"The opportunity is here! They all fly with me... Remember, you can't get close to the coastline!"

When Radsch saw the constant flashing of flames on the land in the distance, he knew that it was the most critical time, so while carefully flying the plane, he reminded his subordinates to stay away from the coastline through his throat communicator. This was not only to avoid anti-aircraft guns, but also to prevent the plane from crashing on Trinidad after being hit. If the plane crashed on the island, the "oyster thunder" on the plane would fall into the hands of the Americans. By studying the "oyster thunder", the Americans would quickly find a way to crack it and would also imitate it.

The plane flew for a few minutes and was closer to the south entrance of the Bay of Paria. The pilot suddenly reported with a sharp voice that the radar found two fast moving ships at the entrance of the Bay! Almost at the same time, a fan-shaped blue light of the searchlight had been released from the sea, but because the distance was too far, the searchlight did not shine on Radsch's plane.

"It should be the entrance to the Strait." Rad pressed his throat communicator with his glove-wearing finger. "Note that 8th Squadron, you are 5,000 meters south of that American destroyer (he guessed it was a destroyer)."

"Okay, okay... It's a pity that there are no torpedoes, otherwise they can kill it."

The squadron leader of the 8th torpedo bomber squadron came from the headphones, and the voice of some regrets was heard. Just two American light ships would never escape the pursuit of more than ten ju188e-2 torpedo bombers!

However, in order to carry as many mines as possible, the operation to block Trinidad with as few missions as possible can be completed with the 100 aircraft of the 11th Torpedo Bombing Aviation Regiment tonight did not carry torpedoes.

"Boom boom boom..."

Two American destroyers on the sea began to fire desperately with 10 1m cannons, as if they wanted to stop the German planes from rushing into the bay. Two low-altitude flights were hit by shrapnel shot from 1m. One of them turned into a ball of fire in the air, and one of the engines caught fire. They could only throw mines and flew to the nearby Amacuro Delta region of Venezuela. There were sparsely populated areas, swamp wetlands and tropical rainforests everywhere, which were not suitable for large troops to station. However, the United States and Germany's jungle warfare units established strongholds in the rainforests, and each used some bayonets, daggers and other gadgets to buy several Indian tribes as helpers. Therefore, German pilots were still likely to be rescued after parachuting or landing in that area.

The remaining aircraft, except for 12 ju188e-2s belonging to the 8th Squadron of the 11th Torpedo Bombing Aviation Regiment, threw mines and left, they all passed over the two American destroyers and rushed into the open Bay of Paria.

"Did you see the fire on the right? Lieutenant Colonel? It seems that the bomber covering us has really blown up many valuable targets." Radsch's navigator discovered that there were fire and smoke everywhere in Trinidad. Obviously, many missiles hit targets that could cause fire. However, he did not know that the Luftwaffe adopted the tactic of low-cost aircraft guiding missiles in this operation, and he thought that the bomb dropped by the bomber had achieved good results.

"At least it made a lot of noise, attracting Americans' attention." Lieutenant Colonel Radsch said, "It's time for us to show off!"

He pressed the throat communicator again and began to assign tasks. The northern entrance to the Bay of Paria is the main passage for American ships to enter and exit, and must be blocked with the most mines, so Rads sent four squadrons to perform the mission. The remaining three squadrons were spread out to lay mines in shallow waters near the coastline in the bay. The reason why all mines were not placed at the two entrances of the bay was to increase the difficulty of mine sweeping.

The essence of mine warfare is not to sink many enemy ships, but to block the enemy's waterways, making their ports unusable or difficult to use. Therefore, "sweep resistance" is the 180 "oyster mines" that must be considered when laying mines. It is definitely a nightmare for the US Navy's minesweeper troops. I don't know how many deep-water bombs it will take to remove them!

When hundreds of "Oyster Thunders" were thrown into the sea, more than a thousand night fighters were fighting on Trinidad. The biggest difference between night combat and daytime combat is that it is difficult to distinguish between enemies and us. Although there are radars and searchlights on night aircraft, the radar cannot distinguish between enemies and us, and the searchlights dare not turn on easily. Therefore, the fighting between night fighters between both sides is a very test of the pilot's nerves. In such a battle that can be accidentally hit at any time, recruits with superb skills but have not participated in any actual combat are sometimes more dangerous than the enemy. Because they are nervous, they often open fire blindly when distinguishing the target, and about half of the targets they hit are their own planes!

Most of the German night fighter pilots are veterans. They compete with the British and Soviets in the night sky in Europe for nearly five years and have developed a calm mind. They will not fire randomly in the night melee.

Because many American night fighter pilots were shot down by their own people, the exchange ratio of this night air battle was definitely a big disadvantage to the Americans. About 4 American planes were shot down before they could be replaced with one German plane. However, because the combat area was over Trinidad controlled by the United States, American pilots were more likely to be rescued, and the losses of American and German pilots were about 2.5:1, which was not too disadvantageous for the United States. Moreover, because it was night fight and night fighters were against night fighters (both sides were more flexible and easy to avoid), the intensity was not comparable to daytime combat, so the total loss was not too large.

But the next morning, the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who were meeting in the Pentagon were still shocked.

What surprised them was not the losses of night fighters, but the new tactic of "aircraft cover missiles" adopted by Germany. Although the missiles that attacked Trinidad last night did not cause much loss, this tactic undoubtedly increased the difficulty of night interception operations. Because it was not a clumsy heavy bomber, but night fighters with powerful firepower and relatively flexible missiles and missiles that were difficult to shoot down.

This means that night fighters have lost the ability to protect cities from night bombing because if they choose to attack missiles, they will become targets for enemy night fighters, which is equivalent to trading the lives of the pilot for missiles!

If they do not attack missiles, then these missiles will land on U.S. cities or bases, causing losses and causing panic.

In addition, there was a bad news that shocked the members of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. The US military technicians on Trinidad found equipment suspected of radio remote control devices on the unexploded German missiles they picked up, and no other guidance devices were found.

This shows that the guidance method of the incoming missile is guided by an aircraft and remotely controlled is relatively reliable. If it is used to attack large cities on the East Coast, it will be troublesome.

A few American generals looked at me, and I looked at you, and when I was a little overwhelmed, a Pentagon staff officer hurried into the conference room.

"Sir, the 3rd Navy Fleet Command (currently stationed in the Port of Spain in Trinidad) reported that the Germans were likely to have thrown new mines in the Bay of Paria."

"New mines?" Naval Minister of Operations General Ernest King asked, "Has the minesweeper exploded?"

The staff nodded and said, "After the air strike, the Third Fleet Command immediately dispatched 10 minesweepers to use electromagnetic minesweepers and lightning guards to clear the waterway. As a result, the mines did not sweep, but the minesweepers were sank 6..."

It is actually common for minesweepers to be sunk by mines, but six minesweepers were sunk at once, and none of them were swept away. There was no doubt that they had encountered a new type of mine.

"Damn it, the Bay of Paria is blocked!" William Lexi, who was sitting at the top of the conference table, immediately understood what was going on.

"William, when will the Bay of Paria be reopened?" Army Chief of Staff Marshall asked with a frown.

The Bay of Paria is the main passage into Trinidad. If it is blocked, how can the logistics supply of nearly thousands of aircraft on the island and hundreds of thousands of Americans be solved?

"It's hard to say," William Lexi shook his head. "If they can catch their new mines, they may find a way to crack them in a few weeks. Otherwise... if you don't know the principle of fuse detonation of this mine, you can only use deep-water bombs to blow up a channel. This is not only a waste of ammunition, but also very time-consuming and requires repeated explosions. In this process, the Germans are likely to lay more mines."

"So what to do with the supply of Trinidad?" Marshall asked. Of course, there are many reserve materials on Trinidad, but due to the huge garrison on the island, the daily consumption is also astronomical. If the island is blocked for several weeks, the problem is not big. If it is blocked for several months, the army above may surrender without fighting.

"Let's use air transport first." William Lexi glanced at Arnold, "Henry, can the Army Air Force complete this mission?"

Henry Arnold was stunned. There were so many people, so many equipment, and so many planes on Trinidad, and the daily consumption was astronomical. The canned lunch meat that American soldiers hated alone consumed hundreds of thousands of them a day. How could it be transported by airplane?
Chapter completed!