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After the Chinese Empire flaunted its might in the Pacific Ocean and defeated the US military in succession, losing the Philippines and Hawaii in succession, the United States finally couldn't bear it, and immediately after declaring war on the Chinese Empire, it organized the US Navy to engage the Chinese Imperial Navy in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and tried to capture Bermuda, the military base of the Chinese Empire in the Atlantic, and Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info╔╗^//^

Since the strategic center of gravity of the Chinese Emperor was placed in the Pacific Ocean, the naval forces in the Atlantic and Caribbean were very weak, and there was only a small fleet near the base in Bermuda.

The U.S. military decided to retaliate against the Chinese Emperor, but it could not rush to the Pacific to fight in a short time, so the Joint Staff of the U.S. Army decided to conduct a battle in Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean and seize the Bermuda base of the Chinese Empire in order to combat the arrogance of the Chinese Emperor.

As early as after the Pearl Harbor incident was exposed, the main fleet of the US Navy was withdrawn from Europe one after another, and when the Battle of the Philippines began, the Chinese Empire officially declared war with the United States, and the US military planned to pull out Bermuda, the first nail laid by the Chinese Empire at the doorstep of the United States.

To this end, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Army decided to launch the Bermuda Campaign. And for this purpose, 200,000 US troops, 140 warships, including 10 aircraft carriers, 600 fighters, and 120 bombers were assembled.

At the same time, the Chinese Emperor had only one independent brigade of about 15,000 soldiers and 300 artillery pieces, of which 160 were large-caliber fortress guns, arranged in the fortified fortresses on the high ground around the Bermuda base. 40 anti-aircraft guns, plus 400 light and heavy machine guns. Deployed in the harbor of the Bermuda Naval Base there are only four old heavy cruisers, two Fairy-class light cruisers, the USS Baiyunshan seaplane carrier and 22 seaplanes, as well as twelve hunting destroyers, 12 promoted submarines and six Tang-class submarines.

Bermuda has an air base with the 105th Air Wing, also known as the Bermuda Air Wing. ╔ Four large airfields with 350 combat aircraft deployed. Most of them are old Cat Demon fighters, there are only 20 new Thunderbolt fighters, and the more advanced Hellfire fighters and bombers have been transferred to the Pacific front and have not been deployed here in time.

On 2 May, the US military dispatched battleships such as USS New York, USS Texas, USS Nevada, USS Oklahoma, USS Pennsylvania, USS Arizona, USS New Mexico, USS Mississippi, USS Idaho, USS Tennessee, USS California, USS Colorado, USS Maryland, USS West Virginia, USS Washington, USS South Dakota, USS Montana, USS Indiana, USS Massachusetts, USS Oregon, USS Chilshach, USS North Carolina, USS Maine, USS Missouri, USS Ohio, USS Atlanta, USS Nashville, USS Atlanta, USS Nashville, USS Atlanta, USS Nashville, USS Atlanta, USS Nashville, USS Massachusetts, USS Oregon, USS Chilshach, USS North Carolina, USS Maine, USS Missouri, USS Ohio, USS Atlanta, USS Nashville, USS Nashville, USS Battlecruisers such as the USS Columbus, USS Pittsburgh, USS Boise, USS Springfield, USS Indianapoli, and USS Des Moines, as well as hundreds of light cruisers, destroyers, and submarines, surrounded Bermuda.

At noon on the same day, the US battleship formation prepared artillery fire and launched a fierce attack on the defenders of the Chinese Empire on the Bermuda Islands.

Because Bermuda, the main island of the Bermuda archipelago, covers an area of only a few dozen square kilometers and the terrain is long and narrow, the US Navy's super artillery can even directly hit the sea surface from the east side of the island to the west sea surface, so it is not conducive to the Chinese Imperial Ground Force to defend the island. However, the defenders of the Chinese Empire came up with a solution, and they used the vast shallow sea area around Bermuda to build a large number of anti-landing obstacles and lay a large number of mines, forcing the US Navy fleet to carry out artillery bombardment on the sea 15 kilometers away from Bermuda. At this distance, only the fire of naval guns with a caliber of more than 15 inches could reach the shore and beaches, and the accuracy of the US Navy's shelling was so poor that the artillery preparation failed to achieve the expected results.

The surface ships of the Imperial Chinese Navy at the Bermuda base could not compete with the main force of the US Navy, so they could only hide in the bay and rely on coastal batteries for defense. However, the Chinese Imperial Navy's submarines were extremely advanced and could not be effectively contained by the US Navy's anti-submarine destroyers, so Vice Admiral Li Pengzhe, commander of the Bermuda base, ordered all submarines to be dispatched to attack the US warships in the waters around Bermuda. ╔

At 3:17 p.m., the USS Cod submarine fired four bow torpedoes in succession at a distance of 700 meters from the USS Arizona battleship, of which the No. 3 torpedo hit the port side of the battleship Arizona, and the violent explosion instantly tore through the armor protection of the battleship Arizona. The sea poured violently, and the battleship Arizona was severely tilted, and was forced to withdraw from the battle, and after emergency damage repairs, it was towed back to Philadelphia by tugboats for repairs.

After the battleship Arizona was heavily damaged, the battleships Mississippi and Oklahoma were attacked by submarines one after another, and the second ship, like the battleship Arizona, was torpedoed by a torpedo, and although it was heavily damaged, it failed to achieve the goal of sinking it.

The US Navy hastily dispatched 90 destroyers to carry out anti-submarine warfare in nearby waters, and although the Chinese Imperial Navy's submarines were advanced, because the US military had already mastered the basic operational parameters of the Imperial Chinese Navy's advanced submarines and knew the safe diving depth of the advanced submarines, it independently developed a depth charge specialized for a depth of 61 meters.

Since the Imperial Chinese Navy did not know that the US military had already mastered the data of the promoted submarines, at the beginning of the battle, the three Imperial Chinese Navy advanced submarines after successfully attacking the US warships and dived to a safe depth of 61 meters to conceal them, thinking that they could evade the US anti-submarine bombs, but suffered huge losses due to carelessness. Two of the qualifier submarines were sunk on the spot, and the other qualify submarine escaped after being severely damaged and staggered back to the Harrington Bay submarine base.

The two submarines were sunk as soon as the battle began, and the Harrington Bay Submarine Base was taken aback when it received their final report, and hurriedly telegraphed the other submarines to be careful, and the rated safe depth of 61 meters was no longer safe.

Since he did not know to what extent the U.S. military had mastered the capabilities of the Chinese Empire's submarines, Li Pengzhe ordered the submarine fleet to preserve its strength, avoid confrontation with U.S. warships during the day, and wait for night to fall before acting. At the same time, Li Pengzhe ordered fighter jets at St. David's Island Air Base to take to the air with aerial bombs and torpedo weapons to attack the US fleet.

At about half past four in the afternoon, 300 fighters of the Bermuda Air Force of the Chinese Empire flew over the US fleet and dropped more than 300 aerial bombs and about 100 torpedoes. ╔╗

The anti-aircraft artillery of the US Navy fleet opened heavy fire, shooting down four Cat Demon fighters of the Imperial Chinese Air Force. The US battleships New York and Texas were severely damaged, and the battleship New York was hit by three torpedoes, and after the damage was ineffective, the captain was forced to give the order to abandon the ship.

At 4:37 a.m., the battleship New York sank. At the same time, the first wave of air raids by the Imperial Air Force of China ended, and the US Navy battlecruiser USS Nashville was hit by a bullet and caught fire on the island, and was forced to withdraw from the combat sequence.

After the US military repelled the submarine formation of the Chinese Empire, the US aircraft carriers were able to approach the area within 50 nautical miles of the Bermuda Islands and enter the combat radius of the US fighters.

At 4:53 a.m., the US military dispatched aircraft carriers for the first time to participate in actual combat, and 600 fighter planes took off from 10 aircraft carriers on the west and southwest sides of Bermuda Island and pounced on the Gretel Bay, Harrington Bay Naval Base, and St. David's Island Air Base in an attempt to destroy the resistance of the Chinese Emperor on the Bermuda Islands.

At 5:10 a.m., 50 airfield guard fighters of the Bermuda Air Wing of the Chinese Empire scrambled into the air to intercept 120 US fighters that were rushing towards St. Davie's Island Air Base. The fighter planes that had just completed the air raid on the US fleet urgently refueled and hung up bombs.

At 5:17, the Imperial Chinese Air Force and the U.S. Air Force engaged for the first time, and the Battle of Bermuda broke out.

Although the Cat Demon fighter of the Chinese Imperial Air Force has been included in the ranks of fighters to be decommissioned, the US Air Force has just started, and a large number of imitations of the British and French Camel fighters, Speider fighters, etc., the real American design and manufacture of fighter jets have not yet achieved mass production, and the performance is not as good as the Chinese Empire's Cat Demon fighters.

After half an hour of aerial dogfighting, 120 US military planes that invaded St. Davie's Island Air Base were repulsed. ╔╗ The U.S. military lost 65 fighters, and the Chinese emperor lost 8 fighters.

Because the performance of the US Air Force was inferior to that of the Chinese Imperial Air Force, and because the US military used aircraft carriers for the first time to fight, the US Navy Air Force pilots on the aircraft carriers lacked combat experience, so that the 120 US fighters that invaded the airspace over St. Davie Island Air Force were defeated by 45 fighters of the Chinese Emperor.

However, the US fighter planes attacking the Imperial Chinese naval bases in Gretel Bay and Harrington Bay achieved certain successes, and the hundreds of aerial bombs they dropped destroyed many military installations on the ground, and three Chinese Imperial heavy cruisers in the bay were severely damaged, among which the heavy cruiser Furong was hit by a torpedo and was forced to run aground in shallow waters.

At 5:34 a.m., most of the fighters of the Bermuda Air Wing of the Chinese Empire completed refueling and bombing, took off again, and engaged US planes fiercely over Harrington Bay and Gretel Bay.

The 20 Thunderbolt fighters performed well in air combat, far surpassing the US fighters in terms of speed, firepower, and maneuverability. Under the cover and containment of other Cat Demon fighters, the Thunderbolt fighter used its ultra-high climb ability to make a dive action from a high altitude, quickly approaching the US fighter jet, and instantly destroyed the US fighter with a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun. The American pilots were shot down before they could even see each other clearly.

The first round of air combat lasted until sunset, and the US fighters lost 460 aircraft, while the Chinese Emperor ** only lost 123 Cat Demon fighters, and the Thunderbolt fighters were unscathed. In terms of pilots, the US military lost 452 pilots, while the pilots of the Imperial Chinese Air Force were successfully rescued by ground personnel due to their parachutes and fighting in their own air defense zone, except for three pilots who died directly in the plane.

In the first air battle between the Chinese and American armies, the US army suffered heavy losses. However, the U.S. military quickly replenished all the lost fighters and pilots the next day, so that the total number of fighters participating in the battle remained at 600, while the Bermuda Air Wing of the Chinese Empire was not replenished, and after losing 123 fighters, only 227 fighters were left to take to the skies. ╔╗

The U.S. military's raid on the Bermuda base was quickly reported to the Chinese Empire** Theater of the Americas Command at the San Juan General Base in Puerto Rico, and through the American Theater Command, it was quickly reported to the General Staff of the Chinese Empire.

Wang Shizhen quickly convened an emergency meeting of the General Staff Headquarters to discuss countermeasures.

Lin Jianzhang, Minister of the Navy, expressed his opinion and said: "We had already prepared for the worst before the war, and since the main battlefield was chosen in the Pacific Ocean, we must make certain sacrifices in the Atlantic. The US military attacked the Bermuda base undoubtedly in an attempt to save some face for the war. ”

Air Force Minister Liu Xiang said: "But you can't just give up the Bermuda base, right? The Bermuda base is an important node in the Empire's blockade of the island chain of the United States, and once it is lost, our Imperial ** team will lose the springboard for launching an attack on the east coast of the United States. ”

"yes!" Minister of War Feng Guozhang nodded and said: "Didn't Your Majesty say that you want to launch a decent war on the east coast of the United States, first, to cooperate with the imperial ** team to attack the west coast of the United States and contain the forces of the United States on the east coast." Second, the important cities, economic centers, and political centers of the United States are all on the East Coast, and New York, as the world's third largest financial center, is also an important target for the imperial team. A successful raid on New York and the capture of countless gold and silver would require the use of the Bermuda base as a springboard. ”

Lin Jianzhang said: "Then what should I do? Is it necessary to transfer the main forces of the Navy and the Air Force from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic? Didn't the tactics we developed earlier aim to allow the main forces of the US Navy to bypass South America and enter the Pacific Ocean, and take advantage of their exhaustion to destroy the main fleet of the US army? If we now take the initiative to move from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic, then it is we who are exhausted. ”

Lin Jianzhang's words are not unreasonable, this is a military strategic game, like a double-edged sword, if you can't hurt the other party, it is very likely to hurt yourself.

Wang Shizhen sighed and said: "I didn't expect the Pacific Campaign to go so smoothly, I knew that this was the result, it would be good if our main force was placed in the Atlantic, even if it was placed in the Caribbean, we could reinforce the Bermuda base in time." ”

Feng Guozhang asked, "Won't the Theater of the Americas Command be able to send troops to support Bermuda?" Just delay for a while. ”

Wang Shizhen said: "I have ordered Li Hanqiao to reinforce Bermuda at any cost, but Li Hanqiao can only dispatch two aircraft carriers (70 carrier-based fighters and 5 bombers), four air defense cruisers, nine light cruisers, 22 destroyers and 29 submarines. With fewer than 400 fighters and 30 bombers at San Juan Air Base, the transfer to Bermuda would have allowed it to hold out for a few more days. ”

Liu Xiang suddenly said: "Isn't the navy's submarine fleet known as invincible? Wouldn't destroying the US Navy fleet directly from under the water solve the problem? ”

Feng Guozhang took the opportunity to attack Lin Jianzhang and said: "I heard that the US Navy has mastered the technical parameters of the Imperial submarine, and the Navy's so-called invincible submarine has been sunk two?" ”

Lin Jianzhang coughed dryly, his face was very unsightly.

Wang Shizhen explained: "It is true that two submarines were sunk by US anti-submarine destroyers at a safe diving depth, and I have asked the CIA to investigate, and it is not yet possible to conclude that our submarine has been leaked." ”

Lin Jianzhang then said: "Even if it is leaked, it can only be a leak of the promotion submarine." In order to support the German Navy, we have dismantled the sonar arrays of 20 active advanced submarines and directly transferred them to the German Navy, and we do not rule out the possibility that the German Navy will be captured by the US military when using our advanced submarines. ”

Feng Guozhang said with a smile: "Since it has been exported, we should have thought of the possibility of technical leakage earlier." ”

Lin Jianzhang glared at Feng Guozhang angrily, and said: "Don't worry, the promoted submarine has been discontinued, and the replaced Tang-class submarine is much more advanced than the promoted submarine, and the Song-class submarine under research is a generation of foresight." Even if the U.S. military has mastered the technology to advance to submarines, it is not our opponent. ”

Feng Guozhang asked: "As far as I know, the tonnage of Tang-class submarines has reached more than 2,000 tons, and the construction period has reached more than one year. ”

Lin Jianzhang explained: "The Imperial Navy shipbuilding industry can complete the construction of Tang-class submarines in six months in war mode. ”

Feng Guozhang smiled: "It's fast enough!" It's a pity that the operational schedule of the Imperial General Staff seems to be three months to defeat the United States! ”

Lin Jianzhang was speechless for a moment. Wang Shizhen saw that the two of them were up, and hurriedly changed the topic: "At present, the naval strength in the Atlantic Ocean is insufficient, the naval war in the Pacific region has basically ended, and the fleet on the west coast of the United States is not to be afraid. ”

"Yes!" Lin Jianzhang immediately received the order, and continued: "It will take ten days for the main fleet of the Navy to be transferred to the Atlantic, and before that, I will also ask the Air Force to reinforce Bermuda as much as possible." ”

Wang Shizhen nodded, turned to Liu Xiang and said, "Lord Liu will arrange it!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Xiang nodded and said: "The Air Force is rushing to repair various air bases on the Hawaiian Islands, and before the airport is completed, the Air Force does not have the ability to directly attack the continental United States, so it can temporarily transfer to the San Juan base to support the defensive operation in Bermuda." ”

Wang Shizhen nodded and said: "The US military does not have long-range bombers at present, and can only rely on hundreds of aircraft on ten aircraft carriers to attack Bermuda, and they cannot fight at night, so the existing planes in Bermuda plus the planes urgently transferred from the San Juan Air Force Base can cope with about five or six days." Be ye prepared as soon as possible. ”

"Yes!" Liu Xiang nodded and said: "The bomber group can be transferred to San Juan in one day, and the fighter group has a limited range and takes three days. ”

Feng Guozhang suddenly asked: "I heard that the United States has completely switched to the war mechanism, and their industrial capacity is said to be very strong, which can provide tens of thousands of aircraft, combat vehicles, artillery, and a large number of combat ships every month. ”

"It's not that exaggerated!" Wang Shizhen said: "Although the United States' comprehensive industrial capacity is very strong, it is similar to us in the field of military industry, and in the war mode, it can produce about 2,000 aircraft, 1,500 combat vehicles, and about 2,000 artillery pieces a month, but the technical content of these equipment is not as good as the aircraft, combat vehicles and artillery produced by the empire, so it has not become a major threat to us." But it is in our interest to defeat the United States as soon as possible, and if it drags on and turns into a stalemate and a war of attrition, it will be disastrous. ”

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