Unlike the rest of the fleet, the German Z Fleet imposed strict light control on this night. On the Kyiv missile cruiser, all the places where the light source might leak were covered with thick curtains or blankets.

However, at this time, there were a few dim electric lights on in the officer's lounge, which had been temporarily transformed into a buffet reception. Several rectangular dining tables were put together, covered with snow-white tablecloths, bottles of German, Italian and French wines, champagnes, wines, beers****?? It's all over the place. The main course was prepared by the German chef aboard the Kiev missile cruiser. There is a broth with cream, onions, potatoes, bacon, German sausage, and German salted pork knuckles, and a large pot of Italian cream rice. According to Hannah? Miss Leitch said that these are the favorite foods of the Japanese, but no, a room full of Japanese kamikaze drones are all boasting about the chef's skills! ，

Today's cocktail party is a celebration feast for these kamikazes! Well, it's not the turn of the attackers to feast, it's already the turn of the attackers to feed all kinds of sea creatures in the icy Atlantic. At the same time, it is also a good day for our liver to be promoted. The Japanese side believes that this "Bermuda" German, Japanese, and Italian joint operation has won a great victory, and the Japanese kamikaze special attack team that participated in the war has certainly won the first credit! In this way, the prestige of the Japanese Empire was greatly increased, and His Majesty the Emperor won glory, and as the supreme commander of this kamikaze force, Kengoro Hetofu was of course indispensable.

Therefore, on the night of November 16, the order of commendation for exceptional promotion and decoration was sent to the Kiev by telegram, and Kengoro Hetofu was unusually promoted to the rank of Admiral, and was also awarded a "Heavy Ribbon of the Rising Sun". At the same time, a repatriation order was served. and the order appointing Hesuke as the commander of the newly established missile attack force, the Yamato Special Attack Force. Therefore, today's cocktail party is not only a celebration banquet, but also a celebration of the promotion of Kengoro Fufu. and celebrating the establishment of Japan's own missile unit. In particular, this Yamato special attack force, which did not know where it was, made every Japanese present excited. After wasting an unknown number of French, German, and Italian wines, several half-drunk Japanese officers jumped onto the long table and shouted loudly.

"Yasuda-kun, do you see it, the Great Japanese Empire is finally saved!"

"Kamikaze attack, invincible! Yamato Special Attack. Invincible! ”

"Rest in peace all the kings who gave their lives for the country! We'll be coming to Kudanzaka soon to meet you! ”

"Become a god together, become a god!"

"We're going to fly missiles into the battleships and aircraft carriers of the Shina, and we want them to know what a true Imperial Samurai is!"

"The winner of this war must be Japan! We are going to conquer China! Conquer the world! Great Japanese Empire, onboard! Your Majesty the Emperor, onboard! Onboard! On-board !! ”

What the! And to conquer the world? The German "orderlies" who pretended not to understand Japanese were harsh when they heard it. Isn't the work of conquering the world a German patent? When will it be your turn to be crazy? But anger is anger. The face is still a spring breeze smiling face, anyway, they are all dying people, and they just don't hear some nonsense. Let's listen to what drunken things Kengoro Hetofu, who is said to be likely to become Japan's prime minister in 20 years, say. Hey, where did the liver pay go? I was here just now.

And that Hannah? Miss Leitch is gone, so could it be that the two of them have finally sparked a little spark? ……

Not to mention, our liver Fu Kengoro Dazuo is really with Hannah now? Miss Leitch is together, but I don't know if there is any spark. The two seemed to be standing side by side on the bridge of the missile cruiser Kiev to admire the moon. It's not the same as the Japanese devils in the officer's room. Kengoro Hefu didn't have the slightest bit of that kind of drunkenness and excitement on his face. The future commander of the Yamato special attack force, who was also the fastest promoted in the Japanese Navy, was holding a bottle of wine that was probably Lafite (provided by the Nazi German Navy, which should be genuine) and gulping it down.

When the news of his promotion and transfer came in Japan, he was just stunned for a moment, and then he said that he knew. And then he went back to a bunch of charts of the Atlantic and Caribbean Seas. He only showed up at tonight's cocktail party. Just ran to the bridge of the Kiev alone and drank alcohol, and that Hannah? Miss Leitch followed him to the bridge. I don't know if it's to drink with him. I'm still here to congratulate him, but it certainly doesn't mean that way.

"Kengoro. You look very unhappy, can't it be that you are reluctant to me? "Hannah? Leitch looked at the liver with a smirk.

"It's a little reluctant, but it's not the main thing." He sighed and then said, "But I'm mainly worried about the Yamato special attack force, and when I hear the name, it's the kind of unit that wants to do stupid things." ”

Hear that, Hannah? A hint of disdain flashed in Leich's bright eyes, this liver is good for anything, but he is a little afraid of death, uh, he should be very afraid of death! I really don't understand how he could become the head of a whole bunch of Japanese people who are not afraid of death?

Liver Fu didn't notice Hannah's expression, took another big sip of Lafite, and muttered softly in Japanese: "War with the Chinese, really not sure at all Wow ****??"

Hannah? Leitch frowned, and said in his heart: "I must be afraid of death!" She said coldly: "I don't need you to die, just give an order****??"

Liver Fu was stunned when he heard this, and after thinking about it carefully, what the other party said made sense. Japan and China are both neighbors of North Korea, and it is not their turn to worry about life and death between them, as a North Korean. Thinking of this, a bright smile finally appeared on his round face, and he patted Hannah? Leitch said, "Hannah, you're right, it's not my turn to die." By the way, you have to take care of yourself when I return to China, don't be so desperate. I don't want to receive your funeral invitations. Speaking of this, Liver Fu looked up at the eastern sky. The first rays of light on November 17 had pierced the darkness and were coming from the distant sea. He raised his wrist and looked at the time, it was already four o'clock in the morning, and the main fleet of the Germans should now begin to sound the battle alarm? ……

17th, 4 a.m.

The shrill sound of alarm bells shattered the silence of the combined German-Italian fleet, and the mountain-like aircraft carriers began to turn their bows in the windward direction. Large numbers of sailors and officers left the crowded dining halls or lounges and ran to their respective stations. Inside the hangar. The prepared air crew slowly pushed the FW190C with folded wings onto the lift, and then slowly lifted the plane onto the deck with hydraulic oil pumps.

The deck was also a busy scene, bombs were also sent up through a special ammunition elevator, stacked in a corner of the flight deck, and the flight crew used small carts to push 50 kg bombs under the belly of the FW190C fighter and hung them on hooks. This FW190 has the best air combat performance of its era. And a good attack aircraft. Up to 500 kg of bombs can be hung! And today they will carry four 50-kilogram bombs to participate in the air raids. After the bomb was planted, the FW190 was pushed by the flight crew to the first take-off line on the aircraft carrier's flight deck, and then more FW190s were pushed to the first take-off line to standby.

When all the fighters were ready, it was the turn of the famous JU87 Stuka dive bombers to be pushed into the second take-off line. Like their Chinese students, the German naval aviation in this time and space was also not equipped with torpedo bombers, with only 35 FW190 fighters, 65 JU87 dive bombers, and 10 FW192 reconnaissance bombers converted from Chinese A4 Thunderhawk dive bombers on each Frederick the Great-class aircraft carrier. But today, the Thunderhawks on the four Frederick-class aircraft carriers were also hung with bombs and placed on the second take-off line.

Commander-in-Chief Raeder is ready to commit his maximum forces in the first wave of air raids! Strive to destroy all the airports of the United States and the Free United Kingdom in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in one go.

"Commander, the USS Frederick the Great, HMS Wilhelm the Great, HMS Otto the Great, and HMS Charlemagne are all ready!" Chief of Staff Eric? Major General Bey's voice rang in Raeder's ears.

"The four Great-class aircraft carriers will each put 80 carrier-based aircraft into operation in the first wave of attacks, for a total of 320 carrier-based aircraft, including 40 FW190 fighters, 245 JU87 dive bombers, and 35 FW192 reconnaissance bombers. The four Elbe-class ships will put 132 carrier-based aircraft into operation in the first wave of attacks, including 20 FW190 fighters. 102 JU87 dive bombers, 10 FW192 reconnaissance bombers. Two Zeppelin-class ships will put 61 carrier-based aircraft into service in the first wave of attacks. Among them, there are 12 FW190 fighters and 42 JU87 dive bombers. FW192 reconnaissance bombers 7 units. A total of 10 aircraft carriers will be put into service in the first wave of the attack with 513 aircraft. The plan of attack was as follows, with the 1st Flying Wing of the Navy of the USS Frederick the Great and the 2nd Flying Wing of the USS Wilhelm to bomb Louis on the island of Puerto Rico. Muñoz? Marin Airport; The 3rd and 4th Flying Wings aboard the USS Otto the Great and the USS Charlemagne would be responsible for bombing Isabella Airport on the island of Puerto Rico; The 5th Flying Wing on the Danube will ****??"

"Okay, that's all right." Raeder waved his hand and interrupted: "Is there any movement in the US-UK Combined Fleet?" ”

"Not yet." "I have just received information that the two medium aircraft carriers of the British are honestly hiding in the Norfolk base, in addition, there are at least five battleships and two light aircraft carriers there," said Rear Admiral Bay. It looks like they're ready to be in the fleet. ”

"Hehe, don't you come out, do you?" Raeder sneered: "When we're done fighting Puerto Rico, we'll go to Norfolk." ”

Eric? Bei also smiled: "We still have more than 600 P35 missiles that have not been used!" ”

Raeder nodded slightly, and looked at the navigation clock on the wall again: "It's almost time, give the order to attack!" ”……

It was getting light, but the marathon meeting in the conference room of the US-British Command in Norfolk was not over yet. Cup after cup of coffee is constantly being sent in by the orderlies, and you can find it when you push the door. The room was filled with smoke, and all the generals had gloomy faces and did not speak. Just smoking all sorts of tobacco. Major General Eisenhower sat in his place, his face pale, and he kept looking up at the sky outside the window. Admiral Halsey's face was even more dead, and his eyes looked listlessly at the door of the conference room, as if he was waiting for some bad news. British Admiral Cunningham's eyebrows were even more condensed, and he gulped down on his cigar, and raised his wrist from time to time to look at the time.

A telegram recommending the temporary transfer of the Fourth Air Force to the Caribbean had long since been sent, and Cunningham had named it on it. And he also sent a separate urgent telegram to Churchill, the Prime Minister of the Free Britain in Ottawa, asking the other side to immediately agree to the demands of the Americans. However, Washington and Ottawa have been slow to respond.

Of course, it is not appropriate to use the word "delay" to describe the reaction of the political leadership in the United States and Britain. In fact, both the White House and the liberal British government in Ottawa convened an emergency meeting as soon as they received the suggestions and requests of the Joint Command. And the meetings weren't too long. It took only two or three hours to reach a conclusion, and then the leaders of both sides consulted directly over the phone. Roosevelt and Churchill's phone porridge boiled for about half an hour, and after the President of the United States promised to provide 200 F4U fighters to the Free British Air Force in a month, Prime Minister Churchill readily agreed to the United States to transfer air power that should have been used to defend Canada to the Caribbean to rescue the emergency****??

The entire decision-making process took just over four hours, and for two large governments at the central level, such a response speed can only be described as super-fast. However, for a naval and air battle with air power as the main force, more than four hours is too long.

Outcome. U.S. Army Chief of Staff Marshall agreed to the order to mobilize the Fourth Air Force, and almost immediately after the news of the discovery of enemy aircraft groups in Puerto Rico was sent to this conference room.

"The radar has detected a fleet of German aircraft, more than 500 of them, and it is only 100 kilometers away from Puerto Rico! It's over, the airports in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are finished! Halsey took the telegram from the staff officer, and after only one glance at it, he almost fainted.

The two military airfields on the island of Puerto Rico of the United States Army have a total of only 238 aircraft, of which only 62 are fighter jets, mainly P36, P38 and P39. The performance of these aircraft is good though. But in air combat, it is definitely not the opponent of FW190! Not to mention the fact that those who fly those FW190s are almost the best pilots in the world!

And the aircraft deployed by the Free British Air Force over the Virgin Islands are even less worth mentioning. There are only 78 of them, and most of them are obsolete products brought out from home. It's not vulnerable at all.

"How many Army units do we have on the island of Puerto Rico? What about the fortifications? Major General Eisenhower asked in a deep voice.

"There are four infantry divisions, the main force of which is the 1st Army Division withdrawn from the fortress of San Lorenzo, which has a certain amount of real combat experience, and the fortifications are also considered strong." Halsey flipped through the materials at hand and read them to Marshall, in fact, he was also a new official and knew no more about the situation in Puerto Rico than Eisenhower.

"Haiti, what's going on there?" Eisenhower then asked.

"There are 334 aircraft, including two squadrons for a total of 24 F4U, two squadrons of P38, two squadrons of P39, two squadrons of P36. The ground forces also had four divisions, under the command of the First U.S. Army, like the Puerto Rican defenders, which also commanded seven divisions on the islands of Cuba and Jamaica, commanded by Lieutenant General Eckerberg, with its headquarters in Guantánamo, Cuba. Halsey replied.

"There are only four divisions on an island of 10,000 square kilometers, and we have no air and sea supremacy, so we can't hold there." Eisenhower walked to the edge of the map, crossed his arms and stared for a moment, shook his head, and said, "Defend the island of Haiti." The American troops who retreated from the island of Puerto Rico, as well as the British troops in the Virgin Islands. ”

"Sir, I'm afraid it's too late, we don't have sea and air superiority, and the troops can't be withdrawn." "Troops should be concentrated near the port of San Juan, the best deep-water port on the island of Puerto Rico, and the most suitable place if the combined German-Italian fleet wants to gain a foothold in the Americas," Halsey reminded. As long as we hold there, the German-Italian fleet will not be able to stay in the Americas for long. In addition, San Juan also built shore defense batteries with 14-inch cannons, and the entrance to the port was also laid with enough mines that it was difficult for the Germans to penetrate from the front. ”

Eisenhower shook his head: "It won't last long, the four divisions are less than 60,000 people, they were caught by the Germans by sea and land, and it didn't take long to be consumed, and now the door of the United States can be regarded as North Hitler knocking open!" ”

Halsey gritted his teeth, "We can always buy a little time, we can take the opportunity to adjust the defense of the Caribbean and strengthen the defense of Haiti Island and Cuba Island, these two islands are the key to shielding the southern coastline of the United States, and they must be defended!" (To be continued......)