The Rise of the Third Reich

"Admiral," the US President, who was only a bit familiar with the navy, read the plan sent by Admiral Ernest King, and then frowned, "Both the Navy Department and the Atlantic-Pacific Fleet Joint Command judged that Germany's attack on the Bermuda Islands was a feint?"

"Yes." Ernest King nodded, "The Bermuda Islands are too close to the US mainland, only about 1,000 kilometers away. If the shuttle flight tactics are adopted, almost all US military aircraft can take off from the Norfolk base to fight over the Bermuda Islands. And our battleship forces can also enter the vicinity of the islands under the cover of shore-based aircraft. For the German landing fleet, these are insurmountable difficulties."

The heads and staff of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Navy Department and the Atlantic-Pacific Joint Command are not stupid. When they first heard that the German fleet was approaching the Bermuda Islands, they were a little panicked, but then they conducted a series of war games. By September 1, it was basically confirmed that the German army was conducting a feint.

"Then why do we still concentrate so many fleets in the Bermuda Islands?" Roosevelt asked in confusion.

"President, the enemy's feint fleet is also a big piece of meat!" William Leahy took over the question, "According to the repeated reconnaissance of the F-13 reconnaissance aircraft (B-29), it can be determined that there are at least four German fleets approaching the Bermuda Islands. Two of them are large in scale and have multiple aircraft carriers and battleships, so they are worth attacking. Even if the Guyana troops pay a certain price, it is worth it." Roosevelt nodded without comment. William Leahy, the President's Chief of Staff, added: "Mr. President, according to the situation we have, the combat radius of the Me264 and Ju288 carrying remote-controlled guided missiles cannot cover from the Azores to the Bermuda Islands." In fact, this is the reason why the US Navy finally chose to attack the German feint fleet near the Bermuda Islands! Although the US Navy has the "one-time Spitfire" and can also get the cover of the shore-based P47. But remote-controlled guided missiles are always a lingering nightmare. It is always good to be able to avoid such a crazy weapon. "But the Germans still have ship-borne remote-controlled guided missiles, right?" Roosevelt frowned.

Although the US Navy's paper strength is stronger than the European Combined Fleet, the power comparison between the two sides will be reversed immediately if the remote-controlled guided missiles are taken into consideration.

"Yes," Ernest King replied, "but we have a way to deal with it. We can increase the distance of the battleship formation to more than 30,000 meters, rely on radar for observation and aiming, and let the destroyer release smoke near the battleship formation. In this way, there is no need to worry about the enemy 30,000 meters away seeing the target clearly."

Since the US Navy knew the power of remote-controlled guided missiles, of course, it thought of many ways to deal with it. The first is to conduct radio interference, but this trick is not very effective-because the Jewish beauty Hedy Lamarr, who brought the secret of frequency hopping technology to the United States in history, is now an honorary Aryan and still lives in Vienna, so the US military still can't figure out how the German missiles overcome radio interference?

There is no way to interfere with the missile's communication, so the US military can only interfere with the eyes of the German missile remote control personnel. So now every American battleship, battlecruiser and heavy cruiser on the battlefield has a destroyer dedicated to releasing smoke.

Roosevelt then exhaled lightly and smiled: "This is great... It seems that I still have a chance to make the United States the greatest country in the world during the remaining term!"

The two US admirals nodded in agreement, and they also agreed with Roosevelt's last comment - the ongoing Battle of the Atlantic is indeed related to the United States' position in the post-war world!

If the US Navy can win in the Bermuda Islands, then the United States can gain a foothold in British Guiana and the Valparaiso Bay off the coast of Chile.

Then the United States can use the Valparaiso Bay as a base to launch an attack on the Chilean capital Santiago and launch a strategic bombing of Buenos Aires. At the same time, the US military can also station heavy troops in British Guiana to establish a large frontier base to defend the absolute defense circle in the Caribbean.

As long as the above points are achieved, the United States will take the initiative at the negotiation table and can exchange a peace in which the United States absolutely dominates North America (including the Caribbean region) with a "loan" of 20-30 billion US dollars plus Australia and New Zealand.

Moreover, the US dollar, which has not lost its gold reserves, will definitely compete with the European mark after the war, or at least maintain the situation of US dollar VS British pound.

If the United States can develop an atomic bomb in a few years, the competition between the United States and Europe will never end.

And Roosevelt's historical evaluation will naturally be the greatest president in American history!

…

At noon on September 4, in the Atlantic Ocean, about 500 nautical miles east of the Bermuda Islands.

Standing in the dedicated fleet command center on the second floor of the "Zeppelin" aircraft carrier, after seeing the four Fokker 636 carrier-based fighter-bombers performing direct cover missions landed smoothly, Lieutenant General Erich Bei retracted his gaze: "Has the American bomber group not been found yet?"

"No." Rear Admiral Christiansen, chief of staff of Task Force 21, shook his head. "The 272nd Destroyer Group has set up a cordon 50 nautical miles ahead. The 491st Group and the 492nd Group have also dispatched two Bv138 floating ships. The plane is hovering over our formation. If the American plane approaches with ultra-low altitude penetration, it should be discovered by us. Sir, maybe the Americans are still targeting Guyana these days? Very fierce."

"No! I'm sure their target is us!"

Erich Bay affirmed: "The waters near Guyana are covered by our Me264s and Ju288s, and the Me262s deployed in Cayenne can also escort the Me264s and Ju288s in shuttle flights. If the Americans can Choose a location near Guyana and Bermuda as the battlefield for the decisive battle, it must be Bermuda! "

"Indeed, if the Americans want to attack the 30th Task Force, we will definitely have a greater chance of winning."

The core of the 30th Task Force is several battleship groups, missile ship groups, heavy cruiser groups, destroyer groups of the 3rd Fleet, plus the 5th Fleet (homeport is in the port of Cape Verde, responsible for the defense of the South Atlantic). 501st, 502nd Aircraft Carrier Group, and the landing formation directly under the Atlantic Front Command.

Although there are no aircraft carriers from the 31st Task Force (aircraft carrier group) nearby, the 30th Task Force has the same number of battleships and missile ships as the 20th Task Force, with 6 battleships and 2 missile ships. . If they were to face the nine super battleships of the U.S. Navy, they would still be able to defeat them with a single blast of Reaper missiles!

Moreover, the waters near Guyana are still within the combat radius of various German shore-based aircraft. Germany can also dispatch a large number of shore-based bombers carrying Reaper missiles to attack.

"But why didn't the Americans attack?" Major General Christiansen was confused again. "We have obviously entered the combat radius of the shore-based aircraft in Bermuda."

Erich Bey shook his head slightly, thought for a while, and then said, "Maybe they want to put us closer before they fight?"

…

"Sir, are you really not going to attack first? If you don't attack now, the Germans will attack first tomorrow morning."

On the battleship "Iowa", US Navy Admiral Halsey has now taken over the highest command of the Bermuda Islands battlefield. Not only the surface and underwater ships, but also the bases in the Bermuda Islands were under his command, and even the shore-based aircraft deployed by the U.S. Navy and Army in the coastal areas of Virginia and North Carolina were also under his unified command.

However, Halsey, who was heavily armed, watched helplessly as the German fleet approached the Bermuda Islands, and never gave the U.S. military on the Bermuda Islands an order to attack.

Faced with the doubts of Chief of Staff Major General Callahan, Admiral Halsey just smiled faintly and asked: "Why attack? Dennis, you don't think that those aircraft on the Bermuda Islands can sink the German aircraft carrier, do you? "

"Of course this is impossible..."

Halsey shrugged, "Isn't that enough? Let the Germans bomb first. We can just use the P47, P51 and anti-aircraft guns on the Bermuda Islands to weaken their air power. In this way, Norfolk's F7F and Mitchell The general’s aircraft carrier will have a chance.”

In the upcoming battle for the Bermuda Islands, the Germans' trump card is missiles, and the Americans also have a trump card, which is the F7F fighter-bomber with astonishing range, speed and bomb-carrying capabilities.

This type of aircraft was already in service in small quantities during the Second Hawaiian Islands War, but the U.S. Navy gritted its teeth and did not allow them to appear on the battlefield in the Hawaiian Islands. Instead, they have been hiding until now in order to fight Germany on the battlefield. No one was caught off guard.

However, because the F7F has not been in mass production for a long time and is almost still in the trial stage, various faults occur one after another, and pilots are also familiar with the process, so there is not much equipment yet. Currently, there are only 14 F7F squadrons belonging to the Navy and Marine Corps, with 224 commonly used aircraft.

All F7F squadrons have now been transferred to the Norfolk base by Halsey, waiting for the German fleet to approach the Bermuda Islands, and then use them to launch unexpected long-range attacks.