Chapter 1177 Oh My God, the Tsunami Bomb Is Real!

"Boom boom boom..."

With waves of dull roars, several water columns of more than ten meters high suddenly rose on the sea less than 2,000 meters away from the beach near Port of Spain. At the same time, several two or three water columns surged on the sea near the water column. Meter-high waves rushed onto the beach at extremely fast speeds, crashing onto the golden sand.

"Damn it!" General George Smith Patton Jr., who was tall, wearing a straight military uniform and with four golden five-pointed stars on his helmet, couldn't help but cursed when he saw the huge waves crashing on the beach. One sentence.

"Admiral," Patton's staff officer Major General Garfield also frowned. Today's undersea bomb explosion test was organized by him to verify the possibility of a "tsunami bomb." "Tsunami bombs are entirely possible. We only used 2,000 kilograms of explosives to achieve such power. If the explosion was 10 times more powerful, it would be entirely possible to generate a huge wave of 10-20 meters."

"I've seen it all!" General Patton gritted his teeth. "The Germans have a damn good thing. Can our beach defenses withstand a 10-20 meter tsunami?"

Assistant Chief of Staff Guy said to Patton: "Admiral, most of our fortifications are very strong and should block the waves, but they are not waterproof, and the terrain of the fortifications is very low, and they may be flooded..."

Before the concept of "tsunami bombs" appeared, no one would have thought of building any "waterproof fortifications", and they didn't know how to repair them. Therefore, the fortifications placed by the US military on and near the beaches of Trinidad would be flooded. water. Even if the fortifications didn't collapse, the American soldiers inside would definitely have drowned.

Patton said in his heart: Fortunately, the intelligence agencies of the Soviet Union and the United States obtained the information in time, otherwise when the tsunami bomb went off, at least tens of thousands of people in the Third Army would die! If you really want to die like that, how can you continue the battle?

"Then build an additional reserve position 5,000 meters behind the first-line beachhead..." Admiral Patton now dare not say anything big like "let the enemy defend while we attack". He can only find ways to reduce the number of troops in the area. Losses suffered when attacked by German black technology weapons. "Build another embankment in front of the prepared position. The height is... 3 meters. Is 3 meters enough?"

"this……"

Major General Garfield and Colonel Gay looked at each other and shook their heads. Tsunamis are not taught at West Point and the Army War College, and the U.S. Naval Academy may not have courses on tsunamis.

Major General Garfield said: "There should be experts in this field in the country, and they can be invited to Trinidad."

"Then please hurry up! This matter cannot be delayed." Barton immediately ordered.

"Admiral," Colonel Guy reminded again, "In addition to fortifications, there are a large number of obstacles and mines on the beach. There are also many anchor mines and magnetic mines under the sea near the beach. If it is swept away by the tsunami, I am afraid they will all be destroyed. Clean it up.”

"Damn it!" Barton cursed again. But besides scolding, he had no other choice. Can the defenders on the beach move to a place to avoid the tsunami? Can they also move away the mines, torpedoes, barbed wire, etc.? And even if they moved away, it would be too late to move back after the tsunami passed. The German landing force certainly wouldn't have to wait that long!

"There is also Tobago Island!" General Patton himself added at this time, "This island covers an area of ​​300 square kilometers. There is a large area of ​​flat land in the west of the island where an airport can be built. The capital Scarborough also has a good port. Once it lands, If it falls into the hands of the Germans, it will become another Niihau Island, and we will be in big trouble..."

General Patton, who had commanded ground operations in the Hawaiian Islands, was deeply impressed by the bloody battle on Niihau Island. He believed that this bloody battle was the key to the Second Battle of the Hawaiian Islands. After the US military captured the island, it expanded the airport on the island and deployed a large number of P-47s and P-51s, making it possible to fight a war of attrition with the Japanese aviation.

The situation on Tobago Island is more conducive to the deployment of aviation forces than on Nihau Island. The island has a natural harbor, making it very easy to transport equipment and supplies to the island. Moreover, the Americans have also built a large number of airports in the west of the island. Even if they are damaged, the foundation is still there and it will not be difficult to repair them.

"Okay," General Patton shook his head, "arrange a C-69 for me. I want to fly to Washington... Now we must ask the Pentagon to provide us with more reinforcements."

…

"Did the verification test of the tsunami bomb succeed?"

The day after General Patton watched the simulated tsunami bomb test with his own eyes, Chief of Staff to the President of the United States William Leahy heard the "bad news" in the Pentagon. Patton, who had arrived after a long journey, told him personally.

"That's right." General Patton said in a room decorated as a map room, pointing to a military map of Trinidad and Tobago. "This damn tsunami bomb is probably real. The Third Army Our engineers have conducted several tests and all have been successful. One of them I saw with my own eyes that 2,000 kilograms of explosives can blast waves two to three meters high and hit the beach. If the explosion is 10 times more powerful... In short, this beachhead It’s hard to hold on!”

"Can't you defend the beachhead?" Army Chief of Staff Marshall has also studied landing and anti-landing operations. Defending the beachhead is definitely the first choice for the defensive side, even if the enemy has battleships that can bombard the beachhead!

"Can it still be defended?" Chief of Naval Operations Admiral King asked Patton.

"As far as ground combat is concerned, it's not a big problem." Patton replied. "I have a large number of tanks on Trinidad and Tobago, more than 3,000 of them, including many that are powerful enough to fight Tiger tanks. and the M-36 tank destroyer E-50 tank, so it can launch a counterattack with armored forces and drive the landing enemy into the sea.

But the German surface ships and aircraft will provide support for their landing forces, especially aircraft. They have many ground attack aircraft with superior performance. Recently in the Amacuro Delta, our people suffered a lot from the Il-2. "

Chief of Staff to the President William Leahy glanced at Henry Arnold who was present. Arnold also looked embarrassed. He had mobilized too many P-51s from Newfoundland and eastern Canada to reinforce the Caribbean theater. If P-51s were mobilized, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia would be too empty.

"Don't worry too much about Newfoundland and the Nova Scotia Peninsula." Admiral Leahy understood Arnold's thoughts. "All intelligence indicates that Trinidad is the German target."

"Okay, I'll draw out as many P-51 squadrons as possible." Arnold still didn't dare to draw out all the P-51s in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. He only dared to draw out one-third more, "and draw out more 15 squadrons.”

"It's not big enough." Patton muttered. "There have been several major air battles over Trinidad and Tobago. The fighter squadrons suffered heavy losses as a result, and they are now seriously short of manpower."

"It will be replenished," Arnold promised, "and the establishment will be replenished before April."

"April?" Barton immediately realized something when he heard this. "Is this the most likely time to attack?"

“The current intelligence shows this,” Leahy said. “A Russian Guards tank division will set off in late March to early April. We estimate that this tank division is the second batch of troops to land on Trinidad. Therefore, it is estimated that the enemy’s landing will be around the beginning of April.”

Marshall added: "The actions taken by the Germans in the Amacuro Delta should also be to coordinate with the offensive in April. By then they will have several IL-2 and Fokker Zero aircraft in the Amacuro Delta. frontline airport.”

"If that happens, our aviation strength will be even weaker." Patton looked very worried.

Leahy glanced at the Chief of Naval Operations, and Ernest King immediately said: "The Navy will dispatch aircraft carriers to support!"

"Dispatching the aircraft carrier?"

"Yes, our large fleet aircraft carriers will be deployed in full force!" Ernest King said in a slightly excited tone. "By the beginning of April, we will have 14-15 large fleet aircraft carriers ready for combat. These aircraft carriers It will carry more than 1,200 fighter planes!

In addition, the Navy will dispatch more than 30 escort aircraft carriers to assist in the battle. The total number of carrier-based aircraft dispatched will exceed 2,000! "

Hearing that 2,000 carrier-based aircraft would assist in the battle, General Patton finally calmed down. Although the performance of American carrier-based aircraft is not as good as shore-based aircraft and not as good as German carrier-based aircraft, the number of 2,000 aircraft can make up for the weakness in performance. Moreover, on the Caribbean battlefield, the number of U.S. fighter planes has always been much greater than that of its opponents.

"And we will also dispatch a huge force of surface ships!" Ernest King showed a confident smile on his long, old-fashioned face. "Although the Germans sunk 9 of our battleships with missiles, we are now We still have the largest surface fleet in the world, and our number of cruisers and destroyers far exceeds that of the so-called European Combined Fleet. In addition, we also have countless torpedo boats, so in offshore operations, the US Navy still has the advantage.

And we also have the excellent "Bat" radar-guided glide bomb, which can now be carried by at least 1,500 large aircraft in the Army and Navy. Therefore, every night after the landing operation begins, it will be a nightmare for German transport ships! "

It turns out that these days, after determining the main direction of the German attack, the Americans also formulated their decisive battle plan, codenamed "Operation Liberty". They planned to dispatch more than 10,000 aircraft, hundreds of thousands of ground troops, and thousands of A surface ship and the invading European Joint Expeditionary Force had a head-on confrontation in the waters of Trinidad Tobago.