"Boom, boom, boom......"

With a dull roar, several water columns more than ten meters high suddenly rose on the sea less than 2,000 meters away from the beach near Port of Spain, and at the same time, several huge waves of two or three meters high also surged on the sea near the water column, rushing onto the beachhead at a very fast speed and crashing on the golden sand. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Damn it!" Seeing the scene of the huge waves crashing on the beach, the tall little George, wearing a straight military uniform, and the steel helmet on his head was impressively inlaid with four golden five-pointed stars. Smith. Admiral Patton couldn't help but curse.

"Admiral," Patton's staff officer, Major General Garfield, also frowned, and he had the submarine bomb explosion test organized by him today, the purpose of which was to test the possibility of a "tsunami bomb." "A tsunami bomb is entirely possible, we only used 2,000 kilograms of explosives to explode such a force, and if the explosion is 10 times more powerful, it is entirely possible to produce a huge wave of 10-20 meters."

"I've seen it all!" Admiral Patton gritted his teeth, "The Germans really have a good thing, can our beachhead fortifications withstand a tsunami of 10-20 meters?" ”

Assistant Chief of Staff Guy said to Patton, "Admiral, most of our fortifications are strong and should be protected from the lapping of the waves, but they are not waterproof, and the fortifications are low, and I am afraid they will be flooded......"

Before the concept of "tsunami bombs" appeared, no one would have thought of building any "waterproof fortifications", and they did not know how to repair them, so the fortifications placed by the US military on the beachhead and near the beachhead on the island of Trinidad would be flooded. Even if the fortifications hadn't collapsed, the American GIs inside would have definitely become drowned ghosts.

Patton said in his heart: Fortunately, the intelligence services of the Soviet Union and the United States obtained information in time, otherwise the Third Army would have died at least tens of thousands of people as soon as the tsunami bomb went off! If you really want to die like that, how can the battle continue?

"Then build an additional reserve position 5,000 meters behind the first line of beachhead......" Admiral Patton did not dare to say anything about "let the enemy defend, and we will attack" now, and could only find a way to reduce the losses of the troops when they were attacked by German black technology weapons. "Build another embankment in front of the prepared position, the height is ...... 3 meters, is 3 meters enough? ”

"This ......"

Major General Garfield and Colonel Guy looked at each other and shook their heads. Tsunamis are not taught at West Point and the Army Military Academy, and there may not be tsunami courses at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Rear Admiral Garfield said: "There should be experts in this area in the country, and they can be invited to Trinidad." ”

"Then hurry up and please! This cannot be delayed. Patton immediately ordered.

"Admiral," Colonel Guy reminded, "the beachhead has a large number of obstacles and mines in addition to fortifications, and many anchor mines and magnetic mines under the surface of the sea near the beachhead. If it is swept away by a tsunami, I am afraid it will be cleaned up. ”

"!" Barton cursed again. But there was nothing he could do but scold. Can the defenders of the beachhead move a place to hide from the tsunami, but can they still move mines, mines, barbed wire, etc.? And even if you move away, you won't have time to put it back after the tsunami is over. The landing force of the Germans will certainly not wait that long!

"And Tobago!" At this time, General Patton himself added, "This island is 300 square kilometers, and there is a large area of flat land in the west of the island where an airport can be built, and there is a good port in the capital Scarborough. Once in German hands, it turned into another Niihau. We're in big trouble then......"

General Patton, who commanded ground operations on the Hawaiian Islands, was deeply impressed by the bloody battle on Niihau Island, which he believed was the key to the Second Battle of the Hawaiian Islands. After the U.S. military seized the island, it expanded the airfield on the island and deployed a large number of P-47s and P-51s, making it possible to fight a war of attrition with the Japanese air force.

The situation on Tobago is more favourable than on Niihau. The island has a natural harbor that makes it easy to transport equipment and supplies to the island. Moreover, the Americans have also built a large number of airfields in the western part of the island, and even if they are damaged, the foundation is still there, and it will not be difficult to repair them.

"Alright," Admiral Patton shook his head, "get me a C-69, and I'm going to fly to Washington...... Now we have to get the Pentagon to provide us with more reinforcements. ”

……

"The tsunami bomb verification test was successful?"

On the second day after Admiral Patton watched the test of a simulated tsunami bomb with his own eyes, the Chief of Staff of the President of the United States, William Patton. It was in the Pentagon that Leahy heard the "bad news," and it was Patton himself who had come to tell him about it.

"That's right." "This damn tsunami bomb is probably real, the sappers of the 3rd Army have tried it several times, and they have been successful, and on one occasion I have seen with my own eyes that 2,000 kilograms of explosives can blow up a wave two or three meters high and crash against a beach, which is 10 times more powerful...... In short, the beachhead is very difficult to hold now! ”

"Can't hold the beachhead?" Army Chief of Staff Marshall has also studied landing and anti-landing operations, and defending the beachhead is definitely the first choice for the defending side, even if the enemy has battleships that can bombard the beachhead!

"Can you hold it then?" Chief of Naval Operations Admiral King asked Patton.

"As far as ground operations are concerned, the problem is not very big." "I have a large number of tanks on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, more than 3,000 of them, including many M-36 tank destroyers that are large enough to fight the Tiger tanks and E-50 tanks. Therefore, it is possible to launch a counterattack with armored forces and drive the landing enemy into the sea.

But the Germans would support their landing force with surface ships and aircraft, especially aircraft, which in turn had many superior ground attack aircraft. Recently in the Amakuro Delta, our men suffered from the Il-2. ”

Presidential Chief of Staff William. Leahy glanced at Henry, who was present. Arnold. Arnold was also embarrassed, he had already mobilized too many P-51s from Newfoundland and eastern Canada to reinforce the Caribbean theater. If the P-51 were to be mobilized, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia would be too empty.

"Don't worry too much about Newfoundland and Nova Scotia." Admiral Leahy understood Arnold's thoughts, "All the intelligence indicates that Trinidad is the target of the Germans. ”

"Well, I'll draw as many more P-51 squadrons as I can," Arnold still didn't dare to spare both the P-51s in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, and only dared to draw out another third, "and draw 15 more squadrons." ”

"It's not enough." "There have been several major air battles over the islands of Trinidad and Tobago," Barton muttered, "and the fighter squadrons have suffered heavy losses and are now seriously understaffed." ”

"I'll make it up." Arnold assured that "the establishment will be completed by April." ”

"April?" Barton realized something right away. "Is this the most likely time to attack?"

"That's how the current intelligence goes." "A Russian Guards tank division will be deployed in late March-early April," Raisi said. We estimate that this tank division is the second group to land on the island of Trinidad. Therefore, it is estimated that the time for the enemy to launch the landing will be around the beginning of April. ”

Marshall added: "The actions taken by the Germans in the Amarcuro Delta should also have coincided with the April offensive." They will have several front-line airfields in the Amakuro Delta that can take off and land the Il-2 and Fokker Zero. ”

"If that happens, our aviation will be even weaker." Barton looked worried.

Leahy glanced at Chief of Naval Operations, Ernest Brown. Kim immediately said: "The navy will send aircraft carriers to support!" ”

"Sortie of aircraft carriers?"

"Yes, our large fleet carriers will come out of the nest!" Ernest. Kim said in a slightly agitated tone, "By the beginning of April, we will have 14-15 large fleet aircraft carriers ready for operation." These carriers will carry more than 1,200 warplanes!

In addition, the Navy will also dispatch more than 30 escort aircraft carriers to assist in the war. In total, there will be more than 2,000 carrier-based aircraft! ”

Hearing that there would be 2,000 carrier-based aircraft to help in the war, General Patton's hanging heart finally calmed down. Although the performance of American carrier-based aircraft is not as good as that of shore-based aircraft, nor is it as good as that of the Germans, the number of 2,000 aircraft can make up for the weakness in performance. Moreover, in the Caribbean theater, the number of US fighters has always been much larger than that of its opponents.

"And we're going to send a huge force of surface ships!" Ernest. A confident smile appeared on King's long, old-fashioned face, "Although the Germans sank nine of our battleships with their missiles, we still have the largest surface fleet in the world, and we have far more cruisers and destroyers than the so-called Combined European Fleet. In addition, we have countless torpedo boats. So in near-sea operations, the US Navy still has an advantage.

And we also have the high-performance 'Bat' radar-guided glide bomb, which can now be carried by at least 1,500 large aircraft of the Army and Navy. So every night after the start of the landing operation will be a nightmare for German transport ships! ”

It turned out that these days, after determining the main direction of attack of the Germans, the Americans also formulated their decisive battle plan, codenamed "Operation Liberty", and planned to dispatch more than 10,000 aircraft, hundreds of thousands of ground troops, thousands of surface ships and the invading European joint expeditionary force to have a head-on confrontation in the waters of Trinidad and Tobago.