The order to attack Bermuda was met with much opposition both inside and outside the German army, because it was not strategically necessary, but rather risky, so Keitel advised Hoffman whether he could wait until May to wait until May to complete the sea trials and build up the combat strength of the Beihai before attacking. The Beihai class is a new armored aircraft carrier launched by Germany after making necessary improvements and reinforcements with the Dafeng-class aircraft carrier, and its strength is much tougher than the two British armored aircraft carriers, and the construction period is 27 months in total, and it was completed three months ahead of the scheduled design.

The two sides basically agreed on the choice of waiting for more warships to enter service and put into combat, but they inevitably fell into a misunderstanding: Admiral King, Turner, Mitchell and others wanted to wait for the Essex class to be put into service in February and March, but the German army was also accelerating the launch of new aircraft carriers, and the balance of power between the two sides was not significantly unbalanced.

In January, the main aircraft carriers of both sides were 5:5; In March, although the United States had 9 Essex-class, only 7 could be put into operation, while Germany had exactly 2 Yunlong recommissioned, and the combat effectiveness was still 7:7, and even because Germany had one more Bremen, it seemed to be 8:7 ahead; In May, the United States has 12 Essex-class, 10 of which can be put into operation, Germany will get the North Sea, the balance of power becomes 9:10, the United States only has a slight advantage in the next six months, it is impossible for the United States to achieve an overwhelming advantage by building ships alone, although the United States can become 24 Essex a year, but the German-Italian axis can also build 1012 Yunlong and 2 Beihai-class in a year.

Moreover, in addition to the number of warships and the quantity and quality of pilots, it is of course difficult for Germany and Italy to gather the 3,000 aircraft carrier crews needed for 30 aircraft carriers at once, but they must be forced to do so, and the results and combat effectiveness are certainly higher than those of the United States by forcibly assembling 3,000 units.

However, Hoffman did not dwell too much on the issue of numbers, and only asked the fleet to attack from another angle, because this sortie was for strategic purposes, and there were other personal factors.

He reprimanded the Chief of the General Staff: "I promised Otto that I would give him all the support possible, and now that he has finally entered the United States after all the hardships, I must not break my word, otherwise will it be useful for me to speak in the future?" Are the troops in an unfavorable situation willing to shed their last drop of blood for the Empire? ”

In a democratic country, the words of the supreme head of state work or not, and no one cares, this is political correctness, so whether Dewey's idea can be realized can be greatly questioned, isn't it just a change of people in 4 years!

Under the national social system, how can the words of the Führer be easily violated? It is related to the prestige of the head of state and the prestige of the party, and if it is wrong, it must be carried out to the end, which is also politically correct!

What's more, the appearance of the V4 is part of the "Strange Man in the High Castle" plan to put pressure on the United States, and there is nothing wrong with it, Keitel argues for two sentences, he also knows the power of atomic weapons, otherwise why bother to send the best special forces to do these jobs?

Hoffman's intention is very clear: on the one hand, use the V4 missile to tell the Americans that if they occupy Bermuda, they can hit the east coast, and on the other hand, the V4 can be deployed further forward and can hit Oak Ridge within the Bermuda air defense circle!

If the United States is not satisfied in this way, Hoffman is ready to take out the killer V6 in the next step and tell the Americans with a range of up to 2,500 kilometers that Germany can not only erect missiles in Panama to hit Florida, but also use XXX-class super submarines to hit the east coast of the United States with missiles in places that are completely out of reach of US aircraft. Perhaps Japan is more accomplished in the field of bacteriological warheads, but it doesn't matter, it doesn't dare to use 10,000 guts from Japan.

If you erect a launch frame in Iceland, the entire Canada and most of the United States can be covered in coverage, and if you erect a launch frame in the Azores, you can achieve comprehensive coverage of the entire essence of the east coast of the United States

When the V10\V12 and other blueprint missile projects become a reality, I am afraid that even Japan and Stalin in the Far East will not be able to live in peace, but in terms of the progress of Peneminde's planning, it will probably take more than 10 years for these projects to succeed.

On the night of 9 March, the Germans launched an air raid on Bermuda, and by the afternoon of 10 March, the battleship Lion had begun shelling Bermuda Island with other warships, preparing for an attempted landing operation.

Now the United States has been pushed into a corner, and the whole situation is in chaos.

In order to realize the plan of counteroffensive in the Caribbean Sea and South America, the Joint Staff Committee not only mobilized the main force of the fleet to the southern seas, Arnold also dispatched a large number of skilled crews from the east coast to the southern front, so that the defense capability of the east coast was reduced to the point where it was unbearable to look at it directly, and after the planes on Bermuda Island were swept away, the east coast behind them could not send powerful planes to support, even if the B29 range was enough, but the heavy bomber attack fleet always had the feeling that it could not be used, not to mention that the sea fangs newly equipped by the German army were not vegetarian. Combat effectiveness hangs all attack aircraft.

Moreover, the appearance of the German detachment marked the complete bankruptcy of the joint staff committee's campaign thinking and even strategic thinking: the tactics of relying on delaying time and hoarding troops to engage in a wave of waves were no longer working, and Germany used its main fleet on the one hand to contain the US fleet, and on the other hand, it sent a detachment with good strength to attack, which made people fall into a sense of despair exhausted.

Although some generals and staff officers insisted on completing the Caribbean counteroffensive first, Nimitz, MacArthur, and other leading figures knew that the situation was grim: once the United States suffered too much damage in the Caribbean campaign, it would lose the opportunity and strength to seize Bermuda in a short period of time, and once the German army let go of the elite, the pistol aimed at Washington would be unexpectedly powerful.

Nimitz said with a solemn face: "In any case, Bermuda cannot be lost, and the army must fight to the last man and keep Bermuda to the death, otherwise there will be no peace on the east coast." ”

"I've given the order." MacArthur asked, "The question now is rescue, because the air force is not working well, and it is far from the mainland, can you ask the naval fleet to rush to relieve the siege?" ”

"But isn't the main force of the Atlantic Fleet going to deal with the main force of the German fleet?"

"Then I can only put it aside for a while." Marshall said, "Or use the main fleet to eat the German detachment first, this is always certain." ”

"If you can't even eat the fleet, then don't fight at all, but what about the rest?" Nimitz spread his hands, "Aren't you still looking for a decisive battle in the Caribbean?" ”

"Then let's put it first"

MacArthur shook his head: "It's impossible to put it, but the situation can be adjusted, and I am ready to let General Bradley lead 5 divisions from Costa Rica to counterattack Panama." ”

"Is it feasible without fleet support?"

"If the Navy goes to attack the German detachment, I believe that the main German forces will rush to the rescue, so we should not encounter the German fleet in the Panamanian direction"

Turner shook his head: "The German fleet probably won't be there, but what about the rest?" ”

"Other? You mean the Japanese fleet? ”

The other party nodded: "The Japanese fleet is said to have gone to Galapagos Island to replenish, and it will only take 2 days to reach the Panama front, how do you plan to deal with these warships?" ”

"The Japanese are so willingly driven by the Germans?"

"If you are unwilling, you can't help it, didn't you see the message from the Russian Embassy in Japan that the intelligence relayed? On the eve of Christmas last year, a major earthquake struck Japan, and now a lot of arms and equipment are completely dependent on Germany, and not long ago Europe also provided a batch of oil tankers to Japan, and as long as Germany is stuck in this lifeline, Japan will not dare to disobey it. ”

MacArthur's brows furrowed, he suddenly remembered that he had seen this news, and subconsciously asked, "What do you say?" ”

"Let's talk about peace, Germany and Japan will talk about peace at the same time, and there is not much room for war." Turner sighed, "I don't even know how to save Hawaii like this, I wonder if Japan expects us to lose with the Germans?" ”

"This" everyone's hearts moved: if the Atlantic Fleet really ran out of money with Germany and Italy, not to mention this year, it would not be able to launch a counteroffensive against Hawaii next year.

In this case, Japan has at least a year and a half to consolidate Hawaii's defenses, and how many people will die from this?

The atmosphere of the meeting fell into an awkward silence.

At this time, Skolkzny was continuing his excitement on the Mississippi River: first, Memphis passed without any danger; Second, the Yuan sent a secret telegram that the fireworks he wanted were ready and waiting to be revealed at any time

ps: I guess you're not very satisfied with the two chapters today, hit me, don't slap your face

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