Chapter 1388: The Last Peace
From the domestic to the Atlantic, although the distance is a little farther, but where is the sparse route, plus the choice of the raid fleet, basically did not encounter any problems, and it is very comfortable to walk, but from the Caribbean to the sea off New York, the distance is not much, but the mental pressure is huge, sometimes, just determine the route, the speed adds up, you have to detour, and only at night it is safer, during the day, you must remain on high vigilance, and deal with problems at any time.
Now, it is less than 10 hours away from New York, and at night, even if it is a busy sea off New York, there will be quite few people, especially in the second half of the night, even the patrol fleet in New York will not appear, which basically means that there is not much danger, although in terms of mentality, it is necessary to remain vigilant and focused, but the high-level, including Cheng Biguang, is a little relieved.
Although the submarine was a little better, but the long wait of 10 days was more or less irritable, Cheng Biguang decided to rest for 4 hours after careful consideration.
This four hours is not a random decision, the time they take the first day is more than 3 o'clock in the afternoon, after a 4-hour rest, it is 7 o'clock, and then 9 hours later, extended to a maximum of 10 hours, they will arrive off the coast of New York, that time is about 5 o'clock in the morning, it is the most tired people, and it is also one of the best times for a sneak attack, even if there is a problem, an hour of time to prepare, for only more than 200 kilometers, not too long a voyage, for the fantasy level is no problem at all, There is a good chance that it will arrive at 4 o'clock and less than 5 o'clock.
Arriving at night will definitely not choose to attack, in order to attack correctly, choose to sneak attack in the early morning, the time when the sun rises, and wait for more than an hour at most, this time, they wait, the possibility of problems is almost none.
In a very close place in New York, a 4-hour rest, although after 3 hours, it is late, it is also a more dangerous decision, the reason why you have to choose this way, rather than rushing over overnight, in addition to the reason for rest, the more important reason is that February 3 is a special day.
February 3, 1916, is a very meaningful day for China, this is the Spring Festival of 1916, the Spring Festival is the most important festival of the entire Chinese nation, it was originally a day of family reunion, but they were sent to the other side of the earth, for the fate of China to fight, and they also want to use this day, become a special tribute to China, China has not appeared on the world stage for too long, in the past 50 years, some are just humiliation, only with real fighting, Only then can we rebuild the image of the Chinese and the image of a great country.
Such a day to remember in the hearts of all Chinese people, but for Americans, when all Chinese people retreated, only a very small number of people would know that this was a very meaningful day, but there would not be many of these people, and they could not have imagined that the Chinese would choose this day to attack.
However, Cheng Biguang and the Chinese command knew very well that from this day on, this day would also become a very meaningful day for the United States, and when the decision to raid the fleet was made, they imagined that it would be good if it really arrived at this point, but no one dared to guarantee that it would be so accurate. Thousands of miles of Haijiang, if a week can be determined, accurate to that day, it is basically impossible, Cheng Biguang did not deliberately adjust on the road, but he still arrived on the day of the Spring Festival on February 3, and he was really lucky.
4 hours, there were no accidents, for them, the place they chose was quite remote, and it was also a relatively secluded place, there was no promotion of ocean currents, the monsoon was also a little chaotic, not very suitable for the navigation of merchant ships, plus it was the United States Forte, inertial thinking This is the safest place, any enemy ship that arrives here will be besieged by the huge warships around, and they did not expect that there would be someone who boldly chose here.
The reconnaissance plane has always been flying in the sky, and the excellent performance of the water type 5 reconnaissance plane has made countless feats on the way here, and now, it has not even let go of a windsurfing board, half of the people are on alert, and the other half are resting, and as for the senior officers, they are fully on guard, and there are no problems, and when night falls, when the watch points to 7 o'clock, the fleet of 4 ships and 8 submarines immediately begins to set off.
Night march, plus the speed must be accelerated, the submarine chooses to float, together with the main fleet, the relationship of the war, the open sea of New York has always been very busy, but the busy is the fixed channel of New York, you can use some ocean currents, so most of the ships are along that direction, China that has done a detailed survey of New York, of course, it is impossible to follow that channel, they choose the most remote, but also the most difficult to encounter the ship channel, all the warships are ready for battle, once they encounter any ships, Resolutely sink at the first time.
The sea off New York under the cover of night, peaceful and quiet, no one knows, a fleet with great destruction, even to make the Americans feel unforgettable damage, is about to arrive, they will completely tilt the anger of the Chinese to the largest city in the United States, at this time, the entire United States from top to bottom, even all the Entente, did not expect that there would be four super capital ships coming, and even for the sake of secrecy, even Germany did not know that China planned such a sneak attack on the United States.
Germany did not think at all that it would attack the United States with capital ships, because all his energy, the warships at sea, were confined to the Baltic Sea, that is, after the return of the Scheer fleet, he had the upper hand in the confrontation with Britain, and it was impossible to send the entire high seas fleet to the United States, but the United States was a naval power after all, with a huge manufacturing capacity, destroyers and light cruisers and the like, which were simply in service in groups, and until now, even Britain did not know, How many destroyers and torpedo boats are in active service in the United States, and in such a powerful country, Germany can only put him aside.
China's surprise attack, in a certain sense, pierced the illusion of the United States, which is more powerful than its geographical advantage, and if it dares to take risks, it will deal a huge blow to the United States, just like now.
9 hours, after all, Cheng Biguang's plan, there is a certain margin, the average speed of an hour reached 22 knots, especially in the middle of the section, the battleship formation and the submarine force distanced, reaching a speed of 25 knots, and the submarine caught up behind.
Look at the watch in hand, at four o'clock in the morning, where they were, in the attack position that had been designed long ago, 19.7 kilometers away from the central area of New York, at the other end of the anti-Boti, completely avoiding the shipping channel, and even between New York, there was a reef.
However, the United States does not know that intelligence officers have figured out the location of this reef as early as a few years ago, and in the name of fishing and salvage, with a small dose of explosives, they have opened up a shipping channel, a channel that can pass through 45,000-ton warships, and from the beginning of the attack by the surprise fleet, they will gradually approach until they are 8 kilometers away from the port, which means that from the port, in the case of an extreme artillery battle with a range of 20 kilometers, China can attack New York from the shore to a range of 12 kilometers inland.
New York is the largest city in the United States, the financial center, but the New York of this era, can not be compared with later generations, the population of the United States is just over 100 million, the huge United States, all aspects are booming, and not too concentrated in big cities, even Los Angeles is only hundreds of thousands of people, New York is the same, less than 500,000 people, 12 kilometers away, enough to shine the best part of New York in it.
Of course, the 4 Fantasy class arrived first, they maintained enough speed to open up a speed difference of 2 knots with the submarine, and the distance between the two sides is no more than 18 nautical miles at the moment, at this moment, there is at least more than an hour and a half before dawn, they can wait.
In the silent, even utter darkness of the night, all the officers and men had already reached their positions, and the targets of the attack had already been sent to every key area, and as soon as it was dawn, the attack would begin, and according to the calculation of the height of the sun, as well as the collection of the situation in New York over the past three years, this time was determined at 6:39.
At about 6 o'clock, the submarines that arrived first joined the fleet, and then sneaked away, and before they entered the area of the reef, they were on guard against some torpedo boats that might pass through the reef, and according to the requirements, they would do whatever it took to intercept them.
It's just that until the rising star and the day is approaching, no one in New York will notice that an army of steel is about to show its fangs at him.
Cheng Biguang's hand, a radar brand watch is walking unhurriedly, the original birth in 1957 of the radar has become a Chinese brand, in the field of machining and high-precision machine tools, this is China's strength, once focused, there are not many mechanical products is China's opponent, this radar watch is known for its accuracy and is not easy to wear, has become an important tool for senior officers.
Soon, in the distant sky, there was a ray of sunshine, the sun was finally below the horizon, slowly emitting light outward, the arrival of the day, not with the sun rising synchronously, the sunlight will be reflected through the refraction of the atmosphere, bringing light to the earth in advance.
At this moment, New York is still just a sober city that has just been alerted by the sky and has not yet fully recovered, only in a few important streets, there are cleaners cleaning the streets, as for most of the city's functions have not been restored, this recovery period is as long as 2-3 hours, but today, it is destined to be awake to advance. (To be continued.) )