"There are at least 9 large fleet carriers, 9 super battleships, and an unknown number of Independence-class light carriers and escort carriers. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIn addition, there are at least several thousand shore-based aircraft of all kinds on the islands of the Windward Islands, the Borean Islands, Puerto Rico and Trinidad...... At least on paper, the Americans have an overwhelming advantage! ”

Admiral Raeder looked at the report of the 10th Submarine Group that had just been forwarded by the Atlantic Front Command, and his face became extremely serious -- the U-2511, a subordinate of the 10th Submarine Group, had spotted eight large fleet aircraft carriers with a periscope three hours earlier, escorted by dozens of destroyers, entering the western entrance to the Panama Canal. If you count the other large aircraft carrier (the Enterprise) that passed through the canal before, the number of large fleet aircraft carriers of the US military in the Atlantic Ocean has reached at least nine.

And the only large fleet aircraft carriers of the European Combined Fleet in the Atlantic Ocean are the Zeppelin, Peter. Strasser, Prussia, Bohemia and Austria and 5 ships.

In terms of having super battleships, the Americans had at least 9 in the Atlantic, while the combined European fleet had 10 (2 Hindenburg-class, 2 Bismarck-class, 3 Richelieu-class and 3 Veneto-class), but these battleships were inferior to the 4 Iowa-class of the United States in terms of firepower and protection, so they did not have an advantage in battleship decisive battles.

In addition, because the Atlantic waters near Guyana are close to heavily defended islands, the U.S. military also has an overwhelming advantage in the number of shore-based aircraft.

"Without overwhelming superiority on paper, how dare the Americans fight us in a decisive battle?" With the support of the "two bombs" of missiles and atomic bombs, Hirschmann is very confident, and he said with a smile: "In my opinion, we still have to give them a little more chance of winning!" Let Task Forces 30 and 31 go directly to the waters near Georgetown to obtain. ”

As soon as he said this, Raeder and Messer, the chief of staff of the Navy, were shocked. Raeder glanced at the situation map of the Atlantic battlefield and took a deep breath: "Use 5 aircraft carriers, 6 battleships, and 2 missile ships of the 2nd Fleet to fight almost the entire US Navy, if ......"

"No ifs!"

Before Raeder could finish his words, Hersman had already interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "Marshal, after we have TV-guided remote-controlled missiles, those battleships and aircraft carriers of the Americans are outdated. So the 20th and 21st task forces already have enough strength to destroy the main force of the U.S. Navy. Now the question is just how to direct the main forces of the US Navy outside their shore-based aircraft protection circle, or to the edge of the shore-based aircraft protection circle. ”

Although Task Force 20 has only two missile ships and can only launch 40 Reaper-2 anti-ship missiles at a time (with 40 spare bombs), this 2.5-ton giant missile is so powerful that even one of the Iowa-class battleships will be severely damaged.

As long as 25% of the 40 missiles launched at one time hit, the Americans' nine super-battleships can spread an average of one, which is enough for them to dock for several months...... If the remaining 20 battleships of the 6th Task Force hadn't killed them all!

So Hirsman was not worried at all about not winning the war, all he was worried about now was that there was no way to lure out the American fleet.

"Marshal, where should we fight the Americans?" When Hersman asked, his eyes were fixed on Bermuda, which is located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, more than a thousand kilometers off the east coast of the United States.

"In Bermuda!"

Marshal Raeder also pronounced the name of Bermuda, and in the entire Atlantic, the only thing that could make the fleets of the United States and Europe fight a war was probably the waters near Bermuda.

Because Bermuda is not far or close to the mainland of the United States, just over 1,000 kilometers, the combat radius of the P51 and P47 deployed on the east coast of the United States can only barely reach, but it is impossible to carry bombs to attack, and the threat to the surface ships of the European Community is limited.

As for the American heavy bombers such as the B-17, B-24 and B-29, although the range is sufficient, the threat to surface ships is also limited because there are no missiles available and they cannot dive bombing.

The Bermuda Islands, on the other hand, have a very small land area, only a few tens of square kilometers, and are composed of seven main islands and more than 150 small islands and reefs.

Therefore, the number of fighters deployed by the US military on the Bermuda Islands is also limited, but about 200, including a large number of seaplanes and heavy planes converted into reconnaissance planes, and its own defense capability is not strong.

In addition, the archipelago is more than 3,000 kilometers away from the German-controlled Azores and nearly 3,000 kilometers from Guyana. Basically, the combat radius of the Me264 was out, so the Americans did not have to worry about being attacked by German aircraft carrying remotely piloted missiles when fighting there.

And because Bermuda is so close to the continental United States, once the Germans seize it as a base for Me264, then all the major cities on the east coast of the United States will be under the threat of atomic bombs.

Therefore, Bermuda is a place where the United States must defend and dare to start a decisive battle!

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"Admiral, the 56.4th, 56.5th, 56.6th, and 56.7th Carrier Groups under the command of Vice Admiral Fletcher have all passed the Panama Canal safely. Under the orders of the Pacific-Atlantic Fleet Command, the four carrier groups will join Task Force 30, and Vice Admiral Mitchell will serve as commander of Task Force 30. ”

On the morning of August 28, Eastern time, Admiral Halsey, who was sitting aboard the battleship "Iowa", received the news that eight "Essex-class" aircraft carriers had arrived in the Caribbean Sea.

After listening to the staff officer's report, he turned his head and exchanged glances with the chief of staff, Vice Admiral Callaghan, who said: "Sir, now the 30th Task Force has nine large aircraft carriers. When they are replenished, the number of their usual carrier-based aircraft will exceed 700! I think we could deploy them between the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico. ”

"Between the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico?" Halsey frowned, "Is it to strike at the Azores?" ”

Callahan thought for a moment and said, "There is no need for nine aircraft carriers in the waters near Guyana, and our more than 3,000 shore-based aircraft on the island of Trinidad are worth 50 aircraft carriers." Therefore, Task Force 30 should be used to mobilize or pursue the German Grand Fleet, and the best target is the Azores...... If the German Grand Fleet wins the naval and air battles near Guyana, then the attack of Task Force 30 on the Azores will help us to hold Georgetown.

In the event of the defeat of the German Grand Fleet near Guyana, then the air strikes of the 30th Task Force on the Azores could prevent them from returning to Europe and create favorable conditions for the final decisive battle of the surface fleet. ”

Although the Azores are much larger than Bermuda, with more than 2,000 square kilometres, they also play a similar role as Bermuda, serving as an outpost of the European Community in the North Atlantic.

According to the intelligence available to the United States, a total of about 300 combat aircraft have been deployed in the Azores, including the Ju288 medium bomber and the Me410B-5 fighter-bomber that can carry the Hs-293 series of remote-controlled missiles and the Fritz-X series of remote-controlled gliding bombs (the penetration capability of this aircraft is far greater than that of the Ju288, but the maximum range is only less than 30% of that of the Ju288), and the He219 that can escort the Ju288 and Me410B-5. There are also Fw-190 series and Fokker Zero D-series fighters that can be used to protect the islands.

In addition, a large group of Bv138 seaplanes was also deployed in the Azores, responsible for patrolling between Iceland and the Cape Verde Islands (there was a flying squadron equipped with Bv138 seaplanes in Iceland and a group equipped with Bv138 seaplanes in the Cape Verde Islands), which not only locked the passage of the American fleet close to Europe and North Africa, but also caused heavy losses to American submarines trying to enter the waters of Europe and North Africa to break the engagement.

In addition, the Azores' Heroshavo is home to the 4th Fleet of the Combined European Community Fleet, which is responsible for the defense of the North Atlantic.

Although the 4th Fleet is not the main force of the Combined European Fleet, it is only a garrison fleet, but it also has two aircraft carrier groups with the "Kesselring" class aircraft carriers as the core and two submarine hunting groups with escort aircraft carriers as the core. If necessary, these four aircraft carrier groups can also form a small aircraft carrier task force to participate in the fleet battle.

If the four task forces departing from Brest and Gibraltar were defeated by the U.S. Navy in the waters off Guyana, it would not be difficult to withdraw to the European continent as long as they could retreat to the Azores, supported by shore-based aircraft and four aircraft carriers there.

So just as the Americans must defend Bermuda, the European Community now sees the Azores as a must-defend place.

Halsey nodded in agreement, and just as he was about to give an order, a fleet staff officer handed Callahan two copies of telegrams, and Callahan took them and looked down, suddenly frowned, and said: "The submarine responsible for monitoring Angrasmo Sanstinjísmo lost contact 2 hours ago, and in the last telegram before the disappearance, it was reported that 2 German aircraft carriers of the 'Kesselring' class left Angrajnoshato. In addition, the submarine monitoring the Grand Harbour (located on the island of St. Vincent) of the Cape Verde Islands also reported that 2 Kesselring-class aircraft carriers had departed from port one and a half hours ago! ”