Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Hearing that these Americans were going to England for a trip, Johannes sneered. "Since they are tourists, let them stay here and enjoy the sea view slowly. Maybe they will have a chance to see the beautiful scenery under the sea." Are these guys stupid themselves or do they think others are stupid?

Hans translated this to the Americans. When they saw Johannes turning around to return to the cabin, the Americans suddenly became anxious. The lifeboat is rising and falling with the waves, and the sea breeze is getting stronger. If this continues, the boat will capsize at some point.

Among several sea areas in the world, the sea conditions in the North Atlantic are notoriously harsh.

According to later gas phase statistics, the largest wave heights usually occur in the North Atlantic. The circulation patterns and atmospheric pressure of the North Atlantic winter monsoon can lead to severe extratropical storms, often called "weather bombs." This means that the main potential areas for record wave heights are from the Grand Banks, a submarine plateau near the Canadian island of Newfoundland, to southern Iceland and to the west coast of the United Kingdom, including the Rockall Trough.

In other words, once this submarine leaves, they are likely to be buried here.

"Hey, hey, don't leave!" One of the white youths shouted anxiously. "We are U.S. Army Air Force fighter pilots (the United States did not have an independent air force during World War II, there were Army Air Forces and Navy Air Forces), and we are here to help Britain resist you."

"Tom, shut up!" an older middle-aged man in the same lifeboat yelled.

"What are you doing!" The young man named Tom roared louder. "You have a wife and children, and I don't even have a girlfriend. I don't want to die in a hellish place like this!"

While the two were arguing, Hans on the submarine quickly translated these words to Johannes.

When Johannes heard this, he felt that this matter was not simple. The United States actually sent fighter pilots to support the United Kingdom? He did not dare to delay, and immediately returned to the cabin and asked the correspondent to send a message to the headquarters to ask for instructions on how to deal with these people.

The news reached Dönitz along the way, and he urgently called the palace to report to Yannick.

"Oh? They are American fighter pilots? How interesting." Yannick couldn't help but think about it after hearing Dönitz's report.

Since the United States supports fighter pilots, does it also support fighter jets? According to the process of time and space, the technical level of American fighter jets before 1942 could not catch up with the British, especially the manufacturing level of aircraft engines. A typical example is the P40, which is familiar to military fans.

Even if the United States supports fighter jets, at this time, the most likely one is the P-38 "Lightning" fighter jet. However, the performance of the P-38 is average, and the current German fighter jets can crush it in performance, so there is nothing to fear.

After thinking for a while, Yannick ordered. "Bring all those Americans here. This matter is a priority. As for the remaining transport ships, they can be sunk as much as they can. Don't force it." Putting down the phone, Yannick couldn't help but secretly cursed Roosevelt. The cripple is really evil. It seems that the last attack on the "New Jersey" was not big enough, right?

Yannick picked up the phone again. "Get Dr. Goebbels for me."

After a while, Goebbels's respectful voice came from the other end of the phone. "Long live Germany! What are your orders, Your Highness?"

"Dr. Goebbels, tonight our wolves captured some American fighter pilots when they attacked a British convoy. They were sent to support them in England."

"What?!" Goebbels looked extremely angry. "The Americans have clearly violated their obligations as a neutral country."

The obligations of neutral countries generally fall into the following three categories:

First, neutral countries may not provide direct or indirect assistance to belligerent countries in connection with the conduct of war. The various obligations paid for this are called avoidance obligations;

Second, the neutral country must prevent the belligerent country from using its territory for the purpose of war. This type of obligation is called the obligation to prevent (there are also cases where the obligation to avoid and the obligation to prevent are collectively called the obligation of fairness);

Third, a neutral country must acquiesce within a certain scope when its nationals suffer damage due to acts beneficial to a belligerent country (although the content of damage is varied, neutral countries cannot exercise the right of diplomatic protection), such obligations are called acquiescence obligations.

Now the actions of the Americans clearly violated Article 1; and according to Article 3, Germany could throw these pilots directly into prisoner of war camps and hold them until the end of the war.

"I have asked them to escort the pilots over. When they arrive, everyone's photos, identity information, and confessions will be published in full, so that their families in China will not worry."

"Understood, Your Highness, I know what to do."

After hanging up the phone, Yannick contacted Ribbentrop again. "Minister Ribbentrop, tomorrow you ask the American ambassador to ask the United States to help investigate the attack on Dr. Albert."

Ribbentrop said a little puzzled. "Uh, Your Highness, does this matter also involve the United States?"

Yannick smiled secretly in his heart, of course it doesn't matter. "Of course, Dr. Albert informed his friends in the United States about his trip before setting off. So how did the British know about it? Isn't this worth investigating?"

Ribbentrop suddenly realized. "Understood, Your Highness. I will summon the U.S. Ambassador to announce this matter tomorrow."

"Also, send a special envoy to Vichy France and ask Prime Minister Pétain to ask the United States for that batch of gold." During the French War, the French government formulated a plan to evacuate all gold reserves in an emergency, code-named "Fish"; 2,226 tons of gold stored at the Bank of France in Paris were shipped to the United States and sent to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Although the German Navy intercepted the "Joan of Arc" and the "Emile Belden" under Yannick's arrangement and intercepted more than 400 tons of gold, the remaining more than 1,700 tons of gold were safely transported to the United States.

Yannick asked Pétain to claim the gold back from the United States. As for the United States not returning it, that is another matter.

At this time, Johannes, who received the command's order, returned to the deck. "Tell them that they will be treated as prisoners of war and sent to prison camps until the end of the war. If they can accept it, we will rescue them."

The pilots nodded hurriedly when they heard what Hans translated. "Okay, okay, hurry up and pull us up, we're freezing to death." After all, squatting in a prisoner of war camp is much better than dying in a hellish place like this.

However, one submarine could not accommodate so many people. Johannes contacted nearby submarines, called three submarines, locked these American pilots in the cabins of several submarines, sent people to guard them, and sailed to the mainland.

The rest of the submarines continued to hunt the transport fleet until midnight. Some of them fired all their shells, and some lost track of the fleet. Only then did the hunt subside.