Judging from the current intelligence, as long as the German fleet enters the waters near Portugal, it will definitely be discovered by the other side.

And Magiffin will definitely run away when he sees that the situation is not going well. This puts the entire plan into a dead end, that is, it cannot rendezvous with the Tycho fleet without entering the Mediterranean, and it cannot gain an advantage without rendezvous. And if the Tycho fleet comes out,

It will definitely be resisted. It is too difficult to avoid being discovered when the large fleet goes out to sea with thick smoke and clouds. Moreover, the fleet can only pass through the Strait of Gibraltar. The Allies will definitely have air and sea forces to conduct reconnaissance.

However, after being reminded by Sa Zhenbing, Hipper thought of another way. Now the Allied fleet is divided into two parts, and the Allied fleet is also divided into two parts! If the Tycho fleet goes to Lisbon to find Magiffin's bad luck, and then intercepts the West

If the Muss fleet is used, at least the Tycho fleet can obtain a

Although there is one less battleship on his side than Sims, the U.S. fleet is mixed with good and bad, but all of its own are Bismarck-class battleships. Hipper believes that if he and Sims go up against each other, he will

There is at least a 70% certainty of victory. The only thing to worry about is the opponent's air force.

Although he knew that there were definitely not many flying groups with the ability to attack ships on the west coast of France, but the war had progressed to this point, a little bit of negligence would lead to irreparable consequences, even if Sa Zhenbing mentioned that the opponent's air force was not a concern

, but he was still worried. Then, Sa Zhenbing made another suggestion, that is, to mobilize part of the air force into the Bay of Biscay to limit the air power of the other Allied Powers.

At the same time, a small number of submarines were sent into the area. In this case, Sims would choose to go far to sea, whether to avoid the opponent's air attack or to avoid the submarines, at least operating outside the bomber combat radius. And if this is the case, both sides

With the air force being eliminated, if the opponent's location can be found through reconnaissance planes, Hipper can naturally use a standard battleship decisive battle to solve the opponent.

The American fleet is like a two-headed snake, and what the Allies need to do is to grab both heads at the same time. As long as they can kill Sims, it will at least be considered a victory, and if they can block Lisbon with Tycho

If so. Then with the cooperation of the army, the U.S. fleet is really a fish in the bottom of the pot! It is rare in history that a country's fleet can be blocked in the port and completely annihilated! From the current point of view, this plan is still feasible.

It's somewhat feasible. First of all, the U.S. fleet doesn't know

With his own arrival, Tycho can go to Lisbon from Gibraltar Fortress at any time. Magiffin will not give up this place easily and will definitely let the Sims fleet quickly support. At this time, if long-range reconnaissance aircraft and submarines are deployed in northern Spain in advance, it will be discovered.

The probability of Sims' fleet is still very high. Then he can intercept it! And when the two sides fight, even if Magiffin knows that Sims' fleet has been intercepted, there will naturally be Tycho's fleet to deal with him once it comes out!

"This method seems good. If we can get China's intelligence support, the chance of winning will be even greater." Hipper was thinking that although China is a neutral country, if China does not have an intelligence network within the Allied Powers, he would be beaten to death.

Don’t believe it. Not only do we have intelligence networks within the Allied Powers, we must also have intelligence networks within the Allied Powers. There are no permanent friends in the world, only permanent interests. Germany also has spies deployed in China, and it is normal for China to deploy spies on both warring sides.

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Hipper was not worried at all that China would leak the plan for this operation. China did not want the Allies to completely lose this war. As long as Germany did not interfere with China's actions against Russia, China would never sit with the Allies.

After all, the Allies are too far away from China, and the British colonies are on the edge of China. The United States is also a superpower that spans the entire America, and its Pacific Fleet is also one of the targets of China's defense. China needs the Allies to contain Britain, the United States, and France.

"But it is difficult for us to know the whereabouts of the U.S. fleet. A sudden change in the plan will probably cause a lot of trouble, or at least our investigation operations will be disrupted." Thinking of this, Hipper said, and took a peek at the other party.

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"It doesn't matter, we have this. Through it, you can receive the intelligence of the Sims fleet. Although it is not complete, if it can be coordinated with the reconnaissance force deployed by your country in northern Spain, then it is not possible to target the opponent.

The key to a difficult task is to be quick. Your fleet cannot remain undetected forever. If it continues to go south, the probability of being discovered will be greater. So we must make a decisive decision."

After Zhen Bing heard what the other party said, he learned that Hipper had already proposed to join forces with China. The war has reached this level, and the Allies seem to have unlimited glory, but they have also reached the pinnacle of victory. If they continue to fight, they will only

The possibility is getting more and more futile. China has newly occupied a large area of ​​land, and various construction projects are in ruins. It is impossible to continue to export resources to the Allies. Therefore, China also hopes that the war will end as soon as possible!

As Sa Zhenbing spoke, he took out a box from a corner of the room. When the box was opened, Hipper's eyes couldn't help but light up. He had seen this thing before in the German Naval Intelligence Service. This machine

It's the so-called puzzle class, but look at its size

, larger than those used by the German Navy. The German Navy currently uses mostly 4-rotor charade machines, and this one may be a 5-rotor machine. Obviously, this should be a cipher machine used internally by China, used for communicating with overseas

Intelligence personnel make contact.

"I think your Excellency should be very clear about this thing. It will be sent to your warship together with the supplies. You can use it to receive some intelligence. Then use it to decrypt but not encrypt. Every day you just need to receive it like listening to the radio.

Information is enough. This is the specific acceptance time schedule. Please take a look.

"When this cipher machine is sent out, Sa Zhenbing's mission will be completed and he will give Germany some help. It will be up to the Germans to do what they do next. After all, Sa Zhenbing does not understand the situation. He is a navy man, not a soldier.

Intelligence. What's more, China is still a neutral country after all. If you do too much, it will be bad if you are discovered.

After several hours of supply work, Hipper's fleet finally separated from the Chinese supply fleet and continued on its journey. After this meeting, Hipper began to try to contact Trough so that he could make timely adjustments.

Action. "If the Tycho fleet uses the cover of night to head to Lisbon, will Magiffin wait for the Sims fleet or withdraw?" "When will the Sims fleet set off? What if the American fleet converges early?"

Hipper wrote this in his notebook. But no matter what, it is necessary to increase the aviation and submarine forces in northern Spain and then monitor the Bay of Biscay. And after all, there is a sea between the Portuguese battlefield and the main battlefield.

Under the threat, the efficiency of merchant ship transportation was greatly reduced. Coupled with the brutal war consumption, frontline fighter jets were consumed quickly and replenished very slowly. Therefore, the Allied Air Force could also allocate part of its strength to take care of the Bay of Biscay.

Although Hipper persuaded the German troops on the southern front to make such an arrangement, he still had some concerns about whether to implement the plan of separate attacks in the end, and the entire fleet also began to slow down in order to wait for the final decision. At this time, all the help

The Army's situation in defending Lisbon Magiffin is becoming more and more difficult. It is not that the German Army's 150 cannons and 210 heavy howitzers can threaten his fleet. On the contrary,

Since the Allied fleet was fully used to support the land battle, the German Army not only failed to invade Lisbon, but even gave up some non-important areas. Within the scope of naval gun protection, the German Army was unable to do anything, but they began to attack other areas of Portugal.

, and completely cut off the land access to Lisbon, turning the entire city into an isolated island, and the German Air Force also began to try its best to consume the Allied Air Force's combat power.

"The Entente Army in Lisbon was like being locked in a cage. They were unable to obtain adequate supplies and support. Any supplies they needed had to be obtained from the sea, and supplies arriving from the United States would be attacked by submarines along the way.

and attack ships. Even if you get close to Portugal, you will be harassed by land-based air forces. Even near the port, you will hit the mines laid by the Germans.

.Even if we sweep the bottom of the sea over and over again! As time goes by, we get less and less supplies. By the way, what we are talking about here is that the supply level of the navy, army and air force is higher than ours, because they are there all the time.

Fighting the Germans, and our transport troops not only have to feed hundreds of thousands of troops, but are also responsible for the consumption of civilians in Lisbon."

"Although this is reasonable, it has greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the fleet. We do not lack fuel and various other supplies. What we lack is propellant and artillery shells, especially the Angel that delivered supplies to the fleet last time.

After the freighter was accidentally destroyed by a submarine, Lisbon had no underground

Ammunition depot, and targets on the ground may be attacked by the opponent's air attack at any time, so objectively speaking, we dare not accumulate too much ammunition in the port, and each main gun on the battleship only has 100 rounds of ammunition. Although the secondary battery

More, but not enough range, so we were forced to attack with our main guns

Some very small targets. And this intensified the consumption of our ammunition. In this case, the combat effectiveness of my fleet continued to decline." Magiffin wrote in the report. And this time, when the Sims fleet was about to arrive,

, Magiffin was originally going to order him to bring at least two ammunition ships

Ships were transferred to the main fleet, which was not very rich in ammunition. However, a series of surprising things made Magifen wary. The number of German submarines near the Bay of Biscay increased sharply, and at the same time, Allied reconnaissance planes also began to fly frequently.

Visited here and followed Allied merchant ships many times.
Chapter completed!