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"Lieutenant Colonel, Tokyo Telegraph." A major in charge of intelligence liaison handed a copy of the telegram to Lieutenant Colonel Piper, Hersman's adjutant, who looked at him twice and immediately walked briskly to the conference room.

In the conference room, Chief of Staff of the Navy, William Brown. Senior General Messer is holding a baton and pointing to a map of the Atlantic Ocean as he reports to Wehrmacht's Chief of the General Staff Hersmann and Defense Minister Schleicher. Also present at the meeting were Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force Weaver, Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Front Kesselring, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Air Forces Richthofen and others.

"The construction of the base in the port of Belém has now entered the final stage, the docks in the port have been massively expanded, the number of large dry docks (in fact, floating dry docks) has reached six, three anti-submarine nets have been laid at the entrance to the Tocantins River, and a mine field has been set up to effectively prevent the penetration of American submarines."

"The Air Force and Naval Aviation have also built four divisional airfields near the port of Belém, which can deploy up to 2,000 aircraft, and a dedicated airfield for jets," said Admiral Messer, pointing to five aircraft markings near the port of Belém. He then slid his baton to Cayenne, Guyana, "where the engineering units of the Navy, Air Force and Naval Aviation have also been built on a long and large-scale scale, and there are currently docks for 20,000-ton freighters, 4 regimental airfields, including 1 for jet take-off and landing, 4 underground oil depots and 4 underground ammunition depots."

Air defense units were also deployed in large numbers to Belém and Cayenne. A total of 10 anti-aircraft regiments were deployed, with a large number of 128mm, 88mm, 40mm and 20mm anti-aircraft guns, and anti-aircraft turrets with fire control radars were built in key areas. can effectively combat the heavy bombers of the US military......

In addition, near Georgetown, in Guyana, near Venezuela, we have secretly built a large airport and a large number of defenses. ”

"William, let's talk about the brown scheme." Hersman waved his hand, he was not worried at all about the air defense of Belém and Cayenne, now the American B-29 is still concentrated in Australia for bombing Japanese-controlled oil fields, and the combat radius of the B-17 and B-24 is simply not enough to reach the port of Belém, at most one Cayenne.

However, the Americans never had an advantage over the Cayenne, and the Germans' Fw-190B/C/D and He219 were not easy to deal with, with good high-altitude performance and particularly powerful firepower.

In addition, there are anti-aircraft towers near the port and airport of Cayenne -- that is, fire control radar and 128mm heavy anti-aircraft guns are mounted on concrete towers, coupled with radio proximity fuses, which can effectively counter American heavy bombers.

Moreover, even if the port and airport of Cayenne had received a few more bombs and incendiary bombs, the German sappers there would have repaired them quickly, and it would not be a problem at all.

Hearing Hersman's question, William. Messer immediately got to the point: "At present, the preliminary preparations for the brown plan have been basically completed, and the troops, equipment, supplies, and ammunition prepared for the operation in the Americas have begun to be transferred. Troops, equipment and supplies for the first phase of operations are expected to be completed within 3-4 months.

In addition, the full-fledged combat readiness of the European Combined Fleet will also be completed within 3-4 months. At that time, the Combined European Fleet will take over the Roman Navy's Veneto, Litorio, Roma, and Empire. In addition, there will be a number of Kesselring-class aircraft carriers, Munich-class air defense cruisers, 1936 Type D destroyers and Type 21 submarines equipped with troops.

If the Japanese Combined Fleet can inflict heavy damage on the main forces of the US Navy in the Pacific Ocean, as agreed, then the probability of success of the brown scheme will be 100%. ”

Speaking of which, William. Messer frowned slightly, as if he was a little worried about the Japanese.

"You can rest assured that the Japanese will not dare to betray us, and we now have many cards to play." As Hersman finished speaking, his adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Piper, handed over the telegram from Tokyo.

Hersman took the telegram and looked at it, and laughed: "The Japanese have already drawn up a decisive battle plan, and are ready to use the method of attacking Midway Island to lure the enemy, and then use battleships to fight the US Pacific Fleet. ”

"Fight a battleship battle?" Richthofen of the German naval aviation was surprised to hear the news, "The Japanese are joking, right?" It's the Pacific Ocean! ”

"It would be nice if we could fight," Raeder took over, "the biggest obstacle in the operation of the Brown Plan, apart from the huge shore-based air forces deployed by the United States in Venezuela and the Caribbean islands, is the battleships on the American side. According to intelligence, the United States currently has four Iowa-class and one North Carolina-class (USS Washington) with 406mm guns. In addition, four Soviet-class ships belonging to the Soviet Union have also been moored in New York now. These nine giant battleships will pose a huge threat to our combat operations. ”

These 9 giant battleships with 406mm are not all that the United States has (or is able to control)! At this time, the five Montana-class battleships of the United States had already begun construction, and two more Iowa-class battleships had been launched and were currently being outfitted, and by the second half of 1945 or early 1946, all of these giant battleships would be ready for service.

At that time, the United States will own or control 16 super battleships!

On the German side, there were only 2 Hindenburg-class, 4 Schleicher-class, 3 Alsace-class and 3 Duke Alexander-class, a total of 12 super battleships with 406mm cannons. And the firepower and armor of these super battleships are simply not comparable to the American Montana class.

"It's just some outdated battleships." The commander of the German naval aviation, Admiral Richthofen, had a nonchalant expression, "Our television-guided missiles will soon be able to equip the troops, and no matter how many battleships the United States has, it will not be useful." ”

His opinion was the same as that of Hersman, otherwise Hersman would not have been converted into an aircraft carrier by four H41 battleships.

Both Raeder and Messer looked a little displeased at Richthofen's point of view - but Hersmann was used to such awkward scenes. The Germans are such rectums, they will tell you anything, and they will not hide it in their hearts.

"Battleships, of course, are useful!" "Unless a radar-guided missile can be developed, battleships will never be obsolete." ”

Radar-guided missiles are missiles in the true sense of the word, while television-guided missiles are just transitional products, and their limitations are too great. For example, TV guidance can only be used during the day, and there is no way to guide and control it when it is not visible at night.

In addition, television guidance is actually still a remote-controlled guide, and it cannot be "left alone," and someone must use remote-controlled equipment to operate the missile. Moreover, the signal transmission distance of the remote control device is limited, and there is no signal after more than 30 kilometers. As a result, television-guided missiles are simply not capable of over-the-horizon strikes -- this is not only a matter of signal transmission distance, but also a matter of target search.

Although Germany now has radars that can search for surface ships from the air, the radar can only detect an approximate one, and it is difficult to distinguish between aircraft carriers, battleships, and large cargo ships. If you "shoot blindly" according to the results of the radar search, it is very likely that the missile will not find the target at all (there is still a big deviation from the current radar). Therefore, an aircraft carrying a TV-guided missile must still fly to a distance where it can visually observe the enemy fleet before it can launch a TV-guided missile.

Therefore, what can really dodge is only the anti-aircraft artillery of the enemy's surface fleet, and it cannot dodge the enemy's interceptors at all.

"The Americans could have hid their battleship forces in the Caribbean Sea west of Trinidad. Use U.S. shore-based aircraft scattered across the Caribbean islands for cover, and use night cover to deliver a sudden and swift strike when we land on Trinidad. ”

Raeder quickly came up with a possibility to prove his point.

According to the Brown Plan, Trinidad was the island that the European coalition had to occupy, and only by occupying the island could the coalition open the door to attack Venezuela and the Caribbean.

And the U.S. military certainly knows this. Therefore, after the Germans entered Guyana, they immediately took control of the island of Trinidad, and also built a large number of airfields and bases on the island, and deployed thousands of shore-based aircraft there!

If there were more than a dozen super battleships armed with 406mm guns to defend them, the landing operation of the coalition forces would be very risky.

"Reich Marshal," Raeder said to Hersman in a very affirmative tone, "in the brown scheme, a battleship decisive battle is inevitable. And we must achieve a big victory, because in the comparison of the number of cruisers and destroyers, our inferiority cannot be compensated for by quality. ”

What Raeder meant was that if the battleships on both sides fought and both sides lost, then it would be useless to fight cruisers and destroyers below. According to intelligence, now the United States has no less than 70 cruisers in service and under construction! There are as many as 900 destroyers and escort destroyers under construction and in service......

Moreover, the cruisers and destroyers of the Americans are not badly built, and the mass-produced "Munich" class air defense cruisers and 1936 Type D destroyers on the European side are no better than their American counterparts, and the number is much less.

Therefore, the European Combined Fleet must not lose and cannot afford to lose in the competition at the level of battleships!

Raeder concluded: "At present, our superiority lies in the army and aviation, and the large surface ships are only evenly matched, and even if the factor of remote-controlled missiles is considered, there is no certainty of victory." As for medium- and light-duty surface warships, our side has too great a disadvantage, and if it cannot win a big victory in the contest of large surface warships, the United States can give full play to its numerical superiority in medium- and light-duty surface warships.

In addition, in terms of submarines, our Type 21 submarines have a large technological lead and can pose a large threat to the enemy's surface fleet...... "

"Report!" Raeder's words were suddenly interrupted by a report, and a staff officer had already walked into the conference room, "I just received a report from the Naval Observation Mission in Japan that the Japanese Combined Fleet is leaving the anchorage of Zeju Island, and they are going to a decisive battle with the US Navy!" ”