"As long as you can keep Magifen in Lisbon, then I'll take care of the rest." After many "telegraph meetings" and bargaining, Hipper finally couldn't help himself. It was decided that he would be personally responsible for searching for the Sims fleet and getting rid of it. And the Mediterranean Fleet, led by Italy, only had to drag Magifin to the ground, which was almost the least costly option for Italy and Spain, and the Magifin fleet was weaker than its opponents and would not easily leave the protection of Lisbon's batteries and mines to challenge the Tycho Fleet. And Tycho didn't have to storm Lisbon. According to this final plan, if the Hipper fleet can defeat the Sims fleet, it will naturally come to join Tycho, if it is not careful, something goes wrong, Tycho only needs to be responsible for taking over, and in the current situation, even if the Hipper fleet is heavily damaged, at least a few of Sims' warships can be taken away, and if Sims can't come, Tycho doesn't have to worry about defending Lisbon's Magifen fleet, "Okay, Admiral Hipper, I accept your opinion." Eventually, Tycho agreed.

And in order to fight this battle that can be called the finale...... The Allied Army and Air Force also actively cooperated with the Navy's actions. The Germans and Italians sent almost all of Spain's reserve pilots into battle, and everything that could fly was sent into the sky, completely crushing the already overwhelmed Allied air force. "The Germans were simply insane, they were frantically sweeping everything they could meet, as soon as our planes took off, they were targeted, not only could not be detected, but even their own airfields were attacked, and when there was no enemy in the air, they began to sweep everything they could find on the ground, airfields, cargo distribution centers, bunkers, and even trenches and foxholes on the front line." A U.S. official once recalled Portugal's last ......... World War II.

On the naval side, Tycho also developed a very careful plan, and the entire fleet was divided into two parts, one was a fast detachment of 7 fast battleships. This force has the Longxiang as its flagship. It consists of 3 standard battleships built in China and 3 fast battleships of the Spanish class. There will be Tycho personally in command. The fleet was moving fast, so it was planned to set off after dark. The other 4 Italian super-dreadnoughts and Austro-Hungarian battleships will be dispatched in advance, and they will attack under the banner of sweeping the Portuguese coast. Sail slowly northwards while packing up some shore targets.

Such an assumption is well thought out. First of all, if the Allied Mediterranean Fleet is all dispatched, then the Majifen fleet staying in Lisbon is very likely to withdraw north after receiving the news, after all, the American fleet has only 9 capital ships, including soft-legged shrimp such as Utah and Seven Provinces. It would not be the same if only 5 battleships went north, and a fleet of this size would not only not pose a threat to Lisbon, but might even be surrounded and annihilated by the American fleet. After shelling coastal targets, the Americans are more likely to identify it as ground support than an attack on Lisbon. It would naturally be best if Majifen commanded the fleet to go south. It doesn't matter if you continue to stay in the harbor. The Allied Fast Fleet, which departed in the evening, could catch up with the battleship formation and reach the waters off Lisbon as soon as possible to carry out the blockade ......... the American fleet.

The sortie of the battleship formation did not avoid the eyes and ears of the Americans, and 2 hours after leaving the fortress of Gibraltar, it was discovered by the American submarine Shark lurking nearby, and the location was already 30 nautical miles from the fortress of Gibraltar! Naturally, this change would be reported to Majifen by the US submarine as soon as possible. The latter will do its best to send more reconnaissance forces to keep an eye on this fleet. But for this at this time except Lisbon. For the rest of the occupied territories of Portugal, there were no suitable front-line airfields for take-off and landing, and the use of valuable V1500 four-engine aircraft for reconnaissance missions was indeed too extravagant. And because the target is too large, the probability of being intercepted is also very large, for these precious aircraft, the Allied Air Force in Portugal is very close! Majifen's request was not heeded in the first place. …。

"What the hell do the Italians want to do?" After reading the information obtained from the submarine tracking, he marked the opponent's trajectory on the map. Majifen looked at the somewhat crooked track and fell into deep thought, as if the other party really just came to clear the remaining coastal targets. The other party did it, and the reports of the remaining coastal bases also confirmed it, and it seemed that everything verified the intelligence speculation, but Majifen always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find the flaw ..........

Minutes and seconds passed. Magifin's request was finally answered, and the Lisbon Air Force also sent two V1500 four-engine bombers to search the Allied fleet from the open sea, and when the adjutant asked why, the reply was unexpected: "After reconnaissance, it was found that the Allied Army had no intention of launching a large-scale attack." They just keep bombing and depleting our air power, and since there is not much threat on land, then naturally part of the aircraft can be spared to serve the navy! ”

"There are no signs of a large-scale ground operation in the Allies? The opposing side does not intend to launch a ground offensive? Majifen kept repeating these two sentences...... It seems that suddenly something is understood! "Since there is no large-scale offensive on the ground, what is the purpose of the Allied Mediterranean Fleet sending 5 battleships to sweep the coast? The important ports had already been seized by the Allies, and the rest of the space was insignificant, so what was the point of the other side doing this was to use expensive artillery to fire equally expensive shells against some infantry with only light howitzers? The head show is funny, right? "In just a moment, Majifen suddenly discovered the other party's loophole, the focus of the opponent's battleship action is definitely not those scattered troops on land, and this time the Italians directly dispatched 5 capital ships, so there will definitely be a backhand? Are you trying to lure me into attacking? Look at the formation of the other side, the allies sent all slow battleships, and the fast battleships don't know where they are! This is indeed possible! …。

"Tycho underestimated me." Come to think of it. Ma Jifen suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, if Ma Jifen had come out because of this bait, then the US fleet would have been gnawed by the Allies and there would be no scum left! Majifen felt that the guy who could come up with such a simple scheme would either be a fool or a fool himself. But apparently Magiffin himself was not, and Tycho was clearly not, and the former found himself in a strange circle when a puzzle was solved (or at least he thought it was solved). Another puzzle reappeared. It's like a chain, endless.

"Whatever, the Sims fleet will arrive early the day after tomorrow anyway, and once it converges, there will be no forces in the North Atlantic that can stop us from fighting." Ma Jifen shook his head and said quite boldly. And just as Majiffen was guessing the other side's purpose, Tycho's fast fleet also completed the final preparations, and the last 7 fast battleships in the Allied fleet would leave the port under the cover of night. Then follow the predetermined course to catch up with the battleship formation, in the night of up to 10 hours, they will sail nearly 400 kilometers, when the next day comes, the entire Portuguese fleet will enter the sea off Lisbon, and then blockade the opponent from the sea, once Hipper comes to meet or severely damage Simms, then the entire American fleet in Lisbon will be a fish in the bottom of the kettle, completely destroyed by the sea and land offensive of the Allies! …。

Everything turned out as expected, Majiffin did not spot the German fleet coming from the long journey, and Sims, after leaving the west coast of France, decided to make a detour in order to avoid a submarine ambush and a possible air strike. And shortly after the departure of the Sims fleet, a Chinese merchant ship sailing to France discovered this fleet, and then accompanied by an encrypted telegram, Hipperll learned the location of the other party, under the guidance of successive telegrams, Hipper's fleet immediately moved to the southeast, searching for opponents in the not wide sea area, 4 light cruisers have also dispersed, if the estimate is good, the next day, Hipper will block the opponent before the opponent enters the Portuguese seas, after all, American battleships are not known for speed. …。

Everything seems to be seamless, but what is unexpected is that when an American submarine tried to mine the outer perimeter of the fortress of Gibraltar, it accidentally discovered that the originally heavily guarded port seemed to have relaxed, and the destroyers and torpedo boats that were supposed to patrol outside disappeared by more than 80%! "The other party is out of the nest?" A terrible thought popped out of Kincaid's mind in an instant! "Where will they go? What are you going to do? "Sorties at night are difficult to detect, either on the surface or in the air...... The other party must have a big move! And Gibraltar is really not that far from Lisbon! Kincaid didn't care about anything else, and he didn't even complete the mine-laying mission, so he immediately left the sea near the fortress, and then floated up to send a telegram! "The Allied Mediterranean Fleet has left the fortress of Gibraltar and its whereabouts are unknown!" With the tick-tock sound of the message, one of the most valuable pieces of information from the late 1st World War was sent to Lisbon, hundreds of kilometers away. And an hour later, after several twists and turns, it was delivered to Majifen. Seeing this information, Majifen's scalp tightened, and a cold sweat immediately flowed down his spine! . …。

After seeing this telegram, Magiffen guessed seven or eight points about the plan of the Allied Mediterranean Fleet, which was the rhythm of a battle before he and Sims converged. 12 ships on the other side. He only had 9 ships at a disadvantage, and he was in a hurry under the cover of the night, and the purpose of the battleship formation dispatched in advance was also revealed! This is so as not to delay the pace of the entire fleet. Majifen didn't know when the other party would arrive, but he knew that he must now lead the fleet out of the port of Lisbon, otherwise, he would wait to be shut down and beaten!

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