"Now that the generals of our two countries have settled, it is estimated that our submarine week will be shipped to Canada. At that time, we will also carry out painting camouflage projects and British training for officers and men. I think it should take another week or two! Major, if you don’t mind, I’d like to stay in your boat during this time. "
"Of course not. It’s an honor!" Brandon’s "honor" lies more in that submarine. He has already figured that if the Germans smell it, they will turn pale.
Soon after, American submarines arrived as promised. Every night, submarines entered the military ports in southeastern Canada, which was followed by a tense modification project. All the motley submarines were sprayed with pure black bridge numbers, and the serial numbers of British naval submarines were changed. The St. George’s Cross flag of the British Empire was also raised. Of course, every officer and soldier of the boat was also changed to the British submarine force system. They all had a strong American accent but were covered by the British navy.
Although both the United States and Britain tried their best to keep this secret strictly, many German spies lurking in Canada and the United States quickly obtained accurate information. In just half a month, the German Admiralty responded positively. More than 15o best destroyers were transferred to the German Atlantic route, 35 mine-laying submarines and 4o ordinary attack submarines were transferred to Guadeloupe naval base. In addition, the offshore military department also invited the cabinet and Congress to build 12o anti-submarine ships, which was quickly passed by the largest ship in Germany. Factory-Konigsberg Shipyard, Royal Shipyard, wiesel Shipyard in Bremen, Steedin vulcan Shipyard, Kiel Germania Shipyard, Kiel Howald Shipyard, Danzig Shipyard and Krupp Shipyard jointly accepted these orders. Shipyard workers worked overtime and raw materials were continuously delivered to these shipyards. The first 12oo-ton submarine chaser was completed before the end of 1924. At this time, the German chariot had steadily and firmly gone through the wartime system, and the whole country was preparing for the coming war.
Tu Mei Chapter seventy-five Lost Ocean
On May 25, 1924, a huge fleet of more than 400 ships came out of Germany and crossed the English Channel, then entered the Atlantic Ocean. If the weather allowed, a large number of airships would escort the fleet. When the sea was full of people building aircraft, the scene was spectacular.
On May 31, the fleet replenished fresh water and supplies in the Yard Islands. The sea power was so powerful that the crew including the Portuguese were dumbfounded. The newspapers in various countries quickly reported this amazing voyage, which was controlled by German capital. The mainstream media called it a great expedition of the Germans to safeguard justice, but many people of insight still clearly realized that this huge fleet would never bring peace to the world.
In June, the Japanese fleet entered the Gulf of Mexico, and the Mexican government actively cooperated with the fleet to disperse into the ports along the eastern coast of Mexico to unload 320,000 troops and materials, and hundreds of thousands of tons of materials were quickly transported to Ruz, Oaxaca and Chiapas in central and southern Mexico through the main railway lines of Mexico, which became the base of the German expeditionary force. As the Mexican government and the German garrison had prepared hundreds of barracks before, Ollie and his soldiers lived in brand-new and comfortable barracks as soon as they arrived.
To most people’s surprise and incomprehension, the U.S. government, which had always been firmly opposed to Germany’s sending troops to Guatemala, was very calm during the whole process of German sending troops and materials. Their equally powerful Atlantic fleet never left the U.S. territorial waters from the end of May to mid-June, let alone sailed to the route of the German fleet. Bateman praised the U.S. government in public, saying that their calm restraint would bring long-term peace to the world.
This praise is in stark contrast to the fact that the military factories in the United States are producing military supplies at full capacity, while on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the delegation of Charles Hughes, the Secretary of State of the Far East, is having a secret meeting with the Japanese. Undoubtedly, the purpose is to get rid of the dilemma of two-line war, and the choice of overseas territories is also obvious. However, the Japanese price is very high, and the Philippines and Hawaii are under the Japanese government, and American forces are retreating to the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Although such conditions are difficult for the American government and citizens to accept, considering the safety of the soil, Charles and others also have the patience to bargain with the Japanese. Unfortunately, the Japanese have taken a fancy to this weakness of the American government, and once Germany and Japan join forces with the United States to fight against Japan, they can also obtain these two islands with extremely important geographical positions. If the time is right, they don’t need to pay any price, because once the war breaks out, the Americans will have to win their own two foreign fleets to defend their own land.
So the secret meeting ended in a favorable atmosphere for the Japanese government. After more than 30 thousand Germans arrived in Mexico, they were not in a hurry to enter Guatemala, because if they really wanted to pacify the situation in that small country in Central and North America, several warships and some six teams were enough. Everyone knew very well that it was just an excuse for the Germans to send troops to North America.
At the beginning of July, Warren Harding, President of the Joint Chiefs of the United States 6 navies, and his senior generals agreed that the German-American war was inevitable. The key problem was that the war would break out when some people thought it was in 2000 or in the spring of 2000. Warren Harding certainly hoped that the war would come as late as possible, so that the United States could make more preparations for the war by virtue of its strong industrial strength, especially in terms of naval capital ships and airships, but this wishful thinking was only possible. Even the president didn’t look forward to it himself, so he chose the view of most people-the war will break out in the spring of 1925, which means that there are still seven or three months left for the US government to prepare.
In mid-July, the situation in Guatemala has been stabilized again, and the military leader was arrested in the coup. The new Guatemalan government was chaired by a former government minister named Mendoza, who is said to have been bought by the Germans for a long time. This military coup has something to do with him.
Although Guatemala is controlled by the pro-German interim government, a large number of German soldiers still maintain law and order. Germany, which is stranded in Guatemala and near Guatemala and Mexico, gives people an image of the former British Empire as a world policeman.
At the same time, hundreds of merchant ships and freighters on the Veracruz route in Bremen travel around the clock, and a large number of military supplies are directly shipped to the port after being produced by German factories. In Hamburg alone, 10,000 tons of ammunition and military provisions are loaded in barrels and barrels of gasoline every day, and a ship can hold four or five million liters at least. This way, a cruise ship will leave in one afternoon, and there are piles of guns, military blankets, autumn and winter troops, and the scenes in Bremen, Groningen, Wisma and other ports are equally busy. Sometimes loading and unloading workers are still working overtime at two or three o’clock
In addition, many factories in Britain, France, Hungary and Bohemia also produce all kinds of munitions in the German army, such as British coal, iron ore, wool weaving, cuitou and light ships, French coal, bauxite, chemicals, wheat, meat and wine, Hungarian steel, aluminum, agricultural products, meat Bohemian arms, agricultural products, textiles and a large number of meat processors. Almost half of Europe has been owned by Germany, Poland, Austria and other regions to prepare for the German war.
In Africa, all kinds of resources have long been on the right track. The minerals, petroleum, high-quality timber, tropical agricultural products and canned fish that Germany needs are constantly arriving in southern Germany through the Mediterranean Sea. Since the German government decided to expand the scope and quantity of conscription in Africa, more than two million Africans have joined the German overseas corps, and standardized military scraping is in full swing in various training camps in Africa and Germany. Another five million young Africans who are healthy and willing to accept conscription are on the reserve list. Once the war needs it, they will join the German overseas colonial army.
Receiving information through spies, Americans deeply felt that they were going to confront the whole of Europe, so while stepping up the Japanese government’s peace talks, they actively wooed the Russians, hoping that they could put pressure on Germany from six places. Unfortunately, the noble queen was still working hard to revive the country, and at the same time, it was hopeless to try her best to suppress the once-rising revolution. However, she was glad to accept American financial and material assistance and the American government reached a secret agreement to stab the Germans in the back when necessary.
On the one hand, the Japanese were deeply attracted by the prospect of German-Japanese joint attack on the United States, and on the other hand, they hoped to force the Americans to surrender their colonies without fighting, so they dragged their feet at the negotiating table to get a more favorable price.
At this time, the U.S. Congress finally passed the "Elected Military Service Act" that the White House and the army had been waiting for for for a long time. This act gave the president the right to select men aged from 21 to 45 to participate in military service and expanded the size of the National Guard. The total strength of the U.S. Sixth Army will reach an unprecedented 1.5 million, and the number of reservists and militia will also be 1.0 million.
On July 17th, the US Navy’s Hawaii-class battleship "Hawaii" attended the water ceremony at the new york Naval Shipyard. Tens of thousands of senior Washington officials and naval generals attended the water ceremony. At the beginning of the design, the displacement and firepower of this class battleship passed greatly. The standard displacement of an American battleship will reach an astonishing 460,000 tons. It is equipped with three double-mounted 45-times-diameter 460 mm caliber naval guns. The armor thickness of the 25 th section of the highest flight is nearly one third thicker than that of the best German battleship. It can be said that it is the strongest cannon in the twenties. Only the design of the
On the 29th, after nearly a month’s preparation, the US Navy held a grand airship exercise in Washington. More than 500 airships covered the sky and flew over Washington. 60 airship motherships also performed light fighters taking off and landing from it. This scene was visually shocking. Even German and Japanese diplomats who watched it on the spot had to admit that the confidence and morale of Washington citizens were higher at this moment. They were no longer skeptical about the government’s propaganda that "the United States has the ability to attack the invaders head-on" and firmly supported the government’s national defense armament measures.
After learning of the airship exercise, the German and Japanese governments reacted very differently. The Japanese Ministry asked the government to allocate additional funds to build more new aircraft carriers to change the huge disadvantage of 210 airships in front of the United States and Germany today. The German government’s response was relatively cold, and the Chinese people paid considerable attention to it. They hoped that their army would be able to deal with these behemoths and that their airships would surpass those of the Americans in quantity and technology.
The midsummer season is in such an atmosphere of fighting with Lian Heng.
At the end of July, 32 submarines of the British Imperial Submarine Force quietly sailed out of St. John’s Port in Newfoundland, southeast Canada. Since a large number of American submarines joined, this former naval outpost has become the second largest submarine base in Canada after Quebec. Only one third of the submarines are stationed in this port and can enter the Atlantic port to prevent foreign spies from prying into the military intelligence of this base. More than ten kilometers of this port in Fiona Fang have been designated as a military restricted zone. Not only the aborigines have been removed, but even the soldiers who entered this base have been strictly checked.
After leaving the base, the 32 submarines did not disperse their actions, but advanced into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean in a submarine formation mode. Major Brandon, the ace captain of the British Empire, and Lieutenant Colonel Hill, an officer of the American task force submarine formation, stood side by side in the command tower that night. The moonlight was very dim, and even the starlight was very faint. The sea view was a little blurred. This weather was relatively favorable for submarines. After all, the ship was huge and the German navy still had a considerable advantage in this sea area.
For a long time, Brandon and Hill didn’t talk to each other. This was the first joint attack by the British submarine force after the formation of American task forces came to Canada. Among the 32 submarines, there were 14 American submarines and one British submarine. Although these British submarine captains and sailors were born in the German battle, their submarines really didn’t look as good as their secret allies. At present, there are three types of submarines in active service in the United States, that is, 50 tons and S-class. The number of 11oo-ton and 1000-ton V-class medium-class submarines accounts for at most half of the total number of submarines in the United States. This submarine can move in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, especially in the central and eastern parts. It is equipped with six 533 mm fish laser tubes to make the Newport torpedo base produce mko9 torpedoes.
Limited by technology, industrial conditions and attack tactics, the British submarine force is still in wartime. The improved E-class submarine has a displacement of oo tons and a voyage of 5ooo. Four 533 mm fish laser tubes are installed in the sea to make mko torpedoes or mko9 is purchased from the United States.
"Major, are you nervous?"
Hill suddenly turned to ask Brandon
Brandon lightly sighed, "Maybe! This time, after all, we have to deal with a large fleet escorted by a battle cruiser, four cruisers, a light aircraft carrier and 12 destroyers. Honestly, I’m not too sure! Maybe we’ll lose a lot of submarines, maybe we’ll gain something. I know it’s frustrating to say this, but the worst is to do it! "
"Maybe we will annihilate each other in one fell swoop and create a miracle that the Germans have never created?" Hill turned his eyes to the distant sea. In addition to the dim light of these 32 submarines’ directional lights, the sea also reflected several stars, beautiful nights and beautiful seas!
"Lieutenant colonel, you may not know the Germans, but they don’t want you to think so simple! In fact, I have never played against three German destroyers. The most dangerous time was when I was chased by two German destroyers. That time I was finished! " Brandon’s tone is as deep as his mood. He has a bad feeling that maybe the Germans are waiting for them ahead!
"But the Germans have never played against 32 submarines at a time! We will kill their transport ship, aircraft carriers, war patrol and those damn cruisers and destroyers! " Hill said confidently, but this confidence will soon be broken by the cruel reality
The Germans have already made preparations for receiving information hundreds of nautical miles in front of this submarine formation.
Tu Mei Chapter seventy-six Deed
At 1 am on July 5, 1924, the German naval base in Guadeloupe, located in the western Atlantic Ocean, was still lit up, and the German sailors with guns and bullets watched warily, and led the German shepherd port patrol around to step out of the neat and boring boots searchlights and sweep back and forth in the harbor.
In the harbor, warships with simple and smooth lines slowly sailed out of the harbor, and the black vulture cross navy flag fluttered gently in the breeze on the side of the mast.
An hour later, the harbor was calm again. Compared with the evening, there were two heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, one escort carrier and 22 destroyers.
At this time, Berlin has ushered in a new day, sunrise, and senior generals of the high command have been called to Olaf Palace in the early morning, and Emperor Reed has been dressed and waiting there.
After the arrival of the personnel department, it will be a day to signal the attendants to open the door of the conference hall.
Accompanied by a slight noise, the thick wooden door was closed, which made everyone inside feel a rare solemnity.
"Six hours ago, an attack formation consisting of 32 submarines left Newfoundland and the target was our Atlantic route! If nothing unexpected happens, they will arrive at a certain position on that route in seven or four hours, and it is very likely that they will encounter a fierce battle with our g62 fleet or g629 fleet! "
In front of this passage, there was a calm and gentle tone, and he raised his volume.
"If this is simply the submarine attack of Edward I, we can be thick, and the outstanding expulsion captains of the empire will give them a lifetime of unforgettable teaching! However, according to reliable and accurate information, American submarines are also involved and have the shame to let all American officers and men pretend to be British in British troops. What does this say? "
The eyes of the generals of the three armed forces were all focused on their rulers. No one was whispering, and no one was whispering. There was no extra movement.
The atmosphere is very solemn
"Since the Americans have made such a move, we don’t have to be polite anymore!" Chen Tian’s tone has become gentle again, but everyone can feel the power behind this gentleness.
"You now is the time to implement our Titan plan! If we want that reckless submarine force to attack and those stupid Americans to be captured by us, the war will be official! "
6. The naval and military generals were full of pride and answered "Yes!"