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On April 6, Roosevelt received two bad news in the Oval Office:

The first one was sent by Churchill, who reported to him the fall of the Gibraltar Fortress. Although the telegram expressed with confidence that he would not be intimidated by this failure and would firmly fight against the Nazi tyranny to the end, Roosevelt had already seen that the British were not confident;

The second article was sent by a spy lurking in Portugal, and it was reported that the main force of the Japanese joint fleet entered the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar, and its whereabouts are currently unknown.

Although he was skeptical about the second news, Roosevelt quickly recruited a group of senior Navy officials to the office to discuss countermeasures. According to the original schedule, General Turner presided over the plan, the A-plan used to seize the Azores will be upgraded to A+. However, because the aircraft carrier formation led by Sprounz was almost completely destroyed and the implementation of the plan was insufficient, the Atlantic Fleet was forced to postpone it for ten days to wait for the three British battleships (two George V battleships and the Glory) returning from the Far East to join to strengthen the fleet.

As a result, when the British fleet was about to arrive in the United States, there was another problem with the carrier-based pilots changing to 6. As experienced carrier-based pilots suffered huge losses, the few old birds were summoned to be seed instructors. Now more than 90% of the US Navy carrier-based pilots are rookies. The skills of these pilots are solid, but they have been training for 4. Suddenly changing to 6 and have to adapt in a short period of time, they face great difficulties.

Both Turner and General King had high expectations for the 6, believing that the new aircraft could narrow the performance gap with the enemy aircraft. As a result, the overall schedule was forced to postpone another 10 days. At the same time, the fleet aviation team formation was completely adjusted. Pilots who could master the 6 fighter jets were transferred to the fleet aircraft carrier aviation team, while pilots who could only master the 4 fighter jets were arranged to escort the aircraft carrier aviation team. After some trouble, they finally discussed postponing the implementation date of the A+ plan to late April.

Of course, postponing the implementation of the plan is not useless. At least the strength of the Atlantic Fleet has been further strengthened: Admiral King held the carriers of York City (Essex class) and Berrowwood (Independence class) that he had promised to Britain, and turned around and sent the Bunker Mountain aircraft carriers (Essex class) and Cowbons (Independence class) to the British. This is not to say that the York City and Berrowwood are stronger than Bunker Mountain and Cowbons, and these two warships are almost

They are all exactly the same, the difference is the delivery time. Berrowwood will be in service in 3rd of next month, and York City will be in service in early April, and now they are undergoing crazy training and sea tests, which can be fully caught in the battle in late month. Bunker Hill will not be in service in early May, and the Cobbens will not be completed until mid-May. The spot for the British will be turned into futures, and the only remaining battleships in the Royal Navy must be commanded by the US Navy to participate in the A+ program.

Admiral Jin's abacus was very good, so he had six regular aircraft carriers that he had invested in the A+ program: two Essex-class, namely Lexington and York City; three Independence-class, namely Independence, Princeton and Bellowwood, one Glory-class, and Glory-class. In addition, two newly completed and completed sea trials could also be put into use, so that the troops prepared for the A+ program could reach 12 escort aircraft carriers, with an unprecedented scale of force, and other troops such as the Marine Corps supporting the program could also be prepared more fully.

But now that the Japanese joint fleet suddenly entered the Atlantic Ocean, everyone was confused by the top leaders of the United States, because they had just received information a few days ago that a large number of transportation from Italy were gathering in the direction of Italy, and it seemed that they were all supplies sent to Japan. They thought the Japanese fleet would return home soon, but they did not expect that they would do so.

Admiral Ingersoll, the commander of the Atlantic Fleet, was furious: "What are the Japanese devils doing? Are they their own navy or German mercenaries? They don't care about so many islands lost in the Far East, and they keep wandering in front of us..."

These words made General Jin, Nimitz and others speechless. They thought that capturing the Aleutian Islands would touch Japan, but they did not expect that the joint fleet was unmoved and they couldn't figure out how to get the Japanese back. Could it be that they really had to attack the Japanese mainland?

General Jin frowned and his face turned pale: He was originally full of confidence in the A+ plan, but after receiving the information about the joint fleet breaking into the Atlantic, things were not so relaxed and happy, because the A+ plan was based on the fact that Germany and Italy had no aircraft carriers available. Now there are so many variables at once, and troubles come one after another.

Turner was not qualified to attend such a meeting, but because he was the core maker of the plan, General Jin called him. After pondering for a moment, he said: "The Japanese fleet has five aircraft carriers, which greatly changed the balance of power and the environment for the implementation of the battle. Our plan will be forced to postpone again."

Roosevelt's heart sank suddenly. As an assistant minister of the navy, he could easily calculate the power comparison: in terms of battleships, the Allies vs Axis are 5:10, in terms of aircraft carriers, the Allies vs Axis are 6:5, and the Admiral Jin finally turned and moved out was offset immediately. The only good news was that they received the exact information. The German and Italian warships in the Mediterranean went to the Black Sea to cover the landing of the army, including the three new Italian battleships, Venetto, otherwise the power comparison of the Atlantic Ocean would be unbalanced. But one thing they didn't know is that when they received the information, the Axis Fleet that covered the landing had completed the mission and started returning.

"The crow's intelligence shows that although it is not entirely clear about the German defense situation on the island, he estimates that there are at least 300 aircraft..." The Americans don't know who the crow is. In the UK, no more than 5 people know who the crow is. This is completely the highest secret. They only know that the intelligence provided by this person is completely reliable.

This statement is also confirmed by Lancaster bombers who carried out air strikes during the day: they discovered three large airports and one medium airport in the Azores, not to mention 300, which can accommodate 500 aircraft. Portugal, Spain, France and other Atlantic coastal countries have a steady stream of transport ships to transport things to the island every day. The Germans are working on the island like crazy. The radar station has been established and armored forts have been completed one after another. Although the Lancaster aircraft group visited day after day, they either did not hit the key position at all, or they were often just bombed today and repaired tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, which is speechless. For this inconspicuous change, the UK has paid hundreds of Lancaster heavy bombers and related units in more than a month, and the losses are greater than that of strategic air strikes.

The British were depressed and the Germans also suffered internal injuries. This is why Paulus was uneasy to occupy so many engineering personnel to conquer the Gibraltar Fortress. If he did not occupy this group of personnel, the construction and restoration of the islands would be faster. Hoffman made the decision to stop the Atlantic Fortress. Before that, the relevant projects of the Atlantic Fortress were almost impossible to do, because all the personnel, materials, labor and engineering equipment had gone to build these islands.

If the Americans knew that the information that the German Navy had transported 11 twin-mounted turrets the day after the Combined Fleet left the port would have scared them even more to death. These were all ship gun turrets removed from the Ise and Hinata. Of course, these 11 turrets were not all for Azores. Azores were only divided into 6 of them, the Canary Islands were divided into 3, the Madeira Islands were divided into 1, and Cape Verde was divided into 1. Not only that, the German army's subsequent turret supply was almost continuous and the main turrets on the Dunkirk were to be removed, and the turrets on the Jean-Bar were also to be removed. These are all potential turret suppliers.

Faced with the 300 carrier-based aircraft that suddenly appeared, General Jin felt a headache, but he still maintained a rare calmness and said: "It is not only a problem with the A+ plan, but now we should quickly determine whether the Japanese fleet's intention to enter the Atlantic Ocean are defending Azores, or breaking the trade, or attacking us."

"Occurrence?" Roosevelt exclaimed, "Do they dare to land in America?"

"It doesn't have to be landed, they're going to hit the east coast with a few shells or dropping a few bombs with an airplane. We're good enough for us as Doolittle Airlines did."

When Roosevelt heard the name of Doolittle, he didn't think about it. After these B-25s bombed Tokyo, it aroused a strong backlash from Japan, and then the Battle of Midway. If the Japanese do the same, the consequences would be... And Roosevelt knew in his mind that the American people had enjoyed freedom for a long time and did not tame and believe in the government like the Japanese people. If Japanese shells or bombs fell into the crowd, they would be afraid that the White House would be flooded by the protesters.

"Can they stop them? For example, fight a decisive naval battle and give full play to the advantage of one more aircraft carrier." The Americans made a mistake in the details. They thought that Japan brought out all five aircraft carriers. In fact, there were only three aircraft carriers in the joint fleet. The fourth was the Skyhawk, which had just been completed and put into service, and all were piloted by the German Navy. Therefore, the Axis Navy's aircraft carriers were not 5 but 4, but the total number of carrier-based aircraft remained basically the same.

"You can try it, the question is, who will command the aircraft carrier formation?"

As soon as General Jin said this, Roosevelt was stuck. Spruins was criticized by all parties for his losses in the last battle for being too large and he was unable to return in the short term. Except for the Pacific Fleet, the US Navy has no reliable aircraft carrier commander at once. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!