"Sir, we seem to be targeted." At noon on the fifth day after the first kill, when Colonel Hoffman was enjoying the cheese and meat seized from the opposing transport ship, the staff officer's report made Hoffman feel a little in danger. Originally, Hoffman's fleet was traveling in the direction of an American convoy, and this fleet was numbered TY33. But now, it seems that this plan is not working. He put down the cutlery in his hand, wiped his hands with a towel, and then took the information and walked to the chart as he looked at it. "What is the identity of the other party?" Hoffman asked.

"If those captives are correct, then this should be the flagship of the TP35 transport fleet, the light cruiser Juno. There were 6 seaplanes on it, and we were following one of them, and we tried to drive them away and shot down 2 of them, but they were still tracking. Conservative estimates, the other party found out that we should be yesterday evening, but unfortunately, we couldn't get rid of the opponent last night. The staff officer thought for a moment and said, it was just morning. If you don't take action, the other party has a day to track you and break the fight, and once the track is exposed, then death is not far away.

"What the hell are Americans doing? Is this tracking to control our movements and warn the rest of the fleet, or is it going to do it? Hoffman was lost in thought. According to his inference, the Juno should have temporarily left the formation because of the pursuit of the Penguin attack ship, in other words, the Juno was not far from his own fleet, plus it took a while to contain the Penguin attack ship and dispose of the trophies, so it is very likely that the Juno had been eyeing itself shortly after the attack, and the Germans had poor radar. The detection ability of small targets at low altitudes is very poor, plus the weather is not very good during this time. The clouds were a little low, and the Juno might have spotted itself very early. And he was just lucky to find the Juno's reconnaissance plane, as soon as he thought of this, Hoffman couldn't help but have a cold war, it was a full five days, after he was exposed, if he gave the Americans 5 days to prepare, he should be almost ready!

"So what do we do now?" The staff officer on the side asked nervously. "Order the Hamburg to immediately release seaplanes to search for targets, the Nuremberg fighter squadron to be on standby, and the fleet to accelerate its withdrawal to the north!" After half a ring. Hoffman decided to avoid his opponent first. The ability of aviation cruisers to prepare and fly is very limited, and even if an opponent is discovered, after a wave of their own attack planes goes out, their air defense capability will be greatly reduced within a few hours. The first criterion for attacking ships was to protect themselves first and then attack, so in this grim situation, he chose to back down. It was decided to abandon the attack on the convoy for the time being until he got his own little tail.

Hoffman had guessed right, and at this time on the light cruiser Juno, Colonel Bronk and his team were gathering intelligence and making contact with another fleet. The efficiency of the Americans is still very high. In 5 days, such a force was indeed assembled that could threaten the B fleet. "If the German fleet had followed the previous tracks, the fleet of the Germans should have known the voyage information of the TY33 fleet, and they were rushing there, and following this trend. They would be within the strike range of the NS12 convoy after 2 hours, and the Germans attacked the convoy by using both naval guns and aircraft, so. Colonel John should have had the opportunity to destroy the Germans before they attacked. The staff officer on the side analyzed the current situation.

"That's good, I hope the Germans will take the bait this time." Major Principal Bronk said with a sigh. As the saying goes, he who walks a hundred miles is half ninety, and it took him and the U.S. Navy several days to set a trap. He led his opponent over again, and now he was close to the last step to close the noose, but no one knew the outcome before the game was revealed, and he still had to wait. At the same time, the NS12 escort fleet is also preparing to take out this German fleet, at a distance of 120 nautical miles from the German fleet, two escort aircraft carriers CVE08 and CVE19 are making final preparations, these two escort aircraft carriers built with merchant ships are only 180 meters long, and the deck length of the aviation cruiser is a grade! Full load displacement 9800 tons. Each aircraft carrier is equipped with 28 aircraft, including 12 F4F fighters, 4 reconnaissance aircraft, and the remaining 12 are TBF aircraft, although there are many aircraft, but because the deck is too short, its own speed is only more than 20 knots, it is difficult to obtain a higher speed of deck wind, in this case the release of attack aircraft is very limited, can only be used catapults to bounce slowly. Although the two aircraft carriers had a total of 56 aircraft, it was the limit of 30 aircraft released in a wave of attack, including 12 fighters, 10 bombers carrying 500-pound bombs, and 8 torpedo planes taking off with catapults. Such a formation is just enough to fight the German B fleet, and if the opponent defends with all his strength and is lucky, I am afraid that the opponent can run away.

The two aircraft carriers in NS12 were not originally a group, of which the CVE08 aircraft carrier was accompanied by the TY33 transport fleet, and the CVE19 aircraft carrier was formed with several destroyers to form an independent hunting group, after receiving the intelligence of the Juno, the US Navy immediately let the two aircraft carriers converge, and then deliberately revealed the information of the TY33 transport fleet in order to attract the Hoffman fleet to take the bait, in order to prevent being killed by the two warships in a wave without knowing it, The naval command ordered the Juno to maintain constant contact and to keep the two German warships in constant contact. The layout of the Americans is very good, so that the Hoffmann fleet that lacks information is going to its death step by step, but what is unexpected is that the TY33 transport fleet, which is full of temptation, lured not only Hoffman's B fleet, but also the German A fleet, which intercepted the US military intelligence, is also rushing to the battlefield! Two aviation cruisers rushed to the battlefield from the Northeast Line of Defense at a speed of 28 knots, but alas, at this time, everyone present did not know that a force that was enough to change the situation on the battlefield came!

It all started three days ago, when Fleet A received a letter requesting the TY33 convoy to sail in the direction of neutrals to temporarily avoid German warships in the South Atlantic, and Colonel Kranker became interested in this convoy, and according to other information. Colonel Cranke determined the general direction and course of the TY33 convoy, but he was still very conservative at this time. Because Fleet A had to deal with the Americans' light aircraft carriers when necessary, the two aviation cruisers, which had a total capacity of only 60 aircraft, still cherished their own air power. If you attack with aviation alone, the wear and tear of aircraft and related consumables is really a bit high, and if you attack with naval guns, the two aviation cruisers of Fleet A are really not as good as one aviation cruiser and one heavy cruiser of Fleet B.

And just as he hesitated, a long-wave telegram from the German naval headquarters made him abandon his cautious plan. Because the Austro-Hungarian fleet was about to come to the south of the Atlantic, the two sides would then converge. In this way, a fleet with more than 100 aircraft will not have a shortage of aviation forces, and such forces can protect themselves. Colonel Crank, who had no worries, naturally would not give up this opportunity, so he commanded the fleet to kill it! As a result, the naval battle that broke out in the Argentine Sea basin gradually began. Neither the Germans nor the Americans could have imagined that this simple hunt and counter-hunt battle would be so entangled!

The war has always been full of all kinds of accidents, just when the United States and Germany were playing and confronting in the Argentine Basin, a British escort aircraft carrier fleet also appeared on the periphery of the warring waters, this operation because of the need for secrecy and the preparation time was too hasty, the Americans did not disclose the relevant news to the British, but informed the British government 2 days ago to keep its transport fleet away from a certain route, and hinted that a major war would break out near this route, and the British had limited power. This is especially true in the South Atlantic, but there are accidents in everything, and at this time there happens to be an escort aircraft carrier formation that is carrying out anti-submarine escort missions in the nearby waters! The fleet of this fisherman, codenamed Angler, consisted of 1 escort aircraft carrier, the Giant, and 3 plank destroyers. The British Navy tried to make contact with the Americans, but on the one hand because of the time constraints. On the other hand, Americans believe that they have a better chance of winning, and rashly introducing external factors may lead to leaks and frighten opponents. So I didn't say yes, but I can't just say no. After all, the two sides are allies, and it is still not necessary to slap them in the face. So the Americans agreed with the British to enter the operational sea zone, but demanded that the British fleet could not send any radio signals, and could only receive and not transmit! So the British decisively let the fishermen's convoy into the battlefield. However, because of the late hour, their location is relatively outward. They were still hanging around the perimeter for hours before the engagement.

And when Hoffman found out that he was being followed, he decided to run north first, and the situation finally changed, although the SN12 escort fleet and the German fleet were still approaching, but according to the new route, the German fleet would enter the strike range of the US Navy escort warships in 5 hours! More critically, the Germans seemed to be aware of the crisis they were in, so they were already prepared, which caught the Americans off guard. If the other party turns to the northeast again, it will completely get rid of this hunt, and the speed of the escort aircraft carrier will not be able to catch up with these Scuds, even if the speed of the Penguin attack ship is much faster than that of the escort aircraft carrier!

"What should I do?" A bead of sweat the size of a bean dripped from Colonel Bronke's head and fell onto the table. Although he did not have the right to decide to attack, he was the eye of the entire fleet, and his report directly determined the direction of the battle. In order to ensure the suddenness of the attack, the SN12 escort fleet did not even send out reconnaissance planes, so at this time, Colonel Bronk felt that his pressure was huge!

"The German fleet has spotted our reconnaissance aircraft and made evasive moves, but the route they have chosen is not good, if the SN12 fleet moves north at full speed, the Germans will be within the attack range of the carrier-based aircraft force in 3 hours. Debriefing is complete. In the end, Colonel Bronk still reported the situation truthfully, and how to fight it depends on the SN12 fleet's own decision-making. At the same time, the Juno ejected the remaining two seaplanes to strengthen the surveillance of the Germans.

"Our fleet will concentrate all its forces on attacking the German fleet." Soon a telegram from the SN12 escort fleet brought the ambush plan to the final stage, and the two escort aircraft carriers headed in the direction of the German fleet under the cover of the destroyers, and the communication between the Juno and the SN12 fleet increased dramatically. Even the seaplanes began to make direct contact with the SN12 fleet, several frequency bands that had never been used began to be used, and the smell of gunpowder was even stronger before the war, on the decks of the two escort aircraft carriers, the 30 planes for the first attack had been deployed, except for the F4F fighters who could taxi and take off, the remaining planes had to eject and take off, and the ground crew was making final preparations. The planes in front of them have spread their wings, like eagles ready to hunt! And when the Americans pulled away the camouflage, Colonel Crank's A fleet finally found a trace from the explosive growth of radio!

"The attack is about to begin." Colonel Hoffman smiled bitterly as he listened to the staff officer's report. He didn't know how many fleets the Americans had concentrated to attack him, the only thing he could do now was to concentrate his forces on defense, all the BF109TF fighters were put on deck, and even the bombers were half-loaded and lifted into the air to carry out interception combat missions when necessary. Smoke canisters were also deployed around the battleship. All air defense crews moved into combat positions and were ready for a strike that would come at any time. "The situation with Fleet B is terrible, we have entered the encirclement of the opponent, but we do not know the strength and location of the opponent, we can only defend, because of the scarcity of carrier-based aircraft, we do not even dare to send reconnaissance aircraft. I felt that we were in danger this time, so I sent out the information that we were under attack by the enemy fleet. Hoffman later recalled the situation.

Colonel Crank, the commander of Fleet A, who had unexpectedly entered the battlefield, also felt the danger, as there was an Allied fleet here and was preparing to attack, and combined with the long-wave telegram he had just received from Fleet B, he knew that the opposing fleet was strong enough to threaten Fleet B. And the location is unknown. Cranke hesitated, but judging from the current situation, he has not been exposed, whether to help the friendly forces or withdraw on his own is a very serious question, choose to go, naturally a hundred, but the B fleet may be miserable, and if you stay, God knows how many Allied warships there are around! Maybe I'll get in for it!

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