Chapter 418: The Führer's Debate with Dönitz
"Admiral Cunningham! Lieutenant General Hewitt! The German aircraft carrier group has finally retreated! They're turning around and retreating! ”
"We've finally gotten rid of them! Long live the United States of America! ”
"Long live the British Empire! Victory is ours! Fuck off the Germans! ”
Just when Malta was bombed by a surprise attack by German aviation, the German army, which was still in the midst of fierce fighting, suddenly withdrew from the waters of Sicily.
Seeing the evacuation of the German aircraft carrier fleet, all the British and American sailors were jubilant, jumping, clapping their palms and cheering.
the Midway aircraft carrier on which Chen Yanlong and Dönitz sat on it, and another Midway aircraft carrier, as well as 20 battleships; Thirteen cruisers and 22 destroyers are also turning around and preparing for evacuation.
However, the German evacuation operation was not panicked at all, but retreated in an orderly manner while fighting.
Moreover, the new carrier-based aircraft group of the German FBD is still desperately fighting back against all the invading British and American planes and ships.
At the same time, the German carrier-based aircraft group continued to release 500-pound and 1,000-pound high-explosive bombs, as well as a large number of incendiary bombs, bombing the ships of the British and American fleets.
Although some of the bombs were smashed by the British and American ships with anti-aircraft machine gun groups and strong anti-aircraft artillery fire; But there is still no way to avoid a lot of bombs, which hit the hull of the ship and produce a violent explosion.
Therefore, many British and American ships were either stern or hulls were blown up with blazing flames and debris flying sideways; Even the stern of those anti-aircraft guns was constantly being smashed down by heavy shells, and the smoke of the bombardment was rising.
As for the soldiers of the ships that were hit, they were either killed, wounded, or maimed by the bombing.
And the fire brigades that rushed to put out the fire were also heavily killed and wounded by the bombing, or blackened to save the fire on the ship, and collapsed on the deck from exhaustion, gasping for breath, or treating bleeding wounds.
Before they could catch their breath, they heard the explosion of their ship under attack by a German torpedo group, or the explosion of a bomb dropped by a carrier-based aircraft.
In the face of the desperate attacks of the German army that continued to bombard indiscriminately from an altitude of 8,000 feet, as well as the dense torpedo counterattack; Even if the British and American fleets dodged quickly at a speed of 30 knots, it would be useless, and there were still quite a few ships that were only hit and bombed.
There were even quite a few bombs bombed at the ammunition depots of aircraft carriers, or the oil depots of other battleships, weapons and ammunition depots, or torpedo bays; It almost caused the entire aircraft carrier, or the battleship, to explode and sink into the icy sea of black rumbling.
In the face of the German army's retreat, which was still fighting back so ferociously, the British and American carrier-based aircraft groups also fought bravely and fought to the death.
For this reason, the carrier-based aircraft groups and aircraft carrier fleets of both sides are in full swing, fighting fierce battles one after another, and each side has suffered heavy losses.
"Don't let those damn Germans run away so easily! Chase and attack! ”
"That's right! Bomb them to death! Bury them all in the sea and feed them to the fish! ”
"The fire of the battleship York is getting more and more ferocious, everyone go to its aid and shoot down those bastard German planes above it!" "At latitude 30°17'N, longitude 120°12'E, there is a German battleship, it has been hit by our bombs, everyone take the opportunity to continue to attack it and sink it!" Don't let it escape! ”
"Coordinates 26°, 11N, 170°30F, target German destroyer, bomb attack!"
"Quick, send a large group of planes to pursue the German heavy cruiser that is fleeing at 28 knots in the west to bomb it, and don't let it escape!"
"Not good! Our cruiser Liestar was sunk by a German carrier-based aircraft group! My brother was a sailor on that ship, and I fought with you, damn the Germans! ”
When the battle became more and more intense, and when the Midway aircraft carrier on which Chen Yanlong and Dönitz sat was getting farther and farther away from the battlefield, the pilots of the British and American air forces were fighting like wolves and tigers with the remaining German F8D new carrier-based aircraft group and battleships.
At the same time, these British and American pilots were constantly roaring frantically through the radio inside the plane.
"Are we really going to evacuate like that? Monarch! ”
When looking at the sea that was getting farther and farther away from the battlefield, Dönitz looked at Chen Yanlong, who walked into the aircraft carrier command room slowly and calmly, and said with a little unfinished.
"Don't worry! We still have many opportunities to fight such a large-scale and fierce naval battle, because we will also open up some overseas territories in the future to obtain more natural resources and lay a good foundation for the economic and military development of our empire! ”
Chen Yanlong looked at the thinner and thinner black smoke on the sea in the distance, and the sound of the explosion that was getting weaker and weaker, and smiled slightly.
"Hmmm! Then thank you Führer! You know I like the Navy very much, and if there is no fight, it will be beautiful, but I always feel like something is missing, and sometimes I will be very disappointed! ”
Dönitz also smiled happily.
"Or may! But for me, I just want to lead our empire on a more prosperous and prosperous path to rise, not to fall into the path of endless war! ”
"War may make us profitable, and make us rich; But war can also put us in the quagmire of defeat and put us in danger! Even the country is ruined! ”
Chen Yanlong suddenly said a little seriously.
"But even if we don't provoke a war, other countries will not let us rise and become strong in peace, because they are afraid that we will be strong, and they are afraid that if we are strong, they will hurt their interests!"
Dönitz also said what he thought.
"You're right! Since ancient times, the rise of all great powers has not relied on peaceful rise, but has gone through a storm-like battle and nirvana! So we must become stronger, more united, and more enterprising! In this way, we will be able to unite against all the enemies who will stop our rise! ”
"Of course our rise, I don't want the soldiers of our empire to kill those innocent civilians! Neither within us nor with the enemy! ”
"Only weak people will kill those innocent civilians!"
Chen Yanlong suddenly didn't know why his mood fluctuated, and he published a lot of nonsense.
"So when will the time for us to start a counterattack to expand overseas territories?"
For Chen Yanlong's nonsense, Dönitz directly ignored it, and asked rhetorically.
"When the Sicilian campaign is fully over, let's rest our troops for two or three months!"
Chen Yanlong was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly.
"Hey! I am very much looking forward to the Führer's response to Africa's order to open up new territories! ”
Dönitz stared at Chen Yanlong with a very expectant gaze and said with a smile.
"Yes! You'll wait for my good news! But next time I pretend to be a good person, you can cooperate with me and flatter me! You will be very shameless if you ignore my pretense like this, okay, Marshal Dönitz! ”
Chen Yanlong responded with a smile in a joking tone.
"Of course you can, but the road to peaceful rise, I feel that it is just a dream, a beautiful thing that can only exist in a dream! Where there are people, there will be competition, there will be war! This is the natural world of natural selection, the law of the jungle! This is true for humans, and it is true for the animal world! ”
"The final result is that the strong will live forever!"
Dönitz smiled and replied without hesitation.
"Perhaps! But for me, if we want the foundation of the empire to be evergreen, then the most basic thing for us is to win the hearts of the people and conform to the hearts of the people! ”
"The will of the people is the foundation of the country, without it, we will lose all power!"
Chen Yanlong finally replied with a sigh.
After finishing speaking, he didn't say anything else, but stared intently at the blue sea that was already far away from the battlefield, and fell into deep thought.
As for Dönitz, he was silent and silent, and no one knew what he was thinking at this moment.
However, the discussion just now can be regarded as the first debate between him and Chen Yanlong.