The Atlantic Ocean unfolds in front of the USS Kiev, a converted missile cruiser from a fast luxury cruise ship. The superstructure on the deck was half dismantled, two steam catapults for launching P-35 manned missiles were installed, and the middle part of the superstructure was preserved as quarters for the crew and missile pilots. The Kiev, along with five missile cruisers such as Minsk, Vilnius, Riga, and Tallinn, two light cruisers Königsberg, and five Type 1936 destroyers, together formed the Z Fleet of the German Navy. On October 15, 1939, the Z Fleet, along with several other German fleets, set out from the port of Kiel and sailed all the way through the North Sea, through the English Channel, from the North Atlantic to Gibraltar, where it joined the Italian fleet and another German fleet that had been waiting there, and then sailed to the other side of the Atlantic. In the past few days when China and Japan were fighting in the East, the German war machine began to run at full speed.

However, the Japanese madmen on the Z Fleet, which was the killer of the German-Italian combined fleet, were like eggplants beaten by frost, and they were all listless. The reason for this situation is that these Japanese devils who are destined not to live long are now worried about the country and the people.

Although Japanese officials have announced the news of the so-called victory in the South China Sea and the Yalu River a few days ago, the commander of the German Z Fleet, von . Colonel Henkel even ordered the fleet's logisticians to organize a small toast for the dying Japanese, at which the Japanese were all in high spirits, as if they really believed that Japan would soon win the war. However, the Japanese officers on the five missile cruisers left in a hurry with gloomy faces after the reception was over...... In the days that followed, some less good-sounding news arrived at the Z fleet. For example, Navy Minister Eisuke Yamamoto resigned and was succeeded by Shigetaro Shimada; The Japanese base camp announced the implementation of the national emergency mobilization. claims to expand the army to 6 million and train 8 million reserve soldiers; By October 24th. There was even more astonishing news. Ignoring the opposition of 10,000,000 Japanese nationals, the Chinese government brazenly supported the Korean terrorists Kim Jo-jin, Kim Koo, Choi Yong-kun, Lee Beom-seok, and Chung Young-hee to form the coalition government of the Republic of Korea, and began to recruit soldiers among the Korean exiles in China to establish the Republic of Korea National Defense Force!

And the reaction of the Japanese side was even more shocking to these Japanese daredevils who had already boarded the German warships. The Japanese base camp issued an order on October 25 to once again revoke the number of the Kwantung Army! All the 800,000 troops under the jurisdiction of the Kwantung Army were placed under the command of the Korean Army. The commander of the DPRK Army was Senior General Okamura Ninji, former chief of staff. No matter how you look at such a deployment, it looks like it is unlucky to be beaten, and it seems that most of the people who have won a big victory in the Yalu River are Chinese.

In a group of Japanese devils who are worried about the country and the people. It seems that there is also our liver Fu Kengoro, as a North Korean spy who has been an impostor as a Japanese devil for more than ten years, and heard that the independence of his motherland is in sight. It seems like it should be ecstatic. But Liver Fu Kengoro didn't know what was going on, he just couldn't be happy.

Standing on the bridge of the Kiev, looking at the vast Atlantic, the eyebrows of the liver have not been lifted for a morning. "Republic of Korea...... It's annoying! Why such a reactionary name? Is it bad to call the Democratic Republic of Korea? ”

"Huh! Why do I have such strange thoughts? Shouldn't I be happy that North Korea is about to become independent? Why can't you be happy? Is it because of Ah Cai? ”

Kengoro Liver Fu shook his head slightly, although Eisuke Yamamoto's daughter is quite beautiful. And the tutor is excellent, very gentle and graceful...... But how could his ambition be wiped out by a Japanese woman?

Just when the liver is troubled by his strange mentality. I heard a woman's voice behind me, "Mr. Liver Fu." "Liverpay turned around, and he saw Hannah. Miss Leitch was smiling at herself. "You don't have to worry about the war in the East, as long as Germany can eliminate the United States this time, the Führer and the Italian leader will definitely come forward to uphold justice for Japan, even if China occupies Korea, it can only be obedient."

Liver Fu smiled reluctantly, walked up to Hannah, and asked in a low voice, "Miss Leich, where are we now, is our kamikaze team about to fight?" ”

"Now that Bermuda is approaching, Fleets B and C will be responsible for capturing Bermuda, which will serve as a springboard for Germany to attack the continental United States." Hannah. Leitch frowned, pondered for a moment, and continued: "The kamikaze attack team must also be ready to attack at any time, if the fleet of the United States and Britain (Canada) dares to come out to reinforce Bermuda...... The P-35 missile may be about to enter combat. Speaking of which, Hannah. There seemed to be a hint of concern in Leitch's eyes, she looked at Liver Fu with big eyes that were not pretty, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "I heard that many of the commanders of the kamikaze are also planning to fly P-35s themselves this time, so you won't go with them as well......"

"Die together? I'm not that stupid. Liver Fu's eyes rolled, and he said in his heart: "No wonder this little German girl looks weird today, it turns out that she is worried about herself." Uh, why should she worry about herself? Did she like herself? ”

Liver Fu looked at Hannah again. Leich. To be honest, this woman is not beautiful at all, her face is too long, her nose is pointed, her skin is rough, and this figure is not as plump as that of European women, the whole thing is a washboard! You must not have found a boyfriend so you learned to fly, right?

"Silly!?" Hannah. Leitch stared at Liver Fu as if he had known him for the first day, and there was still a little affection in his eyes. "How can you say that those warriors who gave their lives for the sake of the Japanese Empire and the Third German Reich were fools?"

"Of course it's a fool!" Kengoro said coldly: "Those guys are obviously the best pilots in Japan and even in the world, if you fly our latest Zero fighter, one can shoot down three FW-190s, and now fly a missile to die, and there is a one-in-four chance of an accident during launch and flight, then it is worthless!" ”

"One Zero fights three FW-190s? I think you're a fool, right? "Hannah. What little affection Leich had for the liver was now gone with the disparagement of the German plane. She snorted coldly. I turned around and walked away, and arrived at the gate of the bridge. Suddenly, he turned to the liver and said, "Colonel Henkel, please go to the officer's room immediately." ”

Look at Hannah. The back of Leitch leaving. Kengoro's eyebrows tightened again, and he secretly said in his heart: "The Americans will not give up Bermuda, and it seems that their kamikaze team will soon have the opportunity to teach US imperialism a hard lesson!" But why do I hate America so much......

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Bermuda.

This one is located just 917 kilometers from the US state of South Carolina. With a land area of only 54 square kilometres, the archipelago consists of seven main islands and more than 150 reefs and was the oldest colony of the British Empire. It is also the gateway to the East Coast of the United States. And after the British Empire lost the damn World War II and split into two countries, the United States, which advertises freedom and democracy, has a cheeky face (does this have anything to do with democracy or something?). ）。 Taking advantage of the chaos, he "leased" the archipelago, which originally belonged to Britain. And a naval and air base was built on it. The U.S. naval base is on St. George's Island, an L-shaped island that forms a bay of about 10 square kilometers along with another narrow island, St. Davis. The western entrance to the bay is unusually narrow, making it impossible for large ships to pass through, and the only entrance is on the eastern side of the bay, which is blocked by three small islands and reefs, leaving only two waterways for large ships to enter and exit. And all under the threat of coastal batteries.

The U.S. military's Kindley airfield was built on St. Davis Island, opposite St. George's Island, and this airfield occupies almost half of St. Davis Island. It has four large runways that can take off and land B-24 and B-17, and the airport is still being expanded.

In addition to naval bases and airfields, Bermuda is densely fortified with 12 coastal batteries with coastal artillery, a ring of trench fortifications along the coastline of St. George's and St. Davies' islands, and radar positions are deployed on the commanding heights of the two islands to monitor the airspace around Bermuda for 100 kilometres at all times. In addition, 24 long-range reconnaissance aircraft, converted from B-24 Liberator bombers, closely monitored the surrounding area of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers. Therefore, any possibility of seizing the gateway of the United States of America by a sneak attack is non-existent. If the Germans want to get their hands on this archipelago, which has been turned into a fortress, they can only be prepared to fight the toughest battle!

In order to defend Bermuda, the U.S. military has transported three infantry divisions and more than 50,000 infantry here, and has also deployed more than 200 bombers and 300 fighter jets on Kindley Airport on St. Davis Island, including 80 F4U Corsair fighters that have just rolled off the assembly line.

However, Vice Admiral Kimmel (demoted), the former commander of the Pacific Fleet, who had just been sent here to "make up for his merits", knew that this strength in his hands was simply not enough to resist the huge German-Italian combined fleet! If Bermuda was to be held, it would be necessary to risk a decisive battle with the German High Seas Fleet with the precious combined American and British fleets...... It's just that everyone understands that there is really not much chance of winning such a decisive battle.

"Don't dream, there will be no decisive battle at sea!" Standing on the highest point of St. George's Island, looking at the empty harbor in the distance, he said to himself, "If I were Ernest. Kim, I won't send my precious fleet here to die, it seems that they have found me a decent way to die......"

"General, B24 reports that an unidentified huge fleet of at least 300 ships has been spotted 400 nautical miles east of Bermuda!"

At this moment, the chief of staff, Colonel Jim, interrupted Kimmel's thoughts with a somewhat trembling voice. He looked back at the middle-aged man with a blue face, and said with a faint smile: "Good, good!" They're finally here. After saying that, he straightened his military uniform and strode like the headquarters at the foot of the mountain.

"General, did you immediately order the BD-1 attack aircraft and B-25G bombers to attack?" Colonel Jim followed, whispering advice.

The DB-1 attack aircraft is a naval version of the U.S. Army A-20 attack aircraft, capable of carrying a 1100 kg bombshell for attacking surface ships, but the accuracy of this horizontal bomber delivery on both sides has always been a tragedy, in the recent Sino-Japanese naval battle of the Philippines, the Chinese Air Force used thousands of horizontal bombers, and finally not even a Japanese aircraft carrier was sunk!

And the B-25G is an attack aircraft full of whimsy. This attack aircraft, converted from the B-25 Mitchell bomber, is equipped with a 75mm cannon in the nose. Used to bombard surface ships! Such firepower should be very effective against small surface ships. However, there will be at least 10 aircraft carriers in the combined German-Italian fleet! Hundreds of carrier-based aircraft, I'm afraid that the dozens of B-25Gs sent out by Bermuda have not yet seen the shadow of the opposing fleet, and the German FW-190 has brushed off its record.

So, Kimmel didn't pay any attention to Colonel Jim's proposal, knowing that his chief of staff didn't want to die yet. Hell-bent on holding the Germans back, and as far away as possible!

A moment later. Kimmel and Jim walked briskly into the headquarters at the foot of the hill that was wrapped in thick reinforced concrete. The war room was already a busy scene, and most of the staff officers probably knew what was going to happen to them, and now they were all pale. Some people also deliberately shouted at the phone to hide the fear in their hearts. Only one colonel looked the same. Standing in front of a map and not knowing what to think. Kimmel recognized this man as the chief of staff of the Bermuda Army. Colonel Van Vliet.

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"James, do you have any great ideas in mind?"

Kimmel walked over to Van Vliet and found the colonel looking at a chart of the Atlantic Ocean. So he asked with a smile.

"Time, Mr. Lieutenant General, the United States needs time. And it's our job to buy her time. ”

"I know that, aren't we doing it now?" Kimmel replied with a shrug. Although the command of Bermuda belongs to the Navy. However, the entire plan to defend the island was formulated by this army colonel. Van Vliet's strategy was to stall for time, turning several of Bermuda's main islands into fortifications of trenches, barbed wire, minefields and various anti-artillery fortifications, and laying tens of thousands of mines around them. In short, we will spare no effort to strengthen the defense force of the island, and we will be able to defend it one day longer.

"Mr. Lieutenant General, I have come up with a solution." Van Vliet smiled slightly, pointed to Europe on the map and said with a smile: "The Germans are thousands of miles away from their logistics base, and the United States is only 560 miles away from us. That is, there is no way to immediately replenish the planes lost by the Germans in Bermuda, only to drive the aircraft carriers back to Europe, and our losses can be replenished in just a few hours!

Therefore, we should immediately send a group of fighters to lure the German carrier-based aircraft to attack! It is cost-effective to fight a war of attrition with them, even if it is 3 for 1. I have roughly calculated the total number of German carrier-based aircraft, and they have only sent about 10 large aircraft carriers this time, and the total number of carrier-based aircraft that can carry will not exceed 700, of which the FW-190C is only 200 to 250 at most. If we can consume 300 FW-300Cs with 39 F190U, P-38 and P-190 fighters on Bermuda, our combined American-British fleet will be able to attack. And it only takes a few hours for the lost fighters on Bermuda to be reinforced, from the continental United States. ”

"But neither our SBD Dreadnoughts nor TBD Ravages can reach the German fleet 400 nautical miles away, and the A-20 and B-25 pose little threat to them." Kimmel replied with a shake of his head.

"No, Mr. Vice Admiral, let's not make the opponent's surface fleet the main target, we are just going to consume the opponent's fighters." Saying that, Van Vliet smiled coldly, "What will they do if the radar of the German ** team detects that 300 American planes are approaching?" Should carrier-based planes be sent to intercept it immediately, or should it first find out whether the other side has dive bombers or torpedo planes? ”

At the same moment, on the aircraft carrier Frederick the Great, the flagship of the German-Italian Combined Fleet, the commander-in-chief of the German-Italian Combined Fleet, Admiral Raeder, also received an operational proposal from the commander of the B Fleet, Admiral Lysteyan.

Lysteyan's plan was very "traditional" to launch a night attack on Bermuda using the battleships of the German-Italian Combined Fleet! He proposed to use three battleships of the "Zhenyuan" class, two battleships of the "Richelieu" class, as well as two battleships of the Italian Navy "Vittorio. The "Veneto" class battleships formed an assault flotilla and took advantage of the night of 26 October as cover to rush towards Bermuda at a speed of 30 knots. In this way, they will be able to approach Bermuda in the early morning of October 27, and then use the powerful firepower of seven super battleships to completely destroy the US airfield on the Bermuda Islands, so as to seize air supremacy in the waters near Bermuda.

Raeder closed the plan in his hand, nodded with satisfaction, and said to the chief of staff beside him, "Eric, I approve Lysteyan's plan. To Paul of the Italian Navy. Marshal Leffel sent a telegram asking him to take Vittorio. The battleships Veneto and Litorio were assigned to the command of the German B Fleet......"

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