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Halsey stomped his feet and shouted: "It's too late! The Germans will definitely launch air strikes on the coalition airports in Puerto Rico, Haiti and the Virgin Islands after dawn today! If the airports there are destroyed, the Germans will If they can be brought down quickly, then half of the Caribbean will belong to the Germans! They can send army troops to Panama as long as they take a little risk!

So we need to send planes there as soon as possible, the sooner the better! "

……

Well said Halsey, too late!It's too late now!

Just when the generals of the United States and Britain were still arguing with each other.

With four "Frederick the Great" class aircraft carriers, four "Elbe" class aircraft carriers, and two "Zeppelin" class aircraft carriers and other 10 aircraft carriers as the main striking force, the main force of the German-Italian Combined Fleet has arrived at a distance from Puerto Rico. The island is less than 300 nautical miles away in the Atlantic Ocean!

And on the ocean less than 100 nautical miles behind the German and Italian main fleet, there is also a landing fleet code-named D Fleet. Nearly 150 transport ships and landing ships of various types carry three German infantry divisions and two Italian infantry divisions in total. , a Russian infantry division, with a total of 7 offensive troops, went south quickly under the protection of dozens of heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers.

Consisting of three "Bismarck"-class battleships, two "Richelieu"-class battleships, and two "Veneto Litrio"-class battleships, the B fleet is heading for Puerto Rico at a speed of up to 30 knots. .

On the Atlantic Ocean less than 280 nautical miles northwest of Puerto Rico, there is also a combined German and Italian fleet from Cape Verde in Africa!The code name of this fleet is the C fleet, with three German "Prussian" class (formerly French Breton class) battleships and two Italian "Cavour" class battleships, as well as three ships with a displacement of about 10000 tons. The escort aircraft carrier is the main force, and there are dozens of German and Italian light combat ships, escorting nearly 5 transport ships of various types carrying 100 landing troops, and they spread out on the Atlantic Ocean!

In the end, the Z Fleet, which Ganfu Kengoro belonged to, sailed south through the waves 60 nautical miles east of the German and Italian main fleet...

Chapter 0944 Opening the Door to the United States ([-]) Ganfu Dazuo's New Mission

Unlike the other fleets, the German Z Fleet implemented strict blackout this night.On the Kiev guided missile cruiser, all the places where the light source might leak were covered with thick curtains or blankets.

However, in the officer's lounge at this time, there were a few dim lights turned on as an exception, and the place had been temporarily transformed into a buffet reception.Several rectangular dining tables were put together, covered with snow-white tablecloths, and bottles of German, Italian, and French wine, champagne, sparkling wine, beer... were placed everywhere.The main course was carefully prepared by the German chef on the missile cruiser Kiev.There’s broth with cream, onions, potatoes, bacon, bratwurst, and pork knuckle, and big pots of risotto.According to Hannah ?Miss Letcher said, these are the Japanese's favorite food, but no, a room full of Japanese Kamikaze fighters are always picking on Thumbs and praising the chef's craftsmanship!

Today's reception is both a celebration feast for these kamikazes!Uh, those who didn't have their turn to attack enjoyed a celebration feast, and those who had their turn to attack had already fed all kinds of marine life in the icy Atlantic Ocean.It is also a good day for our liver Fuken Goro to be promoted.The Japanese side believes that this "Bermuda Victory" was a great victory achieved by the German, Japanese, and Italian joint operations, and the Japanese kamikaze special attack team that participated in the battle certainly took the lead!In this way, the prestige of the Japanese Empire has been greatly increased, and His Majesty the Emperor has won glory. As the supreme commander of this kamikaze force, Ganfu Kengoro is of course indispensable.

Therefore, the commendation order for exceptional promotion and honors was sent to the Kiev by telegram on the night of November 11. Kanfu Kengoro was exceptionally promoted to the rank of Navy Colonel, and was also awarded a "Rising Sun Heavy Ribbon".Also delivered at the same time was the transfer order to return home, and the order to appoint Ganfu as the commander of the newly established missile special attack force——Yamato Special Attack Force.So today's reception is not only a celebration banquet, but also a celebration of Kan Fukengoro's promotion and the establishment of Japan's own missile force.Especially this Yamato special attack force who didn't know where it was, made every Japanese present very excited.After ruining an unknown amount of French, German, and Italian wines, several half-drunk Japanese officers even jumped onto the long dining table, shouting loudly.

"Yasuda-kun, do you see that the Empire of Japan is finally saved!"

"Kamikaze special attack, invincible! Yamato special attack, invincible!"

"Rest in peace, gentlemen who sacrificed their lives for the country! We will come to Kuduanzaka to meet you soon!"

"Let's become gods together, let's become gods!"

"We want to drive missiles into the battleships and aircraft carriers of the Chinese, and let them know what a real imperial warrior is!"

"The winner of this war must be Japan! We want to conquer China! Conquer the world! The Great Japanese Empire, onboard! Your Majesty, onboard! Onboard! Onboard!"

What!Want to conquer the world?The German "orderly soldiers" who pretended not to understand Japanese found it harsh. Isn't the task of conquering the world a German patent?When is it your turn, you crazy people?But if you are angry, you still have a smile on your face like a spring breeze. They are all dying people anyway, so just pretend you didn't hear them when they said some nonsense.Let's listen to the drunken words of Ganfu Kengoro, who is said to be very likely to become the Prime Minister of Japan in 20 years.Eh, where did Gan Fu go?Was still here just now.

And that Hannah?Miss Letcher was gone too. Could it be possible that something sparked at last between the two of them?

……

Not to mention, our liver Fuken Goro is really with Hannah now?Miss Letcher was together, but if there was any spark, I don't know.The two seemed to be standing side by side on the bridge of the missile cruiser Kiev admiring the moon.Unlike the Japanese devils in the officer's room, Ganfu Kengoro didn't have the slightest hint of drunkenness and excitement on his face.The future commander of the Yamato Special Forces, and the fastest-promoting officer in the Japanese Navy, Colonel Ganfu, has a dignified face, holding a bottle of wine that is probably Lafite (provided by the Nazi German Navy, it should be genuine) I was gulping down.

When the news of his promotion and transfer in Japan came, he just stayed for a while, and then said, I got it.Then I dived into a pile of charts of the Atlantic and the Caribbean.He only showed his face at the reception tonight, and went to the bridge of the Kiev to drink alone, and that Hannah?Miss Letcher followed him to the bridge.I don't know whether it was to drink with him or come to congratulate him, but it definitely didn't mean that.

"Kengoro, you look very unhappy, don't you miss me?" Hannah?Reich looked at Gan Fu with a half-smile and said.

"I'm a bit reluctant, but it's not the main thing." Gan Fu has always talked casually with this little German girl who tends to be a tomboy. Names are the kind of troops that are going to do stupid things."

Hear that, Hannah?A look of disdain flashed in Reich's bright eyes. This guy is good at everything, but he is a little afraid of death, uh, he should be very afraid of death!I really don't understand how he became the leader of a large group of Japanese who are not afraid of death?

Gan Fu didn't notice Hannah's expression, took another big gulp of Lafite, and muttered softly in Japanese: "I'm really not sure about going to war with the Chinese..."

Hannah?Laiqi frowned, and thought, "You must be afraid of death!" She said coldly, "I don't need you to die, it's just an order..."

Gan Fu was taken aback when he heard the words, but after thinking about it carefully, what the other party said made sense.Both Japan and China are neighbors of North Korea. It is not up to me, a North Korean, to worry about the life and death between them.Thinking of this, he finally showed a bright smile on his chubby face, and patted Hannah?Reich's shoulder said: "Hannah, you're right, it's not my turn to die. By the way, you have to take care after I return to China, don't work so hard, I don't want to receive your funeral invitation." Said At this point, Gan Fu looked up at the eastern sky. The first ray of sunlight on November 11 had already pierced the darkness and came from the distant sea level.He raised his wrist and looked at the time. It was already four o'clock in the morning. The German main fleet should start sounding the battle alarm by now, right?

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On the 17th, at 4 o'clock in the morning.

The piercing alarm bells broke the tranquility of the combined German and Italian fleets, and mountain-like aircraft carriers began to turn their bows to the windward direction.A large number of sailors and officers left the crowded dining room or lounge and ran to their respective battle positions.In the hangar, the air crew who had been ready for a long time slowly pushed the Fw-190C with folded wings onto the elevator, and then used the hydraulic oil pump to slowly raise the aircraft to the deck.

There was also a busy scene on the deck. Bombs were also sent up through a special ammunition elevator, and they were piled up in a corner of the flight deck. The aircrew used a trolley to push the 50 kg bombs to the Fw-190C fighter jets. Under the belly of the aircraft, hang it on the hook.While this Fw-190 has the best air combat performance of this era, it is also a good attack aircraft, which can carry up to 500 kg of bombs!Today they will carry four 4kg bombs to participate in air strikes.After the bomb was installed, the Fw-50 was pushed by the air crew to the first take-off line on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier to stand by, and then more Fw-190s were pushed to the first take-off line to stand by.

After all the fighters were ready, it was the turn of the famous Ju87 Stuka dive bombers to be pushed to the second take-off line and lined up.Like their Chinese students, the German naval aviation in this time and space is also not equipped with torpedo bombers. There are only 35 Fw-190 fighter jets and 65 Ju-87 dive bombers on each Friedrich-Great-class aircraft carrier. The Fw-10 reconnaissance bomber converted from the Chinese A4 Thunderhawk dive bomber, but today, the Thunderhawk on the four Friedrich-class aircraft carriers was also hung with bombs and placed on the second take-off line.

Commander-in-Chief Raeder is going to invest his greatest force in the first wave of air strikes!Destroy all American and Free British airfields in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in one go.

"Commander, the Frederick the Great, the Wilhelm the Great, the Otto the Great, and the Charlemagne are all ready!" Chief of Staff Eric?Major General Bei's voice sounded in Raeder's ear.

“四艘大帝级航空母舰在第一波攻击中将各投入80架舰载机，总共有320架舰载机，其中Fw-190战斗机40架，Ju-87俯冲轰炸机245架，Fw-192侦察轰炸机35架。四艘易北河级在第一波攻击中将会投入132架舰载机，其中Fw-190战斗机20架，Ju-87俯冲轰炸机102架，Fw-192侦察轰炸机10架。两艘齐柏林级将在第一波攻击中投入61架舰载机，其中Fw-190战斗机12架，Ju-87俯冲轰炸机42架，Fw-192侦察轰炸机7架。10艘航空母舰在第一波攻击中将总共投入513架飞机。攻击计划如下，腓特烈大帝号的海军第一飞行联队、威廉大帝号的海军第二飞行联队负责轰炸波多黎各岛上的路易斯？穆尼奥斯？马林机场；奥托大帝号、查理曼大帝号上的第三、第四飞行联队将负责轰炸波多黎各岛上的伊莎贝拉机场；多瑙河号上的第五飞行联队将……”

"Okay, I got it all." Raeder waved his hand and interrupted: "Is there any movement in the US-UK joint fleet?"

"Not yet." Major General Bei said: "The information just received shows that the two medium-sized aircraft carriers of the British are honestly hiding in the Norfolk base. In addition, there are at least five battleships and two light aircraft carriers. There. Looks like they're ready to exist as a fleet."

"Hehe, won't you come out?" Raedel sneered: "Let's go to Norfolk after we finish fighting Puerto Rico."

Eric?Bei also chuckled: "We still have more than 600 P-35 missiles that have not been used!"

Raeder nodded slightly, and then looked at the nautical clock on the wall: "It's almost time, give the order to attack!"

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The sky has gradually brightened, but the marathon meeting in the conference room of the US-British Allied Forces Command in Norfolk has not yet ended.Cup after cup of coffee, the orderlies kept sending them in. As soon as they opened the door, they could find that the meeting room was filled with smoke, and all the generals were sullen and silent, just smoking various kinds of tobacco.Major General Eisenhower sat in his seat with a livid face, constantly looking up at the gradually brightening sky outside the window.Admiral Halsey's face was ashen ashes, and he looked listlessly at the door of the meeting room, as if he was waiting for some bad news.British Admiral Cunningham's eyebrows were even more congealed, he smoked a cigar, and raised his wrist to look at the time from time to time.

The telegram suggesting the temporary transfer of the Fourth Air Force to the Caribbean Sea had been sent long ago, and Cunningham was also named on it, and he also sent an urgent telegram to the free British Prime Minister Churchill in Ottawa, requesting that the other party immediately agree to the demands of the Americans.But Washington and Ottawa have been slow to respond.

Of course, it is not appropriate to describe the response of the US and UK political leaders as delayed.In fact, both the White House and the Free British Government in Ottawa held emergency meetings as soon as they received suggestions and requests from the United Command, and these meetings were not too long, only two or three A conclusion was reached within hours, and then the leaders of the two parties negotiated directly by phone.Roosevelt and Churchill talked on the phone for about half an hour. After the President of the United States promised to provide 200 F4U fighter jets to the Free British Air Force within a month, Prime Minister Churchill readily agreed to the United States to mobilize the air forces that should have been used to defend Canada. Force went to the Caribbean Sea for emergency...

The entire decision-making process only took more than four hours. For the governments of two central-level major countries, such a response speed can only be described as super fast.But for a sea-air battle with air power as the main force, more than four hours is too long.

As a result, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Marshall agreed to mobilize the order of the Fourth Air Force, and the news of the discovery of enemy aircraft fleets by all parties in Puerto Rico was sent to this conference room.

"The radar has detected the German aircraft fleet, the number exceeds 500, and it is only 100 kilometers away from Puerto Rico! It's over, the airports in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are over!" Halsey took the telegram from the staff officer and just glanced at it, almost fainting up.

The two military airports on Puerto Rico of the U.S. military deployed a total of only 238 aircraft, of which fighter jets are mainly P-36, P-38 and P-39, a total of only 62 aircraft.Although the performance of these aircraft is good, they are definitely not the opponents of Fw-190 in air combat!What's more, those Fw-190s are almost the best pilots in the world!

The aircraft deployed by the Free British Air Force on the Virgin Islands is even more insignificant, there are only 78 of them, and most of them are obsolete products brought from the mainland, which are completely vulnerable.

"How many troops do we have on Puerto Rico? How about the fortifications?" Major General Eisenhower asked in a deep voice.

"There are four infantry divisions, the main force of which is the First Division of the Army withdrawn from the San Lorenzo Fortress. They have some actual combat experience and the fortifications are considered solid." Halsey flipped through the information at hand and read it to Marshall. Listen, he's actually a newcomer, and he doesn't know much more about what's going on in Puerto Rico than Eisenhower.

"Haiti, what's the situation there?" Eisenhower continued.

"There are 334 aircraft, including two squadrons totaling 24 F4Us, two squadrons of P-38s, two squadrons of P-39s, two squadrons of P-36s. Ground forces also have four divisions, and Puerto Rico's The defenders are also under the command of the US First Army, which is also responsible for commanding seven divisions on Cuba and Jamaica, the commander is Lieutenant General Eckleberg, and the army headquarters is in Guantanamo, Cuba." Halsey replied.

"There are only four divisions on an island of tens of thousands of square kilometers, and we don't have air and sea control. We can't hold it there." Eisenhower walked to the edge of the map, folded his arms and stared at it for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's better to defend Haiti Island." Go. Withdraw the American troops on Puerto Rico and the British troops in the Virgin Islands."

"Sir, I'm afraid it's too late. We don't have air and sea superiority, and the troops can't withdraw." Halsey reminded: "The troops should be concentrated near San Juan Port, which is the best deep-water port on Puerto Rico. If Germany , The Italian United Fleet wants to gain a foothold in the Americas, that is the most suitable place. As long as we hold there, the German and Italian fleets will not be able to stay in the Americas for a long time. Moreover, San Juan also built a coastal defense battery with a 14-inch There are enough cannons, and enough mines are laid at the entrance and exit of the port, it is difficult for the Germans to attack from the front."