On the morning of February 18, German Home Fleet and Atlantic Fleet arrived in the waters near Azores. However, Americans is almost ready at this time. Two United States Marine Division and one British Navy marine brigades have landed. They built a lot of fortifications on the islands on Azores.
Although, due to the rush of time, those fortifications may not be strong. However, I have to admit that if German Marine Corps wants to attack Azores and recapture those islands without strong fire support, it will be very difficult. In fact, the huge casualties will make the beach red with the blood of German Marine Corps officers and soldiers.
In order to prevent Azores from being attacked by German Navy's main gun, American fleet also moved around Azores, hoping to find a favorable fighter plane to hit German Navy in one fell swoop so that the situation could be reversed.
"General, Americans's fleet must be near Azores, but how are we going to lure them out?" asked local Fleet Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Richter Fiers.
"Where is Carrier Fleet?" Admiral Hipper did not answer immediately, but asked the location of Carrier Fleet.
"Carrier Fleet is currently in the sea 150 kilometers northeast of Azores. In order to avoid being detected by Americans, they are operating farther away." Lieutenant General Richter Fiers replied.
"Then, we can execute the plan and lure American fleet out." Admiral Hipper said with a smile.
Admiral Hipper's plan seems simple. Azores From east to west, it is hundreds of kilometers. If Atlantic Fleet and Home Fleet of German Navy appear on both sides of Azores, this will undoubtedly spread the fleet. If we were attacked by Americans at this time and another fleet wanted to reinforce it, it would probably take more than ten hours. A naval battle lasted only a few hours. This will be a great temptation for American fleet, which owns eleven Capital Shipss. If Americans doesn't want to lose this opportunity, they will definitely launch an attack. At that time, the aircraft carrier hidden behind can launch an attack. Directly use the overwhelming Carrier-based aircraft to drown out the Capital Ships team of American Navy. Even if you can't eat all American Navy, you can at least severely damage them. Next, it's time for Home Fleet and Atlantic Fleet to clean up the mess and eliminate American fleet in one go.
At 11 a. m. on February 18, German Home Fleet and Atlantic Fleet jointly launched a fierce artillery bombardment on Terceira Island's heroic brother and the surrounding US Marine Corps defensive positions.
Although US Marine Corps also has some cannons, their small-caliber artillery is obviously unable to compete with Battleship's main gun. The final result was that US Marine Corps's defensive position was almost crushed by German Navy using Naval Gun, and the casualties were extremely high.
German Home Fleet and Atlantic Fleet surrounded Terceira Island and launched an attack. They almost plowed US Marine Corps's position with artillery fire, causing great losses to US Marine Corps before walking away.
Subsequently, German Home Fleet and Atlantic Fleet dispersed. Home Fleet moved west to sweep those islands to the west of Azores, while Atlantic Fleet moved east to sweep the islands in the eastern part of the archipelago.
US Marine Corps and Britain Marine Corps stationed on Azores are in bad luck this time. German Navy and Naval Gun are very sharp. Even those secondary guns are definitely not something that the fragile human body can withstand. This directly led to heavy losses for the troops stationed on the island.
The Marine Corps general responsible for garrisoning Azores kept sending Telegram to American fleet, asking them to launch an attack and defeat German Navy. Otherwise, before they could wait for German Marine Corps to launch the attack, they would be wiped out by Naval Gun from Germany people.
However, how dare American fleet launch an attack? German Navy's Home Fleet and Atlantic Fleet add up to sixteen powerful Capital Shipss, enough to crush American fleet.
This caused US Marine Corps's senior executives to even send Telegram to Secretary of the Navy Daniels's desk. This also puts Henry? General Mayo under tremendous pressure.
But even so, Henry? General Mayo still did not act rashly. The fleet in his hands is the only Capital Ships team that American Navy can handle. If it is lost, American Navy will be completely ruined.
"General, Your Excellency Minister Daniels is also under great pressure. Marine Corps's losses are too great, and the Britain people have also expressed their dissatisfaction." Lieutenant General Henry? Wilson reported.
"I know, but we still need to wait patiently!" Henry? General Mayo said.
"General, German fleet are scattered, their Home Fleet is sailing west, and Atlantic Fleet is sailing east. Both fleets are constantly bombarding our Marine Corps." A staff officer reported.
Henry? General Mayo's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Germany people actually dispersed? Don't they know that in this case we can concentrate our main force to deal with them?" Henry? General Mayo laughed. He realized that the opportunity he had been waiting for seemed to have arrived.
"General, the Germany people are doing this to speed up the progress and create conditions for their Marine Corps to land!" Lieutenant General Henry? Wilson said.
Henry? General Mayo Although I think it may not be that simple. However, he was unwilling to give up this excellent fighter opportunity. In addition, the pressure from the country made him have to make a quick decision. Otherwise, Marine Corps would suffer too much loss and he would not be able to explain it.
"Order the fleet to turn around. Tomorrow morning, we must rush to the east of São Miguel Island and prepare to deal with Atlantic Fleet of German Navy." Henry? General Mayo ordered.
Henry? General Mayo set its target on German Atlantic Fleet, naturally because Atlantic Fleet is slightly weaker than German Home Fleet. With the strength of American fleet, the possibility of eating German Atlantic Fleet is very high, and its own casualties will not be too great. In this case, they will be able to gain an advantage in the subsequent battle with German Home Fleet.
Of course, Henry? General Mayo didn't realize that all of this was a trap.