Second, from a tactical point of view, or from a strategic point of view. The United States is all "Maldives."

Tactically, the U.S. Navy lost a total of six cruisers, destroyers, and fighter planes. In addition, 2 aircraft carriers, 3 cruisers, 2 destroyers and the Huikuai transport ship were wounded. Killed and missing officers and soldiers, including boo pilots. Compare it to. The losses of the Navy of the Republic can be described as "minimal". According to the battle report released by the Navy of the Republic of China, only the destroyer "Honghu" sank in battle, and the destroyer belonged to the Indian Ocean Fleet and stayed in the rear of the fleet when the US planes attacked in a group. Support for 2 VTOL aircraft on search and rescue missions. Therefore, it happened to be within the attack range of the US anti-ship missiles, and in addition, it also lost destroyers in the battle, one of which belonged to the Indian Ocean Fleet, and some of them belonged to the first wave of attack planes. The rest were all killed.

Relatively speaking, the tactical defeat of the US military is nothing at all.

In any case, the navy is a strategic service, so naval warfare is more concerned with strategic impact than with tactical successes and failures. Taking World War II as an example, although in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Japanese Navy sank the US Navy's aircraft carrier "Lexington" and the heavy aircraft carrier "Yorktown", the Japanese Navy only sank the light aircraft carrier "Shiho" and the shipwrecked aircraft carrier was only damaged. Therefore, the Japanese Navy won a tactical victory, but the direct consequence of this naval battle was that the "Zuizuru" and "Shozuru" lost the opportunity to participate in the Battle of Midway, and in this naval battle that determined the direction of the war, if the Japanese Navy had two more fleet aircraft carriers, the outcome of the battle was likely to be completely different, so the Japanese Navy actually lost the Battle of the Coral Sea, at least strategically.

It can be said that the strategic fiasco of the US Navy in the "Battle of the Maldives" has an even more far-reaching impact.

Although after the naval battle. The U.S. Navy still has talk about aircraft carriers having combat capability. And the remaining escort warships are enough to form an aircraft carrier battle group. But for the US military. It has lost the ability to compete with the Navy of the Republic for sea supremacy in the Indian Ocean, especially in the Northern Indian Ocean.

In reality, after the naval battle, the U.S. fleet had no choice but to retreat south, either to South Africa or to Australia in the southerly winds. It is unlikely that the central Indian Ocean will be covered in the short term. It was in this way that after a few days, the Republican Marines, supported by the fleet and shore-based aviation, boarded Diego Garcia, and only dispatched the equivalent of four combat battalions. Within three days, the desperate American troops on the island surrendered and completed the combat mission of capturing Gorgogarcia. What's more, over the next month, the Republican Marines turned Gorgarcia back into a military base.

That is, by the end of tomorrow. Diego Garcia has become a military stronghold of the Republican Navy in the central waters of the Indian Ocean.

At this point, the US Navy has actually lost the basic conditions for competing for hegemony and humility in the ocean.

As you can see from the map, Diego Garcia has an irreplaceable position in the US strategy for the Indian Ocean, not only as a military fortress in the middle of the Indian Ocean, but also as a transit point between Djibouti and Australia. With the forced Go, Garcia fell into the hands of the republic. The U.S. authorities must make a choice: either to garrison Djibouti and defend the Red Sea outlet, or to strengthen the defenses of Australia's west coast and hold the Australian mainland. Of course. The American authorities have long made the choice that it is the choice of the United States to let the fleet retreat south after the defeat and not to retreat to the west. Although from a military point of view. Unless it is attacked by an intensive group. Otherwise, the US military would definitely not have withdrawn from Djibouti. Anyway. As long as the U.S. military remains in Djibouti, the Republic's navy and ships will not want to enter and leave the Red Sea freely. It is unlikely that the Sudan will be used effectively. Thus taking control of Egypt. More importantly, in the Suez Canal in Egypt, it was also possible to reinforce Djibouti from the direction of the Mediterranean, thus turning Djibouti into a peripheral military fortress defending the Mediterranean. No matter how determined the US military is. After the loss of sea supremacy in the Indian Ocean. Defending Djibouti is an impossible task. The same was true of the subsequent engagements, where the U.S. forces in Djibouti held out until late March, when they retreated voluntarily under the threat of the Republican fleet and hundreds of thousands of intensive groups.

After the loss of Djibouti, the presence of US troops in the western waters of the Indian Ocean became meaningless.

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In fact. At the beginning of March, when the Republic made the decision to attack Djibouti, the Seychelles authorities announced the expulsion of the American ** people from the territory and permanently

Affected by this, South Africa announced at the end of March

Admittedly, South Africa's choice actually helped the United States. And not to harm the United States. In the case of the end of March, if South Africa does not declare a military strike by the republic. You know, at that time the republic had already occupied Djibouti and controlled access to and from the Red Sea. Because the republic has a relatively close relationship with Egypt, as long as Egypt remains neutral. The republic would not have rushed north to compete with the United States for control of the Suez Canal. In fact. North Africa has always been Europe's sphere of influence, and Egypt has no reason not to be in the EU's ambiguous position. The East African region has always been the traditional sphere of influence of the republic, from Sudan to Mozambique, and basically all East African countries are allies or friends of the republic. Even if it is constrained by the poor infrastructure on the African continent. Especially in Mozambique, the traffic conditions made it impossible for the Republican ** team to go south by land. After the Seychelles expelled the U.S. military and the Republic gained absolute naval supremacy in the western Indian Ocean, the Republican ** team was able to move south by sea. Plus the strike capabilities of the naval fleet of the republic. Even if it is difficult to beat South Africa in the short term. It is also possible to use 2 or 3 Marine brigades to capture Cape Town or Port Elizabeth at the southern tip of South Africa and gain a springboard into the South Atlantic. Relatively speaking, because it is pinned down by Argentina in South America. It is impossible for the US Navy to blatantly move south, and the resistance to advancing into South Africa is certainly much greater than that of the Republic, and it will be difficult to stop the Republic's pace in South Africa. Thus. The old one, the center of the cloth to the right, but in fact Bu was temporarily blocking the heart of the South Atlantic and the country, and bought the United States time to prepare for war.

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From the standpoint of the Republic, there is certainly no reason to spread the flames of war to the South Atlantic, given that the United States is already fighting on three fronts, and that the United States is moving troops to the Middle East, which is bound to provoke a war in the region. More importantly, at that time, the U.S. military had no intention of going south to deal with Argentina, and did not even win over Argentina's neighbors, so Argentina, as a member of the intensive bloc, did not ask the republic to immediately send troops to the South Atlantic, but only hoped that the republic could maintain sufficient troops in the Indian Ocean, that is, it could reinforce Argentina at any time. In this way, the authorities of the Republic will certainly not take the southward trip to South Africa as a mission, or even treat it as a task.

Everybody knows. At this point, the focus in the Indian Ocean has shifted from the sea to the land.

As long as the Republic does not intend to enter the Mediterranean, and the EU does not want to blame the United States on the issue of war, it will continue to maintain its position.

It is precisely because of this that in early February, Pei Chengyi summoned Li Dongshi back and deployed the mission in person.

In any case, Li Dongshi is the commander of the Middle East Theater, and in addition to Yuan Chenhao, Ling Yunxiao, the most experienced and promising general of the older generation of the Republic Army has long since retired. More importantly, Lee Dong-seok is a "reassuring general." Not to mention anything else, Pei Chengyi can give such a comment, which is enough to prove Li Dongshi's status in Yuan's mind.

The problem is that the war in the Middle East is certainly not just a "war in the Middle East".

In the context of a world war, a war in any direction has a bearing on the overall situation. Take the Middle East war, for example, if the republic wants to win. The most important thing is not how many troops to invest, but whether the sea can be guaranteed to flow smoothly. In any case, in this direction, it is not the republican ** team fighting alone, many allies and friends including Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Kurdistan will send troops and efforts, and the basic strength of these countries is relatively weak, even if the homeland is not attacked, it will not be able to provide sufficient war materials, especially weapons and ammunition, for hundreds of thousands, or even millions of troops. Only by ensuring the unimpeded flow of sea transportation can we ensure the smooth operation of the army and defeat the opponent.

To this end, the parent office of the Republic must consolidate the northern Indian Ocean route at all costs.

Although the safety of the Northern Indian Ocean route has been ensured after the Battle of the Maldives, there are still many safety risks on the route. For example, Christmas Island, located south of Java, and Cocos Islands, located south of Sumatra, are very close to the Strait of Malacca and Sunda Strait, which must pass through the Northern Indian Ocean route, if used by the US military. The consequences will be dire. As a result, in mid-March, the Republican Marines occupied the Cocos Islands and Christmas Island, and established permanent military bases on the islands.

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The key, of course, is to eliminate the biggest hidden danger, which is the US fleet that fled to Australia after the naval battle of the Maldives.

According to the U.S. military establishment system, after arriving in Australia, the fleet became the Third Fleet. This is because the US authorities have set Australia as the headquarters of the Southwest Pacific Theater, and the status of the Third Fleet, which is directly under the so-called theater fleet, has also been enhanced, and it has become the most important of the three theater fleets under the Pacific Fleet. Affected by this, the combat effectiveness of the Third Fleet should definitely not be underestimated.

According to the U.S. military's ministry, by the end of March. In addition to the aircraft carriers originally belonging to the Fourth, Sixth and Eighth Fleets, the two injured aircraft carriers were all from Australia at the end of the month. Travel to Pearl Harbor and San Diego on the West Coast of the United States. In addition to the overhaul, it also got the original belonging to the Seventh Fleet! aircraft carriers, and obtained, cruisers and 3 destroyers, the combat effectiveness to increase.

No matter how you look at it, the Third Fleet, with its six aircraft carriers, is a huge threat.

Of course, in the short term, the threat of the Third Fleet is not so imminent.

The reason is very simple: The adjustment of the US military has made the fleet more chaotic, and not only the officers and men have to adapt, but even the fleet commanders have to adapt to the new environment. More importantly, the biggest problem of the Third Fleet was not the lack of enough warships, but the absence of suitable places to station. Before the outbreak of the war, the main military port of the US military in Australia was Brisbane, which was also the home port of the Australian Navy. Even if the Australian Navy's warships are not considered, Brisbane cannot accommodate nearly 100 ships in six aircraft carrier battle groups. And so it goes. The Third Fleet could only be dispersed in Brisbane. Melbourne and Adelaide. Some ships were also sent to Wellington, New Zealand, and Port Vila, Vanuatu. As a result of this, the Third Fleet's actions could not meet the demands of the US military, whether it was a transfer or a build-up. In order to increase the operational efficiency of the Third Fleet. The U.S. military has requisitioned Lord Howe Island in the east of Australia, which is legally the private domain of the British king, and plans to build the island into the base camp of the U.S. Navy in the southwest Pacific, and the entire project will last until the end of June, when not only will all the warships of the Third Fleet be able to dock at the island's newly built port, but all the fast transport ships, combat support ships, and other auxiliary ships operating in the southwest Pacific can be stationed on the island.

In other words, it will be until the end of the day or the beginning of July. Only then can the Third Fleet form a complete combat capability.

There is no doubt that the Navy of the Republic certainly does not want to fight a decisive battle with a fully combat-ready Third Fleet.

The problem is that, whether the Navy of the Republic wants to admit it or not, it is difficult to pose a threat to the Third Fleet, even if it uses strategic bombers from the Space Forces. It is unlikely that it will even have an impact on the construction work on Lord Howe Island.

Since they could not take the initiative to attack, they could only try their best to force the Third Fleet to come to the decisive battle.

At this time, the Navy of the Republic was faced with a very big problem, that is, after the withdrawal of the US Navy from the Indian Ocean, the authorities of the Republic had shifted their focus from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, reorganizing the original Indian Ocean Fleet into the First Pacific Fleet, and the original South China Sea Fleet into the Second Fleet in the Indian Ocean. Bounded by the Strait of Malacca, the eastern one is arranged in odd numbers and the west side is arranged in an even number. Other words. At that time, only the Second Fleet, with 3 aircraft carriers as the core, remained in the Indian Ocean. Although the Navy sent the sea to Mudi at the request of the commander of the two theaters, the turtle land had basically nothing to do with the sea control operation. One is deployed in the Arabian Sea and the other in the Gulf of Aden, and its main mission is to serve as an active offshore platform. Supporting the activities of the Marine Corps and providing low-altitude support to the Marine Corps in the service of the upcoming war in the Middle East.

What's even worse is that according to Li Dongshi's request. In the aftermath of the outbreak of war in the Middle East, the Second Fleet had to head west to the Gulf of Aden to stand by and, if necessary, enter the Red Sea. In order to pose a threat to the U.S. fleet in the eastern Mediterranean, so that the U.S. Navy could not support ground operations as it pleased. Although from the actual situation, when the time comes. The US Navy will certainly send more fleets to the Mediterranean Sea or the Indian Ocean, while the Atlantic Fleet can mobilize very limited forces, so only the Third Fleet in the southwest Pacific Ocean can be mobilized, which means that the Third Fleet is very likely to take the initiative to move westward after the outbreak of war in the Middle East and once again compete with the Republic Navy for sea supremacy in the Indian Ocean.

When the time comes, regardless of whether the authorities of the republic want it or not. They all have to send more fleets to Erduyang. So that the Republic Navy will have the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the American army. However, when the time comes, the Navy of the Republic will inevitably have a decisive battle with the Third Fleet, which has complete combat effectiveness and even strengthened, and no one is sure who will die.

From a winning standpoint. The Navy of the Republic must make the most of the precious time that preceded the outbreak of war in the Middle East.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the network had just completed the adaptation and adaptation, which was not only as simple as changing the number, but also had to adjust all the supporting command systems. And to get the officers and men of the fleet used to the new Second Fleet, which came out of the Tinkemali naval base in Sri Lanka, and carried out an extremely beautiful surprise attack on the port of Darwin in northwestern Australia.

According to the operational record of the Navy of the Republic. In this attack, which lasted 2 hours. In total, carrier-based fighters threw various types of ammunition close to the link. Tun, the naval guns threw more than 30,000 tons of shells. Apparently, escort battleships, armed with electromagnetic guns, again became the protagonists. According to the combat record of the US military. In just two hours, the port of Darwin was not only subjected to heavy shelling and continuous bombardment. It has also been attacked by a number of high-powered weapons, so the US military believes that the Republic Navy has used some kind of secret weapon here, which is very likely to be a weapon of mass destruction developed on the basis of fifth-generation tactical nuclear weapons and limited by international arms control treaties. Merely. The U.S. military has not produced any convincing evidence, especially direct evidence. Therefore, the claims of the US military were not recognized by the authorities of the republic.

Judging by the situation at that time, the Second Fleet was definitely strengthened.

Because the Navy of the Republic did not send additional warships with long-range strike capabilities to the Indian Ocean before this, the anti-submarine ships that were built before the end of the day, decommissioned and mothballed or leased to other countries were sent to the Indian Ocean, and their main task was to strengthen the anti-submarine escort and force on the northern Indian Ocean route. Therefore, it can be roughly concluded that it is very likely that the second fleet will be reinforced by fireships, that is, quasi-military ships that do not have the ability to dominate the sea.

If this is the case, it is very likely that the new weapon mentioned by the US military is a tactical ballistic missile on a fireship.

Although shortly after the outbreak of the war. The Navy of the Republic used firepower ships in the attack on naval bases in the Russian Far East, and achieved good results, but from the war reports published by the authorities of the Republic, as well as relevant information revealed by the Russian authorities. The fireships did not use tactical ballistic missiles in this battle. In other words, even if the US military knows that there are tactical ballistic missiles on the fireships of the republic, it is impossible to know much about their specific capabilities.

Tactical ballistic missiles on fireships, of course. Definitely not a tactical ballistic missile in the usual sense.

As everyone knows. The main armament of the fireship is a slap cannon with heavy cruise missiles. Relatively. There are pros and cons to both weapons. The combat cost of the electromagnetic cannon is low and the density of fire is high. Ideal for attacking regional targets, as well as for large-scale expendable combat use. Heavy cruise missiles are powerful and accurate, making them suitable for attacking high-value, heavily protected stationary targets. As well as important covert targets. The question is. These two munitions are not capable of adapting to the full range of operational needs. For example, when dealing with important targets buried in the ground. Both the electromagnetic cannon and the heavy cruise missile seem powerless. This time. You need a weapon that is very powerful and has a strong penetration ability. There is no doubt that a ballistic missile with high speed, high mass and accuracy between artillery shells and cruise missiles is the most ideal choice.

According to the tests of the Navy of the Republic, when dealing with deeply buried targets. Ballistic missiles have the highest combat efficiency.

Exactly. Only then will the Navy of the Republic equip fireships with tactical ballistic missiles.

Although the tactical ballistic missiles purchased by the Navy are basically identical to those of the Army, the Navy is completely different from the Army when it comes to the selection of warheads. For the Army, tactical ballistic missiles are actually a supplement to electromagnetic guns and cruise missiles in many cases, because the range of electromagnetic guns is only 1,000 kilometers and cruises, but the range of missiles is in the mouth. kilometers or more, there are still 4 kilometers of firepower gap in between. A range comparable is required. And a weapon of appropriate power. As a result, the Army's tactical ballistic missiles are mostly equipped with submunitions used against surface targets. In order to bury the target deep in the opponent, the Navy separately threw a cluster ground-penetrating warhead for a tactical ballistic missile.

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Because the port of Darwin is the most important military port of the US Navy in the eastern Indian Ocean. It is also the only military port in the Northwest Territories of Australia. So there must be a lot of military facilities, and some important ones definitely have to be buried in the ground. For example, ammunition depots and aviation fuel depots. The problem is that Darwin Harbour is a city of nearly 10,000 people. And most of the residents of the area are not in favor of allowing the U.S. military to hoard military supplies in the port. Even less in favor of turning the port into an ammunition depot for the US military. When the underground ammunition depot of the US military was attacked. And when there was a violent explosion because of this, the US military had to give a reasonable explanation to the local population, so that the US authorities would claim that the Republic had used weapons of mass destruction in the port of Darwin, and that it was related to the fifth generation of tactical nuclear weapons on time.

Of course, the U.S. military will certainly not be able to produce evidence.

It is well known that fifth-generation tactical nuclear weapons do not produce radioactive contamination and are far less powerful than nuclear weapons in the true sense of the word. What's more. It is impossible for the authorities of the republic to publish the specific capabilities of the Navy-type tactical ballistic missiles for this purpose. Therefore, when the US authorities made up nonsense, "the country can only remain solid" ballistic missiles, and it is easy to link wildfire with weapons of destruction, so when the authorities of the Republic announced the relevant war report, they did not mention that there were fireships in the Second Fleet, nor did they mention that the fireships used navy-type tactical ballistic missiles.

Whatever one may say, what is a weapon of mass destruction. It is not up to the United States alone to have the final say.

In fact, the Republic Navy's attack on the port of Darwin was already very restrained, the area of the poisoning and shelling was completely controlled within the port, and did not extend into the urban area, and the strike time was chosen from the point of Ling to 4 o'clock, when most of the port workers were already off work, and most of the people working at night were military personnel, or paramilitary personnel hired by the US military. It is precisely because of this that the blow did not cause much repercussions.

Of course, the purpose of the attack on Darwin Harbor was to lure the Third Fleet to come to the decisive battle, and the Second Fleet would certainly not return until the purpose was achieved.

Over the next few days, the Second Fleet attacked Port Hedland, Port Caernarvon, Port Geraldton in Western Australia, and Perth on the Edge of the Moon.

Although during this period, the U.S. Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force also dispatched a large number of patrol planes and reconnaissance planes to find the Second Fleet, and the U.S. Space Force even airlifted two small launch vehicles to Australia. Six small ocean surveillance satellites were sent into space to search for the Second Fleet, and none of these six satellites worked in orbit for hours, that is, they were shot down by the Republic's Celestial Army during the second orbit of the earth, but they had to find a fleet on the vast ocean, and it was a fleet that could sail for several months. Definitely not a realistic thing. Theoretically, even if ocean surveillance satellites are used and are not attacked, the US military would need at least a small satellite operating in low-earth orbit to continuously monitor the waters of the eastern Indian Ocean within a kilometer west of Australia. If a patrol aircraft are used, it will need to be used approximately as many as a patrol aircraft.

It can be seen from this that the chances of the US military finding the Second Fleet are very slim.

It can be said that this is also a direct manifestation of modern naval warfare without the support of military satellite systems. From another point of view, this is also the biggest difference between naval battles and ground battles. To put it more bluntly, on the ground battlefield, the offensive side is not obviously superior due to the limitation of troop activity capabilities, and if the defending side can fully exert the advantage of mobile defense, the offensive can be thwarted. Other words. On the ground battlefield. The defending side has the advantage. As can be seen from the previous analysis, on the vast ocean battlefield. The advantage is still in the hands of the attacker. In fact. This is the core of modern naval warfare tactics. That is, a proactive attack is the key to victory.

The question is. When the offense becomes visible, the advantage ceases to exist.

Obviously, the Second Fleet's raids did have a certain pattern.

According to the battle report released by the US military, the interval between the Second Fleet's attacks was about four days, so it can be roughly inferred that there must be a large support fleet about 4,000 meters behind it. Specifically for its ammunition replenishment. What's more, the Second Fleet was nominally important in striking the important port cities of Western Australia from north to south, but in fact Hedland, Caernarvon and Geraldton were veritable slag ports. The military value was very limited, so it was only a matter of time before Perth was bombed after Geraldton's attack, and the interval was almost four days. Exactly. The U.S. and Australian armies seized the opportunity. On April Day, the day the Second Fleet attacked Perth, it caught the tail of the fleet and immediately mobilized its aviation to counterattack.

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Although the counterattack of the American and Australian troops did not receive any effect, after all, in the western part of Australia. There are very few bases where aviation can be deployed. The deployment of air forces from other regions is not only difficult to coordinate, but also too late in time, so the counterattack of the US and Australian troops is somewhat demonstrative. That is, to tell the Second Fleet that the US and Australian forces will not rest on their laurels, and will counterattack as long as they seize the opportunity. But judging from the situation at that time, the Second Fleet was indeed threatened, and in the Indian Ocean, the Republic Navy was such a fleet, plus the Third Fleet of the US Navy had been operating in the waters southeast of Australia, if the Second Fleet had any mistakes. The US Third Fleet will definitely go to the Indian Ocean again. At that time, the Republic's Navy will have to increase its forces in the Indian Ocean, thereby weakening its military investment in the Pacific. Impact on combat operations in the Pacific. All in all. In a situation where it doesn't make much sense. The Second Fleet abandoned its strike against Australia at the end of April and returned to Trincomalee Naval Base.

In the eyes of many, the Second Fleet voluntarily gave up the best opportunity to strike at the US Third Fleet.

Until the end of the war, there were many people who thought. The Navy of the Republic should have allowed the Second Fleet to continue southward, forcing the US Third Fleet to come to the decisive battle, and taking the opportunity to weaken the US Third Fleet.

It is even argued that if the narrow sea platforms that have been reinforced to the Indian Ocean theater of operations can be used rationally. It is quite possible to take out the US Third Fleet in the Indian Ocean theater, so that the US Navy will suffer.

Obviously, this view is simply untenable.

Don't forget that the Second Fleet attacked Australia in April of 20, less than four months after the outbreak of the war. Although the republic is already mobilizing for all-out war, under the guidance of the basic idea of "putting war first," the country's productive forces are rapidly being transformed into combat effectiveness. No one dared to underestimate the war potential of the republic. However, no country was able to complete the mobilization for war in a short period of time, and in fact the authorities of the republic did not mobilize for war until after the United States entered the war. So it's not yet a month, so the war strength of the republic is still very limited. More importantly, the navy is a strategic service with a very long construction cycle, so the size of the Republic Navy has not yet been expanded, and the strength of the army is still limited. Then. The Republic has shifted its focus to the Pacific theater and is competing with the U.S. military for supremacy of the Pacific Ocean. Whatever you look at, there is no reason for the Republic Navy to devote too many forces in the Indian Ocean.

Even if these strategic factors are not taken into account, from a tactical point of view, it is unlikely that the Third Fleet will be annihilated. The reason is simple, head south from Perth. It is the famous southerly wind belt. In this sea area, perennial strong winds are raging, not to mention fragile sea bases, even warships. It is also difficult to stabilize. The take-off and landing operations of carrier-based aviation will be affected, and the air defense of the fleet will be affected. No fleet is willing to fight in the southerly winds unless absolutely necessary. In other words. Even if the U.S. Third Fleet responds to the battle, the Second Fleet may not be able to seize the opportunity.

Combining these factors, I have to admit it. The Second Fleet's attack on the western part of Australia must have had other plans.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand the intentions of the Second Fleet in connection with the actions of the Republic in the Pacific.

After the naval battle of the Maldives, the US Navy even took the initiative to abandon Djibouti because of its complete retreat. South Africa and other countries surrounding the Indian Ocean have also declared that there will be no major war in the short term, even if the United States intends to make a fuss in the Middle East, because the preparations for war between Israel and Turkey are not in place, especially Turkey, whether it is willing to follow the United States into the war is a question, so the United States is unlikely to immediately ignite the fire of war in the Middle East. Taking these factors into account, the authorities of the Republic have made a strategy of shifting their strategic focus and taking the initiative to start the war in the Pacific

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At the beginning of the period, the Republic Army was sent to the Japanese archipelago. Ten Thousand Army. "Stabilized" Japan.

It can be said that this step is very crucial. Although Japan was still a small country with a population of only 10,000 people, it was located in the Pacific Northwest Ocean. Japan, on the other hand, is second only to the Republic of Korea and Korea, and is the only East Asian country with close ties to the United States. In any case, when the Republic is moving eastward, it certainly doesn't want a fire in the backyard. As early as when the first war plan was formulated, Yuan Chenhao mentioned that after declaring war with the United States, military bases in Japan should be used. Dispatch at least 20,000 additional ground troops to Japan as quickly as possible. With the combat effectiveness of the Republic Army, as well as the military strength of Japan, even if only 10,000 reserves. I can also suppress Japan and let the union. The Japanese, who have not yet forgotten the scourge of the dead, should distinguish between friend and foe and do not make a stupid choice in a world war. You must know that the Second Republic of China was forced by international pressure to exterminate the Yamato nation, and if the Japanese once again embarked on the wrong path, it would not be a question of national rejuvenation. Rather, it is a question of where the Yamato nation should be placed in the museum of the destroyed civilization.

The suppression of Japan is tantamount to legitimizing the military presence of the Republic in the volcanic archipelago.

More importantly, the Japanese archipelago, as well as the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka Banu, which are already controlled by the Republic's Marines, have established a strategic barrier to shield the Northeast region. The expansion of the home defense circle by thousands of kilometers to the northeast and the resolution of the threat to the Northwest Pacific forced the U.S. military to focus on the Pacific Frontier. Compete with the Republic for sea supremacy in the western and southwestern Pacific.

Of course, controlling Japan is only a means, not an end.

After sending troops to Japan, the Republic Navy strengthened its military deployment in the Ryukyu Federation. According to the operational record of the Navy of the Republic, by the end of March. Kodo long-range maritime patrol aircraft, half of which were previously deployed in the Indian Ocean Theater, have been deployed to the Western Pacific Theater, half of which are deployed at the Ryukyu Federation's air bases. The other half are deployed at military bases in Japan. Because the volcanic archipelago of Iwo Jima is too close to the Northern Mariana Islands. Moreover, it was attacked by the United States at the end of February, so the Navy did not deploy shore-based aviation to the island closest to Guam.

By the end of the day, the First Fleet had also been established in the port of Naha.

Prior to that; The Third Pacific Fleet, which was reorganized from the former Western Pacific Fleet, was also established in Yokohama.

In other words, by the beginning of April, the Republic had deployed two-thirds of its fleet in the western Pacific, and if all the warships in service before the Ming Dynasty were left in the Western Pacific, the Navy of the Republic of China had put about eighty percent of its forces in the Pacific theater.

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Obviously, concentrating and transporting so many troops is definitely not a naval gathering.

According to the analysis of the US military, the purpose of the Navy of the Republic is to seize Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Although some people believed at that time that the important task of the Republican Navy was to occupy the Philippines, which had taken refuge in the United States, in order to ensure the security of the mainland, especially the security of the island of Taiwan, from a military point of view, if it could occupy Guam, the Philippines would not have much military value, and the Philippine authorities, who were still hesitating whether or not to declare war on the Republic, might even defect to the Republic and declare war on the United States.

Of course, in order to occupy Guam, in addition to a sufficiently strong Marine Corps, it is also necessary to dominate the sea.

Because the Republican Marines attacking the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands will be able to complete their mission as soon as the end of the month, and they will be assembled in Japan or the Ryukyu Federation, ready to go out again. So the Navy of the Republic wants to hurry. In order for the US Navy to recover and take Guam, it must seize sea supremacy before then.

Unlike the "raid warfare" in the Indian Ocean. As long as the Republican Navy is determined to attack Guam, the U.S. military will certainly respond.

Previously analyzed, if Guam is lost. The U.S. military will not only lose the most important, if not the last, naval base in the Western Pacific. Retreat to the Hawaiian Islands, located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It would also give the Republic a basis for moving south, since Guam is also the flank line of defense for the Republic's navy to move south into the south-western Pacific, if Guam is not controlled. The Republican Navy could only move south from the island-dense Southeast Asian region, and thus had to storm the Philippines. What's more, the left flank of this southbound passage is still exposed to the US military, and there is no security at all. It can be seen from this that whether it is to protect the "mainland" Hawaiian Islands or to protect Australia in the southwest Pacific, the US military has to defend Guam to the death, and it has to do its best. Stop the Republic's offensive here, and then turn the tide of the war.

It is precisely because when the Second Fleet is making a big splash in the Indian Ocean, the eyes of the world are focused on the necklace-like islands that lie west of the world's deepest trench. By this time, everyone knew that the Pacific Ocean was the main battlefield of World War III, and it was the most fiercely contested and fiercely fought battlefield. Of course, what the Pacific War will look like in the end has to be told by facts.