Chapter 1119 Missiles in the Atlantic
"Admiral," the US President, who can only be considered a navy, read the plan sent by Admiral Ernest King, and then frowned. "The Admiral Department and the Joint Atlantic-Pacific Fleet Command both judged that Germany's attack on the Bermuda was a feint?"
"Yes." Ernest King nodded, "Bermuda is too close to the United States, only about 1,000 kilometers. If the shuttle flight tactic is adopted, almost all US military aircraft can take off from Norfolk base and go to fight over the Bermuda. Moreover, our battleship units can also enter the vicinity of the archipelago under the cover of shore-based aircraft. These are difficult difficulties for the German landing fleet."
The chiefs of the United States Joint Conference, the Admiralty Department and the Atlantic-Pacific Joint Command were not fools. When they first heard that the German fleet was approaching the Bermuda Islands, everyone was a little panicked, but then a series of military chess performances were conducted. By September 1, it was basically confirmed that the German army was conducting a feint attack.
"Then we are still concentrating so many fleets in the Bermuda?" Roosevelt asked in confusion.
"President, the enemy's feint attack fleet is also a big piece of meat!" William Lech took over the question. "Based on the repeated reconnaissance of the F-13 reconnaissance aircraft (b-29), it can be confirmed that there are at least four German fleets currently approaching the Bermuda Islands, two of which are huge in size and have multiple aircraft carriers and battleships, so they have the value of attack. Even if the Guyana forces pay a certain price, it is worth it."
Roosevelt nodded without comment.
Presidential Chief of Staff William Lehi added: "Mr. President, according to the situation we have, the combat radii of me264 and ju288 carrying remotely controlled missiles cannot be covered from the Azores to the Bermuda."
In fact, this is why the US Navy finally chose to attack the German feint fleet near the Bermuda Islands!
Although the US Navy has a "one-time fire spitting" and can still get the cover of the shore-based P47. However, remote control missile missiles have always been an indelible nightmare. It is always good to be able to avoid this crazy weapon.
"But the Germans also have ship-based remote-controlled missiles, right?" Roosevelt frowned deeply.
Although the US Navy's paper strength is stronger than the European Combined Fleet, considering the remote control missile missile, the strength comparison between the two sides will be reversed immediately.
"Yes," Ernest King replied, "but we have a way to deal with it. We can set the battleship formations to more than 30,000 meters, rely on radar for sighting, and allow destroyers to release smoke near the battleship formations. In this way, we don't have to worry about being seen clearly by enemies 30,000 meters away."
Since we know the power of remote control missiles, the US Navy certainly thought of many ways to deal with them. First, it was to conduct radio interference, but this trick was not very effective because the Jewish beauty Heidi Rama, who brought the secret of frequency hopping technology to the United States in history, is now an honorary Aryan and lives in Vienna. Therefore, the US military still cannot understand how the German missiles overcome radio interference?
If there is no way to interfere with the communication of missiles, the US military can only interfere with the eyes of German missile remote control personnel. So now every American battleship, battle cruiser and heavy cruiser on the battlefield is surrounded by a destroyer dedicated to setting off smoke.
Roosevelt then let out a light breath and smiled: "This is so great... It seems that I still have the chance to turn the United States into the greatest country in the world in the few remaining term!"
The two U.S. Admirals nodded at the same time. They agreed with the ongoing Atlantic Battle at the moment, which is indeed related to the United States' position in the post-war world!
If the U.S. Navy can win in the Bermuda Islands, the U.S. will gain a foothold in British Guiana and the Bay of Valparaiso on the coast of Chile.
Then the United States can use the Gulf of Valparaiso as its base to launch an attack on Santiago, the capital of Chile, and launch a strategic bombing on Buenos Aires. At the same time, the US military can also station heavy troops in British Guiana and establish a frontier stronghold to defend the absolute national defense circle of the Caribbean.
As long as the above points are achieved, the United States will take the initiative at the negotiating table and can use a "loan" of $20-30 billion plus Australia and New Zealand to exchange for peace in which the United States absolutely dominates North America (including the Caribbean).
Moreover, the US dollar, which has not lost its gold reserves, will definitely compete with the European Mark after the war, and at least it can maintain the situation of US dollar vs pound.
If the United States can develop an atomic bomb in a few years, the competition between the United States and Europe will be endless.
And Roosevelt's historical evaluation will naturally be the greatest president in American history!
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At noon on September 4, about 500 nautical miles east of the Atlantic Ocean.
Standing in the dedicated fleet command center on the second floor of the aircraft carrier "Zepplin", Lieutenant General Erich Bay took back his gaze after seeing four Fokker 636 carrier-based fighter bombers carrying out direct cover missions landing smoothly: "Have you discovered the American bomber group?"
"No." Rear Admiral Christianson, Chief of Staff of Task Force, shook his head, "The 272nd Destroyer Brigade has opened a cordon 50 nautical miles ahead. The 491st and 492nd Brigade have also sent two BV138 seaplanes to hover over our formation. If the Americans' planes approach with ultra-low altitude penetration, they should be discovered by us. Sir, maybe the Americans' target is still Guyana? The Americans have been fighting fiercely near Georgetown these days."
"No! I'm sure they're targeting us!"
Erich Bay said affirmatively: "The waters attached to Guyana are all covered by our me264 and ju288, and the me262 deployed in Cayenne can also be escorted by me264 and ju288 by shuttle flight. If the Americans can choose a location near Guyana and Bermuda as the battlefield for the decisive battle, it must be Bermuda!"
"That's right, if the Americans want to attack Task Force 30, we will definitely have a bigger chance of winning."
The core of Task Force 30 is the 3rd Fleet's battleship brigade, missile ship brigade, heavy cruiser brigade, destroyer brigade, plus the 501st and 502nd aircraft carrier brigades, which were originally part of the 5th Fleet (the home port is in Cape Verde, responsible for the defense of the South Atlantic Ocean), and the landing formation directly under the Atlantic Front Command.
Although there is no aircraft carrier of Task Force 31 (Aircraft Carrier Formation) to cover nearby, the number of battleships and missile ships owned by Task Force 30 is the same as that of Task Force 20, with 6 battleships and 2 missile ships. If you face the 9 super battleships of the US Navy, you can still beat the Death Missile!
Moreover, the waters near Guyana are within the combat radius of various German shore-based aircraft, and Germany can also dispatch a large number of shore-based bombers to carry Death missiles to attack.
"But why didn't the Americans attack?" Major General Christianson felt puzzled again, "We have clearly entered the combat radius of the shore-based aircraft in the Bermuda Islands."
Erich Bey shook his head slightly, thought for a while before saying, "Maybe they want to put us closer and then hit us?"
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"Sir, aren't you really going to attack first? If you don't fight now, the Germans will take action tomorrow morning."
On the battleship "Iahua", U.S. Admiral Halsey has now taken over the highest command of the Bermuda battlefield. Not only the surface and underwater ships, but also the bases in the Bermuda Islands are under his command, and even the shore-based aircraft deployed by the U.S. Navy and the Army in the coastal areas of Virginia and North Carolina are under his unified command.
However, Halsey, who held heavy troops, watched the German fleet approach the Bermuda Islands and never issued an order to attack the US military on the Bermuda Islands.
Faced with the doubts of Chief of Staff Major General Callahan, Admiral Halsey just smiled faintly and asked, "Why attack? Dennis, you don't think that the aircraft on the Bermuda can sink the German aircraft carriers by relying on those aircraft on the Bermuda Islands, do you?"
"Of course this is impossible..."
Halsey shrugged, "Will that be fine? Let the Germans bomb first, we can use the p47, p51 and anti-aircraft guns on the Bermuda Islands to weaken their air power. In this way, Norfolk's F7F and Lieutenant General Mitchell's aircraft carrier have a chance."
In the upcoming Battle of Bermuda, the Germans' killer weapon was missiles, and the Americans also had a killer weapon, which was the f7f fighter bomber with amazing range, speed and bomb loading capabilities.
This type of aircraft has been in service in small batches during the Second Hawaiian Islands War, but the US Navy gritted its teeth and did not let them appear on the battlefield of the Hawaiian Islands, but has been hiding until now, in order to catch the Germans off guard on the battlefield.
However, because the mass production of F7F is not long, it is almost in the trial stage, and various faults are emerging one after another, and the pilots have a familiar process, so there is no much equipment yet. Currently, F7F belonging to the Navy and Marine Corps has only 14 squadrons and 224 commonly used aircraft.
Chapter completed!