Chapter 804 Jellico's Concerns

At the door of the temporarily requisitioned Royal Pam Hotel, the officers went in and out endlessly, and everyone's face was full of worries.

The Allies have increased their troops again!

Only a week after the arrival of the fifth aircraft carrier fleet, four old battleships from Colombia and Peru also drilled out of the canal, and four Xinhua naval supply ships with displacement of more than 10,000 tons arrived.

In the past, who would look up to the old-fashioned battleships of Colombia and Peru, but now it is very different. With the Royal Xinhua Navy in front, they can easily go deep into the maritime traffic line and attack the allied troops stationed on the Caribbean islands.

What is in front of Jelico is a thorny problem, because Panama has an air wing stationed in Xinhua, with at least 80 aircraft of aircraft of all kinds, plus the carrier aircraft on five motherships, which makes it impossible for him to block Panama's Limon Bay like Germany before the enemy's superior air force, causing his opponent to Get in and out of the Caribbean Sea very easily.

Although some small-scale reconnaissance and cruisers of the two sides have achieved some results, compared with the main decisive battle, these results are almost negligible.

Standing in front of the chart, Jellico, holding coffee, suddenly found himself in a dilemma.

Previously, everyone thought that Xinhua would definitely fight quickly after opening the canal to avoid falling into a long-term war of attrition, because their supply line was too long, and several commanders who came were famous for their hot temper and rapid warfare in sports.

As the Ionian Sea did, it launched a surprise attack only five days after entering the Mediterranean Sea, using the Austro-Hungarian navy to attract Italy and carry out a quick decisive battle!

Thinking of Betty's experience, he is still dazzled by the confrontation in the Ionian Sea. Gu Junhuo, the new commander of the Xinhua Seventh Fleet, who was remembered by countless people overnight, is a master of tricks. His tactics seem simple and direct, but they contain a very clear psychological war.

First of all, he took advantage of the Austro-Hungarian navy and deliberately let Betty find that there were two capital ships missing. At this time, no matter who would think that they would respond to the Austro-Hungarian navy to break through, and Italy alone could not stop the two Guam and the Austro-Hungarian First Battleship Fleet, so Betty I have to go to help.

It seems that this move is to help the Austro-Hungarian navy break through, but in fact, he only took out two Guam-class ships and dragged seven Austro-Hungarian battleships and kidnapped the Austro-Hungarian navy in disguise, making Del Fino have to grit his teeth for a decisive battle.

In fact, at that time, Betty had already thought of the other party's aircraft carrier, so she deployed two reconnaissance lines 200 kilometers away from the Ionian Sea near the Otorente Strait, for fear of being suddenly attacked by enemy aircraft.

But no one expected that Gu Junho did not let the aircraft carrier enter the strait 200 kilometers, but went around the south of Tarantto Bay. He did an unexpected opposite nearly 300 kilometers away from the strait. He did not target the fleet but attacked Taranto, completely disrupting the deployment of Italy and Betty. It made the Italian navy a lonely ghost wandering on the sea.

It can be said that it was Tarantto's accidental attack that destroyed the last psychological defense line of the Italian navy, leading to a complete collapse, and even Betty fell in.

Therefore, Jelico also thought that after the enemy entered the Caribbean Sea, Xinhua's Fifth Special Squadron would also fight quickly, because they could do this with their aviation advantages, but they didn't expect that they were not in a hurry this time, and the three hot-tempered lieutenant generals seemed to be different. It's like coming to the Caribbean like a vacation rather than a battle.

The first invisible confrontation, I lost!

Jelko took a sip of coffee. He admitted this, because all his previous arrangements were prepared according to the rapid decisive battle immediately after the other party entered the Caribbean Sea. For this reason, he also formulated a way to break up the battleship formation and use the islands and night cover to break through the aircraft carrier's 200-kilometer combat circle.

Now all preparations are useless, because it is impossible for the capital ship to leave the port to fight for a long time, unless there is a special large supply ship like the Xinhua Navy, and in this regard, he also admits that it is not as good as Xinhua, so he has to take back the sub-fleet arranged everywhere in the Gulf of Mexico into a fist.

His eyes slowly went south along the Caribbean Sea, and Jellico's eyes were on Cape Town and Falkland Island.

From the Guam class to the first entry into the Atlantic Ocean, to the first power of the Falls Bay aircraft carrier, the South African fleet to the Seychelles failed again! The Xinhua Navy has been in this place three times, so will there be a fourth place?

This is what he is most worried about, because in Perth, Australia, opposite South Africa, a seemingly small fleet is also quietly gathering!

At present, Xinhua currently has a total of 6 Xiqin-class aircraft carriers and 2 Yinshang-class aircraft carriers in service, including three in the Mediterranean Sea, five on its own side, and two just launched. At least it is impossible to officially join the army by mid-July.

Of course, as an excellent naval officer, he, like the legendary Lukener, will not forget to be known as the most powerful Taiwan-class battleship in the world.

There are four known Taiwan-class ships, two of which have been delivered, one in the Mediterranean Sea, and the other in Perth! The third one is said to have reached the end of the assembly and is expected to be delivered in September, while the fourth will not be put into service until at least the beginning of next year.

Based on these calculations, excluding warships entering the Mediterranean Sea and the Caribbean Sea, Xinhua can mobilize three Jilin-class, three Dalian-class, one Taiwan-class, four Hebei-class and three light carriers.

The first six of them are said to have been used as artillery support ships by the general class of the Xinhua Navy, and the last four Hebei class are being rotated and repaired between India and shipyards. Military operations will not be resumed before August. So the most threatening ones are all in Perth, which are one Taiwan class and three light carriers!

That's why he asked Campbell to lead the remaining Malaya and two Nelson-class battleships of the Indian fleet to station in Cape Verde.

If a Taiwan-class ship comes in, then Campbell can rely on the Cape Verde base for at least a few days. There is enough time to send troops to reinforce, but if more than one comes, then!

"General."

Just as Jelico was worried about the Taiwan-class battleship Perth, the young Roosevelt came in with a telegram. Since the last meeting, he has remained in Jelico as a liaison and intelligence officer for the fleet.

"This is the information just transferred from Lyon. Two businessmen stranded in the Dutch West Indies found a Taiwan-class battleship heading for Singapore along the Strait of Malacca off the coast of Banda Aceh. According to the bow number, it is confirmed to be the second Shandong in the class."

"Shandong!"

Jelko frowned suddenly, and the Shandong was the Taiwan-class one stationed in Perth before.

"How did it go back to Singapore? And when this war is imminent, are your previous speculations wrong? Are the Chinese really not going to send the strongest battleships to participate in this war?

"Where is the Taiwan?"

"The Taiwan returned to Port of Said from Malta three days ago yesterday. It is said that there was a failure in the power system and we need to return to Djibouti. Our intelligence officers have also confirmed that two maintenance ships have departed from Guangzhou and entered the Indian Ocean through Malacca yesterday afternoon. It is predicted that they may be going to Support the Taiwan." Roosevelt replied immediately.

Power failure?!

Jerco slowly put down the already cold coffee cup and looked at the chart. Looking at the chart, he suddenly had an illusion, as if he saw one large, one small and two entangled poisonous snakes. Naturally, the big one was the large fleet stationed in Limon Bay, Panama, and the other was the sudden "failure" Taiwan class!

He was worried about the big snake on the front, but he was sure of the battle based on the Caribbean environment, but the "little snake" far away from the African continent always gave him a feeling of cold all over his body.

"Temption to the Ministry of Intelligence that you must report the movement of two Taiwan-class ships to me every day!"

"Yes, General." After Roosevelt finished answering, his eyebrows suddenly twisted again, so that Jellico, who had been paying attention to him, found the problem and asked, "What else?"

"General, it's Paris." Roosevelt sighed from the bottom of his heart and said the news he had just received about the Battle of Paris.

It turned out that after Kitchiner and Ferdinand Fuch came to the front line in person, the Allied forces were indeed refreshed and re-strengthened their attack on Paris. In particular, the left army once approached Paris and shelled Paris with more than 100,000 shells.

But no one expected that the night before yesterday, tens of thousands of Italian troops on the front line in Paris suddenly received orders to retreat to resist the full attack of Austria-Hungary.

Tens of thousands of weak Italian soldiers can't change anything, but the problem is that the news of leaving was known by the German army. They actually completed the direct plug with the help of the tank troops before Britain and France made up for the gap, breaking through 70 kilometers in one fell swoop, exposing the flanks of the four French Army Group to German artillery.

In addition to the four French army groups in danger, the retreat of Italy and Germany is so coincidental that people have to suspect that a secret agreement has been reached between Italy and Germany!

Marshal Kitsynner has detained tens of thousands of Italian troops, saying that they should thoroughly investigate whether there is collusion. But Jellico understands that such a thorough investigation is meaningless, because no one dares to force tens of thousands of Italian troops to immediately turn against each other at this moment, not to mention hundreds of thousands of Spanish troops who are still stranded in France in the rear. If they make a big move, it will be really lively.

So it is a forehead for the Italian and Spanish allied forces to return to their own countries. As for the German army's ability to grasp the warplanes so accurately, in fact, everyone knows that now it depends on whether the two generals, Kits, Kitsina and Fuch, have the ability to stabilize the situation.

Jerco pinched his eyebrows hard, his heart was as uncomfortable as sinking into an ice cellar, and his body seemed to be pressed with hundreds of tons of weight and unable to breathe! Everyone can see that the Allies are on the verge of collapse, and the only way to save this situation is to win an exciting victory!

The U.S. Army has no need to count on whether it can stop the Chinese from entering Washington in the next year.

There is no hope for the Battle of Paris. Even if Marshal Kitchinner has a heart, it is only a war of attrition in a short time. After all, the defensive strength of the German army does not rely on bragging, and the rest is only on its own side! He finally understood why the Xinhua Navy was unwilling to fight, because at this moment, the initiative of the war had changed hands, and it was really anxious to become an alliance rather than an alliance.

There are only two roads left in front of him, which have been going on like this. The last shot is to see that Spain and Italy's final withdrawal will lead to the complete collapse of the agreement. The second is to fight for a decisive battle as soon as possible.

How can a decisive battle be so easy? Just as Jellico was in trouble, the voice of the staff officer sounded at the door.

"General, the Royal Ark and Invincible are coming."

(to be continued)