"There are at least 9 large fleet aircraft carriers, 9 super battleships, and an unknown number of independent-class light aircraft carriers and escort aircraft carriers. In addition, there are at least thousands of various shore-based aircraft on the Windward Islands, North Wind Islands, Puerto Rico and Trinidad... At least on paper, the Americans have an overwhelming advantage!"

Marshal Radell looked at the report of the 10th submarine group just forwarded by the Atlantic Front Command, and his face became extremely serious. U-2511, a subordinate of the 10th submarine group, discovered 8 large fleet aircraft carriers with a periscope three hours ago, under the escort of dozens of destroyers, and entered the western entrance of the Panama Canal. If we count the other large aircraft carrier (the Enterprise) that had passed the canal before, the number of large fleet aircraft carriers on the Atlantic Ocean has reached at least 9.

The current large fleet carriers of the European Combined Fleet in the Atlantic Ocean are only five, including Zeppelin, Peter Strasser, Prussia, Bohemia and Austria.

In terms of having super battleships, the Americans had at least 9 ships on the Atlantic Ocean, and although the European Combined Fleet had 10 ships (2 Hindenburg class, 2 Bismarck class, 3 Richelieu class and 3 Venetto class), these battleships were not as good as the four Iowa class of the United States in terms of firepower and protection, so they had no advantage in the battleship decisive battle.

In addition, because the Atlantic waters near Guyana are close to the islands where the US military is heavily deployed, the US military also has an overwhelming advantage in the number of shore-based aircraft.

"Without an overwhelming advantage on paper, how dare the Americans fight us?" Hessman, who was supported by the "two bombs" of missiles and atomic bombs, was very confident, and laughed: "In my opinion, we should give them a little more chance of winning! Let the 30th and 31st Task Forces go directly to the waters near Georgetown to obtain it."

As soon as he said this, Redell and Navy Chief of Staff Messel were both shocked. Redell looked at the Atlantic battlefield situation and took a deep breath: "Use 5 aircraft carriers, 6 battleships, and 2 missile ships of the 2nd Fleet to fight against almost the entire US Navy, if..."

"No if!"

Before Redell could finish his words, Hessman interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "Marshal, after we have television-guided remote-controlled missiles, the American battleships and aircraft carriers are outdated. So the 20th and 21st Task Forces already have enough strength to destroy the main force of the US Navy. The question now is just how to lead the main force of the US Navy to outside their shore-based aircraft protection circle, or to the edge of the shore-based aircraft protection circle."

Although the 20th Task Force only has two missile ships and can only launch 40 Death 2 anti-ship missiles at a time (and 40 backup missiles), this 2.5-ton giant missile is very powerful, and even if it is an "Iahua"-class battleship, it will be at least a heavy blow.

As long as 25% of the 40 missiles launched at a time hit, the Americans' nine super battleships can also be distributed on average, which is enough for them to enter the dock for several months... If the remaining six battleships of Task Force did not kill them all!

So Hessman was not worried about not winning. What he was worried about now was that he could not pull out the American fleet.

"Admiral, where should we fight the Americans in a decisive battle?" When Hessman asked, his eyes were already fixed on the Bermuda Islands, located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, more than a thousand kilometers away from the east coast of the United States.

“In Bermuda!”

Marshal Redel indeed pronounced the name of the Bermuda Islands. In the entire Atlantic Ocean, the only ones that could allow the fleets of the United States and Europe to start a war were probably the waters near the Bermuda Islands.

Because the Bermuda Islands are not far and not close to the United States, and are only more than one thousand kilometers. The combat radius of p51 and p47 deployed on the east coast of the United States can only be barely reached, but it is impossible to mount a bomb to attack, which poses a limited threat to the EC surface ships.

As for the United States' heavy bombers such as b-17, b-24 and b-29, although the range is sufficient, it cannot dive bomb because there are no missiles available and cannot be dive bombed, so the threat to surface ships is also limited.

The land area of ​​the Bermuda Islands is very small, only a few dozen square kilometers, and is composed of seven main islands and more than 150 small islands and reefs. The land that can be used to build airports is very limited, and there is no defensive depth, so it cannot withstand the battleships' close-up shelling.

Therefore, the number of fighter jets deployed by the US military in the Bermuda Islands is limited, with only about 200 aircraft, including a large number of seaplanes and heavy aircraft converted into reconnaissance aircraft. Its own defense capabilities are not strong.

In addition, the distance between the German-controlled Azores is more than 3,000 kilometers, and the distance between Guyana is also close to 3,000 kilometers. It basically has a combat radius of me264, so Americans don’t have to worry about being attacked by German aircraft carrying remote-controlled missiles.

Moreover, since the Bermuda Islands are too close to the United States, once they are captured by the German army as the base of me264, then all the big cities on the east coast of the United States will be under the threat of the atomic bomb.

Therefore, the Bermuda Islands are a place that must defend against the United States and dares to launch a decisive battle!

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"Admiral, the 56.4, 56.5, 56.6 and 56.7 aircraft carrier battalions under the command of Lieutenant General Fletcher, have all passed the Panama Canal safely. According to the order of the Pacific-Atlantic Fleet Command, these four aircraft carrier battalions will join the 30th Special Mixed Fleet, and Lieutenant General Mitchell will serve as the commander of the 30th Special Mixed Fleet."

On the morning of August 28, General Halsey, who was in charge of the battleship Iowa, received news that eight Essex-class aircraft carriers had arrived in the Caribbean.

After listening to the staff report, he turned his head and exchanged glances with Lieutenant General Callahan, Chief of Staff. Callahan said: "Sir, the 30th Special Mixed Fleet now has 9 large aircraft carriers. After the supplement is completed, their commonly used carrier-based aircraft will exceed 700! I think we can deploy them between the Lectuary Islands and Puerto Rico."

"Put between the leeward islands and Puerto Rico?" Halsey frowned, "Is it to attack the Azores?"

Callahan thought for a while and said, "There are no 9 aircraft carriers needed in the waters near Guyana. Our more than 3,000 shore-based aircraft on Trinidad are worth 50 aircraft carriers. So the 30th Special Mix Fleet should be used to mobilize or pursue the German Fleet, so the best target is the Azores... If the German Fleet wins in the sea and air combat near Guyana, then the attack of the 30th Special Mix Fleet on the Azores will help us protect Georgetown.

If the German fleet fails near Guyana, then the 30th TCM fleet air strikes on the Azores can prevent them from retreating to Europe and create favorable conditions for the final decisive battle of the surface fleet."

Although the area of ​​the Azores is much larger than that of the Bermuda Islands, with more than 2,000 square kilometers, its role is similar to that of the Bermuda Islands and is the outpost of the European Community in the North Atlantic Ocean.

According to the intelligence mastered by the United States, there are about 300 combat aircraft deployed on the Azores, including the Ju288 medium-sized bomber and the Me410b-5 fighter bomber that can carry HS-293 series remote-controlled missiles and Fritz-X series remote-controlled gliding bombs (the penetration capability of this type of aircraft is far greater than that of Ju288, but the maximum range is less than 30% of that of Ju288), as well as the He219 that can escort the Ju288 and Me410b-5, as well as the F-190 series and Folk Zero D series fighter jets that can be used to protect the islands.

In addition, a squadron of bv138 seaplanes was also deployed in the Azores, responsible for shuttle patrols between Iceland and Cape Verde Islands (a squadron equipped with bv138 seaplanes was deployed in Iceland, and a squadron equipped with bv138 seaplanes was installed on the Cape Verde Islands), which not only locked the passage of the US fleet to Europe and North Africa, but also caused heavy losses to American submarines trying to enter the waters of Europe and North Africa to engage in war.

In addition, the hero port of the Azores is also the home port of the 4th Fleet of the European Community Combined Fleet (responsible for defending the North Atlantic).

Although the 4th Fleet is not the main force of the European Combined Fleet, it is just a garrison fleet, but it also has two aircraft carrier brigades with the "Keseling" class aircraft carrier as the core and two diving hunting brigades with the escort aircraft carrier as the core. When necessary, these four brigades with aircraft carriers can also form a small aircraft carrier task force to participate in the fleet decisive battle.

If the four task force departing from Brest and Gibraltar were defeated by the US Navy in the waters near Guyana, as long as they could retreat around the Azores, they could get support from shore-based aircraft and four aircraft carriers there, and it would not be difficult to successfully withdraw from the European continent.

So just like the Americans must guard the Bermuda Islands, the European community is reflected in the view of the Azores as a must guard.
Chapter completed!