"Your Majesty, we will always advise you on logistics to avoid omissions." Cai said.

He and Jiang Baili are also old men in the army, how could they not understand the importance of logistics.

"Your Majesty, this is the next battle plan sent by the Pacific Theater." Jiang Baili took out a document and said to Chen Shao.

"I'll take a look." Chen Shao took the document in Jiang Baili's hand and looked at it carefully.

After the start of the Manila landing operation, the area around Manila was successfully occupied, and then the Jungle Army joined the battle, taking over the combat mission of the Marine Corps. The Marines, after completing all combat missions, officially handed over the defense to the Jungle Army, and the Marines who landed were all resting in Manila.

Rather than focusing on Luzon, the Pacific Theater Command is spreading its sights to various island groups throughout the Philippine archipelago. As early as the beginning of the offensive, small detachments, mainly destroyers, began to cruise in the waters between the Philippine islands, eliminating the original Japanese gunboats and cutting off the connection between the various islands.

The landing on Luzon went smoothly, and a large number of Allied warplanes were eliminated, destroying nearly half of the air force on Australia. The Pacific Theater Command decided to strike while the iron was hot and send the main force of the Marine Corps to use frog jumping tactics to quickly occupy those large islands in the Philippine archipelago.

When Qian Sihai and others decided, the battle plan had already been prepared and submitted. It's not that they don't have the right to make their own decisions, in fact, when they make plans, they are already making preparations. The plan submitted is nothing more than an explanation to the Ministry of Defense. If there are any loopholes, they can also be corrected in time.

"High-speed them, attack fleets, do not try to find the Japanese combined fleet, their main task is to support landing operations and anti-submarine. It is enough to do their job, and if the combined fleet is found, let them report it immediately. ”

I saw that the plan mentioned that the Temporary Attack Fleet would take the initiative to attack if it found the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet.

Everything else was fine, but Chen Shao directly crossed out the plan of the attack fleet to fight against the Japanese combined fleet. The task of the attack fleet itself was to support the landing force. Regardless of whether the strength is sufficient or not. To go to a head-to-head confrontation with the Japanese Combined Fleet, Chen Shao will never agree to this.

Their main task is to protect the landing force, where can they be distracted to a decisive battle with the enemy's main fleet, not to mention. The attacking fleet at this time. Nor is it an opponent of the Combined Fleet.

"I'll tell them." Cai Ye nodded.

"But the problems mentioned in this plan. We also need to pay attention to it. Japan's Combined Fleet disappeared as soon as it entered the Pacific Ocean, and we had to guard against it. There is also a part of the combined fleet that has entered the Indian Ocean, which requires us to maintain a high degree of vigilance. Don't really be yin by little Japan at that time. Chen Shao said.

"Not bad. I've also been worried about the combined fleet of devils, after all, it is an extremely dangerous sea and air force. I suggest that the North Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet expand the scope of their activities and raise the level of vigilance, so that little devils do not have an opportunity. Jiang Baili said.

"According to the latest planning and projections of the Imperial War Department, a very dangerous signal is given. Although the empire has three major fleets and the absolute main force of the Royal Pacific Fleet, we only have four Admiral-class battleships and two Kunlunshan-class battleships, and in terms of battleships, we are not weaker than Japan.

At the same time, we also have six Imperial-class aircraft carriers and fifteen First Emperor-class aircraft carriers. However, only five of the fifteen First Emperor-class aircraft carriers can take off and land Seahawk-3 jet carrier-based fighters, and due to their displacement and capacity, they cannot carry too many jet carrier-based fighters. Even the latest launch of the First Emperor-class aircraft carrier with a displacement of more than 40,000 tons, the maximum loading capacity of each aircraft is only two squadrons of jet carrier-based fighters (48 units). ”

Speaking of this, Cai Ye glanced at Chen Shao's reflection, and after seeing the latter nodding, obviously knowing this, he continued to speak: "Given that Japan has joined the Allied camp, it is very likely that Japan's Combined Fleet Headquarters will unite with the Pacific Fleet, which is gradually regaining its strength.

Although the Empire's capital fleet is now much stronger than the Japanese Combined Fleet, once the Japanese Combined Fleet and the US Pacific Fleet converge, our three major fleets will be at a very serious disadvantage.

In the past three years, Japan has frantically built aircraft carriers with the help of the resources and plundered wealth of the occupied areas. At this time, they already had a total of 32 aircraft carriers with a displacement of 15,000 tons to more than 40,000 tons, and four Yamato-class battleships.

Today's Japanese Combined Fleet is much, much more powerful than the Combined Fleet three years ago.

When it comes to the United States, we cannot ignore it in any way. As a matter of fact, as early as half a year ago, the US Pacific Fleet was reorganized, and the overall strength of its warships was not only stronger than that of the previous Pacific Fleet, but also far exceeded the size of the Japanese Combined Fleet.

Whether it is the Montana-class battleships of the same class as our Admiral-class battleships, or their latest aircraft carriers, the advantages of our three fleets are constantly shrinking. And according to effective intelligence, a jet fighter called the P-XX model is already undergoing high-intensity experiments, and is being carried out together with land-based and sea-based platforms (aircraft carriers). Even air-to-air missiles have repeatedly appeared on the test site. ”

In fact, Chen Shao is very clear about what Cai Ye said, and Chen Shao also knows that Cai Ye said it very tactfully. Not only did the United States launch four Montana-class battleships in a short period of time, but the original four Iowa-class battleships have now directly become six, and two have been expanded. And in order to prevent Chinese submarines, basically every day that passes, a destroyer is launched, and in two or three days, it can be delivered to the US Navy.

Cruisers and escort aircraft carriers were also delivered to the US Navy in batches, and since the United States entered the war, extremely strong industrial capacity has erupted.

Originally, it was thought that the United States would hit the industrial capacity of the United States because of the fact that after the economic crisis, China's practice of withdrawing wages from the bottom of the kettle. However, the results did not change much from later generations, and the United States was still able to launch a 10,000-ton cargo ship within 10 days, and on average, a warship was launched every day. A steady stream of aircraft and tanks appeared in the hands of the allies, and there were countless ammunition.

In fact, Chen Shao thought wrong about a very key thing, that is, those things that are closely related to the military industry have always been supported by the United States, and the collapse of some small companies and really large groups actually have the support of the US government behind them. Let's not forget that the United States has occupied the share of arms in the world since World War I, and their military industrial enterprises have never stopped production. Even if production is stopped because of the economic crisis, the U.S. government will pay for them.

This is a national strategy that everyone understands, just like China before, although the military factories were at a very low production rate before the war, even if only a few tanks and hundreds of rifles were produced every year, Chen Shao never closed the arsenal. This is not only to train new workers, but also to ensure the integrity of the production line, after all, a good production line, if idle for two or three years, is guaranteed to be sold in tatters. The United States is the same, although the United States has no natural enemies, but people who have no long-term concerns must have near-term worries, and it is not brave to have guns in their hands.

Just like later generations, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, all production lines were stopped, and skilled workers went to find another way. This is the tragedy and lament of Russia.

So, at most, he will dig up a few small businesses, and the U.S. government generally doesn't need those small businesses. As for skilled workers, there is no shortage of them in the United States. Not to mention the fact that in Europe there are also a large number of skilled workers, hiding in bomb shelters.

"What does Songpa mean?" Chen Shao said lightly.

"My meaning is simple, divide and perish. This is also the best strategic direction drawn up by the War Department, even if it cannot completely destroy the Japanese Combined Fleet, at least half of their strength must be eliminated. In this way, even if we really unite with the Pacific Fleet of the United States, we will not be too passive. Cai said.

"Our General Staff also has this idea, and we have already drawn up several battle plans, and now we need to perfect some detailed details." Jiang Baili continued.

"Originally, I had planned for this matter after I had completely occupied the Philippines. Since you've all said it, I'll also share my opinion. In a short time, we do not need to worry that the two fleets will unite. Because the Pacific Fleet of the United States is still in the initial stage of running-in training. Even if Japan wanted to join them, the Americans would not agree. Because that was one of the means used by the Americans to contain Japan, it was impossible for them to converge with the Japanese Combined Fleet before they had formed combat effectiveness. Therefore, I put the time to destroy the Japanese Combined Fleet at the beginning of the year, when it was the calmest time of the year, no matter what the ocean, and it was very suitable for the decisive battle of the Grand Fleet. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Shao took a sip of the hot tea handed over by the guard, and said again: "I originally planned to let the navy start the search for the Japanese Combined Fleet in a few days. As for why I don't plan to do it against the Combined Fleet now, it's taking into account that Japan is already in the Pacific Ocean and occupies a lot of islands. On many islands, there were airfields for the Japanese army. I don't want our fleet to hide from each other. ”

"Your Majesty means to grab some key islands in the Pacific Ocean first, and then make a move against the Japanese Combined Fleet?" Cai Ye asked with some confusion.

"No, it's the same thing. Taking advantage of the islands that are gradually being conquered, we will take the initiative to draw out the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet to engage in a decisive battle with our fleet. If the other side does not take the bait, then we will slowly conquer their islands in the Pacific. Chen Shao said. (To be continued.) )