"Where is the American Atlantic Fleet? It's obviously near the Bahamas, why is it gone?"
In the blink of an eye, it was already early morning on April 5, 1832. In the command center of Dezhou Haizi, Zhuge Weidao, who had not slept for two days and two nights, was looking at the chart with red eyes, becoming more and more confused as he looked.
Originally, during the day yesterday, the SsangYong carrier-based reconnaissance bombers sent out by the five aircraft-carrying frigates in the Texas Sea should have discovered the main force of the US Atlantic Fleet. But the result was far beyond Zhuge Weidao's expectations. The ambush team of the Mexico-Texas Combined Fleet dispatched hundreds of Ssangyong aircraft to repeatedly search the east of the Bahamas Islands and the north of the Windward Channel. They also dispatched 8 Type B ocean-going submarines to the west of the Bahamas Islands. We went to guard the sea area to prevent the main force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet from slipping into the Florida Strait. But after working hard all day, we still didn’t find the six United States-class ships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet!
At the same time, the main detachment of the Mexico-Texas Combined Fleet still led the advance detachment of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet all the way to the northwest. By the evening of April 3, it had returned to the coast of Florida, away from the ambush of the Mexico-Texas Combined Fleet. The detachment is almost 200 nautical miles away!
Zhuge Weidao didn't even need to point his fingers to figure it out, he knew something was wrong!
If the main force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet has slipped away, how come their armored cruisers and second- and third-class cruisers are still so determined to follow the main force of the Mexico-Texas Combined Fleet?
Aren't they afraid of being killed by the main force of the Mexican-Texas joint fleet?
If the main force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet did not escape, where were they? You can't be invisible anymore, right?
Therefore, Zhuge Weidao, who had not figured it out after much calculation, had no choice but to order the ambush detachment of the Mexico-Texas Combined Fleet to leave the lurking sea area last night and pursue the advance detachment of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet at full speed. At the same time, the main force of the Mexico-Texas combined fleet was ordered to slow down to 10 knots to see if the following US fleet would also slow down?
If they slow down, they will be surrounded by the Mexican-Texas combined fleet in order to force the main force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet to show up - they are the patrol patrol of the old United States, and the old United States will never have a friendly force in trouble. Not as motionless as a mountain, right?
If they don't slow down, they will catch up with the main force of the Mexican-Texas joint fleet! If that were to happen, the worst possible outcome would be to have a fight and destroy a few American armored cruisers first.
If they turned towards the Straits of Florida, they would be ambushed by eight submarines. If they escape towards the Atlantic or south, the planes sent by the ambush team of the Mexico-Texas Combined Fleet can easily catch them and bomb them!
But what happened during the day on April 4 was once again beyond Zhuge Weidao's expectations. The main force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet still seemed to have disappeared, and did not show up throughout the day. No matter how hard I searched, I couldn't find it! However, the American armored cruisers and second- and third-class cruisers following the main force of the Mexico-Texas Combined Fleet remained calm. The large fleet in front slowed down, and they also slowed down. They just followed slowly, looking not in a hurry at all. !
Americans are not in a hurry, but Zhuge Weidao is a little anxious.
This thing is weird inside and out!
Just when he thought this was strange, Zhuge Weidao suddenly glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw several small islands drawn on the Atlantic Ocean east of the Bahamas Islands on the chart. He felt something was wrong no matter how he looked at it, and for a moment he thought He couldn't get up, so he raised his hand and pointed to the small islands and asked, "Where are those?"
A young staff officer of the Ming Dynasty Navy next to him took the question and replied: "Bingjunmen, that's the Bermuda Islands."
"Bermuda? Ah, the Bermuda Triangle!" Zhuge Weidao looked incredulous, "Could it be..."
Only then did he remember what was wrong!
The waters north of the wind direction channel and east of the Bahamas belong to the Bermuda Triangle! Could it be that the main force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet crossed through the Bermuda Triangle? is it possible?
Zhuge Weidao probably hadn't slept for two days and two nights. He was already a little confused. Just as he was thinking about strange things, Guo Xiaobao's exclamation suddenly came: "Junmen, Junmen, the main force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet has been discovered!"
Zhuge Weidao suddenly became energetic, and all the weird thoughts in his mind were gone. He quickly asked loudly: "Where? Where? Where is the main force of the United States? What time is it now? Can the carrier-based aircraft take off?"
Guo Xiaobao rushed to Zhuge Weidao with the telegram, his eyes were red and his face was full of surprise - he had not slept with Zhuge Weidao for two days and two nights, and he had just received news that he could not believe. !
"Military gate, the main force of the Americans is thirty or forty nautical miles north of the main force of the main force of the Combined Fleet!" Guo Xiaobao raised his finger and pointed to the empty sea area north of the main force on the chart. "The eight armored destroyers sent by the main force are Meet the American fleet there!"
"What? Are they to the north of the main force?" Zhuge Weidao blurted out, "But how did they get there?"
Yeah, how did they get there? They were clearly to the south of the main force of the combined fleet and the ambush detachment, so why did they slip to the north dozens of nautical miles away? Did it fly from the sky with wings? It’s impossible! The two ambush squadrons sent out more than 200 reconnaissance planes during the day to look for them everywhere. Even if the American warships could really fly, they should have been discovered by these reconnaissance planes.
And it’s impossible for a battleship that big to fly!
Did he really travel through the Bermuda Triangle?
At this time, Guo Xiaobao gave an explanation: "Military Gate, I guess they may have used the cover of clouds to avoid the plane, and turned on the forced ventilation, heading north at full speed, and even passed by our main fleet at night. , ran to the front."
"How fast does it have to go?" Zhuge Weidao still felt incredible, "20 knots? 23 knots? Is it possible?"
Guo Xiaobao said: "Intelligence says that the United States-class and British Victory-class use the same host equipment, but because the American manufacturers did not do it well, the power did not meet the design requirements and it was so slow. These days they have been Hiding in Malby Bay without going out, it may be undergoing major repairs and replacing machinery and equipment produced in the UK, so the speed has increased."
Zhuge Weidao thought about it and felt that Guo Xiaobao's explanation was reasonable. But he didn't have the time to think about it now, because the war was about to start!
Thinking of this, he said to Guo Xiaobao: "Since we have met, don't be polite. What is the weather condition in the battlefield area? Can the carrier-based aircraft be dispatched?"
"The weather is clear, there are only a few clouds in the sky, and the sea conditions are not too high. Carrier-based aircraft can attack."
"Okay!" Zhuge Weidao nodded, "Record my order!"
"Yes!" Guo Xiaobao quickly took out his notebook.
"Tell General Guerrero that the fate of the Mexican Empire is in his hands. Emperor Agustín and I and the 15 million Mexican people are looking forward to the news of victory!"
"To generate electricity for the Enomoto Bushi, the carrier-based aircraft units of Dezhou Kaizi must go all out. They must show their prestige!"
"Give Wang Wen power and ask him to prepare torpedoes and prepare to pursue the remaining enemies. We must maximize our victory."
(End of chapter)
