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Although the opportunity of the Battle of Midway was used to persuade the Argentine government to secretly enter the axis, so that the Germans could successfully set a trap, the Strait of Magellan was located on the "westerly wind belt" where the storm raged all the year round, and it happened to be stormy at that time, which of course led to the inability of the United States reconnaissance planes to dispatch, and also made the five German aircraft carriers can only watch from the sidelines, as a result, the huge advantage of the original capital ship was 8:4 turned into a 2:3 unfavorable situation, at least the Americans at that time saw it this way, They even confidently wanted to take advantage of the rare bad weather to crush the Germans in order to salvage the shadow of the defeat at Midway, but the outcome of the battle was completely unexpected

The two Hindenburg-class battleships that actually participated in the naval battle for the first time since their completion showed terrifying and terrifying power, and under the bombardment of the 18 406 mm caliber guns of the two giant ships (of course, the new armor-piercing bullets designed by Hu Weidong are also very large), the defense of the battleship North Carolina, which should be relatively advanced, is as fragile as paper paste, and after just a few minutes, it sank to the bottom of the sea forever because of a large amount of water ingress into the side chord

Compared with the powerful attack power, the defense of the Hindenburg class is even more powerful, among which the battleship Hindenburg, which was besieged by three American battleships, was hit by more than a dozen large-caliber shells, including 4 406mm armor-piercing shells equivalent to the caliber of its own main gun, and 3 shots hit the vital point, 2 hit the main turret and 1 hit near the waterline on the side side, but they were directly bounced off by its thick armor. No damage was taken, and the smaller caliber shells were even less effective

The most advanced of the three battleships, the USS North Carolina, was vulnerable, not to mention the other two, and the two Hindenburg-class battleships sent the two old battleships to the bottom of the sea at a small cost of only one dead and five wounded. During this period, the American cruisers and destroyers tried to rush over and fire torpedoes, but the two Hindenburg-class battleships had a total of 48 128mm high-level dual-purpose guns that shattered the Americans' delusions with their amazing rate of fire and good accuracy, and the 18 huge guns were enough to kill these "small boats". After 1 light cruiser and 5 destroyers were sunk one after another, the U.S. fleet finally gave up its senseless resistance and turned around and retreated.

The cruiser and destroyer were fast, and there was at least a theoretical chance of escaping, after all, the only ones that really made it impossible to resist were the two giant battleships. But the problem is that the only remaining aircraft carrier Raider of the US military is actually just a failed work. The maximum speed was not as fast as that of the Hindenburg-class battleships, and the impact of bad sea conditions on aircraft carriers was much greater than that on battleships, so although it was the first of the American ships to retreat, it still could not get rid of the pursuit of the Germans. Eventually, after trying to persuade him to surrender, Wegener ordered a cannon to sink him. As a result, the US Navy entered a dark period of a year and a half without fleet aircraft carriers in service

Ultimately. The Battle of the Strait of Magellan ended in a complete victory for the Germans. At a small cost of 11 casualties and no substantial damage to any warship, Wegener's fleet sank 3 US battleships, 1 aircraft carrier, 1 heavy cruiser, 2 light cruisers, 7 destroyers, and 15 non-combat ships, captured 7 supply ships, and captured a large amount of military supplies. The number of US troops killed, missing, and captured is nearly 10,000. The battle showed the great power of the super battleship and its superiority over aircraft carriers in poor sea conditions, and the old defenders who admired the battleship in the top brass of the U.S. Navy took the opportunity to make a noise, and Montana never had a battleship named after it, so most of the people from the state also supported it with good intentions, which eventually prompted Roosevelt to abandon the idea of abolishing the construction of the Montana-class battleship

In addition to the four Montana-class super battleships, the United States also has four Iowa-class battleships under construction, and these are based on the premise that the United States is also building or refitting 15 fleet aircraft carriers and 50 escort carriers, and the number of auxiliary ships and merchant ships is launched more than all other countries combined, which shows the terrible strength of its shipbuilding industry.

However, to this extent, it is already the limit of what the United States can do without overdrawing its national strength, and this time and space ally is far more unsightly than the historical war situation, after all, it still caused a lot of pressure on the United States, and unconsciously, Hu Weidong's original layout has begun to receive obvious results. It must be noted, however, that, unlike the shipbuilding industry, which is limited by the number of large shipyards and which takes a long time to build, the United States is far from being able to produce tanks and other munitions, even though in March 1943 the United States produced more than 5,000 combat aircraft alone. However, for the current United States, these can only be regarded as potentials, and it will take a long time to become the most urgently needed strength, and the enemy may not be able to give it

It is also worth mentioning that he was successfully ambushed twice in a row in a short period of time, which finally confirmed his suspicions after the defeat at Midway, "Our code must have been deciphered!" ”。 Although American telecommunications experts are confident, in the face of harsh reality, they still have to admit that Nimitz's judgment is very reasonable. As a result, all the codes used by the US military and even government departments have been completely replaced, and in order to avoid this situation in the future, the US government has decided to change it again every once in a while, so that China's ability to decipher the code that surpassed the times after making transistor computers is helpless.

However, a comprehensive change of the telecommunications code during the war was definitely a major event, and although the US military basically got rid of the risk of the code being deciphered again, the price to pay for it was even greater than the defeat at Midway

The brief disruption in the telecommunications system made it even more difficult to secure supplies for the Australian Allies. But at this time, the Japanese Navy was still licking its wounds. It turned out that although the Japanese Combined Fleet had achieved an unprecedented victory in the Battle of Midway, it also paid a rather painful price, not to mention sinking five aircraft carriers on the spot, losing nearly 600 aircraft, and 272 carrier-based pilots who had not been trained were killed or missing. On the way back, the Japanese fleet accidentally ran into a group of American submarines and was attacked by surprise, and as a result, the "Ise" aircraft carrier (that is, the American aircraft carrier "Enterprise" that was salvaged and repaired after the Japanese Pearl Harbor incident) was hit by three heavy torpedoes and sank into the sea, in addition to one destroyer was sunk, and five ships were injured to varying degrees, which can be described as "happiness and sorrow" (to be continued......