Chapter 167 The Atlantic Strangulation Battle (55)
On the surging sea, the German aircraft carrier formation was moving slowly towards the southeast and south. Regarding the incidents of Newfoundland and the arrangements for subsequent retreats, Lieutenant General Belarus had told the mobile forces in full. Maschel immediately expressed his approval. Although Ze was unwilling to accept it, he had to admit that after the US airborne troops landed and the land-based aircraft strengthened, it was unrealistic to continue to use the Marines in their early 2,000s to bombard the hardtops of land-based aircraft that Azores traveled a long distance, and it was likely to lead to the destruction of the entire fleet.
This is not an alarmist statement, but a very likely situation: the aircraft carrier formation has now lost 40% of its power, the battleships have lost 1, the rest of the ships are injured, and the light and heavy cruisers have also suffered heavy losses. Although this loss is comparable to Britain and the United States, the naval heritage of Britain and the United States is not comparable to that of the Third Reich. Before the joint fleet travels westward, it cannot use its only fleet power to fight hard.
"Lieutenant General Bei also made a quick decision. We made a big mistake in this battle..." Crank said smoothly, "Yuan called and said that he would bear all the responsibility for this..."
Ze thought hard: "What is the problem with this battle until now?"
"The problem lies in the 100 captured ships and 1.4 million tons of supplies... He lost our direction." In the office, Hoffmann said calmly to Kettle, Denitz, Yodel and others, "Our original purpose was to destroy Newfoundland supplies and destroy the British and Canadian routes. If it was possible, the enemy fleet would be eliminated. The previous actions were very successful. The bad ones were captured by the more than 1 million tons of supplies. If these materials and ships were bombed, we would not have to work so hard. We could run away directly. But in order to save the billion-dollar supplies, not only the Marines came ashore, but the artillery fleet was also forced to stay near Newfoundland to attract firepower, and the aircraft carrier formations must also cover nearby. In other words, most of the losses of the artillery fleet were actually attributed to our greed..."
Everyone sighed. These are all military and political leaders in high positions. They will not be able to open their eyes or take steps just because of a little ordinary thing. It is really that the 2.5-billion-billion US dollars is too tempting.
"Fortunately, the materials can arrive in Azore today. We have saved 90% of them, and it is not a loss. As for the losses of warships..." Keitel persuaded, "The enemy has suffered much greater losses than ours. I don't think you have to be upset. The loss is too great. Then we will create a shortage of materials and workers. We can tilt the power of the navy a little. These materials can be converted into military expenses and returned to the navy at that time."
Denitz's face was normal and his mentality was calm: "First of the People's Republic of China, at least this time we fought head-on with Britain and the United States, and trained the team. They were not as terrible as we thought... The two strategic areas of Azores and Malay Island were also preserved. As for the direction of Cape Verde, the main force of our aircraft carrier formation is still there, and it is unknown who will win to death!"
"I hope General Ze can give us a surprise." Hoffman turned his head to Sperer, "We must be careful when building aircraft carriers in the future. In addition, both the Air Force and HNA have reported that the new aircraft are good. Although the whole has been lost at present, the performance shown in actual combat is remarkable. HNA has proposed to replace the original equipment with the d-412 and j-198, and at least more than half of the carrier-based aircraft must be replaced."
"As you wish, my head of state." Spel originally had a lot of complaints about the losses of the warship, but he didn't want to pursue this matter because of 1.4 million tons of supplies and nearly 100 cargo ships.
Hoffman turned his head to Yeshunnek and said, "HNA has suffered losses this time. Currently, front-line pilots (groups) have been killed and injured. More than 100 people have disappeared. The Air Force needs to find a way to help HNA fill this loss. 150 people (groups) are drawn from each Air Force wing. Excellent volunteers should not be reluctant to let go! Without HNA on the front line, Britain and the United States come to bomb the Western Front every day, and the Air Force will also not suffer losses!"
Faced with this request, what else could Yeshunnek have to agree. He heard that Hartman, who was just as good as the Air Force, shone brightly in HNA. In this battle, not only tied Marseille's record of shooting down one aircraft in a single day, but also created a crazy record of 4 consecutive shots in five days, with a total shooting down score of up to 4 aircraft. Not only did he receive the reward for promotion, he was awarded the Knight Cross. The head of state had personally expressed his desire to meet him and arrange a grand award ceremony. At that time, some of Hartman's brothers and superiors in the JG52 United now called him the commander, because the captain who was only 22 years old was incredible. Marseille was called the youngest captain in the Air Force, and this title now fell on Hartman.
However, the unhappy mood continued to disappear in less than half a minute. HNA was established entirely by the Air Force. Not only was the mentality completely consistent with the Air Force, but the atmosphere and coordinated operations were no different from the Air Force. This made the Air Force feel friendly and could also agree with the value concepts of its own people. What's more, Yeshunnek dared to bet that with the excitement of promotion and more honors, and with the ready-made role model of Hartmann, many people must have wanted to change jobs to HNA. Instead of stopping and not leaving, it would be better to take HNA's official hat away.
"Now let's look forward to whether the fleet can eat the British and American aircraft carrier formations that have been chased or the US fleet in Cape Verde..." Hoffmann is optimistic about the development of the subsequent war, "I think we still have a big advantage."
The news of the discovery of the German aircraft carrier formation was also sent to Cunningham as soon as possible. He still set the flagship on the Unicorn. This way of handling allowed him to escape the disaster in the Battle of Newfoundland. After receiving reinforcements from two aircraft carriers, his confidence further strengthened, and he was determined to take down the German fleet that escaped and completely reverse the situation in the Atlantic Ocean.
"After occupying Cape Verde and taking down the German fleet, our situation in the Atlantic will undergo a major change. Not only will the British-Canada route be restored, but Azores, Canary Islands, and West Africa Dakar are all under the deterrence of our army. If the army can be more powerful, send large troops to land in West Africa and continue to advance to North Africa, we can launch a strategic counterattack. As long as we pinch the Middle East tanker transportation line in the Mediterranean, Hitler's war machine will be exhausted. At that time, those powerful Tiger tanks were all a pile of scrap iron..."
Spruins didn't want to pour cold water on him, but he had to say something: "You can't expect too much from the US Army. The Army Division and the 5th Division were all disabled, and they still haven't taken the German army on Saar Island. Although Li Qiwei and the 101st Airborne Division recovered Newfoundland, they suffered heavy losses and had to go into rest... Just the land war, in a short time... hey... what......"
Cunningham was choked by this sentence, and he didn't know how to answer it for a long time: Listening to the fact that there were 10,000 German troops and 10,000 Argentines on the Malay Island, the US believed that 4 divisions would definitely not be able to chew, and at least 6-units were required. However, Spruins privately believed that 8-10 divisions might be needed, so the joint factor operation turned into a castle in the air and could not be pushed. Now no one mentioned the issue of the Malay Island strategy. As for the Azore, which is more strong in defense, more troops and more prepared by the German army, the staff members were speculating that General Turner would formulate a D or E plan, because the + plan could not be defeated at all. What is even more embarrassing is that the US military's high hopes for the M6 heavy tank was beaten to flee on Saar Island, and was not a tiger-like opponent at all. For land warfare, especially armored warfare, the United States would at least pay annual tuition fees.
"We have time to muster up the courage," Cunningham ordered, "Heading 115 degrees, advance at 24 knots, and strive to intercept the German fleet as soon as possible.
December 4th, 5th, and 6th also passed quietly. The two aircraft carrier formations in the depths of the ocean were moving quickly in the same direction. Everyone knew that the other party might be close, but no one noticed the other party. The focus of the axis and the alliance was all concentrated on Saar Island.
As Sprounz expected
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