"The Imperial Marshal, a Chilean He115 seaplane, reported the spotting of the American fleet in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, 40-100 nautical miles off the coast of Chile, heading south, as if preparing to attack Chile. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

With the telegram he had just received, Air Marshal Kesselring, who had just taken over as commander-in-chief of the Air Force, walked up to Hersmann.

After the initialling of the armistice between the Soviet Union and Russia, the focus of German and European Community forces had shifted from the Eastern Front to the Atlantic, so it was inevitable to make some personnel adjustments. Field Marshal Kesselring, who came from the Army and Air Force, was obviously unfit to command the Atlantic Front to fight a decisive battle with the US Atlantic Fleet, so he handed over the post of commander of the Atlantic Front to Marshal Lütjans, and he himself returned to the post of commander-in-chief of the Air Force. However, he, the commander-in-chief of the Air Force, rarely went to his headquarters to sit on duty, and most of the time, like the commander-in-chief of the Navy, Raeder, worked in the Great General Staff. Both men, like Guderian, were actually Hersmann's deputies.

"Attack Chile?"

This news did come as a surprise to Hersmann, and to the assessment of the Atlantic Front Command, the Combined European Fleet Command, and the German Naval Command, none of which had any plans to fight the United States in the Pacific.

Hersman took the telegram and looked at it, it was only a short line, and there was no information other than the report that an American fleet was approaching the coast of Chile.

"That's all?" Hersman handed the telegram copy to Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Raeder.

"I'm afraid the Chileans themselves don't quite know what is going on," Mr. Kessellin said, "and they don't have many seaplanes to use for reconnaissance." ”

"What about us?" Hersman asked, "How much power do we have in Chile?" ”

"In the port of Valparaiso there is a 10th submarine group subordinate to the Submarine Command, with 18 of the most advanced Type 21 submarines." The answer to this question was Admiral Raeder, who told Hersmann, "But 12 of the 18 Type 21 submarines are currently on duty in the Pacific, and only six remain in the port of Valparaiso." ”

Submarine warfare generally does not come out of the nest, and usually one-third stay in port to recuperate, one-third are on the way to the battlefield, and one-third are engaged in tasks such as breaking diplomatic relations, laying mines, and conducting reconnaissance.

The submarines owned by the German Navy's Submarine Command are mainly for breaking diplomatic relations, so those Type 21 submarines with Valparaiso as their home port are also carrying out the task of breaking diplomatic relations, so only 6 remain in port.

"Only 6 submarines?" Hersman saw that after Raeder finished speaking, Kesselring did not add anything, and did not give up, so he asked again.

"That's all." Kesselring shrugged, "Atlantic Front Command never wanted to deploy heavy troops in the Pacific...... It is under the jurisdiction of the 9th Fleet. And the New Federation of Asbania doesn't want us to have too many troops on their land. ”

The 9th Fleet of the European Community Navy is a command fleet with headquarters in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, and is responsible for operations in the Pacific direction. However, since the Japanese side has always been uneasy about the existence of the 9th Fleet, the European Community has limited the strength of the 9th Fleet to a minimum, and in fact it is just a shelf fleet for posturing.

However, the Pacific Theater was still under the jurisdiction of the Ninth Fleet and had not been taken seriously - in the eyes of the German General Staff, the protagonists in the Pacific Theater were, after all, the Japanese.

Also, Juan. Peron's new federal government of Asbania sees his country as a world power - and he is a true legend of Mussolini in overestimating his own strength!

So Juan. Peron has long been reluctant to allow European troops to be stationed on the soil of the new Commonwealth of Asbania.

"Six submarines can't withstand the American fleet." Hersman crossed his arms and frowned, "It seems that we still underestimated the intelligence of the Americans......"

"And the navy and air force of New Asbania," Marshal Kesselring reminded, "they bought many of our aircraft and ships, and also formed their own Pacific Fleet and Atlantic Fleet." ”

Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, which formed the new Asbanian Federation, were all well-known tyrants in the 1940s, similar to the Arab oil tyrants of later generations. Money is not bad, and there are resources and agricultural products that the European Community desperately needs to export. As a result, it was possible to exchange a lot of advanced weapons and equipment - in this respect New Asbania was in much better condition than Japan, and Japan could export to Europe quite limited, the largest of which was natural rubber. As a result, Japan often had the problem of not being able to pay for the trade between Japan and Europe, while the New Federation of Asbania could pay for all the weapons and equipment they could buy, and they could pay a high price.

Therefore, from the beginning of 1944, when Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay formed the New Asbanian Alliance and joined the Axis bloc, a large number of relatively advanced weapons and equipment (most of which were eliminated by the German army) were continuously shipped to Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

With the use of these equipment, the new Federation of Asbania has built up a considerable army, navy and air force in a relatively short period of time.

Among them, the new Asbanian Navy, which was merged from the former Chilean Navy and the Argentine Navy, actually formed its own two-ocean fleet!

However, the equipment and operational thinking of the new Asbanian Navy's two-ocean fleet are outdated, and there is no second aircraft carrier except for one "Kesselring"-class aircraft carrier, which is actually operated by German crews, and there are few submarines. In addition to the three battleships that originally belonged to the Argentine and Chilean navies, such as the "Rivadavia," the "Moreno," and the "La Torre," the European Community and the Roman Empire also purchased from the European Community and the Roman Empire, five old warships, including the "Hesse," the "Hanover," the "Schleising," the "Schleswig-Holstein," and the "Duirio," which had been modernized and refitted.

In addition, the new Asbanian Navy is equipped with a number of mine-strike ships and torpedo boats, also procured from Europe, for coastal defense. When dealing with the American landing fleet, these small and medium-sized ships are probably more effective than their battleships.

In addition to surface and underwater ships, the New Asbanian Air Force and Naval Aviation are armed with hundreds of warplanes, including the Ju88, He115, SM.79, Bf109 and Fokker Zero.

"And will their Pacific Fleet and air power work?" Hersmann blamed the problem directly with Admiral Raeder.

"No," replied Raeder, shaking his head, "it doesn't work at all!" No matter what kind of weapons the new Asbanian Navy is equipped with, it cannot be an opponent of the Americans. Because their officers and men are not of high quality, lack training, and have little combat experience. Not only could they not be compared with the officers and men of the German and French navies, but even the officers and men of the Roman navy were much better than them. ”

"Then we don't have a little way to do it?" Hersman asked.

"Can't say that," Kesselring frowned, "we still have Ju288 and Me264, and our airfield near Buenos Aires, from where we can get the American fleet close to Chile." With the Hs293D missiles and the Reaper missiles, it should be possible to deal a heavy blow to the American fleet preparing to attack Chile. ”

The Hs293D and the "Reaper", two TV-directed remote-controlled missiles, are undoubtedly two killer weapons in the hands of the Luftwaffe and naval aviation!

The former is smaller in size and can be carried by a double-shot Ju288 2-3 pieces. The latter is huge, but the destructive power and reliability are satisfactory, but the aircraft of the Ju288 class cannot be mounted, and can only be hung by a 4-engine heavy bomber such as the Me264.

"Hit with missiles?" Hersman smiled, "This is a killer feature that has been hidden in the snow!" ”

Kesselring nodded, both the Hs293D missile and the "Reaper" missile use TV remote control and guidance technology, which can be called black technology! It is possible to allow the Ju-288 and Me-264 to launch missiles at a distance of 25-30 kilometers from the enemy ship - a distance that is impossible to avoid enemy carrier-based aircraft, but enough to evade the attack of carrier-based anti-aircraft fire.

Therefore, as long as the German side can seize air supremacy on the battlefield, it will be able to destroy the enemy's Grand Fleet at a very slight cost!

However, at present, Germany or the European Union side does not have any fighter planes in the Pacific, and it is impossible to seize air supremacy at all. Therefore, it is necessary to take some risks to use Ju288 and Me264 mounted missiles to attack.

"This is the only way," said Kesselring, "if the fleet were to be transferred from Belém, the voyage would be as high as 6,200 nautical miles, and the speed of 16 knots would take 16 days." And as soon as Belém's fleet leaves, there is a possibility that the Americans will attack from the Caribbean...... Because the Americans own the Panama Canal, they can quickly transfer fleets in the Pacific to the Caribbean and the Atlantic! ”

Now the Panama Canal is a trump card in the hands of the Americans! With the canal, the Americans will be able to quickly move their fleets between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and they will be able to concentrate their forces on one of the two oceanic battlefields, so that the numerical superiority of the United States will once again be magnified!

"San Diego won't have a problem, right?" Hersman thought for a moment and asked about the defense of Santiago, the former capital of Chile and now Santiago, the capital of the Chilean Region of the New Federation of Asbania.

"It's not a big problem," Mr. Kessellin said, "and the Chilean Army is not weak, and Santiago is surrounded by a large number of mountainous hills and far from the coastline, which is good for defense." Unless the number of U.S. troops landing reaches more than 100,000, San Diego will not fall anytime soon. ”

"Then let the Americans go ashore, only in this way can we have a chance to fight a decisive battle at sea, we are not afraid of the numerical superiority of the United States now, we are only afraid of not being able to fight a decisive battle with the Americans on the ocean." Hersman thought for a moment, "Send a few aircraft carriers from Belém to reinforce Chile, and then have a Marine on board, ready to go." ”