"In 15 minutes, we will be over the predetermined area. Check your parachutes and combat equipment one last time, and wait for the landing order at any time! ”

A calm voice suddenly sounded in the central broadcast of the Junkers 52 transport plane.

Hearing this voice, the paratroopers in the transport compartment did not slack off in the slightest, and immediately began to carry out another careful inspection of all the equipment they were carrying.

After jumping out of the plane, they have to fight to the death against a large number of American troops in an unfamiliar area, and in this severe test of life and death, the only thing they can trust is the guns and bullets in their hands!

With the roar of many engines, the German transport plane, which had reduced its altitude in large numbers, immediately emerged from the clouds.

In addition to winning the "Junker Aunt" for its large loading capacity

In addition to the more than 300 Ju-52s of the title, a full 4 squadrons of FW-190 and BF-110 fighters are also impressively among the fleet.

In order to ensure that this elite airborne force could be safely deployed in the predetermined area, the German military first made careful preparations: the air force made successive large-scale sorties at the Port-au-Prince base controlled by the US military, so as to continue to attract the opponent's air power to the vicinity of the island of Haiti; Special aluminum foil strips were also dropped over Cuba before the offensive was launched to interfere with the normal warning of the enemy's land-based radar to its own fleet.

In addition, the German air force, which was in a fierce confrontation with the US Air Force, also squeezed out a good lineup of troops to escort the transport planes; Once a US interceptor fighter plane appears, it must first break through the iron wall they have formed on the periphery of the transport plane.

In the midst of these preparations.

Airdrop aluminum foil strips played a crucial role.

When the German fighters spilled these pieces of metal into the air, the radar screen at Guantanamo was a paralyzed scene of a large glittering light, and the large number of densely reflected radio waves made the radar impossible to work at all.

The first reaction of the US command was that the radar was malfunctioning.

After contact with other base stations, it was determined that the other party had carried out the interference in an unprecedented way; In the midst of the chaos of going their own way, precious interception time passed through their fingers.

When the Americans were finally able to determine that a very large fleet of planes was flying over the Strait, the German pilots could already see Cuba's gray continental shelf, which was clearly different from the blue ocean; More than a dozen U.S. fighter planes that took off hastily had neither altitude nor waiting for a unified interception, and were soon hit by the German fighters escorting the battle, either tumbling and crashing, or fleeing at full speed outside the war zone.

"All the members of the 107th Airborne Regiment immediately went into action, one for the sake of Germany!"

When the order to move sounded on the radio of the transport plane, the soldiers who had been waiting in front of the cabin door immediately struggled to pull the door open; The howling wind rushed in from outside the door, blowing the bearded clothes of everyone in the cabin to the bustle of the house.

Face the vast void below.

The German officers and men did not hesitate in the slightest; The officer leading the team was the first to jump out of the hatch, and a large number of soldiers followed in an orderly manner.

Soon.

More than 2,000 white parachutes burst out one after another, filling the sky in just a few minutes.

Two months earlier, the Germans had captured Puerto Rico by parachuting into Guò and gained a foothold on the island of Haiti.

And today, these elite forces have once again become the spearhead of the German army's siege of cities!

Ten minutes later, two other regiments of the 3rd Airborne Division also jumped from the sky one after another.

According to Kesselring's battle plan, the airborne division would completely block the land link between Guantanamo and Baracoa from three areas, and implement a stubborn defense before the landing force arrived to support, making sure that not a single American army reinforced the beach.

For the nearly 7,000 officers and men of the 3rd Airborne Division, this will be an unprecedentedly difficult task: according to aerial photographs taken by aerial reconnaissance aircraft, the US military has deployed at least five divisions in the area with Guantanamo as the core, including a strong armored unit.

Half a day's work at most.

Hearing the news, the US armored unit will quickly cross the 60-kilometer plain and meet them head-on.

Having dispersed small U.S. patrols near the drop point, the elite of these corps immediately began to form defenses along the way: 75-mm recoilless guns and Iron Fist individual rockets.

It will be their greatest reliance against US tanks.

At the same time that the airborne troops were quickly gathering their ranks, a large fleet of troops was slowly approaching the waters east of Cuba.

The heyday of 4 battleships, 2 regular air carriers, 7 light and heavy cruisers, and 26 destroyers made the shabby US light fleet stationed at the Guantanamo base embarrassed.

In the center of this majestic fleet, 6 transport ships and nearly 20 small minesweepers are closely protected, and radar, sonar, and human eyes monitor this sea and air in all directions; They are undoubtedly the central protagonists of this operation.

Due to the long coastline of Cuba.

It is impossible for the U.S. military to build up a tight minefield that spreads throughout eastern Cuba in just two months; According to previous reconnaissance reports by the Air Force, the mine-laying operations of the US military were mainly concentrated near important ports in southeastern Cuba.

It's hard to think about a small fishing village like Baracoa.

Under these circumstances, Kesselring decided not to carry out minesweeping operations before the start of the battle, but to temporarily open a channel with the minesweepers accompanying the fleet after the battle began, so as to achieve the suddenness of the battle.

At present, these cannon fodder minesweepers, which are receiving special preferential treatment, are also worth taking the lead in the next operations.

The standard displacement reaches 2.

90,000 tons of "Border Governor"

On the battleship, Siriax watched sternly as fighter jets roared into the air from their own carriers.

According to the real-time numbers transmitted by the anti-aircraft radar, a target with a total number of more than 20 aircraft has appeared in an area 120 kilometers to the west, and is rapidly flying towards the direction where its fleet is located. Thinking of the American fighter plane that flew over our fleet half an hour ago, the identity of these visitors was already revealed.

Although he had chosen a relatively secluded route, the entire sea area east of Cuba was only so large; With the presence of the Bermuda Triangle Exclusion Zone, it would not have been possible for his fleet to go too far north, and it would be a matter of time before it was discovered by the opposing shore-based aircraft.

Now he could only hope that Kesselring had fulfilled his promise and drastically weakened the opposing side's air power with the newly arrived 5th Air Fleet; Otherwise, the carrier-based aircraft on their own aircraft carriers alone will definitely not be able to protect the sky above the fleet!

Thankfully, after the fleet's position was revealed, he was not exposed to the expected large number of bombers.

During the nearly two-hour voyage, only two groups of US fighters appeared on the screen of their own radars, and the fighters that took off from their own aircraft carriers effectively intercepted them.

The U.S. bombers were shot down, or abandoned their missions, dropped bombs and left, never posing an effective threat to the fragile transport ships in the fleet.

With the Cuban coastline just around the corner, one division of army units was already on standby in the cabin, and as soon as the minesweepers opened a safe passage, they would rush to the unfamiliar beach in front of them in the landing craft without hesitation.

"The fleet turned three compass points to the right, the speed was reduced to 8 knots, the destroyers lined up in anti-submarine formation, and the minesweepers immediately went out to open up a course!"

Siriax put down the binoculars in his hand and gave a series of orders to the adjutant beside him.

The current silvery sand beach is less than 1 distance from him.

40,000 meters, for the sake of insurance, I can't go too deep.

He paused for a moment, then spoke again: "Order the battleships and cruisers to begin intermittent shelling of the shore in five minutes, and the seaplanes to keep an eye on valuable targets, and return the number of the projectile errors to the battleships at any time. ”

With the order of Siriax, the whole fleet began to turn to slow down; A thick heavy cannon slowly raised after being reloaded, pointing far away at the shore as the turret rotated.

In the midst of the black vulture cross naval flag fluttering in the wind, nearly half of the warships have a red, white and green crown flag hanging from the bow: its artistic superstructure, which is very different from the German bridge style, is the so-called "world's fourth fleet"

of the Royal Italian Navy.

According to the agreement between Rome and Berlin, the entire capital of the Italian navy was to be put into the Americas, and the whole of the Italian navy was to be controlled by the German navy in exchange for the peace of its land at home.

Although there is still a certain gap between the comprehensive performance of these warships and the German ships laid by the Qing Dynasty due to the design concept, the Italian Navy's original domineering design and power subsystem level make them completely proud of their American counterparts!

Unlike the army, which was only suitable for fighting the natives of the colonies armed with shotguns, the Italian navy soldiers were not inferior.

According to the comprehensive evaluation given by Schell and other German admirals after many visits to the Italian Navy, they all believed that this fleet was fully capable of all combat missions.

This made the significance of the German inclusion of the Italian Navy in command extremely important.

In addition to the direct gain of adding up to 10 battleships, 2 large air cruisers, 2 aircraft carriers, 20 light and heavy cruisers, 52 destroyers, and 41 submarines, Germany also saved at least two years of shipbuilding and running-in time, which was extremely important in the war against the United States!

With this long period of accumulation suddenly skipping overnight, the naval forces that Germany was currently able to muster in the Americas reached a level that the other side could not compete with head-on!

(To be continued) ps: Thank you for the tips of book friends Golden Crab, Iger, and Yuan YH1234567~~