The Panama Canal of the United States, for the United States, is an important strategic location, the connection between the Midwest of the United States, basically, is provided by the Panama Canal, which is a symbol of the United States' control of the Americas, the four major waterways recognized by the world, representing the control of the region, the Panama Canal, representing the United States' ownership of the Americas, his existence, not only the canal itself.

The United States almost can arm the Panama Canal with things, but for the fantasy class, it is not a problem, you must know that the last time the Panama Canal battery was updated was 10 years ago, in 10 years, the caliber of the artillery has increased tremendously, from 11 inches below, to the current 15 inches, for the battleship artillery, the difference of 4 inches, almost more than 3 generations of difference, under such a premise, it is possible to attack Panama.

However, China has never attacked the dams, and the Panama Canal, which is made up of locks, is located at the front of the Panama Canal, which is a huge dam that raises the water level to facilitate the passage of ships.

This sneak attack on the United States is to prepare to a certain extent, weaken the war potential of the United States, and in the future, when fighting with the United States, weaken his strength, and the current results have been achieved, but in the future, China is unlikely to start a decisive battle with the United States in the Atlantic, which is the core area of the war between the Entente and the Allies, and China is involved, on the one hand, for the sneak attack of the United States itself, for the future strategy of the United States, there is little benefit, It's more about support for Germany.

In the study of Chinese strategy, the assessment of Germany occupies a key point, and if Germany had not come forward to resist the pressure of imperialism as a whole, China might have adopted other methods, such as a more conciliatory approach, rather than directly entering the war, and the attack on the United States might have been beneficial to China in the long run, but in fact it was the Germans who benefited.

After the United States entered the war, whether it was for the logistics of the war, or for the actual personnel, there was a lot of pressure on Germany, and Germany was only able to gain an advantage in the current war with the help of China, if according to history, in the face of the United States entering the war in advance, maybe the European war would end in 1916, but now, in Europe, on the ground ground, Germany is in a clear advantage, even if it is the navy, under the premise that China has supported 9 capital ships, Germany is not at a disadvantage.

In 1916, it was the era of the Entente's vigorous investment, Germany was under great pressure, and the emergence of sonar weakened the advantage of Germany's unlimited submarine warfare, but China's submarines and sneak attacks on the United States reversed the situation, and in the next year, or even two years, the United States' delivery to Europe will be at a low point, which is very important for Germany.

However, although this sneak attack was a huge blow to the potential of the United States, it did not benefit China in any way, but on the other hand, the Pacific theater has become a place that China must fight for, and in the middle, the important role of the Panama Canal has been highlighted. Cutting off the Panama Canal, at least to a certain extent, so that the Panama Canal does not work, then it will become the focus, and at that time, the battlefield in the Pacific Ocean, either the United States will spend a huge amount of experience and make a detour of 8,000 nautical miles from Cape Horn to the Pacific Ocean, or it will only be able to watch China conquer cities in the Pacific Ocean.

This era is the era of naval warfare, the control of key points on the sea, has become the focus of control of the sea, even as an island country, Britain still controls the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Malacca, that is, after China started the Southeast Asian offensive, lost the Strait of Malacca, but the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal are still firmly under the control of the British. Compared with these straits before the First World War, the role of islands was not particularly obvious, many islands, just to replenish supplies, or simply produce some kind of raw materials, once there is no this, they become barren, chicken-like existence.

Whether it is the United Kingdom, or the United States, there is not too much fancy to the islands, and even to a certain extent, the islands are a burden, compared to the huge colonies, the islands not only can not provide a lot of resources, some islands in the South Pacific are okay, there are guano this is not a resource resources, but in some islands, if there is no guano, it is just the meaning of existence.

Compared with the world's naval powers, China has entered the era of aircraft carriers in advance, and under the new conditions of war, the islands have become an important fulcrum of naval warfare, especially the islands that are large enough to build runways and ports, which are strategic points, as long as they control these places, within the range of aircraft, they are all areas of threat, which the old islands did not have. Hawaii, Guam, these are all like this, and even these huge islands, because they can accommodate large enough repair shops, can even become like military bases.

It is necessary to take advantage of the fact that the United States has not discovered the important role of aircraft to take over the many islands located in the western Pacific, with these islands, China does not have to confront the United States in Oceania, and the Oceania taken also has enough barriers, which is the key. And the Panama Canal also entered the sight of Cheng Qian at this time, as long as the Panama Canal was cut off to a certain extent, at least in 1916, China in the Pacific theater, will be in an absolutely advantageous situation.

The Panama Canal is a huge project, Cheng Biguang's purpose is to mobilize the US military, not to destroy the canal, it is impossible to do, to completely destroy it, not only the navy but also the army needs to participate, for the current China, to send the army, in Central America, it is almost an impossible thing. Of course, all Cheng Biguang needs to do is very simple, just destroy the entrance and part of the lock.

Itself, Cheng Biguang's department, not far from the location of the Caribbean Sea, and full speed travel, took 7 days, rushed to the vicinity of the Panama Canal, as a lock connecting the east and west coasts of the United States, this Panama Canal is quite busy, a lot of merchant ships are waiting in front of the lock, waiting for a certain number, and then entering the lock, to be honest, Cheng Biguang's action, did not completely destroy the Panama Canal, just attack the lock, The dam in the Caribbean Sea, an important part of the Panama Canal, will be destroyed and the locks will be inoperable until the dam is re-erected.

The United States did not expect anyone to attack the Panama Canal, but the Panama Canal, as an important passage for the United States, is just like the Kiel Canal for Germany, it is absolutely heavily guarded, lookout, and even small reconnaissance airships, they are 25 kilometers away, found the traces of Cheng Biguang's fleet, and began to warn.

This early warning has no effect, the fantasy level led by Cheng Biguang has excellent ground attack power, which has been perfectly verified in New York, under the bombardment of 48 heavy guns, nothing can stop him, even a fortress like Panama.

The report sent back by the reconnaissance plane a long time ago clearly marked the location of the Panamanian fortress for protection, in the era when there were no reconnaissance aircraft, most of the forts did not make the necessary arrangements, at least not on the mountain, the location is clear at a glance,

Compared with the shore defense battery, the battleship has to suffer a lot of losses, for the fantasy class, this is no problem, although the protection of the Panama Canal, at least on the mountain above 70 meters, has a condescending advantage, but it is useless, they use only 11-inch guns, in the range, and the Chinese naval guns are at least a lot less, in the naval battle, this can almost hang the other side, when the heavy artillery sounded, countless blood and fire poured over.

The Pentagon, the terrible sirens sounded again, and the urgent message from Panama has been directly sent here, and Panama, anyone who receives the message, knows the seriousness of this problem, and this important location related to the east and west coasts of the United States has been directly attacked like never before.

Although this is not the mainland of the United States, but to a certain extent, it is more important than any target on the mainland, and the attacker is none other than someone else, it is the Chinese fleet that has carried out a devastating blow to New York and more than a dozen American harbor cities in the United States, and urgently transferred back the warship from the occasional walk, and even ignored the protests of the British side, and after searching for more than half a month, the Chinese fleet, without any trace, actually ran to the Caribbean Sea.

"What do the Chinese want to do?" A rear admiral said with some anger that as the Minister of Armament, he has been under tremendous pressure recently, not only more than a dozen ports need to replenish the shore defense artillery, but also said that those battleships that were destroyed on the piercing platform made his hair gray a lot, what should he do next, is it to let these warships rage, compared to other ports, the loss is the loss, but Panama is in a strategic position.

"Where is our fleet, let them speed up!" Everyone knows the importance of Panama, not to mention a complete destruction, as long as there is a certain amount of damage to the Panama Canal, so that his locks are damaged, maybe the Panama Canal will have to rest for a while, as long as this time is long enough, the Chinese side can unscrupulously attack in the Pacific Ocean.

Nothing is isolated, especially in terms of war, the Chinese side, a surprise attack in the North Atlantic, attacked New York, can be seen as a direct blow to the United States, can be seen as revenge for the Chinese, but the next series of things, can be said in such a simple way, sneak attack on a series of ports, and finally to Panama, it seems that everyone can see clearly the American mentality, the purpose of the Chinese is not to retaliate, it is a real strategic purpose, that is, to cut off the Panama Canal.

If this is the case, it is better for him to unite with the Germans and completely beat the British, and then transfer the British from Europe, when the time comes, the United States will definitely not be able to fight, and can only surrender, but China does not take the usual path and actually wants to compete with the United States in the Pacific.

The development of the east and west coasts of the United States is uneven, heavy industry and strategic ports are on the east coast, there is only one Los Angeles on the west coast, it is almost the same, and Houston is not the focus, but the development of Los Angeles is dominated by the tertiary industry, in this case, their war potential is definitely insufficient, coupled with the concern about European relations, there is almost no defense on the Pacific side, there are a few heavy cruisers, and there is no one loading cruiser and capital ship.

This is also related to the previous attitude of the United States towards China, if China had known that China had such an anti-heaven battleship as the Emperor, the United States would not have dared to be so unscrupulous towards the Chinese, although the Americans are greedy, they also have a choice, for example, Britain has a higher level of origin in the United States than the Chinese, do the Americans dare to do something to the British? Don't dare.

Now, the Chinese's revenge has come, with great force, to teach the Americans a lesson, although the Americans in the Chinese, a lot, but those are all commodities, only sold to have the value of the goods, the real amount is not known how much, but the loss of New York is real, 500 tons of gold, this is absolute hard currency, get this thing, equal to the United States in the war 2 years of gains, basically hit the water ticket.

At this point, the Americans began to pay attention to the Chinese, in a sense, the Chinese have a direct threat to the United States, and before they can begin to adjust, another wave of attacks by the Chinese will come, directly hitting their weakest link, the Panama Canal. Recently, the US military has focused its energy on the ports on the mainland, how to increase the defense of the ports, and increase the area of mines, but I did not expect that China actually aimed at the Panama Canal outside the mainland of the United States.

The Panama Canal represents the control of the United States over the Americas, and from now on, the fleets on the east and west coasts do not have to go around Cape Horn in South America, reducing the voyage of 8,000 nautical miles, which is simply too important for the United States.

At that time, it is not the United States that has the geographical advantage, but China, and the distance between the two sides will be advanced from more than 10,000 nautical miles to several thousand nautical miles, and theoretically, China already has the possibility of threatening the US mainland, which is a nightmare for the United States, even if it participates in the European war, the United States has never been ready for a sneak attack, which has produced extreme consequences. (To be continued.) )