The sun is extraordinary**" The air is solidified, and the diffuse water vapor turns the sapphire Caribbean Sea into a literal steamer, and only those who are familiar with this sea know that "this is a precursor to the coming hurricane" and that a major hurricane will definitely come here in the next few days. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

Two long-range Hummingbird reconnaissance planes, traveling together, flew like albatross over the small island of Beacon, 150 nautical miles northeast of the fortress of San Lorenzo.

When the reconnaissance plane disappeared into the sky, a puff of green smoke suddenly rose from the bushes of the island, and then two small Curtis JN40 water reconnaissance planes pushed away the camouflage covering their bodies, and after four months of concealment and camouflage, they cut through the blue sea and rose into the sky for the first time.

The pilots were nervous because it was already deep in the Caribbean, almost right under the nose of Panama, and they had been lurking here for four months just in case, and now was the critical moment.

Because of General Jericho, it is necessary to figure out where the enemy's aircraft carrier battle group is!

The pilot held the binoculars and his eyes widened. Geographically, there are many islands in the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, and there are a large number of colonial islands in the British, American and French "strong reconnaissance forces, but they have not been found for several days." North of Beacon Island, Nicaragua and east of Honduras are guarded by Jamaica and the Pedro Islands, which can also be covered by reconnaissance aircraft, but under the wings of this wide body of water from the Limon Bay of the San Lorenzo Fortress, lacks islands and forward reconnaissance bases, so it is possible to hide the aircraft carrier from detection.

But are they (aircraft carrier battle groups) really here?

In the Port of Miami, the buzzing sound raised Roosevelt, who was standing in the confidential telegraph room waiting for reconnaissance news.

Dozens of Handley Page 400 long-range bombers with long wings from Washington began to land, "this kind of aircraft was first manufactured by Britain in March this year, and in order to compete with the Chinese for air supremacy as much as possible, the United States has tried every means," so naturally it will not let go of this long-range large biplane that can carry 250 kg of bombs and can also perform a 400-kilometer mission.

The aircraft was developed by the United Kingdom, but it was the United States that made it, and after the war this seemed to have become a common practice, from the Curtiss S300 that imitated the Cuckoo torpedo to the Handley Page 400 long-range bomber, the United States pursued the doctrine of taking it that could form combat effectiveness.

The arrival of Handley Page's fleet seemed to breathe a little life into the dreary Miami, and as the sailors cheered to meet America's own long-range bombers, one of them suddenly staggered into the grass at the end of the runway. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

Compared to the powerful industrial capacity that has not suffered much damage, the United States has no shortage of strict workers"According to the current situation, if at full speed can produce at least a thousand of these aircraft per month, but the problem is "the United States has no pilots!"

This may be ridiculous, the United States, with a population of nearly 100 million and the second largest group of flying enthusiasts in the world before the war, after China, has been unable to recruit pilots!

But this is the truth, because of the absolute superiority of Chinese aircraft, "American pilots are basically difficult to survive as long as they encounter the enemy when they go to the sky, so now there are very few people in China who are willing to set sail and can only recruit young people who still have a little belief in protecting their homes and defending the country, and lack experience."

The government could do nothing but watch the number of pilots shrink.

Fortunately, the two pilots climbed out in time, but the wing was damaged and definitely unusable, seeing this scene, Roosevelt couldn't help but sigh, "This is the evil result of the drastic reduction of skilled pilots" Now there are planes wrecked every day because of malfunctions", I really don't know if if the Stars and Stripes can be seen in the sky over the United States if the war is fought for a few more years.

"Franklin." The liaison officer took the telegram "interrupting Roosevelt's thoughts" and looked at him and shook his head: "Beacon Island still hasn't found out." ”

"Have you searched in front of the southwest and east?"

"Yes, there are also long-range reconnaissance planes dispatched from Haiti."

"Then Limmen Bay ......."

"I searched too, and the second lieutenant was shot down there.

"How is that possible? Are they hiding under the water!? Roosevelt was a little crazy, how could there be no trace of the three aircraft carriers together with the escort warships, "at least 15 or so in total"! But the problem is that "even the secret reconnaissance planes have been dispatched" and have almost searched the Gulf of Limmen and the central Caribbean waters without showing up, which is a bit abnormal!

Don't............?

While Roosevelt's brows furrowed, a rush of footsteps sounded from behind, and before he could turn around, the intelligence major in charge of Atlantic liaison bumped into his side: "Down" You should take a look at this. ”

"...... this?"

"I just received a telegram in clear code, from, Cape Verde!" "My God! Seeing the text on the telegram, Roosevelt jumped up, grabbed it and rushed out, so that the first intelligence officer next to him could not see it clearly, so he had to ask his partner for advice, and asked, "Roger, what's wrong?" ”

Roger Shao*'s eyes were scattered, and he didn't seem to have come to his senses from the information he had just seen, and after a while, he said to himself: "The Cape Verde base has been shelled. ”

"It can't be! When did they ......? ”

"It's now!" In his office, Jericho leaned on the table with a magnifying glass and "carefully examined the corners that might have been missed, and the fact that the opponent's aircraft carrier battle group seemed to disappear for several days made his heart more and more gloomy."

The Caribbean Sea is not very big, and it has deployed reconnaissance forces on every shipping lane and island linking the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, dozens of submarines, hundreds of reconnaissance aircraft, plus fishing boats disguised as South American countries, whether it is day or night, a fleet similar to three aircraft carriers and three capital ships, all of which add up to more than one battleship, it is impossible to quietly leave the Caribbean Sea!

But why hasn't it been found? Could it be that the other side opened the Mona Strait between Bō and Dominica?

Does that make sense?

The Japanese Army landed in Dominica yesterday, and according to calculations, it will be able to control the coastal area of the island by tomorrow night at the latest, not to mention that the submarine also found several minesweepers there in the early morning, how can they leave?

The only reason left was the shipping lane between south of Bō and Charlotte Amalia, but there were also submarine views and a dozen reconnaissance ships after Campbell's departure, plus water reconnaissance planes that took off from the Virgin Islands, and no traces of the departure of the fleet were detected, so where did they go?

The more Jericho thought about it, the more he felt a chill down his spine, as the only remaining senior admiral of the Entente who had experience in the operation of the Grand Fleet and had focused on the tactics of Chinese aircraft carriers since the Battle of False Bay in South Africa, he knew very well the power of the three Xiqin-class heavy aircraft carriers, if they really did not enter the Atlantic Ocean in the Caribbean, it would be a big disaster!

But the problem is that there is no reconnaissance intelligence to detect the departure of a fleet, and even if it is broken into pieces, it will not be used to make such a large warship, submarine and reconnaissance ship will not be missed.

Jericho raised his eyebrows, and his hand holding the magnifying glass suddenly trembled!

"It's Campbell!"

The thought froze Jericho in front of the chart table like a basin of ice water, and he thought about the information of the past few days, and found that his opponent had only one chance if he wanted to leave! That was the moment when Campbell and Team 5 turned out to be defeated and released the smoke and left.

At that time, the 3rd Battleship Formation returned to the Caribbean Sea south of Bō Rico, and Campbell, fearing another aircraft carrier attack, ordered a large amount of smoke to be released, coupled with the fact that it was night and the smoke of the fighting, taking advantage of the fact that the reconnaissance ships were avoiding the opportunity to make way for the engagement.

After thinking through the joints, the general with the LinkedIn Navy successfully sniped Germany in Jutland and sent the enemy back to the port of Kiel, and his whole body trembled.

Because at this time, that Lieutenant General Le Fei is really terrible! He was not far from Campbell's side at the time, but he saw his third battleship formation being sunk and damaged one by one, "If the plane hadn't come back early, it is estimated that Campbell would have been able to expand the results!" But he just watched it like this, ignoring it, "Even when he saw Campbell calmly leaving, he resisted the temptation to annihilate the enemy and did not give the order to pursue!"

The appearance of such a terrible opponent, capable of controlling his ambitions and **, in the deep sea of the vast Atlantic Ocean, is simply a disaster for Britain and the United States!

"Someone!" Jericho couldn't control himself anymore and opened his mouth to shout that he was going to send out his full reconnaissance force to search the Atlantic, "The office door slammed open.

"General is not good, Cape Verde" was attacked by 2 battleships with old inch heavy artillery! ”

"What!" Jellicoe snatched the telegram from Roosevelt's hand.

Are you kidding? Two hours ago, I also received information confirming that the four Guam-class ships of the Fifth Task Force were all near Bō Dorico, and the other two ships were also confirmed to be operating near the Spanish waters of the Mediterranean Sea last night, even if it was too late to fly!

But in addition to them, what kind of capital ships are equipped with 16-inch heavy guns?

"Wait, is it?" Roosevelt and Jericho both saw the horror in each other's eyes, the former with an expression of disbelief and wagged his fingers: "No, it can't be!" Last night, I also confirmed with the Egyptian intelligence station that the Taiwan-class ship was being repaired at the port of Djibouti, and it ,,。

Jericho waved his hand, looking as if he was dozens of years old, and sighed: "Franklin" We have all forgotten ......, they have a third ship. ”

"The third? But it had just been launched, and it hadn't been yet. As soon as Roosevelt blurted out, he suddenly retracted the following words, and finally understood.

I've been tricked!

The whole world has been tricked!

The ship in the port of Djibouti is simply the Shanxi that has not yet been completed and delivered! A feeling of being molested "being slapped made Roosevelt's eyes red, and he even forgot his duty" shouted loudly: "General, you must go at once, the United States needs us to do everything in our power!" ”@。