A ship’s cargo was sunk by torpedoes or mines, but the loss was only money. But if it was a troop carrier full of soldiers, I’m afraid every attack would be a great tragedy. So the German navy troop carrier still took another safer route-bypassing South America and then going to the port on the west coast of Mexico via Chile. Although it took nearly a week, the loss rate of escort by the allied navy had dropped to about 3%. By the middle of the month, only one troop carrier was sunk in an American submarine attack, but fortunately most of the soldiers were there.
On the other hand, Americans have lost more than 7o submarines and 3o minelaying boats in a month after the war. Although it is undeniable that the powerful shipbuilding industry in the United States can make up for these losses in a short time, it is not a month or two to train skilled sailors.
After being reinforced by 150,000 local troops and 400,000 African colonial troops, Ollie will command the German Expeditionary Force and Marshal Villa to command the Mexican army to attack two other southern States of the United States from April 14th, and then capture Los Angeles, an important town in the southwest of the United States, on the 17th. On the 19th, five German African colonial divisions cooperated with a German armored brigade in the Las Vegas campaign, and the brave African soldiers’ hard work on the battlefield won the appreciation of German and Mexican commanders, which also made the American officers and men on the other side shudder.
In addition, after a week’s rest, guderian’s armored army advanced to Louisiana, and Rommel’s armored division also cooperated with Mexican infantry to capture Oklahoma City, and five southern States of the United States fell on February 20.
The ground troops were in the limelight, and the German army was not idle. By the middle of the month, more than 12oo Dornier dd long-range bombers had been deployed in the southern United States. Almost every day in Guadeloupe and Newfoundland, one or two large aircraft groups intensively bomb important industrial areas and oil fields in the United States. Nearly 50,000 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary bombs have caused Americans to lead a very serious blow to their industries. Baltimore’s urban area has almost been razed, and the surrounding factories’ work rate is less than 5%. The situation in new york is even worse. Once the bustling financial blocks, ports and Broadway were all wiped out by German bombs, the whole city quietly waited for the end of its life like a dying old man. Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Detroit are also in danger of being destroyed by bombs and incendiary bombs. At present, only Nissuda and Sao Paulo industrial zones far away from German military bases have not been bombed for the time being.
When the oil refining area in southern Houston was occupied by the Germans, although the US government did not face an oil crisis for a while, the war potential was undoubtedly greatly weakened. Therefore, the US government had to readjust its deployment. On the one hand, they accepted the British and Canadian governments’ sending ground troops into the American war, on the other hand, they demanded that Russia attack Germany from six places in accordance with the secret agreement between the two countries to achieve the goal of containing German troops and diverting the attention of German high-level officials.
The Queen of Russia quickly politely refused the American request. Although the Americans gave tens of millions of dollars in financial and material assistance to Russia back and forth, at this time, Germany was far from being weak in defense-together with the Orly Royal Combat Corps and the 5th German Corps, which was later transferred to the front, the German 6th Army sent less than half of the conventional troops. At present, there are nearly 500,000 conventional 6th Army stationed in the country. What is even more frightening is that once the national mobilization is carried out in Germany for a week, there will be 200,000 well-trained and most of them have participated in Europe. In addition, there are nearly 50 thousand fully trained African colonial troops, plus the excellent equipment of the German 6 th Army. This formidable enemy Russia is absolutely not to be taunted.
Disappointed, the US government has to pin its hopes on its own fleet of two oceans.
On April 4th, after three weeks’ voyage, the US Pacific Fleet finally returned to the long-lost west coast of Turkey. As the former home port of San Diego has been heavily bombed by the German army at this time, and German and Mexican ground troops have approached the port city, this fleet can temporarily go to San Francisco on the west coast to berth-although it is not as equipped as San Diego and Norfolk in all aspects, it has also built a large naval base. Before deciding to go, it was a good choice for the US Pacific Fleet on the west coast.
March 7 San Francisco, USA
Slowly, something is mixed with the breeze, leaving an unpleasant smell after burning. There is a morbid noise in the bustling downtown area, and there are fire engines whining, women and children crying, and there seems to be the extremely sad sob of the old man.
There is a lot of smoke in the city, and a mast hangs the stars and stripes outside the narrow Golden Gate Strait, but the fleet doesn’t know whether to enter or retreat. The sailors’ eyes are full of anger and sadness.
In the command room of the flagship "South Dakota", General Robert Cüneyt was livid and looked at San Francisco. Although he knew that the German army had fought for six seas, he didn’t expect that even San Francisco, which is more than 600 kilometers away from the southern border, would be violently attacked. Because the military port of San Diego, Mexico, has been captured by German and Mexican troops, he and this Pacific fleet have lost their original naval base in San Francisco, the home port on the west coast. Now it seems that this port, which is within the bombing range of German troops, can’t stay for a long time.
An hour later, General Cüneyt commanded the Pacific Fleet neither to enter the harbor nor to leave. It is not up to him to decide whether to enter the harbor or leave the harbor over and over again. In fact, the senior generals in the Washington Naval War Department are discussing this issue fiercely. North Seattle or South Panama represents two ways for the Atlantic Fleet of this fleet to meet-from the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean or from the Panama Canal to the Caribbean Sea. Each way has its own advantages and disadvantages and risks. You should know that the powerful German Atlantic Fleet is enough to work alone.
It wasn’t long before a single-wing double-German reconnaissance plane appeared in San Francisco. The German pilot obviously noticed the fleet outside the harbor, and then circled over and over again until three f4 fighters took off from the aircraft carrier Langley and the German plane turned around and flew south.
"It seems that we can’t stay here any longer!" General Cüneyt sighed, "Signal the San Francisco Naval Base to send ships to transport fresh water, vegetables and fuel out of the fleet to cruise north!"
With unwilling feelings, American sailors bid farewell to the Golden Gate Strait and San Francisco along with their ships, but after 24 hours, they had to turn around and sail south at sea. Because of Washington’s secret request, General Cüneyt and the Pacific Fleet adopted Plan B, that is, they went to Panama, and the Atlantic Fleet docked in Norfolk will also take corresponding actions in the near future to finally achieve the goal of meeting the two ocean fleets.
First, Washington made this decision because not long ago, the German North Sea Fleet swaggered away from the soil and was stationed in Pascal Flo. After the German and British fleets joined, a powerful fleet with five battleships, two aircraft carriers and 4o light ships had entered the Atlantic Ocean. It is estimated that the German Atlantic Fleet will join in a week, and according to reliable information, the German Mediterranean Fleet and the Turkish main fleet are also preparing to go to the Atlantic Ocean. At that time, even the American two-ocean fleet will hardly have the superior allied fleet to compete.
Another very important reason is that the German Atlantic Fleet that appeared in the waters near the Bahamas and Cuba a few days ago shelled the military fortresses and ports along Cuba’s coast from the early morning of March. At this time, although the United States did not directly rule Cuba, the Cuban government was also supported by the United States. The United States still stationed six naval forces in Cuba and occupied the Guantanamo naval base. At present, Cuba can be said to be a semi-colony of the United States.
On the same day, the U.S. submarine lurking near Guadeloupe found a German fleet with three large ships boarding the center of the No.6 ship, which also confirmed the speculation of the U.S. intelligence department that the Germans were about to board the No.6 ship in Cuba!
However, thousands of American troops and a dozen small and medium-sized ships stationed in Cuba are unable to resist the German Atlantic fleet, and the Cuban armed police force is probably vulnerable to the German Navy Team 6.
Once Cuba falls into the hands of the Germans, I’m afraid it will be impossible to say goodbye to the American ships that came out of the Panama Canal and crossed the Caribbean into the Atlantic Ocean. However, Cuba and the United States are only separated by a straits of florida with a width of more than 200 kilometers, and the consequences of letting the Germans set up military bases there are unimaginable.
Therefore, the US Navy War Department had to reach an order that the two ocean fleets must merge with the German navy in the Caribbean or the Gulf of Mexico as soon as possible to fight a life-and-death battle in the waters near Cuba. This blockade of the Gulf of Mexico, the US submarine force will try its best to rush to the Cuban waters to cooperate with the main fleet.
Tu Mei Chapter ninety-three Riding a tiger difficult fleet
Tanamo Bay, Cuba
This horseshoe-shaped harbor is located in the southeast part of Cuba, and the two parts are 20 kilometers long and 3 kilometers wide. The huge ship can freely enter and leave the world-famous natural harbor, and the strategic position of the windward channel to the east is very important.
Since 19o3, a part of Tanamo Bay has been occupied by the United States as a naval base. The base covers a total area of 117 square kilometers, including 70 square kilometers of water in the harbor and 6 to 47 square kilometers along the coast. The town of Kemala on the west bank of the northern shore of the harbor is still under the jurisdiction of Cuba, but it must pass through the area controlled by the US military when going to sea.
When the German-American War broke out, the United States Atlantic Fleet was stationed here. It had some cruisers, destroyers, submarines and patrol boats. Although it was not comparable to the main fleet, it was enough to show off in front of the Caribbean countries.
At the beginning of 1924, with the German Atlantic Fleet, the end of the South American naval base at Tanamo and the warning fleet stationed at the berth also came.
More than 200 ships took off from the German aircraft carrier on April, and attacked Tanamo fiercely. Most of the airports, warships and material warehouses of the US military were fatally attacked. After the first wave of attacks, the US military sank the remaining ships in the port one by one, and then announced that it would abandon the Tanamo naval base and evacuate its personnel from Route 6.
That night, a German commando took a small boat and boarded 6 3 kilometers east of the base of Tanamo, but was blocked by Cuban armed men on the way to Tanamo. The German commando was forced to return to the sea because of the disparity between the two sides. At midnight that night, the German battleships "Albray Sitter", "Geerds", "Baden" and "Futengbao" approached the coast under the escort of destroyers and shelled the fortifications of the outer port of Tanamo for two hours. It was easy and easy.
The next morning, more than 2ooo soldiers of the 6 th Team of the German Navy boarded the 6 th Team at the port and quickly occupied the Dangdang Tanamo base. At 7: 35, the flag pole of the base was hoisted with black, white and red colors.
Although Cuba achieved independence in 19o2, the situation controlled by the Americans remained unchanged in the 1920s. Not only the pro-American government was supported by the United States, but only the regular armed police force was also funded by the United States, and instructors were sent to practice. However, when the strong enemy was at present, and the backer was too busy, the American government was supported by the United States. Instead of obeying loyal opposition’s orders, it chose to remain silent. At the same time, the armed police force of the country was strictly forbidden to interfere with the German’s move into Guantanamo.
Unfortunately, the Americans firmly grasped the armed police forces of Cuba’s puppet government. They did not listen to the orders of the so-called president and government, and at the instigation of American officers, they captured the presidential palace in Havana and arrested a bunch of government officials, and then announced that Cuba’s government was taken over by the provisional military government. On that night, dozens of Cuban armed forces also attacked a German post, killing and injuring many members of the Sixth World War of the German Navy.
When the German post was attacked by Cuban armed men, the German high command decisively reached the surface and occupied Cuba. It ordered the German Atlantic Fleet to shell the coastal cities and military facilities of Brazil all the way. At the same time, the 6 th fleet carrying 7,000 German soldiers and 4,000 Mexican soldiers had left Ciudad Juarez in the northeast corner of Mexico, which was less than 2oo kilometers away from Cuba!
An hour after the German government officially declared war on Cuba on November 11th, German and Mexican troops landed on the southwest coast of Cuba under the cover of the German fleet. Because there were only thousands of armed policemen and some American soldiers defending Cuba, more than 10,000 German and Mexican soldiers did not receive decent resistance. The landing of the 6 troops quickly pushed the German fleet artillery and bombs into central Cuba, which made many Cubans even more frightened. At this time, it seems that it is time to send reinforcements to Cuba to be occupied by the German side.
As early as when the German Atlantic Fleet appeared in the waters near Cuba, Washington was worried about it, because Cuba is not only the northern gate of the Caribbean and the United States, but also across a 200-kilometer-wide straits of florida. Once it becomes the most advanced military base of the Germans, German bombers can fly to the hinterland of the United States to bomb, and the Germans can pedal Cuba to attack Florida from the sea, which is definitely not what the White House and the Admiralty want to see.
So a piece of paper has arrived from Washington, DC, and the South Pacific Fleet is arriving in Panama before March 23rd!
At this time, Robert Cüneyt’s Pacific Fleet had just arrived outside the port of Los Angeles-German ground troops had approached this important port city, but the port was still flying the Stars and Stripes before July 17.
At the beginning of the war, the main attack direction of the German army was the southeast of the United States, so most of the losses suffered by Los Angeles came from the bombs dropped by the German army. With the arrival of the 5th German regiment and a large number of African colonial troops in Mexico, the German-Mexican Coalition launched a new round of ground offensive aimed at capturing the states in the southwest of the United States. In recent weeks, more bombs were bombed in Los Angeles than in the previous month. German bomber formations dropped hundreds of tons of bombs and incendiary bombs almost every day-the US government strongly appealed to the warring parties to avoid huge incendiary bombs that did great harm to the people of Cuba, but the Germans ignored such weak people before making an initiative.
As the voyage to the south is Mexico’s long western coastline, and the voyage is short, the American fleet will refuel before arriving in Panama. Therefore, the Cüneyt fleet has to take the risk of stopping off the coast of Los Angeles, and the minesweeper will clear a passage from the mine overnight. When the freighter leaves Hong Kong, it will bring only some military and non-military materials-all of which will be beneficial to the Germans when Los Angeles falls.