"Why is the loss so big?" Someone muttered dissatisfied.??

"Gentlemen, this battle is OK. At least we only use 5 Jeep aircraft carriers, and more than one aircraft will have exhausted Cape Verde's air force. To bombard it for another day tomorrow, and the ship will bombard it the day after tomorrow, and the navy will wait and see the 6th Army successfully land and capture the prisoners."

"Well, can the Navy blow up those 14-inch shore defense cannons?"

"cannot!"

"Why?"

"Because the aircraft on the Jeep aircraft carrier can only carry 5oo-pound bombs at most, and the power is not enough to destroy those shore cannons protected by heavy reinforced concrete. Speaking of this, the fleet has a headache than you, and it is necessary to take the risk of using naval cannons to bomb."

Marshall nodded: "This has to bother the Navy. These giant cannons have a great threat. If you come here, you will be reimbursed at least half of the company of the 6th Army."

"Is there no news about the German fleet?"

General Jin shook his head in annoyed state: "The Germans have become turtles with their heads, but they just don't move, and they have no choice."

Since the Axis Fleet has been hiding in the Yar air defense protection circle, the US fleet did not dare to go north rashly. According to Turner's arrangement, the fleets will continue to push forward tomorrow, but Admiral Cunningham's aircraft carrier formation is still focused on the Axis Fleet and appropriately cover other fleets. The artillery fleet is launched, and the Cyclone fleet is advanced forward to prepare for boarding 6, and the escort fleet continues to air strike on Cape Verde, finding ways to clear the ground fortifications and defense systems, creating conditions for boarding 6, although it is impossible to completely clear it.

The Joint Conference still affirmed Turner's strategy. Although Turner is a bit "wild", he is still cautious in fighting and has many ways. Now, even if he can't deal with the German fleet, he can at least eat Cape Verde more safely. This is an amazing victory.

Opinions on Cape Verde are relatively easy to reach, but what should I do in the Falkland Islands do? When the Joint Conference studied and ended, it was impossible to reach a consensus: the Navy believed that if the intelligence was true, it would not be able to be taken down based on its original strength. Either increase troops or adjust the combat plan, it would be recommended that the ground troops first flatten Argentina; the 6th Army believed that the ground troops were too slow to flatten South America, the cost was too high, and the international influence was too bad, so it required that the supply line of the Falkland Islands be blocked as soon as possible, and then consider increasing the force to launch an attack.

The two sides finally reached an agreement that the second batch of troops arrived in Brazil before the end of November and were deployed as planned. The third batch of troops going to South America will include 8 divisions, including at least 2 armored divisions. The Navy promised to launch two more fleet aircraft carriers and one escort aircraft carriers. The 6th Army promised to prepare for the preparation before December 15. This has actually overturned the binding requirements of the Falkland offensive campaign before Christmas. However, the enemy situation has changed now, and they believe that they can obtain the president's understanding.

In addition, both sides also agreed that in South America, they should increase their aid to Brazil and make the loan loan bill applicable to Brazil. As long as the latter agrees to open more bases and fields to the United States, the US military should arm the Brazilian army as much as possible to maintain order in South America. It is generally believed that although the enthusiasm and unrestrained characteristics of the Brazilian people are more suitable for performing circuses or playing football, it is still possible to arm the Brazilian troops. If there are 40,000 Brazilian soldiers plus 10,000 US 6 troops, the situation in South America will be very different. Everyone also expressed that they should win over Chile as much as possible. Although the latter is now playing Tai Chi every day and there is no truth, people who have dealt with it believe that the Chilean army is much more reliable than the Brazilian army.

Both sides avoided talking about opening the British and Canadian routes. The 6th Navy has expressed their annoyance to the endless bottomless pit of Great Britain. Out of "political correctness" and to avoid the troubles, after Marshall persuaded him to persuade him, General Jin pinched his nose and promised to give the upcoming Hornet (Essex-class) to the British to comfort the injured hearts of the British.

These opinions were recorded one by one, forming minutes of the meeting to be presented to President Roosevelt. As the weather became colder, some problems appeared in his body. He happened to be hospitalized in the hospital these two days and was absent from the meeting again. All the senior generals had the same wish: to occupy Cape Verde as soon as possible to report good news to the president! No matter what, the British and Canadian routes cannot be opened, and Yar and the Falkland Islands cannot be obtained for a while. If there is no result, no one will be embarrassed to face the president.

However, they never expected that the remaining nine escort carriers would be missing another 2 after the meeting.

With the cover of night, the German S-boat troops deployed in Cape Verde decisively attacked, and 12 S-boats penetrated directly into the US anchorage like daggers. Although the US radar soldiers observed traces of S-boats on the radar screen, the ripples reflected by these small boats were too small. Even if they were large, the S-168 level used for offshore combat was inconspicuous on the vast sea surface and often hid in the waves, which made people mistakenly think it was a misreport and did not pay attention to it. It was not until it was about 10 kilometers away from the outer defense line that the alert destroyers and escort boats appeared.

The 168-class S-boat was a new product that was launched in early 1943. It was the result of the comprehensive strengthening of armor, range, degree and firepower based on the s-1oo. The tonnage reached 168 tons, so it is called the s-168 class. It has 3 new supercharged diesel engines launched by Man Company, with a combined horsepower of 48oo, and can achieve a maximum range of 44 large range of 85o nautical miles. The entire s-boat has a three-unit torpedo tube set and two quadruple 2m high-level dual-purpose machine guns (the same type of equipment as the cyclone self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, one on the front and rear decks). In addition, there is also a sea detection radar and a complete radio system.

The original German torpedo boats are generally 533mm caliber, but after the g9 oxygen torpedo was successfully produced, the newly produced ones were replaced with 61m caliber. The new level 168 is the crystallization of Germany's latest industrial research. It is manufactured in segments, combined assembled and can be transported by railways, or towed by large freighters. After the torpedo tubes are removed, it can also be used as an inland express cargo ship or ocean lifeboat. Hoffman likes these short and concise daggers. On the one hand, he ordered the previous levels to be given to allies, and on the other hand, he created a new level 168.

By January 1943, many of these speedboats had been built, which had adapted to the needs of German war expansion. Most of the S-boats were deployed on islands in the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean. Yar, Cape Verde, Madeira, Canary Islands, Socotra, and Madagascar were deployed, and it was common on the Eastern Front battlefield. The North Sea route and the Black Sea route were involved. The Caspian routes in the Central Asian War Zone also began to be used in batches, transport, lightning strikes, anti-submarine, escort, rescue, anti-smuggling, and reconnaissance, which greatly made up for Germany's lack of number of destroyers and frigates. It was hopeless to compete with the United States for the construction of destroyers, but if they compete with the construction of S-boats, Germany was not afraid. Except for the motives of the diesel engines, the rest were jointly produced by Europe, and even Italians were effortless to build.

The power of the S boat is already powerful enough, and the powerful g9 oxygen torpedo weighing 2.85 tons is even more powerful.

In the dark night, the S boats ignored the artillery fire of enemy destroyers and continued to advance at a high speed of 44 knots, so fast that they could not even keep up with the US searchlight or flare launches until they approached the core unit of the US escort fleet of about 32 oo meters. This was the g9 flying spear practiced by the German Navy after obtaining the oxygen torpedo. 36 powerful g9 oxygen torpedoes with a caliber of 61m shot out in a semi-arc fan-shaped surface under the eyes of the American officers and soldiers, just like the assault knights who threw flying spears in front of the two armies in the Middle Ages. Then the S boats turned around and broke out in a dispersed manner, and did not check the results. If the proud swordsman left after completing the peerless attack, he would be at a 44 knot, and no one could catch up with the plane.

The US military has been guarding against German submarines' surprise attacks at night, so the formation is relatively tight and loose formations that can easily allow submarines to find opportunities to take advantage of, but the tight formation is very fatal torpedo assaults. What's even more serious is that the tracks of oxygen torpedoes are not significant except for the first section, and can only be seen at a very close distance. In the darkness of the night, it is simply a blind eye to be caught, and the destroyer is still careless. The Casablanca class has a degree of less than 19 knots, so it is impossible to avoid.

With the highest level of 5o knots in the g9 torpedo, it only took just over 2 minutes to run 35oo meters. Although the US military tried its best to dodge, an escort aircraft carrier ahead was hit by thunder. After a loud "boom", the g9 torpedo with a charge of 8oo kilograms directly blew the crispy Jeep aircraft carrier into two pieces. Even the chance of escape was not as good as the entire warship. In the end, only 13 lucky ones survived. What is more terrifying than the charge is the range of the g9 torpedo. The range of 5o multi-knots exceeded 20,000 meters. One torpedo penetrated all the fronts until it hit another escort aircraft carrier 15 kilometers later, and the result was naturally a thunderstorm.

The final result of the 36 torpedoes was to sink two escort aircraft carriers, one Atlanta-class light cruiser and one destroyer. Although it was slightly worse than the Japanese army's night battle in Tassa Falonga, it was also very satisfying. What was even more incredible is that the German army only lost 2 S boats. Although the 36 G9 torpedoes were expensive, they were only a fraction of the price compared to the sunken US ship.

Turner received the report on the night battle results the next morning. He was so angry that he almost spit out an old mouthful of blood: the 14 escort aircraft carriers lost half of them before they could fight. Although it was not harmful, it was still a month's production in China. In desperation, he could only issue a death order. Today's air strike will launch a full-scale attack on key places such as Cape Verde warehouses, docks, ships, etc.... (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!