and while he hurriedly left, Marshal Dönitz stood quietly beside Chen Yanlong and was silent thoughtfully, staring at all this.
"How long do we have to get to Sicily?"
Chen Yanlong suddenly asked Dönitz.
At the same time, he also looked at the high-definition nautical charts in the war room where he and Dönitz were located, where the names of the large islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the sea conditions were clearly marked.
For example, the large islands of Mallorca, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily in the Mediterranean; Crete, Cyprus and Rhodes are clearly marked, making it easy to see where you are chosen.
The Mediterranean Sea is due to the undulating seabed, ridges, and staggered distribution of ocean basins; Therefore, the Mediterranean Sea is also bounded by the Apennine Peninsula, and the line from Sicily to Tunisia in Africa, dividing the Mediterranean Sea into two parts: east and west.
At the same time, in the east and west parts, the Mediterranean Sea is divided into several small sea areas, namely the Ligurian Sea, the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Adriatic Sea, the Ionian Sea, the Aegean Sea, etc., with the three major peninsulas of southern Europe, as well as the islands of Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica.
Dönitz's aircraft carrier fleet was hidden in the small sea areas of the Aegean Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and when they received Chen Yanlong's order to attack, they gathered from these small sea areas to form a large aircraft carrier fleet that had always been strong, starting from Mallorca and heading for Sicily.
"There is still about half an hour to go, in fact, if it weren't for the fact that our speed was deliberately slowed down so low, then we would have already arrived in Sicily! Monarch! ”
Dönitz thought for a moment, then organized his own language and said cautiously.
"Hmmm! Never mind! We don't have to get to Sicily so quickly, or I'm afraid the British and American troops will be scared away by us! If that happens, then we're missing the chance to hit them hard! ”
Chen Yanlong smiled indifferently.
"Everything is at the command of the Führer!"
Seeing this, Dönitz also smiled relaxedly.
"By the way, have all our water reconnaissance planes been sent out to conduct reconnaissance?"
Chen Yanlong suddenly interjected the topic.
"Ten minutes ago, more than 30 planes were sent out to reconnoiter the situation of the British and American fleets!"
Dönitz replied with a nod.
"How's the scouting, what's the situation?"
Chen Yanlong asked.
"I'm also waiting for news from them! There should be news back soon! ”
Dönitz confessed.
"Hmmm! Then let's wait! Anyway, the Battle of Sicily has only just begun, and I am not in a hurry to show all our hole cards right now for the British and American troops to see! ”
Chen Yanlong smiled with satisfaction and said.
"The Führer is wise!"
Dönitz hurriedly chimed in.
And at this time, the British and American forces sent out for reconnaissance missions those O-62, O-58, SC "Sea Hawk"; and P2V, L-4 "Grasshopper", as well as British Mosquito and other types of reconnaissance aircraft, are also nervously scouting around.
"I'm the No. 3 machine, and I haven't found any trace of the German submarine forces, or the fleet!"
"I'm the 16th, and I haven't found the German navy!"
"I'm machine number 8, and I found nothing but a couple of ordinary fishing boats of the Italians! Even the seagulls in the sky are rare! ”
"Hey! I think it must be those German submarine forces who are shocked by our huge fleet and dare not bubble up! Because they are afraid that if we find out, they will be sunk by us and feed the fish! ”
"Of course! We have dispatched more than a thousand ships to the Sicilian landing this time, and even if the Germans are now blatantly sending hundreds of submarines over, we are not afraid of them at all! And let them have no return! ”
"That's right! It's better not to let me see those German submarines, or I'll let them try the power of my depth charges, and the power of the explosion! ”
"Tsk! Well said! Why don't we take a gamble too! It's up to whoever spots those bastard German submarines first and sinks them! ”
"Good! I agree! That's a great idea! ”
"I agree too!"
"I don't have a problem, but I feel like we should add one more requirement to the competition, and that is to see who sinks the most German submarines and who is the best winner!"
"Good! No problem, just decide! ”
"Good! Let's go find the German submarines waiting to be slaughtered! ”
"Hahaha! Good! Go to ...... right away."
In the vast sea, the pilots of those British and American water reconnaissance planes suddenly did not search for the German submarine force in the first place, so they began to bet with each other and discussed one after another.
At this time, the BV-141 and Fw-189, as well as the Ar-196 water reconnaissance plane sent out by Dönitz, were also flying not far in front of them.
"Huh! What type of aircraft is that, is it our reinforcements? ”
At this moment, suddenly the US pilot Grom was slowly piloting the SC "Sea Hawk" plane, and at the same time used the radio to ask his wingman in surprise.
"Suffer! It's the German Ar-196 water reconnaissance aircraft! And there are dozens of different types of reconnaissance aircraft behind it, so get ready to attack! ”
Hearing this, Tommy, the pilot of the plane, also stared at the sea and sky in front of him from his cockpit, and then when he saw clearly what type of plane appeared not far in front of them, he screamed in horror.
"What! It's a German reconnaissance plane! How did they suddenly appear here, didn't we come to choose their submarine forces? ”
Grom panicked in shock.
He had just despised the German submarine force, but at this moment, he was panicking, and for a while he did not know how to meet the German reconnaissance plane unit that was getting closer and closer.