Chapter 591 Slam 1

Honolulu, First Fleet Command.

On the dock, eight large cargo ships that had just arrived from China began to unload their goods. More than a dozen cranes were swinging back under the command of the soldiers, unloading a monoplane from the ship.

120 Mustang fighters, 160 storm attack aircraft, 160 fang torpedoes (air force type of Longya carrier-borne torpedo aircraft, non-folding wings), as well as 24 Kunpeng bombers and 8 double-engine medium-sized hummingbird water reconnaissance aircraft.

This is the total domestic aircraft production for more than a month. In order to strengthen Hawaii's defense capabilities, it has transported them all here.

In addition to these, the fourth batch of the 51st Army Division also arrived five days ago, so that the total strength of the entire Hawaiian army reached 80,000, and Oahu alone had 50,000. In addition to the naval personnel, almost 100,000 troops gathered.

The first two large Western Qin-class aircraft carriers, which are undergoing sea trials, will also be delivered to the First Fleet in three months. At the same time, two new Guam-class fast battleships, six second-batch of Yangtze-class light cruisers and 12 improved Weiqing-class destroyers will also arrive in a month.

After being transferred to two Yanjing-class fast battleships and two Dalian-class heavy cruisers, the First Fleet has not weakened, but is about to become stronger.

Standing by the dock and watching the arrival of planes, Ji Rushan and Lin Tai were both relieved. As fleet commanders, the most depressing thing is probably that one warship was taken away today and three more will be transferred tomorrow. Moreover, the so-called strongest Imperial First Fleet has been helping the southwest to fight almost after the beginning of the war. This kind of itch that is eager to look at the hustle and bustle but can't join is more painful for them than acupuncture.

But today's situation is going to change. With the arrival of so many aircraft and the 200 Falcons that have been converted into attack aircraft deployed here, the defense of Pearl Harbor has been solid. Most importantly, this means that the fleet can finally be freed from the work of the defense base and become more active. In the attack.

"Let's go."

Ji Rushan personally drove to the headquarters building. After Le Fei's comeback, the first battle was full of color. The unprecedented Western Attack began to open the curtain again, and his heart couldn't help but get hot.

Several perfect fleet headquarters are located in the middle of Oahu, and the wide road connects it with the bases scattered around Oahu. Just as Ji Rushan drove into the gate, Tan Haodong, the young fleet combat staff officer, was explaining the current overall situation to the captains and officers at the conference center.

He can stand out from the first fleet full of talents. The 28-year-old Tan Haodong can be regarded as an outstanding representative of the new generation in the Imperial Royal Navy. Unlike Li Xiuyan and others, he is a representative step by step from the grassroots. With this alone, people dare not underestimate him, not to mention this tall man with northerners. The young man with a large figure but a particularly delicate mind is still the former chief of staff of the navy who just retired not long ago, the general of the empire, the eldest grandson of Marquis Tan Xiaozeng, and the champion of the naval staff competition for three consecutive years.

"European side."

In the face of many veteran captains and officers, Tan Haodong talked without stage fright and pointed to the European battlefield in full swing and said: "Because France has lost too many troops before, and the voice of negative non-resistance in China after the occupation of Paris is very high, the Allies are desperately sending more troops to France. According to The general reference predicts that by January next year, the treaty countries will be able to gather more than 300 divisions.

The eastern front of Germany is currently stable. Benefiting from the results of our previous Western Siberian campaign, in order to ensure the security of the East, the Russian army began to gradually transfer about 2.5 million people from 120 divisions originally prepared to be put into Europe to the front line of the Ural Mountains. In this way, they are against Germany. China and Austria-Hungary will be in full defense, and it is impossible to continue to attack until at least next spring.

Based on the current mobilized speed of the contract [***] team, we expect that there may be a super-large-scale battle on the German western front by February next year at the latest, and it is expected that the total troops invested by both sides may reach more than 4 million.

Europe is in the final calm before the storm.

After summarizing the last sentence of the war in Europe, Tan Haodong turned the map to Asia and continued: "The war situation in China is basically clear. Due to the weather in the northwest war zone, no large-scale battle will not happen again in the short term.

After the Battle of Falls Bay, the last fleet of the Union to support the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean has been paralyzed, so it was decided to implement the No. 22 Westward Plan 15 days ago. This battle is expected to invest at least 100 divisions. In addition, North Korea, Japan and Siam will also produce 5 divisions each, which will become The main battlefield of our country for a period of time.

In terms of Australia and the Central South Theater, according to the current reconnaissance summary, the total number of British, American and Australian teams gathered in Australia has reached 1.1 million, including 400,000 U.S. troops, 150,000 British troops, and the rest are Australian and New Zealand troops. However, due to the slow navy before, the number of heavy equipment The amount is insufficient, and they have to defend against many islands in the southwest, so they have not yet launched an attack. However, the general reference believes that in order to contain the pressure of the Indian Ocean and the United States has fully mobilized, they are also likely to take the lead in launching an offensive against Northwest Australia in the near future.

On the Eastern Front, the U.S. military crossed the border between Panama and Colombia for the first time last month and was sniped back after being attacked by five divisions of our allies. However, considering that the total number of U.S. troops and local puppet troops stationed in Panama exceeded 300,000, my allies will be under great pressure there.

The loud voice in the parliament room made Lin Tai, who was standing at the door, nod secretly and said with a smile, "This boy really has two brushes. A few words can make the current main situation clear."

"Chief of Staff Tan has a good grandson." After Ji Rushan finished speaking, he turned his head and asked, "Ke Shi, what do you mean that the general staff and the emperor suddenly strengthened our strength and increased the air power to free up the fleet?"

"Since Rushan has guessed it, why do you have to ask me?" Lin Tai once smiled and took out a cigarette and handed it to Ji Rushan: "I'm afraid that the First Fleet, the Third Fleet and the Special Fleet will not be free for more than half a year, so I guess that the Chief of Staff will be handed over to us to deal with this part of the Central South Theater."

After nodding, Ji Rushan also exhaled that if the Central South Theater is handed over to the First Fleet, they will be much more pressured. Except that the Melanesian Islands are not under their control because they are close to Guam and the Truk base, half of the Pacific Ocean, which has been heading south from the Aleutian Islands, will be taken over by the First Fleet, although It is said that it is mainly to cooperate with the army to launch an island landing war, but it is too broad, and the Australian fleet that has been restored has always been a threat.

More importantly, they must take precautions against the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Although there are only eight new capital ships and five old battleships left in San Diego after the heavy hit, which is not a big threat, but because the United States began to exert force, the post-Jiburaltar post-conference solved the coordination problem. After that, a large number of warships began to be mobilized from the Atlantic to support the Pacific Ocean, and a steady stream of new warships began to join. The threat is increasing. How to balance attack and defense will be a big problem.

If the counterattack and the 31st Fleet are regarded as the strategic initiative after the start of the war, then with the end of the Battle of Falls Bay, the battle has entered the middle market, and every competition will be extremely critical.

Just as Ji Rushan and Lin Tai were about to walk into the conference room, an intelligence staff officer hurried over: "Report, we have just received information that the first six Connecticut-class battleships of the United States arrived at San Diego Base last night, and the four additional battleships and eight cruisers sent to Australia have been sent this morning. After passing through the Panama Canal, 36 cargo ships are currently waiting for the Panama Bay.

In addition, a fleet from Florida also set sail last night, including three Maine-class old battleships, two old armored cruisers, five protected cruisers and 45 ocean-going cargo ships. The Intelligence Department expects that they will take the Falkland detour Cape Horn to Australia along the South American coastline. Ya."

After listening to the report, Ji Rushan suddenly frowned. He was not surprised by the first two news. It was the support strategy set by the United States after the Gibraltar Conference, but why did the three old Maine-class battleships that should have supported the Pacific suddenly protect the South American route?

The massacre of the 31st Fleet off the coast of Argentina did infuriate the Americans, but as the 31st Fleet left the Atlantic Ocean, the South Atlantic became the territory of the treaty. Is it necessary to arrange three old-fashioned battleships to escort at this time? What's more, it's too late to tell the truth about the route from Cape Horn to Australia. There are only one or two submarines patrolling at ordinary times, and they must come back immediately after a circle there. It's not a big threat. As long as Chile remains neutral in a day, it is impossible for the Xinhua Navy to really cut off that route, not to mention The Australian fleet will definitely respond after the fleet enters the Pacific Ocean. Why is it so fanfare?

"Or do they have another purpose?!" Ji Rushan's heart shrank suddenly--

In the San Diego harbor, on the cruiser Boise, the sailors are busy.

Boise is the sixth ship of the new generation of Brooklyn-class light cruisers. It is the second generation of 10 light cruisers built by the United States two years ago after the Omaha class in order to deal with the rapidly developing Xinhua Navy. Unlike later ships of the same name, it basically imitates the standard of the Jinghai class, with a displacement of 9,500 tons and armed equipment. There are four triple L47/152mm naval guns, six single 127mm naval guns, four 430mm torpedo launchers installed in the bow, and eight 40mm single anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns urgently installed after obtaining the results of the Battle of the Fuls Naval Battle, with a speed of 26 knots.

It can modify the position of 8 40mm anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns in 20 days, and increase the angle of 6 single 127mm shells. It also has the primary air-to-air shooting ability. Lieutenant General Andrew is very satisfied, which reflects the strong industrial ability of the United States.

I am very satisfied with the Brooklyn-class U.S. Navy. With the attack on New York, the Pacific Ocean advantage is gradually lost. In the case of the need for more warships, a new batch of Brooklyn modified models and Atlanta-class cruisers have begun to be built. In a year and a half at most, the United States can have at least three More than ten light cruisers catch up with Xinhua's leading the world in terms of light cruisers!

But at present, he still needs to continue to worry, because no one knows at least the details of the Battle of Falls Bay!

Although no one knows how Xinhua transported so many planes thousands of miles away to launch a sneak attack, according to the news from the United Kingdom and the number of aircraft described by the surviving sailors, according to the existing technology, Xinhua has sent at least six aircraft similar to the British Campania that can carry the army. The mother ship, so this makes him very worried. If Xinhua is equipped with a large number of new warships that can carry army aircraft, then the San Diego base is also dangerous.

Recently, the United States is stepping up the modification of several old fast cargo ships, striving to get out the mother ship that can take off and land of army aircraft as soon as possible. It has also introduced camel 2 aircraft from the United Kingdom for imitation and upgrading in China. But no matter how strong the industrial ability is, it will take time. The distant water can't quench the thirst. At present, a large number of small calibers are installed for warships. Anti-aircraft guns are the best choice.

With the preparation of the Boise, the anchor began to be put away little by little. Andrew looked at Lieutenant General Claxton, who had just returned to the United States and was about to leave, and held his big hand.

"The President and the United States need this victory!"

(to be continued)