Chapter 1037

The vast sea, a huge fleet has quietly assembled, countless transport ships and warships shuttle between them, in front of all this, human beings seem small and abnormal.

This may be the most spectacular scene of industrial civilization challenging nature. After all, these warships have ruled the ocean for nearly 100 years.

Although it is already in the south of the North Atlantic, and the sea is no longer cold, the waves still come, swaying the ships on the sea, always reminding people that this is not a good place to be calm, but a dangerous battlefield that may become choppy at any time.

The entire fleet, with its lights flashing in response to the appropriate radio silence, was ordered to go to gibraltarian, where they went to Italy to fight the Germans. I don't know which fool worked out this unfortunate plan, but I didn't even consider the factors of cooperation.

The allies, like the Germans, had rich experience in transhaiden 6. The German army accumulated rich experience in the cross sea operations of den-6 while the British and American forces won a series of den-6 operations in the Pacific battlefield. However, this is not the first time for the British and American allied forces to board 6, but to transport so many troops through enemy occupied areas in a covert way and board 6 in the enemy's hinterland.

But how could such a large transport fleet completely avoid German investigation? The German ocean going submarines all over the ocean, all kinds of long-range reconnaissance planes from Britain and France, as well as from gibraltarian, and the German army opposite have countless means to know the sea power of the British and American allied forces in advance.

"Signal from destroyer 97. They've just heard some irregular noise. They suspect it's an enemy submarine." a colonel walked up to the fleet commander, general Dudley pound, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy, and reported at attention: "this is the second danger alert today. We're close to the danger zone. If we go on like this, We will be wiped out by the German Navy in gibraltarian. "

Dudley pound sighed helplessly. Why didn't he know his fleet was in danger? At least three days after he led the Royal Navy's main fleet, he received an intelligence from the United States: the whereabouts of the German Navy's main fleet were unknown.

What is the unknown destination of the main fleet of the German Navy? That is to say, at least five aircraft carriers of the German navy have left the garrison harbor and opened to the Atlantic Ocean. Dudley pound knew exactly who the enemy warship team was aiming at. But den 6 Italy is too important for the whole war, even he can't afford to cancel the action plan. He had no choice but to lead the fleet in a huge circle, as close as possible to gibraltarian.

"Now it's up to the Italian fleet to see if it has the ability to interfere with the fortress of gibraltarian and let us escape from this deadly encirclement." Dudley pound held his hands back, and his voice was full of hesitation and wavering: "if that German fleet is really in gibraltarian, I can only say that it is our grave."

Behind him, a navy general from the United States, with his hands behind his back, managed to squeeze out a smile and said, "general, it's not so pessimistic, is it? We're just in charge of escorting, and we don't really have to get close to the Strait of gibraltarian. Even if there will be some losses, I don't think it's too huge? "

You didn't compete with German aircraft carriers! Compared with the Japanese, the Germans are more proficient in playing carrier based aircraft, OK? The quality of German carrier based aircraft is higher, OK? More importantly, the Germans can fight in the 6-base Air Force's shield. Is there anything more depressing than that?

With the German deployment in gibraltarian, hundreds of aircraft can be deployed at random, and the number of fighter planes in the aircraft carrier fleet, the German army has an obvious overwhelming advantage. On the other side of the alliance, three newly launched escort aircraft carriers, plus one Royal ark, can take off less than one-third of each other's aircraft. If this is not to give the other party a head, then what is it?

"The cooperation between the two originally hostile countries involves almost all fields, including military ports, transportation, naval warfare and so on. How can an operation of this scale be completely confidential?" "Are you stupid to be a German spy?" cried Dudley pound

"That's what worries me the most. So far, the performance of German intelligence in this operation has been a little too much. They have always been aware that they are deliberately releasing water for us. " Obviously, the American general didn't want to see his fleet calculated by the Germans. After thinking about it, he said, "let the fleet adjust its course and slow down its progress?"

Dudley pound nodded and agreed to this adjustment. He himself was not willing to carry out the plan, and there was a warning that he might be attacked by enemy submarines. So he also thought that he should change the navigation parameters, so that his fleet could get rid of some possible German calculations: "order the fleet to slow down for another 4 knots, keep the current formation, and adjust the course 15 degrees to the left!"

"I understand! Minus 4 knots, 15 degrees left rudder, heading adjustment! " After the helmsman turns the wheel in his hand, he repeats the general's order loudly. In the sky, the Navy p4o fighter escorting the whole fleet is still circling, patrolling the distant sky with vigilance.

"Sir! A telegram from Washington! " A British sergeant, holding the telegraph in his hand, came to the back of general Dudley pound, stood at attention and said, "what has just been translated is the highest level of password encryption!"“ Read Every hour, Dudley pound receives a confirmation telegram from Washington. Since his fleet left Canada, he has received countless such confirmation telegrams. If there are no special circumstances, he does not need to reply, just sign for it. So he didn't even have the interest to read it. He just asked his subordinates to read the message“ The Luna plan is exposed, the mission is cancelled, and the fleet will return immediately! " The voice in the officer's voice seemed to tremble when he read the message. He did not dare to believe his eyes. After all, he even left his will when he left Canada“ Well Dudley pound walked over in disbelief, snatched the message from the officer, and bowed his head to confirm it word by word. The American general behind him also came to his side and checked the contents. Unfortunately, this message is exactly the content“ Is Italy's plan exposed? That's right. How can it not be exposed? "Said Dudley pound with a wry smile. At this time, he did not know whether to laugh excitedly or shed sad tears. On the one hand, there are tens of thousands of people in his fleet who don't need to take risks in Italy, which is really exciting good news; However, on the other hand, it also means that the chance to use Italy to reverse the situation in North Africa and to fight for consolidation for Britain has completely disappeared. However, as a famous general of the British navy, Dudley pound was able to distinguish his priorities. He immediately ordered to break the radio silence and send a telegram to Washington confirming the accuracy of the order. Then he ordered the whole fleet to change its course immediately, to avoid a possible encounter to the south, "all ships of the fleet, right full rudder immediately." He issued the order of turning against the clock, and then ordered to strengthen the air defense Alert: "let the escort aircraft carrier clear the deck, ready to take off the fighter at any time! After the completion of the fleet turn, immediately south out of this area“ In another 20 minutes, the allied fleet should enter our attack area. "Looking at the pocket watch on his chest, the captain of a German navy destroyer sneered, showing a determined expression:" prepare the air defense weapons, the radar will start searching in 17 minutes! " About 10 kilometers behind him, on the deck of a German aircraft carrier, one after another of the f19o air-cooled fighters were carrying bombs under the wings. This time, the German army was determined to win and was ready to encircle and annihilate the British and American allied fleet that entered the pocket of gibraltarian. Farther away, the fort of gibraltarian and the coastal artillery originally deployed here have all lifted the camouflage canvas and revealed their ferocious fangs. These giant weapons originally arranged by the British here are prepared to blockade the whole Strait. Now, under the operation of the German artillery, they point to the direction where the British navy, once the master, might appear“ Recon six is calling! The target is not passing through his security zone! We lost the target Just as lutjans was ready to win a battle to annihilate the British and American Atlantic Fleet in gibraltarian, the next message came down like a basin of cold water“ The enemy fleet is turning! Lost track! They didn't go any closer to gibraltarian! " After marking on the chart, lutjans knew that he was careless. In order to ensure safety, he did not arrange air reconnaissance, which made him lose two-thirds of his ability to track the enemy fleet“ blamed! These cunning guys! I realized the danger at the last moment and turned around? " Lutjans dropped his pencil on the chart table and ordered him to turn it down: "all radars on, let's chase North! We can't let the United States and Britain's combined transport fleet just run away from me! "【 For the latest update address of this book, please visit yunlai.com to get the latest chapters of this book//