Chapter 1149

German admiral Linderman, as the commander of the Mediterranean sub fleet of the Imperial Navy and the German general controlling the Italian Mediterranean main fleet, has received a very embarrassing battle order at this moment.

He has to choose a very good time to prepare a perfect warship and transport a very important cargo to a very dangerous place. Of course, this is not the most depressing thing for him, because there is another requirement behind this order, that is, to ensure that the enemy's submarine can sink the warship carrying important cargo.

The German intelligence general who first conveyed the order, Gaskell's son, Gaskell junior, is a very important person in the intelligence department. The combat task he personally deployed is absolutely a very important task. So lieutenant general Linderman was completely confused. He didn't know what he was doing and how to operate it.

"The transport ship you choose must be a warship, because the volume of goods transported this time is not large. This warship cannot be a destroyer, because we can't know that this warship will be sunk in advance. So that kind of boat that seems to be avoiding losses can never be used. Destroyers and light cruisers are not in the scope of choice. " Little Gaskell waved his hand and denied a plan of action that Lindeman had just submitted.

He looked at general Lindemann, who was at a loss, and continued to talk about his strange theory: "because this time your troops are responsible for transporting" goods ", which are very important goods! We can't use ordinary transport ships, we can't use too small warships... But in order to ensure that the ship will be sunk, we can't use too much escort force. "

The original plan was based on the premise of "not attracting people's attention, but showing the importance of goods as much as possible". Linderman didn't perform the intelligence task of really paying for expensive warships. Linderman didn't seem to be very good at this kind of thing. If it's just for a deception that may not be successful, it's a very costly battle plan for Admiral Linderman to board an expensive heavy cruiser.

Who really lost a warship to cheat the other side? Navy warships are not only precious beasts, but also time-consuming and have accumulated items with high construction cycle. How can one be thrown out casually and fed to the enemy for free?

"Can't you tell me what I'm going to deliver?" Admiral Linderman stared at little Gaskell and said, "hell, I'm also a lieutenant general who nominally commands a fleet. What's such a high level of confidentiality that I can't even know the whole plan why I sent my warship to commit suicide?"

"You? Don't say you're not up to grade. On Marshal Ryder's side, this plan only has an action code, and there are no written documents or records Little Gaskell seemed to laugh at himself. He complained to Linderman: "don't say it's you. Even my father only knows the code name of the things he transports. He doesn't know exactly what they are, how heavy they are, how long they are."

"My God... Marshal level, few people know?" Linderman listened to what little Gaskell said and immediately became cautious. At this time, it's a very taboo thing to ask such a core secret in front of a spy's chief. So he quickly lowered his voice, quietly apologized to little Gaskell: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ask about this."

"If we can't, we'll take a cruiser from the local fleet and escort it with two destroyers... We'll have enough money to give the British and Americans a big show that's shocking enough!" Gaskell patted Linderman on the shoulder and said to the commander of the German Mediterranean squadron with a smile.

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In the office of the president of the White House in Washington, D.C., Roosevelt leaned back on his wheelchair chair, looked up with rare sharp eyes, and stared at the intelligence officials who had just brought shocking news. Now he really wants to know which intelligence in his hand represents the progress of German Research on atomic weapons.

Compared with the front battlefield of the Soviet Union, where the dust seems to have settled and there is no suspense, the only news Roosevelt cares about now is the US fleet in the Pacific and the German secret weapon development. If you want to ask the United States what way to turn the war situation around, in addition to the deployment of troops and the German fleet after the defeat of Japan, as well as the army to fight head-on, the most attractive thing is a super weapon that can kick Germany out of the war.

Nowadays, in the United States, the positive voice of hope and German "just" is getting smaller and smaller, and the increasing consumption of war makes the capitalists and the people shy away. The rest of the people place their hopes on new weapons. However, compared with Germany, which has collected a large number of scientists and relevant talents in advance, the research on atomic energy in the United States is lagging behind a lot.

Roosevelt had been worried that the German would be ahead of the American in super weapons, so on the one hand he urged the United States to invest in relevant research, on the other hand he tried to interfere with the German atomic energy plan and steal the intelligence of the German atomic plan. Learning from the experience of Germany, which has invested more, is also his way to speed up the pace of the US atomic program. He hopes to catch up with and surpass the Germans and save more money.

Just a few days ago, his efforts seemed to have paid off. A senior spy lurking in Germany sent back accurate information about the development of German atomic bomb. The information showed that the German army was using more powerful and advanced nuclear fusion to develop its own super weapons, and had gained a leading edge in this respect. This information shocked the Americans, because they only had theoretical research in the field of nuclear fusion, and did not invest more basic experiments. The news made the whole United States feel uneasy, like a sword of damoxley, which has been hanging over the heads of American politicians. But the threat is still far away. Intelligence shows that the Germans will not possess this kind of lethal weapon until the second half of 1940, which shows that the Americans still have time to develop this kind of terrible destructive weapon before the Germans as long as they work hard. But just now, Roosevelt got another piece of information. The information said that Roosevelt had to deal with the relationship between the United States and Germany carefully“ Are you sure? Is it certain that the German transported a weapon called "Teutonic Knight" to Africa via the Mediterranean? " Roosevelt, holding the information in his hand, questioned the intelligence officer standing in his wheelchair: "what do you think is the probability that this German secret weapon is a super weapon?" The officer was silent for a moment, as if thinking about the impact of what he said. Finally, he took a look at Roosevelt's eyes, and then said: "our intelligence personnel in Italy have not received this news, and even the intelligence network in Germany has not heard any rumors about this... This level of confidentiality, I personally think, should be an important weapon worthy of confidentiality."“ No matter which one is the German's real secret weapon development progress, we can't take risks. " Roosevelt, holding the paper in his trembling hand, finally spoke to the intelligence official standing beside him and said, "let your people act quickly and try to find out the truth as much as possible... We must act. We can't let the German continue to develop so smoothly." After that, he measured his head, pointed at the Secretary waiting nearby, and said, "let the Navy find a way to deploy five submarines and arrange the most reliable personnel. This submarine force must be able to set out to carry out the task at any time, waiting for our further orders." Because of his poor health, Roosevelt was forced to stop. After two breaths, he regained his strength and put his other hand on the back of his secretary's hand: "find me... Find... Find the Navy generals, I, I, I call a temporary combat meeting!" He would like to ask the experts who have combat experience to see if it is possible to put a special operation force into Italy and seize the German secret weapon code named "Teutonic Knight" along the railway. If there is an opportunity to get that thing back to the United States, the whole process of the war may be rewritten. This opportunity is more effective and more likely than plotting against Italy. Even in Roosevelt's mind, he had been thinking about how to transform a submarine, how to send soldiers to Italy, how to capture the secret weapon of the German, how to rely on the submarine to transport that weapon back to the United States... Even if this plan could not be completed, he would find a suitable opportunity on the road and at sea to completely destroy this weapon from the earth. Only in this way can the United States continue to seek opportunities in future wars; Only in this way can the United States, which is close to the sea on both sides, continue to exist as a country of choice; Only in this way can he be regarded as giving the United States a chance to win in the future; Only in this way can he leave without any concern“ I need to have a rest, and when they come, wake me up... "After Roosevelt said this, he motioned the waiter pushing his wheelchair to take him out of the reception room. The director of the US intelligence agency crouched down and began to pick up the scattered intelligence documents on the ground, which Roosevelt could not grasp because his fingers trembled violently when he moved.