Chapter 926 Containment
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With the order of the fierce son, the battleships began to move one by one, and at the same time, some of the navigation lights were turned on, illuminating part of the hull.
The Fierce Son walked out of the conning tower, stared at a certain position in the dark, and waited for a moment before ordering the fleet to fire in that direction.
Shells, roared over the destroyer. One after another, the shells fell on the dark sea, setting off columns of water.
After dozens of shells, the moment of the arrival of enemy aircraft in the sky, the bombardment stopped, and the battleship was again plunged into darkness.
In the distance, several small steamers and sampans rose and fell in the raging waves, like a rootless leaf, ready to be subverted at any moment.
They were the boats that had come from Long Island, the boats that had come to see what the enemy looked like. Although they were half frightened to death, they were all ecstatic. They saw the sign on the ship, they saw the flag on the ship.
But what they didn't know was that on the sea not far from them, a periscope slowly fell, and the ventilation pipe cut through the sea and quietly disappeared.
Peeping, how can you hide it from the fierce son? They calculated many ways, and the approach of the enemy's small boat was exactly what he wanted, and he didn't have to wait for the enemy plane to come and release the water. That would have damaged some of the ships, but this was the best way, so they could evacuate.
The landing ships and submarines disappeared into the bay, and as soon as they entered the ocean, the fleet of the fierce sons also began to move out of the bay, and the speed became faster and faster.
The enemy planes arrived in dusty New York in less than twenty minutes, landed on the runway that had been cleared, refueled and set off to search for traces of enemy ships in all directions.
It was dark. They couldn't see the enemy ships in the dark, and the only way they could catch them was to track the tracks on the sea with flares and point out the general direction of the approaching ships.
According to the information transmitted by the unsunken boats, the direction facing the bow of the battleship was to the east, that is, to Europe.
So, I searched the surrounding sea. After a radius of about forty or fifty nautical miles, the reconnaissance plane and two corvettes anchored in Hipbonington searched the sea to the east.
Looking at the flares extinguished in the distance, the two landing ships and the two escorting submarine destroyers breathed a sigh of relief, and the propellers turned in the command, slowly accelerated, and headed for the deep sea.
The enemy planes could see the four warships moving slowly on the surface of the sea for a dozen nautical miles, and once they were discovered, the fighters could only board the destroyer and open the valve of the landing ship to sink themselves. Escaped at high speed. Whether you can escape in the end depends on luck.
Fortunately, when he left, he noticed the approaching boat, attracting the enemy's attention to the east, ignoring the sea to the south.
The departing landing ship and submarine separated, and the landing ship galloped south, joined up with the supply ship, entered the southbound current, and headed for the Cape of Good Hope.
If it goes well. They will join the fleet and go around the Cape of Good Hope. The landing ship went straight to the Java Sea, entered the safe area of Borneo, and was reserved for the landing of Japanese troops in Malacca.
And the fleet, too, will bypass Australia and return to Crescent Island, where. Wait for the aircraft carrier to be launched and prepare for a naval battle with the Japanese army.
Their speed is 40 knots away, and sailing at full speed is not at all something that the enemy ships can catch up with today. They are not worried about the enemy chasing after them, they can still run if they can't beat them, they just want to attract the enemy's attention.
A few hours later. The sky began to brighten, New York has become a ruin, the number of dead and injured can not be counted, but the extent of the damage does not need to be carefully calculated, New York is scrapped, the prosperity is no more, to recover, there are no years of hard work is in vain.
The most important thing is the big explosion after the most deaf, which directly destroyed the prosperous area of that area, the center of the explosion began, within 100 meters in diameter, there was not a single building, within 500 meters in diameter, there was not a single intact building, within 100 meters, most of the buildings were cracked, not repaired, and could no longer live in people.
The brutal attack has already outraged all Americans. Their nest was served, how could it be possible to swallow this breath?
The battleships tracking the enemy did not catch the enemy, and the planes took off by land and had a limited radius, and they could not find any trace of the enemy, and the enemy seemed to have disappeared.
But how can the U.S. military give up the pursuit of the enemy? Roosevelt contacted Churchill and asked him to send warships to find the fleet, which had already had a preliminary judgment.
The Royal Navy fleet is temporarily useless in the big war, the German navy is not strong, the English Channel has been safe and sound, except for submarines, the other side does not have enough strength to compete with the Royal Fleet, so, after receiving the request for help, after a little consideration, ordered a mixed fleet with aircraft carriers as the core to set off to meet the eastbound channel to see if this fleet can be intercepted.
At the same time, the main purpose of Churchill's dispatch of warships was also to find out what the other side had done for this fleet, which Roosevelt had so liked. The most important thing is that Churchill wants to pull the United States over as soon as possible in order to reduce the pressure of the war against Germany.
They sailed at a rapid pace, maintaining a speed of about 40 knots and an average speed of about 70 kilometers. This will not be the most critical moment, after meeting with the freighters waiting outside the channel, replenishing the fuel, they will not be caught up by the enemy.
But this was not enough, not enough to make Dong Ku's plan perfect, so he wanted to leave time for the landing ship to go south as much as possible, and the other was to completely shift the anger of the United States eastward.
After a full day of searching, there was no trace of enemy ships in the surrounding sea, which made Roosevelt angry and speculated about the whereabouts of the fleet.
As for seeing flags on enemy ships at night, Roosevelt did not think that was necessarily a fact. After all, the national flag does not mean anything, and their warships can fly the flags of many countries as needed. Therefore, he had to see the fleet in order to determine the facts.
Time passed quickly in the anger of the United States, and the fleet that had already rushed back began to expand the search range, and the aircraft carrier formation pursued in the direction of Gibraltar to join the British Royal Navy fleet to determine the enemy. Another extreme fleet searched south along South America to see if it was a sneak attack by the Japanese army.
Two days passed quickly. The fierce man's fleet was in need of overhaul and replenishment as it continued to sail. They had already learned that the British fleet was marching in the direction of New York, trying to intercept themselves.
However, he was not worried, he did not take the shipping lane, the news had not leaked, and the British fleet should go straight to New York without meeting him.
Really. While Terceira Island was in sight, the remaining personnel sent a telegram informing them that there were only two inshore defense vessels, which were Portugal's own, and that the American and British fleets were not stationed there.
"Let's go there and resupply!"
After reading the message, Takeko ordered.
Terras Island is a very important location in the North Atlantic Ocean and an indispensable supply point on shipping routes. It is only a little more than 1,000 kilometers away from Gibraltar, and it is also the location that Mengzi must arrive at this time.
After determining that there is no enemy complex, the fleet fights in formation. Make a beeline for Kabuda Praia, the port of Truss Island, with its ship repair yard and supply depot, the preferred stopping point for passing ships.
One by one, the battleships came into view, their guns held high, aimed at the only two inshore protection ships in the harbor. The muzzle of the black hole was full of hostility, which shocked all the Portuguese. Don't dare to act rashly.
Although they had a battery, those who were in the direction of the battery also had a main gun pointing at it. Obviously, the other party is familiar with the armament here.
But fortunately, Han Kuai put down the dinghy and rowed quickly towards the port. From this point of view, the other side is only on guard, not hostile. This was a relief for the rest of Portugal.
This is......
The sailors were not surprised to see these flagless warships. However, the gray painted on the back of the hull is obviously light, and it does not cover the original battleship symbol, and the words can still be faintly seen.
Italian battleships......
All the sailors stared at these warships strangely, wondering why they were doing this, but they were suspected of covering up their identities.
Really. Looking at the past one by one, the position of the bow logo is smeared. But they are not completely smeared, and you can still see the old traces.
While they were talking to themselves, a few men in civilian clothes rowed into the harbor in small boats, and immediately disembarked and met the supreme leader of the place.
Faced with the other party's request for supplies and overhaul the dock to overhaul the warship, of course, the commander here will not refuse. Why refuse?
With the negotiation, one warship after another leaned on the dock, taking turns to replenish fresh water, vegetables, fruits, meat, etc., of course, fuel oil is also indispensable.
But no one on the battleship came down, and only the six or seven people from before were busy.
Italian......
The Portuguese who were in charge of the supply looked at the busy guys and muttered to themselves, wondering what they were doing.
Although these people are dressed in ordinary civilian clothes, how can their appearance change?
Those few people didn't seem to be willing to talk much, except for the payment of money one by one, they basically didn't squeak much.
The Portuguese don't care about this, the other party gives US dollars, and it is very generous, which is much higher than the normal price. This makes the Portuguese even less nosy, so many warships, it is also a lot of income, whether they are mysterious or not.
The total stay time of the battleship on Terceira Island is more than four hours, and although the supply speed is fast enough, it is not a matter of one and a half rounds, and the most important thing is that they need to be overhauled, so it will naturally take a lot of time.
Those soldiers were idle, and their faces were greasy and they didn't forget the wine. A few people on the shore acted as buyers, and boxes of fine wine were loaded onto the warships, each of which numbered hundreds of cases.
A large sum of dollars was thrown out, and they didn't seem to be distressed, and the bargaining was very casual, buying wine in a car instead of arguing about boxes.
On the dock, not all the Portuguese, but also the freighters of other countries, so, a telegram flew out, and when night came, when the battleship ignited and left the port, the British Royal Navy fleet that was searching received a report, and with it, the American army also received the telegram.
How dare they blatantly resupply on Terceira Island!!
Everyone was shocked and angry. The other party is too bold.
So, all the searching fleets began to move closer to this side, to Gibraltar. That's where the fleets are going, and they've confirmed that this is the fleet that attacked New York.
According to the calculation of time, although it is very fast to travel 3,000 kilometers in two days, it is also in line with the sailing time for them to leave New York, and the speed of the voyage is about 35 knots, isn't it exactly more than two days?
After loading hundreds of large cases of high-end wine on each battleship. The fleet left Terceira and deliberately approached the island of San Miguel, so that the lights could be seen on the island.
This was to tell them that the direction of the fleet had not changed at all, and that it was heading straight for Gibraltar.
Roosevelt, having learned exactly where the enemy fleet was going, quickly convened a meeting. Summarizing the information from various sources, it was concluded that Italy had attacked New York and blew up the Exchange and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Natural History.
At the same time, tons of shells were poured on New York, destroying sixty percent of buildings, injuring countless civilians, and razing the most prosperous areas of New York to the ground.
Two days. The losses have been roughly counted, and the losses of the museum are not counted for the time being, and the losses of the exchange alone are not a matter of 1.8 billion US dollars, there are 4,300 tons of gold, jewelry worth more than 1.5 billion, and securities, worth more than 1 billion, and countless transactions that cannot be counted for the time being.
The gold reserves of the United States fell by three-quarters all at once.
It doesn't matter whether this news is announced or not. This loss alone had exceeded $4 billion, which made Roosevelt angry. It's already burned.
The disappearance of such a huge amount of gold suddenly depreciated the dollar into waste paper, and the consequence was that the country's economy collapsed, and it was difficult to recover.
It is no longer possible to save oneself, and no policy can reverse the evil consequences of the disappearance of the reserves.
Gloom. The entire conference room was already packed in the meeting, and everyone knew that the United States was in trouble.
Be sure to find this fleet!
That's what everyone in the room thinks. Although the loss cannot be recovered, at least there is an explanation, right?
During the meeting, the British fleet arrived on the island of Terceira three hours after they left. With a little resupply, head straight to Gibraltar. At the same time, inform the submarines there to pay close attention and see if the fleet is like going there.
In Gibraltar, several submarines lurking like cheetahs used the power of batteries to sneak, and at a position of more than 300 meters underwater, they approached the submarine in front of them, and then Yu Lei shot out.
It was a British submarine, and they were looking into the depths, unaware that death was coming.
The torpedo rose at high speed and headed straight for a target a kilometer away.
When he was close to the submarine, the sound of the propeller was finally heard by the sonar officer in the submarine, and the moment he judged what it was, he screamed in horror, and then the submarine alarm sounded, and then prepared to turn.
It's a pity that the speed of this low-noise new torpedo can not be dodged? With a loud bang, a huge column of water rose on the surface of the water, and the wreckage of the submarine fell to the bottom of the sea with oil and debris.
"Sixth!"
Everyone threw an excited punch, and then went up to the periscope to replenish the power, and pounced on another target in the distance.
This is the grave of submarines, and the ten submarines on Crescent Island have each sunk more than three submarines, from any country, Germany, Britain, France, and even the United States.
Even the battleships were not spared, in order to create a blank time of several hours here, to erase the information about whether the fleet was in transit or not.
At this time, Mengzi's fleet had already bypassed the island of São Miguel, galloped south at full speed, and quickly entered the southward current, chasing the landing ships and supply ships that had been gone for two days, making the encirclement a joke.
It was only when the fierce son arrived at this moment that he breathed a sigh of relief, and used his headset to inform the lurking personnel on São Miguel Island that he sent a telegram to Dong Ku, and they wanted to be silent on the radio.
Dong Ku received the fierce son and left him safely on the island of Serra, the submarine and the landing ship were not found, and the plan was carried out perfectly.
He excitedly handed the telegram to Zuo Boyang, and said with a smile: "The fierce son has succeeded, it's time to give the Yankees the last blow, so that they don't even have the strength to go to sea to pursue, I think he can still compete for hegemony in the world!!"
Zuo Boyang looked at the message and smiled: "Captain, is it possible to activate your most remedial plan?" ”
"No, don't worry about it yet, we will continue to exchange prisoners with the US military, and after half a month, we will return to the United States to see how the United States, which is about to go bankrupt, will survive the difficulties."
Dong Ku smiled evilly and said: "It is estimated that soon, the Americans will find the Opya Development Bank, after all, there is a branch in Washington." Wasn't Morgan's Chase very bullish before? I see what he expects to fill the gap of thousands of tons of gold, and how to save the market! ”
"Captain, Miss Liu is about to give birth, and Miss Shui will come too."
Zuo Boyang said pointedly.
"No, it won't."
Dong Ku smiled slightly, "If we meet again, it should be time for us to eliminate Japan, which will make Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Bangladesh and Thailand all issue euros in a month or two, and she is busy." ”
"Both are issued ......"
Zuo Boyang was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Captain, doesn't this let the outside world quickly know the relationship between the bank and us?" How can this still be sung? ”
"No, it won't."
Dong Ku shook his head: "Banks undertake all kinds of business, and the issuance of the currency of the Eurasian Bank by these countries does not delay the circulation of their own currency, but it is like this on the surface, but it is actually recycling, so this is the bank's own currency, relying on the issuance of many countries, and when the child is born, when we attack greatly, I will smooth out these countries and make the issuance of currency reasonable and legal, but at that time, whoever has an opinion will be in vain, and the hard fist is the truth." ”
Zuo Boyang doesn't understand these financial things, but he understands the truth of his fists, and he thinks so. In a few days, the United States will be completely chaotic, and it may not even have the mind to chase the fleet, and the chaos at home will be out of control according to law, and even if the Eurasian Development Bank is found to borrow money to save the market, it will not be able to withstand the impact of the economic crisis.
Not to mention anything else, private equity alone has hollowed out the pockets of the middle class in the United States, real estate has hollowed out the pockets of the people at the bottom, so that the bubble economy has completely formed, it has been blown up on the exchange, countless investments have disappeared, and the news of the disappearance of gold reserves is released, who else can stop the outbreak of the economic depression in the United States? (To be continued......)