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Tu Mei Chapter 94: The Prelude to the Century Naval Battle

.After August, as the heart of their respective capitals, the White House in the United States and the Olaf Palace in Berlin are both busy, but the atmosphere behind the busy scene is completely different.

In the words of US President Warren Harding, "Our America has vast land, rich resources, developed industries and 100 million people. The Germans are just repeating the mistakes of the British back then!"

The German bomb did not land in Washington, but it does not mean that the sky in Washington is clear. The United States has rich war resources, but can it compare to half of Europe, one Africa, and half of Southeast Asia?

Warren Harding seemed to have forgotten that after his opponents successively annexed Poland, Croatia, Slavonia Kingdom, Canila Principality, Carinthia Principality, Salzburg Principality and Austria, the local population has risen to more than 80 million, and the local area is 850,000 square kilometers. These data may not be convincing enough. Think about the more than 500 million people of German Africa and German India, more than 24 million square kilometers of land and the resources that are being developed on these lands, it is obvious that the so-called advantage of the United States has disappeared!

Of course, the comparison of strength cannot sentence the Americans to death. Warren Harding and his generals all understand that as long as the German navy is defeated, the Atlantic Ocean will become an insurmountable obstacle for the Germans. Although the current US military strength cannot attack the German mainland across the ocean, the war will at least end in favor of the United States.

Because of this, Washington is always watching the position of the US Pacific Fleet, and more than 200 ships of all sizes are also ready to set sail at any time. When the time is right, they will implement the great "Two Oceans Glory" action plan.

Just as we were looking forward to the arrival of the Century Naval Battle, the Pacific Fleet commanded by General Robert Kontz was enduring the double blow of heat and opponents in the Pacific waters near the Americas. In order to arrive in Panama before the time required by Washington, the fleets in other places had to travel outside Mexico at speeds that were much higher than the cruise speed. The scorching sun in August roasted the sea and these gray American warships. Although the sailors continued to wash the deck with sea water, the furnaces continued to heatstroke due to high temperatures in the boiler compartment and engine compartment - in the 1910s, navies from various countries

The main ships are popular with oil and coal mixing as the power. For example, the Delaware-class, Wyoming-class and the German King-class before undergoing major modifications have some coal-fired boilers. As we all know, coal-fired boilers require continuous shoveling of coal by the furnace. Therefore, on the "Wyoming", "Arkansas", "New York" and "Texas" built by the US Pacific Fleet in the old era, people from the heatstroke were continuously transported to the medical room for treatment, and the people behind them were then replaced. Over time, these warships had to mobilize sailors from other positions to the steamer-like boiler compartment.

On other battleships of the fleet, the oil-fired boilers were in better condition, but they had to face the German Air Force and the extremely cruel German hunters under the sea. In the observation posts on both sides of the warship, the sailors must be very vigilant to watch the surrounding sea surface, because several torpedoes may appear at any time. Once a warship is sunk by torpedoes, other warships have to take risks to rescue the fallen waters, and the losses may continue to expand. No one hopes that the name of their warship will be written on the record of the German ace captains.

Despite strict prevention and dispatching carrier-based aircraft patrols, on August 13, the U.S. fleet suffered considerable losses in the air strikes of German land-based fighters and dive bombers from Mexico. After a fierce air battle, the Mississippi was slightly injured and two other destroyers were seriously injured. In addition, the aircraft carriers Langley and Yorktown each lost nearly 20 carrier-based aircraft. At this time, the number of carrier-based aircraft in the entire fleet had dropped to 39. Fearing that the attack of the Luftwaffe again was awful, the fleet commander General Robert Kontz was forced to order the fleet to sail another 100 nautical miles away from the coast. Although it could avoid the attacks of German land-based fighters and dive bombers, the U.S. fleet's range and time spent on the way increased a lot.

Then, on August 15, 16, and 17, the US Pacific Fleet was attacked by German submarine groups one after another. The cruiser Quincy was injured and sunk, and the accompanying transport ships "Charret", "Shevalier" and "Crahan" were directly sunk. What scared the Americans the most was the torpedo that passed by the main battleship "Colorado". If this torpedo launched from a submarine 2,000 yards away

Fortunately, the "Colorado" hit the USS. The new warship that was put into service in 1921 will become the biggest burden of the fleet even if it does not sink. In the eyes of the fleet commander Robert Kontz and the generals of the Navy's Operations Department, every main ship is now an important bargaining weight to win the naval battle. You must know that the German Navy is so powerful that even the US two-ocean fleet dare not easily win, not to mention that the initiative is almost equally in the hands of both sides.

"This work 1  6k Novel Network's exclusive text version is first released, and it may not be reproduced without consent. Excerpts. For more latest and fastest chapters, please visit www.piaotian.com.com!z" The anti-submarine route took Robert Kontz again. It was not until August 27 that he brought this exhausted fleet to Panama and called Washington. His fleet needed to rest in the Port of Panama for two days, but on that afternoon, he flew from Mexico and Guatemala.

German heavy bombers bombed the Panama Port violently. The battleship "Idaho" was hit by two incendiary bombs and ignited a fire. Fortunately, the fire did not spread to the key areas. In addition, a light cruiser and three cargo ships were damaged during the bombing. This emergency directly changed General Koonts' decision. Washington was also worried that the Germans would use bombs to attack ships navigating the canal and even block the waterway, so they ordered the Pacific Fleet to pass through the Panama Canal at night.

Berlin, Germany.

Since the war started, many senior generals and important government officials have come in and out every day, which seems to be busier than the White House. Compared with the gray atmosphere of the White House, the busyness here is orderly and calm. Chen Tian does not go to the Supreme Command, but does not want to interfere too much in the work of the generals. The Minister of the Army, Navy and Air Force or their senior staff will come to the palace to report the situation of the war every day and in the afternoon. Since the war started, German government officials, especially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have been busy all the time, but they will not confuse their respective responsibilities. Just as Chen Tian said: The matters on the battlefield are left to soldiers, and everyone will do their own duties!

In the beautiful back garden of the palace, the little girl held a small book in her hand and read it in her mouth with a not particularly standard pronunciation:

"Sleeping in spring is not dawn, and birds are heard everywhere! Come on the night..."

"The sound of wind and rain comes at night, how many flowers fall!"

Hearing the sudden sound from behind, the little girl quickly turned her head. She was so serious just now that her father came from a distance and didn't notice it.

"Father, you are here! Your pronunciation just now is great, and there is no word wrong!" The little girl said very admiringly.

Chen Tian sat down next to her with a smile. This was just a side dish among the side dishes for him. Although he had not used it for many years, his potential instinct would not completely disappear because of the passage of time.

"My little princess, I heard from your Chinese teacher that you have made great progress during this period! And Andres also told me that you plan to travel to China if you learn Chinese well, is it true?"

"That little bad guy, tell him not to talk randomly!" The little princess pouted with anger.

"Can you tell me why you are so interested in China?"

"Uh... Father. You have to promise me not to be angry before I say it!"

Seeing Sasha's expression and tone very seriously, Chen Tian nodded seriously.

"I have read the diary of my mother's former queen, so..." Speaking of this, the childishness and peace in Sasha's eyes disappeared. Instead, it was a kind of sadness brought by nostalgia.

"So that's it!" Chen Tian's tone became much deeper. He stretched out his right hand and gently stroked the little princess' face. He soon felt that the delicate skin was wet with some liquid.

As Xiao Shasha grew up, Chen Tian found that she had inherited her mother's kindness and talent in language and music, coupled with her somewhat similar face, it made people feel that the respectable queen of the German Empire was reborn here.

"That experience is indeed the deepest memory of your descendants and I in my life!" What Chen Tian said was the half year they lived in Qingdao, and the experiences and experiences they had in Lushun. I believe that Lisa has written all these in her diary.

Sasha was crying, but she didn't sobbed. After a while, she raised her head and asked Chen Tian:

"The Japanese are very, very bad, aren't they? Why are there such a barbaric, shameless and cruel nation in the world?"

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Tian told her: "It is a unique nation in the world, a nation that should not exist from the beginning! They are cruel and warlike, enjoy killing people and slaughtering the city, holding advanced weapons but their minds are full of primitive and barbaric!"

It is such a nation that shamelessly occupied the Philippines and Hawaii without a single shot after the war between Germany and the United States, and it would be fine if they were waiting to reap the benefits of the fisherman. However, when the war between Germany and the United States was in full swing, they actually increased their troops to North Korea and Northeast China regardless of the three treaties of Germany, Japan and Russia. Their sinister intentions are well known to everyone!

"Then why did God let them exist in this world?" Sasha asked simply.

"Because God wants us to see clearly what evil is, and justice will sooner or later defeat evil!" Chen Tian clenched his fists. At this time, he remembered Rennie and everything in another world.

As a "world military police", shouldn't Germany do anything?

However, the disturbance of the attendant quickly brought Chen Tian’s father and daughter back to reality, and everything was free from discussion before defeating the Americans!

"Your Majesty, Marshal Boer and General Zecket are here!"

Although he was reluctant to interrupt the sincere conversation between Chen Tian and his daughter, Feng Jonalet understood that the importance of military intelligence was better than many things.

"Please go to the study!" Chen Tian breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Sasha: "My little princess, one day you will see a beautiful, profound, unparalleled China, I promise!"

Sasha nodded seriously.

When Chentian walked into the study, Boer and Zeket stood up from the sofa with anticipation.

"Although it's a bit slow, they're still here!"

Boer was the first to talk about it.

"They" refer not only to the US Pacific Fleet that had just arrived at the Port of Panama. Just over a dozen hours ago, the support fleet composed of the main force of the German North Sea Fleet, part of the Atlantic Fleet and part of the British Fleet also arrived in the Cuban waters. When the Americans were actively planning the "Glory of the Two Oceans", the fleet in Marshal Schell also quietly grew a lot. In addition to the five battleships, two aircraft carriers and 40 light ships of the support fleet led by Hippel, the German Atlantic Fleet, Schell already has 16 battleships, 6 battlecruisers, 9 main aircraft carriers and 5 escort aircraft carriers, and the light ships are in a vast and 200 battleships and warships are docked in the waters near Cuba.

"Yes, Your Majesty! The time to decide the victory and defeat is coming. It's a pity that we can't see the largest naval battle since the Iron Age with our own eyes!" Marshal Boer, the Minister of the Navy and Chief of the General Staff of the Navy, said with some regret.

"It doesn't matter, we are all witnesses of this great naval battle!" Chen Tian said calmly, as usual, Andres was still standing on his left hand.

"Your Majesty, it's a pity that the time left for us is not sufficient. At present, we have only established two temporary airports in Cuba. There are only two fighter squadrons, two dive bomber squadrons and a torpedo bomber squadron! In just three days, three days! This number will double!" The spoken was the Air Force Minister and Chief of the Air Force General Staff Zeket, Cuba's land-based fighter jets belong to the Air Force, so he also plays an important role in the upcoming naval battle.

Chen Tian thought with his fingers crossed. Many people, including neutral countries and allies, believed that attacking the United States was an overly risky decision, but only Chen Tian knew that his advanced thinking would make the impossible possible.

"Before the naval battle begins, we must make the air force stationed in Cuba as strong as possible, and let the engineering troops build and expand the runway overnight. We will draw some of the air force stationed in Mexico early tomorrow morning to transfer to Cuba! Everyone thinks that our navy will be in danger of being attacked by the US two-way fleet on both sides, so we will let them see if it is attacked on both sides or each one is defeated!"

"As for your order, your Majesty!"

Zecket accepted this order unconditionally. Compared with the Americans, Luftwaffe generals like him knew better how to use planes to deal with the huge masculines at sea. He did not bomb Pierceté before, instead of dragging the war into the quagmire of attrition and protracted war.

"Also, the Marine Corps must protect our airports. Although the army forces have defeated Cuba's armed forces, don't neglect the determination of some outlaws to work hard for the US government!"

Just four hours after Chen Tian said this, a group of Cuban militants, led by several American officers, attempted to attack a German military airport in southeastern Cuba, but fled after being violently counterattacked by German Marines.
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