Chapter 1519: The Lamb to the Slaughter
Hawaii, at this time, firecrackers are ringing, after almost 4 months of emergency repairs, the Hawaii port finally completed the construction, he is at least 1 month later than the port of Guam, but Hawaii got the time, can be much later than Guam, the reason why it is so smooth, on the one hand, the construction difficulty of the port in Hawaii is far less than that of Guam, the bay of Guam, is not prepared for the port, although it is not suitable, Hawaii is so suitable, as for the other aspect, in addition to shipping, air transport has also played an effect. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Hawaii's importance is far above Midway, not only to resist the forefront of the Sino-US position, but also to the forefront as long as a naval war breaks out in the future, so most of China's air power has supported Hawaii's county design.
Hawaii's high-standard airport has not yet been completed, as long as the leveling work is completed, the temporary steel plate combination airport, will be projected, can not withstand the top 4 long-range strategic transport aircraft, but some medium and ordinary 4 transport aircraft can still be, an aircraft more than 30 tons, it seems, can not be compared with the ship, but the speed of the aircraft is fast enough, especially in Guam, the construction to a certain extent, part of the materials can fly to Guam for transshipment, and then fly to Hawaii, This takes a lot less time.
In just 3 months, China has successively transported 500 million tons of materials to the southwest Pacific, most of which are construction materials such as steel and cement, the island is different from the mainland, it is impossible to transport equipment like Alaska, build a large-scale steel base, hundreds of square kilometers, or even thousands of square kilometers of land, it seems a lot, but for a comprehensive base of an island, every land can not be easily wasted, so most of the materials must be transported by ship.
The construction of the island is like this, under the case of large-scale investment, the freight is very considerable, but even if it is an ordinary island, it must be built, not to mention Hawaii, a high-standard island, under the huge investment of manpower and material resources, the whole Hawaii has changed, and the third largest island has not only formed a military base that is enough to accommodate 700,000 people, but also a modern airport.
Of course, there is only one runway of 3,500 meters, and in the future, the number of military airports will increase to four, the largest of which will have 46 runways of various kinds, including more than 5,000 meters of high-standard runways, at least 12, and a huge hangar built in the mountains can accommodate 2,500 aircraft, including 300 strategic bombers and transport aircraft, which will become the strike force located in the core of the Pacific Ocean.
This is probably the largest airfield that China has arranged on overseas islands, once the layout is completed, it will be equivalent to the power of 25 aircraft carriers, in the flight radius of combat aircraft, in the surrounding 2500 kilometers, it is the range that can be attacked, even if it is a radar, it can be detected 500 kilometers away, that is to say, no matter day or night, 500 kilometers is an absolute forbidden area, at 2500 kilometers of self-defeat, as well as regular patrols and searches, it is basically unlikely that a fleet will come to pass.
The development of Hawaii is comprehensive, in addition to the volcanic islands, the remaining stable islands, there will be one to two airports stationed, in the entire range of Hawaii, there will be 4,500 aircraft capacity, enough to put the sea around Hawaii, the defense is impregnable, the aircraft is always the best weapon, the attack is like this, the defense is like this, until the later generations, unless there is a large-scale generation gap, otherwise attacking a country that still has air supremacy, eliminating the opponent's aircraft, is always the first to do, If this is not done, the ground forces will basically not be deployed and engaged.
Hawaii has been greatly developed, Guam is not bad, although in terms of area, not as good as Hawaii, but there are 500 square kilometers of land, the future will have 32, 1800 military aircraft, a Guam, a Hawaii echo each other, in addition to the development of dozens of islands, a total area of more than 5 square kilometers of islands, some are only one or two runways, but the entire southwest Pacific is safe, when all the projects are completed, This area will have at least 12,000 aircraft, of which 2 percent are long-range strategic aircraft, almost more than 10% of China's long-range strategic aircraft are deployed here, with these echoes, the entire southwest Pacific is impregnable, at least in Yang Yuanzhao's heart, no force can break the defense here.
It can be said that for China, in the year of 1916, the focus was on these islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, whether it was Alaska or in Australia, to maintain the current territory, fixed defense, especially Australia, unlike Alaska, which is only 1.7 million square kilometers, this is a large island of 7 million square kilometers, if it is rashly aggressive, it is very likely that there will be problems, and when the time comes, once the Chinese army suffers a large-scale blow, or even a certain number of casualties, China's Australian strategy will be dealt a huge blow.
Fortunately, Zhang Xiaohuai is very steady, and he is not greedy for merit, but sticks to the original territory, on the one hand, he strengthens the construction, and completes the construction of the highway that runs through central Australia, and on the other hand, he also works steadily to stabilize the situation in Australia.
Because of the difference in race, China did not receive the news of Australia's retreat, after all, there were only a dozen submarines, and the participants were either high-level of the Entente or high-level of Australia, which China and Germany could not penetrate.
Australia began to retreat, a country with independent capabilities, a country that has become essentially independent, his high-level ideas are unified, the vast majority of them, all believe that Australia should retreat to South Africa and preserve the wealth of the Commonwealth, at least those that are easy to take away, but there is still a small number of Australians who believe that Australia cannot take the initiative to retreat, leave the people, leave the land, or a complete country?
Among them, the most ambitious is Australia's Deputy Minister of Defense Ferrola, he is the most radical of all Australian high-level executives, who actively promoted Australia to join the European war, with sacrifice and war, to demonstrate Australia's strength, in this regard, he is the most important personnel, but when the high-level decided to retreat to South Africa, Ferrola, who agreed on the surface, had a different idea in his heart.
Among the Australian high-level executives who are over 55 years old on average, Ferrola, who is only 37 years old, is a teenager who became famous, he was born as a lawyer, proficient in international law, and became a well-known lawyer in Australia in his 20s, and later joined the political arena, all the way to the position of deputy secretary of defense, to promote participation in the European war, in order to let Australia have enough social status, enhance the influence of his independent country in the world, in the future, when a large number of high-level retired from the stage of history, he can take over, Become a powerful person.
Now things have changed, China's combat effectiveness, far beyond Australia's imagination, in this case, not only did not succeed in going further, into the post of minister, but it is possible to retreat, unlike other high-level people, Ferrola has not served in the Australian government for a long time, there is no experience in the British Governor's Office, there is no certain relationship and background in the UK, others can leave, because after leaving, can make a comeback, but he can't.
Because after leaving, they have really become British courtiers, not even courtiers, the leader of an annihilated country, with a large amount of money, to the suzerain, in this case, must be eaten cleanly, when the time comes, the money is gone, the status is gone, the power is gone, it's not just that the two ends are empty, especially for him, unless he goes back to be a lawyer again, otherwise, I'm afraid he can't even guarantee his status.
At the age of 37, he became the deputy minister, or a powerful institution like the Ministry of Defense, Ferrola has unimaginable ambitions, since he returned to Britain and could not achieve his wishes, it was better to draw his salary, they took the initiative to contact the Germans, informing them that Australia was retreating, and was transporting various precious metals on a large scale.
After the Germans got the news, they were taken aback, this has nothing to do with them, they are more focused on Europe, if they can defeat the Entente in Europe, Germany can win the war, Australia is the battlefield of the Chinese side, but out of the responsibility of the allies, the Germans have informed China of the news.
Next, a large number of Chinese warships came to various ports in Australia, not for attack, or to cooperate with the army, they are also mine-laying, since Australia has arranged so much, China will arrange it casually, and it will not have much effect on Australia's mines, even if they can set aside some passages and the like, these passages are covered by China under the premise that they can do it. These channels don't work.
If China only knows this through intelligence, maybe Australia still has a chance, mines do not have many ways to deal with submarines, but China has been notified by the Australian leadership, knowing that there are more than 10 submarines, helping Australia to transship, this is bad news, Australia is rich in all kinds of precious metals, at least more than 100 tons of gold and 5,000 tons of silver, other copper, iron, zinc, tin, etc., there are also a lot, these are all shipped away, even if China gets Australia, The harvest will also be greatly discounted.
As a result, China in the southeast coast of Australia, sent some destroyers, or some anti-submarine destroyers, the United States can use sonar to damage German submarines, almost let Germany's Sea Wolf tactics completely bankrupt, this can be seen the huge role of sonar, China's outstanding achievements in semiconductors, has crossed the tube, transistor, into the level of integrated circuits, to such an extent, sonar performance, far more powerful than the United States, even China's new is submarines, It is impossible to be completely immune, let alone these British and American submarines, if it were not for the capture of these submarines, as long as one round of attacks, these submarines could be sent underwater.
After a precise layout, using sonar to accurately determine the position, with the help of various weapons and persecution, this submarine was finally captured, this is a 700-ton submarine, the full load displacement is only 750 tons, that is, his loading is about 35 tons, and more than 3 tons of gold and 30 tons of silver are made out of the middle, which is not a small gain.
Before, it was just intelligence, but now it is to seize the current, according to the exchange standards of this era, it is a one-time harvest of millions, these are precious metals, which can exist as an issue currency, and the value of each is several times his own value, especially after knowing the total number of precious metals on the Australian side, it is impossible to let them leave.
In the following time, China sent at least 3 times as many destroyers, patrolling the coast of Australia, everything was carried out quite successfully, after several attacks, captured 4 submarines, obtained precious metals worth almost tens of millions of dollars, Australia stopped this dangerous method, can no longer continue, only the submarines that came to search, have been captured 4, and 3 have been sunk, and the rest, do not dare to come on a dangerous journey, Australia's surroundings, become a black hole for submarines, None of the submarines wanted to come over.
The British just got the initial securities, contracts and the like, these things, for Australia, are one of the most important wealth, without these, Britain could not get this part of the securities, but for China, these things are the most useless, China and the Entente are in a state of war, even if they capture these, they can't cash these things, if they really win, they can naturally rely on the strength of the victorious country to get these things, but they are not as good as these precious metals, After so many years, China has obtained a huge amount of gold around the world through foreign trade, its own mining, acquisitions, etc., in order to support China's huge economy, and now, if it gets Australian gold and gold mines, it can issue more currencies in the future, which is a huge good thing for China's financial stability.
A large number of precious metals are stored in Sydney, there is no way to transfer them, on the sea, and under the sea, they are all tightly blocked, and even a small sail board cannot leave, in this case, most of the Australian officials are the same, they are also trapped in Australia and cannot move, can only wait for the Chinese side to attack, like a lamb to the slaughter. (To be continued.) )