Schmidt always looks at the problem so simply and clearly, things are really so simple, Britain's home fleet may be low-key for a short period of time, but Britain's strong shipbuilding capacity should not be underestimated, if you add the colonies and the United States "blood transfusion", Britain's loss of those main warships can also be quickly made up.

And now it is impossible for Britain to use warships to besiege Li Mo, so Britain can only use the air force, and it is a roadbed air force, because there is no usable aircraft carrier in Britain now.

"Let me tell you so! If the British were going to attack us with roadbed aircraft, where should their planes be deployed? ”

Li Mo didn't plan to ink with the two brothers, and it was much better to ask them some tactical questions directly. Now Stephen and Schmidt have a clue, and this tactical problem is their forte.

After Stephen and Schmidt found the clue, they began to lean over on the sand table and began to carefully check the map, and even people whispered from time to time to discuss, ten minutes later, whether the two had a result, Schmidt first said to Li Mo:

"Commander-in-chief, we think that if Britain wants to retaliate against us with roadbed aircraft, it will definitely choose the Norwegian Sea."

"Oh! Is there a reason? ”

Li Moke is not very familiar with the air force, especially the airports in Norway are even more blind, but Schmidt is different, all the military airports in Europe are in his mind, this is a tactical air force commander must have the quality, even if the situation of the airports in these neighboring countries, Schmidt is also clear, how big each airport is, where is the specific location, how many planes can be accommodated, Schmidt can recite it like a stream, the quality of the German officer is really good.

"Tell me your reasons, my brother."

After listening to Schmidt's words, Li Mo hurriedly came to the edge of the sand table and listened to Schmidt explain the reason:

"Commander-in-chief, you see, we have to pass through a total of four lands all the way from the Atlantic Ocean back to the port of Kiel in Germany, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, we have now passed through the first two land, both of which are islands, there are not many airfields on the islands, and there are not many planes on the islands, and our entire aircraft carrier group can have nearly 500 planes, and the British will not send a small number of planes to send them to death.

The only remaining Danish and Norwegian remains, but Denmark is too close to the German mainland for a large number of British planes to be there, which would surely let our intelligence know that the British would most likely not choose to attack from Denmark.

Norway does not share a border with Germany, there is also a sea cut, and several large military airfields in Norway are in the mountains, which are easy to hide, so we conclude that the British can only attack us from Norway. ”

After listening to Schmidt's words, Li Mo also thought about it while looking at the map, and after a long time, Li Mo raised his head and said to Stephen and Schmidt:

"Send a telegram to the High Command and immediately mobilize the intelligence officers of Denmark and Norway to find out whether there are a large number of British planes stationed in the two countries, and ask the High Command to preemptively and mercilessly strike at these British planes with bad intentions.

Another point is the task assigned to you, the entire aircraft carrier anti-air attack mission is your responsibility, I will not interfere, I now authorize the two of you, anyone who can deploy the entire formation. ”

Li Mo has always been like this, don't blindly command what you are not good at, just grasp the strategic direction by yourself, and leave the specific affairs to the best people to do! Li Mo thinks that he is no worse than Liu Bang, who was born as a gangster, and he also has his own set of employing people to recognize people.

"Commander-in-chief, let me remind you of one thing, Norway is more than 800 kilometers away from the nearest airport in Germany, and if Denmark is not used as a springboard, German planes and bombers will not want to attack Norwegian airfields."

"Oh!" Li Mo almost forgot about this matter, Germany's attack on Norway in history, that is, after conquering Denmark first, now at such a long distance, with Germany's short plane range, it is really impossible to attack the Norwegian airport, and at this time, it is impossible to attack the Norwegian airport, Germany will immediately launch a "blitzkrieg" against Poland, and it must not provoke all European countries at this time, so it can only rely on Li Mo and them to save themselves.

After the task was issued, Li Mo was relaxed, Stephen and Schmidt went to busy their respective preparations, Stephen's task was to command the formation and anti-submarine of the entire aircraft carrier formation, and Schmidt overhauled all the aircraft, in order to ensure that the entire aircraft carrier formation had enough fighters, Schmidt even ordered that most of the JU87 of all aircraft carriers be included in the hangar, leaving only a few JU87 for anti-submarine use. The vast majority of the aircraft parked on all aircraft carriers are BF109 fighters.

This is an anti-air raid operation, not to attack the enemy's base or fleet, the JU87 is a slow-flying dive bomber is not much use, the entire aircraft carrier formation in the anti-air attack operation JU87's only role is anti-submarine, this role is also very important, you must know that the vast majority of Germany's aircraft carriers are converted from merchant ships, and a torpedo will be severely damaged or finished. Therefore, the anti-submarine mission of the JU87 is also the most important duty of the entire aircraft carrier formation.

The time soon came on September 3, 39, and Li Mo fled at full speed with the aircraft carrier formation for three days and three nights, and had already sailed to two hundred nautical miles off the coastline of Norway. The Faroe Islands are more than 400 kilometers away from the Norwegian coast, and 200 kilometers is already the most central position, and if British planes want to take off from Norwegian airfields to attack Limer's aircraft carrier formation, they must also attach auxiliary fuel tanks, which will undoubtedly reduce the bomb load of their planes. Even if there is one less bomb, it will be a lot of burden reduction for Li Mo's aircraft carrier formation.

After the aircraft carrier formation entered this sea area, Li Mo ordered an increase in the number of patrol planes, and the search range was also extended to 200 nautical miles, which means that the patrol planes sent by Li Mo were almost patrolling the Norwegian coast. If a swarm rushes towards Norway, it will never escape the surveillance of patrol aircraft.

At about 7 o'clock in the morning, the patrol plane reported that it had found two American merchant ships in formation, and the patrol plane asked for instructions on how to deal with it, which stumped Li Mo, the United States was the biggest boss in World War II, not only the strongest in terms of comprehensive national strength, but also the world's leading scientific and technological strength, and Germany did not have an absolute advantage in Europe before it did not, it was better not to provoke the United States, a big *oss, if it really wanted to provoke, it would only be Germany that had to kill itself.

"Use the international public channel to tell them that our side is conducting a military exercise, and ask them to change the route."

Ten minutes later, the patrol plane sent another report, saying that the US merchant ships refused to change their course, that this was an international route, and that we had no right to order them to change course. Now Li Mo understands that this Yankee is here to explore the specific location of his aircraft carrier formation, and they are simply wearing the same pants as the British, and the important thing is that Li Mo can't take the two merchant ships of the Yankees

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