Chapter 229: Star-Spangled Banner's Request
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The first target plane, because Wang Fan stayed in the main plane for more than 1 month, so he returned to the target plane at this time, it was already mid-December 1943, and the entire Yanhuang Continent north of the Yangtze River had ushered in a long winter. According to the policy regulations of the later generations of the Yanhuang Republic of the main plane, around mid-November every year, the heating companies under the jurisdiction of local governments will start to officially supply heat after the heating pressure test is completed.
Having said that, how did the policy formulated by the main plane that there is heating north of the Yangtze River and no south of the Yangtze River come about? It is said that when the Yanhuang Republic was first founded, all kinds of resources were scarce, and natural resources such as coal and oil were trapped by the limitations of production equipment and production technology at that time and the constraints of transportation capacity, resulting in limited output and difficult transshipment, and it was difficult to meet the needs of all the people in the country, especially the people of Yanhuang in the south (Shanxi's coal transportation to the south required a large number of locomotives, freight cars, railways and other transportation resources). Therefore, in order to save energy and reduce energy consumption, a great man set the national policy of heating north of the Yangtze River and 'hard resistance' south of the Yangtze River, which has been used to this day. Of course, the above news is purely hearsay from Wang Fan, and he himself does not know whether it is true or not.
Two months after Wang Fan left (the time ratio to the main plane was 2 to 1), the first target plane as a whole did not change much. Germany and the Soviet Union continued to "stumble" on the territory of Soviet Europe, with the former having limited reserves and insufficient offensive forces; Although the latter had a large number of soldiers, the supply of weapons and logistical supplies were really poorly maintained, and the result was that the combat effectiveness of the entire Soviet army was greatly dragged down, and the two could only maintain a "balanced" war in the end. As for Britain, they are still squatting in their own acres and threes of land to continue to accumulate strength, hoping that they can launch a revenge counterattack against the German Cole at some point in 1944.
As for the Pacific theater, it was relatively lively. In mid-November 1943, the Pacific Fleet of the Navy of the Stars and Stripes Banner finally gathered the main decisive battle fleet of 5 heavy aircraft carriers and 3 light aircraft carriers, and the basic sea training was completed, and the carrier-based aircraft had initial combat effectiveness. In addition, in order to ensure victory in the First World War, the Stars and Stripes Navy also assembled all the escort aircraft carriers that could be assembled, with a total of up to 30 ships, as a support force for the decisive battle fleet. Although the Wokos did not know the time of the Stars and Stripes' general attack, they were convinced that when the ground war between the two countries in Australia entered the white heat, whether it was to support the ground forces or to retreat, the Combined Fleet and the Stars and Stripes Navy would have a battle. To this end, the combined fleet of the Japanese devils has prepared 7 heavy aircraft carriers and 1 light aircraft carrier to meet the forces.
The day finally came, and on November 15, 1943, in the waters near Australia, with the support of army fighters from their respective army positions, the Combined Fleet and the Pacific Fleet launched a decisive battle that lasted more than 11 days.
At the beginning of the battle, the Stars and Stripes Pacific Fleet, with its radar technology and some luck, discovered the enemy fleet 47 minutes ahead of the Combined Fleet, thus achieving its first key point of victory after the start of the battle.
Admiral Nimitz, commander-in-chief of the fleet, did not hesitate and immediately ordered most of the bombers and torpedo planes of the main aircraft carrier formation, totaling more than 410 planes, to form two attack batches under the escort of more than 240 fighters to carry out a general attack on the enemy. Then the entire fleet immediately maneuvered to the west to avoid the attack aircraft group of the combined Japanese fleet. And the few remaining fighters and all the new and old fighters carried by the escort aircraft carrier were lifted into the air to deal with Yamamoto's next counterattack.
One hour later, the Star-Spangled Banner attacked the group, discovered and arrived over the Combined Fleet, and launched a stormy general attack on the Japanese carriers under the obstruction of a large number of Zero and Super Zero fighters. After more than two hours of fierce firefighting, although the carrier-based planes and anti-aircraft artillery of the combined fleet desperately opened fire and counterattacked, three of the seven heavy aircraft carriers of the little devil were shot and sunk, two were seriously injured, and one was slightly injured, and finally one and the light aircraft carrier escaped with death.
About an hour and a half later, a group of attack planes sent by the Woko spotted the Stars and Stripes Pacific Fleet, which was retreating westward. Under the influence of the spirit of bushido and the "Imperial National Fortune in this Battle" instilled by the superior officers, most of the Japanese pilots gave full play to the jade spirit of the "kamikaze special attack team" that was later recorded in the main plane, and sank 4 heavy aircraft carriers, 2 light aircraft carriers, and more than half of the escort aircraft carriers (19) of the Pacific Fleet in a way that almost came to an end. So far, the Combined Fleet and the Pacific Fleet each have the usable combat power of 1 heavy aircraft carrier and 1 light aircraft carrier (the lightly damaged heavy aircraft carrier of the Japanese Kou was quickly reunited after emergency repairs, making the number of heavy aircraft carriers of the little devils become 2). The result of this almost lose-lose situation is that in the subsequent naval battles, the aircraft carriers will basically withdraw from the stage or have little impact, and the land aviation fighters and battleships owned by each will face off against each other.
However, the bad relationship between the Japanese army and the navy was known to the Yanhuang people in later generations, so due to the mutual discooperation and distrust between the army and the navy, the small devil combined fleet, which had an advantage in the number of battleships, was blown up by the army of the Star-Spangled Banner in the early stage, sinking a Nagato-class and severely damaging a Yamato-class battleship. When the tide of war gradually eroded to the point that Australia was likely to be lost, Emperor Hirohito, together with Hideki Tojo and the Minister of Naval Orders, issued a joint document ordering the top echelons of the army guarding Australia to either cooperate with the navy in the battle or collectively cut their stomachs.
Under the threat of "dishonorable death", the Japanese army finally joined forces with the navy and exerted a normal combat effectiveness that one plus one is greater than two. With the core decisive battle fleet consisting of two Nagato-class and three Yamato-class battleships, with the cooperation of a large number of heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers, they defeated the main Pacific Fleet of the Stars and Stripes with only three Missouri-class battleships carrying the flag.
Admiral Nimitz, who was very unconvinced and satisfied with the defeat result, launched the "Fat Pig Plan" on 25 November aimed at drawing out the battleship detachment of the Combined Fleet and then annihilating it with elite fighters of the Army Navy.
On November 27, 1943, after the final confirmation of the failure of the "Fat Pig Plan", considering the actual situation of gradually losing air and sea supremacy, Roosevelt ordered Marshall to call Nimitz, asking him to ensure the safety of the retreat of nearly 200,000 Stars and Stripes troops and hundreds of thousands of expatriates defending Australia at this time.
On November 29, 1943, the Stars and Stripes decided to retreat in an all-out manner, and after a series of complex, tangled, and violent and bloody evacuations, 130,000 Stars and Stripes soldiers and 110,000 expatriates were finally evacuated. The remainder of the outcasts, along with millions of Australian citizens, became prisoners of war in the Japanese army.
On December 14, 1943, after the last bitter battle, the Japanese basically occupied the entire territory of Australia, and the little devil's southward expansion plan was fully realized, and Yamamoto Isoroku's reputation reached its peak again, and was called "the omnipotent Yamamoto" by its emperor Hirohito!
After losing the Philippines, Hawaii, New Zealand, and Australia one after another, the Stars and Stripes found that their strongholds in the western Pacific had become very few, and it was difficult for them to play a counteroffensive and diversion role against the Japanese mainland and the Combined Fleet.
On December 15, 1943, in the small hall of Zaoyuan, Yan'an, Wang Fanzheng, who had just returned, was discussing the latest world war situation with Lao Mao.
"In this way, the Stars and Stripes not only want to expand the size of the air force stationed on the Korean Peninsula, but also hope that we can open up Weihai, Yantai and other places to expand the bombing of the Japanese mainland." After listening to Teng Daiyuan's hour-long intelligence briefing, Wang Fan asked.
"Yes, to be precise, the expansion of the bomber force and the application for Weihai and Yantai air bases were just put forward by the Star-Spangled Banner yesterday." Liu Shaoqi explained: "As a result of the bombing of the Japanese mainland from North Korea, it has begun for more than 20 days, and the overall effect is good. Especially after we reminded them that most of the houses in the native area of the Woko were made of wood, and the effect of throwing incendiary bombs was better than that of ordinary aerial bombs, the strategic bombing effect of the Star-Spangled Banner became higher and higher. ”
"However, the losses of their aircraft are also increasing, after all, the air defense of the Japanese is still very strong. There are now a large number of Zeros defended there. According to the statistical analysis of our satellite monitoring pictures, the Japanese took back most of the fighters scattered in South Asia and north of the Yangtze River, and except for a part used to support the Australian battlefield, the rest were used for local air defense. Lao Mao answered.
"We didn't lose a lot of people, did we?" When Wang Fan heard the one-third battle damage ratio, he couldn't help but feel nervous, and hurriedly asked.
"Don't worry, our cadets are not involved in the attack, they are just practicing at the air base and testing flights in the nearby airspace, and they will not be involved in danger. After all, although our country has a large population, there are too few people with primary education to get on airplanes, and we cannot afford to lose them. Zhou Eni explained.
"That's good, that's good." Wang Fan nodded.
"But Wang Fan, it's just right for you to come back, we have been wondering whether to agree to the application of the Star-Spangled Banner, and we want to hear your opinion." Lao Mao lit a cigarette and asked as he smoked.
"Well~~" Wang Fan thought for a while and replied, "I'm still inclined to agree." Didn't we have a 'Thousand Talents Plan', just to take this opportunity to expand the scale, it turned out that we were begging for the Star-Spangled Banner, and when there were more people, we were afraid that they would not agree, so we raised our guard. Now it's begging us, I've opened the conditions, hehe, the lion opens his mouth, love doesn't come. ”
"And how many people do you plan to have?"
"Hehe, it's rare that it has lost even Australia, and it can be said that the entire Western Pacific has almost no foothold. So my opinion, add a zero, it turned out to be 5,000 people in medical care and education, etc., and this time I want 50,000 people. ”
"50,000 people? Could it be too much? What if it doesn't agree, abandon the Western Pacific, and let us fight to the death with the pirates? Liu Shaoqi was a little unsure of the numbers proposed by Wang Fan.
"That's not bad either. With our strength, there is no problem in recovering the north of the Yangtze River. The remaining treasure islands, Ryukyu, New Zealand, and Australia, which lack naval heritage, are difficult to digest if they are quickly defeated. So if that's the case, I'm playing the role of Emperor Meiji once, and let the devils burn the war to India. As long as we are given a year or two, it is difficult for the people to say, at least the combat strength of the navy and air force should be basically formed. When the time comes, it will be up to me to destroy the various defensive positions built by the devils on the major islands, and our navy will use missile ships to sink the main forces of the combined fleet and take over the western Pacific and India. ”
"And what if the Star-Spangled Banner says yes?"
"Then we should take the south of the Yangtze River first, and then find a way to figure it out, because of the oil in the Middle East, it is still very necessary to have an outlet and enclave in the Indian Ocean."