Chapter 484: Expensive Bait

"Roosevelt!"

A hysterical roar emanated from inside the Prime Minister's office, shattering almost the windows of the Prime Minister's Office. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As he walked, Defense Minister Schleicher was discussing how to give Wilhelm II a grand funeral, and Reich Marshal Hersmann was also taken aback. It's not that he hasn't heard a harsher sound than this, but he was afraid that Hitler would want to attack US imperialism on the spur of the moment.

Of course, US imperialism must fight. But not now, it's the British Empire that needs to be cleaned up right now. Now the British Royal Navy is overturned, and then the Japanese devils will be united to clean up the American Navy. As long as the U.S. Navy is defeated, victory in the world war is basically in hand.

Hersmann and Schleicher glanced at each other, then quickened their pace into Hitler's spacious and luxurious Chancellor's office, which was not the old Chancellery at 77 Wilhelm Street, but the new Chancellery at 2 Voss Street.

It is much more luxurious and extravagant than the old Chancellery, which was opened in the Bismarck era, and there is also a very strong and spacious bulletproof bunker! However, this "leader's bunker" has not been used until now, because there is really no threat from British bombers to the harassing air raids on Berlin, and in most cases paper bombs are dropped.

And the latest issue of the "paper bullets" that were thrown from the sky has the entire content of the Atlantic Charter!

Hitler was clearly throwing a tantrum over this. When Hersmann and Schleicher walked into Hitler's office, this guy was tearing a "paper bullet" to shreds, then crumpling it into a ball, and throwing it again, I don't know if it was intentional, almost hitting the head of a certain imperial marshal.

Hersman dodged the paper bullet and then knowingly asked, "Leader, are you angry because of the declarations made by Roosevelt and Churchill?" ”

"Of course! I'm very, very angry! Hitler shook his fist and roared, "Roosevelt is the most insidious, cunning, and shameless villain I have ever seen in my life!" He did not dare to declare war on the German Empire in a dignified manner, but he used a broken declaration to provoke the German Empire......"

"Leader, in fact Roosevelt used to provoke more than just a broken proclamation." Hersmann calmly told Hitler that "according to reliable intelligence, he also sent a task force to Iceland." ”

"Fleet?" Hitler was stunned, and then the anger on his face increased a little, and his facial features were distorted. "Did he think we wouldn't dare sink American warships? Marshal of the Reich, is this a great opportunity? ”

"It's not." Hersman shook his head and said, "The Americans are not that stupid, they sent the old battleship Arkansas and the small aircraft carrier USS Raider, which are not of much value." ”

If the Americans dared to send the main force of the Atlantic Fleet to Iceland, Hersmann might want to sneak attack.

However, a pre-World War I dreadnought and a small aircraft carrier that could not take off and land planes at a slightly higher sea level were really not worth getting the United States into the war ahead of schedule -- this would probably relieve Japan and prevent the Pearl Harbor incident!

Hitler took a sharp breath and suppressed some of his anger, "But with such an American fleet near Iceland, can we still defeat the British on the high seas?" ”

"There is no problem," Hirschman assured, "and this time the Navy will surely achieve a decisive victory!" ”

As he spoke, Hersmann took a thick document bag from Schnetz, the adjutant who was following him, and placed it on Hitler's desk. The document bag contained the "Storm Plan," an operational plan that had just been submitted by the Navy General Command.

Unlike the "sea-based" operations that the German Navy was accustomed to in the past, this "Storm Plan" was led by the commander of naval aviation, Hans. Senior General Jeshunek, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Wolfgang. Feng. Admiral Richthofen and Commander of the Navy's Aircraft Carrier Force, Helmut. Lieutenant General Heyer.

The "Storm Plan" was drawn up with reference to the situation of the naval battle in the eastern Mediterranean, and it was planned to put in all three battleships, two aircraft carriers, four heavy cruisers, and some other lighter ships to form a huge "feint force" -- the First High Seas Fleet.

According to the plan, after leaving the port of Kiel, the 1st High Seas Fleet will sail along the Danish and Norwegian coastlines, and 10 large transport ships and tankers will go to the Norwegian port of Bergen. After the fleet arrives in Bergen, the transport ships and tankers will stay in Bergen for a while, while the main force of the fleet will shell Shetland under the cover of aircraft carriers, making it appear that they are preparing to occupy Shetland. The purpose was to use the main fleet as bait to attract the British Home Fleet and British Navy and Air Force aircraft to engage in battle.

"You're going to use valuable battleships and aircraft carriers to attract enemy aircraft?" Hitler carefully read the outline of the "Storm Plan", then raised his head and looked at Hersmann in a daze, "Isn't this too risky?" ”

In fact, Hersmann was also taken aback when he saw the "Storm Plan", although the idea of feints to attack the Shetland Islands was proposed by himself, but he did not expect Jeshunek and Richthofen to be so bold and take out super battleships such as Bismarck and Tirpitz as bait. If this is sunk by the British, how will the naval battle be fought in the future?

However, the chief of staff of the Air Force, Colonel Richthofen, said to Hersmann at the time: "According to the statistics of the results of the recent air battles, we have a great advantage in the exchange ratio. The coordination of our FW-190 and Fokker Zero was almost impeccable, and the British had to exchange 3-5 fighters for 1 of us.

Therefore, as long as we are able to dispatch a sufficient number of FW-190 and Fokker Zero, the ships on the sea surface will not suffer too many losses. And since the air battle will be fought over our side, every British plane shot down means that at least one British crew member is killed or captured. Such a downdown is more valuable than our shooting down of an enemy aircraft over the English Channel. ”

For Britain now, the loss of aircraft is nothing. They themselves can produce it in large quantities, and the Americans will also lease it to them in a steady stream. It is the pilots who are really valuable, especially the old ones who are technically good.

If pilot training in Britain was as rigorous as in Germany, a fighter pilot had undergone at least 24 months of rigorous training before entering the training group of an aviation regiment. If you are a carrier-based aircraft pilot, after completing the regimental training, you have to go to the aircraft carrier special training for six months -- if such an old pilot can kill or capture more than 1,000 people in a battle, it will be worth losing the "Gneisenor"!

As for the impossibility of sinking the "Bismarck" and "Tirpitz", the German naval command has already made a package ticket, these two super battleships are very battle-hardened, and the anti-aircraft fire is so powerful that with air superiority, it is simply impossible to be sunk. At most, I suffered a little skin trauma, and after a month or two of repairs, it was the same as new.

In addition, Hans. Admiral Jeshunek also told Hersman that "before we send out our fleet, we will send planes to devastate the airfields and radar stations on the Shetland Islands." Therefore, the British could only take off from Scotland and the Onique Islands, which would have prevented their Spitfires from remaining for a long time, which was extremely beneficial to us. And the more valuable the bait we take, the more likely it is to attract really big fish! ”

This is the German version, reluctant to let the child can't trap the wolf!

After Hersmann's explanation, Hitler gritted his teeth and said: "The two Bismarck-class must not be lost, and the two aircraft carriers must not have any accidents!" ”

"There will be no surprises," Hersman said, "that the Seydlitz and Seckert will be in an all-fighter configuration, with two squadrons of 32 Fokker Zeros on each carrier." All piloted by the best pilots, who would certainly have saved the battleships and aircraft carriers. ”

Among the best pilots was Hirschmann's precious son, Rudolph, who now had 20 downed planes and five more to receive the Blue Max Medal. This was also the best in the Luftwaffe and naval aviation, and in March he was promoted to lieutenant in naval aviation.

A month ago, because the 1st Carrier-based Aircraft Group on the aircraft carrier "Seydlitz" was adjusted, the dive bomber squadron was temporarily transferred, and his squadron was sent up, and four more aircraft were added. Since his rank was the highest in the 1st Carrier-based Aircraft Group (the original group leader was transferred with the dive bomber squadron), and the number of shots shot down was also the highest, he also made him the acting captain of the 1st Carrier-based Aircraft Group.

At 2:10 p.m. on the same day that Hersmann explained to Hitler the details of the Storm Plan, Hersmann Jr. had just completed a beautiful landing and landed a brand new Fokker Zero C-3 on the flight deck of the Seydlitz.

Prince Philip Wissenfield, who was now a second lieutenant in naval aviation, had long been waiting for him on deck. Seeing little Hersman get out of the cabin of the plane, he quickly ran over.

"Rudolph, Lieutenant General Haye asked you to go to the conference room immediately, it's an emergency meeting." The prince said to Little Hersman.

Vice Admiral Heyer was the commander of the aircraft carrier force of the German High Seas Fleet and the captain of the "Seydlitz". Although his military rank is much higher than that of Hirschman Jr., Hirsman Jr. is the acting captain of the carrier-based aircraft group, so he is a direct subordinate of Vice Admiral Haye.

"Emergency meeting?" Little Hersman patted Prince Philip Wissenfeld and said with a smile, "It looks like we're going to war again, and this time I'll always be able to get enough shots to get the Blue Max Medal!" (To be continued.) )