Chapter 880 South America (7)

General Leahy couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard that Marshall asked the Navy to develop torpedoes with a range of more than 20,000 meters. This kind of thing is not something that can be developed through research and development. If it can be produced so easily, why doesn't your army develop weapons and equipment that can rival German tanks and fighter jets? !

As he spoke, the gliding bomb had already flown over the test site, and its altitude had dropped below a thousand meters. It swooped down towards the target ship in front of everyone's expectant eyes.

boom!

The gliding bomb scraped against the side of the target ship and hit the ground hard before exploding with a bang. The simply constructed wooden target ship was torn into countless pieces by the shock wave of the explosion.

"..." Everyone couldn't help but look at each other. Is this considered a success or a failure?

"Not bad." General Leahy nodded slightly. Although it didn't hit the target directly, it seemed to him that it was pretty good. After all, even if a pilot piloted a bomber to drop bombs above the enemy ship, he might not be able to hit the target. This gliding bomb almost hit the target. If multiple bombs are fired at one time, the hit rate should be improved, so it still has actual combat value. "Dr. Skinner, how long does it take to train a pigeon? What is the culling rate?"

Dr. Skinner replied. "In about six months, the elimination rate is about 40%."

Hearing this, Marshall on the side muttered. "That is to say, out of a hundred pigeons, 40 will be eliminated after six months of training, and the remaining 60 pigeons can be equipped with 20 glide bombs. 20 bombers will break through the German carrier-based aircraft defense circle with a loss rate of 50% (actually more). The hit rate of gliding bombs is 50%. Five gliding bombs should be able to sink a German main battleship, right?”

Hearing what he said, the people around him nodded. If five thousand-pound bombs were dropped, they would be severely damaged even if they didn't sink. It seemed that this kind of pigeon-guided bomb was indeed a feasible solution.

General Leahy made the decision immediately. "Dr. Skinner, increase the number of pigeons trained, at least 1,000."

On the other side of Germany, Yannick, who returned to the Berlin Palace from the experimental base, learned that the U.S. Congress had officially appointed Harry Truman as Vice President to act as President.

"This poor guy." Truman was in good health and lived until the end of 1972 in the original time and space, at the age of 88. However, his ability to govern is very mediocre, and he has not made any major achievements during his tenure as president. I am afraid that at this time, he has no ability to lead the United States out of the current predicament. It seems that he has been pushed out by everyone to be the scapegoat.

"What's going on in Cuba?" It no longer matters who is the president of the United States. Yannick casually put this information aside and asked about the situation in Latin America. In later generations, Cuba was subject to a long-term blockade by the United States. It can be said that it is unknown. There is even very little information about Cuba on the Internet, so most people are quite unfamiliar with this country. Cuba is probably best known for its specialty cigars and sugar cane, their leader Castro, and the Cuban missile crisis.

In 1962, a Cuban missile crisis occurred in the Caribbean that shocked the world. It was the product of the struggle for hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and was the most intense confrontation between the two superpowers. Although this crisis only lasted 13 days, the United States and the Soviet Union were hovering near the nuclear button, bringing mankind closer to the brink of destruction than ever before. This event is regarded as the pinnacle and turning point of the Cold War. Never in the history of the world has humanity stood so close to the brink of a nuclear war.

Nowadays, the United States does not have any nuclear power that can destroy mankind at any time. Facing Germany's aggressiveness, how will the United States respond? Continue to be a coward?

"Let the fleet sail close to Guantanamo Bay. If the Americans there refuse to surrender, launch an attack." Although he wanted to win over Castro to deal with the Americans together, it was a pity that Castro was still a minor at this time and should He was still opposed to his father at home (Castro was born into a wealthy manor family, but he had deep sympathy for the working farmers since he was a child. He opposed his father's mistreatment of farm laborers, and quarreled with his father many times for this reason. When he was 13 He once organized sugar workers to go on strike against his father), even if he wanted to win over him, there was nothing he could do.

Yannick walked over to the map, reached out and tapped another place in Latin America. "Let's go and get the Bahamas too."

The Bahamas is located east of Florida in the United States, north of Cuba and the Caribbean Sea, opposite the southeastern coast of Florida, and north of Cuba. The Bahamas contains 700 islands and cays. The indigenous people are Indians. Columbus landed here in 1492 and was occupied by the British in 1649. In 1783, Britain and Spain signed the Treaty of Versailles, officially establishing it as a British territory.

After Britain's defeat, most of these original British territories were taken over by the United States, and it was time to take them back.

As Yannick's order was issued, the German fleet, which was resting on the Paraguana Peninsula, set sail for Guantánamo Bay.

"What the hell!" Cuba was under the dictatorship of General Ruben Fulgencio Batista Saldívar, one of the United States' close partners during World War II. one.

After receiving the news that the German fleet was heading towards Cuba, General Saldivar seemed like an ant falling into a hot pot, hesitant and at a loss. Thinking about the fate of the leaders of Venezuela and Panama, he was afraid that he would also end up being "couped".

Just as he was anxiously walking back and forth, the secretary on the side quickly reminded him. "Your Majesty General, we should seek help from the United States."

"Yes, yes!" General Saldivar seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw. "Go and ask the American ambassador!"

But the American ambassador was more anxious than General Saldivar. If the German army landed in Cuba, he might become a prisoner. The Germans might not embarrass him as an ambassador, but the Cuban people did not have a good impression of Americans. If the Germans threw them to the Cuban people and let them deal with them, it would be really dangerous.

Moreover, the American soldiers stationed in Guantanamo did not even have the strength of a division. How could they resist the German attack alone?

The American ambassador quickly asked for support from the country, but the US top leaders were helpless. Not long ago, they received a not-so-good news that traces of German ghost submarines were found in the Gulf of Mexico. If they sent a fleet to support Cuba, wouldn't it be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth?

Therefore, they could only verbally support General Saldivar's heroic resistance to the Germans.

"Resistance is a farce!" General Saldivar quickly found a few confidants to pack their luggage. He could see that the United States was in trouble now and could not be relied on. If he continued to stay here, he might be tied up by the rebels tonight.