Chapter 759 Sea Lion Project Begins

"Crush them completely!" Lao Xi can't wait any longer. The Germans, who were now expanding rapidly, did not need to reconcile with the British to have the hope of becoming a world hegemon directly.

In particular, his performance in the Battle of New Jutland made the flame of hope burn even more vigorously.

A series of victories in Germany have also suppressed many contradictions in a cheer of enjoying plundered wealth. At this time, the wealth accumulated by Britain for hundreds of years became a cake that the Germans were eager to divide.

Attacking Britain became the mainstream voice of the public.

It's just that the German losses after the victory in the naval battle were relatively large, and although there were fewer capital ships sunk, almost all of them were wounded, and by the time they were repaired one by one, three months had passed. Without their protection, the landing could not cope with the large number of small and medium-sized British warships, and it was also impossible to clear the numerous fortifications on land.

At this time, land warfare still had to rely on heavy shells from naval guns to knock on the country's door.

The British were also aware of the Germans' movements, and frantically piled up coastal defenses everywhere, and even some of the naval guns of the last century were moved out of warehouses and placed on some possible landing sites, and for hundreds of years, due to the strength of the British fleet, the coastal defense system they once prided themselves on had been riddled with holes and holes in many places.

The long coastline could not be defended in a short period of time, and even because of the continuous bombardment by the Germans, even enough defensive weapons were not enough. Even the wealth accumulated over hundreds of years is piled up there, and it cannot be converted into a weapon for a while. They had only to turn again to the Americans and umbrella companies, etc.

The Americans responded quickly, quickly sending a huge fleet of five battleships and five aircraft carriers to support.

The Americans really made a bloody investment, and the two North Carolina-class battleships in service, the USS North Carolina and the USS Washington, came, and the four newly commissioned South Dakota-class battleships also came three at once, and only one remained at home to watch the door.

With the new Iowa class and the Montana class under construction, the Americans are already a little blind to North Carolina and Nanda, and it is rare to meet the extremely eager British, and the Americans who are good at buying and selling everything will naturally not let go of this opportunity.

The five Essex-class aircraft carriers are also newly commissioned by the Americans, because of Meng Xiang's money-making behavior, the Essex-class was ordered by the US Navy at the beginning of 41 years to start construction. Three of the three major shipyards of the Americans were built, and two of them were supplied by two shadow companies.

After Pearl Harbor, the Americans quickly launched a huge industrial capacity, selected the Essex-class aircraft carrier with good performance as a template for mass production, and in the second half of 41, 8 more ships were started at once.

The Americans generously sent the newly built five ships to the eyes of the British in one go, which made the three Royal Arks that Meng Xiang planned to throw out through the umbrella hesitate for a long time.

Now it is not what Meng Xiang wants to see when the British are armed and strong, the British are hungry for all powerful weapons, no matter how expensive the American goods are compared to the weapons of the umbrella, the British will be swept away.

Meng Xiang couldn't help but hate and continued to send landing ships and destroyers for landing escorts to Germany.

The landing ships are still the series of American World War II, and the destroyers are directly using the Z series, which is more familiar to the Germans. And taking into account the cheapness, Meng Xiang directly launched the 1936 model, which was already familiar to the Germans, and sold 12 ships in one go.

Although the performance of these destroyers was a little worse, they were still used for escort missions against the small gunboats of the British, and they could also be used as training for rookies in the German Navy in peacetime.

The main destroyer was still switched to the 1944 model of the Z-class, which had better diesel engine performance. After all, this is in line with the technology of the Germans, the most in line with the taste of the Germans, and the logistics maintenance and repair is also the most cost-effective. The few British and American ships that Meng Xiang began to stuff can only be used as reference aids, but cannot become the main force.

As a result, the number of German destroyers, together with those from the Netherlands, Greece and other countries, has exceeded 80, which is twice as many as the 42 destroyers in the original history. This also increased Raeder's confidence a lot.

Raeder understands the brutality of the landing battle, so he has always disapproved of the Sea Lion plan, but now that he is ready to send it, he has to send it.

The British, who had been blockaded even more depressed, had no intention of peace talks, and the Americans were coming soon, and the springboard problem on the European continent needed to be resolved as soon as possible. So a more detailed and reasonable plan for the new sea lion was released.

On 15 July, a huge German fleet of seven battleships and three aircraft carriers sailed into the Atlantic Ocean to meet the American support fleet.

The four Yamato-class battleships joined the group and led the way with an H41-class German. Two other Bismarck-class battleships followed, making it the most luxurious battleship lineup available today.

The British were shocked, fearing that the Americans would suffer, and they discovered that only one Prussia-class super-battleship was in charge of the German home, and three Nagato-class ships were patrolling and guarding the Strait of Straight Protuoa and the Baltic Sea. After all, along with the American warships, there was also one of the largest transport cargo ships in history.

The Americans initially rejected the British offer to escort the ship, but the cargo ships, which had been continuously sunk by German submarines, gave them a blow in the face.

The level of escort of the US Navy was frequently traumatized in the face of sophisticated German submarines.

Even if the speed of their shipbuilding is superb, the loss of ships and cargo in this half year is extremely distressing to the Americans. Many of the British people only pay when the goods arrive, even if the profits are high, there are times when they lose money, after all, there are prices of cheap goods in China where the profit can be improved.

The successive shipwrecks have caused American businessmen to complain and call on the American government to provide a more powerful escort fleet. The American war machine has only just been launched, and it has not yet demonstrated the strength of the horrors of the latter part of World War II. The war could not help much at first, so when the news of the huge fleet set out to support the British, it was immediately crammed with all sorts of cargo ships to earn British money.

Because of the ongoing siege, the price of a pair of socks in the UK is now enough to buy a gold watch in the United States. Therefore, the huge contingent of merchant ships escorted by the American fleet was also a hope for the British, and there was no room for failure.

"As long as the Americans come, the rope around my neck can be loosened a little!" Churchill laughed to himself. The pressure of people's livelihood and safety made Churchill at least ten years older than in the original history, in the original time and space, the British still maintained a gentlemanly demeanor in the face of the rich heritage in the war, but now hunger and the lack of civilian resources have distorted the entire British society.

Soldiers and refugees from Belgium, the Netherlands and other countries hiding in Britain added a heavy burden to the chaotic security situation in Britain.

If it weren't for Churchill's hard-heartedness, he would have been driven crazy by all kinds of problems.

He has now thrown away the face of the British empire on which the sun never sets, and is eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the Americans.

But the Americans have not yet come, the Germans have come first.

"What? The Germans are on the landing? Churchill spilled his share of coffee today, and said discolored.

Although he knew that the Germans were going to carry out the Sea Lion project, he did not expect that it would be this time. His eyes were looking at the Atlantic, ready to see how the combined Anglo-American fleet could break the German blockade in the Atlantic. Yesterday, when he was still talking to the royal family, he ridiculed the Germans for not being familiar with the sea conditions of the Atlantic, and they wanted to take it with them, who knew that in the blink of an eye, the Germans began to land from the English Channel.

And it was chosen to attack the nearest point from Dunkirk and Calais to Dover on the opposite side.

"The fleet of the Germans is still in the Atlantic from time to time?" Churchill reacted quickly and asked first.

He was worried that the Germans' plan to hide the sky and the sea would make the huge German main fleet appear in front of him in an instant.

"The German fleet is still looking for an opportunity to fight the Combined Fleet in the Atlantic! According to our intelligence, none of them are missing! "Since the last time there was a mistake in intelligence at the Battle of New Jutland, the British intelligence organization has been strengthened, and Pound's intelligence has been confirmed again and again before he dares to be so sure.

Although he was tricked by the Germans once, after learning that most of the main German warships were outside, Churchill still breathed a sigh of relief, and his demeanor returned to normal and said in surprise:

"Don't they know it's one of our strongest defenses?"

Alain Francis Brooke, the new chief of the British General Staff next to him, couldn't help but be slightly embarrassed and said:

"Recently we've been patching holes in our home defenses all over the place, and we've been a little more relaxed about the area around Dover. I'm afraid the defenses there are not as strong as we think! ”

He had been the commander of the home defense forces before, and he didn't say a word, in order to make up for the defense loopholes in other places, he even transferred several defensive forces in the strongest defense areas, but he didn't expect the Germans to start from the strongest defense areas.

"Either the Germans have accurate information, or Hitler is a madman!" Alain was a little helpless, but he still felt that even if he weakened the defensive line, he could crush the German landing attack.

Apparently he guessed one point, Lao Xi directly ordered the army to concentrate the strongest forces to smash through the strongest defense of the British.

This is not madness, but the simplest way to break the confidence of the British people as quickly as possible.

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