Chapter 857 Islands

As for the Alaska landing war that the Americans were worried about, Yannick would certainly not choose to launch a landing war in winter, especially in a cold place like Alaska that crosses the Arctic Circle. If a landing war really takes place, the soldiers will be frozen into popsicles on the spot if they accidentally fall into the water; and the cold-proof clothing they need to wear will greatly limit their combat capabilities.

However, he did not intend to let the Americans have an easy time. The heavy bombers taking off from Adak Island and the attack aircraft groups taking off from the aircraft carriers that sailed into the Alaskan waters kept bombing the Alaskan defense positions. On the other side of the Atlantic, a huge fleet consisting of four battleships and six aircraft carriers was assembled, and it sailed towards the Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Islands.

The Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Islands are located in the North Atlantic Ocean 25 kilometers south of Newfoundland Island, Canada, North America. The entire territory consists of eight islands including Saint-Pierre, Miquelon, and Langlade.

Although this archipelago is located at the "doorstep" of Canada (the closest distance to Canada is only more than 20 kilometers, and if you don't look carefully, it will be considered a small island in Canada), it belongs to France in a serious manner.

As early as 1520, Portuguese explorers discovered this archipelago. However, due to geographical and climatic reasons, this archipelago had no desirable resources except for growing a small amount of vegetables, so the Portuguese did not think much of it. As a result, it was occupied by French sailors as French territory in 1534. Although the island has few available resources, it is close to the sea and has abundant fish to catch. Therefore, in 1604, a large number of French fishermen went here and established the first permanent settlement.

Although France was quite powerful at the time, the British Empire, also a European power, was not a vegetarian. The war between Britain and France spread from Europe to America, and even affected St. Pierre and Miquelon. After various wars, Britain occupied almost all of France's North American colonies, but retained France's fishing rights in North America, so it reserved St. Pierre and Miquelon for France. After that, France allowed exiles to settle here officially.

Later, from the second half of the 18th century to the early 19th century, this archipelago was occupied by Britain many times. It was not until the Paris Convention in 1883 that France regained the Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Islands in 1914 in accordance with the Paris Convention.

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Islands are also very close to the US mainland, and some US senators have advocated the annexation of these islands by the US. He was worried that France's influence on Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Islands might have a political or cultural impact on Canada and the United States, and at the same time, the French fishing fleet might have a significant impact on the fisheries in the surrounding waters. However, his suggestion did not succeed.

After Canada followed the United States in declaring war on European countries, it sent troops to occupy these islands, built some defensive positions on the islands, and pulled in several old-fashioned coastal defense guns to deploy on the defensive positions on the coastline.

That morning, the Canadian soldier on the lookout suddenly shouted. "Fleet! Enemy fleet discovered!" The squad leader in the lookout hurriedly ran up to the lookout, picked up the telescope and looked into the distance, and saw dense warships coming on the distant sea.

"Oh my God!" He didn't dare to delay and immediately reported the news to the commander of the garrison on the island.

The commander of the garrison immediately issued a combat order, ordering all units to enter the first level of combat readiness and prepare for the sea bombardment. The huge alarm driven by the electric motor sounded a loud and long alarm, and then the alarms distributed in various places on the eight islands were sounded one after another. For a time, the sky over the archipelago was filled with heart-shaking piercing sounds.

In the past few days, the soldiers stationed on the islands have not relaxed, and have stepped up training day and night. Now it is finally time to test the results of the training. The soldiers rushed to their respective positions quickly. The huge steel turret slowly turned according to the parameters sent by the command post. The black muzzle pointed directly at the shadow of the ship in the distance. The loader operated the boom to hoist the huge warhead onto the rail. The first shell was neatly stuffed into the barrel. The ammunition operator unscrewed the safety pin and pried open the metal cartridge, pulling out the silk-wrapped propellant from it.

Just as these soldiers were busy in an orderly manner, the secretary of the Canadian Embassy in Sweden walked into Ambassador Liam's office with a strange expression on his face. "Mr. Ambassador, it's a call from the German Embassy."

"German Embassy?" Ambassador Liam frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and ordered. "Pick it up." He thought to himself that it would be bad news if the Germans called.

Then he picked up the phone on the desk, and the cold voice of the German Ambassador came from the other end of the phone. "Ambassador Liam, on behalf of our country, I now officially notify your country that you must withdraw the troops stationed in St. Pierre and Miquelon within one hour and must not destroy any military facilities. Otherwise, your capital Ottawa will end up like Washington!" After saying that, he hung up the phone without waiting for Ambassador Liam to respond.

"..." Ambassador Liam's facial muscles twitched involuntarily for a few times, and he cursed into the microphone, but he did not dare to delay, and immediately called his secretary to send a telegram to the country.

Soon, the news was reported layer by layer, and finally sent to the Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa.

When the Canadian Prime Minister received this news, he was almost scared and sat on the ground. He immediately found the Minister of Defense and asked him to withdraw the garrison on St. Pierre and Miquelon.

"These damn Germans are too bullying and don't take us seriously at all." The Minister of Defense cursed angrily.

"There is no time." The Canadian Prime Minister was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. "There is less than half an hour left. Do you want to see Ottawa bombed into ruins?!" The Germans did not take them seriously. Canada has never been bombed since the declaration of war. I am afraid that the Germans think it is a waste to drop bombs on them.

But what's wrong with this? Can it be refreshing to be bombed every day like the United States next door?

He wanted to burn incense and let the Germans forget them completely.

The Minister of Defense sighed depressedly. Of course, he knew that even if he defended Saint Pierre and Miquelon, he would not be able to defend it. Just look at the Hawaiian Islands and Midway Island lost by the Americans. Even the Americans couldn't stop the German attack, so how could they stop it?

At that time, not only would the island be lost, but they would also have to be bombed by the Germans. It would be a loss.

Thinking of this, the Minister of Defense had no choice but to send an order to withdraw the soldiers from Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.