Chapter 809 July Fire 4

Fort San Lorenzo, two small seaplanes landed on the sea almost at the same time, stirring up two white waves.

Looking at the landing plane, Sa Zhenbing walked to the headquarters conference room and asked, "How's Fang Jin over there?"

As a staff officer, Zhang Zuolin followed step by step and said, "No gain. Jellico was afraid that we would make a sudden air strike on the seaport, so he had already transferred all the ships. Combined with reconnaissance, we estimate that the British and American fleets have moved to the area of Grand Bahama, because the United States has deployed a large number of mines in the Florida Strait. The first battleship detachment can only operate in the Gulf of Mexico west of the Florida Peninsula, and cannot cross the strait from anywhere to enter the Atlantic Ocean, so this has exceeded the attack distance of the carrier aircraft.

"Where is General Lefei?"

"The aircraft carrier battle group has now moved to 170 nautical miles north of the Netherlands Antilles. As long as the army takes Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, it can enter the Atlantic Ocean from there."

"So is there any news about the Second Special Fleet?" Sa Zhenbing regained his seriousness, and his rapid tone was almost breathless. Fortunately, Zhang Zuolin had long been used to this way when he was the general ginseng, and immediately shook his head: "No."

Sa Zhenbing's footsteps paused slightly. He was both worried and gratified that there was no news, because the Second Trooper was an important pawn whether he could force Jellico into a decisive battle, so He Wenyu immediately entered the radio silence after leaving from Digo Garcia Island, unless they took the initiative to send a signal. No one can contact them.

He can understand this. He Wenyu has a great responsibility. In addition, he must travel day and night to avoid all sight. When passing through South Africa, he also needs to take the long-distance channel of Prince Edward Island. Because the southern hemisphere is currently winter, he must carefully avoid the floating ice, and then walk along the Atlantic Ocean off St. Helena Island. Go in the deep water.

This road is difficult to walk. The cold, strong winds and waves basically have to be tasted several times, but there is no news that at least the fleet is still safe at present.

Panama in July was extremely sultry. Sa Zhenbing couldn't help exhaling hot and defeating Jelico, but it was still difficult to hit the British and American fleet as much as possible. The hydrology of the Caribbean is complex, and the Atlantic Ocean is not a foot basin. Dozens of warships drilled inside. Even if a few more aircraft carriers are sent, they may not be able to find them. Qi.

So he needs a chance to force Jellico to fight!

"General, General Yamaki Hitomi and General Casillas have arrived." The staff officer wiped his sweat and handed the telegram he had just received to Sa Zhenbing: "This is the telegram he just received. S22 found them in the south of the Bahamas and about 70 nautical miles north of Dominion."

"Two Queen Mary and two Gangut!"

After reading the telegram, Sa Zhenbing suddenly twisted his eyebrows, and Jelico figured out that he was going to fight?

"Go, go to the conference room."

.. The Greater Maha Islands, off the coast of Aklin Island.

In the spacious command tower of the Anglo-American Joint Fleet, the spacious command tower of the Hood, Jellico holds a coffee cup in his hands and stands in front of the porthole. The left and right steel figures are the last capitals of Britain and the United States, with a total of 8 motherships, 29 capital ships, 26 cruisers and 70 destroyers.

There are three other capital ships and four cruisers in the Cape Verde base across the sea from the Caribbean Sea.

In addition to these main fleets, there are more than 4,000 combat aircraft, 37 submarines and 30 other auxiliary ships at their disposal in the entire Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean.

Such a huge power can definitely make the whole world tremble before the war, but now he has an indescribable sense of restraint.

From the perspective of the terrain, with Panama as the center, along the South American coast to Florida in the United States, there is a natural barrier composed of thousands of islands. From Panama to the Atlantic Ocean, we must break through this island chain wherever we go.

Outsiders seem to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, because as long as these islands are stuck, it is difficult for a ship to be undetected to jump into the Atlantic Ocean, but in fact, many people forget that this is the sea. After all, the connected islands are not closed. There are at least a dozen waterways between the islands, although the main waterways in the early stage Tens of thousands of mines have been deployed, but there are still many loopholes.

The enemy also knows this, so it is abnormal. After the attack begins, it is not in a hurry to go north into the Gulf of Mexico, but to attack Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles, in an attempt to open up the western waterway as soon as possible. Once the channel is unblocked by five aircraft carriers and at least eight battleships entering the Atlantic Ocean, the enemy will have many more choices. It will be difficult to intercept, so you must not let the other party enter the Atlantic Ocean easily.

Puerto Rico can't stay for long. After taking Puerto Rico, as long as you take over Dominica, even if the Mona Strait is open, a passageway will connect the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.

Thinking of this, Jelko's heart shivered, as if he saw countless tiger and wolf sharks rushing into the Atlantic Ocean. Washington, New York, Gibraltar, the Azov Islands, Portugal, France and even the British mainland will be shrouded in endless planes and naval guns.

This will be the last scene!

must be changed.

Jerco turned his head, handed the already empty coffee cup to the guard, and walked to the chart: "Where did the fifth team arrive?"

"It has arrived southwest of Coburn City and is expected to enter the sea off the coast of Puerto Rico tonight."

Jeliko quickly found the location of the fifth station outside Coburn City. The fifth station consists of two Queen Maria-class battleships and two Gangut-class battleships, with an American aircraft carrier and two Brooklyn-class light cruisers with enhanced air defense, 10 destroyers and about deployed in the Dominican countries. 30 torpedo boats.

However, this is not enough, because at present, there are 10 battleships near Puerto Rico. Among them, Nagato and North Korea's Pyongyang are former U.S. Nevada-class battleships. After maintenance, Xinhua also upgraded the gun to the same L50/356 mm gun as the Hebei class, which is equivalent to the Hebei class. With 20% combat effectiveness, plus two extremely fast Yanjing-class battleships, two Spanish-class battleships and four old-fashioned battleships from Colombia and Peru, have strong strength. The most important thing is that one of them is supported by a Western Qin-class heavy aircraft carrier!

Intelligence shows that Xinhua's Xiqin-class heavy fleet aircraft carrier has been serialized, each of which can carry a total of at least 80 aircraft. Although the type and surname of the aircraft are not clear, there are at least three kinds of aircraft in the preliminary analysis, one is a fighter dedicated to air warfare, the second is a torpedo aircraft built in Panama Bay, and Small bombers that can whistle have just appeared, and the means of attacking the ground and the sea are very perfect.

So he immediately asked, "Where is Campbell's Sixth Team?"

"Report General, General Campbell has led the Malaya, Ansenhower and Alexandra to St. Martin. As long as the fifth team launches an attack, it can be supported from the flank." Very good." Jellico nodded. Campbell had a British aircraft carrier Fury modified with a cruise ship, carrying 36 cuckoo torpedo planes and about 100 Curtis D300s in Dominica. As long as he found the other party's aircraft carrier, he could at least delay the battleship formation.

With no aircraft carriers and aircraft, one Queen-class Malaya, two Nelson-class (Nelson in World War I), plus four battleships of the Fifth Squadron, there are enough opportunities! The time is set for 10 o'clock tonight. Jellico looked at his watch and waved his arm: "The third and fourth teams can also set out. Tell General Joseph King that you must not fall in love!"

..“ Hurry up."

"Untie the cable and turn on the signal light."

"Whist the horn!"

"Wow, wow."

A whistle tore up the sunset over the fortress of San Lorenzo. After the sailors untied the cables and put away the anchors, the second battleship formation of four Hebei-class battleships and four light patrols rushed into Limon Bay at the fastest speed.

In the flagship Hebei island, Sa Zhenbing lay on the chart table and kept sketching, and Zhang Zuolin, who went out with the fleet for the first time, looked left and right, as if he was a little curious about naval operations.

"Yuting, what do you think Jellico wants to do?" On the table, Sa Zhenbing did not look up.

"From the perspective of strength, the third battleship formation led by Lieutenant General Hitomi Yamaki is the weakest. Only one aircraft carrier, two Yanjing-class and two former Nevada can be fought, so I think he may want to kill one first, at least to injure part of it, so as to open the foundation for the final battle later." Zhang Zuolin said, "And we have continuously bombed the inland states of the United States. Whether in terms of emotion or explanation, he must come out and turn around."

"That's right, but do you think only four Russian battleships can eat Hitomi Kuroki?"

"What do you mean?" Zhang Zuolin raised his eyebrows and walked to his side and said, "Is there another fleet nearby?"

"It's not my meaning, it's not a fleet, but a team!" Sa Zhenbing said, "The navy is different from the army. The fleet is a general name, and there is a difference between the sub-fleet and the team. Together with Campbell of Cape Verde, Jellico has 32 capital ships and at least 8 motherships, so he divided the fleet into seven teams, and each team is divided into three to six of each type of capital ships.

We have studied the Queen Maria-class battleship in Russia, which is not very excellent. If it hadn't been for the installation of four triple-car L52/305mm main guns, it wouldn't even be suitable for the Yanjing-class shoes!

Jelicco will not be unaware of this, not to mention that we still have Wei Guohao and two former Nevadas. Even if he chooses to be at night, the aircraft carrier efficiency will be minimized, but their ability to fight at night can't catch up with us, so he needs to arrange another team!"

"In this case, General, why did you just ask Yamaki to go back to prepare for war immediately, instead."

"Avoid war? No." Sa Zhenbing smiled, dropped his pen and walked to his command position. He smiled and said, "If I let Shanmu Tong avoid it, Jelico will immediately cancel all the actions and continue to play hide-and-seek with us."

"He wants to consume, and I also want to consume! What's more, it's 600 nautical miles from here to Puerto Rico. What's the use of rushing there now? Sa Zhenbing suddenly blinked like a child and suddenly waved his hand: "Go to 090, go north at full speed!"

Zhang Zuolin suddenly became dull: "To the north? No."

(to be continued)