In yesterday's briefing, Cheng attacked the Panama Canal again, this time even entered the mouth of the river, with the help of about 20 kilometers of naval artillery attacks, the internal locks of the Panama Canal were attacked, causing some damage, but the damage was not large, 4 merchant ships that had been damaged were completely sent into the course of the Panama Canal, this future is also a focus of cleanup.

The Panama Canal, the capacity of the waterway is quite limited, the design did not take into account later, with the increasing transportation demand of the United States, the Panama Canal after the completion of the feeling of a little nervous, if there is a merchant ship sinking in the waterway, even if it costs a huge price to clean it up, otherwise, crowding the waterway, resulting in a decrease in traffic capacity, which will be a devastating blow to the Panama Canal.

In their opinion, they need to speed up, maybe after 7 hours, they will engage the other side, they did not realize that the reconnaissance plane clearly grasped his position, even if the reconnaissance plane suffered countless losses, but the other side has not yet learned the lesson, the important role of the reconnaissance plane, not to mention the countermeasures, they did not even notice the sky.

Got the precise location of the reconnaissance plane, Cheng Biguang began to choose, one is to go in the direction of the other party, the other is the preset battlefield, looking around on the chart, according to the previous estimated choice, and finally found a small island, just above one-third of the position of both sides, the highest altitude of this island is about 120 meters, just can be blocked, as long as the other party is not in a combat formation, with the help of the island blocking, the attack will be more sudden, and the nearby more complex environment is also suitable for submarine attacks.

The only thing that is not very suitable is that it is about 12 o'clock at noon, a distance of 80 nautical miles, it takes 4 hours, it is already 4 o'clock in the afternoon, a little delay, the other side will be later, if the other party's fleet has a little problem, slightly reduce some speed, if it comes at about 5 o'clock, the sky will be close to dusk, in this case, if you want to pursue, or even expand the results of the battle, it is not easy to come, although there is radar, but radar is not omnipotent, at night, If the opponent's fleet really wants to run, it is really not easy to keep the opponent.

The fantasy class has the ability to fight at night, but that ability is not 100%, it uses more of the fantasy class of optical ranging, and his advantage at night has been reduced to a very low level, which is completely out of line with the standard of the day, if you really want to fight at night, even if it is only 4 fantasy class against 12 capital ships, it will be difficult, not to mention other auxiliary ships, in Cheng Biguang's opinion, if he really has to drag it out until night, his only choice is probably to leave.

After such a long period of fighting, especially the first battle against Panama, it can be said that the sense of achievement is already very good to use a battleship to break a dam of more than 100 meters and run through two oceans, this is already a task at a strategic height, Cheng Biguang's current insistence is just the theory of battleship supremacy, as long as the other side is defeated, it will be good to cause huge damage to the other side, and it is really a huge blow to the Chinese Navy if all the four Fantasy class are explained here, or one or two ships are injured.

China's industrial capacity is quite strong, in 4 years ago, you can produce a world-class warship such as the fantasy class, the speed of production is not slow, there was only one Qingdao shipyard, Jiangnan shipyard is the production of civilian ships, now, China not only has Jiangnan shipyard, Qingdao shipyard two leaders, as well as Bohai Bay Shipbuilding Group, Mawei, Guangdong, Hainan Island, Beihai and even many shipyards in the South Seas, if you want to build ships, not to mention a one-time start of 28 ships, 60 ships are no problem.

But it's useless, no matter how many ships, no one drives, that's useless, China vigorously promotes automation, but also for this, as much as possible to reduce personnel, the battleship personnel has been reduced by 15% compared with the beginning, but unfortunately it is impossible to continue to reduce, the battleship is to carry out artillery missions, ordinary ground attacks are OK, if you encounter an air attack or the same shelling, in addition to the shelling itself, the damage is also very important.

Automation can replace manpower, but once destroyed, he can not play a role, which weighs the cost of manpower and future management loss, the final data is still set at 15%, of course, the level of automation, can even reduce personnel by 35%, the rest, are spare and rotation personnel, so as to ensure the need for future management loss, but also let the warship operators maintain a relatively good state, under the rotation, at least more than 20% of the personnel, is in the rotation rest, This is much higher than the spirit of the battleship operator when adding to the normal rest.

But even so, the total number of qualified capital ships in the navy of China is only 32 capital ships, and in the middle, in addition to 12 battleships, there are only 20 aircraft carriers left.

China has Yang Yuanzhao's mention, directly avoided the escort aircraft carrier, China does not have a huge overseas colony, the chassis occupied is inside, as long as it does not break through Southeast Asia, the South China Sea and China's waters, almost the inland sea, there is no need for how to escort, as for the future cross-border operations, the only thing that may be needed is the Middle East, not to mention that China after Russia opened up the territory, from the land with Turkey and Germany, by land transportation, even if it is an airplane, whether from the hinterland of China, or from Southeast Asia, It is also enough to support the Middle East, sea transportation, just incidental, besides, Asia and not the Indian Ocean side is not the focus, and some of the warships left in India by the British have no way to affect China's shipping at all.

However, the aircraft carrier, in the initial time, there is no way to shoot, after participating in the war, China still started to build 9 battleships, due to the speed, fast launch, plus all aspects are very mature, all are fantasy class, is expected to be put into use in 1917, but before that, after the Panama Canal was dried, the United States can invest limited forces in the Pacific region, in 1916 a whole year, it is estimated that it is the competition for the islands, with the strength of the Chinese Navy, this is enough to occupy the upper hand.

Officially because of this, Cheng Biguang, who has achieved such a big advantage, has no idea that he must leave a part of the US military behind, if he succeeds, it is better, it is equivalent to icing on the cake, even if it fails, it doesn't matter, as long as the successful return of the 4 Fantasy class ships is guaranteed, for Cheng Biguang, it is already an indescribable victory, as long as the seafarers on this group of ships have returned to China, after thousands of miles of sea operations, sneak attacks and training in many subjects, the experience of these seamen, At least a lot has been improved, many of them have the possibility of upgrading, and then add more than 3 times the number of new seamen, a little training, a more powerful fleet will be formed, which is equivalent to an increase of more than 9 capital ships, which is the most critical for China, really desperate, with these people in exchange for the United States fleet personnel, it should be China that suffers.

Retreating without a fight is not Cheng Biguang's idea, even if this plan is unlikely, Cheng Biguang must be fully prepared, fight with 120,000 points of spirit, and strive to achieve perfect results, no matter when the other party arrives, whether he will definitely pass through which island, he must do it to the extreme.

The fantasy class quickly left from their location, and the speed of the fantasy class quickly added up, they had to rush to the island within 2 hours, and make certain arrangements, and then quietly wait for the arrival of the other team's fleet, which requires patience and courage.

Soon, I found the island, sure enough, it was carefully reconnoitred by the reconnaissance plane, the location was quite suitable, and even to a certain extent, it was the best place for a sneak attack, and on the other side, it was the US warship from Cuba that could find the nearest channel, which was also the most familiar and most commonly used channel for the United States in Panama. As long as the response is effective, two hours, even a few minutes after 6 o'clock, it will be a little later to get dark at sea than on land, and after the sun has set, it is not impossible to fight.

However, if the U.S. troops rushed to the direction of the Panama Canal, I am afraid that it would be after 7 o'clock, and they also wanted to arrive as soon as possible, so they could not choose other routes.

It seems to be an uncertain result, but in fact, after analyzing many reasons, the result has been determined, and what Cheng Biguang can do is to make the preparations more meticulous and wait patiently.

The wind and waves here are calm, although a large number of fleets have entered the Caribbean Sea, but the distance between each other, there are still some, if with the help of reconnaissance aircraft, Cheng Bu does not want to fight, I am afraid that he would have left a long time ago, the gap between each other is more than 70 nautical miles, which in this era most of the warships, can not escape, but there are reconnaissance planes so clear observation, how can they not escape, bypass the opposing fleet, or drag until the night, there are too many directions to leave.

In this case, as long as the battle is completed within 2 hours, in that case, there is no worry about the siege at all, taking advantage of the dark night, they can easily leave, the seemingly tight American encirclement fleet, in fact, there are sieves everywhere, relatively speaking, the Chinese side has a greater chance, while the reconnaissance plane is waiting, it keeps reporting the direction of the other party, for more than 1 hour, the other side did not change the course, along this route, in the direction of the island, closer, closer, they did not think about it, They sent themselves to the grave. (To be continued.) )