A few days later, a package of photographs was delivered from Turkey by a British submarine to the desktop of General Eisenhower, who was sitting in Gibraltar.

Eisenhower stared at one of them with a stern expression.

"It's like some kind of weapon." The commander of the British fortress of Gibraltar, who was also holding a photo, finally spoke.

"Of course it's a weapon," Eisenhower looked up at the British and American generals around the table, "and judging from the time of the photographs reported by our people, the timing of the activation of this weapon coincided with the time when Cunningham was attacked, and this photograph is a shooting ...... no matter how you look at it."

"Yes," said William Halsey Jr., commander of the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet, "this part of the flame-like thing that seems to be canceling out the recoil of the shot, and the things that look like sails on the sides of the airship can also prove that, you see, this thing is bulging towards the front of the airship, which means that when this flame is sprayed out, the airship is moving backwards, and you see, the direction of the ribbon behind the airship engine, which means that the wind instigated by the engine is blowing backwards, and they are providing a forward pull." The engine was aimed forward, and there was a rocket jet boost, but the airship was moving backwards, and there was only one explanation, that is, the airship projected something forward. ”

"But none of the photographs showed any of the gunpowder gases being ejected forward." "I used to command an artillery unit, and I'm familiar with the scene of artillery fire. ”

The commander of the British Gibraltar Fleet immediately said: "Sir Cunningham is under artillery fire. ”

"It could have been a torpedo that was detonated in advance." Immediately, a staff officer of the US Army said, "Didn't the German submarine already sink a light cruiser?" ”

"We have fought with German submarines many times," the British immediately retorted, "and the German torpedoes are reliable, and if they don't hit their target, they will only explode when they reach range." Moreover, the torpedo loading time of German submarines was about half an hour, and their attack guidelines required them to fire all the torpedoes in the torpedo tubes at once to ensure the success rate of the attack. It is impossible for the same submarine to launch another attack at once. ”

"There's another submarine there."

"If there are multiple submarines, the fleet will be torpedoed more intensively. And, more importantly, Sir Cunningham and others had seen the explosion with their own eyes, and their experience was enough to tell whether it was a torpedo or a shell. ”

At this time, Eisenhower coughed, and everyone present immediately stopped arguing and turned their heads to look at him.

Because the Yankees were the rescue soldiers that the British had finally hoped for, Eisenhower, the commander-in-chief of the European Theater and the Mediterranean Theater, had a greater deterrent effect on the British in this time and space than in another time and space, which was one of the many differences caused by the comparison of strength between the two countries and the specific war situation.

"I think now the focus of our debate should not be 'whether this is a weapon or not', gentlemen, we should discuss 'whether this weapon is worth being so afraid of'. It seems that Sir Cunningham intends to ban his fleet from operating around Cyprus until the performance of this weapon is known, and the range he has drawn is, in my opinion, a bit too much. ”

The officers of the two countries in the room looked at each other, and indeed, Cunningham's outline meant that almost all future shipping routes from Turkey to Cyprus would not be threatened, and that the shipping routes from Cyprus to Beirut would be within a safe range. Although Cunningham promised to send a fast fleet to attack Allied merchant ships that ventured to Haifa or even Tel Aviv to unload their cargo, Allied merchant ships could have spent the day in Beirut, then traveled to Tel Aviv at night, and then returned the night after.

Although a detachment of fast cruisers at night could also attack merchant ships, the effectiveness of the attack would be greatly reduced, and the power of German submarines at night would be greatly increased.

British intelligence had determined that the sonar performance of the German submarines was superior to that of Allied warships, and that the Germans could quickly locate and attack targets at night with extremely low visibility.

Another intelligence report is even more worrying: Equipped with a small radar and longer-lasting batteries, and an underwater charging device known as the lambda system (which is actually a snorkel system), the German Navy may already be equipped with three or five of these new submarines, and they may well have used the new equipment to get their way through the Strait of Gibraltar.

Cunningham's fleet had to move out into the sea between Cyprus and Beirut to prevent the Allies from taking advantage of the darkness at all.

Eisenhower stared at the British.

"But," said the commander of the Gibraltar Garrison Fleet, grimacing, "Sir Cunningham's concern is not unreasonable, and if Alexander's main fleet is severely damaged, and the Ming fleet blocks the door again, we may be very embarrassed that there will be no warships on board to disperse them." The Gulf of Aden is very vast, and relying on Shenji's magic armor to protect the entire Gulf of Aden is a waste of Shenji's spiritual power. ”

Eisenhower was silent, of course he knew very well what a terrible thing it was to seize the sea control in the Gulf of Aden, Egypt itself could not produce enough to supply the army in Egypt now, in fact, the influence of the natural environment and the exploitation of the Ottoman Empire and later Britain, Egypt was no longer the North African power it used to be.

Even if Egypt still had the national strength it had in its heyday, it probably wouldn't be able to supply the army stationed in Egypt, after all, the modern army is a giant beast that devours supplies, and hundreds of thousands of people consume thousands of tons of supplies every day.

If the Allies defeat Egypt, the situation in North Africa will be delicate, and the French troops deployed between Egypt and Libya can be transferred to Turk/Nice to participate in the battle, not to mention, the German and Turkish troops in the Eastern Mediterranean will also flock to it......

At last, Eisenhower said, "Trust Sir Cunningham's judgment or not, let the higher ranks be, and let us do our part, and tell Sù Barton that he must break through the French defenses by June." Otherwise, we will plan another landing operation, in which case the medal that belongs to him will no longer belong to him. ”

Eisenhower finished speaking, and looked down at the photo on the desktop again.

"Damn, what the hell is this ******?" He muttered softly, his expression very stern.

(The current update is generally one chapter at two or three o'clock in the middle of the night, then two chapters after eight o'clock in the evening.) I didn't want to change the order of the update, I just delayed it yesterday. There will be a chapter at two or three o'clock, and that is the first update on the 6th)