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Smashing the door of the United States and the 12 Caribbean crisis

The Empress of Russia picked up her glass and drank most of the vodka in it, her cheeks glowing slightly red, as if she was drunk. Then he softened his lips and said in a coquettish voice: "That's not exactly what you want, I think the more embarrassed that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek is, the more it will seem that our Generalissimo Luo is like a god in his army." As for those Indian Ah San, you won't feel distressed if you die no matter how much you die, right? ”，

Luo Yaoguo put down the cup, looked at the female fox who was a little drunk and a little more charming, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he couldn't help but slander in his heart: Who doesn't know how much alcohol you are the empress? Not to mention this half a glass of vodka, even if you come to half a catty, you may not be really drunk. Now you're afraid you want to test me by being drunk but not drunk, right?

I only heard Anastasia say in a coquettish voice: "Those GCDs keep saying that they want to be anti-fascist, and they also say that I am a fascist bandit, as if they are bad. In my opinion, the worst one is you, you can see the shadow of Marshal Luo Yaoguo behind all the bad things, and the most hateful thing is that after doing the bad things, you have to come out to be a good person. Is this World War II also thinking of such a way to play? ”

Luo Yaoguo smiled softly and said: "I am not the only one to be a good person, Anas, I think this world war is always a draw in the end, and we China and Russia, as responsible major countries, should do our part to end this meaningless war as soon as possible." ”

"Senseless war? So is there any point in a war between China and Japan? Anastasia looked at Luo Yaoguo with a smile.

Luo Yaoguo said coldly: "It turns out that you are still a Japanese lobbyist. ”

"Since you don't want to hear it, then you say no." Anastasia shook her head and said: "Actually, I can't say that I am a Japanese lobbyist, and I, the Russian empress, are not so worthless, but Hitler's face cannot be withheld." ”

"That sounds like the truth." Luo Yaoguo sneered and said lightly: "He promised to give the Japanese P-35 missiles, I promised to promote the Sino-US anti-Japanese alliance, and the courtesy is just exchanged, if he wants to order it to the end, then I will not continue to stir up the contradictions, otherwise" After that, Luo Yaoguo also picked up his wine glass and drank most of the wine.

The Empress of Russia picked up the vodka bottle on the table, filled herself with another glass, took a sip and said, "What if the Japanese steamer with the P-35 missile was sunk by an unidentified submarine operating off the coast of the eastern Pacific Ocean?" I mean if. ”

Luo Yaoguo sneered in his heart: This Hitler is really ruthless enough, he deceived the Japanese to work for him, and as a result, he sank the steamer that came to transport goods! Not only ruthless, but also shameless! How could an honest person like me have intercourse with such a person? It seems that you should stay away from him in the future, so as not to be taken away by him.

Thinking of this, he sighed lightly and said with a wry smile: "I, the chief of the general staff, can't compare to him as the head of state, our country is a democratic constitutional country, the military's influence on politics is limited, and most of the members of the parliament are isolationist." If they disagree with the "Sino-US Anti-Japanese Alliance," I have nothing to do. I believe that President Roosevelt would also understand the difficulties of the leaders of a democratic country. ”

November 7, 1939, 2 a.m.

In the Atlantic Ocean, 320 nautical miles north of Puerto Rico, a vigilant search formation consisting of three American submarines and three British submarines from the United States was lined up on the surface of the sea at intervals of 5 kilometers.

Although radar technology in this time and space has developed rapidly, the importance of submarines in various countries is not as good as in the original history, so the development of submarine radar is somewhat lagging behind. Until now, the submarines of the United States and Britain have not been equipped with radars, so these submarines on alert search missions can only rely on this traditional way to detect the enemy. However, since submersible or semi-submersible submarines are not easy to be detected by enemy ships, this reconnaissance method is relatively safe. Naval powers, including China and Germany, are now also using submarines to cooperate with long-range reconnaissance planes to conduct alert and search in the far seas.

The high-intensity reconnaissance and patrols day and night made the crews of these American and British submarines droop their eyelids one by one, but they still gritted their teeth and persisted, because the fascist navy had already controlled the sea supremacy in the Atlantic, and any area along the Atlantic coast of the entire North American region could become a landing site for the fascist army. The former hegemon of the world's navies has now tasted the taste of having no defense at sea.

Just as the lookout was looking at the boundless Atlantic Ocean with great energy, a white pillar of light suddenly flashed on the sea in the distance.

What is that?

Could it be the ships of the Germans? What are they doing here?

Just when this lookout was full of suspicion, one after another white pillars of light pierced the thick night, appearing on the northern ocean!

"Germans! It's the fleet of the Germans! Discover the German ** team! Quantity...... It's huge! The distance is about 20000 meters. ”

The lookout picked up the phone and there was a shout, followed by the captain's voice over the microphone.

"Dive, dive!"

Hearing this order, the lookout entered the cabin as fast as he could, and while the hatch was quickly locked, the submarine's communications officer had already sent a telegram "Discover the German fleet."

"Sir, I hear an unidentified radio wave."

Inside the bridge of the battleship Bismarck, the communications officer shouted with a phone.

Lütjans strode to the edge of the chart, stared for a while, and asked the chief of staff beside him, "Is there any of our submarines nearby?" ”

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The fleet had practiced radio silence early in the morning, and this radio wave was not

fleet. Then there are only two possibilities, one is the submarine that the Germans deployed in this sea; The second is the submarine of the United States and Britain.

"I'll check." The chief of staff of the fleet took a form and looked at it for a while, and his expression became solemn. "There are no submarines for us, and no Italians, Admiral, it seems that we have been discovered by the Yankees."

"Tell the lookout posts and sonar soldiers to cheer me up and never let the enemy's submarine slip through the destroyer's sentry circle." Lütjans continued to stare at the charts, without a hint of joy or anger on his face, as if he didn't care about the revelation of his fleet. In fact, he was not worried about the threat of the American and British fleets at all, they were now hiding in the harbor as a fleet, and the only thing that could cause a little trouble for his seven super battleships on this night was the sneak attack of the enemy submarines, which is why he ordered the searchlight to be turned on and search the sea.

"Admiral, do you want to send a destroyer to search for it?" The chief of staff suggested.

"No, just order the fleet to pass quickly." Ruetjens waved his hand, the enemy's submarine was not his target, his goal was only cannon fodder Puerto Rico, covering the landing force to occupy the island attached to the United States.

"Admiral, do you want to break the radio silence and contact with the main fleet? Please ask them to send carrier-based aircraft to cover us early tomorrow morning? ”

"Okay, anyway, it's already been discovered by the Americans, so there's no need to pretend to be dumb anymore." Ruteryans smiled, pointed to a series of islands in the Caribbean Sea, and said, "Now it depends on how much money the Americans are prepared to invest in the Caribbean." ”

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At this time, in the conference room of the Atlantic Fleet Command in Norfolk, the senior generals of the United States and Britain had also gathered. Ever since the combined German-Italian fleet suddenly disappeared near Bermuda a day earlier, the generals had sensed that something was wrong. The enemy clearly had the upper hand in the Bermuda operation, and although it was impossible to seize the gateway to the United States in a short time, it was not enough to give up. At the same time, the news of the German landing in Iceland made them feel a sense of urgency and crisis.

As a result of the defeat of the combined fleet of the United States and Britain in the Battle of Bermuda, the whole of North America was in a situation where there was no defense at sea. If the Germans find Bermuda difficult to fight, they can move to Greenland-Newfoundland, or simply go south to the Caribbean. Therefore, as long as the main forces of the combined fleet of the United States and Britain do not dare to fight, the role of Bermuda as a gateway will be greatly reduced, and even if Germany does not take here, it will be able to find a way to attack the US mainland from somewhere else!

The entire east coast of North America has several thousand kilometers to be fortified, and although the focus is only on the Bermuda Islands, Newfoundland, and the Caribbean Sea, it is still somewhat inadequate for the air power of the United States and Britain. At present, the air force and naval aviation of the Free Britain have only about 400 combat aircraft, and all of them are deployed on aircraft carriers, all of which are located at the Agensé naval base on the island of Newfoundland.

U.S. air power, including army and naval aviation, has a total of five air groups and nearly 6000 combat aircraft. One of the air forces was assigned to MacArthur's Central American Theater, which was currently preparing a large-scale offensive against the Japanese Central American Front, and this air force was not available at this time. The remaining four air squadrons, one deployed on the West Coast, have now been ordered to be transferred to Canada; two deployed on the east coast of the United States, responsible for air defense on the east coast and support for Bermuda; The last one is deployed on a few major islands in the Caribbean Sea, that is, less than 1,200 aircraft.

Among the nearly 1,200 combat aircraft, there are only 395 fighters, of which only 95 are F4U with advanced performance, and the rest are P-36, P-39, P-38 and other models with relatively weak air combat capabilities, and there is no chance of victory against the FW-190 of the German naval aviation. The other fleet of less than 800 aircraft included 106 reconnaissance and seaplanes, 205 medium and heavy bombers, and 445 dive and torpedo bombers.

After counting the air combat power in their hands, the generals in the conference room were a little nervous. Less than 100 F4U and 445 S

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d Torpedo bombers will not be able to hold the Caribbean Sea! But it was not feasible to draw air power from the east coast of the United States, and no one could afford to take the responsibility of the Germans to turn around and go north to conquer Bermuda.

So, the only thing that could be drawn now was the air force assigned to MacArthur and the air force that was transferred to Canada.

"Gentlemen, the decision must now be made, a voyage of more than 300 nautical miles is only a dozen hours for a fleet traveling at high speed." Admiral Halsey, who had just been appointed commander of the Caribbean theater of operations, looked anxious, and the time of the Americans was passing little by little in hesitation, while the German fleet was speeding south. If we don't mobilize planes to reinforce as soon as possible, I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for him, the commander of the Caribbean theater, to take up his post at his headquarters in Cuba, and Puerto Rico will be the world of the 10,000-character flag!

"Admiral, we are now working on where the planes should be drawn from."

The words are Dwight. Dwight D. Eisenhower, he was probably the lowest-ranking general in this room. But this meeting was presided over by him, the major general, because he had just been appointed the supreme commander of the East Coast Coalition forces! A major general commands a bunch of generals! Such an absurd personnel arrangement can probably only be imagined by Americans, right?

"From anywhere!" Halsey's face is very unsightly, his "brute bull" has now almost become a defeated general, and he has not won a single battle since the beginning of the war! If this continues, he will probably become a negative teaching material in the naval academies of various countries in the future.

Eisenhower stood in front of the map and ignored the "brute bull" who was almost on the verge of rampage, and now he is the commander-in-chief of the East Coast Coalition Forces, and any decision he makes is related to the national fortunes of the United States! Especially the current battle situation can no longer withstand any setbacks!

"General," Halsey abruptly stood up, walked over to Eisenhower, pointed to the Atlantic between Bermuda and Puerto Rico on the map, and said loudly, "We can now be sure that the main fleet of the Germans is here, and their main target is none other than Bermuda or Puerto Rico, and it cannot be Newfoundland." Therefore, we should immediately transfer all the F4U fighters that were originally planned to be sent to Newfoundland to the Caribbean, and then decide whether to transfer the entire air fleet to the Caribbean theater of operations, depending on the situation. As long as we can gain an advantage in air combat, we will definitely be able to repel the attack of the Germans! Because there are so many carrier-based aircraft on their aircraft carriers, they can't withstand consumption.

As for the Canadian side, the Germans will not be able to arrive for a while, and we can wait until the Central American campaign is over before drawing planes from MacArthur. ”

Eisenhower still did not answer Halsey, but turned to look at Admiral Cunningham of Free Britain. The transfer of aircraft originally destined for Canada to the Caribbean is not a military issue, but a political issue involving the alliance between the United States and the Free Britain! This time Harry. Hopkins's trip to China has already offended the British, and if he makes a posture of abandoning Free Britain in military deployment, I am afraid that the United States, the only real ally, will also have a second heart!

Cunningham knew that Eisenhower was waiting for his position and that Halsey's advice was correct, but he couldn't call the shots on this issue. After all, Canada is now the last foothold of the British Empire, and if anything goes wrong, then they will really become lost dogs.

After thinking about it and hesitating for a moment, Cunningham said slowly: "The transfer of all the Fourth Air Force on the West Coast of the United States to Canada was agreed by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill on the phone, and I have no authority to change the Prime Minister's decision. However, I can suggest to Ottawa that this air force be used for the Caribbean for the time being, and I believe that Mr. Prime Minister will take the overall situation into account. ”

Halsey stomped his feet and shouted, "It's too late! The Germans will surely launch airstrikes on coalition airfields in Puerto Rico, Haiti and the Virgin Islands after dawn today! If the airfields there are destroyed, the Germans will be able to knock them down very quickly, and then half of the Caribbean will be German! With a little risk, they can get the army unit to Panama!

So we're going to send planes there as soon as possible, as soon as possible! ”

Halsey was right, it's too late! It's too late now!

Just when the generals of the United States and Britain were still fighting each other.

The main force of the German-Italian combined fleet, with four "Frederick the Great" class aircraft carriers, four "Elbe" class aircraft carriers, and two "Zeppelin" class aircraft carriers as the main striking force, has reached the Atlantic Ocean less than 300 nautical miles from the island of Puerto Rico!

Less than 100 nautical miles behind the main German and Italian fleet, there was a landing fleet codenamed the D fleet, with nearly 150 transport ships and landing ships of various types carrying a total of three German infantry divisions, two Italian infantry divisions, and one Russian infantry division, with a total of 70,000 offensive troops, and rapidly moving south under the protection of dozens of heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers.

Consisting of three "Bismarck" class battleships, two "Richelieu" class battleships, two "Veneto. The "Litrio" class battleships were the main force

The fleet was heading for the island of Puerto Rico at speeds of up to 30 knots.

In the Atlantic Ocean, less than 280 nautical miles northwest of the island of Puerto Rico, there is also a combined German-Italian fleet from Cape Verde in Africa! This fleet, codenamed the C Fleet, is mainly composed of three German "Prussian" class battleships and two Italian "Count Cavour" class battleships, as well as three escort aircraft carriers with a displacement of about 10,000 tons, as well as dozens of German and Italian light combat ships, escorting nearly 100 transport ships of various types carrying 50,000 landing troops, and spreading out on the Atlantic Ocean!

In the end, Kengoro Hetofu's Z fleet broke the waves and headed south on the ocean more than 60 nautical miles east of the main German and Italian fleet