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At this time, there was a "tap" sound of high-heeled leather shoes hitting the floor outside the door, and then there was a creak, and Natalie walked in with a folder in her arms.

"News from Warsaw, the Polish embassy in Panama reported that a mixed US-French fleet was found in the Gulf of Panama, including three large aircraft carriers flying the French flag, two American heavy cruisers, four American light cruisers, ten Two American destroyers."

"Oh?" Luo Yaoguo slightly raised his eyebrows, took the document from Natalie and scanned the ten lines at a glance, pondered for a while, and said slowly: "What does Nimitz want to do? Put the aircraft carrier on display near Panama City ? Doesn't he know that Panama has diplomatic relations with Poland, Italy, and Spain?"

"Hehe, isn't this just for us to see!" Bai Chongxi took the document from Luo Yaoguo, glanced at it and then sneered. "It is estimated that these three French aircraft carriers are just a bait. Why do these Yankees like to play the trick of sacrificing friendly troops?"

"It's not completely sacrificing friendly forces." Chen Si explained with a smile: "The design of the French aircraft carrier is very strange. There are not many carrier-based aircraft, but the defense and firepower are extremely powerful, and even equipped with torpedo tubes. This kind of strange appearance China's aircraft carrier has no other advantages besides combat experience, so who should be used as bait if they are not used as bait?"

"Okay, if that's the case, Natalie, report this information to the Japanese side. Don't say it was reported by the Polish embassy, ​​but say it was detected by our intelligence personnel lurking in Panama." Luo Yaoguo tapped lightly Looking at the table, he smiled lightly and said, "The climax of the Pacific War is coming soon! I am really looking forward to a fierce battle between Japan and the United States." He then turned to Chen Si: "Hualong, tell me about this Who will win a battle in Panama?"

"It's hard to say, it's hard to say." Chen Si waved his hand, blinked at Luo Yaoguo, and said with a smile, "The Japanese are expected to deploy four motherships, while the Americans have six motherships, but in terms of the number of carrier aircraft, the two are different." In comparison, it is estimated that it will be a lose-lose game.”

"Hahaha. I hope so..."

Chapter 0829 landing in America (a)

Eastern Pacific.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, a huge Japanese fleet appeared on the horizon. Two newly-launched Tone-class heavy cruisers took the lead to open the way ahead. Ten Bailu-class destroyers and four Minekaze-class destroyers spread out to the two wings and advanced. A famous heavy aircraft carrier, four landing ships, four light cruisers, two fast tankers, and sixteen fast transport ships sailed eastward in a mighty manner.

In the conference room of the flagship USS Akagi aircraft carrier, senior officers of the No. 14 Army of the First Air Fleet and the American Front Army gathered together. Looking at the summary of the situation just obtained in their hands, everyone's face was a little dignified, especially the commander of the First Air Fleet. Lieutenant General Inoue Chengmei.

As an experienced admiral, Inoue Chengmei saw the clues from the so-called "good news" in his hand at a glance. The Truk Atoll was attacked at night, and the transport convoy assembled there was severely damaged. 25 tons were lost, and more than a dozen transport ships were damaged and urgently needed repairs.Such a heavy loss cannot be made up for by sinking one, severely damaging two British aircraft carriers, and severely damaging one British battlecruiser!Otherwise, General Yamamoto 56 and Southern Army Commander Hisashi Terauchi would not propose to suspend operations in Australia...

The Australian operation is one of the two main components of the "Mi Operation Plan".The abandonment of the Australian operation now means that half of the "Mi Combat Plan" has failed.And it's the most important half!

For this "Operation Mi", almost all of Japan's combined fleet was dispatched, the domestic material storage was also collected, and almost all aviation troops were also pulled into battle, not for the fat colony of Australia ?But now that the offensive in Australia has been cancelled, the Panama operation, which was launched purely to satisfy the allies' request, must continue, which really makes the Japanese military officers present extremely frustrated.

But this is necessary, because most of Japan's resources and technology to maintain the war come from the two allies, China and Germany.If Japan cancels the Panama operation now, and transfers the First Air Fleet and the No.14 Army to Australia, the Chinese only need to close the valve of the oil pipeline, and the end of the Japanese Empire will not be far away!

Thinking of the Chinese people's harvest in the past few months and the seemingly inescapable cannon fodder of Japan, Lieutenant General Narumi Inoue couldn't help but sighed deeply. He put down the documents in his hand and scanned the conference room with gloomy eyes. , took a panoramic view of the expressions of the generals in the room, and finally focused on the aviation staff officer of the First Air Fleet and the captain of the First Kamikaze Special Attack Brigade, Ganfu Kengoro.

This Gan Fu was the only person in the conference room with a normal expression, and he was probably the most active officer in the entire fleet to fight against the United States!That hatred of America seems to be innate in him.I don't know where those Americans offended this kid?

"Ganfu-jun, what do you think of the US-French joint fleet appearing in the Bay of Panama?" Inoue Narumi asked about another piece of information received not long ago.That was information provided by the Chinese side transferred by the Joint Fleet Command. The intelligence mentioned that three French aircraft carriers and an American fleet were mixed together and appeared in the Bay of Panama.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General," Gan Fu stood up, bowed slightly to Inoue, and replied loudly, "This is obviously a trap set by the Americans. They want to lure our aircraft carrier to bomb the fleet in the Bay of Panama, and at the same time they use an ambush An aircraft carrier formation somewhere in the Pacific Ocean is conducting a sneak attack when our side is engaged with the fleet in the Gulf of Panama!"

"Well," Narumi Inoue frowned slightly upon hearing this, "Ganfu-san, do you mean that the United States has determined that Panama is the real target we want to attack?"

"This..." Ganfu Kengoro's body trembled slightly, and he immediately realized that he had slipped up.Instead of panicking, he nodded heavily and admitted. "Yes, Lieutenant General, I believe that the United States has already determined that the Panama Canal is what the empire wants to attack."

"Why do you see it?" Narumi Inoue stood up and walked to the chart, and then called Ganfu Kengoro to speak. "Ganfu, come here and tell me."

"Hay!" Ganfu Kengoro bowed again, and then strode over.And in this short tens of seconds, Gan Fu Kengoro had already compiled a whole set of deceitful rhetoric.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, after all, Hawaii is an American colony. There must be a large number of American spies there, and these spies may not necessarily be white. Many Chinese with American nationality may also serve for American intelligence agencies. In addition, near Hawaii The sea area is also an area where American submarines are frequently active. Therefore, the United Fleet’s dispatch this time will inevitably be detected by the United States. Moreover, the United States can easily guess that if we want to attack the Americas, because we can only attack in two directions. One is the West Coast of the United States; the other is the Panama Canal Zone."

"Yaoxi." Inoue nodded and asked again: "But how do the Americans know that we are going to attack Panama instead of the west coast of the United States?"

"Because of time." Gan Fu glanced down the well from the corner of his eye, and seeing that his expression was normal, he finally let go of the stone he was carrying in his heart.He sighed softly and explained: "If we were going to attack the west coast of the United States, we should have arrived by now. The west coast of the United States is only more than 2000 nautical miles away from Pearl Harbor, while Panama is more than 5000 nautical miles away from Pearl Harbor. Therefore, the US Navy commander The officer only needs to count the days to know that we are going to Panama."

Under normal circumstances, the cruising speed of the naval fleet of this era is at least a dozen knots, and it is not a problem to travel four hundred nautical miles a day.That is to say, two thousand nautical miles can be covered in five days, and five thousand nautical miles will take twelve or three days. Of course, this is only a straight-line distance.

"Yaoxi, Yaxi," Inoue Chengmei nodded frequently as if waking up from a dream. "Ganfu-jun is indeed a high-achieving student of Haida University, and a pillar of the Imperial Navy! You are really thoughtful and considerate. Since you have found out that the combined US-French fleet in the Bay of Panama is a bait, have you thought about a countermeasure yet?"

"It's a little immature idea." Ganfu Kengoro heaved a sigh of relief, but his facial expression became a little more serious. "Since we have seen through the Americans' deception of the enemy, why not use our tactics? Our purpose of this battle is to seize the Panama Canal, or destroy it, and establish a base in the Galapagos Islands. And we must To achieve this goal, it is necessary to destroy the three US heavy aircraft carriers lurking nearby." Gan Fu gently tapped the Pacific Ocean near Latin America on the map and said: "I guess they should be ambushing in this sea area. And we just can Use the bait laid by the Americans to lure them out, and then use kamikaze planes to sink them all!"

……

If Latin America is the backyard of the United States, then the Panama Canal is the gate to this backyard.Now the bustling gateway to Latin America is empty on the 65-kilometre canal, the golden waterway linking the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, which is now completely closed.On the side of the canal adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, the Bay of Panama area has been completely under the military control of the US military, although it is not US territory, nor is it a US concession.

In the port area of ​​Panama City, there are fortifications, forts, machine guns and cannons everywhere, as well as the U.S. Army with live ammunition on guard, so that the real owners of this land feel the threat of war again, but this war does not belong to the Panama's - but two imperialist countries, wanting to use their homeland to set up a battlefield, and the homeland of the Panamanians is also probably one of the spoils of this war!

Panama City, U.S. Embassy in Panama.

This is the largest embassy in Panama City, and it is actually the real highest authority in Panama.No President of this country can take office without a nod from the US Ambassador to Panama!And now, this luxurious and spacious embassy has become the temporary headquarters of the 2nd Army of the US Army.

Lieutenant General Ed Fredendall, commander of the US 2nd Army, flew from the United States to Panama on the second day after Christmas last year. His mission is to defend the Panama Canal and the Republic of Panama from any imperialist invasion!Except, of course, the United States.In order to defend this small Central American country from Japanese imperialist aggression, the U.S. Army's 2nd Corps had to take over the country first!Well, of course, Panama's parliament will soon pass a resolution to declare war on Japan.

Who made the Panama Canal Zone too small?If the entire Panama is not occupied, the US Second Army will not be able to open the battlefield at all!

Lieutenant General Fredendall didn't feel any guilt about his decision, and he didn't have time to think about such insignificant issues.As the supreme commander of the US military stationed in Panama, he has a lot to worry about now.

The first thing that gave him a headache was that his 2nd U.S. Army didn't actually have many troops available!

In fact, it is not that there are not many people in the US Second Army, but that there are not many who can be used in combat.Before the outbreak of World War II, the U.S. Army was definitely a miniature army, with only 2 troops.Now, there are more than 18 people on the books of the US Second Army alone. The formation of the army includes the First Armored Division, the First Division, the Third Division, the No.2 Fourth Division, the No.18 Sixth Division, and the No. .30 Fifth Division, No.30 Second Airborne Division, No.40 Fifth Division, No.80 Eighth Division and No.80 First Division and other 80 divisions!The total strength is close to 90.But 10 of the 20 American boys are still practicing in the barracks in the United States, walking, looking forward, and so on.At present, only a part of the first and third divisions of the United States organized before World War II can fight, with a total of more than 20 people!If the big fleet in the Bay of Panama were defeated by the Japanese devils, even if they could hold Panama with such a small force, they would definitely not be able to keep the back garden of the United States... How much combat power can those South American countries have?I'm afraid that one Japanese division, uh, one brigade is enough to conquer a country!

In Fredendall's view, if Japan lands on the west coast of the United States, it is purely asking for trouble. It is better to attack Panama than to attack the west coast of the United States, but the more than 2 boys of the 3nd Army will also let this yellow-skinned monkey eat Bit of a pain.But in South America, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Guyana... etc., including Brazil and Argentina, are all vulnerable. A few hundred thousand Japanese devils can definitely conquer the entire continent!As long as these Japanese devils defeat the Pacific Fleet again, they don't have to land in Panama at all, but directly land on the South American continent, where is the real weakness of the United States.

"Dong dong dong..." After a hasty knock on the door, Major Henry's voice sounded anxious. "Mr. Lieutenant General, I just received an urgent call from the US embassy in Costa Rica."

"Come in, come in and talk." Fredendall frowned, and an ominous premonition rose from the bottom of his heart.

……

August 1939, 3, night.

Eastern Pacific Ocean, 80 nautical miles south of the Galapagos Islands.Inside the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, the flagship of the US-French task force.

"Lieutenant General, a small group of Japanese troops landed on Coco Island in Costa Rica. The telegram from the Pacific Fleet Command stated that they landed on Coco Island yesterday morning. A company of Costa Rican infantry on the island did not Resistance is disarmed."

Struance hurriedly opened the door, only to find that Lieutenant General Halsey was not resting, but was standing in front of a chart and contemplating, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Really? Those Japanese devils have finally set foot on American land! Now they are very proud. Although it is only a small island in Latin America, it is also America!" Halsey took the telegram, glanced coldly Sneered: "Old man, do you think the Japanese aircraft carrier will be near Koko Island?"

"Maybe." Struance smiled and said, "The behavior of the Japanese is a bit abnormal, Lieutenant General, don't you think?"

"Abnormal?" Halsey seemed to think of something when he heard the word, and he frowned. Japan's seizure of this small island with no permanent residents is indeed a bit ignorant.What is the use of occupying this island for Japan?Proof that their troops have been to America?It's not worth exposing the position of the aircraft carrier for this.Could it be that they want to lure out the three French aircraft carriers in the Bay of Panama by occupying Coco Island?right!It must be so!Those little Japanese admirals must think that the United States has deployed a large number of shore-based aircraft in Panama, so they want to keep the battlefield as far away from Panama City as possible.

"Order Jean Sur's Second US-French Task Force to dispatch immediately to search the waters near Coco Island and look for the Japanese aircraft carrier!"

"Also, we also acted immediately, advancing 80 nautical miles to the north, reaching the waters of the Galapagos Islands and waiting for fighter planes."

"But lieutenant general, the Japanese are obviously trying to lure us to attack!" Struance stepped forward and reminded Halsey in two steps: "The Japanese traveled 5000 nautical miles to fight us, and their supplies The oil can’t last for a few days, we might as well wait patiently, they will soon be unable to resist attacking the fleet in the Gulf of Panama, and then..."

"No! We are 6 aircraft carriers against the 4 Japanese aircraft carriers! The advantage is on our side." Halsey shook his head violently, visibly lifting his spirits.He has already studied the naval battle of the Truk Islands on February 2th and 14th. The Japanese kamikaze attack did not bring a devastating blow to the six British motherships. If the British admiral is more determined , if a carrier-based aircraft is sent to fight back, the loser of that naval battle must be Japan!

Halsey paused, and then said: "Japan's national strength is far inferior to that of the United States. Even if it hurts both sides in this battle, it will be beneficial to the United States. We can quickly make up for the losses, while Japan... hmph, can only Go and beg for alms from Germany and China! So I am not afraid of loss, as long as the Japanese dare to come, I will fight them!"

……

In the early morning of March 3, Koko Island.

The sea off this small island full of tropical rain forests is now a busy scene. A convoy of more than a dozen transport ships is using small boats to transport military supplies.The only port on the island has been controlled by the Japanese army. The more than 100 Costa Rican officers and soldiers guarding the island surrendered without saying a word when they saw the majestic military might of the Japanese fleet.At the moment, under the supervision of a few ferocious ghost soldiers, they are carrying bags of supplies from the small boat, and they are complaining in Spanish, but they dare not slow down their work, otherwise The taste of the Japanese gun butt hitting it was not pleasant.

The Japanese officers and soldiers who came to the island were also working. They had been floating at sea for almost a month.However, after resting for a while, drinking cold water from America, and eating a few mildewy cold rice balls, he started working like crazy, and no one rested all night.The infantry of the two regiments have already landed, and a lot of supplies have been transported. The commander of the 14th Army, Yamashita Fufumi, and the commander of the 102nd Division, Ishihara Wanji, have also landed and are personally in command of the landing.