On Lan Fang's side, the Philippines is preparing intensively, at least 800,000 troops and about 2 million tons of warships, entered the Philippines, and is ready to leave at any time, the US military side, but it is a different situation, the US military commander who returned from the Philippines, became the commander of Hawaii, he is panicking all day long, China shows too much power, powerful beyond his imagination, now, the war is about to be in front of the eyes, this is the US military knows, He couldn't go back if he wanted to.

Hawaii, this future resort area, an important naval base of the U.S. military, during World War II, was famous for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, at this time, it was just a simple military port, the army returned from the Philippines, the number was slightly more, about 70,000 people, plus less than 200,000 tons of warships, if before, the Philippine defenders thought that it was possible to hold Hawaii, but now, after the Chinese warships attacked the United States, this idea no longer exists.

The United States blocked the intelligence, but China informed the world of this information, but in the last battle, not many people believed, and even the situation of the Caribbean battle in the United States was still kept secret, and the country did not know, there was a huge fleet of 12 battleships, and finally collapsed in the Caribbean, but Richardson, the commander of the garrison in Hawaii, still knew about it through his own channels, and was able to become the commander of the Philippines, and later even if he lost the Philippines, he still became the commander of Hawaii. Richardson still has a lot of friends in China, to be honest, because of the emergence of China, the United States has replaced more than half of the domestic officers, in the middle, Richardson's matter, is not so out of line, which also makes him in the assessment, a lot higher, but the elevation is elevated, the next crucial test, China will inevitably expand eastward, once it hits Hawaii, he will need to come.

Richardson through the country, coupled with his own judgment, as long as the four ships attacking the United States come over, I am afraid that Hawaii will not be able to stand it, Hawaii is a very important place, providing rich resources for the United States, but Hawaii is not strong, at least in Richardson's opinion, it is simply full of holes.

I thought it was a powerful enough battery, compared with Panama, it was far from it, you know, because of the distance, China just secretly got 4 emperor-class ships to the Americas, but now from the Philippines to Hawaii, it is only a few thousand nautical miles, and I don't know how much closer, when the time comes, I am afraid that they will be greeted by a comprehensive fleet, not only including 4 emperor-class, but also many formations of escorts, tricks that can be used in the United States, here, there is no way to use it, even if it is minelaying, The other side can also use various methods to solve the problem, time is not so urgent for the other side, but it is the side of the United States that lacks time.

In fact, it is really the case, an artillery bombardment formation composed of 8 battleships, 22 heavy cruisers, plus numerous destroyers, transport ships, and a fleet of more than one million tons, has been prepared in the Philippines, for the sake of safety, there is also an aircraft carrier task force composed of 6 aircraft carriers, incorporated into the temporary fleet, will follow the artillery bombardment formation, as long as necessary, aircraft carriers will also be put into battle, so to speak, China is fully prepared, if this battle goes well, they will not use these aircraft carriers, In the event of a twist and turn, even at the risk of exposure, the aircraft carrier will definitely be used.

If Richardson knew the news, he would probably be scared to death, 8 battleships with similar combat strength to the Emperor-class, and 6 aircraft carriers equivalent to 24 or even more battleships, it would be no problem to sweep the entire US fleet, let alone target such a small place as Hawaii.

Hawaii is located in the hinterland of the Pacific Ocean, more than 8,000 nautical miles away from Shanghai, and almost 7,000 kilometers away from Manila.

The entire western Pacific is a densely populated area, which is completely different from the eastern Pacific, and in order for China to defend steadily, it must occupy islands where airports may be built. Guam is the first to bear the brunt, this is the place where the U.S. military has a protective force, and Guam in later generations is a more important U.S. military base than Hawaii, but in this era, it is only because after the Spanish-American War, it has become the territory of the United States, and part of the army has been deployed.

Correspondingly, Iwo Jima, Guam, and the Caroline Islands are important targets, their importance is not as important as Guam, but they are also the existence of airports that can be arranged.

Guam has a total area of more than 500 square kilometers, is the most suitable place to become a base, in a way, the strategic position is higher than Hawaii, the reason is very simple, this is the bridgehead into Asia, if Guam is in the hands of the US military, here will become a sharp knife of the US military in the future, if in the hands of China, it will become the core of many islands in the western Pacific, more than 500 square kilometers of islands, can build a large-scale air base, can also build a shipyard, docks, docks and a series of things, control here, The entire flank of Australia and the Philippines will be firmly controlled by China, and if it controls Iwo Jima and the Kokuhara Islands to the north, the entire southern passage of Japan will be cut off, and to the east, occupy Wake Island, the Marshall Islands, and Midway, and if you move three steps, directly threaten the Hawaiian Islands.

Among the three steps, Wake Island is the most important, Wake Island is located between Guam and Hawaii, is the best central location, coupled with its own environment, it can barely build a small military airport, the interior of the three islands chain, is a place for submarine docks and warships to shelter from the wind, the strategic role is very important, with this, the underwater of the southwest Pacific Ocean will be firmly controlled in China's hands, and submarines will become a nightmare for the United States.

The Pacific Ocean is too huge, even if China occupies an absolute advantage in Asia, the US military has no more protection, and it will take a long time to occupy strategic points one by one, at least half a year, and more than a year, you know, a country with more than 5 million square kilometers of land is considered huge, in this world, there are not many countries that exceed this number, but for the ocean, it is really nothing.

The Timor Sea, is a small sea area across East Timor and Darwin, on the entire chart, inconspicuous, but its area has exceeded 250,000 square kilometers, as for from the Philippines to Guam, on the map of the Pacific Ocean, it is only a very insignificant occasion, but from Indonesia to Guam, the distance of 2400 kilometers, calculated by the length of the Philippines, is also a huge to the extreme, not to mention the entire Pacific Ocean, more than 10,000 kilometers wide, making this the most extensive battlefield, Islands that seem to be close at hand, hundreds of kilometers, or even thousands of kilometers, are not a distance.

However, these islands are too important, especially for the development of aircraft China, once occupied, most of these islands, for the United States, is a burden, is dispensable, but for China, it is a barrier, is a huge help, a Hawaii, a Guam, two huge islands, if firmly controlled by the Chinese, the entire Western Pacific region, will become China's own territory, when the time, the entire Chinese inland sea and Southeast Asia, From Hawaii, China's road to the United States has been reduced by at least too much, from Hawaii to Los Angeles, only more than 4,100 kilometers, and the distance from Shanghai to Hawaii is about 8,250 kilometers, almost two-thirds of the savings.

With a range of more than 10,000 kilometers, it can be called ocean, but more than 4,000 kilometers, many cities in the western United States are even in the bombing range of China's ultra-long-range bombers, and even in the 7,500-8,000 km radius of medium-sized bombers, but even if it occupies Hawaii, China does not plan to bomb with long-range bombers, because it cannot penetrate into the interior of the United States, and the West Coast is not the most developed place in the United States, far inferior to the East Coast.

It's just that this part of the voyage is the deepest, the deepest, and the flattest in the Pacific Ocean, and there are not many islands, between Hawaii and the United States, but as long as Hawaii is taken, the next step is really to attack the United States, whether it is from San Francisco, or from the direction of Mexico, in short, the army must land.

China has never thought that it is impossible to defeat the United States without attacking the United States, even if there are more losses in the outside world, it can also rely on its own resilience, slowly **** wounds, in this world, Germany only unified Europe, can have the possibility of being compared with China, the United States and Russia are two big countries, Russia has been directly killed, although the essence of Europe, it is still temporarily preserved, that is because China has no interest in him, Germany has no time to care about him, but after losing Siberia, Russia has lost the possibility of climbing to the top, then the United States has become the biggest and most important enemy, and it is impossible to overstate how to be vigilant and pay attention to him. (To be continued.) )