"As long as you can block Majifen 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 of the Central Powers, led by Italy, only had to drag Majifen to the ground, which was almost the least costly option for Italy and Spain, and the Majifen fleet was weaker than its opponents and would not lightly leave the batteries and mines in Lisbon 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 he is not careful, he has a business trip, Tycho only needs to be responsible for the response, and in the current situation, even if the Hipper fleet is heavily damaged, at least a few of Sims's warships can be taken away, and if Sims can't come, Tycho doesn't have to worry about defending the Majifen fleet in Lisbon at all, "Okay, Admiral Hipper, I accept your opinion." Eventually, Tycho agreed.

And in order to fight this final battle, 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 every qiē they could meet, and as soon as our planes took off, they would be targeted, not only could not be detected, but even their own airfields were attacked, and there was no enemy in the air. They began to sweep every qiē they could find on the ground, including airfields, cargo distribution centers, bunkers, and even trenches and foxholes on the front line. An American officer once recalled Portugal's final battle.

And on the naval side. Tycho also made a very careful plan, and the whole fleet was divided into two parts, one was a fast detachment composed of 7 fast battleships, this force was composed of the Longxiang as the flagship, 3 standard battleships built in China and 3 Spanish class fast battleships. There will be Tycho personally in command. The fleet was moving fast, so it was planned to set off after dark. And the other 4 Italian super-dreadnoughts and Austro-Hungarian battleships will be dispatched in advance. They would strike under the banner of sweeping the Portuguese coast, sailing slowly to the north while picking up some shore targets.

Such an assumption is well thought out. First of all. If the Allied Mediterranean Fleet were to be dispatched, it would be very likely that the Majifen fleet, which was stationed in Lisbon, would have withdrawn north after receiving the news, after all, the American fleet had only nine capital ships. Among them are soft-legged shrimp like Utah and Seven Provinces. And if only 5 battleships went north, it would be different. Far from posing a threat to Lisbon, a fleet of this size could 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 be best if Majifen commanded the fleet to move south, and it would be okay if it continued to stay in the harbor, and the Allied Fast Fleet, which departed at night, could catch up with the battleship formation and reach the sea off Lisbon as soon as possible to enforce the blockade of 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 Portugal, where large areas of other territories were occupied, there were no suitable front-line airfields for take-off and landing. And the use of valuable V1500 four-engine aircraft for reconnaissance missions is 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, and marking the other party's track on the map, Majifen looked at this somewhat crooked track and fell into deep thought, as if the other party really just came to clean up the remaining coastal targets. The other party did it, and the reports of the remaining coastal bases also confirmed this, and it seemed that all of them verified the speculation of the intelligence, but Majifen always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find a flaw in it.

Time passed minute by minute, Majifen's request was finally answered, and the air force in Lisbon also sent two V1500 four-engine bombers to search for the Allied fleet from the open sea, and when the adjutant asked the reason, the other party's answer was unexpected: "After reconnaissance, it was found that the Allied Army had no intention of launching a large-scale attack, they just kept bombing and consuming our air power, since there is no big threat on land, then naturally some aircraft can be saved 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? Ma Jifen kept repeating these two sentences, and seemed to suddenly understand something! 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! In this way, it is indeed possible!

"Tycho underestimated me." Thinking of this, 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 Majfin was guessing the other side's purpose, Tycho's fast fleet also completed its final preparations, the last 7 fast battleships in the Allied fleet would leave the port under the cover of night, and then follow the predetermined route to catch up with the battleship formation, in the night of up to 10 hours, they would sail nearly 400 kilometers, and when the next day came, the entire Portuguese fleet would enter the sea off Lisbon, and then blockade the opponent from the sea, once Hipper came to converge or hit Sims hard, Then the entire American fleet in Lisbon will be a fish at the bottom of the kettle, completely destroyed by the sea and land offensive of the Allies!

As expected, Magifin did not spot the German fleet coming from the long journey, and Sims decided to make a detour after leaving the west coast of France 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.

It seems that everything is seamless, but what is unexpected is that when an American submarine tried to go to the perimeter of the Gibraltar fortress to lay mines, it accidentally found 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? "It is difficult to detect the attack at night, whether it is water or aerial reconnaissance, and the other side must have a big operation! 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 sent to Ma Jifen, and when he saw this information, Ma Jifen'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. Of the 12 ships on the other side, only 9 of them were at a disadvantage, and they also used the cover of the night to hurry, 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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