"What? What the? 2 aircraft carriers with a displacement of more than 60000 tons? The Germans actually had such a powerful aircraft carrier! ”

Secretary of War Wallace, who was sitting in the Pentagon, was taken aback by the two 60,000-ton aircraft carriers when he learned that the seven aircraft carriers of the European Combined Fleet had left the port of Brest. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the United States also has similar aircraft carriers under construction, it is quite embarrassing for the Germans to take the lead in the construction of giant aircraft carriers. Moreover, Germany can build a 60,000-ton aircraft carrier before the United States, which probably shows that Europe's shipbuilding capacity is not inferior to that of the United States.

This is not good news for the United States, which is engaged in an ocean war!

"Mr. Minister," reported to Wallace Chief of Naval Operations Ernest Murphy. Kim seemed even more worried, as he read something more worrying from this piece of information. "These two new aircraft carriers of the Germans may be carrying French Br.810 bombers."

Due to the deliberate leakage of German intelligence, now the Americans already know that the twin-engine bomber used in the last air raid on Bermuda was the Br.810 produced in France, and they also know that the range and bomb load of this aircraft are considerable, the speed is also very fast, and the self-defense firepower is not weak, so it is a very ideal carrier-based ground attack aircraft!

"French planes on German aircraft carriers?" Wallace was stunned, "Don't the Germans have good planes?" ”

"It's not that there are no good planes," Admiral Kim shook his head, "but that the Br.810 is very suitable for ground attack missions!" And its range is so large that it can put the aircraft carrier group under the protection of Me264 bombers taking off from the Azores. ”

Shore-based four-engine bombers could not protect the aircraft carrier formation on the American side, but for Germany, which could take out several Iowa-class battleships with missiles, it was a logical thing.

Therefore, the combat radius of the Me264 bombers taking off from the Azores is a forbidden area for the US surface fleet -- the US aircraft carrier force, which still maintains a certain combat capability, will not go there to die under any circumstances.

So the German fleet from the port of Brest only had to stay within 2300 km around the Azores. Basically, there is no need to worry about being attacked by US aircraft carriers. The distance between the Azores and Bermuda is about 3,300-3,400 kilometers. When German aircraft carriers were 2,300 kilometers from the Azores, they were just over 1,000 kilometers from Bermuda.

This distance is completely within the combat radius of the Br.810!

"Since the German fleet carries a large number of Br.810s," Admiral King's long face wrinkled, "then their target is most likely Bermuda!" ”

The Americans themselves are also engaged in twin-engine carrier-based aircraft, that is, the F7F, so they know that twin-engine carrier-based aircraft occupy more space, and when the same aircraft carrier is equipped with twin-engine aircraft, the number of carrier-based aircraft is definitely less than when it is equipped with single-engine aircraft.

According to the U.S. Navy's own estimates, a 30,000-ton Essex-class can carry about 40-45 F7Fs for actual combat. Based on this calculation, a 20,000-ton Xiafei class can carry about 30 Br.810s, while a 60,000-ton German supercarrier can carry about 80-90 Br.810s.

Now 5 aircraft carriers with Br.810 on board have left Brest, 2 of which are 60,000-ton supercarriers and 3 are 20,000-ton Xiafei-class carriers, which should carry up to 240 Br.810s.

The other 2 Zeppelin-class can carry about 160-180 Fokker 636, according to the intelligence of the US Navy, the combat radius of Fokker 636 is also more than 1000 kilometers (this distance can not hang bombs), that is to say, 2 Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers can send at least 80 Fokker 636 to escort 240 Br.810.

For Bermuda, which has not been able to deploy too many aircraft, the attack fleet of 320 aircraft is still very worrying.

"Bermuda?" Wallace's over-righteous face slid a little angrily, "The Germans want to kill the unarmed American people with missiles again?" ”

His judgment was based on the experience of the last missile attack on New York. On that occasion, the Germans first used Br.810 to blow up Bermuda's airfield, and then the "missile fleet" broke through the blockade between Bermuda and Nova Scotia.

"There should be a massive missile attack!" Admiral King said, "But the Germans' purpose this time is probably not so simple. ”

"Not so simple?" Wallace asked, "What do they want to do?" ”

"Probably to attract our attention to cooperate with the general attack in other directions!"

Ernest. King was correct in his judgment that he did not believe that the Germans would occupy Bermuda, which was an illusion that Hersman was trying to create, because Bermuda was too close to the American mainland, only about 1,000 kilometers.

It was possible for the Germans to cripple the airfield there with carrier-based aircraft, but it was not easy to land. There were as many as 20,000 or 30,000 American defenders on the islands, and a large number of fortifications were built and many shore guns were deployed. If the Germans wanted to capture it, they would have to spend at least a few weeks or even longer on an amphibious landing. But the shore-based aircraft of the US Navy and Army Air Corps were not vegetarians, so how could it be possible for the huge German landing fleet to stay for several weeks in the waters off Bermuda, just 1,000 kilometers off the east coast?

This is not a hit-and-run missile attack, but a landing war around an archipelago for weeks!

"General attack?" Wallace asked, "Is Trinidad and Tobago going to be attacked?" What's going on there? ”

"Very calm," Ernest said. Kim affirmed, "It's the calm before the big war!" ”

There is more than one deception scheme in the "Gochburg Plan"! And the feint attack on Bermuda is not the main deception, but a small deception within a big deception. The real big hoax is a feint attack on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago.

German attacks and blockades of these two islands, which can be called the gateway to the Caribbean Sea, have been going on for a long time. However, as D-Day approached, the intensity of the attack gradually slowed down. Beginning on 1 April, all air strikes and aerial interceptions (i.e., against American transport aircraft) and aerial mine-laying operations were simply stopped.

This sudden calm was the last calm before the Great War in the eyes of the US military high-brass, who had long believed that the German army was going to attack the islands of Trinidad and Tobago!

Just when Wallace wanted to ask Ernest further. Kim was making this judgment when the phone on his desk rang. Wallace picked up the receiver of the phone, and the voice of Donovan, the director of strategic intelligence, was somewhat excited.

"Mr. Minister, our bombing has finally worked, there have been anti-war and anti-dictatorial demonstrations in Buenos Aires, and now tens of thousands of people are taking to the streets...... The democratic forces in Argentina are finally in action! ”

Wallace was stunned, the bombing actually worked! When the U.S. Army and Navy Air Forces organized a series of 1,000-plane bombings, the Argentines did not rise up, but instead began to gradually withdraw their planes from Chile and stopped the daytime bombing, and the Argentine democratic forces rose up to fight......

Although this "democracy movement" came to an unusual place, Wallace regarded it as another important turning point at the White House Cabinet military meeting held that night.

"President, the protests that took place in Buenos Aires are very good for us!" Wallace said, "This shows that Juan. . . Peron's regime is in jeopardy, and the collapse of the new Asbanian Federation is imminent...... We should therefore suspend the withdrawal of troops and aircraft from Chile and resume daytime air strikes as soon as possible. ”

"But the armies of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay were heavily influenced by Germany." US President Harry S. Truman did not believe that the Argentine people could overthrow the German-backed dictator -- at best, they would make a mess and give the United States more leverage at the negotiating table.

But now the German aircraft carriers have been dispatched in a big way, which means that the moment of decisive battle is coming! Now, even if Argentina is in trouble, it will not affect the German attack on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago.

"The key is still the war situation in the Caribbean." "As long as we can hold on to Trinidad and Tobago, there's a lot of potential for Argentina to change," Wallace said. And once Argentina changes, Germany will lose the ability to fight a protracted war in South America. ”

Truman, who did not know what was going on in South America, set his sights on Donovan, the chief of strategic intelligence.

"Mr. President, war weariness in Argentina is indeed somewhat high." "The people at the bottom who had supported Perón suffered heavy losses in the bombing, many lost their homes and loved ones, and the evacuation of Buenos Aires was not arranged," Donovan said. Most of the Argentines who remain in Buenos Aires are wealthy and middle-class people who live in sparsely populated suburbs and have access to air-raid shelters at home. Most of them were very unhappy with what Peron had done! ”

Perón wants to be rich and poor in Argentina, and of course the rich are dissatisfied! Moreover, Peron also intended to start with the land to equalize the rich and the poor, that is, to seize the land of the rich in Argentina, which was quite a drastic measure, even Hitler's Nazi Party did not do so in Germany.

Truman hesitated for a moment, but still did not take a position, but turned the question back to the country: "Gentlemen, in fact, we are in trouble with Juan. Peron is about ...... Another round of missile attacks by the Germans is clearly about to begin, and if the scale of the attack is large enough, if the Germans have been able to load the atomic bomb with their missiles, the will of the American people to fight will also collapse! ”