Chapter 1243 Declaring War

In the southern waters of the Bismarck Islands, on the aircraft carrier "Aries", the flagship of the German Navy's Pacific Fleet, the fleet commander Admiral Konrad Abbrecht, who was resting, was woken up. When he knew what happened, his face suddenly became very ugly.

When Admiral Konrad Abbrecht arrived in the war room, Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Oscar Kumetz, capital ship formation commander Lieutenant General Theodor Burchardy, and aircraft carrier formation commander William Carr Lieutenant General Naris has arrived. Everyone also knew what happened, so everyone's faces were ugly as hell.

"There is no doubt that this is a well-planned sneak attack on us by the islanders. They despicably went to war without declaration. Our airport in the Mariana Islands was all destroyed by the islanders' battleships and carrier-based aircraft, and the loss was very great. Many planes were destroyed on the airfields. Casualties of pilots and ground crew were also very serious. After these airfields were destroyed, our power in the Pacific Ocean was greatly weakened. Now, we can only rely on The airfields in the Caroline Islands, Micronesia Islands, and Marshall Islands have resisted the attack of the navy of the island country!" Lieutenant General Oscar Kumets said with a serious face.

Everyone's heart is very heavy. After learning about the changes in the joint fleet of the island nation's navy, they guessed that the war might break out soon. But everyone still couldn't imagine that the navy of the island country would choose this kind of surprise attack. And it was such a big deal at birth, which made the German Navy pay a heavy price for it.

In this battle, the German Navy lost more than 600 fighters of various types. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the shore-based forces of the German Navy. You know, on all the islands in the entire Pacific Ocean, there are only a total of more than 2,000 shore-based aircraft of the German Navy. It seems that there are a lot of them, but they are distributed in the vast Pacific Ocean. Through this attack, the navy of the island country almost emptied the German naval power in this sea area. At the same time, this also brought a lot of variables to the next battle.

The strength of the island nation's navy is strong, and the generals of the German navy know it well. But they still have a lot of confidence. Although the Pacific Ocean is far away from the German mainland. But Germany has been operating here for years. And there are so many naval bases and airfields to go with it. In particular, the performance of the German Navy's aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft is significantly ahead of the island navy. With these strengths, it will not be too difficult for them to defeat the navy of the island nation. But in fact, the performance of the island navy gave them a slap in the face.

"Gentlemen, it seems that we have underestimated the islanders. They are much more crazy than we imagined. If we don't go all out, we may fail! Once we fail to defeat the island navy. Or if we fail to Suppress their words. The war situation in the entire Western Pacific will further deteriorate!" Admiral Konrad Abbrecht said with a serious face.

"Your Excellency, Commander, we can't wait any longer. We must go north immediately to join the Indian Ocean Fleet and prepare for a decisive battle with the combined fleet of the island nation's navy! If we don't go north again, the island nation's navy will repeat the old trick and use capital ship formations Sneak attack on the Caroline Islands and Micronesia Islands. Once the airports on these islands are destroyed, our strength will be further compressed. In the next battle, we will be at a disadvantage!" Theodor? Lieutenant General Burchardy said.

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander. We join the Indian Ocean Fleet, and our strength will not be weaker than the combined fleet of the island nation's navies. Even if we fight with them and lose both sides, we will have a greater advantage. After all, we still have many coastlines. Aircraft can assist!" Lieutenant General William Canaris also said.

Admiral Konrad Abbrecht nodded. He also knew that the island navy used this method to force them to a decisive battle. If they do not fight, the navies of the island countries may continue to attack the German navy's airports in the Pacific Ocean in the same way. Even if the defense is tight, I'm afraid they will succeed. After all, the capital ships of the Japanese navy will attack at night, unless they can be spotted and sunk by carrier-based aircraft during the day before. Otherwise, the airport on the island would not be able to withstand it.

Of course, if the fleet of the German Navy dispatches capital ships to engage in night battles with the capital ships of the island navy, that would be another matter.

"Order the Pacific Fleet to go north immediately and join the Indian Ocean Fleet. Now, we have no other choice, we must fight the islanders!" Admiral Conrad Abbrecht ordered.

He also made up his mind to prepare for a decisive battle with the navy of the island country. After all, the combined strength of the Pacific Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet is not weaker than the combined fleet of the island nation's navies. Even if they fight head-on, they still have a good chance of winning. What's more, they are backed by so many naval bases and airports, and they can get support from shore-based aircraft.

The news that the islands in the Pacific Ocean were suddenly attacked by the navy of the island country was also reported to the country as soon as possible. At that time, the time was exactly 9 o'clock in the evening on January 31.

Marshal Manstein, Minister of the Imperial Army and Chief of the General Staff, Marshal Raeder, Minister of the Navy, Marshal Albert Kesselring, Minister of the Air Force, Prime Minister Vachter, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ribbentrop and other important ministers all rushed to the palace.

"Your Majesty, our airfields in the Mariana Islands, Yap Island, and Balbotuap Island have all been attacked by the capital ships and carrier-based aircraft of the island navy. These airfields have all been destroyed, with losses of more than six Hundreds of combat aircraft. Although our pilots counterattacked and shot down dozens of carrier-based aircraft of the navy of the island country. However, we have lost control of this sea area." Marshal Raeder said with an ugly face. This is undoubtedly the biggest loss that the German Navy has suffered for so many years, and it is unacceptable to him.

Qin Tian was very calm, although the loss was a bit big, but for the German navy, it was not considered a traumatic loss at all. Besides, the use of sneak attacks is originally a method used by the islanders. Even if they can win in this way in the early stage, the further they go, the more disadvantaged they will be. After all, the gap in national strength cannot be reversed by one or two sneak attacks.

"Gentlemen, we have been shamelessly raided by the islanders. They have once again declared war on us! I declare that from now on, we are in a state of war with the islands. I authorize the land, sea and air forces of the German Empire to In this war, at all costs, defeat the island nation! Completely destroy them!" Qin Tian ordered.