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Chapter 320: The Battle Begins(3/3)

"Chairman, the final implementation date of this plan is June 15.

According to the plan, the first to act were the Germans.

Germany will dispatch 24 of a total of 35 large, medium and small aircraft carriers, 12 from other European countries, a total of 36 aircraft carriers, more than 140 other ships, and more than 210 submarines. The huge high seas fleet will play an increasingly prominent role in the navy.

Today, the Germans have relied on resources from almost all of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East to build their own powerful high seas fleet. This is why they can fight against the British fleet and have the power to harass the Americans.

The Germans' huge High Seas Fleet will use the guise of attacking Britain to hold back the British main fleet while seeking a real British-German naval decisive battle. It is expected that the British will have a huge fleet of more than thirty aircraft carriers participating in the battle.

The British actively learned lessons from the Sino-British naval war. Not only did they convert a considerable number of battleships into aircraft carriers, they also turned to building more cost- and material-saving aircraft carriers at full speed. Their naval strength has developed rapidly in recent years.

After the Germans launch a feint attack, the Soviet Union's combined fleet will move north to destroy the U.S.-Soviet Far East Combined Fleet in the Strait of Okhotsk and cut off Americans' Far East transportation. After completely attracting the attention of the U.S. military, they

The battlefield will be moved along the direction of the Aleutian Islands near the western coast of the United States, threatening the Alaskan area of ​​the United States and posing a substantial threat to the mainland of the United States.

The Japanese combined fleet will consist of more than 25 aircraft carriers, which is also more than 80% of the Japanese naval strength.

After the Germans and Japanese have attracted the main attention of the Americans, our army will take the opportunity to complete the sea march in two directions.

First of all, our army's participating forces will be divided into the Pearl Harbor direction and the Australian direction. The Pearl Harbor direction fleet will be composed of a powerful combined fleet composed of 22 aircraft carriers including the Huangdi. The Australian direction will be led by three aircraft carriers.

Since their mission was to escort the landing troops to occupy half of Australia, the task was very heavy.

Our fleet heading towards Australia will depart early.

Around June 15, after the naval battle between the Japanese and German fleets began, our army attacked the main fleet at Pearl Harbor, the base camp of the U.S. Pacific Fleet."

"The strength is very strong, but the enemy is not weak either. This sea battle is not without variables. In short, we need to be more careful, more cautious and more cautious."

After listening to Navy Commander Deng Haoqian's brief report, Zhang Shusheng said.

The aircraft carriers of this period were not like those of later generations. The largest aircraft carriers had a displacement of hundreds of thousands of tons.

In Deng Haoqian's report, those numbers seemed huge. In fact, a considerable number of them were escort aircraft carriers and other light aircraft carriers converted into aircraft carriers.

Most of these non-main aircraft carriers have a displacement of just over 10,000 tons, or even smaller, and their number of aircraft is not large. Basically, twenty or thirty aircraft are already a conventional configuration, and forty aircraft is a top-notch aircraft.

At present, in the world, except for China, which does not have an escort aircraft carrier and has a small number of modified aircraft carriers, other countries, including the United States, have a large number of escort aircraft carriers.

It only takes one to two months for them to refit a light aircraft carrier, and to build an escort aircraft carrier, the Americans only need at least 76 days, the Japanese need 120 days, and the Germans need 140 days. But at the same time, the number that can be built is larger.

This is why countries can quickly accumulate the number of aircraft carriers.

Zhang Shusheng clearly remembered that in history, in 1945, when the Americans attacked the Japanese mainland, there were hundreds of aircraft carriers and thousands of warships and aircraft.

Although it is only 1944 now, the intensity of the war has already exceeded that of 1945 in history. However, in fact, the navies of various countries, except for the Americans who suffered heavy losses, basically still have their main force still alive. They are not as prone to war as on land.

Hundreds of thousands, millions of troops were wiped out.

The Americans were greatly stimulated by Pearl Harbor. Not only did they quickly refit a large number of light aircraft carriers, they also completely abandoned battleships, switched to a fleet model with dual missions of air defense aviation, and mass-produced aircraft carriers. The entire United States had more aircraft carriers under construction at the same time.

More than 25 ships...

Although China has not been building aircraft carriers indiscriminately, it has been rapidly building main aircraft carriers. A large number of 20,000-ton-displacement Warring States-class aircraft carriers have reached the order of 60 aircraft. And some modified Spring and Autumn-class aircraft carriers have a displacement of

It is smaller and does not have many aircraft, but its dual configuration of anti-aircraft weapons and aircraft actually serves as a real escort aircraft carrier.

Among the twenty-five aircraft carriers participating in the plan, 12 are Spring and Autumn class aircraft carriers, 11 Warring States class aircraft carriers, and also include Huangdi and Dashun, two Emperor-class Chinese ace-level aircraft carriers. There are only

There are three ships: Huangdi, Yandi and Dashun, and another Yaodi is under construction.

It can be said that the strength of China's combined fleet is already very powerful, reaching about 70% of the strength of the Chinese navy.

On the other hand, the Americans already have 70 aircraft carriers. The huge loss at Pearl Harbor in 1942 was like a wake-up call. The result of the crazy modification and construction was that the United States added dozens of new aircraft carriers within two years.

Although a considerable number are escort aircraft carriers and light aircraft carriers, this crazy construction speed once made the Japanese and Germans who tightened their belts to build aircraft carriers feel frustrated. The average construction speed of two ships a month was that of Japan and Germany.

It is beyond the reach of the country.

Because currently, the only one in the world that can truly compete with the American Pacific Fleet and Atlantic Fleet is China’s mysterious fleet, and China is also constantly building aircraft carriers at a rate of starting to build multiple main aircraft carriers at the same time a month.

, expanding the navy again and again. The United States is building various aircraft carriers in large quantities, while China is focusing on building main aircraft carriers. The two sides are secretly competing the most fiercely.

Zhang Shusheng closed the document, made a final conclusion, and said to Deng Haoqian, "The last time the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, without our secret help, they would probably have been reduced to a pulp. This time, we are going to attack Pearl Harbor for the first time."

Facing the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet directly, I hope it will be a hearty victory."

"It's the chairman."

Half a month later.

Roosevelt's office in Washington, USA, thousands of kilometers away.

An official rushed into Roosevelt's office at almost running speed and handed Roosevelt the urgent telegrams he had just received from Britain and the Far East.

"Mr. President, late yesterday, we discovered that the main fleet of the Communists, please note, it is a huge main fleet composed of more than 20 aircraft carriers. For the purpose of military training, we suddenly arrived at the Hotsk Sea Strait.

At present, our United Far East Fleet has been attacked by Japanese ships and aircraft. It is very likely...

In addition, the intelligence just received is from the United Kingdom. Like our previous intelligence, the Germans launched a feint attack on the British mainland. However, due to the situation, the British main fleet has already planned to launch an attack with the German High Seas Fleet.

A decisive battle at sea."

The official finished speaking quickly.

Roosevelt nodded, "Two months ago, our agents discovered that China, Germany, and Japan were secretly formulating a large-scale military plan. A month ago, our agents paid a heavy price in exchange for the trilateral plan for maritime alliances.

Action intelligence.

Half a month ago, we discovered that the Japanese fleet and the German High Seas Fleet were moving.

At the moment, only the Chinese are not taking action."

"Yes, so far we have only discovered that the Chinese have a huge landing fleet headed for Australia under the protection of an escort fleet." the official replied.

"Well, give Australia to them, we are beyond our reach." Roosevelt sighed, but in a flash, his spirit became very good again, "I want to convene an emergency military meeting immediately."

After the officials left, Roosevelt looked at the intelligence in his hand and pondered slightly: "Where will the real direction of the Chinese attack be? The Indian Ocean? Expedition to Europe? Or the United States? Or Pearl Harbor? This is a question. They

Their huge fleet is much stronger than the Japanese and Germans."

Closing his eyes slightly, Roosevelt recalled the special military meeting ten days ago, which was a military meeting aimed at the joint military operations of China, Japan and Germany. In response to the actions of the three countries, the United States also formulated corresponding plans with other members of the Allied Powers. Although

The specific actions of China, Japan and Germany are not sure, but they have made general arrangements.

For example, the main force of the Atlantic Fleet was secretly transferred to Pearl Harbor and ports on the western coast of the United States, placing the focus of the United States' decisive maritime battle in the Pacific, and allowing the British to launch a decisive battle with the Germans with the cooperation of the Soviet Arctic Fleet.

In order to further expand its presence in the Pacific, the United States has even deployed a large submarine and air force base in Guam. Not only are there as many as twenty submarines deployed here, but a considerable number of strategic bombers are also secretly deployed in case of emergency.

Having learned a painful lesson from the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor two years ago, the Americans invested heavily this time to build a larger air defense fortification complex at Pearl Harbor, as well as a nearly terrifying number of land-based air forces.

According to the concept of the US Navy, Pearl Harbor will be the core base for the US Navy to launch a Pacific offensive to check and balance China and Japan. It should not only allow the base to have absolute self-protection capabilities, but also allow the base to meet the protracted Pacific naval battle in the future.

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To a certain extent, the Pacific Fleet has far surpassed the importance of the Atlantic Fleet. Especially after the Soviet Arctic Fleet has recovered its strength, it can properly participate in the maritime competition in the European direction and can also protect the United States from the flanks. This strategy

It becomes more prominent.

On June 13, 1944, the China-Australia Special Fleet escorted two army divisions and set off for Australia. Their mission was to take over the basically uninhabited Australian grasslands and barren mountains. China generously moved those areas filled with white

』The city of the race was given to ***.

Following this special fleet was a scientific expedition fleet, filled with instruments and geological and resource exploration scientists. Their mission was to go to the deserted areas of Australia and quickly find resources.

On June 21, 1944, on the third day of the Far East Naval Battle between the United States and Japan, and the initial prelude to the Great Battle between Britain and Germany, a huge Chinese fleet secretly launched its attack from multiple Chinese ports into the depths of the Pacific Ocean.
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