Chapter 566: Operation Greenland (1)

"!!" Roosevelt suddenly felt the urge to slam the table and resign. Since declaring war on Germany, there has been a series of bad news, and there has been no good news at all; it is so stressful that people can't breathe.

After taking a few deep breaths, Roosevelt spoke. "Tell me, what's the matter? Didn't the medical team arrive?" A few days ago, acute yellow fever appeared in the Panama Canal area, and he sent a medical team. What big deal could this be?

The secretary reported nervously. "The medical team arrived in the Panama Canal area today and found that there was no living person in that area. The hospital was full of corpses, and there was no survivor; and those corpses were quite horrible."

"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 rot, but microorganisms will not survive under radiation; therefore, the corpse will not be "naturally" digested by nature at all; in this way, people will become a pool of "blood porridge" after death.

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

As mentioned above, people at that time did not have enough knowledge of the harmfulness of radiation, and even in 1997, British scientist Dr. Eric Wallis conducted related experiments.

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

In order to conduct this experiment, Wallis injected himself with plutonium and inhaled a large amount of chemical gas into his body. Because there were too many toxins and radioactive substances in his body, Dr. Eric's excrement had to be placed in sealed containers and transported to professional radioactive material processing institutions for processing. After his death, the body could not be cremated because the ashes were also highly radioactive; they had to be isolated in sealed lead coffins and buried in cement.

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

The secretary replied. "The medical team has launched an investigation. They suspect it is a new type of virus."

"Got it. Let them solve it as soon as possible. Try to satisfy them with whatever they need." After the secretary left, President Roosevelt sighed deeply. "General Ernest, we really need a victory to inspire people."

Ernest said firmly. "Don't worry, Mr. President, we will definitely capture 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 an attack. That day happens to be the birthday of the German Crown Prince. I think the Germans will relax their vigilance, which will be more conducive to our surprise attack."

President Roosevelt nodded. "May God bless."

In fact, this is a very risky or reckless surprise attack. They are eager to reverse the current passive situation and want to inspire the people with a victory; it is equivalent to being forced to make this surprise attack plan.

Unfortunately, they didn't know that the reconnaissance team secretly sent to Greenland became a prisoner as soon as they landed. They couldn't stand the interrogation of the German army and told everything they knew. As a result, the deployment information of Greenland that the US military received was given to them by the Germans. It would be a miracle if this surprise attack could succeed.

The Berlin Palace on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

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

"June 6? You really know how to pick a time. Are you going to give me a birthday present?" After mocking, Yannick immediately called Rundstedt, Kesselring, Raeder, 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 just came to disturb your 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 the airport in Greenland going?"

Kesselring said confidently. "Your Highness, Greenland has already stationed 200 FW190 fighters, enough to ensure air superiority. There are also 100 A1 attack aircraft."

Yannick nodded with satisfaction. "Very good."

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

The compact appearance of F2A is very conducive to increasing the storage capacity of aircraft carrier hangars. In that era when quantitative advantages were extremely important, such a design was very meaningful.

Unfortunately, due to its small size, the subsequent improvements of F2A were greatly limited. Whether it is a new engine or other built-in equipment, it is difficult to be stuffed into the overly miniature body for integration. So far, F2A has gradually become a model that everyone is disappointed with.

The US Navy then replaced the F2A Buffalo with the F4F Wildcat, and the F4F became famous in the Battle of Midway by beating the Zero like 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 flew at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour. But now, it can only be described as backward. What's more serious is the MK-13 torpedo carried by the TBD. This thing has very good data, but in the early days of the war, it may be the second worst torpedo in history, only slightly better than the MK-14 torpedo on the American submarine, known as the "kinetic iron rod" (its most famous record is the attack on the seriously injured "Kaga" aircraft carrier, and it broke into two pieces and became a lifeboat for two Japanese sailors!)! Unstable depth setting, poor quality of detonators... often make pilots bleed and sweat but work hard in vain.

In short, at this time, the American carrier-based aircraft is no match for the FW190, enough to make them come and go without return.

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

Although Yannick wanted to enjoy a duel between big ships and big guns, the German Navy happened to be in a period of rest and recuperation, or in a semi-paralyzed state.

The unfinished warships of France were completed and put into service one after another, and with the incorporated British warships, the navy, which had many more warships, faced a serious shortage of personnel. Raeder had to transfer a group of personnel from other warships to serve on the new warships, and even let the graduating students of the Naval Academy board the ships in advance, which could only meet the minimum requirements for operating these warships.