Chapter 801 Three Generals Top
"Tighten the mast rope and pay attention to your feet!"
"Be careful of the antenna and put away the signal flag!"
"Wo."
In the diving bay of Miami Port, the wind is roaring, the tide is surging, and the new battleship New Mexico of the U.S. Navy, which has only been delivered for two months, is like a slam board, bumping back and forth between the waves. Hundreds of sailors who are busy strengthening vulnerable parts such as exposed antennas are washed upside down by the waves on the deck. The hurricane was wrapped in white waves, and waves hit nearly 36,000 tons of ships.
Because the combat target is the Guam class, the displacement of the New Mexico-class battleship is several thousand tons larger than in history, and it also uses four triple L45/381mm main guns, but the United States never expected that the opponent was replaced by a 406mm gun, so the United States is planning to replace the next few ships. The 406mm main gun is still under development.
However, in the face of the manic Caribbean hurricane, any artificial miracle has become extremely small. From a distance, it is stationed here. The British and American fleet with a total displacement of more than one million tons is like a slamboard on the waves, surging back and forth. If it hadn't been for the early connection of the ships with cables to resist the strong wind, it might have been long ago. There is a situation of ship destruction and death.
The Caribbean hurricane season, which began at the end of May, is a terrible demon that no ship sailing here wants to encounter. For hundreds of years, more ships have sunk in the storm than the islands here. The white waves several meters high are the last sight sailors want to see.
On the outskirts of Miami, Antoine hugged the child and his wife tightly and huddled in the corner and looked helplessly at the cabin in front of him, which had taken half a month to build, turned into ruins.
Beside him, there are many companions from Panama who, like him, stand numbly in the wind and rain, staring at the fruits of months of hard work being swept away by the hurricane. Many people are crying and others are angry. They betrayed their country with the support of the United States and handed over the Panama Canal to this powerful neighbor, but no one expected that they were just sheep in wolf skin! In the face of the powerful Chinese people, in addition to failure, they finally lost their country.
In disappointment, they boarded the ship and followed the deserters to the United States and came to the beautiful Florida. When everyone thought they could start over in this country, they were abandoned here like garbage, living a life without clothes every day.
There is no food, no work, and you can't leave the slum at will. Even if the hurricane has swept away everything now, there will be no mercy.
No root, noping.
Thinking of facing homelessness again from today, Antoine sighed deeply. His hand holding his wife and son was just tighter. A speedy truck rolled up countless mud and rolled him and his family in it.
"Damn it, these white bastards!"
"I'm going to kill him!"
"Bastard, if you have the ability to find the Chinese!"
Sitting in the car, the young Franklin Delano Roosevelt ignored the shouts of Antoine and other Panamanian refugees behind him, but even if he heard it, he would choose to ignore them, because he was unwilling to accept these people from the bottom of his heart. In his opinion, accepting these lost countries was not conducive to the victory of the war, but brought Refugees with unrest, disease and drugs are not good for the current United States.
However, he has never expressed his dissatisfaction with refugees in front of outsiders. Since his uncle Roosevelt died unexpectedly in Cuba ten years ago, he has become less silent. Although he is regarded as a political rookie in the United States, he knows what he should do and what to say.
The car was parked at the door of the best Royal Palm Hotel in Miami. The young Assistant Secretary of the United States of the Navy was worried and hurriedly. He didn't even have time to look at the soldiers standing around him, so he immediately rushed into the hall. After arriving on the fourth floor along the spiral ladder, he found that there were already many British and American admirals and others. In front of the specially opened conference room, either talking quietly, or standing in front of the window and looking at the fleet in the storm frowned.
He is just a civilian of the navy. He can't get involved in the naval war discussed by the generals. In addition, this visit to Miami is just to coordinate the liaison between the British and American navies. Because many American generals are not very satisfied with letting Jellico command the combined fleet, they talked to several familiar generals. After two sentences, he walked to the window and waited patiently.
Looking out from his position, you can have a panoramic view of the small city of Miami. Miami, where there were only more than 8,000 permanent residents before the war, is now full of nearly 30,000 people, most of whom are locals who came here when the United States retreated from Panama.
A crisp sound of footsteps in the distance of the corridor woke him up. He turned his head and saw that he was wearing a straight British navy uniform and won the Battle of the Des Lands. The only Lieutenant General Jellico of the United Kingdom and the United States, who currently had experience in commanding the Grand Fleet, came here calmly with his adjutant and staff.
He is calm and steady, and his swing shows the demeanor of a traditional aristocrat and an excellent general of the navy.
This is Jellico's first impression, but when he approached, Roosevelt, who was good at observation, still saw a faint solemnity between Jellico's eyebrows.
"General Benson, nice to meet you."
As soon as Jellico took William Benson's hand, he saw Roosevelt approaching and asked, "Hello, are you?"
"Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, I will be responsible for your connection with our navy from now on." Roosevelt smiled and stretched out his hand: "It's a pleasure to serve you, General."
"Roosevelt? Theodore is.
"It's my uncle." Roosevelt nodded sadly.
"I'm very sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned it."
"No, I'm proud of my uncle. He's for this country."
Jerco smiled and patted the polite young man on the shoulder, regained his calmness just now, and said with a smile, "Go in. I think everyone should be a little anxious."
As Jellico walked into the conference room with William Benson, the Secretary of the U.S. Navy, the atmosphere suddenly became solemn, because everyone already knows the content of today's meeting. The one, which was invincible in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, defeated the Italian navy in one fell swoop in the Ionian Sea not long ago, and also made Jelico good. You, the naval fleet defeated by Delan's vanguard David Betty's fleet has once again sent more troops to the Caribbean!
"Guys, this is the information we just got."
Jelko personally walked to the map and pointed to Limon Bay and San Lorenzo Fortress at the mouth of the Caribbean in the eastern section of the Panama Canal. His voice was low and solemn: "Two days ago, Wei Guo, the fifth aircraft carrier of the Chinese Navy, arrived in San Lorenzo.
This is the fifth of the Western Qin-class aircraft carriers, which belongs to their Third Fleet. At the same time, it also arrived with the two Spanish-class battleships captured by them, the battleship Nagato of the navy and the battleship of the Korean navy, the battleship Pyongyang (both former U.S. Nevada-class battleships), a new type as the Mediterranean fleet. An-class heavy cruisers and two light cruisers.
So far, their fleet concentrated in Limon Bay has 5 large aircraft carriers, 4 Guam-class battleships, 4 Hebei-class battleships, 1 Xi'an-class heavy cruisers, 4 third-country battleships, as well as 15 light cruisers, more than 50 destroyers and about 20 submarines.
At the other end of the canal in Panama City, there are also four Yanjing-class battleships and a number of cruisers and destroyers. In addition, according to the latest information we have, a Western Qin-class aircraft carrier and a Taiwan-class battleship entered the end of fitting-in a week ago. It is estimated that they will be delivered and start sea trials in the near future.
Roosevelt silently recorded Jelico's words, and the tip of the pen trembled slightly.
Although everyone expected that this would be an unprecedented naval confrontation, when the Xinhua Navy sent nearly half of its capital ships to Panama into the Caribbean, it still gave him a sense of depression.
In addition to the strength of the other party, which worried him, Xinhua's equipment manufacturing ability in the war also surprised him. Take the sixth Western Qin-class large aircraft carrier Bashu and the heavy cruiser Xi'an in the Mediterranean as an example, which began to be built in 1913. So far, it has only been completed for only three years. It has been launched and delivered in batches. This is still a country that was looked down upon by the United States 20 years ago and could only build small cruisers. Compared with the United States before the war, the speed has not been much better.
"According to the information we have, there are three officers who have arrived in the Caribbean." Jelico's voice sounded again, making everyone, including Roosevelt, prick up their ears. Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy was the most important job before the war, so they also wanted to know who came this time.
"Sa Zhenbing, 57 years old, Lieutenant General. He is currently the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Fleet of the Royal Xinhua Navy. He was born in the Beiyang Navy of China. He studied at the Greenwich Naval Academy in China and was the first captain of the cruiser. When Li Mo founded the country, he served as the captain of a heavy cruiser in the Pacific Fleet. He participated in the naval battle of Micronesia and the naval battle against the Russian-Sipiru Island, and more than a year ago. The Australian naval battle (imperial counterattack) defeated General Claxton, but also lost his left arm due to a serious injury, because he challenged two battleships in the Battle of Westbil Island, which was known as the "Northern Ocean Knife" in Xinhua.
Fang Jin, 47 years old, lieutenant general, nicknamed "Man Niu". The current battleship formation of the First Fleet of the Royal Xinhua Navy, the former battleship captain of the Xinhua Pacific Fleet, is the core general of the navy when Li Mo started his home. He participated in all the naval battles in Xinhua before and forced into the port of Cuba with impact tactics. He is very good at commanding battleships and fights bravely and fiercely! In the previous naval battle of the Gulf of Panama, it was precisely because of his obstruction that General Mayo was unable to converge with Lieutenant General Andrew, and finally.
In order to take care of the emotions of the American [***] officials, Jelico stagnated for a moment before taking out the third photo: "Le Fei, 45 years old, Lieutenant General. The current commander-in-chief of the Royal Naval Air Force in Xinhua has also participated in all the naval battles in Xinhua before, and commanded the cruiser formation to shell the port of Banda Aceh in the naval battle of Westbil Island, causing tens of thousands of deaths and injuries, known as the "Navy butcher". After that, he was hidden by Li Moxue, returned to the Naval Academy for further study and served as a lecturer. Two years later, he began to transfer. Secretly train naval pilots, explore the experience of aircraft carriers, and return to the front-line naval commanders in the naval battle of Fowles Bay, South Africa.
I hope you can pay special attention to this person. He has been known as the father of the Royal Xinhua Naval Air Force. At present, all the aircraft carrier captains, pilots and tactical staff in their navy are from his door! And he is also the first officer to win the war by aircraft carrier alone. He is currently the commander with the most complete aircraft carrier and aircraft use experience and the richest tactics in the world!"
Jelko looked at Roosevelt, who was recording, and took a deep breath: "With all due respect, we have met the three most difficult opponents. Although we have an advantage in the number of ships, environment, geography and supplies, the balance is still tilted towards them!"
(to be continued)