"There are at least 9 large fleet carriers, 9 super battleships, and an unknown number of Independence-class light carriers and escort carriers.
In addition, there are at least thousands of shore-based aircraft of various kinds on the islands of Windward Islands, the Borean Islands, Puerto Rico and Trinidad, at least on paper, and the Americans have an overwhelming advantage."
Admiral Raeder looked at the report of the 10th submarine group that had just been forwarded by the Atlantic Front Command, and his face became extremely serious, and the U2511, a subordinate of the 10th submarine group, had discovered with a periscope three hours ago that eight large fleet aircraft carriers had sailed into the western entrance to the Panama Canal under the escort of dozens of destroyers.
If you count the other large aircraft carrier that passed through the canal before, the Enterprise, the number of large fleet aircraft carriers in the Atlantic Ocean has reached at least nine.
At present, the European Combined Fleet has only five large fleet aircraft carriers in the Atlantic, including Zeppelin, Petersstrasser, Prussia, Bohemia, and Austria.
In terms of having super battleships, the Americans have at least 9 in the Atlantic, while the combined European fleet has 10 ships of the 2 Hindenburg class, 2 Bismarck-class, 3 Richelieu-class and 3 Veneto-class, but these battleships are inferior to the 4 Iowa-class of the United States in terms of firepower and protection, so they have no advantage in the decisive battle of battleships.
In addition, because the Atlantic waters near Guyana are close to heavily defended islands, the U.S. military also has an overwhelming advantage in the number of shore-based aircraft.
"Without overwhelming superiority on paper, how dare the Americans fight a decisive battle with us" With the support of the "two bombs" of missiles and atomic bombs, Hirschman was very confident, and said with a smile: "In my opinion, we still have to give them a little more chance of winning, and let the 30th and 31st task forces go directly to the waters near Georgetown to obtain them." ” As soon as he said this, Raeder and Messer, the chief of staff of the Navy, were shocked.
Raeder glanced at the situation map of the Atlantic battlefield and took a deep breath: "Use 5 aircraft carriers, 6 battleships, and 2 missile ships of the 2nd Fleet against almost the entire U.S.
Navy, if" "No ifs" Before Raeder could finish his words, Hersman had already interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "Marshal, after we have TV-guided remote-controlled missiles, those battleships and aircraft carriers of the Americans are outdated.
So the 20th and 21st task forces already have enough strength to destroy the main force of the U.S.
Navy.
Now the question is just how to direct the main forces of the US Navy outside their shore-based aircraft protection circle, or to the edge of the shore-based aircraft protection circle. ” Although Task Force 20 has only two missile ships, and can only launch 40 Reaper-2 anti-ship missiles and 40 spare bombs at a time, this 25-ton giant missile is very powerful, and even if the "Iowa"-class battleship takes a heavy hit, it will at least be a heavy damage.
With only 25 of the 40 missiles fired at once, the Americans' nine super-battleships would have been able to spread out an average of one, enough for them to dock for a few months if the remaining six battleships of Task Force 20 hadn't killed them all So Hirsman was not worried at all about not winning the war, all he was worried about now was that there was no way to lure out the American fleet.
"Marshal, where should we fight the Americans?"
Hirschman asked, his eyes fixed on Bermuda, which is located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, more than a thousand kilometers off the east coast of the United States.
"In Bermuda" Marshal Raeder also pronounced the name of Bermuda, and in the entire Atlantic, the only thing that could make the fleets of the United States and Europe fight a war was probably the waters near Bermuda.
Because Bermuda is not far or close to the mainland of the United States, just over 1,000 kilometers, the combat radius of 51 and 47 deployed on the east coast of the United States can only barely reach, but it is impossible to carry bombs to attack, and the threat to surface ships of the European Community is limited.
As for the American heavy bombers such as the B17, B24 and B29, although the range is sufficient, because there are no missiles available, and they cannot dive bombing, the threat to surface ships is also limited.
The Bermuda Islands, on the other hand, have a very small land area, only a few tens of square kilometers, and are composed of seven main islands and more than 150 small islands and reefs.
Therefore, the number of fighters deployed by the US military on the Bermuda Islands is also limited, but about 200, including a large number of seaplanes and heavy planes converted into reconnaissance planes, and its own defense capability is not strong.
In addition, the archipelago is more than 3,000 kilometers away from the German-controlled Azores and nearly 3,000 kilometers from Guyana.
E264, so the Americans did not have to worry about being attacked by German aircraft carrying remotely piloted missiles when fighting there.
And because Bermuda is too close to the continental United States, once the Germans seize it as a base for 264, then all the major cities on the east coast of the United States will be under the threat of atomic bombs.
Therefore, Bermuda is a place where the United States must defend and dare to start a decisive battle "The Admiral, the 564th, 565th, 566th, and 567th Carrier Groups under the command of Vice Admiral Fletcher, have all passed the Panama Canal safely.
By order of the Pacific Atlantic Fleet Command, the four carrier groups will join Task Force 30, and Vice Admiral Mitchell will serve as commander of Task Force 30. ” On the morning of August 28, Eastern time, Admiral Halsey, who was sitting aboard the battleship "Iowa", received the news that eight "Essex-class" aircraft carriers had arrived in the Caribbean Sea.
After listening to the staff officer's report, he turned his head and exchanged glances with the chief of staff, Vice Admiral Callaghan, who said: "Sir, now the 30th Task Force has nine large aircraft carriers.
When that's done, they're going to have more than 700 carrier-based aircraft, and I think we can deploy them between the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico. ” "Placed between the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico," Halsey frowned, "is it to strike at the Azores?"
Callahan thought for a moment and said, "There is no need for nine aircraft carriers in the waters near Guyana, and our more than 3,000 shore-based aircraft on the island of Trinidad are worth 50 aircraft carriers."
Therefore, Task Force 30 should be used to mobilize or pursue the German Grand Fleet, and the best target is the AzoresIf the German Grand Fleet wins the naval and air battles near Guyana, then the attack of Task Force 30 on the Azores will help us to keep Georgetown.
In the event of the defeat of the German Grand Fleet near Guyana, then the air strikes of the 30th Task Force on the Azores could prevent them from returning to Europe and create favorable conditions for the final decisive battle of the surface fleet. ” Although the Azores are much larger than Bermuda, with more than 2,000 square kilometres, they also play a similar role as Bermuda, serving as an outpost of the European Community in the North Atlantic.
According to the intelligence obtained by the United States, a total of about 300 combat aircraft have been deployed in the Azores, including the JU288 medium bomber and the 410B5 fighter-bomber that can carry the HS293 series of remote-controlled missiles and the Fritz X series remote-controlled glide bombs.
There are also FW190 series and Fokker Zero D-series fighters that can be used to protect the islands.
In addition, there is also a large group of BV138 seaplanes also deployed in the Azores, responsible for shuttling patrols between Iceland and the Cape Verde Islands, and a flight squadron equipped with BV138 seaplanes is deployed in Iceland, and there is a group equipped with BV138 seaplanes on the Cape Verde Islands, which not only locks the passage of the US fleet close to Europe and North Africa, but also inflicts heavy losses on American submarines that try to enter the waters of Europe and North Africa to engage in a broken engagement.
In addition, the Porto de la Heroísmo in the Azores is home to the 4th Fleet of the Combined European Community Fleet, which is responsible for the defence of the North Atlantic.
Although the 4th Fleet is not the main force of the Combined European Fleet, it is only a garrison fleet, but it also has two aircraft carrier groups with the "Kesselring" class aircraft carriers as the core and two submarine hunting groups with escort aircraft carriers as the core.
If necessary, these four aircraft carrier groups can also form a small aircraft carrier task force to participate in the fleet battle.
If the four task forces departing from Brest and Gibraltar were defeated by the U.S.
Navy in the waters off Guyana, it would not be difficult to withdraw to the European continent as long as they could retreat to the Azores, supported by shore-based aircraft and four aircraft carriers there.
So just as the Americans must defend Bermuda, the European Community now sees the Azores as a must-defend place.
Halsey nodded in agreement, and just as he was about to give an order, a fleet staff officer handed Callahan two copies of the telegram, Callahan took it and looked down, suddenly frowned, and said: "The submarine responsible for monitoring Angrasmo Sansmo was lost 2 hours ago, and in the last telegram before the disappearance, it was reported that 2 Kesselring-class German aircraft carriers left Angrasmo.
In addition, the submarine in St.
Vincent, the Grand Port of the Cape Verde Islands, also reported the departure of two Kesselring-class aircraft carriers one and a half hours ago" t1706231537: