At the end of July and the beginning of August, when the only armored corps of the US Army was fighting with the German and Mexican forces in the south, the US Navy's airship unit, known as the world's first air fleet, did not send even a single airship squadron to participate in the battle, which directly led to the US armored forces fighting in the absence of air cover, and about one-third of the tanks and half of the armored vehicles were blown up by the Luftwaffe.

After the Battle of Oklahoma and the Battle of Dallas, the U.S. War Department took aim at the Admiralty, and the Admiralty's response was the same: "We must concentrate as many airships as possible for more important military operations!" ”

On 6 August, with great expectations from the government and the people, 389 airships took off from 16 large airship bases in the northeastern United States.

Olaf Palace, Berlin, Germany.

The huge airship formation assembled over Maine did not escape the sight of German spies and long-range reconnaissance planes, and when the overwhelming airships crossed the US-Canadian border, Air Secretary Zeckert came to the palace with this information, and the chief of intelligence, Hiffert, was already standing in front of Chentian one step ahead of him.

"It's very clear that the U.S. military is trying to destroy our airbase in Newfoundland by airship bombing, and if nothing else, Britain and Canada will do the same!"

Chen Tian's tone was calm, as if he had expected it, and seemed to be disdainful. Without waiting for Hifert and Zechter to answer, he turned to the little crown prince Andres standing beside him, "What do you think?" My little military strategist! ”

Andres blinked his eyes and said clearly in his very green voice:

"Father, the war has been going on for a month, and the Americans have lost two extremely important land battles. The navy and air force are also only in a state of existence. If we can seal the win in the air this time, we won't be far away! ”

Hiffert's spotless indifference finally took on a smiling expression, and Zecht looked approvingly at the little heir to the throne of the Empire.

12 years old, it's not big, it's not small, in another world, when Chen Tian was 12 years old, he was already a teenager full of general's dreams, in this world. By the age of 12, he had already learned a great deal of valuable knowledge from the Königsberg Military Academy, and it was probably too early to become a general, but it was more than enough to serve in the General Staff.

"It's 5:10 p.m. Berlin time, which is 11:10 a.m. EST. If there is no strong wind or thunder or anything, the US airship formation will arrive on the island of Newfoundland in about 13 hours, and it will be late at night! ”

The two in front of him didn't know what Chen Tian wanted to express for a while, and little Andres, who was standing beside him, tried to think with his little head, and it may be a bit demanding to ask a 12-year-old boy to think like an ordinary person, but Chen Tian hopes that his heir will learn to think comprehensively from an early age. So from the planning before the German-American war to the deployment after the war. Chentian often keeps Andres by his side. Even if you can't learn strategic tactics and arranging troops at once, you can still be exposed to it from an early age, and this is the fine tradition of the Prussian royal family.

"Flying at night is the same as walking at night. To reach the destination, a conspicuous signage is very important, just like the radio beacons we have placed in major cities in the United States, without which the bomber group may deviate 5 kilometers, 10 kilometers or even mistakenly drop bombs on another city! So, the Americans also need such a night sign, otherwise they will fight our fighters head-on during the day! ”

As he said this, Chen Tian gently pulled little Andres's right hand with his left hand, and of course, this small movement hidden behind the desk was invisible to Hiafert and Zecht.

"Your Majesty's words are extremely true. The Americans, perhaps, did not expect that our fighters could still take to the air at night! Zeckert said with some pride that after all, the Luftwaffe can be said to have been established by him, although he was initially invited by Chentian rather than actively asked to serve as the chief of the Air Force's General Staff, but his excellent organization and coordination ability did make a great contribution to the development of the Air Force.

"General, you need the assistance of a ground searchlight to take off at night!" Chen Tian's tone was soothing and a little humorous to remind Zecket, "We don't want to be Americans to provide signboards!" ”

Zeckert laughed dumbly, if it weren't for the Kaiser's words, he would probably have made a big mistake.

"The Americans are not stupid, after the Southern Campaign. They have more or less realized the disadvantages of airships in front of fighters, but the airship units that invested heavily in the construction before the war are not useless, and the range and load capacity are still their characteristics. Chen Tian said in a calm but serious voice, of course, the simple truth was not specifically explained to the two ministerial-level figures in front of him.

"Your Majesty means ......" Zecht did not speculate again this time.

"On the one hand, the bases and facilities on the island have implemented strict lighting control, hiding Newfoundland in the dark, as long as the US military airship flies at high altitude, it is not so easy to find an island with black lights and blind fire! On the other hand, collect as many ships as possible and put them on the sea east of Newfoundland, wait for the American airships to come, let them light up their lights and disguise them as towns and bases, plus some searchlights, air raid sirens and anti-aircraft fire, the Americans will most likely mistake it for Newfoundland and drop bombs! Chentian's tactical thinking was not his own injury, the British protected their important ports in World War II in history, and it is said that the leader was an extremely famous magician.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Zecht was indeed convinced, and the grim Hiafert smiled again, though it was not very pretty.

"Don't rush to say compliments, there are more important things to come!" Chen Tian still had the same tone of strategy, "Put more things on the ship that can burn and smoke, it will look more like a land target that has been bombed." When the American airships return home after bombing, our anti-aircraft guns on Newfoundland can start to pack them up, and when they fly over Newfoundland, our fighter planes will be dispatched again, and even if it is dawn, our long-range fighters can still chase and fight, ensuring that the Americans will never forget this experience for the rest of their lives! ”

"Yes!"

After Shiffert and Zecht left. Chen Tian gently stroked Andres's little head, "My little prince, have you gained anything today?" ”

"Well, Father is really powerful!" Andres raised his head with a look of adoration, "How can my father know so many things?" ”

"Read more, study more, huh!" Chen Tian took a German version of Sun Tzu's Art of War from his hand. "Now you can start reading this book, apply what you have learned, apply what you have learned, and if you don't understand anything, you can ask me, or you can ask General Glasses and General Mustache, who like you very much!"

"Hmm!" Andres nodded earnestly.

"By the way, what has your sister been busy with these past two days?"

"Learn Chinese!"

"Oh? It's a hard language to learn! ”

Chen Tian said thoughtfully, it seems that Sasha heard so many stories about the East when she was a child, so that she has always wanted to travel to China, but unfortunately, the situation in China was still very chaotic in the 20s. On the one hand, there are warlords. On the one hand, the revolution is surging, and it is no wonder that the Japanese government and army have always had ill intentions towards this rich country, and this time they took advantage of the opportunity of the German-American war. The Japanese are going to be impatient again. For Chentian and Germany, now is indeed the time to look eastward - the situation on land and air is very good, the United States Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk and the United States Pacific Fleet withdrawn from Hawaii still exist here, and the Americans will inevitably try to merge these two powerful sea forces into one, so this situation will not last long, and the decisive battle must be in August.

Chentian's instructions were soon transmitted from Berlin to Newfoundland by secret telegram, and the German officers and men stationed on the island of Newfoundland quickly entered combat readiness, and the crew pushed fighter and attack aircraft from the runway and open hangar to the reinforced concrete anti-bomber hangar, and the pilots' leave was canceled, and everyone gathered in the combat command room to receive combat orders.

Around airports and strategic locations on the island of Newfoundland. The 32 anti-aircraft batteries of anti-aircraft guns were already pointing their heads up at the sky, and the Dornier heavy bombers all took off to carry out bombing missions on the US mainland before the arrival of the US airship group, so as not to be affected by the two sides in the event of a battle, and if the base on Newfoundland was damaged, they could fly to the base in Guadeloupe, where there were as many as six large airfields!

At dusk, a camouflaged flotilla of two destroyers, four gunboats, five patrol boats, and 57 fishing boats of various types, with many light bulbs hanging from them, gathered five nautical miles east of Newfoundland. They will be powered by generators or batteries - these things are borrowed from the air defense units and barracks on the island, of course, there are borrowed and never returned, and destroyers, gunboats, and patrol boats are also operated by German naval officers and sailors who have volunteered to stay, after all, it is an extremely dangerous thing to attract bombs from American airships, and in order to show more realistically, these ships cannot move at will during the bombing, the searchlights must be turned on, and the anti-aircraft artillery will not stop firing at the air. In addition, the ship was temporarily equipped with a number of simple hand-cranked air defense sirens, which on the one hand could attract a group of US airships, and on the other hand, the terrible sirens could somewhat drown out the sound of some bombs making splashes, and a large amount of gasoline and wet firewood were also stored on the fishing boats according to the order.

Although Scheer's fleet had left the sea five days earlier, there was still a sizable fleet stationed in the harbor of St. John's, led by the battlecruiser "Thessaloniki", with the participation of 1 escort carrier, 2 heavy cruisers, 5 light cruisers, 11 destroyers, and Bi submarines. After nightfall, the fleet also sailed out of the harbor to maneuver in the nearby seas, and the deck of the escort aircraft carrier "Herman" was lined with neatly lined fighters.

Hundreds of kilometers away, the huge American airship formation continued to move towards its goal, and the British agreed to form a large arrow with fires and fireworks on the Nova Scotia Peninsula, and the direction indicated by the arrow was Newfoundland across the Cabot Strait.

At 8 o'clock that night, on the leading American airship, the crew could already see the first signpost provided by the British allies, and the eye-catching arrows extended from the west side of the Nova Scotia Peninsula to the easternmost side, and from there flew 200 kilometers northeast to Newfoundland Island, where a large number of Luftwaffe were stationed. But the P-4 fighter pilots were still gearing up. Everyone wants to vent the stuffiness in their chests.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, the first American airship flew over the Cabot Strait, the wide gap between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and the crew on it began to use binoculars to pluck the sea, they were not very worried about missing the huge island of Newfoundland, as long as they flew in this direction for two hours, how could they fly over Newfoundland. What the US officers and men were most worried about was the powerful German air force, which had wiped out the powerful air power of the southern United States in just one day, and this time they were not going to allow themselves to bomb Newfoundland, which had been so hard to capture.

Immediately behind the first airship. It is a huge airship formation that has ever pinned the heaviest hopes on, and if it wins, the United States will be able to get a certain respite and the morale of the military and civilians will rise, and if it is defeated, the whole country will not be far from defeat.

Flying too low is very easy to be attacked by German ground fire, and may even hit a mountain peak, flying too high is not conducive to finding targets, just like that, the heavy air fleet floated at an altitude of 2,800 meters with a slight engine sound.

As time passed, the whole island of Newfoundland was dark and silent, and the German officers and men were full of energy with wide eyes and ears pricked up. On the sea east of the island. The camouflage fleet was already lit up, and from a thousand meters in the sky, the stars seemed to be many villages. All the ships, including the two destroyers, have been anchored in the interior, and it is very worthwhile to make a little sacrifice if we want to inflict heavy damage on this US airship unit.

Under the faint starlight, huge "black clouds" finally drifted from the southwest, and the darkness hid their oppressive momentum, but the German officers and soldiers on the ground still couldn't help but raise their hearts to their throats, lest the other party see through their plans.

At 11:30, when the first bomb fell near the camouflage flotilla from an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, many people finally breathed a sigh of relief.

For more than two hours, nearly 300 US airships dropped bombs on the surface of the sea where air defense sirens sounded, searchlights swept back and forth, and anti-aircraft guns fired desperately. For the first time, the "Thunder" shelled airship with a 105-mm short-barreled gun to bombard a German target, and only the "Beechcraft" carrying fighters and the "Mother Eagle" carrying fighters silently watched the battle.

During the entire bombing process, only three American airships were hit by German anti-aircraft fire, and when the last bomb fell, all the American officers and men felt the tension and then relaxed, the German fighters actually did not take to the air to intercept them, and the "ground" was even more bombed and caught fire everywhere.

Not a single American realized. Next up will be the festival of the Germans, the Turkey Hunt Festival!

When the U.S. airship began to return, the searchlight on the island of Newfoundland was turned on, and under the illumination of the pillar of light, the huge airship could not be seen in the sky. Immediately afterwards, a very dense cannon sound sounded on the ground, and the 30-mm and Nai-mm anti-aircraft guns of the German anti-aircraft batteries opened fire in unison, and the shells with thermite and yellow phosphorus were not only a great threat to the wooden-skinned aircraft, but also fatal to the airship filled with hydrogen. On the night of the grand turkey hunting festival, the whole island of Newfoundland was magnificent, anti-aircraft shells blooming like fireworks dotted the night, one after another American airships lit up the night sky with dazzling fireballs, German officers and soldiers happily loaded shells, and American sailors panicked.

Anti-aircraft fire on the island of Newfoundland shot down 81 U.S. airships and damaged six helium-filled airships before the U.S. airships climbed and fled, and there were only 17 of them in the United States.

After the anti-aircraft fire stopped, the lights on the German airfield were brightly lit, and after the US airship dropped bombs, the crew pushed the fighters out of the hangar again, and the Junkers-Heinkel fighters of the three squadrons immediately took off in pursuit.

In the next two hours, more than 70 German land-based fighters and 15 carrier-based fighters flying from the sea shot down 144 US airships with special bullets mixed with high-explosive bullets and white-scale bullets, and only 2 were shot down and 5 were damaged.

When dawn came, the remaining more than 100 US airships had fled to the skies over Canada more than 300 kilometers, and at this time, the "Black Hawk DD" of one squadron took off. Although this long-range, high-firepower heavy fighter is not as flexible as a single-engine, single-wing fighter, but it is very good at dealing with large targets such as airships and bombers, with a steerable 2x20mm cannon and a 2x7 mounted in the nose. The 92-mm machine gun is capable of attacking air targets directly in front at a distance of 1500 meters, covering 2x7 in the rear upper hemisphere. The 92mm machine gun was also capable of disemboweling the US airship, and in the morning light, one after another on fire fell on Canadian soil. After a fierce air battle, only about 40 airships of the US military returned to their home bases exhausted and frightened.

After this campaign, the US air force was completely reduced to a role of incompetence, and the next goal of the German army was to completely destroy the fighting spirit of the Americans -- the existence of the Atlantic Fleet and the Pacific Fleet had become the last psychological defense line of the US government, the army, and the people.