"As long as you can block Maggie Fen in Lisbon, then I will handle the rest.

After many "telegram meetings" and bargaining, Hipper finally couldn't help it. He decided that he would personally be responsible for searching for the Sims fleet and getting rid of it. The Allied Mediterranean Fleet headed by Italy only used General Magiffin.

Just delay. This is almost the least costly option for Italy and Spain. The Magiffin fleet is weaker than its opponents and will not easily leave the protection of Lisbon's forts and mines to challenge Tycho's fleet. And Tycho does not need to attack by force.

Lisbon. Press

According to this final plan, if the Hipper fleet can defeat the Sims fleet, it will naturally come to join Tycho. If something goes wrong by accident, Tycho will only have to be responsible for the response. Now

In this case, even if Hipper's fleet is heavily

If Sims cannot come, Tycho will not have to worry about the Magiffin fleet defending Lisbon. "Okay, Admiral Hipper, I accept your opinion."

." Finally Tycho finally agreed.

In order to fight this final battle, the Allied Army and Air Force also actively cooperated with the Navy's actions. The Germans and Italians sent almost all of Spain's reserve pilots to the battlefield, and everything that could fly was sent.

took to the sky and completely suppressed the already overwhelmed Allied air force. "The Germans were simply crazy. They frantically swept through all the enemies they encountered.

Everything, our aircraft will be targeted as soon as it takes off. Not only is it impossible to detect, but even our own airport is under attack. After there are no enemies in the air, they begin to sweep everything they can find on the ground, including airports and cargo distribution centers.

, various bunkers, and even the trenches and foxholes on the front line were not spared." A US military officer once recalled the last battle in Portugal.

As for the navy, Tycho also formulated a very thorough plan. The entire fleet was divided into two parts. One was a fast detachment composed of 7 fast battleships. This force had the Longxiang as its flagship, and 3

It will consist of one standard battleship built by China and three Spanish-class fast battleships.

Gu personally commanded. This fleet moves relatively fast, so it is planned to set off after nightfall. The other four Italian super-dreadnoughts and Austro-Hungarian battleships will be dispatched in advance. They will attack under the banner of sweeping the Portuguese coast, while heading towards

Sailing slowly to the north, picking up some targets on the shore.

This idea is well thought out. First of all, if the Allied Mediterranean fleet is dispatched, the Magiffin fleet stationed in Lisbon will most likely move north to evacuate after receiving the news. After all, the U.S. fleet only has 9 capital ships. Among them are Utah and Seven

A soft-legged shrimp like the Province. But it would be different if only five battleships went north. Not only could a fleet of this size not be able to defeat Reese

This poses a threat and may even be surrounded and annihilated by the US fleet. After shelling coastal targets, the Americans are more likely to regard it as ground support rather than attacking Lisbon. It would be best if Magiffin commanded the fleet to go south.

It doesn't matter, the Allied fast fleet departing at night can completely catch up with the battleship formation and arrive at the sea off Lisbon as early as possible to implement the blockade of the American fleet.

The dispatch of the battleship formation failed to avoid the eyes and ears of the Americans. Two hours after leaving the Fortress of Gibraltar, it was discovered by the US submarine Little Shark lurking nearby. At this time, the location was already 30 nautical miles away from the Fortress of Gibraltar! This unusual movement was natural.

The U.S. submarine will report it to Magiffin as soon as possible. The latter will do its best to send more reconnaissance forces to track this fleet. But at this time, except

Outside of Lisbon, Portugal, which has occupied large areas of territory, no longer has suitable front-line airports for take-off and landing capabilities. It is indeed too extravagant to use the precious V1500 4-engine aircraft to carry out reconnaissance missions. And because the target is too large, it is

The probability of interception is also very high. The Allied Air Force in Portugal takes a very close look at these precious aircraft! Magiffin's request was not accepted at the first time.

"What do the Italians want to do?" After reading the information obtained from the submarine tracking, and marking the other party's track on the map, Ma Jifen looked at this somewhat crooked track and fell into deep thought. It seemed that the other party was really

They just came to clean up the remaining coastal targets. The other party did indeed do it. The reports from the remaining coastal strongholds also confirmed this. Everything seemed to verify the intelligence speculation. However, Ma Jifen always felt that something was wrong, but he could not find it.

The flaws in it.

Time passed by, and Magiffin's request finally got a reply. The Lisbon Air Force also dispatched two V1500 four-engine bombers to search for the Allied fleet from the sea. When the adjutant asked the reason, the other party's answer was unexpected:

"After investigation, we found that the Allied Army has no plans to launch a large-scale attack. They are just bombing and consuming our air power. Since there is not much threat on land, it is natural to save some aircraft to serve the navy!

"

"There are no signs of large-scale ground operations by the Allies? The other side does not plan to launch a ground offensive?" Ma Jifen kept repeating these two sentences, as if he suddenly understood something! "Since there is no large-scale ground attack on the ground, then the Allied Mediterranean Fleet sent 5 battleships

What is the purpose of sweeping the coast? The important ports have been captured by the Allies, and the remaining places are insignificant. Is the meaning of the other side doing this just to use expensive artillery to fire equally expensive shells against them?

Pay some infantry with only light howitzers? Are your brains funny?" In just a moment, Magifen suddenly discovered the opponent's loophole. The focus of the opponent's battleship operations was definitely not the sporadic troops on land, and this time the Italians directly dispatched

With 5 battleships, there will definitely be back-ups? Are they trying to lure me to attack? Look at the opponent's formation. The Allies are sending slow battleships, and the fast battleships don't know where to lie! In this way, this is indeed the case.

possible!

"Tycho underestimated me too much." Thinking of this, Ma Giffin suddenly felt dumbfounded. If Ma Giffin had come out because of this bait, the U.S. fleet would have been chewed up by the Allies long ago! Ma Giffin felt that he could

The guy who came up with such a simple plan either thought Ma Jifen was a fool, or he was

He is a fool. But obviously, Magiffin himself is not, and Tycho is obviously not either. Therefore, the former found that he had jumped into a strange circle in confusion. When a puzzle was solved (at least he thought it was solved)

.) Another puzzle appeared again. It was like a chain, endless.

"Whatever, the Sims fleet will arrive early the day after tomorrow anyway. Once they merge, there will be no force in the North Atlantic that can stop us from fighting." McGiffin shook his head and said in a rather bachelor tone. And then

While Magiffin was guessing the opponent's purpose, Tycho's fast fleet also completed the final preparations. The last seven fast battleships in the Allied fleet will leave the port under the cover of night, and then

Then they will chase the battleship formation according to the scheduled route. In the 10-hour night, they will sail nearly 400 kilometers. When the next day comes, the entire Portuguese fleet will enter the sea off Lisbon and blockade the opponent from the sea. Once it is hoped,

After Pell joins or severely damages Sims, the entire American fleet in Lisbon will become a fish in the bottom and be completely destroyed by the Allies' sea and land offensives!

Everything went as expected, Magiffin did not find the German fleet that had traveled a long way, and Sims decided to take a detour after leaving the west coast of France in order to avoid being ambushed by submarines and possible air power strikes. And in Sims

Shortly after the Sri Lankan fleet left, a Chinese merchant ship sailing to France discovered the fleet, followed by an encrypted telegram,

Hipper learned the opponent's position. Under the guidance of successive telegrams, Hipper's fleet immediately moved to the southeast, searching for the opponent in the not-wide sea area. The four light cruisers had also dispersed. If the estimate was good,

If so, on the next day, Hipper would block the opponent before they enter Portuguese waters. After all, American battleships are not known for their speed.

Everything seemed to be going perfectly, but what was unexpected was that when an American submarine was trying to mine the outskirts of the Fortress of Gibraltar, it accidentally discovered that the originally heavily guarded port seemed to have relaxed. 80% of the destroyers and torpedo boats that were supposed to be patrolling outside had disappeared.

Above! "Has the opponent launched a full force?" A terrifying thought suddenly popped up in Kincaid's mind! "Where will they go? What will they do?" An attack at night will be difficult to detect whether it is water or air reconnaissance. The opponent must be making big moves.

!And Gibraltar is miles away

Gibraltar is really not that far away! Kincaid didn't care about anything else. He didn't even complete the minelaying task, so he immediately left the waters near the fortress, then surfaced and sent a telegram! "The Allied Mediterranean Fleet has left the Gibraltar Fortress and is going there."

Unknown!" accompanied by ticking

With the sound of an answer, this piece of information, one of the most valuable pieces of information in the late stages of World War I, was sent hundreds of kilometers away to Lisbon. An hour later, after many twists and turns, it was delivered to Ma Jifen. Seeing this piece of information, Ma Jifen was shocked.

As soon as I tightened, a cold sweat immediately flowed down my spine!

After seeing this telegram, Magiffin guessed about the plan of the Allied Mediterranean Fleet. This was the rhythm of fighting before he and Sims merged. The opponent had 12 ships, and he only had 9 at a disadvantage.

And he also used the cover of night to rush on his way.

The purpose of the battleship formation dispatched first is also obvious! This is to not delay the speed of the entire fleet. Ma Jifen does not know when the other party will arrive, but he knows that he must lead the fleet to withdraw from Lisbon Port now, otherwise, he will be waiting to be attacked.

Close the door and beat the dog!
Chapter completed!