The so-called military strategy, in Xu Jie's view, this Allied naval dispatch itself has a great blindness! The direct reason for their attack is that their main arteries have been cut down, and they have to go out and get to know their opponents. Before the departure, they also thought about a decisive battle with the German fleet, and also objectively analyzed the comparison of the strength of the two sides, and even the strategic framework formulated was reasonable, that is, not to seek merit but to seek no fault! Focus on self-preservation, find the right opportunity to draw the other party. But this plan was too simple, and there was no perfect plan for how to operate it, and the Germans were still a little fast.

The Americans were well aware of this, so when the fleet left the west coast of France and entered the basin of Western Europa, they became very cautious, and the reconnaissance network of hundreds of aircraft and a large number of submarines cleaned up the situation within a few hundred kilometers around the fleet like a comb. Land-based aviation also did its best to help the navy, and long-range four-engine bombers from the British and French mainlands cruised the oceans with radar and long-range communication equipment to make up for the lack of search capabilities of carrier-based aircraft. There are even more than 20 destroyers deployed hundreds of nautical miles away from the fleet as a perimeter cordon.

However, the results of such a deployment did not allow the Allied fleet to search for traces of the German fleet, in the vast ocean, the Americans prepared a little late, the camouflage sentinel ships and submarines sent by the Germans in the early stage had been completely deployed, and although the Allied fleet used a lot of manpower and material resources, these things were curled up in a ball and had not yet had time to unfold. In addition to the first-mover advantage, Raeder and others have studied the submarine cordon for several years to cooperate with land-based aviation on the Azores. It has become a complete arc-shaped safety zone, in this area. The German fleet could easily evade the enemy's detection and increase the probability of discovering the enemy.

The Germans are ready to fight. But it's definitely not a scheming stumble. Their attack strategy had already taken shape several years ago, which was very different from the basic strategy formulated by the Entente to carry the land and air to the death and the navy to be conservative, and when the Entente navy suddenly changed from passive to active, they found that their preparations were far inferior to that of their opponents, both strategically and tactically!

"The Entente fleet came out, and they had more aircraft carriers than us. We're searching from east to west, and we can't hide for long. But in general, time is on our side. Raeder said after reading the telegram from the staff officer. He then sent the telegram to the Count of Lucknar on the other side, and the relationship between the two was arguably the best in history, and with the help of the Earl, Raeder was able to complete the arrangements before the decisive battle, and now, it was finally harvest season.

Sending a detachment into the South Atlantic to break diplomatic relations still achieved good results, sinking at least one American fleet aircraft carrier and one light aircraft carrier, and leaving two French aircraft carriers stranded in the South Atlantic. At the same time, it honed the team and built confidence. And this was only one step in Raeder's grand plan, and while the German fleet was ravaging the South Atlantic, German naval aviation also seized the time to station in the Azores. Arriving in the archipelago were not only long-range patrol aircraft formations, anti-submarine aircraft formations, but also fighter and bomber units, which were equipped with DO335 heavy fighters and were an important air defense force of German naval aviation. In addition to this, on the Madeley Islands, which are relatively far behind, Germany has deployed a bomber force equipped with guided weapons. They will participate in this naval battle as a supplementary force.

The Germans were going to fight their opponents, but they definitely took advantage of the situation, after gradually weakening their opponents. Then fight each other on the battlefield you set! As Raeder said, time is now on the side of the Germans! This is the case now. The Germans choked the Entente by the throat, regardless of whether the German fleet continued to attack the Entente transports or not. None of the Entente countries dared to restore the North Atlantic route easily, and the German fleet cruising in the North Atlantic was like a sword of Damocles hanging over the head of the Entente, putting the other side in extreme crisis all the time. Therefore, the Entente fleet must crush the other side, and it is not possible to simply expel it! The sea is too vast, and the other side is too strong, even with the size of the Entente's fleet, it is impossible to build a safe corridor, and scattering can only be broken by each one! The so-called 1,000 days to be a thief and no 1,000 days to prevent thieves, the Entente must make a break with the other party in the shortest possible time! On the other hand, the German Navy, as long as they wander the sea for one day, it is equivalent to helping the German Army and Air Force fighting in Europe! In this situation, it is clear that the Germans have the advantage!

Of course, the Allied fleet came out to hang out purely to contain the opponent, the fleet could not fight all the time at sea, and it would eventually need to return to the shore for replenishment, and it was clear that before reaching this limit, the Americans would have to engage the Allied fleet anyway, otherwise, if they went back, I am afraid they would not know when they would come out! Of course, some people may say that the German fleet cannot always drift at sea, and this sentence is true, but the overall size of the German fleet is smaller than that of the Americans, and it is closer to the supply point, Spain and Portugal are already closer, and if you count the islands of the Azores, the German fleet will get more supplies, and the German endurance will be greater between one plus and one minus, and when the Allied fleet forced by the situation to have to fight, the German fleet will temporarily enter the security zone dominated by the Azores, Waiting for the Entente fleet to hit this breakwater, as for waiting for the Entente fleet to be consumed before making a move, or taking advantage of the opponent's attack on ground targets, and then stabbing the opponent in the back, it depends on the situation at the time!

So when the Allied fleet was dispatched, the Germans were not in a hurry, they just did it to the death, blocking the eyes from the air and the sea, and then dragging it to the limit of the Entente's patience before giving the opponent a fatal blow! In the face of the arrangement of the Germans, the Entente had nothing good to do! Unless one day Lady Luck favors the Entente and makes the huge Allied fleet unknowingly approach a distance of about 400 kilometers from the Germans and force the opponent to fight, otherwise, rely on long-range patrol planes and numerous reconnaissance planes on aircraft carriers and submarines in the sea. The Germans really couldn't do anything to avoid the war with the Allied powers!

And in the face of this seemingly unsolvable dead end, the top brass of the Allied fleet realized that it would be difficult to solve it, because they were already desperate. After pressing all his chips, some of the remaining scraps became insignificant. Air power in the Azores and islands. Like a nail wedged deep into the North Atlantic, the Americans feel powerless! Fletcher and the others did not think of pulling out this nail before engaging the German fleet, and even devised a plan to quickly enter the opponent's depth under the cover of night, and then raid the airfield in the Azores at dawn.

But the problem is that the Azores are an archipelago in their own right, and the entire archipelago stretches for 640 kilometers! Divided into three small islands, with a total area of more than 2,240 square kilometers, the Americans suddenly found that in the face of the sea fortress group that the Allied Powers had been operating for a long time, it was difficult to completely paralyze the islands in a short period of time, no matter which archipelago they raided. If you simply knock out a few planes, the Germans would have added it, it would be useless, and the Entente fleet could not stay in the area around the Azores for a long time, there are long-range patrol aircraft of the Germans, and after a little longer they will be exposed, God knows if the German fleet will hide in one place and prepare to fight the stick!

"It's basically a dead end, and if there is no strong external force to intervene, then we will have to fight the opponent at a place and time of our choosing. We've lost 30% before we even meet each other! Nizmi once said this at a high-level secret meeting. The tone is full of helplessness and unwillingness!

While the Germans waited for the Entente to take the initiative to attack the Azores after they could not bear it, on the other side of the world, another powerful country that was enough to make the Entente and the Central Powers tremble was also watching the imminent great war from a distance of half a world. The Chinese military has completed the transition from a time of peace to a period of all-out war. The country's industrial and economic system has gradually adapted to the needs of war, and Huaxia is like a lion that has accumulated strength, ready to pounce on the target at any time! The wheels of history have entered a critical period when they have reached this point. Every minute and every second has the potential to change the world. When the two major military blocs used the fleets that had been accumulated for more than ten years as chess pieces and the vast Atlantic Ocean as a chessboard, China. This new player will also enter the game in due course!

"The defeat of France is a foregone conclusion, but the combined fleet of the Entente must not be defeated. I still underestimate the Germans, they are really not afraid to die! Xu Jie threw the telegram in his hand aside. Now that China was finally on the side of the Entente, the fundamental reason was to contain the Central Powers, and the direct reason was that the British agreed to "entrust" East Malaysia to China first. Since the British are so sensible. Then China naturally needs to do something to compensate the British.

"I'm afraid it's not so easy this time, the Entente has already put all the bets on it, and all the chips together are not enough to suppress the Allied fleet. The Germans had the right time and place, and as long as they did not make a big mistake, then the battle would be nine out of ten. The key issue was time, which the Entente could not afford. And the Allies are not afraid. Ye Ming replied, with the departure of the older generation, the newcomers have also begun to take the lead.

"In the absence of strong external forces, this is a dead end! The Germans could withdraw to their so-called safe zone, no matter how weak they were. Unless, unless we do it ourselves, the longer it drags on, the greater the advantage for the Germans, and just the day before yesterday another wing of DO335 heavy fighters was transferred from the European mainland to the Azores. Under the blow of the Luftwaffe and Army, the Allied legions on the European continent were already at the end of the road, and they could draw more forces to support the navy. Su Mo said carefully, he mentioned the only way to solve this problem, but he did not have the right to decide, and to be honest, with the German fleet in full swing, Huaxia should also be cautious! After all, the Huaxia fleet couldn't beat the Allied fleet in a group. After all, the number of three people joining forces is really a bit much! If the Germans suddenly stopped fighting the Entente and chose the relatively weak China to make a move, wouldn't the Chinese fleet be a shield for the Americans? This must not happen!

"That's a good idea." Unexpectedly, Su Mo's hasty suggestion made Xu Jie give a high evaluation. "The war is about to begin, and we are really ready to do it! The ultimatum was to be returned to the Kaiser tomorrow, and if Germany could not withdraw from France and the former Iranian territory, and to guarantee that its submarines would not attack neutral ships, then it would bear all the consequences. Xu Jie said lightly. It doesn't seem to be talking about a big event that could change the world, but asking what to eat tonight!

"However, we have not completed the final preparations in the Middle East, the troops have just completed the refitting and are being mobilized from the bases in Central Asia to Iran, and the bases of the United States and Britain in the Indian Ocean are not ready to meet the Chinese fleet! This one was too hasty. Xu Huaide, who was on the side, raised objections on behalf of the army troops as a newly promoted lieutenant general of the army armored corps. If war is declared now, the army's timetable has been advanced by almost 3 months!

"At least we're okay with holding on to our existing territory, right?" Xu Jie looked at Xu Huaide and said.

"No problem, but the offensive forces are not in place yet. And although the Germans concentrated their main forces in Europe, they were not without a backhand in the Middle East, especially the Air Force, the 11th, 13th and 17th Air Forces of the Luftwaffe in Transcaucasia and Turkey were all thousand-plane air forces, plus Turkey's own aviation forces and Austro-Hungarian air groups, the strength should not be underestimated. Qin Yue on the side said. As the commander of the Chinese Air Force in the Middle East, he also believes that the time has not yet come. Now you can only defend but not attack!

"Then prepare slowly. Even if we declare war, we don't necessarily have to do it immediately in the Middle East. Xu Jie said. What we want is a situation, a situation in which China may enter the war at any time! Of course, the navy also needs to be prepared, I estimate that Huaxia can also make up 10 fleet aircraft carriers, right? Order the fleet to immediately assemble in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and we must make a move to prepare to cross the Pacific Ocean and enter the Atlantic! Do you understand? It depends on the situation, but we have to make the Germans feel threatened! Let them not wait and take the initiative to fight with the Entente fleet! Xu Jie explained.

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