809 July Fire (4)

At the fortress of San Lorenzo, two small seaplanes slid down to the surface of the sea almost simultaneously, stirring up two white sprays. 【 I want: super fast update 】

Looking at the landing plane, Sa Zhenbing walked towards the conference room of the headquarters and asked, "How is Fang Jin doing over there?" ”

Zhang Zuolin, as a staff officer, followed step by step and said: "There is no gain, Jericho is afraid that we will suddenly attack the harbor, and has already transferred all the ships one step earlier, combined with reconnaissance, we estimate that the current British and American fleets have moved to the area of Grand Bahama Island, because the United States has deployed a large number of mines in the Florida Strait, and the first battleship detachment can only operate in the Gulf of Mexico west of the Florida Peninsula, and cannot cross the strait into the Atlantic Ocean from anywhere, so this has exceeded the attack distance of carrier-based aircraft. ”

"Where's General Lefei?"

"The carrier battle group has now moved 170 nautical miles north of the Netherlands Antilles, from where it can enter the Atlantic Ocean as long as the Army takes Bō Dorico and the Virgin Islands."

"So is there any news from Task Force 2?" Sa Zhenbing regained his seriousness, and his tone was so rapid that he was almost out of breath, but fortunately, Zhang Zuolin had long been accustomed to this method when he was in the General Staff, and immediately shook his head: "No." ”

Sa Zhenbing's footsteps paused slightly, both worried and relieved that there was no news, because the second task force was an important chess piece that could force Jericho to the point where it had to be decisive, so He Wenyu immediately entered radio silence after setting off from Diego Garcia Island, unless they took the initiative to send a signal, otherwise no one could contact them.

He can understand this, Ho Wenyu has a heavy responsibility, plus to avoid all sight, so he must travel day and night, and when passing through South Africa, he also needs to take the long sea route of King Edward Island, because it is currently winter in the southern hemisphere, so he must also carefully avoid the floating ice, and then take the sea off St. Helena Island along the deep water line of the Atlantic Ocean.

The road was a difficult one, with severe cold, strong winds, and bad waves basically having to be tasted several times, but there was no news yet that the fleet was safe for now.

Panama in July was extremely hot, Sa Zhenbing couldn't help but exhale a hot mouth, and he was sure to defeat Jericho, but it was still difficult to hit the British and American fleets as hard as possible, the Caribbean Sea was complicated, and the Atlantic Ocean was not a footbath, dozens of warships drilled into it, and even if a few more aircraft carriers were sent, they might not be able to find it.

So he needs a chance to force Jericho to have a chance to fight!

"Generals, General Hitomi Yamaki and General Casillas have arrived." The staff officer wiped the beads of sweat and handed the telegram he had just received to Sa Zhenbing: "This is the telegram I just received, and on the 22nd, they were discovered by a submarine about 70 nautical miles north of the Bahamas and north of Dominica. 【 I want: super fast update ]"

"2 Queen Maria and 2 Gangut!"

After reading the telegram, Sa Zhenbing furrowed his eyebrows violently, Jericho figured out that he was going to fight?

"Let's go, go to the conference room."

Grand Maha, off the coast of Acklin Island.

In the spacious command tower of the Hood, the flagship of the Anglo-American Combined Fleet, Jericho stood in front of the porthole with a coffee cup in both hands, and the steel figures on the left and right were the capital of the British and American countries, with a total of 8 motherships, 29 capital ships, 26 cruisers and 70 destroyers.

Across the Caribbean Sea, in the Cape Verde base, there are 3 other capital ships and 4 cruisers.

In addition to these main fleets, there are more than 4,000 combat aircraft, 37 submarines, and 30 auxiliary ships of various types at their disposal in the entire Caribbean and the Atlantic.

Such a huge force could definitely make the whole world tremble before the war, but now he has an indescribable sense of restraint.

From the topographical point of view, with Panama as the central point, along the coast of South America to Florida in the United States, there is a natural barrier composed of thousands of islands, from Panama to the Atlantic Ocean no matter where you go must break through this island chain.

It seems to outsiders that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, because as long as these islands are stuck, it is difficult for ships to escape into the Atlantic Ocean without being discovered, but in fact, many people forget that this is the sea, and the islands connected by the line are not closed after all, and there are at least a dozen channels between the islands, although hundreds of thousands of mines were deployed in the main waterways in the early stage, but there are still many loopholes.

The enemy also knew this, so it was unusual, after the offensive began, he did not rush north into the Gulf of Mexico, but attacked the Bō Dorico and the Lesser Antilles horizontally, in an attempt to open the western channel as soon as possible, once the channel was unblocked and 5 aircraft carriers and at least 8 battleships entered the Atlantic, the enemy had a lot more choices, and it would be very difficult to intercept it, so the opponent must not be allowed to enter the Atlantic Ocean easily.

The bō Dorica could not be held for long, and as long as the Dominican Republic was taken, the Mona Strait would be opened, and a thoroughfare would connect the Caribbean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

Thinking of this, Jericho shuddered in his heart, as if he had seen countless tigers, wolves, and sharks pounce into the Atlantic Ocean, and Washington, New York, Gibraltar, the Azov Islands, Portugal, France, and even the British mainland would be enveloped by endless planes and naval guns.

It will be ...... Doomsday scenes!

It has to change.

Jericho turned his head, handed the already empty coffee cup to the guard, and walked over to the chart: "Where did the Fifth Sentai arrive?" ”

"It has arrived southwest of the city of Corburn and is expected to have access to the sea off the coast of Bō Dorico tonight."

Jericho quickly located the fifth station outside of Cockburn, consisting of two Queen Maria-class battleships and two Gangut-class battleships, along with an American aircraft carrier and two anti-aircraft Brooklyn-class light cruisers, 10 destroyers, and about 30 torpedo boats deployed in Dominica.

However, this is not enough, because at present the enemy in the vicinity of Bō Dorico has a total of 10 battleships, of which the Nagato and the North Korean Pyongyang are both former American Nevada-class battleships, and Hua will also upgrade the naval guns to the same L50/356 mm naval guns as the Hebei class after maintenance, which has the combat effectiveness equivalent to eighty percent of the Hebei class, plus 2 Beijing-class battleships with strange speed, 2 Spanish-class battleships and 4 old battleships of Colombia and Peru, which have strong strength, The key thing is that there is also a Xiqin-class heavy aircraft carrier in it!

Intelligence shows that China's Xiqin-class heavy fleet aircraft carriers have been serialized, each of which can carry a total of at least 80 aircraft, although the type and performance of the aircraft are still unclear, but preliminary analysis has at least three kinds of aircraft, one is a fighter dedicated to air combat, the second is a torpedo plane that has established a miraculous feat in the Gulf of Panama, and there are small bombers that can emit a scream that have just appeared, and the means of ground and sea attack are very perfect.

So he immediately asked, "Where is Campbell's sixth team?" ”

"Report to the General, General Campbell has led the Malaya, Ansenhow, and Alexandra to St. Maarten, and can be supported from the flanks as long as the fifth station launches an attack." "Good." Jericho nodded, Campbell had 1 British aircraft carrier converted from a cruise ship, the Fury, carrying 36 cuckoo torpedo planes, plus about 100 Curtiss D300s in Dominica, as long as he found the opponent's aircraft carrier, he could at least drag him and not be able to support the battleship formation.

Without aircraft carriers and planes, 1 Queen-class Malaya, 2 Nelson-class (Nelson during World War I), plus 4 battleships of the 5th Sentai team, there are enough chances! The time is set for tonight 1 Lico looked at his watch and waved his arm: "The third and fourth teams can also set off, tell General Joseph King that you must not fall in love with war!" ”

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"Untie the cable and turn on the signal light."

"Honk!"

"Woo, woo......."

A whistle tore apart the sunset over the fortress of San Lorenzo, and after the sailors untied the cable and put away the iron anchor, the second battleship formation of the task force composed of 4 Hebei-class battleships and 4 light cruisers rushed into the Limmen Bay at a speed.

On the island of the flagship ship Hebei, Sa Zhenbing was lying on the chart table and constantly sketching, while Zhang Zuolin, who was on the expedition with the fleet for the first time, looked left and right, and seemed to be a little curious about naval operations.

"Yuting, what do you say Jellico is trying to do?" Lying on the table, Sa Zhenbing did not look up.

"From the point of view of strength, the third battleship formation led by Vice Admiral Hitomi Yamaki is weak, and it can only fight one aircraft carrier, 2 Beijing-class and 2 former Nevada, so I think he may want to kill one first, at least part of it, so as to open the foundation for the later decisive battle." Zhang Zuolin said: "And we continue to bomb the inland states of the United States, whether it is from the mood or the explanation, he must come out and go around." ”

"That's right, but do you think you can eat Hitomi Kuroki with just four Russian battleships?"

"What do you mean?" Zhang Zuolin raised his eyebrows, walked to his side and said, "There is still a fleet nearby?" ”

"Not what I meant, not a fleet, but a warband!" Sa Zhenbing said: "The navy is different from the army, the fleet is a general term, and there is also a difference between sub-fleets and warships, including Campbell in Cape Verde, Jellico has 32 capital ships in his hands, at least 8 motherships, so he divided the fleet into 7 teams, and each team is divided into 3 to 6 capital ships of various types.

We have studied the Russian Empress Maria-class battleships, and they are not too good, if it were not for the installation of 4 triple L52/305mm main guns, they would not even be worthy of the Beijing-class shoes!

Jericho won't be unaware of this, not to mention that we still have the Wei Guo and two former Nevadas, even if he chooses the night, the efficiency of the aircraft carrier is low, but they can't catch up with us in the ability to fight at night, so he needs to arrange another team! ”

"In that case, why did you just ask Hitomi Yamaki to go back to prepare for war immediately, instead of ......."

Zhen Bing smiled, dropped his pen and walked to his command position, and said with a smile: "If I let Hitomi Yamaki avoid it, Jericho will immediately cancel all operations and continue to play hide and seek with us." ”

"If he wants to consume ......, I will consume it too! Besides, it's a full 600 nautical miles from here, so what's the use of rushing there now? Sa Zhenbing suddenly blinked like a child, and waved his hand suddenly: "Sail to 090, full speed north!" ”

Zhang Zuolin was suddenly stunned: "To the north? No....... ”

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