69novels Chapter 889
Chapter 889
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“Who is this person you are talking about?”
After the public meeting outside ended, President Roosevelt summoned Admiral King alone and asked him this question in person.
He was very concerned about this question for a simple reason. After defeating the Combined Fleet, the German army would inevitably attack the Bermuda Islands next. Once they took the Bermuda Islands, the navy deployed by the Eagle Sauce in the Atlantic region might be divided into two! The
Bermuda Islands are very close to the Eagle Sauce mainland. If the German army uses this as a forward base, the deterrence range of their fleet will be very wide. By then, the four or five states on the southeast coast will be within the deterrence range of the German army!
And unlike the German occupation of Florida, although the German army entered Florida, because the sea transportation line was not completely opened, the German army that landed on the shore was just an isolated army. It was difficult for them to get a stable supply from the rear, so this army was actually In fact, they are fighting alone. Once the Eagle Sauce side has adjusted itself and launches a general offensive again, it is possible to drive them into the sea!
However, the German navy is different. They have fought all the way from Europe. Wherever they go, the Allied sphere of influence will inevitably shrink. When the German army occupied the Azores, the Allied navy, which lost the Azores as support, could only operate in the area west of the Azores!
In this way, the dividing line of maritime power between the two sides is naturally based on the Azores.
In fact, because of the activeness of the German army, the waters hundreds of kilometers west of the Azores fell into their control, and the Allied forces could not even guarantee control here!
At this time, the German army further attacked westward and directly hit the Bermuda Islands. Once they took the Bermuda Islands, the Azores to The waters between the Bermuda Islands will completely fall under the control of the German army, and the spheres of influence of both sides will undergo earth-shaking changes!
The area controlled by the German army will greatly increase, while the area controlled by the Allied forces will be greatly reduced!
This is actually the fundamental reason for the island-grabbing war between the U.S. military and the Allied forces in the Pacific battlefield in history!
Whoever can control the key islands in the ocean can use these key islands as their own strategic fulcrums to help expand their sphere of influence outward!
The reason why the Japanese army lost the victory in the Pacific War was because under MacArthur’s island-hopping tactics, they lost a large number of key fulcrums, allowing the enemy’s army to quickly arrive at the city.
Even because MacArthur skipped many islands, the Japanese troops deployed on those islands were cut off from the mainland of the foot basin, thus becoming isolated armies!
These isolated armies have lost contact with the outside world. Without the contact with the outside world and the supply of materials from the outside world, they can only survive on the island like savages!
As a result, many strange things happened in history. The islands where Japanese troops were stationed were cut off from the mainland because of the existence of island-hopping tactics, which led to the fact that they even fought to the end. Many years after the end of the war, they still insisted on resisting with the Type 38 rifle. Because of the long-term lack of supplies, they all became savages…
To be honest, it is really a skill to be able to stay on an isolated island for so long, especially without logistical supplies and losing contact with the outside world and their family members. Most people would have a mental breakdown when encountering such a thing. As a result, these foot basin soldiers not only did not have a mental breakdown, but also remembered their mission and insisted on fighting with simple weapons. This is really impressive.
Compared with the complex Pacific Ocean, there are far fewer islands in the Atlantic Ocean, and even fewer key islands. There are only a few key islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, and the ones close to America are the Azores, Bermuda Islands and the Bahamas Islands.
The Germans’ original control of the Azores had already made the Eagles feel like a thorn in their backs, because for the Eagles, the Germans’ occupation of the Azores clearly meant that they wanted to use it as their bridgehead and then expand westward.
Therefore, in the Eagles’ battle plan, capturing the Azores was their top priority!
Originally, when the fleets of the British Empire and the Foot Basin arrived in North America, the Eagles wanted to take out this battle plan at the Norfolk Naval Base and let the high-level navies of the three countries discuss it to see if they could launch this combat operation before the beginning of next year to capture the Azores controlled by the Germans!
Stimulated by this news, the Germans early dispatched troops from their homeland and sent a large number of troops into the Azores, ready to defend the island!
As a result, it was originally a great opportunity, but because of the personal grudges between the British Empire and the Foot Basin, they ended up in a bad mood, causing them to lose this opportunity.
And now, after seeing that they did not take the initiative to attack, the Germans began to take the initiative to attack instead.
For the Allies, the status of the Bermuda Islands is similar to that of the Azores Islands to the Germans. The Germans will naturally make it their primary goal to capture this place, so the Allies actually attach great importance to the protection of this place.
If not for this, they would not have placed the strongest Combined Fleet on paper around the Bermuda Islands and let them take on the task of protecting the Bermuda Islands.
However, no one expected that the German battle plan was so careful and the command on the battlefield was also excellent!
As a result, it took less than a day to beat the arrogant Combined Fleet so badly that even its mother didn’t recognize it. At this time, the Combined Fleet had been destroyed, and the Germans were bound to attack the Bermuda Islands next.
As the actual controller of the Bermuda Islands, the Eagle Sauce deployed thousands of soldiers on the island for defense early on, and at this time, facing the attack of the German army, they obviously could not sit back and watch these soldiers being annihilated! They could not accept the fact that the Bermuda Islands fell!
So they will definitely send troops to rescue the Bermuda Islands.
By taking over here, they can at least protect their vulnerable eastern coastal areas from harassment and attacks for a period of time.
Otherwise, once the German army captures here, the German aircraft carriers, submarines and surface warships can use their range advantage to easily enter the offshore waters of the Eagle Sauce, attack their transport ships, harass their fishermen, and may even bombard their port cities, causing them greater losses!
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Eagle Sauce cannot accept such a result anyway. Their core area in the east is in the coastal area. Once it is attacked, the loss will become astronomical!