"Sir, Telegram from the European Joint Fleet Command: Operation 'The Queen of Amazon' is now on."

A fleet officer handed the telegram he had just received to General Helmut Hayes on the aircraft carrier "Zepplin". The latter is now the commander of the 1st Fleet under the European Joint Fleet and also serves as the commander of the 10th Task Force.

The current European Combined Fleet has a total of 9 squadrons, of which the 9th Fleet is stationed in the Far East, and its headquarters is located in the Kingdom of Japan (this country is a puppet country established by Japan after occupying French Indochina, and its ultimate goal is of course the merger of Japan and Vietnam). The 8th Fleet is stationed in the Indian Ocean, and its headquarters is located in Mumbai; the 7th Fleet is stationed in the Mediterranean Sea, and its headquarters is located in Piraeus near Athens, Greece; the 6th Fleet is responsible for the Baltic Sea, North Sea and Norwegian Sea, and its headquarters is located in the Port of Kiel, Germany; the 5th Fleet is responsible for the Canadian

The Ribbean Sea and Guyana are the headquarters in the Cayenne, Guyana; the 4th Fleet is responsible for the North Atlantic Ocean and the Hero Port in the Azores; the 3rd Fleet is responsible for the South Atlantic Ocean and the headquarters in Puyala, Cape Verde Islands; the 2nd Fleet and the 1st Fleet are the mobile forces of the European Combined Fleet and are also the main force, and the large fleet aircraft carriers and main battleships are basically placed in these two fleets, among which the 2nd Fleet's home port is in Brest, France, and the 1st Fleet's home port is in Gibraltar, Spain.

However, if the European Community wants to launch an offensive in South America, it is not possible to place the home ports of the two mobile fleets in Europe. Gibraltar is more than 3,100 nautical miles away from the Caribbean Sea, and Brest is more than 3,300 nautical miles. Even if you run a straight line of 20 knots, it will take several days for the fleet to rush to the war zone (the Atlantic battlefield is full of American submarines, so it is impossible to go straight, so it actually takes longer). This is a waste of time.

Therefore, to start war in the Caribbean, the home port of the mobile fleet must be moved to South America. However, under German control, Guyana, there is no suitable place to establish the home port of the large fleet. Although the three strongholds of Balamalipo and Georgetown have ports, these ports are on the Atlantic Ocean, and there are no bays or wide rivers to moor the large fleet.

Moreover, these three places are too close to Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago controlled by the United States, and are easily attacked by B-17 and B-24. Therefore, Kesering and Lütjens only set up a 5th Fleet in Guyana with the Destroyer, Lightning, Submarine, Side-based Air Force and Side Artillery (the European Community Navy now has an independent submarine command, and all submarines responsible for breaking the transaction are directly under their jurisdiction, but the submarines whose main tasks are anti-ship and reconnaissance form a submarine brigade, which is under the jurisdiction of the fleets of each command) as the 5th Fleet.

Therefore, if Germany wants to make big moves in South America and the Caribbean, it must find a large home port for the main force of the European Combined Fleet (First Fleet, 2nd Fleet). The Port of Beren, located at the mouth of the Tocantins River in the estuary of the Amazon River, is probably the only suitable port.

Although Beren Port is not at the estuary of the Amazon River, it has always been a maritime trade transit port in the Amazon River Basin. Agricultural products from the Amazon Basin are transported to all parts of the world through this port. Therefore, the port facilities of Beren Port are relatively good. The total length of the docks in the port is more than 1,500 meters, with 9 grocery docks, 1 grain dock and 1 oil tanker dock. The maximum water depth of the port is 9.2 meters, which is enough to moor large surface ships.

In addition, Beren Port is an inland port. Outside the port is the very wide estuary of the Tocantins River (it is dozens of kilometers wide), which is equivalent to a large bay and is enough to "swallow" the entire European joint fleet. At the same time, as long as dozens of kilometers of anti-submarine networks are arranged at the estuary of the river and then patrolling carefully with submarines and seaplanes, you can avoid being attacked by American submarines.

Moreover, the distance between the Port of Beren and the Caribbean Sea is just right, about 1,000 nautical miles. For the American B-17 and B-24, the distance is far enough. For a fleet that is advancing at a speed of 20 knots, even if the anti-submarine route is taken into account, it can reach the front line within 70-80 hours.

Therefore, winning Beren is the first step to attack the American mainland from the Caribbean Sea, even if it cannot be reached the end, the strategic significance of winning Beren is unquestionable!

Therefore, after confirming that Japan and the United States would launch a desperate battle in the Hawaiian Islands, the General Staff of the German Welfare Force immediately formulated an "Amazon Queen Operation" plan aimed at seizing the Port of Beren and controlling the Amazon River estuary.

"Okay," General Helmut Haye took the telegram and looked at it, and then ordered, "Appoint the 10-4 Heavy Cruiser Team and the 10-9 Amphibious Assault Team that the landing operation will begin now. At the same time, the carrier-based aircraft are ready to attack!"

The action to capture Beren is not easy, because Beren Port is a port that is shrunk inland, 100 kilometers away from the estuary of the Tocantins River. The 10-9th Amphibious Assault Team responsible for landing and the 10-4th Cruiser Team responsible for covering landing must venture deep into the estuary, and may be sneaked into the torpedo boats and mines. And the whole process will probably take several days or even a week!

During this process, it is hard to say whether the US Navy will rush out of the Caribbean Sea and make a fuss.

Therefore, the main force of the 10th Task Force must always be vigilant and prepare for a decisive battle at sea and air!

...

"Mr. President, our embassy in Brazil reported that a German fleet entered the Tocantins River and was advancing towards the Port of Beren. In addition, this morning, the German carrier-based aircraft dropped more than 100,000 leaflets over the city of Beren."

In the White House, in the cabinet meeting room, Secretary of State Cordel Hull is reporting on the situation in Brazil to Roosevelt.

"Do you know the content of the flyer?" Roosevelt asked, taking a sip of the camel brand cigarette.

"It's about the Amazon Republic. The Germans claimed to be liberators, and the purpose of the invasion was to return the land plundered by the whites to the Indians and Indo-Europeans. So they would support an Amazon National Party party to establish a country representing the interests of the Amazonian nation in the Amazon River Basin and Guyana region in northern Brazil. In addition, the Germans promised to share the land in the Amazon River Basin to the Indians and Indo-Europeans evenly..."

Roosevelt took a few more puffs of cigarettes, then looked at Admiral William Leach. The latter smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. President, the main forces of the Navy are now near the Hawaiian Islands, and they cannot send troops to support Brazil."

Although the US Navy is very powerful, the current European navy is not a vegetarian. Whether it is battleships or large fleet aircraft carriers, they are ahead of the United States in terms of quantity and quality.

Moreover, Europe's shipbuilding capabilities are no less than those of the United States. Now, the three "cheap ships" represented by the "Keseling" class light aircraft carrier, the "Munich" class air defense cruiser and the 1936 Type D destroyer are accelerating mass production.

If we want to compete for the number of ships, Europe will not suffer as much as Japan!

In addition, there is almost no gap between Europeans and Americans in terms of two decisive significance: carrier-based aircraft and carrier-based aircraft pilots.

Now the main carrier-based fighter jets in the United States have no advantages against the Europeans' -190t and Folk Zero D.

There are now about 4,000 carrier-based aircraft pilots (captains) in the United States, and they are the essence of aviation troops carefully cultivated since the outbreak of the war.

It is estimated that there will be no less than 2,000 pilots in Europe that can fly carrier-based aircraft... This is just the number of German carrier-based aircraft pilots. There are no unreliable British pilots, otherwise this number will be around 2,500.

Although not as much as the United States (the United States has a lot of fuel and no land battlefield, so it can bring most excellent pilots who fly single-engine aircraft onto the ship), there are ju288 and various remote-controlled anti-ship gliding bombs/missiles in Europe, and the anti-ship methods are much sharper than dive bombers and torpedoes.

So if we don't concentrate the main forces of the navy, William Lech and Ernest King, don't dare to fight the European Combined Fleet.

"Then we should at least make sure to keep the Germans out of the Caribbean, right?" Roosevelt dared not raise too high demands now. After all, his presidency is not much left, and he is already satisfied to be able to defeat Japan before leaving office. Therefore, in the Caribbean direction, he is still focused on defending.

"Yes, Mr. President." Ernest King replied, "Although Port Beren can be stationed in a large fleet, its infrastructure is poor and it will take several months to build it to become a stronghold for the decisive battle. In addition, Germany also needs time to resolve the Soviet Union. Therefore, we believe that the final battle on the Caribbean-Atlantic battlefield will take place from 1945 to 1946."

Roosevelt said in his heart: Thank God, he is no longer the president of the United States!

"Can you win?" Roosevelt asked.

"able!"

"What's the point?"

"Battleship!" said Ernest King, "By 5 Montana-class battleships under construction and 6 Iowa-class battleships!"

"Oh?" Roosevelt pressed the cigarette butt into a ceramic ashtray. "I thought the current navy was centered on aircraft carriers."
Chapter completed!