"NND, this old Shi Tou really has two hits! Hurry up and let Tang Qingshan get rid of the South American natives! When the news reached the Ministry of Military Affairs in Beijing on the 21st, Xu Shoushan set the tone loudly for the Germans' action, and he stood in the staff room and stared around at the large map for a long time, on which the American Grand Fleet, the British Royal Navy, and the Australian Navy had already been marked, and as many as 70 warships of the three countries had opened a large net along the west coast of the Americas.

After pondering for a long time, he turned around and asked Cheng Yu, the staff officer behind him, "Lao Cheng, is there any new news, where has Lao Shitou slipped away now...... We didn't agree to let the Germans into the North Pacific! ”

Cheng Yu, who was born in the Ship Master School, from a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old to a young man with gray hair on both sideburns now, is undoubtedly a veteran in the army today, step by step from the grassroots to the top of the general staff, obviously has excellent ability, too many early officers from the Nanyang Department, with the addition of a large number of outstanding young people, finally chose to leave the army, or enter a more relaxed administrative field.

With the continuous expansion of the scale of this war that swept the world, Xu Shoushan began to continuously transfer those experienced and outstanding officers who were in the prime of life to return to the front line, Cheng Yu was recently transferred back from the Burma front line to enrich the staff, because he was born in the Marine Corps, so it was natural to get Xu Shoushan's favor.

After the US Grand Fleet entered the South Pacific, Lu Han, commander-in-chief of the South China Military Region, had begun to secretly plan military movements. The main thing is to build up military forces in a targeted manner. while ensuring trade security across the Asia-Pacific region. and, if necessary, to ensure that the military of the United States, Great Britain does not upset the equilibrium in the Pacific.

Cheng Yu frowned and looked at Xu Shoushan, this has always been his old boss, he is even more familiar with this temper, don't look at the intimacy of the old Shi Tou and the old Shi Tou at this time, the Germans are a good chess piece in the eyes of this one...... However, from the discerning eye of this room, the current situation from the South Pacific to the North Pacific looks good. The situation of the Spee fleet is really not good.

"General, almost all of the destroyers of the South Pacific Detachment are hanging around in the North Pacific, but it has been three full days now, and I haven't seen the German fleet at all...... So, I basically predicted that Spee must have gone north! Cheng Yu walked to the front of the big map and drew a big circle northwest of San Francisco with a pole.

"North? Bering Strait? This season, there has been a large-scale freeze! It's too dangerous for the fleet to run there...... This is really crazy! At this time, another young naval staff officer on the side asked with some surprise.

This sentence is "crazy". Immediately attracted a group of veterans and veterans to chuckle, Cheng Yu looked back at the young staff officer. He was a young man transferred from the Northern Military Region of the Army, and with his background in the Army and his experience in the North, he obviously understood the horror of the forces of nature, and this judgment was not outrageous......

He gently patted the young staff officer on the shoulder and smiled, "Spee is willing to go crazy...... That's his greatest strength! Do you think Lieutenant General Epard and Lord Duster would be willing to go mad with him? ”

The young staff officer obviously realized his gaffe, was silent for a moment, and responded with some snort: "General, I don't think the Americans and the British seem to have a choice...... It's just that if they are willing to go crazy together, I guess the Germans will be ugly! ”

These words made Xu Shoushan also smile slightly, the confrontation in the North Pacific, although China released water to Spee two Queen-class battle cruisers, but it could not change Germany's absolute weakness in the entire Pacific Ocean, the capital ships of the United States, Britain, and Australia were enough to crush Germany back and forth several times, but war is obviously not a comparison of forces on paper, strategy and courage often play a major role comparable to military preparation...... As for what Shi Pei wanted to do, he was already curious now! ――

Xu Shoushan's curiosity had apparently infected the entire Ministry of Military Affairs, and even Tang Qingshan, who was stationed in the port of Panama thousands of miles away, and the Fourth Destroyer Squadron, which belonged to the South Pacific Squadron, encountered the huge US squadron near the island of San Salvador west of Central America at 10 a.m. on the morning of 22 July.

After all, in today's Pacific Ocean, it has long been a practice for Chinese warships to serve as escorts and cruises, and merchant ships of various countries have received security commitments from China in the Pacific Ocean, and wherever Chinese warships appear, they all show that they have absolute security...... As for whether the Chinese have colluded with the Germans, although the United States has long doubted it, it is obviously helpless!

But at least this time, it appeared that China was showing a friendly side, with a Kunlun-class destroyer sending a clear telegram to the U.S. fleet informing the U.S. fleet that a large storm was taking place in the waters west of Mexico and that the Chinese navy was urging the merchant fleet passing through to sail to Panama Port to take shelter.

This news is obviously not a rumor created by Tang Qingshan, although this season in the North Pacific region is not a typhoon-prone season, but it has been a frequent storm recently, in fact, Vice Admiral Albert has also sent an outpost destroyer formation to conduct a large-scale dragnet search, and a similar report was obtained earlier, storms do need to be avoided for merchant ships, but for the powerful American battleship formation, this is not a must.

After careful assessment, Vice Admiral Albert and his staff officers identified another possibility - the Chinese might be covering the German fleet, and if the fleet let its guard down, the Spee fleet would probably slip out of the search net!

"Salute to the Chinese! Tell them that the American Navy is enough to fight any storm! Vice Admiral Albert looked at the large Chinese destroyers in the distance that were preparing to leave with some eyes, compared to the Paulding-class destroyers of the US Pacific Fleet, the Chinese destroyers were twice as large in tonnage, outstanding in speed, and more suitable for ocean-going voyages, and he now had to carefully consider the route to ensure the safety of the destroyer formation.

The Delaware-class battleships in the storm were naturally enough to resist the forces of nature, but the Paulding-class destroyers, which had a displacement of only 750 tons, could be in big trouble, and he immediately ordered to send a telegram to the destroyer formation, so that they could sail in the direction of the American coastline, and if necessary, they could enter the harbor to take shelter from the wind and rain, while the Grand Fleet pulled away and continued to search for the Spee fleet, of course, he also telegraphed the news to the Royal Navy formation under the command of Lord Dieters, which was hundreds of kilometers behind.

The news that the US fleet has crossed the waters of Central America was delivered to Tang Qingshan, who was stationed in Panama, 20 minutes later, as the most important node of China's military power projection in the Americas, the scale of the Panamanian Navy Command is now very amazing, and the garrison force even exceeds the Principality of Hawaii, which is 4,500 kilometers away, and the 20th Army of the Second Army of the South China Military Region has completed its deployment two months ago, making the size of the Chinese Army in the entire Panamanian province reach five integrated divisions, and the main force of the South Pacific Detachment has been deployedto ensure China's most important interests overseas.

When the telegram arrived, Cai Yi, commander of the 20 th Army, was standing upright in front of the Panamanian sand table to arrange the task of changing guards for more than 20 officers at and above the brigade and regiment level; after returning from Germany, he had already understood the great strategic significance of sending himself to this isolated overseas land, which was only 80,000 square kilometers of land, but it was the most incredible strategic point that determined the entire American war situation.

As long as the powerful industrial capacity of the entire East Coast of the United States wants to project to the Pacific Ocean, it will have to go around the long South America to Cape Horn, and it will also need to add at least 19,000 kilometers of long routes through the South Pacific region with harsh climates, and the projection of war readiness resources from the country to Hawaii is only 10,000 kilometers, and the projection of war resources from the country to Panama is only 14,000 kilometers......

This means that as long as they can be firmly stuck in Panama, in the entire Pacific war, the country only needs to do its best to sweep the west coast of the United States, where the industry is weak, first, and the only thing the Americans can do is to complete the support of the entire country's western defense zone through the only domestic railway, as for the sea...... The U.S. Grand Fleet, which had been traveling nearly 30,000 kilometers and had to accept interceptions from the Chinese fleet from Hawaii on the way, was undoubtedly defeated in terms of strategy.

This huge geographical advantage was more effective for the Royal Navy, and the British could not swim from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, and the only option was to enter the Pacific Ocean from the Indian Ocean...... What a huge, amazing advantage the Panama Canal means, in private, the military top brass is laughing wildly!

Therefore, after hearing the Yankees' movements, Cai Ye did not even mention his worries about this huge American fleet, but very resolutely put his fortress defense improvement plan on the spot, "General, you have to hurry up and urge Chief Xu, only 16 of the 40 12-inch fortress guns promised by the Ministry of Military Affairs to allocate to us have been delivered, and the rest of the heavy artillery must be delivered immediately, our fortresses in Cologne and Panama City are waiting to be replaced with new heavy guns, and the real pressure will only come from Cologne!" I think sooner or later the Americans will have to gamble all their possessions! (To be continued......)