Before Cheng Biguang attacked Panama, he wanted to teach the Americans a profound lesson, so he chose to attack Panama, from New York to Panama, Cheng Biguang's actions dealt a huge blow to the Americans, if at this moment, the object of the Americans' greatest hatred is not the Germans, nor China, but Cheng Bu, who is active in North America.

Cheng Biguang's own actions, under the study of the Americans, under the proposal of the British, the United States has already discovered that Cheng Biguang's ministry is not a lone army across the ocean, this is very simple, if it is a lone army, at most attacking one target, a sneak attack on New York is already the greatest achievement, it is impossible to attack other places one after another, even if every port, the ammunition projected is limited, and the sum is an astronomical amount, which is no longer something that a ship can bear.

But there is a question that has always haunted the Americans and the British, if there is a supply in the Cheng Department, where does this supply come from, is it a fixed supply on land, or a mobile supply at sea, this is the biggest problem, if the land supply, where is his supply point, this is not Africa, nor is it Antarctica, which no one has set foot in so far, this is the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas, the North Atlantic Ocean has entered the European field of vision from the Age of Discovery, and has always been the focus of the European and American powers. Most of the islands here are either owned or clearly explored, and even the Germans, let alone the Chinese, have no fixed supply points.

However, the suspicion on land has not been completely removed, after all, in this era of not paying attention to islands, islands are often cumbersome, some islands with key locations, or islands with resources, will be greatly tilted, but some uninhabited islands, or islands with poor conditions in all aspects, no one pays attention.

Perhaps, like the adventure of sending a fleet to the Americas, the Chinese still use the adventurous method to store some materials on some relatively remote uninhabited islands, not as a supply port, do not set up a port, and only use temporary docks and a batch of machinery for replenishment, the United States and Britain may not be able to find out.

In order to find the answer, the United States and Britain have begun to join forces, searching the Atlantic, all the islands, but there are too many islands, has not yet been found, compared to the fixed supply points, the Entente prefers to believe in the supply ships, but China and Germany are not likely to send merchant ships into the North Atlantic, the two sides are in a state of war, once a merchant ship enters this area, whether it is Britain, the United States, or France, the first time, will sink these merchant ships.

In this case, it is the flag of another country that is hoisted, this possibility is not small, but for the supply of large battleships, at most it is oil, this kind of shells and the like can't be replenished, this question has always existed in the minds of the Americans, however, when it is not determined which method it is, the Americans have not let go of both possibilities, the United States has begun to pull the net to search, the life of the supply ships is getting more and more difficult, for the sake of safety, they did not dare to fly the flag of Britain, France and the United States, because these ships, They all acted in groups, with the escort fleets of the Entente countries, they were constantly changing from hanging Brazil, to Argentina, and even Russia, in short, but the probability of encountering the US search fleet was getting higher and higher, and they did not get on board to investigate, but they walked through several close ranges, which still worried the supply ships, and it may only be a matter of time before they were discovered.

Ocean supply, at present, relies on concealment, once discovered, the supply ship can not act alone, no matter what, the supply ship is not a battleship, in the era of warships, relying on naval guns to compete for victory, the supply ship simply cannot follow the fleet to fight, this is the biggest disadvantage, rather than risk being discovered to continue to stay in the North Atlantic, it is better to go south.

When the supply ship continued to report to the police, Cheng Biguang had already suggested, and after careful research in China, it was found that the supply ship continued to stay, which had little effect, and was prone to danger, this kind of semi-professional concealed supply ship was a unique thing in China, and now no country in the world has similar products, and it is the key to continue to keep it secret under the premise that it is not possible to increase the strength of the Cheng Department.

Before Cheng Biguang's attack on Panama, the supply ship had already gone south, with the help of day and night and careful, successfully passed through the North American defense line that was blocked by layers, before attacking Panama, the focus of the American search was in the North Atlantic, near the direction of New York, near the Caribbean Sea in the south, there was a gap, which was also the fundamental reason why both Cheng and the supply ship successfully went to the Caribbean.

It is currently in the waters near Brazil, waiting for the rendezvous of Cheng Ministry. Now, Panama's goal has been achieved, the supply ship in the confirmation of the Ministry of Cheng does not need another supply on the premise, began to continue to sail south, the future will wait on the southern coast of Brazil, there is the world of South American countries, even the powerful United States, do not dare to easily mobilize the fleet in the past, although the United States is the hegemon of the Americas, but not like Africa, the African countries are all colonies, divided and divided, the three South American powers have their own independent sovereignty, even in name, need to maintain respect, not to mention, After expanding to Brazilian waters, I don't know how many times the area of sea areas to be searched has expanded, and the United States absolutely does not dare to do this, and it has no ability to do so.

Now all the hidden dangers have left, and the eight submarines are also in a state of battle, just waiting for the other side to come. The 12 capital ships of the United States went to sea, and the German side did not know, so that they successfully left London, it does not mean that Germany did not have surveillance, 12 capital ships, two days before leaving, left 400 nautical miles, for the battleship, it takes 10 hours, but for the plane, it is even more stupid, the next day, the plane has flown over him, until it exceeds the maximum range of the plane,

If the reconnaissance plane is reduced in weight, it can support a range of 2,000 kilometers, which covers almost one-third of the Atlantic Ocean, and you must know that it is only 6,000 kilometers from London to New York, and with the help of various conditions, it can monitor almost one-third.

With the following of the plane, the position of the other side in the first few days was extremely clear, and the next one, Germany also made efforts, with the help of local submarines and Chinese submarines, followed to the central axis, and entered the place where the US ships were dense, and then it could be regarded as stopping.

As far as Cheng Biguang is concerned, there is a relatively clear position, and the United States has nothing to hide, and their position is under Cheng Biguang's control, especially the attack on Panama has the purpose of mobilizing them, and after several analyses by the General Staff Department, the error of the other side will not exceed 300 kilometers.

This is not only the strength of land warfare, but also one of the strengths of naval warfare, and the other side has already been reconnoitred under the premise that the other side is not clear about this side, and it has already occupied the commanding heights, knowing oneself and knowing the enemy, and not being defeated in a hundred battles, and Sun Tzu's art of war is correct even if it is placed on naval warfare.

Of course, the submarine can only give the approximate location, want to be accurate, but also need a reconnaissance aircraft, however, the distance between the two sides is more than 1000 nautical miles, the water reconnaissance aircraft can fly so far, but it is not necessary, the error is more than 300 kilometers, if you add a distance of 1000 nautical miles, this search area, terrifying to the extreme, even if the aircraft for reconnaissance, there are enough advantages, it is not so wasteful, the focus of the aircraft is to monitor within 200 kilometers, the rest, to the submarines, Even in a sense, handing over to the submarine is a gamble, above the sea, boundless, and passable from any place, provided that you don't take those dead ends, but among the many accidents, there is also the necessity that some ocean currents or locations between ports have become waterways.

The plan of the General Staff not only includes the attack on Panama, but also includes the capture of Panama, at least 7 alternatives, 5 of which are to attack the other side, however, among the alternatives, it is not accurate to the extreme, after all, the position is different, if the distance between the two sides is more than 500 kilometers, the time is more than 1 day, there are too many variables in the middle, the staff officers are just based on the distance between the two sides and the possible results, after a little calculation, give some alternative plans.

Most of these options are estimated, and when they are really established, they still need Cheng Biguang to carry out, and the experienced Cheng Biguang is the most outstanding, and he also used this to find a suitable place to attack, waiting for the start of the battle against the American fleet.

According to all the intelligence, the US military is currently close to the Caribbean Sea and has not yet bypassed Cuba, and there is still some distance between them; in the future, warships will appear in the direction of Panama from time to time to attract US troops, and reconnaissance planes will conduct reconnaissance on possible shipping lanes to prevent a surprise attack by the United States. It was a long wait, and on the morning of the third day, a reconnaissance plane finally passed the news that the US warship had been spotted more than 120 nautical miles from the position of the fleet.

The war has finally arrived, 120 nautical miles, this is already the distance of the bayonet, next, Cheng Biguang needs to find the location, in fact, his location is carefully selected, the several islands that may be used as concealment given by the General Staff are all within a certain location, and he only needs to pick one out of the middle.

At present, the position between the warship and the United States warship is about 120 nautical miles, which is almost 200 kilometers, and at the speed of the warship, even when both sides are sailing, it will take 3 hours compared to 40 nautical miles, and he has enough time to choose the battlefield. (To be continued.) )