Just as Hoffman visited Ireland, the United Nations Association of Washington was discussing the situation of war, and the atmosphere of the meeting was quite depressing and bitter.

Clark reports: "The German army is attacking British Guiana, and the British team there are considering changing the gate. The remaining division of our army is not enough to resist the German attack. However, the British do not want to do it very well, and only hope that we can retreat from Guyana."

"How many German troops were there in total that attacked Guyana?"

"It's not too much, about 80,000." In fact, this statistics are not accurate. Mandofir's attack force did not exceed 50,000, but the technical force and combat effectiveness displayed scared the Allies. Now they are generally in panic, which is called "South Africa Panic"!

"There are three divisions in the British Guiana area with more than three troops. Not to mention the unswerving British people, even if they are unwavering and resolutely resist to the end, they are not enough to deal with such wars. General Stilwell wanted to use Matthew's army, but Recife was also very important, and it was temporarily out of reach."

Stilwell and Li Qiwei have a clear division of labor. As the highest commander of the Allied South American theater, Stilwell is responsible for the entire South American battlefield. In theory, the front lines of Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, and Colombia are all in the South American theater. Li Qiwei is only responsible for managing the 5th Army of the US Army, but the most important and core force is still the 240,000 US troops near Recife.

"We speculate that the next target of the German army may be Trinidad and Tobago, or Venezuela, but the former is more likely. Once the German army occupy Trinidad and Tobago, our army's transportation lines in South America will face a major threat."

Nimitz shook his head and explained: "It is not just a major threat, but the transportation line has been under major threats. If the German army really occupy Trinidad and Tobago, it may cut off the transportation line in the direction of Recife."

After the Germans occupied the Guyana line, a continuous air defense network was established centered on the four ports of Georgetown, Paramaribo, Kuru and St. Louis, which forced US transport ships to stay away from the American coastline and transport them to the southeast after crossing the waterway between Granada and Trinidad and Tobago. Transport teams without a reliable base cover must sail more than 2,000 nautical miles longer than the English-Canadian route from Newfoundland to Britain.

Turner originally formulated that the tactic of "operating during the day and entering at night" was completely unworkable, and more and more transport ships and supply ships were sunk by German submarines, repeating the mistakes of the British-Canadian route, the navy was almost transporting with tears in his eyes.

"Once the German army occupied one of Trinidad, Tobago or Granada, it means that the Caribbean arc defense line has been broken by the German army, and this transportation line can basically be confirmed to be cut off!"

Dewey frowned and asked, "Did Matthew formulate a plan to counterattack St. Louis?"

“There is indeed such a plan,

But the Navy believes it is not realistic." Spruins explained calmly, "To land in St. Louis, the Atlantic main fleet must cover the army. If we fight with the German main fleet during this period, the most critical reason is that the two sides have not completely changed the issue of imbalance in the power comparison."

Currently, the Atlantic Fleet has 5 Essex-class aircraft carriers, 1 Iowa-class battleship, 3 Alaska-class combat patrols, and a basic force of 5+4; while the main force of the Axial Combined Fleet has 5 fleet aircraft carriers (Zepplin, Jeanbar, Dunkirk and 2 Grievance-class armored aircraft carriers), 8 battleships (4 Venetto, Tirpitz, Richelieu, and 2 Scharnhorst-class)

Nimitz added: "It's 9 ships, because the Lion has just been in service, and the German army has controlled her."

The fleet aircraft carriers of both sides are basically the same, but the German army has a significant advantage in the field of battleships. The combat effectiveness of the Alaska-class combat patrol is only equivalent to the weakest Schánhorst class among the Axis battleships. What’s more troublesome is that it is basically impossible for the US military to serve new battleships in 1945, but in 1946, it can harvest 2 Iowa and 2 Alaska-class ships in one go.

"But the German army is said to be able to harvest the Avant-garde in this year (1945), and next year the Barbarians."

When saying this, the senior management of the US Navy did not know that the German army was preparing to change the Man Yong to an air defense battleship, and it was still recommended based on the standard battleship construction progress. In the German timetable, the Man Yong must be in service in June during the outfitting stage, and the air defense battleship was built much faster than the traditional battleship!

In fact, the Axis Combined Fleet has really become the European Combined Fleet: Germany only has 4 of the 14 main battleships, Italy provides 4, France provides 3, and Britain provides 3. If the Man Yong and the Forward are included, the British provides 5 warships!

"Damn British" Dewey couldn't help but curse secretly.

Assuming that all these British ships are in the hands of the United States, the aircraft carriers on both sides will become 8:3, the battleships will become 6:8, and the strategic situation of the US Navy will be completely reversed.

"We can get four more Essex-class aircraft carriers before the end of February." Turner said expressionlessly, "When these four warships are in service, you will have a better chance of winning."

MacArthur shook his head and expressed disagreement: "The situation of the war is deteriorating very hard now, and I am afraid we cannot wait for the gathering of forces calmly. Besides, our warships will increase, so won't the enemy warships increase? If we wait blindly, we will never find the right time."

MacArthur guessed that Germany would have two modified Yunlong class ships in December. Considering that Italy has contributed 4 aircraft carriers in succession and were all sunk, and the delivery of two Giant class ships obtained from the UK was postponed because of giving way to Japan. In order to strengthen German-Italy relations, the first German-built Yunlong class aircraft carrier was named Sicily. It was agreed that if it survives after the war, it would belong to Italy (other delivery one). In addition, after the construction of the axis class is completed, it will be given at least one ship to Italy. The Trieste can be called or other Apennines.

The above does not include the part that Italy has built on its own (although some of Germany's resources and technical forces are used), and Hoffman agreed. Considering that Italy is also required to support Germany in various affairs, it even generously stated that it could give one more ship and then a batch of submarines, the Italians were very satisfied with this.

"Although the main force of naval warfare is currently aircraft carriers and battleships are not decisive, we do not have the upper hand in the field of aircraft carriers. What's more troublesome is that our carrier-based pilots are not as good as our opponents. Mitchell's power is to place all the surviving pilots of the Pacific Fleet into the Pacific Fleet. Another factor that has to be considered is," Spruins said slowly, "The Japanese Joint Fleet. If we fight too fiercely with the Germans, the Atlantic Fleet will suffer too much, let alone 1945, 1946 or even 1947, don't think of counterattacking. Once the Japanese army has two years to consolidate their defense against the Hawaiian Islands, I'm afraid we will have to pay an unbearable price in the future."

Dewey browsed: "What's the price?"

"The specific plan has not been done yet, but I applied the C+ plan plan," Turner sighed. "If Japan occupies Hawaii and has more than one year to consolidate defense, we may have to dispatch 1,520 fleet aircraft carriers and 4,050 escort aircraft carriers, and then use 15.2 million army forces to attack in turn, the loss may exceed 60%."

"Wait" Dulles, who had been frowning and listening, suddenly interrupted Turner's words, "Can you please tell me about this C+ plan in detail?"

Then Turner roughly explained the plan to attack Azore.

"Why do we need such a strong force and such heavy losses?" Dulles frowned, "Although I don't understand military affairs, as far as I know, we don't seem to have such a strong force when the Japanese attack is launched? Why does our attack require such a great power comparison in the opposite direction? I can understand that there is a difference in combat power between our army and the German army, and the combat power between us and the Japanese army is so great? When did Japan become so capable?"

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to answer the Secretary of State’s question. Dewey silently applauded: He felt that the current group of soldiers had become a little unrestrained enough after being frustrated many times, or in other words, lack of confidence.

Nimitz sighed: "Although I am reluctant to admit it, the Japanese navy is currently stronger than ours. In terms of cooperation strength and combat capabilities, it also overwhelms the European Combined Fleet; as for the Japanese Army, although it cannot be compared with the German army, it has also received strong assistance and support from the German army. This time, the Japanese army attacked Molokai Island and Maui, except for the rifles domestically produced, the remaining heavy equipment are almost all European-cargo British Spitfire fighters, Churchill tanks, Cromwell tanks; German armored vehicles, landing crafts, tiger tanks; French light artillery; even Russian T34 tanks and our Browning heavy machine guns and Sherman tanks."
Chapter completed!