One Thousand One Hundred and Eight Too Nervous

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When the U-47 submarine sailed through the wind and waves in the icy waters of the North Atlantic, its route stretched forward, just crossing the track of a huge transport fleet. And this huge transport fleet is the various maintenance supplies that the United States transported to Iceland.

In order to deliver more supplies to the Icelandic authorities and to ensure the absolute safety of Iceland, this huge transport fleet even loaded a full 3,000 American soldiers to strengthen the British defense positions on Iceland.

Standing on the bridge of a transport ship, a US Army infantry regiment commander turned pale. He was very unaccustomed to this kind of long-distance sea transportation, so he complained to the officer beside him: "I really don't understand why we have to transport so many supplies and soldiers to the place where the volcano is still smoking."

The waves on the Atlantic made all seasick people feel uncomfortable. Most of these poor American soldiers had never experienced such distressing sea travel, so everyone suffered from vomiting and other symptoms.

"I don't know. I heard from the division headquarters that we are only the first batch of soldiers sent to the island, and then the entire division will be transported to the island one after another to prevent the possible German troops from landing across the sea... Ahem!" Answering his battle The staff officer's face was not very good-looking. The long-term shaking at sea made him lose his appetite, and he seemed weak when he spoke. They are the U.S. Army, not those U.S. Marine Corps soldiers. If you insist on dividing, this kind of task should be performed by U.S. Marine Corps soldiers.

"Mr. President must have been fooled by those damn Brits." Pulling the vomit bag, the head of the regiment began to feel something stirring in his stomach again. He retched twice, and then He continued to speak: "Otherwise, why would we aid the British with weapons and supplies, and send us to such a place where no shit?"

"The spy service is convinced that the Germans are investing more and more experience in atomic weapons." An American intelligence officer who happened to be on board the ship to Iceland hadn't spoken just now because he himself was an unsuitable ship. Poor fellow on a long voyage, he has vomited out his stomach since yesterday and hasn't eaten anything yet.

Looking at the vomit bag in the commander's hand, he felt an urge to churn his stomach, so he held onto an iron handrail beside him, and quickly said, "The Germans may have begun to grasp More powerful superweapons, so we can’t give them an outpost like Iceland. If they take Iceland, they could bomb New York or Washington.”

"Go to hell, when you were still discussing in Congress two days ago, you announced that the Germans started mass-producing battleships and aircraft carriers, and attempted to attack New York and the East Coast of the United States... Some people even claimed that Germany has plans to land in the United States, but everyone knows That's alarmist talk." The head of the regiment retched twice, and there was really nothing to vomit in his stomach, so he calmed down and refuted the officer of the US intelligence department.

American intelligence agencies did provide a lot of information about the German army,

But most of this information is speculation or no evidence. Therefore, although many departments in the military believe in Germany's scientific research progress in private, they cannot prove it in detail.

For example, six months ago, the Americans discovered that several German universities were involved in research on atomic weapons, but they were unable to continue the investigation. The Gestapo and the SS destroyed countless spy networks in the United States, so that the United States really did not have any decent progress in this regard.

However, the Americans still know that many heavy water plants have been set up in Norway and the mainland. The Imperial University of Berlin and several other universities are all conducting large-scale research on atomic weapons. There is even a latest investigation report showing that the Germans have successfully used uranium enrichment centrifuges to purify some uranium ore mined in the Czech Republic.

However, there is really not much evidence to prove these news, so it is not very convincing in the US Congress. Although the U.S. military and Roosevelt and others believe that the Germans are developing various super weapons, this belief can only stay at the level of belief.

Moreover, because the intelligence agencies are involved in too many things, some things are intertwined with each other, and it becomes fake news beyond recognition. For example, the Imperial University of Berlin purchased and used a large number of electronic tubes, which is recorded in the United States-but the Americans counted these things in the German atomic bomb project.

"Just because of an inexplicable intelligence, and according to your speculation, you sent a whole 3,000 soldiers to this kind of place?" The more the commander said, the more he felt aggrieved: "You might as well send us to England , at least we can die a little more heroically."

Now the Americans regard fighting the German army as a kind of disaster. They resist being sent to the distant Middle East. They even prefer to go through Australia and then bypass the Japanese naval activity area, and go directly to India, rather than take the German Navy submarine everywhere. Cruising the South Atlantic route.

And those German sharks hunting underwater in the North Atlantic are the lingering nightmare of American and British captains. These vicious submarines will attack any enemy ship that comes within their attack range, and sometimes they even accidentally sink a passenger ship, and then send a clear code telegram to the Americans, providing the coordinates of the sunk civilian ship .

"Come on, Congress just rejected the proposal to send 100,000 troops to the Soviet Union to assist in the Eastern Front. It is not easy to fight the Germans directly." The intelligence officer smiled bitterly and said: "Now there are many factions in the Soviet Union. Those people don't have the backbone of Stalin. They just wait for Stalin to die so that they can sign a peace treaty with the Germans."

"The situation in the Soviet Union is already so dangerous?" The head of the regiment obviously heard the news for the first time, frowning and asked: "We have supported so many weapons and supplies, but they have not been able to hold back German?"

"Isn't that right... Actually, it's nothing to tell you. Almost everyone knows this kind of secret." The intelligence officer may have been resentful and self-defeating because he was dispatched to a place like Iceland, so he directly handed over the confidential documents to him. The evening news said: "I heard that the above is compressing the things sent to the Soviet Union. I am afraid that the Germans will be cheaper in the end."

The three of them were still talking about various situations, and suddenly a warning alarm came from the periphery of the fleet. The entire fleet was busy, and all the ships began to accelerate slowly, and some anti-aircraft gun positions were already filled with sailors wearing life jackets.

"Alert! Alert! A destroyer found a German submarine! Alert!" A crew member ran over quickly, shouted a few words to several American officers, and then quickly ran past them. The red alarm in the cabin was flashing, and the American soldiers in the hammock looked at the busy sailors with terrified and blank eyes.

"Boom! Boom!" At the outermost part of the fleet, on the distant sea, there was the sound of the roar of the destroyer's guns. Who knows what they can do to the German submarine when they fire their main guns at this time? fatal injury. Another sailor rushed over and began to put life jackets on several American officers on the bridge.

"Hey! Are you going to throw us who can't swim into the sea?" The American captain was a little dissatisfied with the crew's rudeness, and shouted loudly.

While trying to find a way to tie up the life jacket, the crew member replied without raising his head: "Sir, we are at the core of the entire fleet, so generally speaking, there will be no danger. But we must guarantee your safety." Life is safe, so I can only let you put on life jackets first."

"Didn't German submarines generally only attack at night? In broad daylight, do we have to be so nervous?" The American officer in charge of intelligence asked the man who kept putting on the life jacket while checking his life jacket. Sailor with knotted rope.

The sailor was still busy with his work, but he replied without a pause: "Sir, German submarines generally only launch attacks at night. But some German captains also launch torpedoes during the day. It’s not a set rule.”

Before he finished speaking, the artillery fire on the periphery stopped, and then came the news of the all-clear: "The all-clear! The all-clear! The German submarines did not launch an attack, and most of our fleet passed through the dangerous sea area! Repeat on the side , the alarm is off! The alarm is off..."

So everyone relaxed, and those army soldiers who thought they were dead began to pray non-stop, and some people kept drawing the shape of the cross on their chests to thank God for his mercy.

For the sailors of the Navy and transport ships, all this is much more commonplace. They shuttle constantly at sea all the year round, and they often encounter this kind of situation. The lookouts might mistake a whale or anything else for a U-boat because of their nervousness, and then the whole fleet tenses up for a while, and finally the all-clear is cleared.

And sometimes, those false targets that are discovered may also be real German submarines, because during the day, German submarines only track the fleet from a distance, and indicate the course and speed of the Allied fleet to the friendly forces behind. They like to fly at night Attack so it's easier for them to float up and get the perfect angle to launch their precious torpedoes.