"How many have you passed?"

In the dense jungle on the side of the Panama Canal, three pairs of eyes keep staring at the passing American cargo ships in the dark, while constantly repelling mosquitoes. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

This work is really not done by people, mosquitoes in the dense jungles of South America can almost kill people, in front of the construction of this canal, there are nearly 10,000 people and workers from other countries died here, even if there is sufficient preparation, but also deliberately carry out adaptation training, there are seven intelligence officers here for a year after the mission did not go back, no one knows that they died in this jungle.

"About twenty." The eyes in charge of observation blinked, the United States is probably ruthless, the number of ships passing through the canal in the past few days has reached hundreds, especially after dark, there are a large number, and it can be seen that this is a means of containment against people like themselves, because in this environment, even if they have high-powered telescopes, they can only vaguely distinguish the type of ship after dark, which is really inconvenient.

"You say, how nice it would be if we sent a few submarines to block the Bay of Panama? It also saves us trouble. ”

"It's that simple." The scout rubbed his eyes, temporarily put down his binoculars and said: "The Bay of Panama is now full of mines laid by the US military, and who would dare to rush into it without an exact route map?" In addition, every few days the US minelayer will be adjusted, and last week we had a reconnaissance ship that hit a mine and sank there, and I heard that none of the more than 40 people on it escaped. "Then you can't wait at a distance from the bay?" "I've been waiting for a long time. The scout said, "Last month, the submarine force sank a total of cargo ships there, but I don't know how recently, our submarine forces seem to have gone back, and the United States has learned to be obedient, and every time it gathers a large fleet in the bay, and then when the escort warships arrive, they will collectively rush out during the day, and the British fleet will learn how to deal with Germany." "Forget it, the Navy will solve this matter, don't worry about it" As long as you don't omit the number of passes.

The scout rested for a moment, "Just thinking about whether to go to a place to avoid the light to smoke a cigarette to relieve fatigue, he suddenly saw several black shadows in the canal."

After he adjusted the telescope, several large ships that looked like warships passed slowly, but unfortunately it was too dark to see clearly, and it was not a cage mast, and there was no black shadow of cannons on the deck, could it be a freighter?

In the confusion of the explorer, the three Maine-class battleships and the two armored cruisers in the canal channel in the distance were already tense, and the sailors hid in the darkness and watched the two sides vigilantly, except for the anti-collision lights, all the lights were strictly turned off.

For this voyage, all five warships were specially camouflaged, in addition to adding a fake chimney, all the ship's guns were covered with wooden planks, which from the outside looked like the entire deck was several meters higher, and importantly, the special cage mast was removed and replaced with a traditional one!

In the scout's frown, the five black shadows had gradually faded away, "When he wanted to think carefully about what type of cargo ship with a deck significantly higher than that of an ordinary ship was, a brightly lit transport fleet behind him attracted his attention, so he had to quickly write down five "special large ships" in a small book, and then observed the fleet. 【 I want: super fast update 】

Five hours later, when the three scouts returned to camp and sent back the number and class of ships that had passed in the hour, a large fleet of ships "sped out of the Gulf of Panama and into the deep Pacific Ocean, protected by a large number of warships."

"Bastard!"

In the headquarters of the Royal Chinese Navy in Dalian, Long Guozhang slapped the table and scolded several intelligence staff officers with blood, if it weren't for Cheng Biguang to stop him, "It is estimated that the famous flying foot will reappear in the navy."

Several scolded intelligence staff officers could only curl the corners of their mouths and did not dare to reply, in fact, they were quite wronged in their hearts, there are procedures for military intelligence sorting, and the important thing is naturally the enemy's strategy, followed by military mobilization, followed by all kinds of auxiliary intelligence.

What's more, this time the enemy also carried out a careful camouflage: "If it weren't for Q, the submarine sank a cargo ship and threatened the center of the fleet, and the other side shelled these five warships crowded in the center of the flotilla were discovered" covered the deck with wooden planks, and only the chimneys and masts were exposed", perhaps no one would have noticed that there were five more warships in the US support fleet heading to Australia.

So this news, which was mixed in three types of intelligence, was delayed for a day and a night!

Five large warships with a displacement of more than 12,000!

This is very easy to guess, all the American battleships, including the heavy cruisers, are all more than 20,000 tons of big guys, and only 10 old armored cruisers in the old armored cruisers have reached this tonnage, of which four Tennessee-class armored cruisers have been confirmed by S21 in the support fleet, and the remaining are 6 old Pennsylvania-class armored cruisers, its first ship, Pennsylvania, was decommissioned and removed from the list two months ago, and only the West Virginia, California, Colorado, USS Maryland and USS South Dakota.

The first three are still in the Chesapeake Bay, and the remaining two have been escorted with three Maine-class ships to escort the fleet from South America to Australia, so this tonnage can only be recovered from the old battleships Five Virginia-class and six Connecti-Tyuge-class appeared in San Diego, and two Illinois-class S21 that was also scouted is indeed in the support fleet, so there are only two 12,846-ton Maine class left, in combination! The previous analysis, then it can be confirmed that these five large warships that were camouflaged, chose to pass through the Panama Canal in the middle of the night, and also used the rear fleet, and themselves were carefully camouflaged, were the three Maine-class battleships and the armored cruisers USS Maryland and USS South Dakota that were supposed to escort the South American transport fleet!

Although they are all old guys, five more ships going to Australia at once will greatly enhance the strength of the Australian fleet, and importantly, they are also carefully camouflaged, which means that they may have another purpose!

But where is the goal?

Go to attack Colombia, or do you want to set off a storm in the southwest?!

Standing in front of the map, holding the information urgently sent by the Admiralty, Li Mo and Chen Ping both saw the surprise in each other's eyes, it stands to reason that the United States does not need to be so cautious, the speed of the five capital ships is above the old knot, and it is impossible for submarines to catch up with them and attack.

Using merchant ships as cover must be aimed at something!

Since the shelling of New York, the whole country has been thinking about US retaliation, and from the perspective of the Americans' temper and morale, a counterattack will definitely come, so where will the United States choose?

Colombia is a target, but the navy alone cannot defeat Colombia, not to mention that after Hua entered the port of Buenaventura, he readjusted his defenses and laid a large number of mines, which could not be killed by just a few old warships.

So the eyes of the two patrolled around Australia and the southwest Pacific Ocean over and over again, judging from the route, it is unlikely that the United States will bypass Hawaii and go straight to Guam and the Ogasawara Islands, and the Maine-class battleships are too old "The endurance cannot meet this requirement, and only relying on the Entente islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean has a chance, is Britain and the United States ready to continue to attack Nauru?"

The two couldn't help but shake their heads, Nauru is different now, not only has an aviation squadron of 48 Falcon been stationed, but also taking advantage of the opportunity of the British and American retreat after the counterattack, the Lu Chou Division has already departed from Guam and stationed there, plus two Jinghai-class cruisers and a number of destroyers, and has just arrived at the Truk base to support the "raid is almost impossible."

Britain and the United States would not be unaware of such a big move, a surprise attack is impossible in this case, and since it cannot be raided, camouflage is not necessary.

So where is the goal?

Looking at the map, Li Mo was suddenly attracted by a place in the corner of his eye, and when he turned his head, Chen Ping's eyes had already met, "Both of them saw each other's inner thoughts.

Barnyard Islands (present-day Galapagos Islands)!

Li Mo took a breath, the Colón Islands are the only route from Panama to Australia, and they are of great strategic significance, but because Ecuador is currently neutral, "Hua was only on lease for investigation at that time, so there was no way to really use this base, so it could only be used as a refueling transit point for warships in the name of scientific investigation, providing logistical support."

The United States also knows this, so although it hates this place to the core, it has not made up its mind before, because it is useless to just fight down, and if you do not garrison the Colon Islands, it will always be a big threat, but the garrison will represent a declaration of war with Ecuador.

Declaring war on the South American countries, which are currently neutral, is a very serious strategic decision, because it is very likely to push all the South American countries along the Pacific Ocean to the side of China!

This political consequence must be considered: "Even if Reimer decided to go to war against a neutral country, it would not have been so easy for his troops to set foot on the vital island of Sumatra on the first day of the declaration of war, but in that case, the British and American troops would have landed directly from the Netherlands to intimidate Germany."

However, after the Gibraltar Conference, the entire Entente has realized that if we do our best, it is impossible to win this battle, so the political factor has completely disappeared, not to mention that after the shelling of New York, the United States needs a victory, and when it cannot immediately attack China's important areas, it is a good way to take some Chinese troops stationed in neutral countries!

As long as the Colon Islands are taken, then the shipping lanes to Australia will be clear, and as for Ecuador, even with a few old warships, it is unlikely to threaten the United States.

"How many troops are there?"

"Originally, there were three submarines, but they had sent a telegram to them to intercept the American convoy, and now there are only 13 of them left, and there is only one marine battalion and a telecommunications reconnaissance company on the island." After Chen Ping finished speaking, his face was solemn and he added: "They are all lightly armed troops." "Is it too late to retreat? ”

Facing Li Mo's gaze, Chen Ping shook his head: "It's too late, one day and one night is enough for the U.S. fleet to move nearby." ”

Many things cannot be avoided, after all, the Colón Islands are too far away, and at the moment when Ecuador has not joined the alliance, a large-scale garrison, bringing the war to a neutral country, and political factors need to be considered, it seems that this bloodshed is inevitable.

"Send a telegram to Ji Weishan and let him,." Before Li Mo finished speaking, Zhang Zuoshuang interrupted him by pushing the door violently and said, "Your Majesty, Chief of Staff, General Ji sent a telegram, he said", ,.

Zhang Zuoshuang glanced at the telegram again, and Shou raised his head.

"The fleet has departed!" ，！ ~！