Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Chapter 566 Operation Greenland (1)



"!!" Roosevelt suddenly felt the urge to slam the table and resign. Since the declaration of war with Germany, there has been bad news one after another, and I have not received a single good news at all; it is overwhelming.

After taking a few deep breaths, Roosevelt spoke. "Tell me, what's going on? Didn't the medical team arrive?" A few days ago, acute yellow fever broke out in the Panama Canal area, and he sent a medical team. What big thing could happen?

The secretary reported nervously. "The medical team arrived in the Panama Canal area today and found that there was not a single living person in that area. The hospital was full of corpses and there was no survivor; and those corpses were quite horrific."

"What?" Ernest was shocked and asked hurriedly. "Why is this happening?!"

Under the influence of nuclear radiation, the cells in the human body will gradually decay, but microorganisms will not survive under the radiation; therefore, the corpse will not be "naturally" digested by nature; in this way, the person will be a puddle of "blood porridge" after death.

And the radiation will remain on these dead cells that cannot be digested for hundreds of years. To dispose of these corpses, they must be isolated in sealed lead coffins and buried in cement. This will pollute the nearby land and make it lifeless.

As mentioned earlier, people at this time were not fully aware of the dangers of radiation, and even in 1997, British scientist Dr. Eric Voorhis conducted related experiments.

He believed that people had exaggerated this kind of radioactivity and that it was not as terrifying as imagined, so he signed a life-and-death certificate with the laboratory and used his own body as a test subject for radioactive experiments.

To conduct this experiment, Voorhees injected himself with plutonium and inhaled a large amount of chemical gases into his body. Because there are too many toxins and radioactive substances in the body, Dr. Eric's excrement must be contained in sealed containers and transported to a professional radioactive material disposal agency for processing. After his death, the body could not be cremated because the ashes were equally radioactive; it had to be isolated in a sealed lead coffin and buried in cement.

And now no one would have thought that the Panama Canal disaster was caused by terrible radiation.

the secretary replied. "The medical team has launched an investigation and they suspect a new type of virus."

"I know, let them solve it as soon as possible. Try to satisfy them with whatever they need." President Roosevelt sighed deeply after the secretary left. "General Ernest, we really need a victory to inspire us."

Ernest said extremely firmly. "Don't worry, Mr. President, we will definitely be able to seize Greenland. The fleet will set off at 11 o'clock tonight and will arrive in Greenland around 7 o'clock on June 6 to launch the attack. That day happens to be the birthday of the German Crown Prince. I think the Germans The alert will be relaxed, which will be more conducive to our surprise attack."

President Roosevelt nodded. "God bless you."

In fact, this was a rather risky or reckless surprise attack. They were eager to reverse the current passive situation and wanted to inspire the people with a victory; they were forced to make this surprise attack plan.

It's a pity that they didn't know that the reconnaissance team secretly sent to Greenland was captured as soon as they landed. They couldn't withstand the German interrogation and told everything they knew. As a result, the deployment information of Greenland that the US military obtained was given to them by the Germans. It would be a ghost if such a surprise attack could succeed.

The Berlin Palace on the other side of the Atlantic.

Reinhard hurried into Yannick's office. "Your Highness, the Americans are ready to take action. The fleet will set off tonight and arrive in Greenland in the early morning of June 6."

"June 6th? You really know how to choose a time. Are you giving me a birthday gift?" After mocking, Yannick immediately called over Rundstedt, Kesselring, Redl, Dönitz and others. . "Everyone, the Americans' Greenland operation has been launched and will arrive in Greenland in the early morning of June 6."

"Ha, these damn Americans came to disturb His Highness's birthday, damn it."

Yannick smiled. "Maybe this gift will be the best gift for my birthday. Marshal Kesselring, how is the construction of Greenland's airport going?"

Kesselring said confidently. "Your Highness, 200 FW190 fighter jets have been stationed in Greenland, which is enough to ensure air superiority. There are also 100 A1 attack aircraft."

Yannick nodded with satisfaction. "very good."

At this time, the main force of the American aircraft carrier-based aircraft was F2A "Buffalo" fighters and a small number of F4F "Wildcat" fighters. The F2A is a single-seat, single-engine, mid-wing, piston carrier-based fighter developed by Brewster Company of the United States. It is the first monoplane carrier-based fighter in service in the United States.

The compact appearance of the F2A is very conducive to increasing the storage capacity of the aircraft carrier hangar. In that era where numerical superiority was extremely important, such a design was of great significance.

Unfortunately, precisely because of its small size, subsequent improvements to the F2A have been greatly limited. Whether it is a new engine or other built-in equipment, it is difficult to integrate it into an overly mini body. At this point, the F2A gradually became a model that disappointed everyone.

Later, the U.S. Navy replaced the F2A Buffalo with the F4F Wildcat, and the F4F became famous in the Battle of Midway when it used the Zero as a turkey.

In addition, there is the TBD Devastator torpedo bomber. This aircraft was quite advanced when it was in service. It was equipped with an 800-horsepower R1820 engine and could fly at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour. But now, it can only be described as backward. Even more serious is the torpedo MK-13 mounted on the TBD. This thing has very good data, but in the early days of the war, it was probably the second worst torpedo in history, only better than the MK-13 on American submarines, known as the "kinetic iron rod" 14 torpedoes (its most famous achievement was attacking the seriously injured "Kaga" aircraft carrier, which ended up breaking into two pieces and becoming a lifeboat for two Japanese sailors!) A little stronger! Unstable depth setting and poor quality detonators... often make pilots bleed and sweat but their hard work is in vain.

In short, the American carrier-based aircraft are no match for the FW190 at this time, which is enough to make them unable to come back.

Yannick looked at Raeder and Dönitz. Before he could speak, Redel said respectfully. "According to your instructions, I have dispatched 10 cruisers, 30 destroyers, and 50 torpedo boats to Greenland." Dönitz added. "There are already 40 submarines on standby around Greenland."

Although Yannick really wanted to enjoy a showdown between large ships and cannons, the German Navy happened to have entered a period of rest, or was in a state of semi-paralysis.

The unfinished French warships were gradually completed and put into service, and with the addition of the British warships, the navy, which suddenly had many more warships, was facing a serious shortage of personnel. Redel had to allocate a group of personnel from other warships to serve on the new warships, and even let those students who were about to graduate from the Naval Academy board the ships in advance, so that they could only meet the minimum requirements for operating these warships.


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