Despite the momentum and the good air raids, both Mashal, Rommel, and Garland were soberly aware that their expansion in Central America was over, or at least coming to an end. After the second phase of the Caribbean campaign advanced from crossing Venezuela to Colombia, Germany swept Colombia and Panama successively, and then took advantage of the situation to surprise Nicaragua and Costa Rica, especially after the first-line treaty from Guyana, Rommel only had a total of more than 20,000 troops, he left thousands of troops in Colombia, more than 8,000 troops in Panama, and after deducting the casualties in the war, less than 6,000 men and horses could finally be put into actual combat - It was entirely through the last trace of ferocity and the strong suppression of the naval formations that it succeeded.

Although Rommel was very high-spirited, Gauss was very level-headed, and he believed that now the United States was only blinded by a combination of punches, and once they reacted, the troops remaining in Costa Rica and Nicaragua were too bad to be lucky, and he did not recommend the occupation mission here, but advocated retreating to Panama as soon as possible after some harassment.

Although Rommel was a little reluctant, he could still see how the situation was - now the German army was mainly suppressing it by virtue of the strength of the navy and the name of the army, and if it was really a hard fight, the nearly 100,000 American troops in Central America would not be something he could easily deal with, and the farther north he farthered, the closer he was to the United States, the opponent could continue to draw forces south, and he would be exhausted. So he heeded Gauss's advice and prepared to withdraw his troops back to Panama on March 4 to disengage with the American forces, but asked the air force to continue to attack the American forces in Honduras and Guatemala to give them the illusion that they were still going to advance and cover the retreat of the troops.

As for the attack on the U.S.-Mexico border, it is enough to do it once, and too much will not work and will cause unnecessary losses. However, what everyone never expected was that Garand's use of 12 bombers in the United States caused a huge storm in Washington, and Dewey, who was in a hurry, became suspicious: on the one hand, he believed that the Mexicans had colluded with the Germans and even reached an agreement, otherwise how to explain the German bombing just after the management of the US-Mexico border? On the other hand, it was believed that the Germans could attack the US mainland through Central America and Mexico as a springboard.

After a group of staff officers who analyzed it like a fly without a head, they actually believed that attacking the United States from the Mexican front line was the most likely strategic intention of the axis, and even analyzed the reasons in a hurry:

First, attacking from Mexico, Japan and Germany can really join forces, which is much more convenient than attacking from the east and west coasts;

Second, advancing from the Mexican front line would allow Germany to give full play to its land advantage - after all, it would be very difficult to fight a landing battle on the east coast, but it would be much more convenient to push along Mexico;

Third, the southern border does not have sufficient defensive forces deployed on the east and west coasts, not to mention that there are not many troops, and even the antiaircraft artillery, radar units, and air force units needed to support them are pitiful.

In order to get rid of this sense of crisis, Clark immediately ordered the mobilization of more troops - including not only four infantry divisions and one armored division, but also six anti-aircraft artillery regiments and the establishment of an emergency radar warning system, Arnold also gritted his teeth and transferred more than 300 aircraft from other directions, and even more than 40 valuable night fighters.

Rommel, who was ready to withdraw his troops and retreat, didn't know the news at all, and once he knew, he would die of laughter!

At the same time, Dewey, who was in a hurry to go to the hospital, also gave orders to the navy to make a quick attack to turn the unfavorable situation of the war, and even bypassed the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Admiralty Department to send his telegram directly to the Atlantic Fleet.

"What a nonsense!" Vice Admiral Mitchell read the telegram, cursed indignantly, and casually crumpled the telegram and threw it into the sea.

......Hewitt is now chief of staff of the Atlantic Fleet, though he is a vice admiral like Mitchell.

"What does he know? The Navy dared to dictate to the fleet without doing a single day, and this is how McCay and the Pacific Fleet were sent to a dead end by them! As the last remaining large fleet of the United States, can I not be cautious? Fast? The more anxious you are, the easier it is to make mistakes, and the more you make mistakes, the easier it is to lose! ”

Hewitt couldn't answer this, and although Mitchell's attitude was very bad, he thought that this sentence still made sense, in a sense, it was the last reliance of the United States, and it could never afford to lose.

"What do you think?"

"Push slowly, and then stab like a swordsman, if we need to attack aggressively, we will lose in itself - can we penetrate such a complicated situation in the Caribbean Sea at will?"

Although he knew that the German fleet was currently located in Nicaragua and Costa Rica, the exact location could only be obtained by aircraft reconnaissance, so Mitchell's decision was clear: the main force of the fleet would advance quietly, use all land forces to locate and lock on to the enemy's position, and then take away the main German force in a wave - even if the opponent counterattacked, it would not pose a great danger.

With this in mind, he moved extremely slowly: Nimitz estimated that he would be able to meet the enemy in five days, but in fact, four days later, the main force of the Atlantic Fleet was still hovering between the Bahamas and Miami, relying on the proximity of the Air Force planes to protect him, and urging the Air Force to speed up reconnaissance - Mitchell set a record for calling the Air Force to this role.

As for the course, Mitchell has not yet made up his mind: whether to take the left flank around the periphery of the European island chain and volley, or take the right flank through the Yukaya Strait or through the Cuban Strait between Cuba and Haiti. But Hewitt was sure that Mitchell would never want a face-to-face, dignified naval showdown with the Axis fleet – one thing he was trying to avoid.

"It would also be a victory to drive the German fleet out of the Caribbean, which would mean that we had gained precious time." Inside the fleet, this phrase is a mantra on Mitchell's lips, and Hewitt thinks that it is a bit of a taste of prolonging the morale of others to destroy his own prestige, but from a rational point of view, it is indeed a good way.

In order to explain to the above the reason for his repeated stops near the Florida Strait and not moving forward, Mitchell shifted the blame to the German submarines, saying that "there are a large number of advanced German submarines in the Caribbean Sea, and if they are not properly and actively handled, I am afraid that they will pose a great threat to the fleet."

Of course, Germany has a premise in the Caribbean, but it is far from being as serious as Mitchell portrays, Germany in the Caribbean has a total of 7 XXI or XXIII classes, deducting 2 submarines that serve the commando, in fact, there are only 5 submarines that can really pose a threat to the US fleet, 1 monitors the Yukaya Strait, 2 is on the front line of the European island chain, and 2 are deployed near Jamaica - Machar is also afraid that the US fleet will suddenly kill.

On March 3, the Mexican gangsters arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana's powerhouse, where they met with the French gangsters, and were surprised to find that there were also a large number of Mexicans.

"Dude, didn't you say that the U.S.-Mexico border was blocked by the National Guard and police, how did they get here?"

"You don't know, these people came by boat."

"By boat?"

"Although the land border is blocked, the sea is not blocked, and the smart Mexicans came to the United States by boat." "Although most of them have been intercepted and repatriated, there are still a lot of fish that have slipped through the net," the policeman explained, smoking a camel cigarette handed over by Skorzny. ”

"Hell......" Skorzny scolded indignantly, "what about our navy and anti-smuggling patrol boats?" ”

"Navy?" The other party shrugged, "I don't know where to hide for a long time, as for the anti-smuggling boat, uh...... With such a large area of sea, and ships day and night, do you think they can be busy? ”

Skorzny was "speechless" for a moment, and then the next minute he thought of the retreat he had painstakingly figured out: since the port was so chaotic, it would be much safer to take the port instead of going back to the old path of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Thinking of this, his mood was much better, but his face was still cloudy: "It seems that you have to worry more." ”

"But isn't it, who knew that the situation was so chaotic, alas, when the battle came to this, why didn't the big men in Washington think about peace?"

"The new president can't put it down, right?"

"There's a fart rack who loses every day! The domestic security and economy are in a mess, and I am tired to death in the past two days, and I can't even mix overtime pay. ”

"Didn't you vote for him?"

"Voted!" The policeman stiffened his neck, "I thought he was a capable person, but who knew that he was also a wreck, look at what kind of battle he fought!" ”

"Then wait another four years."

"Alas, how many 4 years are there in life...... It's a fucking system! ”

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