If at this time the strategic bomber forces of the United States and Britain were stumbling in Europe and the Luftwaffe. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info___ Yawen_w=w-The 6th Army of the United States and Britain is preparing to fight with the Germans after the New Year. Then for the American and British Navy, this period is simply the happiest moment! The entire Atlantic Ocean is under the control of the US and British navies, and under the cover of escort aircraft carriers, the transport efficiency of the North Atlantic route has reached an unprecedented height. During this period, the German aviation cruiser intended to come out and stab, but after sinking several transport ships, they were taught by the American Essex-class aircraft carriers to behave in minutes. The Allied Navy retreated to the harbor after throwing away the two air cruisers, and continued to watch the American and British fleets show off their might in the Atlantic!

Submarine warfare is no longer working, plus aviation cruisers are also being crushed. Before the strength of the High Seas Fleet was restored, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the German Navy, Field Marshal Raeder, had to continue to pretend to be cowardly, in line with the principle that if you don't come to the shore, I will watch, and if you dare to come up, the 6 base air force will resist the principle of passive defense. Don't say that the U.S. and British navies did intend to sweep the coasts of France and Spain at the beginning.

Nimitz and Cunningham took 12 Essex-class aircraft carriers, 6 British aircraft carriers and 8 independent light aircraft carriers, loaded with more than 25oo aircraft of various types, and fought out of the British Isles in a majestic manner. At the beginning, it was really violent, and the gods blocked and killed the gods and Buddhas! The ability to make sorties of nearly 3ooo sorties a day bombed the underprepared coastal areas of France. It's really beautiful. But the good times did not last long, and when the Luftwaffe divided part of its forces and cooperated with the 6-base air force that the Navy had withdrawn from other places in place, the good days of the Americans came to an end.

The flexibility of the American and British fleets really does not need to be said, running 4oo kilometers in one night is easy and pleasant, and the erratic whereabouts and strong explosive power make the Germans a little scrambling to deal with it. However, when the strength of the army was replenished, it was different, and the long-range reconnaissance aircraft converted from the HE177 bomber kept conducting reconnaissance along the coast. When the US planes fly together, they will be caught by the other side's radar. In the following hour or so, the Germans could concentrate at least 7oo aircraft to intercept.

For naval aviation, as long as it is not a particularly disparity in the exchange ratio, it is a loss for the navy! On someone's territory, the other party was shot down, and as long as the pilot is not dead or disabled, he will be a good man when he goes back to rest for a few days. Navy pilots were shot down. Whether you live or die, you can't go back. How good it is to train 6-base pilots. Sea-based pilots, not to mention anything else, just one take-off and landing is a master.

After the US Naval Aviation fought several "victories" of 1 for 1.5, both Nimitz and Cunningham said they could not hold on! The number of pilots lost is much smaller than the amount of replenishment. Ya_>> Bar>>w-w=w-.-y=The battle plan that was originally intended to fight from France to Portugal and then from Portugal back to France was only carried out in the end. The Allied fleet, which had lost more than 7oo aircraft and more than 6oo pilots, rolled back to England.

After the U.S. and British fleets returned, Nimitz and Cunningham were not rewarded by the top for their achievements, but were criticized for using valuable strategic forces in tactics. And in the face of accusations from the top, Nimitz and others really have nothing to say. On the amount of bombs dropped and the damage caused. The navy can do it for several days, but it is not as high as the bombing volume of the air force for one day with a thousand planes. Although bombers are expensive and have great losses, aircraft carriers are even more expensive, not to mention hundreds of juniors, as well as heavy fuel oil, aviation gasoline and war-damaged aircraft. In a word, the cost performance is too low. Roosevelt told Nimitz to hurry back and reflect and come up with a plan with strategic vision!

Nimitz, who was criticized by all of them, also complained, Nimitz did not lack strategic vision, and it was not that he could not see where the navy could gain the most. But as the commander in charge of the first army, he can't just dare to fight like Halsey. The decision he made had to be sound, and the result of Halsey's recklessness could be that one of the detachments had been severely damaged. This loss is still bearable for the US Navy, but if Nimitz's mind is hot and he makes a mistake, then the entire fleet will be in danger, and the war is a strange fit. The upright tactics are the most popular choice for military strategists, unless they are absolutely inferior or when it is a last resort, Nimitz generally has to be safe. This time, though, Nimitz was under a bit of pressure.

So, under pressure from all sides, Nimitz finally decided to come up with a dusty plan, if it was calculated from the time it was formulated. Before the end of the Iranian civil war! It's just that after the start of the war, the situation on the battlefield was so disadvantageous that the US military had to abandon this somewhat demanding plan. But now, it seems, the conditions are ripe?

"Our next phase of the battle will revolve around here! If this plan can be successful. We could cut off the Germans' access to the Atlantic, and even use this as a point of support to build a completely new front! "Nimitz dotted the Yar Islands on the huge sand table!

After some hesitation, Nimitz finally decided to team up for the German-occupied Atlantic islands! From a strategic point of view, this is definitely a good move! The location of the Yar Islands is so critical! It directly controlled the access of the German Navy to and from the Atlantic. Moreover, after occupying this place, the Germans thought that it would be difficult to recapture it because of the distance, and the American army, as the attacking side, could also use it as a springboard to attack the Madeli and Canary Islands. _Yawen_8w=w'w-.'y'a=w-e'n·8·. =>

Then continue to jump forward. It is possible to log in in Northwest Africa, and once a stable stronghold is established near the Strait of Gibraltar, a gap will be opened in the inner lake of the German Empire, and even further on, it is perfectly possible to open a completely new station line! Germany's already limited forces would be further dispersed. And more importantly, Spain and Portugal are already wall-stickers, and when Germany is at a disadvantage, it is not impossible to turn the two countries against each other through military and political means!

If these two countries had surrendered, Germany and Austria-Hungary would have been embattled! The U.S. and British air forces can threaten the oil fields of Libya, and when China occupies the two river basins and collapses Turkey, Germany will have no oil fields except Romania, and the mainland will have to face attacks from Britain, Russia, North Africa and the Middle East at the same time. And the beginning of it all is the Yar Islands!

Of course, the risk of this engagement is also very high, and the most important question is, will the German Navy suddenly kill out? Although Nimitz and Cunningham had 26 aircraft carriers, the Allies now had only 18, giving the Allies an absolute advantage in numbers. But Nimitz knew exactly what those eight light carriers were. Even the cloud dragon in history is not as good! Complete emergency goods! Germany also has some aircraft carriers built in an emergency, but that is at least the standard of the Yunlong class, not to mention that although the German Navy was defeated this time, the 6 Caesar-class aircraft carriers are still intact. With the strength of the American and British fleets, singled out the German fleet in the Gaillard Islands 6-base aviation? Nimitz felt a little stressed.

Really, Nimitz didn't know how to suffer with the sea-based aviation hard steel 6-based aviation? Nimitz understood, and he knew very well that the reason for doing so was that the fleet was at least safe, and on the other hand, it was to test how much strength the Luftwaffe could muster. And the result of the experiment is that the Allied aircraft group of the European Big 6 is still very strong. But its control over the outlying islands has dropped considerably.

If it weren't for the tightness of the pressure, Nimitz might have delayed for a while, and even cleaned up the area around the Yar Islands. But in the current situation, he can only get on the horse immediately! "The Yar Islands are 16oo kilometers away from the European Big 6, and the number of German long-range strategic bombers continues to decrease, so it shouldn't have much impact on our Deng-6 operation, right?" Nimitz muttered to himself with some concern.

If Nimitz's choice to occupy the Yar Islands was a force of some compulsion, then the top level of the United States and Britain was obviously a little overly optimistic, or a little too impatient, and the United States may not be very obvious, but Britain has now begun to think about how to end the war as soon as possible. Because it was already difficult to support it for 2 years with the national strength of the United Kingdom. According to the words of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it were to fight for another two years, Britain would not be of much significance even as a winner. The United Kingdom, which has exhausted all its resources, will automatically become a second-rate country!

Churchill almost snapped his thigh when he saw Nimitz's plan! This plan was so good that it was tailor-made for the British, on the one hand, it almost completely blocked the way for the German navy to enter the Atlantic, and at the same time added a new front, from which the attack would be much stronger than the American-British and Russian attacks on the Eastern Front! So he immediately agreed, and even called Roosevelt specifically in the hope that he would support the plan.

And Roosevelt also agreed with this plan, in addition to the fact that the stakes in it were really great, after the war. If the United States can control several islands at the western mouth of the Mediterranean, it will be equivalent to locking the western gate of the Mediterranean, and the strategic interests in this are very important! So after some hesitation, Roosevelt also expressed his support.

Since there is determination above. There are ideas below, so do you need to say more? them straight! The Americans immediately divided the two infantry divisions that were originally intended to be transferred to the Eastern Front to form the Deng-6 Division, and the British were not ambiguous, taking out an infantry division and a mechanized brigade, a total of 3 divisions and 1 brigade. The number of troops is around 55,000. For this battle, the elite of the US and British fleets came together, not only the main fleet composed of 26 aircraft carriers, but also 12 jeep aircraft carriers formed a direct ground support formation, and each of these aircraft carriers carried an average of 35 aircraft. There are more than 4oo planes in total! Together with the fleet that transports supplies for these troops, the size of the entire fleet reaches about 7oo ships! (including 6 ships and fire support ships) and just to organize such a huge fleet, the United States and Britain need to prepare for at least a month!

So now the question arises, what do the Germans think about this time? In fact, as early as when the United States and Britain launched an offensive against the west coast of France and Spain, Raeder was already worried that the American and British fleets would take the initiative to attack, but they couldn't figure out the other side's attack position. Raeder's new battle plan is also based on attack, and if you attack, you must first have a suitable position and support point.

The Americans can see the importance of the Yar Islands, and so can the Germans! However, the Germans did not do it for defense, but for the action of the fleet. Even as the pressure on the US-British strategic bomber forces gradually increased, the German Navy and Air Force transferred some of their aircraft to the area of the Yar Islands and the Canary Islands. Among them there was even the first jet fighter unit of the German Navy!

Some people may ask, where are the jets transferred for what? Isn't that simple? Training! The Luftwaffe had Eastern Europe as a training ground for non-strikes. Although the German Navy also has a training ground in the Mediterranean, it is crowded with people. As the deadliest secret weapon of German air power, the jet fighter naturally has to be kept secret, which is the most secret? Nature is a place with few people. The Canary Islands and the Yar Islands meet this requirement.

As for whether the British and American fleets would attack the Yar Islands, the Germans did not think that the United States and Britain had the ability to do this at the beginning, but in fact, when Nimitz swept the Atlantic coast, they did not go to the Yar Islands in the end! Because of this, jets were eventually deployed here, and because they were directly facing the sea, the combat environment completely coincided with the future. Definitely a great place!

And according to Raeder's opinion, since the training is good, then it is directly deployed! The U.S. and British fleets acted quickly and could concentrate superior forces for surprise attacks in a short period of time. Since it is impossible for Germany to deploy air forces in the Atlantic that can match the number of carrier-based aircraft of the United States and Britain, the only way to do this is to improve the quality, and the next stage of the battle will be carried out in the Atlantic.

And the German defense force on Alben Island is also a lot, in addition to not many tanks, its firepower and staffing are much stronger than the general German troops of the same size, and have a certain amount of shore guns, although they are all 12-inch and 11-inch naval guns removed from the old ships of the 1st World War, but it is still possible to hit the ships below the cruiser, the key is that the bunkers where these guns are placed are built very strongly, so that they have won the reputation of reinforced concrete battleships! On the main island of the Yar Islands, there were about 25,000 Allied troops and auxiliary units, including 17,000 Germans.

At the same time, six large airfields were built on the island, which could accommodate all Allied aircraft including HE177 Gryphon strategic bombers and ME262 jets, but with the decline of the Luftwaffe and Navy, the Yar Islands base group, which had previously housed two strategic bomber wings, now has only 2O ocean-going patrol aircraft. However, the total number of aircraft has not decreased but increased. The total number of fighters reached about 8oo and more!

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