Chapter 717 Today, let's go!

Ryukyu dominates the seaport.

Trucks, running back and forth between the dock and the warehouse, with large and heavy shells, as small as needles and threads, were constantly carried onto the warships, and the air was full of excitement and anxiety before the war.

The sound of kicking leather shoes destroyed the busy rhythm of the dock. The sailors turned their heads and saw an old man in a German naval uniform walking slowly with two young people who looked a little similar. Their pace was standard, their waist was straight, their military uniforms were spotless, and even the beard was neatly taken care of.

"Psalute!"

Dominating the seaport is the first line of defense facing the Pacific Ocean in Xinhua. Since 1914, it has been positioned as the same strategic point as Hawaii and Guam, so some newly enlisted recruits are strange and don't understand why German navies appear in such places. But after seeing the old man's military rank, they all stopped their work and saluted.

Lieutenant General. No matter which country's navy, unless those generals who climb up by some means can get to this position, they are all real excellent elites without exception.

Spey and his two sons, as always, responded to every Xinhua sailor with a smile. Like traditional naval officers, from the first day he joined the navy, he maintained a neat appearance, and his waist was straight and clean. Even the six warships in the distance seemed to have received his infection and were cleaned up every day.

But when his eyes turned to the two Guam-class battleships that were being replenished in front of him, which had just been overgraded, a trace of worry and helplessness climbed up his eyebrows involuntarily.

"Father, they are too big." The eldest son pointed to the battleship and listened to Speer with envious admiration, but it turned into a deep sigh.

The majestic posture and the newly replaced triple L45/406mm naval gun make people unconsciously look at it. Although there is already a stronger aircraft carrier that can attack from a long distance, the giant ship cannon is still the dream of every navy. What's more, as long as the new battleship is not in service for a day, the Guam class will still The strongest battleship in the world!

What's more, in the hearts of father and son, commanding such a battleship is his biggest dream.

Especially the three triple 406mm naval guns are even more intoxicated. Looking at it, it seems to think of his first love. There is an inesirreparable impulse. In the era when Europe is still dominated by 15 inches, this rapidly and even mysterious Oriental Dragon, which has grown up on the shoulders of industrial Europe, has Move 16 inches to the warship.

However, Spee does not think that Xinhua is more advanced than Europe in naval gun technology. In fact, even on planes flying all over the sky today, he thinks so. In terms of industrial capabilities, Xinhua is not much stronger than Europe. It is completely Li Mo's kind of technology that seems to be able to see through the future. With the strategic thinking and vision of the times, with this vision as a guide, he can start to develop 16-inch or even larger naval guns from 10 years ago, and can start the design and development of aircraft earlier. He started earlier than Europe and took many steps ahead of Europe!

So he and many Germans believe that if Germany can start at the same time, its technical ability may not lag behind Xinhua, or even exceed it. But the problem is that Germany did not realize these problems at that time, and was still addicted to the dream of rapid economic rise. It did not expect that science and technology and technological progress would So fast.

With the beginning of the war, Xinhua's technological advantage not only did not shrink, but also had the advantage of expansion. At least the new twin-engine transport plane that takes off from Ryukyu Airport every day is not within the current reach of Germany for the time being. Fortunately, Xinhua showed these technologies today. Germany can take fewer detours when catching up, but.

That must wait until the end of the war!

When will the war end? Before today, no one could predict that in fact, when the war started, the whole world thought it would end in a few months, but now it has been fighting for dozens of months and there is no end in sight.

But today, or from now on, the war is dying!

Because Xinhua and the United States have joined hands in Mexico!

This is an extremely critical event. Unlike Panama and Alaska, the battle of the Mexican-American border indicates that the war has been fought from the corner to the core of the North American continent!

Unlike his son who only focused on the Guam-class battleship, Spee's eyes came to the transport ship that had been gathering here for several days, and there was a throbbing and uneasiness in his heart.

The Pacific battlefield is different from Europe. Europe is too small to go out to be the enemy, but the two countries fighting in the Pacific are thousands of miles apart, and there are also distant battlefields, including Australia, that need to compete with each other. But now it's all over, and the whole Pacific Ocean is full of gold that seems to be soaked in blood. The only thing left is North America.

In just over a year, from the post-emption to the attack on North America, this can no longer be described as surprise. Although a lot has happened over the past year, the narrative is enough for a person to talk about it for several months, but if you condense it, there are only four words to describe it.

Sweep thousands of troops!

This is a Chinese idiom he has just learned.

It is more firm to his idea that he can complete the sweep in such a short time. He believes that Li Mo began to prepare for this war as early as ten or even twenty years ago. Otherwise, how could there be a 16-inch naval gun and such a good plane? He even planned to burn the war to the whole Pacific Ocean from the beginning. It's a world, so he was crazy about developing ships and guns in the early morning, and investing money in the development of aircraft that were only toys in Europe at that time. More importantly, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, he has been desperately hoarding large ocean-going cargo ships, especially the latter. You should know that according to the transportation volume of Xinhua before the war, four of these ships will be in Chengdu. In an idle state, but he acquiesced in this practice!

If you don't have the idea of a transoceanic expedition, why do you want so many large ships? Does he like to run money in the sea and rot?!

Officially, these dense fleets made him see Xinhua's extraordinary rapid mobilization and war potential, as well as the obvious technical advantages. Although he was an ally, he still felt worried. As a senior officer, he also knew that Germany was also worried, and the differences began to increase, so there was The Eastbourne Summit is being held.

He doesn't know how the Eastbourne Summit is going, and he doesn't know if Germany can pass this meeting and let the Far East Dragon stop a little, but he only knows one thing. Germany is lagging behind.

Just like the large armored cruisers Schahnhorst and Gneisenau and four light cruisers behind the transport fleet, although they are quietly moored here, everyone has long forgotten that there is a German Far East fleet in the Pacific Ocean.

For more than two years, the fleet has not been short of supplies, shells, and maintenance and maintenance have never been interrupted. Even the insufficient sailors after the sacrifice have been re-recruited from the Germans stranded in Xinhua after the war, but they are being forgotten and seem to have become a view. Appreciate the fleet.

In addition to a few escort missions, the Xinhua Naval Department even forgot its existence, which made him very uncomfortable, but he couldn't find any way, because compared with the active Xinhua Qingyi new warships, his ships were too old. Pulling out all six warships in time can't be compared with a Guam-class, or even comparable to any Xinhua capital ship.

What surprised him was that even if Xinhua had taken the lead in technology, they did not stop moving forward. Because the battlefield is far away from the local area, and the technical advantages can make them win more with less, they can concentrate their strength and money on technology and innovation, and constantly surpassing with their own goals. The head is really terrible. Just like the report he saw not long ago, the Jilin-class and Dalian-class, which have been launched for less than ten years, were actually included in the second-class ships, and even the two captured battleships Oklahoma and Washington, which were not inferior to the Hebei-class, were given away. What does this mean?

It shows that Xinhua is actually not good at this class of battleship that even Germany is still drooling!

Standing on the harbor wharf and looking at the young and energetic faces around him, Spee suddenly felt that he was outdated and should be swept into history just like his own fleet. The bitter smile flashed from the corners of his mouth. He didn't want to think about it anymore. He just wanted to end the war as soon as possible, so that Germany, which had suffered a lot, had a chance to calm down.

But this matter must still rely on Xinhua! Suddenly, Spee found that no matter what Germany wanted to do, it could not bypass the mysterious and ancient empire where he was, but full of rebirth and vitality by Li Mo**!

Maybe, that's why he named Xinhua? Spee thought to himself.

"Father, when do you think Xinhua will land in the United States? Where to land?

"I don't know." Spee shook his head. He couldn't answer the question of his eldest son. In fact, after Panama City took it, everyone knew that the final battle was about to begin. The collision between the ancient East and the emerging North America was inevitable, but the order was not issued. Li Mo is like a fisherman waiting for the fish to take the bait.

"It should be soon. Didn't you hear that it has happened in Mexico? And I think the landing point should be in the Baja California Peninsula.

"Why is it?"

"It's very simple." The youngest son said, "The Baja California Peninsula belongs to Mexico, where the United States lacks military strength. The landing will not encounter too much resistance. It can easily establish a forward base. Moreover, the distance between Tijuana and San Diego is only 19 kilometers, the attack distance is short, and the pressure of supply will be much less."

"That's right, but have you ever thought about it? Although the United States has lost its Pacific naval power, the army has grown from 500,000 to more than 9 million in the past two years. What's more, the border between the Baja California Peninsula and the United States is short and narrow, and the army troops can't get enough opportunities to stretch. Even if San Diego is down, the United States can rely on the long and narrow California. Block it layer by layer, so that even if you take California in the end, you will suffer a lot of losses.

"Yes, the border there really can't give the army enough room for manoeuvre, but if it's not there, where can you choose? Washington and Oregon?? God, where are the mountains and forests that will exhaust the army's strength? As for San Francisco, do you think it's possible? The bay is so narrow that it doesn't even need heavy artillery. It can sink all the ships entering the bay by relying on army guns.

"Then why don't you attack San Diego directly? Even if the naval guns can't reach the bay, their planes can tear up anything.

"Are you crazy? Do you think the mother ship ammunition is unlimited? How many bombs can a mother ship hold? San Diego has been built into a super fortress by the United States, and it will take at least a month for the mines densely outside the port. It is a waste of time to attack there directly, and it can't reach the sudden surname!"

"If the landing loses the sudden surname and continuous surname, and there is no continuous support of naval guns, light troops lacking heavy weapons will be crushed to death by continuous defenders!"

"But I still don't think it will be the Baja California Peninsula."

"No, I think."

Hearing that the two sons were arguing behind him, Spey did not participate. Although he also thought it was good to make a landing point in the Baja California Peninsula, he always felt that Xinhua would not choose this choice, but he could not convince himself why. So where will the Chinese choose?

Just as Spee was also attracted by this topic and began to think, bursts of running suddenly came from behind him. Gradually, he found that the whole dock was noisy, and countless sailors began to rush out of the dormitory and rushed to the warships.

"What's wrong? Isn't it!"

Before Spee and his son could figure it out, a small jeep had stopped not far away.

"General Spey!"

After saluting Spee, the young major staff took out a document: "General, it's about to go. The headquarters asked me to tell you that I hope your fleet will set sail with us in an hour!"

"Let's go? An hour later!"

"Yes, go!" Spee's eyes suddenly widened. No matter how worried he was about Xinhua, whether Germany was behind or not, he never wanted to miss the battle he had dreamed of many times.

"Yes, our mission is to escort the fleet and ensure the safety of the landing area!" The major staff straightened up, and his face was full of excitement. It could be seen that he had been looking forward to it for a long time.

"Go to prepare, I need to get the news that the fleet is ready in an hour!" In an instant, Spee regained the demeanor of the former vice admiral of the German navy.

"Yes!" His two sons almost jumped to the fleet. In fact, the fleet has been on standby recently. All they have to do in an hour is to make a fire for the slightly slower coal-fired boiler.

An hour later, the flagship Schahnhorst rushed out of the harbor. When the fleet got out of the harbor, even if Spee was such a knowledgeable person, he couldn't help but take a breath!

A crisp electric current rises from the back of every German admiral!

I only saw that in the golden sunset, hundreds of oblique boats appeared on the sea. There were more masts than the ancient gun forests. The lights, flags, and loud whistles were dense, and more ships and warships were joining from all directions.

When Spee was shocked by the huge fleet, the Pearl Harbor in Honolulu was also ready to go.

The searchlight has been turned on, and a bunch of white lights decorate the bay beautifully. Under the light, the huge and unimaginable warships flashed with cold light.

In the drizzle, tens of thousands of sailors stopped their waists, and the battle flags were hunting under the blowing of the sea breeze.

Navy, ready to go!

The flying blood cloud dragon claw flag is telling everyone that this is their protector, the vanguard of bringing the empire to glory and will start an unprecedented landing war!

"Today, we are going to go!"

Li Mo stood by the dock, and the rain fell on his face, but he looked more and more upright.

"You, navy, let this country be reborn from the flames of war, let pride return to the faces of the people, and let the whole Asia straighten its chest!" In the barracks, tens of thousands of soldiers who did not have their turn to set out sat quietly, listening to the pride from the loudspeaker!

"We don't like war, but we are not afraid of war!"

"A year ago, we were invaded. A year later, we will tell the world that we should not only defeat the enemy, but also use courage and blood to burn the flames of war into the homes of those invaders and let them taste our fists."

"Someone told me before that there has never been a successful precedent for such a large-scale cross-ocean war in history, but I want to say today that we are the precedent, and we are not afraid of any challenges!"

The passionate words made everyone who heard this voice seem to return to the day of the declaration of war. After more than a year of cruel fighting, hundreds of thousands of soldiers threw their heads and blood, and finally waited for this day.

"Today, I'm here to see you off, because you are about to leave. I once said that this is a big era, a time for hot-blooded men to stand up and protect the country!"

"It is our misfortune to be born in this era, but it is also lucky!"

"Because from today on, you will face unprecedented difficulties and see countless shells. Maybe many of you will not be able to come back, but you have kicked off a new era!"

"Go, tell the aggressor, tell the ambitious, the dragon flag, never fell!" Li Mo, dressed in a uniform, looked at the soldiers in front of him who would go to the American continent to break out from under the eyes of millions of enemies and launch the world's largest-scale cross-oceanic battle so far, and slowly raised his right arm.

"Let's go, my soldier, I'm proud of you!"

The wind and rain fell on my shoulders, but I couldn't stop the proud military salute.

Tens of thousands of imperial people who came to see them off in the four weeks involuntarily learned from Li Mo to raise their right arm, and their posture was not standard, but they had only one wish to salute their children and send them on the journey again.

The rain was getting thicker and dense, pouring on the soldiers' foreheads, shoulders, wet their hats, and penaled with military uniforms.

But the posture is still straight!

"All of them have!"

A loud shout tore up the silence of the port. Tens of thousands of people surrounding the empire saw that the dense soldiers, in a neat line, saluted and shouted in the heavy rain.

"The First Fleet of the Imperial Royal Navy!"

The loud voice made everyone suddenly prick up their ears and widen their eyes. They only heard a neat sound of brushing, and tens of thousands of soldiers stood side by side at the same time.

"Psalute to His Majesty the Emperor."

"Let's go!"

On October 15, the Allies secretly signed the East Allystein Declaration in Eastinpur, declaring that no allied country should discuss post-war matters with the treaty alone before the end of the war, and once again reached an agreement on the allocation of war resources of various countries and the division of future interests.

The news came out, and the world was shocked!

And just five days later, the First Fleet of the Royal Chinese Navy suddenly left Pearl Harbor. At the same time, Chen Ping ordered all military stations to enter radio control immediately.

At the same time, the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Xinhua Empire departed from Zhoushan Port, and its whereabouts are unknown.

At the same time, the Fifth Fleet of the Xinhua Empire cooperated with the Korean fleet to leave the Gulf of Panama, and its whereabouts are unknown.

At the same time, the main force of the Australian Squadron of the Second Fleet of the Xinhua Empire set sail, and its whereabouts are unknown.

In the same place, the Seventh Fleet of the Xinhua Empire entered the highest combat readiness.

In the same way, the already prepared fleet set sail from Luzon, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Lianyungang, Tianjin, Dalian and Ryukyu, and then under the protection of the escort warships, they entered the vast Pacific Ocean and disappeared from the eyes of the world.

(to be continued)