Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

News of the German occupation of St. Pierre and Miquelon quickly reached the United States, alarming top U.S. officials.

"What's going on?! Didn't the Canadians send troops to garrison there?!" Why did the Germans occupy it so easily?

"I heard that the Canadians withdrew all the defenders on the island without firing a shot, which was equivalent to handing over the islands to the Germans."

"What are these guys going to do?!" The St. Pierre and Miquelon group is located on the "doorstep" of Canada, not far from the mainland of the United States. It is more than 1,300 kilometers away from New York and only more than 1,700 kilometers away from Washington. When the Germans build an air base on the island, not to mention the German heavy bombers, even their attack planes can fly over and drop bombs.

Isn't this Chi Guoguo's attempt to lure the wolf into the house? Are Canadians crazy? Aren't you afraid that your capital will be blown to pieces? The Canadian capital in St. Pierre and Miquelon is only more than 1,200 kilometers away and is also within the bombing range of German attack aircraft.

Such an important strategic location was simply lost? If you can't hold on, you can say something!

"Something's wrong!" Commander Arnold's brows were furrowed to the point of knotting. "Canada has not been hit by a single bomb so far!"

After he reminded them, everyone's expressions suddenly changed. At the beginning, Canada also followed the United States in declaring war on European countries, but the German bombers specialized in bombing American cities and did not even look at Canada. And now that Canada has given up such an important gateway to others, one can't help but wonder if there is any shady dealings between them.

Just as they were preparing to find the Canadians for questioning, the Canadians issued a broadcast announcing to the world that Canada was officially withdrawing from the war and would remain neutral.

The top leaders of the United States fell into a state of collective panic.

The U.S. Ambassador to Canada rushed to the Canadian Prime Minister's Office angrily and broke into the Prime Minister's Office. "What does your country mean by this?!"

The Canadian Prime Minister waved his hand to let the pursuing guards retreat. "It's not interesting, it's just that we don't want to get involved in this war that has no chance of winning. If you want to say something ungrateful, treacherous, etc., just forget it. If it weren't for your stupid President Roosevelt, we would be involved in this war. ?! If it weren't for you, the foreign exchange in our country's treasury would become a pile of waste paper? If it weren't for you, our soldiers would have died in vain? Do you know how much compensation we have to pay in order to withdraw from this war?!" The Prime Minister is The more he spoke, the more excited he became, looking at the other person as if he wanted to eat him alive.

"..." The American ambassador subconsciously took a step back, fearing that the hysterical prime minister would pounce on him and bite him in the next second.

The Canadian Prime Minister took a deep breath, calmed down, and said coldly. "Tell your President Wilkie, thank God we didn't join the Germans in beating you up. If you dare to cause trouble for us, we will be happy to find cooperation with the Germans. Get out of here now!!"

The American ambassador left the Prime Minister's Office in despair, returned to the embassy, ​​and sent a telegram to Washington.

The top leaders of the United States are naturally very angry, but as the Canadian Prime Minister said, if they are pushed into a hurry, they may turn to the Germans, which will only be more detrimental to the United States. A large number of German troops will land from Canada and head south towards the United States. .

But even if the Canadians declare neutrality, neutrality is completely unreliable. For example, the United States, at the beginning of World War I, announced that it would remain neutral and not join any side. As World War I progressed, the war became more and more cruel and intense. On April 16, 1917, the United States unexpectedly declared war on Germany, joined the Allied Powers, and officially intervened in this war, which mainly occurred in Continental Europe and the War in the Pacific.

What if Canada says it remains neutral today, but turns to Germany tomorrow?

The Americans were running around anxiously, but they couldn't think of any good countermeasures.

Someone suggested. "How about we send troops to seize Saint-Pierre and Miquelon"

"The fleet sent by the Germans has four battleships and six aircraft carriers. Can we defeat them?" Although they had just commissioned four South Dakota-class battleships not long ago. Unfortunately, even if these four latest battleships are dispatched, it will only be an egg hitting a stone.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of the South Dakota class is not weak. The South Dakota class battleships of the original time and space were quite powerful, simply beating all treaty ships of the same tonnage.

In terms of firepower, the main gun of this battleship is three triple 4k6 artillery pieces. This artillery is equipped with super-heavy shells, and its level of strike strength is not low. It can be called the first divine artillery in World War II. During the operation in Casablanca in the original time and space, the third South Dakota-class ship "Massachusetts" fired an armor-piercing projectile at a distance of about 26,000 meters from the Jean Bart (the second French "Richelieu"-class ship). It directly penetrated the 150mm main horizontal protective armor of the French battleship, and further penetrated the 40mm anti-fragmentation and square collapse structure under this layer of protection, entering the secondary battery ammunition depot and causing an explosion.

This kind of empowerment strength has to be admired. In addition to the main gun, the secondary weapons include 20 twin 127mm high-level dual-purpose guns, at least 40 40mm anti-aircraft guns and at least 35 20mm anti-aircraft guns. There is no problem with close-range barrage protection.

In terms of protection capabilities, the South Dakota-class battleship's side protection is a built-in 310mm main armor plate and 22mm back plate. The main armor plate adopts a 19-degree camber design due to the restrictions of the treaty of that year. Therefore, the tonnage can only maintain the standard displacement of 35,000 tons and cannot continue to rise. Therefore, this battleship aircraft cannot improve its defense capabilities by increasing the thickness of the main armor. Therefore, better protection is obtained by increasing the inclination angle, but increasing the inclination angle means that the horizontal protection ability is strengthened as needed. That's why the main armor adopts the method of built-in main armor.

In terms of speed, the maximum speed is 27 knots. Although it ranks last among the new ships (tied), it has at least reached the level of high-speed battleships during World War II.

It can be said that the South Dakota-class battleship was the treaty-type battleship with the best balance of offense and defense in World War II.

It is a pity that the German warships at this time were not only equipped with powerful fire control radars, but their torpedoes were also extremely powerful. The Americans have not yet developed a fire control radar that can be put into actual combat, and there has not been any breakthrough in torpedoes. Therefore, even if these warships are in service, they can only stay in the port as a "presence fleet."

the Vice President fumed. "That means we won't be able to compete with the German fleet within this year, or even in the first half of next year?" What a coward! Although it has the world's top industrial base, it cannot build a warship that can rival the Germans. "Is it possible that the Germans have poached all the talents in this field?" Stimulated by the Goddard incident two days ago, he wondered whether the Germans had poached all the talents in the United States and left behind all the talents. They are a bunch of losers.