Battle of Corpse Island! Later, the situation in the Pacific Theater was clearly hidden"※

Although the Republic Navy has repeatedly postponed its operations to attack the main islands in the eastern part of the Hawaiian Islands due to the impact of the attack on the Fiji Islands, judging from the overall situation of the war, when the Republic Navy will advance eastward will not have much impact on the situation in the Pacific theater. To be precise, when the Republic Navy was based on Midway. A large number of attack submarines were sent to the eastern Pacific. And if the fleet moves south and opens up a sea route to the Fiji Islands, even if the U.S. military can send the main fleet to the Pacific Ocean again. It will also be difficult to turn the tide of the war.

Judging by the situation at the time, it was not the Fiji Islands campaign that affected the Navy's advance into the American continent.

As mentioned earlier, the Battle of the Fiji Islands was one of the most tragic and longest-lasting battles for islands in the Pacific Theater, and its brutality was comparable to the Battle for Kuah in World War II, if not surpassed. The problem is that by the second half of the year, especially after the Battle of Midway. The impact of the Battle of the Fiji Islands on combat operations throughout the Pacific theater is already less obvious. For example, the Marine Corps invested in the Fiji Islands equally. The strength of the Marine Brigade was nearly 10,000, and the Marine Brigade of the Republic at that time had a total strength of more than 40,000, and the remaining troops were deducted from the troops that took turns to rest and recuperate and were stationed in various places. It can also mobilize 10,000 officers and soldiers on a scale equivalent to a Marine Brigade, and it will take up to 10,000 troops to attack the eastern islands of the Hawaiian Islands. The situation is similar for other branches of the armed forces, for example, the strength of the Navy's troops in the direction of the Fiji Islands is only the combat force, the spirit (equivalent to the combat force, gills). It can be seen from this that the key to attacking the main islands in the eastern part of the Hawaiian archipelago is not the lack of troops.

In the circumstances, it was mainly a strategic choice.

When the Republican Navy and Marines attacked the Fiji Islands, the Republican Celestial Army's strategic bombing campaign also entered the Gaoqi Dynasty in the other direction of the southwest Pacific. On the basis of the results achieved in the previous months, at the end of August, the Celestial Forces of the Republic drew up a very detailed war plan, which is expected to basically complete the bombing mission by the end of the first month of the new year, and to end the bombing operation by the end of the first quarter of the year at the latest. For this. The Celestial Force has put forward clear requirements for support and support, including mentioning that it will acquire a second fifth-generation sea base by the end of the year. The question is, according to the construction plan of the Navy. "Shennong" (the third fifth-generation sea base) will not be commissioned until the end of the first quarter of the year due to 2 injuries. Affected by this, the navy sent the "Nujuan," "Kuye Island," "Changxing Island," and "Yongxing Island" to the southwest Pacific Ocean together with the "Nujuan," "Kuye Island," and "Yongxing Island," forming two large-scale sea base groups to provide support for the space forces. That is, after the capture of Midway by the Marines, there will be no fifth-generation sea bases in the Central Pacific. The lack of a sea base is equivalent to the lack of a reliable support point.

In contrast, the influence of the Republican authorities on the distribution and movement of strategic goods is even more significant. According to the combat record of the Celestial Army of the Republic. By the end of the third quarter of the fourth year, that is, at the end of the month. Nearly two tons of various types of war materiel have been consumed in the South-West Pacific Theater, including about 40,000 tons of ammunition. According to the combat plan of the Space Army, by the end of the strategic bombing, it will consume two tons of supplies.

Such an astonishing amount of material consumption has forced the authorities of the republic to reorganize their strategic deployment.

Of course, these hundreds of millions of tons of ammunition are not fully used on the ground battlefield. According to a series of data released by the authorities of the Republic after the war, less than 40 percent of the ammunition dropped by the Republic's Space Forces in the strategic bombardment of the Southwest Pacific fell to the ground, and the rest was used on the maritime battlefield. In particular, naval blockade operations. For example, in order to deprive Sydney of its port function, the Republican Celestial Army dropped about 10,000 tons of bombs on the port and the city. Nearly 10 percent of these mines were scattered on the main waterways inside and outside the port, nearly 10 percent of which were smart mines, and the total tonnage of these mines was as high as 10,000 tons (including spreading equipment). In addition to Sydney, other port cities in Australia such as Townsville (located in the northeast of Australia), Rockhampton (between Townsville and Brisbane), Brisbane, Newcastle, Gosford (north of Sydney with Newcastle), Wollongong (south of Sydney), Melbourne, Geelong (southwest of Melbourne), Adelaide, Port Augusta (north of Spencer Bay), Albany (southwest of Australia). Millions of mines were scattered in southern Perth), Perth, Geraldton (western Australia, north of Perth), Port Hedland (northwest Australia) and Darwin, as well as major ports in New Zealand such as Wellington and Christchurch (the largest cities on the South Island). Between 10,000 curses and 10,000 coins, and how much, I'm afraid even the authorities of the Republic can't figure it out). And some of them are intelligent mines with recognition capabilities.

It is undeniable that such a frenzied mine-laying operation found jobs for thousands of servicemen to support their families after the war operation. According to incomplete statistics, in the years after the end of the Third World War, the Australian and New Zealand authorities hired more than 10,000 professional soldiers to clear mines inside and outside the ports, and purchased and built hundreds of minesweepers alone. Trillions of dollars are spent.

What is even more undeniable is that this very primitive strategic blockade method minimizes war losses and casualties.

Although by the end of the war, the mines laid by the Republic's strategic bombers off the coast of Australia and New Zealand had sunk tens of thousands of ships of all sizes (more than ninety percent of them were offshore ships with a displacement of less than the first ton), causing tens of thousands of casualties among seafarers and incalculable material losses. But in exchange for this, the Australian and New Zealand authorities have compromised and compromised on strategic resistance. As a result, the Republican Celestial Forces reduced the intensity of their bombing, and finally through a strategic blockade, the two die-hard allies of the United States declared defeat one after another.

Even after the war, many Western war historians believe that if it were not for the high-intensity strategic blockade, which caused Australia and New Zealand to lose their ability and will to resist, then by the end of the infancy. That is, when the Republic swept the rest of the Pacific and burned the flames of war on the American continent, it would definitely send troops to capture Australia and New Zealand. Combined with the Republican Navy's victories in the southern Indian and South Atlantic Oceans, the Republican Army has the capacity to send millions of officers and men to the Southwest Pacific, which can not only easily sweep away Australia and New Zealand, but also inflict even greater disasters on these two countries. The strategic blockade has destroyed the will of Australia and New Zealand to resist, and at the same time has allowed both. The nation was given a chance to be reborn.

Of course, a strategic blockade is not just about laying mines.

Because it wanted to support the Marine Corps in attacking the Hawaijia Islands, the Navy sent its entire combat fleet to the Central Pacific in the middle of the term, and only retained a few regional escort fleets led by multipurpose destroyers in the southwest Pacific. Although the main force of interception is submarines, especially those small attack submarines that operate in groups, small attack submarines are limited in performance when dealing with those fish that slip through the net above the Feng Jie. Often it is not useful, and air support has to be called. At this time, Mach strategic bombers with good flight will come into play.

According to the statistics of the Celestial Army of the Republic, by the end of the field. More than 100 million tons of ammunition were used in naval supremacy operations, and most of the time expensive heavy anti-ship missiles were used against small cargo ships with a displacement of less than a dent and did not carry much valuable material.

It can be seen from this that the greatest impact on the Navy's offensive operations in the Central Pacific at that time was that the strategic bombing consumed too much material, so that the authorities of the Republic had to make careful calculations. Don't say anything else. At the end of July of the fourth year, war materiel for the assault on Oahu alone would have been needed.6

As a result, there was disagreement at the top of the Republic over the need to attack the eastern islands of the Hawaiian Islands.

Because of the combat operation in the assault on Midway. In the strategic bombing of Australia and New Zealand, the sea base group with the fifth-generation sea base as the core has demonstrated a strong strategic support capability, and is no worse than the military bases on the islands in major aspects, plus it can be flexibly deployed. Therefore, at the end of July of the same year, the Navy of the Republic submitted an operational plan, that is, to abandon the combat operation of attacking Oahu, to bomb and blockade Pearl Harbor to completely lose the ability to base military bases, and then directly attack the American continent. In this plan, the Navy put forward specific tactical indicators, that is, only three sea base groups are needed to meet the operational requirements. What's more. According to the Navy's construction regulations, if we concentrate on building module ships for sea bases, we will be able to obtain this capability by the end of the year. It can be said that this is a very attractive plan, because according to the previous battle plan, even if the island of Oahu is attacked, it will have to be vigorous until the end of the year, and Pearl Harbor will be used as a springboard to attack the American continent. Although this plan did not advance the occupation of Pearl Harbor, it was able to allow the forces originally used to attack Oahu to do more important things during this period, such as occupying the Lane Islands, Phoenix Islands, and Samoa Islands between the Hawaiian Islands and the Fiji Islands, driving the American troops out of the Pacific Ocean, and creating better conditions for the next advance into the American continent. Of course, it is also possible to push east from the Fiji Islands. Capture Tonga and the Pitcairn Islands in the South Pacific Ocean and open a route to the Strait of Magellan. The establishment of a second maritime route to the South Atlantic will create better opportunities for future travel north from the South Atlantic.

All in all, for the Navy of the Republic. Not being able to attack Oahu immediately is not a bad thing.

In fact, this is not a bad thing for the Marine Corps, after all, it is much easier to sweep the numerous islands scattered in tens of millions of square kilometers than to attack a few islands held by hundreds of thousands of American troops.

Affected by this, from the beginning of the month of the month of the year, the Republic adjusted its offensive strategy in the Pacific theater.

By the end of that year, in about four months, the Republic's Navy and Marine Corps had captured dozens of islands in the Central and South Pacifics, and in addition to annihilating and capturing tens of thousands of American officers and soldiers, they also controlled most of the Pacific Ocean and advanced the front thousands of kilometers eastward.

The fiercest battle for these islands was the Battle of Upolu. On this island belonging to the Samoan archipelago, the Republican Marines and the United States Marines invested 30,000 and 20,000 troops respectively, and the battle was full of Feng Tian, and finally the Republican Marines suffered many casualties. At the heavy price of more than one officer and soldier, the US troops on the island were completely annihilated. Occupied this vital island.

The reason why the U.S. military stuck to Upolu Island is also very simple, this is the rear of the Fiji Islands, or the only place to go from the west coast of the United States to the Fiji Islands, at that time all the American troops who reinforced the Fiji Islands had to stop here, and then change to faster smaller ships (mainly large hovercraft and surface effect ships) to go to the Fiji Islands, and the fleet of troops and supplies will also stop here before returning to the United States mainland. Thus. The loss of Upolu Island is the same as the loss of the Fiji Islands. It was precisely in this way that three months after the occupation of Upolu Island by the Republican Marines, the American troops on the Fiji Islands surrendered to the Republican Marines, who had an absolute advantage, when there was no hope of reinforcement and no way to retreat. It is very regrettable that because during the battle for Upolu, the Republican Marines were attacking the Fiji Islands with all their might, and it was the most difficult time in the battle for the Fiji Islands, so the battle for Upoluu was ignored by many people and did not receive the attention it deserved. It wasn't until decades after the war that war historians overturned the crucial, but forgotten decades-long battle for the island, for the merits of many Marines who died on the island. A number of soldiers who have been disabled for life as a result of this have been corrected.

In addition to the fierce battles on the island of Upolu. On the other islands, there was little effective resistance from the US military.

Of course, this does not mean that the Navy of the Republic controls the entire Pacific Ocean.

Strategically speaking, by the end of the day, the fighting in the Pacific theater was over. Although at this time, the Republic Marines still did not climb the tile and did not occupy the old training except for the middle Tuniao! Pearl Harbor, the other islands of the Weiyi Islands, has been reduced to ruins by the Republican Navy, losing its ability to serve as a military base and, more importantly, the U.S. Navy's presence in the Pacific Ocean is close to zero, except for attack submarines capable of stealthy operations. The last remaining combat fleet, the First Air Fleet, had retreated to the west coast and had been cowering in the harbor. There is simply no ability to compete with the Navy of the Republic for sea supremacy.

From the beginning of the year when the United States entered the war to the time when the Republic of Korea achieved absolute strategic superiority at the end of the year, it took nearly three years for the Navy of the Republic to achieve an initial victory in the Pacific theater.

The problem is that a preliminary victory does not equal a final victory, and there is still a long way to go before a real victory.

Entering the prime year, the Republic's Navy and Marine Corps did not slow down the pace of their offensive and continued to advance eastward in the vast Pacific Ocean. Moonknife Day. After about 3 months of careful preparation, the 1st Army of the Republic of Marines (at the end of the field. The Republican Marine Corps has adjusted the numbers of combat units according to the theater of operations. Each theater of operations is a group of armies, odd in the Pacific direction and even in the Indian Ocean direction, so all Marine Corps units in the Central Pacific theater are numbered as the First Army, and in the Southwest Pacific as the Third Army) With the support of the naval fleet and sea bases, they landed on Christmas Island in the Lane Islands and fired the first shot of the spring offensive.

There is no doubt that this is a very difficult battle for the island.

It is known that after the fall of the Fiji Islands. In addition to continuing to defend Oahu, the U.S. military has to open its line of defense if it wants to delay the Republican ** team's landing on the American continent, and Christmas Island in the Lane Islands is one of the largest islands within a kilometer south of the Hawaiian Islands, and it is also the most important support point for the defense barrier of the American continent. More importantly, after Oahu lost its military value, the U.S. military had to rely on Christmas Island. It is necessary to defend this island made of coral, where it is necessary to stop the advance of the Republican Marines.

In fact, it was precisely because of this that the Republican Marine Corps spent 3 months preparing for this landing operation.

In order to take the island, the Republican Marine Corps not only dispatched more than 50,000 officers and soldiers from three Marine Brigades, but also stockpiled enough combat materials for these three brigades to fight for three months. What's more, to the east of Christmas Island is the vast and few islands of the Eastern Pacific Ocean (east of Christmas Island, the nearest is Clipperton Island, which is thousands of kilometers away), and if the Republic Navy wants to enter Central America, in addition to supporting the Marines to occupy Christmas Island, it also needs to send a combat fleet into the Eastern Pacific. Grasp the sea control and prepare for the invasion of the American mainland. It was for this reason that when the Marines attacked Christmas Island, the Navy also sent 3 combat fleets (2 of which were the main fleet. And all of them are the main fleet with the "Han" class capital ships as the core) to participate in combat operations.

Even so. The battle for Christmas Island is still very hot.

According to the penalties announced after the war, during the battle for Christmas Island, the Republic's intelligence agencies made a very serious mistake by seriously distorting the estimate of the strength of the American forces defending the island, which at that time was about 50,000 American troops on the island, compared to the estimated 30,000 by the Military Intelligence Agency. Of course, the intelligence agencies cannot be blamed entirely for this. After all, no intelligence agency can guarantee that there are no problems with the information provided. Judging from the deployment of the US military, the main reason for the distortion of intelligence is that after the Battle of Upolu, at least one Marine Division remained on Christmas Island and failed to reach Upolu Island (which is why the battle for Upolu Island ended in Feng Tian).

All in all, this mistake extended the time for the attack and defense of Christmas Island from the planned blade sky to the west sky.

There is no doubt that on this island, the Republican Marines paid a very big price. According to the combat records of the Marine Corps, when the last group of US troops surrendered, there were a total of casualties among the officers and men of the Marine Corps, including 7 killed and nearly 10,000 disabled. Although the Casualty Figures of the Republican Marine Corps are not large compared to the casualties of the American Army, they are compared to the previous battle for the islands. The fact that the Republican Marine Corps, despite its superiority in troops, firepower, and naval supremacy, still paid such a heavy price must have a lot to do with intelligence.

As a result, the Marines postponed the Third Army's assault on Rarotonga for two months.

In fact, this change has caused the Marine Corps to have a difficult strategic plan for the year, or to adjust its offensive operations for the year.

Of course, it was not for nothing that the adjustment of combat operations saved at least the lives of thousands of marines. According to the information released after the war, at the beginning, the military intelligence estimated that Rarotonga, the largest island in the South Cook Islands, had only about 10,000 US officers and soldiers, and most of them were non-combatants, after all, before that, Rarotonga was only a secondary military base of the US military in the South Pacific, in addition to serving long-range maritime patrol aircraft, it was mainly to provide support for attack submarines carrying out diplomatic break-up operations, and to provide support for escort fleets when necessary, but after delaying the attack, Based on the newly received intelligence, the Military Intelligence Bureau raised the assessment data to the Wei Gong people. The actual situation is that there were about four ugly U.S. troops deployed on Rarotonga at that time, although there were a little fewer than the previous estimate of Feigong, but it was more fierce than the earliest estimate. There are many more people. It is precisely for this reason that when the operational plan was revised, the Marine Corps increased the estimated number of troops from one Marine Brigade to three Marine Brigades. And doubled the support force. That is, 2 fire support fleets assisted in the attack. Without such adjustments, it is conceivable that Rarotonga, an island that was not originally considered a fortress, would have become the burial ground of thousands of Marines.

Thanks to correct intelligence and decisive decision-making, in the battle for Rarotonga, the Republican Marine Corps created the best result among the many islands in the Pacific theater, and completely annihilated more than 20,000 American officers and soldiers on the island at a slight cost of casualties. The ratio of the Republic of Marine Corps to the US ground forces in exchange for casualties is only B

By mid-April of the early years, that is, the first finger... The Second and Second Army captured Cha Tan Island and Rarotonga Island after the well! After. Lu Zhibu launched a new round of offensive operations. The two armies advanced on two fronts, capturing Malden Island and Flint Island in late May and early June. The strategic division was realized in the Southeast Pacific.

to this. At that time, it became a matter of politics, or rather diplomacy, to continue the march, because in the way of the advance of the Republican Marines was Polynesia, which belonged to France, and then the Pitcairn Islands, which belonged to Britain.

The best outcome for the Republican team was, of course, the march from French Polynesia to the Pitcairn Islands.

To this end, as early as the beginning of the year, the authorities of the Republic approached France with a request for the lease of French Polynesia. In order to relent, that is, to provide military bases, the republic not only offered to pay hard currency, but also said that it could raise the position of the Eurocorps in combat operations in the North Atlantic. All in all, with the situation at the time. There is no need for the authorities of the republic to turn the other cheek with France.

To put it bluntly, it doesn't matter whether French Polynesia is used as a springboard into the Pitcairn Islands.

It can even be said that it does not matter whether or not the Pitcairn Islands are attacked.

It is precisely for this reason that, while the authorities of the Republic are making diplomatic efforts, the Republican Marines are also planning a direct attack on the Pitcairn Islands, and even intends to cross the Pitcairn Islands and march directly to Easter Island, and then use them as a base to enter South America. Of course, from the point of view of ease of attack, the Marine Corps still has to pin hope on diplomatic negotiations. At the very least, let the French authorities allow the fleet of the Republic to pass through French Polynesia.

In fact, there is no reason for the French authorities to oppose the Republic.

Not to mention anything else, after Christmas Island and Rarotonga Island fell into the hands of the Republican **, even if France controlled the necessary place for the Republican ** to march into South America, there was no need for the Republic to make too many concessions to France on this issue. It is even possible to directly send troops to control the Tabernacle Polynesia. Considering the overall situation, under the premise that the Republic will definitely win the Pacific War, France has no reason to oppose the Republic's combat operations in the Pacific as an ally of the Republic, and this will cause fatal harm to France's fundamental interests.

At the end of May of this year, the French authorities agreed to assist the Republic in combat operations in the south-eastern Pacific.

Of course, the French authorities did more than just open military bases in French Polynesia. After all, there are not many decent military bases in this archipelago in the corner of the world. At that time, the French government did a very crucial thing, that is, to lobby the British government, asking the British authorities to issue a surrender order to the garrison of the Pitcairn Islands, so as to save the lives of thousands of British **. In order to convince the arrogant British, the French authorities obtained guarantees here in the Republic that the British ** would surrender. The fundamental rights of British prisoners of war will be effectively protected. Of course, the French authorities also gave assurances when they approached the British government. That is, France would ask the Republic to take care of British prisoners of war, and to ensure the lives of all British officers and soldiers captured during the war.

The problem was that it was not just the British who were captured, or destined to be captured, at the time.

According to the war report published by the authorities of the Republic, by the end of May 2o, the British troops captured on the battlefield had crossed the island, and at least some of them were in the prisoner of war camps of the Republic. In other words, the British government demanded not only the right to sacrifice the lives of many British officers and soldiers who were captured, but also the basic rights of hundreds of thousands of other captured officers and soldiers.

It can be said that this is also the biggest disagreement between France and the Republic on the question of war.

By the end of May of the year of the Jin Dynasty, that is, when France made concessions, the authorities of the Republic had agreed only to transfer the captured officers and soldiers of the European member states of the Western Treaty Group, including Britain, to France, Germany, and other continental European countries in a calculated and step-by-step manner. And France was asked to guarantee that the prisoners would not be repatriated during the war, and after the end of the war. Repatriation of prisoners of war in batches at the request of the Republic.

It was in this way that the British authorities would allow the defenders of the Pitcairn Islands to stop their resistance if necessary.

As a result, on June of the year of Ugli, the vanguard of the Third Army of the Republican Marine Corps landed on Pitcairn Island without any threat. Of the many British officers and men, only Colonel Bruce, the supreme commander of the defending army, committed suicide by swallowing a gun after giving the surrender order, and the rest of the officers and men were prisoners of war without any resistance.

It can be said that this is a rare scene in the Pacific theater.

Of course, this is definitely the best truce for the officers and soldiers on both sides.

By this time, the republic was one of the last steps away from controlling the entire Pacific Ocean.

The problem was that the Marines were not in a hurry to make their way to Easter Island after reaching the Pitcairn Islands and taking control of several of the nearby major islands, such as Didey Island to the east and Henderson Island to the northeast. The reason is very simple, after the occupation of the Pitcairn Islands, the logistics supply line of the Republican Marine Corps has been 4,000 meters long, even if it comes from the Fiji Islands. Kilometer. The biggest question of continuing the march was not whether the attacking force was sufficient or whether the fire support fleet was strong. It's about whether there is a way to protect this long logistical supply line.

What's more, this logistical supply line is not safe.

At the beginning of the year, the war production potential of the United States was affected by the full explosion. The number of US attack submarines operating in the Pacific theater has increased by many times compared with the initial number. The vast majority of them are small attack submarines with a displacement below the level of persuasion, and most of them are on the mission of breaking diplomatic relations. What's worse is that. Because the battlefield is scattered and the escort force of the Republic Navy is relatively weakened, the battle loss rate of US attack submarines has decreased, and coupled with the strong production force, by the middle of the year, the number of US attack submarines in the Pacific Ocean has increased compared with the beginning of the year, reaching four. Although in these submarines. The vast majority do not have anti-submarine capabilities. It can only attack surface ships, especially small attack submarines of merchant ships that are not capable of self-defense, that is, submarines with low combat capabilities, but the huge number makes up for the qualitative gap, making several strategic support lines of the Republic in the Pacific Ocean vulnerable.

There is no doubt about this one in the South Pacific

Affected by this, at the end of June 202, the Navy of the Republic began to strengthen its investment in anti-submarine warfare, and sent anti-submarine warships originally sent to cover the amphibious fleet, fire support fleet, and transport fleet to carry out "hunting missions."

Of course, the Marine Corps also participates in anti-submarine operations, such as the construction of anti-submarine patrol aircraft bases on islands under their control.

All in all, by the second half of the year, the focus of the Republic in the Pacific theater had changed from strategic offensive to "strategic anti-submarine," and the typical tactic was "hunting," a tactic specially designed to deal with small US attack submarines, which was not complicated, that is, a special transport fleet would act as a decoy, so that high-altitude anti-submarine warships and faster anti-submarine patrol planes could act in concert to encircle and suppress the US attack submarines that had been deceived.

It can be said that this is a combat operation that had to be taken in the context of insufficient anti-submarine forces.

According to the strategic regulations of the Navy, by the beginning of the short year. As more anti-submarine warfare ships enter service, there is no longer a need to use this focused encirclement and suppression method to deal with US submarines.

The problem is that in the second half of the year, anti-submarine is still put in an important position.

It certainly does not make much sense to deploy anti-submarine forces and conduct anti-submarine warfare operations in the Pacific Ocean, which covers an area close to one square kilometer, for one submarine. Fundamentally speaking, the best way to deal with US submarines is to block the door for US submarines to enter the Pacific Ocean. Strategically speaking, this required the Republican team to do two things, one was to destroy the major ports and shipbuilding bases on the west coast of the United States, and the other was to occupy the Panama Canal. Although U.S. submarines can make a detour through the Strait of Magellan and Cape Horn, the route is too long and requires passing through the waters of the Malvinas Islands, which are controlled by the Republican Navy and the Argentine Navy, so there will be no big problem.

Affected by this, in the second half of the year, that is, after the strategic bomber force of the Republican Space Force ended its strategic bombing in the southwest Pacific (to be precise, the end of large-scale strategic bombing), the Navy sent two sea base groups and a third sea base group that was being formed to the waters of Midway Island, so that the strategic bomber force could use it as a base to carry out strategic attacks on the western region of the United States

Explode.

The main task of the first phase of the bombing campaign was to destroy the ports and shipbuilding bases on the west coast of the United States.

It must be admitted that it is much more difficult to bomb the US mainland than to bomb the allies of the United States.

As mentioned earlier, when bombing Australia and New Zealand, the strategic bombers of the Republic's Space Forces mainly used tactical ammunition with a range of about 1,000 kilometers, and did not use heavy cruise missiles on a large scale. Affected by this, the Space Army also does not have a large-scale stockpile of heavy cruise missiles. When bombing the continental United States, the Celestial Forces immediately appeared, and if tactical ammunition were used, the loss rate of bombers would be unbearably high. For example, in the first five bombings, a total of close-edge sorties were carried out, and the heartframe bombers were lost, and the loss rate was too much, while under normal circumstances, the loss rate of bombers should not be in the hospital. Failure means that the bombing loses its strategic value.

The solution is not complicated, it just takes time.

At that time, the Space Army urgently ordered a large number of heavy cruise missiles, but none of the arms factories were able to immediately adjust the production plan "to fulfill the urgent order of the Space Army." As a result, until the end of the year, the bombing campaign against the shipbuilding industry on the west coast of the United States was not very intensive, and the rate of bomber losses was frighteningly high. According to the U.S. military battle report, a total of many Republic bombers were shot down in this period of more than a month (the battle loss figures released by the Republican Celestial Army are much less than this figure, only a few bombers).

Until the strength! In the old months of the year, the situation changed with the delivery of a large number of heavy cruise missiles to the space army.

By this time, of course, the Navy had already deployed a fourth sea base group to the waters off Midway.

That is to say, as long as the Celestial Army is willing, and there are enough bombers, it can dispatch Hook Knife Bombers at a time to attack the area at the same time. For the US military, it is necessary to intercept so many bombers. At the very least, knife mount fighters are needed, and these fighters are deployed on the battlefield.

Obviously, the United States does not yet have such a strong power. In other words, it is very unrealistic to deploy tank knife fighters in the western region of the United States.

In the same way, it is also unrealistic to deploy concave knife mount strategic bombers in four sea base groups.

Affected by these factors, the strategic bombing of the West Coast of the United States did not go smoothly. At least until the end of the 2 wound year, the effects received by the bombing were very insignificant.

Of course, bombing is a matter for the Celestial Army, and it has little to do with the Navy.

For the Republican Navy, as the clock ticks to the end, the most critical task is not how to capture Oahu, but when to capture the vital Central American region and the Panama Canal. Affected by this. At the time of the bombing of the West Coast area of the American Army. The navy is worried about how to enter the army.

Judging from the situation at that time, in addition to landing in Central America and controlling the Panama Canal as the main strategic purpose, there must have been disagreements within the navy on other issues of advance, such as whether it was necessary to go north to capture the Aleutian Islands and Alaska, and Alaska to attack Canada, and whether it was necessary to advance into South America, or to use Argentina as a base as previously planned. From the South Atlantic to the north, try to avoid making enemies on the South American continent, which is far away from the mainland, and even more avoid repeated battles with the US military on this vast continent.

In short, the Navy must develop a detailed and clear war plan for advancing on the American mainland.

It was precisely for this reason that at a time when the whole world thought that the Republican ** would collapse across the Pacific Ocean and attack the American continent, the Republican Marines ended their offensive operations at the end of the infancy. Because the general strategic direction has not yet been fully clarified, the offensive operations of the Republican ** team on other fronts have also stopped. For a moment, the battlefield calmed down. It's just that everyone knows this calm, and they are preparing for the last round of strategic decisive battle!