"Last night to the early morning of this year, outside Georgetown, 36 Ju188 torpedo bombers and 16 torpedo speedboats sent by the Joint Command of Georgeton Island, as well as a submarine group sent by the 1st Submarine Command, launched a series of attacks on the US landing formation. The current confirmed result is to sink, injured 26 enemy ships, of which 16 enemy ships can be confirmed to have sunk...

In the Georgetown coastline, the ground forces under the Georgetown Island Joint Command, according to the original plan, voluntarily abandoned their positions and contracted into the inland Georgetown before the US military launched the landing operation. Therefore, the landing operation initiated by the US military in the early morning of the 24th Guyana time was very smooth. At present, the downtown area of ​​Georgetown has been completely occupied by the US military landing forces.

In addition, at around 8 am this morning, the plane discovered that at least 150 US landing ships and transport ships were gathered in the tidal flats along Georgetown, and the beachhead unloading operations were underway…”

In the Joint Intelligence Command Center of the German General Staff, Navy Chief of Staff General Messel briefly introduced the latest situation on the Georgetown battlefield.

Of course, the situation is under control. The ability of the US military to easily land in Georgetown was entirely caused by the German (European Alliance) release of water. The purpose of release of water was naturally to use the Georgetown battlefield to fish out the main force of the US Atlantic Fleet.

Although the European Community now has a great leading advantage in aviation technology and also has "black technology" weapons such as TV remote control missiles, the German General Staff is still very afraid of the nine super battleships of the US Pacific Fleet.

If they are not destroyed, they will have to live a life of fear when the Germans attack the Caribbean. As long as the United States dispatches these 9 super battleships to use the weather that is not suitable for dispatch at night or other aircraft to lead a large number of cruisers and destroyers to launch landing operations to launch the European Community fleet, the consequences will be unimaginable... Those 9 super battleships can have 81 406mm cannons!

The US Navy and the Joint Conference must know the role of these nine super battleships in the anti-landing operations of the Caribbean islands, so the Americans will definitely use them carefully and will never take them out and take risks easily.

So you have to pay some money to have the opportunity to hook them out and fight!

"Have you found American battleships and aircraft carriers?"

After hearing General Messel's introduction, Hessman immediately asked about the situation of US battleships and aircraft carriers. With the scale and importance of Georgetown's landing operations, it was impossible for the United States to not dispatch aircraft carriers and battleships.

"Not yet." General Messel's answer disappointed Hessman, explaining, "It is difficult to distinguish between battleships, aircraft carriers and large transport ships at night. The daytime reconnaissance operations will be driven by US shore-based aircraft. Since the waters near Georgetown are only 500 kilometers away from Trinidad, the combat radii of the US P47 and P51 fighters can be fully covered.

In addition, during the day, there are some areas in the waters north of Georgetown, which will affect the search operations of the aircraft."

This was completely expected. Georgetown was close to the equator, with a hot and rainy climate, and the fleet was easy to find clouds to hide at sea. Moreover, the Americans would definitely send a large number of shore-based aircraft from Trinidad to provide direct cover for their fleets. Most of them would also send destroyer formations to deploy anti-submarine and air defense cordons around the main fleet.

Hessman smiled indifferently and asked, "We can always find them, right?"

"Of course," Navy Commander-in-Chief Radell took over the question, "The U.S. fleet can't hide for too long. But it's useless for us to find them now, because our fleet has not yet been dispatched."

Now the main force of the European Combined Fleet (home port in Beren, Brazil) has been dispatched to the Pacific Ocean. The main force of the 2nd Fleet (home port Brest) and the 3rd Fleet (home port Gibraltar) has not yet left, so even if the location of the US aircraft carriers and battleships is found, they can only send Me264, Ju288, Ju188 and Do217 from Beren and Cayenne to carry remote-controlled missiles to attack.

However, with American P47 and P51 fighters interfering, it is difficult for these heavy and medium bombers to successfully launch missiles.

Moreover, what the German General Staff wanted to hunt was not one or two American super battleships, but to sink at least six super battleships equipped with 406mm main guns.

To achieve such results, it is not enough for heavy bombers to carry remote-controlled missiles to strike if they are solely docked. The main fleet must be dispatched.

"Are our four missile ships ready?" Hessman asked.

Marshal Redell said: "It's ready, the missile cruisers William II and Maria Theresa, as well as the missile battleships of Gneisenau and Dunkirk are all ready. You can dispatch at any time!

In addition, the USS Fitrei I missile cruiser, William the Great missile cruiser, Schleefen missile battleship and Europa Fort (Dunkirk-class ship No. 2) will complete trial voyages before the end of the year and be officially launched into the European Combined Fleet."

The modification of the eight "missile ships" was carried out in two steps. The first ones to enter the factory were the modifications of Gneisenau, Dunkirk, William II and Maria Theresa. The other four battleships/armored ships entered the factory 8 months later, so the completion time was several months later. Because of the experience of modifying the first batch of four missile ships, the modification time of the second batch of missile ships was relatively short and could be completed in 1944.

By the way, the newly designed Type B missile cruiser (the modified P-class ship was renamed Type A missile cruiser) was also secretly started construction on the 30,000-ton ship platform of several large shipyards in Germany in October and November 1943, and is planned to be put into service before the end of June 1946.

This class of missile cruisers will be improved based on the A-type missile cruiser. The standard displacement is still as high as 24,000 tons. The number of missile launchers installed is more (depending on the missile model equipped, the number of missile launchers will change) can be as much as 1 times more than the A-type missile cruiser, reaching as many as 40 tubes (20 double-units)! And it will also be equipped with ship-to-ship missiles or cruise missiles that are more advanced than the "Death" 2 missile.

In development, the V4/V5 series large cruise missiles (takeoff weight exceeds 6.5 tons, and when installing large cruise missiles, the dual-mounted launch tubes need to be replaced with single tubes) are also planned to be installed with miniaturized nuclear warheads!

Therefore, the Type B missile cruiser is actually a strategic-level weapon with infinite power!

In addition to these 20 dual-mounted cruise (anti-ship) missile launchers, the Type B missile cruiser will also be equipped with 4 dual-mounted ship-to-air missile launchers - this time and space Germany's surface-to-air and air missile development process is not slow at all. There are currently 6 ship-to-air missile projects under development, including Hs297 developed by Henschel, the "waterfall" developed by EMW, and the R series "Rhine Daughter" developed by Rheinmetall, all of which have entered the testing stage. It is expected that the troops can be actually equipped by the end of 1945!

Judging from the development progress of German missile cruisers and missiles (this is the highest secret, and the Americans don't know), it is also true that the Americans are eager to launch a decent and peaceful strategy in 1944 or 1945.

But four missile ships are enough for Americans to bear!

According to the latest European Combined Fleets, the USS Gneisenau missile battleship and the USS Dunkirk missile battleship belong to the 2nd and 3rd fleets, respectively, and are both the first choice task force flagships and battleship brigade flagships.

The 2nd and 3rd Fleets, which were also included in the two Type A missile cruisers, are both alternative task force flagships and cruiser brigade flagships.

In other words, under the 2nd and 3rd Fleets of the European Combined Fleet, at least two task force are fighting around "missile ships".

40 "Death" 2-type TV remote-controlled anti-ship missiles are the biggest killer weapon of the entire task force.

"Then let our trump card attack!" Hessman smiled and said, "I think Americans will likely take the initiative to seek a decisive battle with them!"

...

"Rudolph!" Major General Hans-Carl Mayer's voice came out of the phone receiver, "Come to the chief flagship immediately and you must arrive within 30 minutes."

"As for orders, Major General." Major Rudolf von Heinsberg-Hissmann received a call from Major General Mayer, Chief of Staff of the 2nd Fleet, at lunch on August 24, at the Officers' Club in Brest Harbour.

As a fleet consultant, Hessmann knew very well what it meant to "come to the chief flagship"?

The nine squadrons under the European Union Fleet are all "Command Fleets" and they do not have flagships usually - because they will not go to sea to fight in the name of the 1st-9th Fleet.

If the squadron commander wants to lead the team to fight in person, then usually the fleet commander will carry a capable command to board the "first-choice" or "alternative" task force flagship. Usually the fleet commander will board the "first-choice" flagship, and the second fleet is the missile battleship "Gneisenau"!
Chapter completed!