Chapter 738: Prelude to a duel in the Atlantic

A series of rich and powerful efforts to revive the local Chinese civilization in China did not attract special attention from countries around the world.

Even Stilwell, who visited the bigwigs of the vanguard army and ran into walls everywhere, didn't pay much attention to it, let alone the elites of other countries who were caught up in the flames of world wars. As for the people of various countries, they are even more exhausted for the sake of Dousheng Rice, where do they care about the brain-clearing activities within Shangxiaxia?

Even if they pay attention, they are aiming at the Eurasian battlefield, which is more intensely fighting.

Even Meng Xiang did not pay all his attention to this kind of spring rain moisturizing action, and recently his eyes have followed the pulse of the world to the corner of Europe.

Directly in the spring, the clash of steel is repeated in the icy waters off Jutland.

"Only by regaining control of the oceans, we could have received more assistance and could have a broader strategic space." Churchill, who was worthy of his background as Minister of the Admiralty, once again emphasized Britain's superiority over Germany in his speech to Parliament: "The navy could not have won with great ships, or the Spanish Armada would not have been defeated by us." We are the kings of the ocean! "Compared with the German army, which swept across Europe, and the air force, which covered most of the noon skies in Europe, the German navy was undoubtedly lagging behind.

At least compared to the British, although they are stronger in submarines and some aspects, in terms of overall strength, there are still many inferiorities.

"We are never afraid of losing a decisive battle on the ocean." Churchill said it rightly, but many people who smiled knowingly know that if it had been some time earlier, I am afraid Churchill would never have said this.

After the defeat in the Battle of Cape Roca, in the face of the German super battleships, the British Navy, which was unable to fight the enemy, chose to avoid it, and it was aggrieved for a long time, and even the lifeline at sea was reduced to the point where only the remnants remained.

At that time, the British really couldn't afford to lose and didn't dare to gamble at all. Once the gamble is lost, even the last breath of the sea lifeline will be cut off, and even the coastline defense of the British Isles will be opened, and the mainland will completely fall.

Even if Churchill dared to gamble, Parliament would never let him gamble, although he could take refuge in Canada and other places in a critical moment, but how could the accumulation of wealth over the centuries be so easy to take away? They can't afford to take the risk, preferring to wait until the Americans join in and slowly change the pace of history.

Now the Americans with deep pockets are coming, but they are only contributing money, and no one is contributing for the time being.

But it was enough to give the British some confidence.

"The Americans have promised two North Carolina-class ships to supply our deployment, and another three South Dakota-class and Kaniawa-class superships are nearing completion, and if our ships are damaged, these ships will be given priority to us. In addition, our old friend Umbrella Company was able to help us secure 2 Fantasy-class super battleships by May. I think we'll be enough to crush those Germans. These were comforting words from Churchill's private talks with the royal family.

Soon after the Americans' North Carolina and Nanda-class treaty warships were put into production, it was discovered that these treaty warships of theirs, even if they left a backdoor to upgrade upwards, were already outdated. The Americans were not willing to waste it, so they sent it directly to the British in exchange for more benefits.

As for the Iowa-class battleships that were lured out by Meng Xiang in advance, because their performance was not weaker than the main warships of various countries, but only slightly inferior to the Yamato-class, the shrewd Americans retained it, and used it as a reference, intending to launch the more huge Montana class. It is precisely because of the early release of the Iowa-class battleships that the South Dakota-class battleships have been reduced by one, while the Iowa-class has one more.

At a time when various companies in the United States were competing to research the new super battleship Montana class and invested countless funds and manpower, Meng Xiang timely launched the Montana class in the original history through the shadow company of the United States.

Due to the growing alliance power of many shadow companies in the United States, and the urgent need of the Americans to meet the many requirements of the U.S. Navy against the Yamato-class super warship, it was quickly finalized at the beginning of the mountain year and immediately put into production.

In order to prepare for a rainy day, the Americans produced five ships in one go. They made up their minds that even if they didn't use it themselves, they could squeeze the space of the Yamato-class super battleships in the arms sales.

It was the Montana-class that was nearing completion that the Americans sold the Iowa-class battleships as well and offered them to the British.

North Carolina and Nanda were still slightly worse, but the Iowa-class, a better battleship than the George V-class, plus the imminent entry of two other Fantasy-class battleships, suddenly gave the British the courage to fight to the death.

Even if all the existing naval fleets were sunk into the Atlantic, as long as they had ships, the British would be able to quickly assemble another fleet with hundreds of years of heritage. And this is something that the Germans can't match.

In the comparison of naval talents, the Germans clearly lost. In this regard, it is clear that the Germans cannot afford to fight.

"The Imperial Navy has never been stronger, and we are about to challenge the most powerful navy on the planet and plunge them all to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in one fell swoop!" At this time, Raeder, who was still the president of the navy, also made a rare radical speech at the naval conference.

The German Navy was never stronger, and even the British Navy, which was the strongest at sea, was pressed in the harbor, and did not dare to confront the German Navy. But Raeder's heart was full of anxiety.

With the rapid expansion of the German Navy, he already felt the lack of talent in the German Navy, after all, the German Navy was suppressed after World War I, and the number and quality of talents cultivated after the war could not be compared with the British.

The British retreat was only a temporary strategy, and with the increase in the number of super-battleships in the British naval ranks, and the declaration of war by the Americans, the German naval superiority was no longer there.

"The U.S. Pacific Navy has suffered heavy losses, but their fleet in the Atlantic is much stronger. Their center of gravity has always been the Atlantic, which is a serious challenge for us. Kounitz also said solemnly.

Recently, with the increase in the number of American ships, the losses of the sea wolves have also increased.

At present, the submarines of the German Navy have reached a peak, and there are nearly 500 submarines of various types, and no matter how many there are, there are no more talents to control them. However, in just over three months since the start of the Tun year, more than 30 submarines have been lost. This cannot but worry Gnitz.

In the past, the sea wolves were invincible with the new radios, the Enigma cipher machine, and the submarine force that inherited the fine German tradition. But with the addition of the US military, with a large number of destroyers of the Allied forces and even fighter planes escorting them, the Seawolf offensive was somewhat contained.

At present, this kind of containment is not obvious, but the future development trend makes him worried.

With the entry of the American army, the strength of the Allied navy grew much faster than that of the Germans. Even the tonnage of the newly built cargo ships in the Atlantic Ocean by the US military is not inferior to the tonnage of the cargo ships torn apart by the sea wolves.

As the U.S. industrial system works, there may be more in the future.

According to the intelligence snooped on by the Germans, at least two of the newly built 10,000-ton freedom ships in the United States are launched every day.

Although the appearance of this freewheel is ugly, there is no doubt that this freewheel, with a load of more than 9,000 tons, is very practical and can easily transport 5,500 tons of cargo at a time. Moreover, the manufacturing cycle of each 10,000-ton freeship has been compressed to 40 days, and the production speed is almost faster than the sea wolves hunting in the Atlantic.

The huge industrial system of the United States was undoubtedly revealed, and the Germans also gathered information about the construction of warships by the Americans. The names of Iowa and Montana were in the minds of every admiral of the German Navy. Even Suburbs Nitz was taken aback by the speed at which the US Navy was building more than a dozen aircraft carriers at once. Through communication with the Huaxia Navy, Gonitz has learned about the restraint of aircraft on submarines.

Although he and Raeder offended Goering and won three aircraft carriers for the German Navy, compared with the British and American aircraft carriers, there is still a lot of gap, and it will undoubtedly suppress the activities of the sea wolves even more.

"We can no longer wait for the British themselves to surrender! We need to fight to the death with the British and crush them once and for all! Raeder said resolutely. Although the German Navy had blocked the British transport lines before, considering that the Navy had not yet mastered those super warships, Raeder had always avoided a duel with the British Navy's super warships.

The main force blocking the transport line is still those sea wolves, and the super battleships are mainly fighting against the destroyers and cruisers. It should be said that the Yamato's record in this regard is far inferior to that of Scharnhorst.

However, when it is the turn of the naval showdown, the main force still needs to see the performance of these super sea beasts.

At present, the German Navy already has 4 Yamato-class battleships and 2 Bismarck-class battleships, as well as 3 Nagato-class, 2 Deutsche Pocket-class, 2 Deutsche Dreadnought-class, and 3 converted Bavaria-class battleships. There were also two Shane-class battle cruisers, which were also enough to pose a threat to the battleships.

At this time, although the British Navy had more battleships than the Germans, it was slightly inferior in terms of super battleships, and after they had just won a Yamato-class auction at a high price, they had enough to get 4 Yamato-class, but the George V class was obviously not a match for the Bismarck-class.

Although they still have the advantage of aircraft carriers, the German Navy also has a sneak attack by wolves. The strength of the German army at this time was quite superior.

In the face of the rapid growth of the Allied naval strength after the United States entered the war, Raeder has realized that it can no longer be delayed, and the time has come to take the initiative to fight a decisive battle...