"What are they singing?" The fleet left Madagascar after making the last supply on land, sailed to the southern end of Africa. When leaving the port of Zoranaru, the German sailors stood on the deck and sang together.
A song "Song of the Navy", standing on the bridge of the Huashan, Sa Shijun was asking Fang Minghao.
"This is their "Sailor Song". The first few sentences mean: We are in Madagascar, and the deck is terrible, and the toilet bucket on the boat is still walking on the deck. Hi, guys, Hi,
Hi, girls, live well, live happily, live happily... I forgot about the latter, there are several periods in total." Fang Minghao said with a smile.
"Haha, there is a quarrel on the deck... The Germans are also very interesting!" Sa Shijun also laughed.
When entering this sea area, navigation has become very dangerous. Americans' submarines are frequently active. Moreover, the US and British Allied Forces have more than a dozen air force airports on the coast of South Africa. The entire fleet can only maintain an anti-submarine formation and sail more than 400 from the coast.
Miles away from the sea, combat aircraft are difficult to reach.
The combat formation of the Republican Navy is centered on aviation warships. The battleships are the main escort ships to form an inner defense circle. On the outer layer of the battleship, two German heavy cruisers and eight air defense cruisers form a middle air defense circle.
The outer periphery is an anti-submarine air defense warning circle composed of 20 destroyers.
In addition, there are 8 supply ships, a supply fleet composed of 1 comprehensive medical ship and 10 large oil tankers, which are also located in the center of the fleet.
"I said earlier that we need more fleet aviation ships. Otherwise we would not be able to defeat the Chinese on the sea. Now that they are here, they are about to arrive at our doorstep!"
On the third floor underground, in the combat command of the British wartime cabinet, Sir Roger Pahous, commander of the British local fleet, accused the cabinet of poor coordination in ship equipment production.
"Roger, we must first respond to the German air strikes on us." Winston Churchill was maintaining the military production of Lord Beefbrook.
"Our production capacity is limited. Even a Guanghao-class aviation warship will take more than three years to build, but the construction time of the main aviation warship of the Chinese is only two years."
The three sea ministers said that there is already a clear gap in shipbuilding capabilities between the two countries.
"Can't Americans help us?" Churchill asked Foreign Secretary Aiden.
"All five of their aviation warships are concentrated on the east coast of Australia. They must do their best to ensure the safety of transporting troops and supplies to Australia." Aiden said: "Even if they agree now, it is impossible to stop the Chinese from entering France.
The coastal port.”
"Is there no way we can destroy them?" Churchill frowned. The Minister of Maritime Affairs had clearly told him that even if he focused his efforts, the Royal Navy was not an opponent of this Sino-German joint fleet.
"Unless they will attack British mainland or Gibraltar, we have no choice at the moment." Sir Roger Pahouse said with a blank expression. Since the war began, the British have lost three airships.
There are still four aviation ships, but the total number of carrier-based aircraft is only more than 200. The combined number of carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese and German fleets exceeds 700.
"If the maritime transportation line is cut off, we won't last long. We have to explain this to the Americans," Churchill said.
"They agreed to provide us with at least five Essex-class aircraft ships as soon as the new airships begin to serve in the summer, but before the summer, we can only support us." Aiden said
: "As for the new airship we requested, they agreed to rent it from us, but they will have to wait at least until the end of the year."
"It seems that we will have to live a very difficult life. If we don't stick to it, we will lose everything!" Churchill said. In theory, Britain has actually been unable to hold on. However, because it is unwilling to lose some of the things we have obtained,
But he has been unwilling to agree to the peace talks, but the losses have increased. Today's British Empire is like a gambler who has lost a bet, and can only resist it with a tough bullet.
At the same time, the Sino-German joint fleet had bypassed the southernmost tip of Africa and entered the rough South Atlantic Ocean.
Before dawn had broken, the fleet was on alert and began to turn north.
Such a huge fleet was unscrupulously rampant in the waters of the South Atlantic. After capturing several merchant ships near the African coast, the Sino-German fleet began to sail towards the South American waters and began to cut off the British's supply channels for supplies from South America.
The world's eyes were attracted by this joint fleet to the Atlantic Ocean. Standing on the tall bridge of the "Huashan", Sa Shijun looked at the fleet in his hands with confidence. The strike force composed of six aviation ships,
Judging from the current situation, it is basically invincible throughout the Atlantic Ocean. Unless the British and Americans gather all the aviation warships to fight him, there is no force to stop them from cutting off the British route.
The British, who had just recovered from the Battle of Britain, fell into a desperate situation again. The British Empire believed that life had finally improved. A large number of strategic materials and food were continuously transported from the outside world, such a huge
The aviation fleet suddenly crossed their route again. If it were encountered at sea, no escort fleet could escape unscathed!
The British shore-based reconnaissance aircraft frequently visited the fleet, but in front of the carrier-based aircraft that had taken off, they could only wait and see from a distance and turn around and run away.
In the sea areas where the Sino-German fleets appeared, merchant ships from Britain and the United States could only hide in ports and dare not act. A large amount of supplies were piled up in ports in the place of origin, but could not be sent to British ports that urgently needed them.
"Why haven't you landed from the Philippines?" Admiral Lukins seemed very leisurely. He would no longer worry about the tracking of British cruisers when he passed through the Atlantic Ocean. The combat range of the aviation fleet exceeded 250 nautical miles.
In a large sea area that appeared on the fleet, even the shadow of the British could not be seen.
He was eager to fight now.
"We are fishing. If the Americans refuse to throw away the Philippines, it will send a large number of reinforcements there. Fighting within the strike range of land-based aviation is definitely a nightmare for the naval fleet!"
Jun is now very familiar with the German Admiral. Generally speaking, the German general is very rigorous in his work, but sometimes he is too rigid.
"The strength of the Luftwaffe is declining. The German fighter jets that had the advantage at the beginning of the war have already seemed a bit outdated in performance. Our update speed is indeed a bit too slow!" Admiral Lukins has noticed that the performance of the fighter jets equipped by the Republican Navy is now available.
In fact, they are already more outstanding than Germany's land-based fighter jets.