Both the United States and China know very well that the key to determining the future Pacific War is fleet operations, of course, there is a little deviation in this, the perception of the United States is a pure navy, and those islands are just fulcrums on the ocean, although they are very important, representing the sphere of influence on the ocean, it is better to occupy it, even if it doesn't work, it can be given up and maintain a viable force.

For China, those islands that can't be used as airports, just temporary rest, those islands that have built airfields, all are key areas, China focuses on aircraft in advance, and produces long-range bombers of sufficient quality, so the nature of the islands, also according to the length of the runway, has different levels, similar to Guam, Hawaii, such as islands, with a huge area, is a special strategic position, because he can build more than 5000 meters of runway, can take off at present, And even all the strategic aircraft developed by China in the future.

At present, the range of strategic aircraft is more than 5,000 kilometers, and the combat radius is astonishing 2,400 kilometers, and an air base can form a solid fulcrum to support the operations of a large number of islands within its coverage, and then, 2,000 meters, 1,000 meters, and even a little more than the 500-meter runway with the aircraft carrier, forming a level, but even a 300-meter military runway is enough to take off fighters and light, and even some medium bombers.

China has entered the era of aircraft in advance, especially under the premise of manufacturing turboprop engines, under the same power situation, the flight range and take-off weight will increase dramatically, even if it is a medium-sized aircraft specially developed for a 500-meter runway, it can also reach a range of 1500-1800 kilometers, which means a combat radius of eight or nine hundred kilometers, which is a huge ocean range, enough to have a huge impact.

Although it is said that the island where the aircraft is stationed is not omnipotent, it is unlikely to completely block this sea area, but for naval warfare, no one will deliberately approach the island where the aircraft is stationed, unless it is a sneak attack on this island, China is now, with the help of the all-in-one machine, directly replicates a higher level of semiconductor materials, which promotes the huge development of the radar industry, and the marine radar is not reliable because of the relationship between shrinkage and weight, but the roadbed radar has enough volume and weight to accommodate more, At present, the radar of China's coastline is almost the size of a hill, and the huge volume can make the accuracy reach an acceptable level, and the scope of exploration is large enough, basically it will not appear, and the mistake made by the United States in the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II, these islands where airports can be built will become a solid nail, and the United States will lose it now, and it will be taken back in the future, without paying a painful price, it is simply impossible.

The gap in cognition made the United States make mistakes in the early days of the Pacific war, they did not stick to those islands, and even under the premise that the threat reached a certain level, they chose to give up some islands, but these will be fatal for future wars, especially Guam and Hawaii, in the eyes of the Americans, Hawaii may be an important fulcrum in the Pacific Ocean, an important producer of sugar, nothing more, but Guam, in this era, is not particularly important, on China's charts, Guam's status is even higher than that of Hawaii because of his proximity to Asia.

In order to fight the battle in the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Fleet and the Northern Fleet also spared no effort to support Lanfang, including the main naval force of 8 capital ships, China, there are only 12 battleships, except for the battleships that went to the Americas and have not returned, they were basically sent to Lanfang, and the battleships almost did not stay in the country, not that they did not pay attention to internal defense, because the era of defense of naval guns and battleships has ended, and after occupying Southeast Asia, the first thing China built was a large-scale airport, These airfields and a number of protective warships, submarines, and torpedo boats will become the main body of coastal defense.

China actually has many islands, in Taiwan, a total of 32 military runways have been built, almost all over Taiwan, Ryukyu has also built 4 military runways, but it is located in the core of the South China Sea Hainan Island, there are only 6 runways, 2 of which are still military and civilian, compared to Taiwan and Ryukyu on the outside, Hainan Island really does not have much role, whether it is the Indochina Peninsula, or Indonesia island by island, can replace the role of Hainan Island, Hainan Island's 6 runways, more is a backup role.

Under the premise that China's long-range bombers, medium-range bombers and light bombers are the best in the world, especially radar, reconnaissance aircraft and other layers of defense system, any one who wants to break through China's protection network and enter China's hinterland is equal to zero, in this case, the capital ship is dispatched to the appropriate place, especially the strategic focus of the Pacific Ocean.

In the Pacific Ocean, the ships owned by the United States are just a few old ironclad ships, the latest ship is the light cruiser, which entered service in 1910, such ships, which cannot resist the attack of battleships at all, the only thing that needs to be considered is the defense of Guam and Hawaii, which is the most critical special island in China's offensive plan, and it must and the first time to take down, these two places, when the US military is still paying attention to the Atlantic, even if they have defense, it is just ordinary, As long as the two important nodes of Hawaii and Guam are occupied, and it takes 3-5 months to lay out the airstrip on them, this will become a fixed node, and there will be no aircraft, no aircraft carriers, and no fleet can break through its defenses.

The news of China's attack on Australia, in the first time, spread all over the world, because Australia was attacked to make the world boil, the previous losses are nothing, but British Australia, this is big, in the territory of the United Kingdom, Australia occupies a very important position, in this era, Britain is well-deserved as the world's first power, was called the empire on which the sun never sets, this is not an exaggeration, in the current territory of the British Empire, there is really no day when the sun sets.

Not to mention the British territories in Africa, except for South Africa, other places are nothing, but British Australia, British Canada, British India, British New Zealand, these huge lands of more than one million square kilometers, not only in the British colonial system, at the apex, but also in the British Empire system, also occupy an important role.

Australia is of course not as good as South Africa, South Africa is the most important thing for Britain, for no reason, he has the world's general production of gold, in 1900, Britain did not hesitate to start a war with the Boers who also immigrated to Europe, it was not a war to recover the colonies, but some real modern war, at that time the British suffered a big loss, invested a huge sacrifice of wealth, and finally defeated the Boers, but the British received a huge amount, Not only did it get a lot of gold reserves from South Africa, but it also produced a lot. Gold, as a precious metal, is the basis of the currency of most countries in the world, and gold represents a kind of wealth, a wealth that can be exchanged and used anywhere in the world

Australia also has gold, although in the British sequence, the first from cattle and sheep, especially wool as a special product, but with the discovery of a large number of gold and precious metal deposits in the north, Australia's importance is also highlighted, the huge Australia, this place has not been thoroughly explored, has all possible mineral deposits, along with recent years, more and more precious metals such as gold have been discovered, Australia's annual gold production, is increasing, It gradually occupied a more important position in the United Kingdom.

Now, the Chinese have landed in Australia, the purpose of the Chinese, Britain is very clear, Britain has never seen a country except Russia, for the land is so greedy, Siberia, Southeast Asia, now not taking advantage of Russia's weakness, continue to attack Russia, is to extend its tentacles to Australia, even if China may occupy Southeast Asia before, Britain does not worry too much, as long as in the future, after defeating Germany, they can easily give the Chinese a huge lesson, the navy of the British Empire is enough for them to take Malacca back, but now, after the performance of the United States, even the most determined British people dare not casually determine whether Britain can be under China's nose, especially China's construction force is still quite strong, in just a few years, Germany's domestic transportation and various projects have doubled, directly affecting the European war.

It was the scorching fighting of Europe Week that made the British somewhat ignore Australia, and they did not expect that with the occupation of Southeast Asia by China, they were so close to Australia, so close that with a single charge, they would be able to rush across the Channel and reach the vicinity of Australia, and now, this idea has finally become a reality.

This is the worst moment, at present in Europe, the battle between the Entente and the Allies, is still in a state of anxiety, because of the submarine strike, the situation is very difficult, the army has no way to make a breakthrough, the navy is even more restrained, although it can use part of the force, but there are not many of them, whether it is in the Albis Pass, or in the Middle East, the strength of the Chinese army shows that they do not dare to act rashly, send fewer troops, for China, that is to send people, send more troops, It will directly affect the military deployment in Europe, a huge problem, appearing on the head of the British, is really a dilemma, how to deal with the Chinese attack on Australia. (To be continued.) )