Two difficult to appear. [No pop-up novel network] by the end of the year. That is, when the Navy of the Republic was preparing for the Pacific War on the American continent, a major breakthrough was also made in the battle in the Atlantic direction. As a result, the authorities of the Republic have more options when it comes to advancing into the United States.

It can be said that this is also the most prominent and important issue of the time.

If we only look at the position of the navy, it is natural to focus on the Pacific theater, that is, after conquering the Central American states with Panama as the core, advancing into the west coast of the United States, or landing on the southern Gulf Coast of the United States from the Caribbean direction, there is no need to make a detour from the Cape of Good Hope or the Strait of Gibraltar into the Atlantic. It then landed on the east coast of the United States from the direction of the Atlantic

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In fact, the construction of the Navy basically revolves around this strategy.

To be precise, the Navy deliberately slowed down the construction of warships, to be precise, it did not expand the warship construction plan, but used the excess production capacity for the construction of amphibious ships and sea bases, and the loss rate of transport ships was much smaller than expected, and the resources originally planned for the construction of transport ships could be used to build warships. In this way, the navy has to a great extent become the "logistics captain" of transporting and supporting the operations of the Marine Corps; even though the fleet's combat capability still has the advantage of being overwhelming, it is very difficult for the navy to launch a strategic offensive in the Atlantic Ocean under the condition of ensuring that the Pacific Ocean is the main battlefield, or in other words, strategic offensive operations in the Atlantic need to bear great risks.

The problem is that this strategy of the Navy is unacceptable to the Army.

Although, according to the post-war narrative, the greatest change in military power brought about by World War III was to replace the army and navy as the number one service, the army and navy still had irreplaceable importance during the war, especially when the purpose was to occupy enemy territory. Especially the Army. Throughout World War III, no branch of the service was able to replace the Army except for the Marine Corps, which had similar capabilities. Because of its limited scale and the fact that its comprehensive combat capability is far inferior to that of the Army, the Marine Corps is not qualified to replace the Army, and at most it can only complete specific combat missions on certain battlefields.

Facing the mainland, the army remains the key force to victory. If it is carried out according to the calculations of the Navy, then in the latter part of the war, at least for the next 2-3 years, the Army of the Republic will have nothing to do. Although ground forces are still needed to advance into the American continent, especially in the battle to occupy Central America, a large number of ground forces are required, but the Central American region is a typical "isthmus", that is, the terrain is very narrow, and the sea is flanked on both sides, as long as the navy can successfully seize the Panama Canal and allow the fleet to enter the Caribbean Sea. The Marines will be able to pick up the burden of ground warfare. There is no need to bother the army. What's more. By the end of the year, the size of the Republican Marine Corps had exceeded 10,000, and the total strength of the combat units had exceeded 40,000, and the 40,000 Marine Corps also included the amphibious fleet, the Marine Corps Air Force, the Marine Corps base, and other support units. After taking Central America, the Republic Navy will definitely enter the Caribbean, and the operation of sweeping many islands in the Caribbean is also the strength of the Marine Corps, even if it is necessary to enter Cuba and establish a military base in Cuba to advance to the United States. There is also no need for the Army to intervene. Having taken control of the Caribbean, it is quite possible that the Navy will choose to cooperate with the Space Forces, that is, in the Southwestern Pacific. Strategic bombing was used to destroy the national infrastructure of the United States, to break the basic forces of the United States to continue fighting, and to force the American authorities to admit defeat. Because the war production capacity of the Republic exploded in four years and could last for more than seven years, that is, it could ensure that military production would not drop significantly before the break, so as long as the navy entered Cuba in the second year, it would have a full year to carry out strategic bombing of the US mainland. And forcing the United States to surrender will take only 2 to 3 years at most. In order to reduce war casualties, it is very likely that the authorities of the Republic will adopt the proposal of the Navy and the Space Forces at this time, not to land on the US mainland, and to destroy the United States with strategic bombing.

Thus. If the Navy's plans were supported, the war would have little to do with the Army.

Although no one can deny the significant contribution made by the Republic Army, it must be known that in the history of mankind, the Republic Army is the only ground force that swept across the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, and conquered twice as many areas as the Mongol cavalry led by Genghis Khan and twice as many as the Roman Empire in World War III. But these are not enough to make the Republic of Lu Cao feel satisfied, because the final outcome of the Third World War is not the battle on the Eurasian and African continents, but the battles on the American continent, that is, the defeat of the United States to achieve the final victory day It can be said that all the battles before this are in preparation for the invasion of the United States, when the army has been preparing for 4 years before it is now a bamboo basket to draw water. The feeling is understandable.

Influenced by this, when the strategic plan was determined, the army resolutely opposed attacking from a single direction.

In refuting the naval war plan, the Army raised a very real problem, that is, without the basis of the control of the sea in the two oceans, the combat operation of attacking the Panama Canal would definitely be affected, and even suffer a crushing defeat. Tactically speaking, even if the United States loses its supremacy in the Pacific, it can use its supremacy in the Atlantic, especially in the Caribbean, to prevent the Republican Marines from attacking Panama. For example, the U.S. military can blockade the entire Panama Canal by deploying large-caliber electromagnetic guns in Port-au-Prince in Haiti, and if it can deploy large-caliber electromagnetic guns in Kingston, Jamaica, it can blockade the entire Central American region. Because there was no march into the Atlantic. Coupled with the threat of U.S. coastal defense forces in the Central American region, it is difficult for the Republic Navy to effectively strike at the long-range artillery of the U.S. forces in Haiti and Jamaica, and thus it is impossible to ensure that the Marine Corps will not be subjected to large-scale shelling when attacking Panama, let alone that the combat casualties are within an acceptable range.

This question raised by the army was supported by the intelligence department.

According to the information available to the Military Intelligence Agency, as early as the middle term, that is, shortly after the Battle of Midway, the US Navy increased the number of orders for new electromagnetic guns, but the US military "Long Island. class capital ship. and the back of the mouth "Rhode Island one." The construction plan of the class capital ship was not advanced. That is, Huihu... The second port navy ordered more than the capital ships needed. Pound-class large-caliber electromagnetic guns. The counterpart is in the new generation of sea bases of the US Navy. A so-called "multifunctional mission module ship" has appeared, which, according to the analysis of the Military Intelligence Agency, is actually a "fireship" of the Navy of the Republic, capable of carrying out long-range strike missions in specific situations. More importantly, if it was only to hold the Panama Canal, and if necessary, cut it off and prevent the Republican fleet from entering the Caribbean, the U.S. military would only need to deploy the base-class electromagnetic guns in Kingston or Port-au-Prince. By the same token, if in order to prevent the Republican Marine Corps from attacking Central America, the US military could deploy long-range artillery units in Jamaica without the need for separate fireships.

In the words of the Army, the key to occupying the Central American region and controlling the Panama Canal is not how many marines can be invested, but whether it can seize sea supremacy, especially the sea supremacy on the Atlantic side of Yun'er. In this way, before the attack on Central America. The Navy would have to advance into the Atlantic and advance the front to the Caribbean, at least to be able to attack American forces in the Greater and Lesser Antilles with aviation. Now, the problem is more acute.

The march into the Atlantic Ocean is definitely not a matter for the Navy alone.

Judging by the situation at the end of the infancy, the march into the Atlantic was actually a battle for the Army.

Although in the battle for sea supremacy, the position of the Navy is irreplaceable. Anyway. The US Navy still has a fleet that should not be underestimated, especially at the beginning of the year, the US Navy will be able to obtain at least the ugly "Long Island" class capital ships, and if it is delayed for another half a year, it may be possible to obtain the more powerful "Rhode Island" class capital ships. In addition, compared with the previous cruisers, the "quasi-capital ships" of the larger number of large cruisers in order to cooperate with the capital ships have more prominent naval combat capabilities, even no less than the first-generation capital ships, multi-purpose destroyers, and other warships built during the Great War, the US Navy will certainly be able to cause problems for the navies of the republics that have entered the Atlantic. However, in the battle to advance into the Atlantic, the seizure of sea supremacy by the Navy of the Republic was basically not in suspense. The reason is very simple: at the beginning of the year, that is, when the US Navy had enough capital ships to form a main fleet, the number of capital ships of the Republic Navy had increased to the number of sword ships, of which the previous ships were of the "Han" class. In addition, the Republic Navy has also obtained matching cruisers and destroyers, and even the "Chongqing" class aircraft carrier has increased from the previous one. and is expected to get three more at the beginning of the year. In other words, the increase in the fleet of the Republic Navy is far greater than that of the US Navy, so the Republic Navy adjusted the construction of the penalty when the force was introduced, putting amphibious warships and sea bases in place, and did not expand the scale of large warships.

The problem is that after seizing sea supremacy, we should make full use of sea supremacy.

How to use sea supremacy is not a matter for the navy to have the final say. In a sense. How to use sea supremacy has a closer relationship with the army, especially in the Atlantic theater far from the tip of the Atlantic, without the strong support provided by the army, the victory of the navy is not solid.

Strategically speaking, the first thing the Navy of the Republic has to consider when marching north from the South Atlantic is where to stay.

Although it is possible to use the Argentine Navy base. It can also turn False Bay in South Africa into a forward base, and even capture Asunción Island in the early stages of the march. But for the Navy, every step forward means another step away from the homeland, that is, another episode of the logistics support line. There is no doubt that naval warfare is a typical high-attrition war. Whether it is the large-caliber electric bomb guns on the capital ship or the carrier-based aviation on the aircraft carrier, when carrying out combat missions, the consumption of ammunition and materials is very amazing, and if there is no solid logistical support, any fleet is an ornament.

In the Pacific theater, the number of combat support ships, including supply ships, ammunition transport ships, and comprehensive maintenance ships, that provide ammunition and material support for the combat fleet, is twice that of large warships. Considering that the Atlantic Ocean is further away from the mainland of the Republic and there are no suitable maintenance bases nearby, the ratio of combat support ships to large warships should be in the range of 10,000 to 10,000. If the continuous combat time is too long, and the combat intensity is large. This proportion may also be higher than the people, that is. Dispatch a capital fleet with one large warship, 8 capital ships, female cruisers, and old multipurpose destroyers to the Atlantic theater. It is necessary to prepare support ships from Tian to Goo, and in order to cover these support ships, it is necessary to dispatch at least anti-submarine escort warships. Even if we do not consider the issue of the support of anti-submarine escort warships, we must also consider the temporary berthing of support ships, that is, in combat operations, support ships are "call-on" actions and will not always follow behind the combat fleet. There needs to be a large enough mooring place, which is why False Bay is so important. Protecting these anchorages, and ensuring that support ships can safely rendezvous with the combat fleet, and that the convoy carrying supplies from the mainland to the front line can reach their destinations safely, is a very tedious, cumbersome, and extremely important task.

If these problems are not solved, the republic's navy's march into the Atlantic will be in vain.

In a sense, the Navy's reluctance to enter the Atlantic Ocean is not because it has not broken the sharp force of the US Navy, but because the advance into the Atlantic will bring more troublesome problems.

If nothing else, even if the Navy could easily take Asunción Island, at the beginning of the year, an amphibious special force of the Marine Corps occupied the British island, annihilating hundreds of British troops on the island, and had to obtain an advance base before advancing into the Caribbean. Although French Guiana, located to the north of Brazil, was the most suitable from a geographical point of view, France made it clear that it would not support the Republic's combat operations in the Americas as early as when Europe and Zhejiang entered the war. That is, there will be no forward base for the republic. As a result, the Navy of the Republic had to choose only the Cape Verde Islands in West Africa. Because the Republican Army has already advanced its front to Liberia, which is just over four kilometers from the Cape Verde Islands, even without naval support. It is also possible to occupy this archipelago under the different body clam workers in a low-altitude assault. So the authorities of the republic will definitely give this task to Lu Bei, and let the army use it as a base to attack to the north and west? For example, after the Navy seized sea supremacy. The Army could use the Cape Verde Islands as a base. Attack the Yar Islands, a kilometer away from Kondo to the north. Or cross the Atlantic Ocean and attack the Little Andreas Islands, nearly 4 kilometers to the west. Because the Marine Corps is not as powerful as the Army Aviation. In particular, the huge vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft group, so the Marine Corps does not even have a chance to intervene in this kind of jump attack, and it is impossible to break the Atlantic theater with the Navy.

The problem is that strategic decision-making is not in the hands of the Navy.

After controlling the Suez Canal, the army advanced westward along the "coastal corridor" on the southern shore of the Mediterranean, fought all the way to Morocco, occupied Tangier, Dar Beda Casablanca, Safi and other ports facing the Atlantic, and then used them as bases to march westward. Because Israel has admitted defeat in disguise, the battle on the Middle East battlefield is the battle between the Republic Army and the US Army, and the US Army will certainly not fight to the death without hope, and it is only a matter of time before it is only a matter of time to win the Middle East War, and Europe is willing to lobby Israel, and it will not prevent the Republic Army from entering the Atlantic Ocean through North Africa, so the Republic Army can reach Morocco more easily. More importantly, the authorities of the Republic will only recognize the dominance of Europe in North Africa and promise to withdraw its troops from North Africa after the war, and when the Republic's Army reaches the Atlantic coast, Europe will open the Strait of Gibraltar, and even acquiesce to the Republic sending troops to capture the fortress of Gibraltar, which belongs to the British, so that the Republic Navy will have the most convenient sea route to the North Atlantic through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean, and from the Mediterranean to the North Atlantic. It is more than a kilometer shorter than the route from the Cape of Good Hope to the north of the South Atlantic, and there are enough ports and naval bases along the way for the Republic Navy to use, for example, Malta, which participated in the war as an ally of the United States, can be used as a transit point for the Republic Navy before entering the North Atlantic, and there are also safe enough sea routes, and only after entering the North Atlantic, it is necessary to consider providing a special escort fleet for the fleet, which can minimize the support burden of the Republic Navy entering the North Atlantic.

All in all, anyone with a little military knowledge should know that this is the most ideal route to advance.

In fact, this is precisely the strategic proposition of the Republic Army.

It can be said that no matter how much effort the navy exerts on this route, at least until the army's armored forces reach Casablanca, the navy will not have much room to manoeuvre. It can even be said that even if the army advances the front to the beaches of the Atlantic, the navy is only an auxiliary force for the ground offensive, because the army can rely on the low-altitude assault force with a maximum attack radius of more than 1,000 kilometers, using Morocco as a springboard, to attack the Yar Islands, which belong to Portugal, and Portugal is not a member of the European Collective Security Organization, and will still be able to attack Britain in the next year.

It is by this that influence. In the "Atlantic Strategic Offensive Plan" proposed by the Army, more emphasis was placed on the offensive on the northern front, that is, using North Africa as a springboard, after obtaining the consent of France, Germany, Italy, and other countries on the European continent. Went north to capture the British. Of course, the best outcome would be for the British authorities to recognize the situation and surrender before the Republic Army's low-altitude assault forces landed, thus giving the Republic Army the best forward base for advancing into the North American continent. It can be said that as long as it can occupy LinkedIn, the Republic Army can get rid of the shackles of the navy, and the defense force of Iceland or Newfoundland Iceland through long-range statistics is very weak, and there are not many defense forces on the Canadian island of Newfoundland. Although it is necessary to rely on the fleet to deliver supplies to the front line, so the fleet must be safe, but as long as Newfoundland can be occupied, it can cover the North Atlantic route by deploying long-range patrol aircraft and anti-submarine patrol aircraft in the United Kingdom and Newfoundland.

As long as the main force of the Republican Army can reach Newfoundland, even if it still needs to go south through the Scotia Peninsula, there is no natural obstacle that can stop the Republican Army's advance. What's more. Moving south from Newfoundland can directly capture the eastern part of the core of Canada and the United States, so as to achieve the final victory of the war as quickly as possible. In general, the army also wants to go it alone.

There is no doubt that this idea of "going it alone" has made the army's war plans fraught with problems.

Leaving aside for the moment whether the Army had the ability to cross the North Atlantic and occupy the island of Newfoundland without relying on the Navy, and how much time it would take to make such a move, just take control of Britain. If France, Germany, Italy, and other continental European countries do not approve of the republican army forcibly attacking Britain, and the British authorities do not have a high level of consciousness, the republican army's advance will become the fuse for Central Europe to turn the other cheek. Even if it takes 10,000 steps back, Britain is willing to withdraw from the war before the United States, and by surrendering the war, the British authorities will make a fuss about the way of surrender, and the countries of the European continent will not sit idly by, for example, France, Germany and Italy will definitely want Britain to surrender to the European Collective Security Organization. And not to surrender to the republic. Even if it was ideal, Britain was willing to surrender to the republic. It will also take a lot of time to negotiate.

For the authorities of the Republic, the most important thing at the moment is to shorten the duration of the war.

Although the comprehensive national strength of the Republic has been confirmed from the perspective of battlefield performance, that is, the Republic has far more war strength than the United States, for the Republic, the impact of the war that has lasted for four years, and the negative effects brought about by it, far exceed that of any previous war. More importantly, in the years leading up to the outbreak of World War III, the Republic participated in dozens of wars and conflicts, large and small, among which large-scale local wars in which more than 10,000 troops were used, with an average of less than once every four years. Correspondingly, the United States has participated in only half of the wars and conflicts of the Republic in the past many years, and has only been involved in six large-scale wars, and most of them have been directly involved in one large-scale war before the outbreak of World War III. The excessively frequent foreign wars have not only exercised the most powerful military force in the world, but also made the Republic of China notched and shook off the umbrella "The little war-weariness is very common in the inspiration of the mission of the country and the nation!" In the early days of the war, the republican people performed much better than the United States, but after the provocation, war-weariness in the republic had begun to rise, and the resulting social problems had become the main internal contradictions.

By the end of the year, the number of war orphans adopted by the social welfare institutions of the Republic was as high as 10,000. It is important to know that only about 30 per cent of the war orphans are adopted by social welfare institutions. In other words, in the past 4 years, the 10,000 orphans who lost their parents because of the war have been born in the republic! Suffice it to say, this is a staggering figure. In the end, the number of dead soldiers in the Republic is only as high as 10,000, and the number of paramilitaries killed or missing in the war is less than 10,000, such as seafarers on merchant ships, nationals operating in warring areas, and personnel of foreign agencies. From the beginning of the year, the first consideration of the authorities of the Republic was how to reduce the impact of the war on the domestic society.

Although the authorities of the republic have thought of many solutions, for example, starting from July of the fourth year. Enterprises except for Category A, i.e., arms enterprises, and enterprises producing military supplies, have reverted to the six-day, hourly work system, and this system has been extended to all enterprises on the old month and day. In addition, starting from the year, month and day, the usual work and rest system is implemented in some Category C enterprises, that is, working days per week, daily doses and hours, so as to reduce the work intensity of workers and allow workers to obtain sufficient rest time, but these systems themselves are not perfect, such as after the implementation of the usual work and rest system. The system of unpaid overtime has not been abolished, that is, all factories are still running non-stop hours in 3 shifts. Workers who work at night do not receive additional breaks for overtime. It is conceivable that these systems themselves can only reduce the labor intensity of the workers, but they cannot restore society to a normal state, and thus cannot completely eliminate the effects of war.

The only way to undo the effects is to end the war.

It was in this way that in the prime of life, the authorities of the republic made it a top priority to speed up the course of the war. It can be said that any method that can speed up the course of the war without increasing the casualties and losses of the war will be adopted and promoted by the authorities of the Republic. Let's take a more direct example. With the war strength that the Republic broke out in the year 2o, let alone defeat the United States. Even if you catch up with Europe, it's not much of a problem.

At that time, many people believed that if Europe could not make much contribution to the war, the authorities of the republic would probably consider the long term and march into Europe after defeating Russia, fundamentally crushing Western civilization and eliminating potential threats, which was one of the main reasons why Europe entered the war at the beginning of the year. Other words. On issues such as the war in the Middle East, the Republic could have taken a tougher stance, rather than allowing Europe to bargain over the Jewish question. The authorities of the republic did not do this, but patiently negotiated with Europe, mainly because they did not want to prolong the war. Theoretically speaking, Europe's comprehensive military strength surpasses that of Russia, and its comprehensive national strength is no worse than that of the United States.

In the matter of advancing into the Atlantic, the first consideration of the authorities of the republic was how to shorten the course of the war.

It is not difficult to see from this that neither the naval nor the army plans for war meet the needs of the republican authorities. In other words, the merit of the two war plans is the war plan that the authorities of the republic need.

According to the relevant information published by the authorities of the republic after the war, after the Navy and the Army submitted their respective war plans. The Supreme High Command instructed the General Staff to come up with a more practical plan on the basis of the two war plans" and to involve the special advisers sent by the Supreme High Command in the formulation of the work. In other words, it was not Yuan Chenhao who was responsible for formulating the war plan for entering the American continent, but Yuan Chenhao and Hua Jianfeng. Although Hua Jianfeng is only Yuan's military adviser, he has no specific official position, and in terms of authority, he is not even comparable to the chief of the operations department of the General Staff. But no one dared to doubt Hua Jian, Feng's influence in the Supreme Command, especially in front of Yuan. In fact, in addition to Pei Chengyi, only Hua Jianfeng had the ability and energy to restrain Yuan Chenhao at that time.

It was with Hua Jianfeng's participation that the strategic plan formulated by the Republic at the end of the year was even stronger.

This is also very understandable, when he was still a submarine captain, Hua Jianfeng was a very pragmatic soldier, or in other words, almost all submarine captains are realists and will not have any illusions about uncertain things. Hua Jianfeng's ability to reach Lin Xiaolei's weight and be reused by Pei Chengyi also has a lot to do with his pragmatic spirit. One could even say. Hua Jianfeng didn't have obvious factional thinking, if it wasn't for his bad luck and didn't encounter too good opportunities, I'm afraid he would have become the chief of the general staff long ago.

In any case, this is a typical strategic sentence.

According to the calculation, "at the end of the first quarter of the grain year. The Army of the Republic would have to advance the front to Morocco, to be precise, to occupy Morocco. Because Europe has not yet made its position clear on the issue of Morocco. The French authorities have not made a request for military support, so the Republican authorities, especially the diplomatic service, will actively cooperate in the advance into Morocco, and the military action of the Republic Army will also become the main pressure to force Europe to take a stand. On top of that, according to this calculation, the Republic's army and agriculture could occupy Morocco before winning the war in the Middle East. To be precise, it was through the occupation of Morocco that the final victory in the Middle East war was achieved. It is also easy to understand that the troops sent by the United States to the Middle East and the materials transported to the Middle East have to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar. If the Army of the Republic is able to occupy Morocco. can easily block the Strait of Gibraltar. Keep the U.S. fleet and fleet out of the Mediterranean. In other words, as long as Morocco is occupied, the Republic Army can win the Middle East war without any effort.

The question is. Attacking Morocco is definitely not an easy task.

You must know that at the end of the year, the United States still held the sea control in the Mediterranean, and not only deployed the largest fleet in the entire Atlantic region in the eastern Mediterranean, but also had an aircraft carrier and hundreds of large warships. There are also 3 sea bases. and he is a man and a man. The fighter planes deployed in the region alone have surpassed four racks, and the fighters deployed by the Republican Army and Navy in the Middle East theater are no more than blade stands. In other words, if the Republic Army wants to march into Morocco from the direction of the Middle East, even if it attacks in the form of a low-altitude assault, it will first seize air supremacy, and it is obviously unrealistic to boast air supremacy from the more powerful US forces. According to the estimates made by the Republic Army at that time, if it could not seize air supremacy, in addition to increasing or doubling the offensive force, the combat casualties would also pass through the entire Middle East war, thus greatly reducing the combat effectiveness of the Republic Army.

Even if it doesn't affect the army's combat bull power. The huge casualties will also make the authorities of the republic think twice.

To put it another way, this means that it is impossible to march upwards into Morocco from the Middle East.

Let's go back and look at the Army's actions in the second half of the arsenic year, after winning the war in West Africa. Surrendering combat units took turns attacking and pushed the front to Liberia.

There is no doubt that this round of offense is the key. Because Morocco had sent troops to occupy Western Sahara in the south decades ago, and in order to fight for Western Sahara, Morocco had also fought a small war with Mauritania for decades, and the small area of southern Western Sahara was under the control of Mauritania, so the combat units of the Republic Army in Cote Sewa were less than a kilometer away from Morocco, and only had to cross Mali and Mauritania, where the defense force was negligible. Even if it marches into Rabat. It is only 4,000 meters, and the normal attack distance is in 10,000. For the low-altitude assault units of the Republic Army of more than a kilometer, this distance is nothing at all.

The problem is that there are many problems that need to be solved when going out of West Africa, starting with the transportation of materials.

You must know that after the "Central Africa Trunk Line" is completed, it can only support the normal combat operations of two combat units at most, and even if it is counted by air, it will be at most one combat unit, and more than one combat unit will be needed to control the West African region and advance into Morocco. Theoretically, a minimum of 6 is required. In fact, it is quite possible that it will increase to 8. In other words, sea routes must be opened before entering Morocco. Fortunately, West Africa was the earliest colony of the Western industrial powers. There is no shortage of good ports. For the Navy of the Republic, all that needed to be done was to establish a sea transport route from False Bay in South Africa to the Gulf of Guinea, and to send out a combat fleet and an escort fleet to protect this route. Fearing an attack by the Republic's submarines, the US fleet operating in the Gulf of Guinea had already retreated to the waters north of the Cape Verde Islands in the second half of the year after the end of the war in West Africa. What's even heavier. The intensity of fighting in the West African region is not very high. The ground forces do not need the fire support provided by the navy, and the material consumption of the combat fleet, especially the consumption of ammunition, will not be too large, which can reduce the demand for logistical support to the greatest extent and thus reduce the burden of naval supremacy operations.

It is precisely for this reason that the Navy of the Republic must seize sea supremacy in the Gulf of Guinea by the end of February. The convoy was able to deliver all the supplies and equipment needed by the attacking forces to West Africa in mid-March, and the Army's combat units were able to use it as a base to attack Morocco in the north.

Although many people believe that the U.S. Navy will not easily give up sea supremacy in the South Atlantic, even if West Africa has fallen into the hands of the Republican Army, the U.S. Navy will use Asunción as a base. In the South Atlantic, it blocked the navy of the Republic going north and protected the life routes of the North Atlantic, especially in the Caribbean, while the US Navy took the initiative to withdraw the fleet in the Gulf of Guinea to the sea area above the Cape Verde Islands. However, when formulating the battle plan, Hua Jianfeng believed that the US Navy would not send its fleet south to compete with the Republic Navy for sea supremacy, and Hua Jianfeng's reason was very simple. That is, the strength of the US Navy is not strong enough to compete with the Navy of the Republic in the South Atlantic for sea supremacy, and the US Navy cannot afford to withstand heavy losses.

Affected by this, it entered the Indian Ocean at the end of the year. In addition, there are only three combat fleets that go to the Gulf of Guinea to fight through False Bay, two of which are the main fleet, and the "one is the air fleet." Although according to the deployment of the Navy, after the three combat fleets leave False Bay, four sea bases, including fifth-generation sea bases, will be dispatched to the South Atlantic to strengthen its presence in the South Atlantic. I have to admit that Hua Jianfeng is indeed bold enough. It is precisely because of this that many people believe that when deploying combat operations, Hua Jianfeng created a decisive opportunity for the navy in the name of supporting the army's attack on Morocco.

From another point of view, it is precisely this kind of deployment that makes the war plan led by Hua Jianfeng a reality.

To put it bluntly, even if Hua Jianfeng has high prestige in the navy, if he cannot fully consider the interests and requirements of the navy, his battle plan will not be supported by the navy, at least not with the full support of the navy. This is just like Yuan Chenhao must work for the benefit of the army, in the context of the future of the battle record, no one can be selfless in the true sense, and they have to serve the interest groups they serve. In fact, Pei Chengyi is not the exception, and when deciding on the grand strategy of the republic, he also has to serve interest groups. Compared with those who serve their own interests, the most important characteristic of Pei Chengyi, Yuan Chenhao, Hua Jianfeng and others is that they put the interests of the largest collective, that is, the state and the nation, in the highest position, and completely obey the domination of the interests of the state and the nation. As a result of this, when the time entered the sixth year of the war, the three combat fleets of the Republic Navy, which had been conducting intensive training in the waters near the Seychelles Islands, sailed south to False Bay in preparation for the Atlantic. The battle is tense again.

The republic has taken action, and the choice is in the hands of the United States.

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