Chapter 322: Return to Pearl Harbor: The First Battle
Han Jing, Zhang Shusheng's office.
Zhang Shusheng was flipping through a top-secret report on the comprehensive state of China's missile development, and waiting across from him were Qian Wensen, the father of the Republic's missiles, a rocket expert, and Qin Chu, deputy commander of the Republic's Strategic Rocket Forces.
As one of the earliest division political commissars in the southwest, Qin Chu possessed political loyalty and quality consciousness that were difficult for ordinary people to achieve.
As the most mysterious armed department of the Republic, the Strategic Rocket Command has only set up one commander-in-chief since its establishment, that is, Zhang Shusheng, and the entire army is under his firm control, and the final launch insurance and destruction insurance are all in him.
The report mentioned that after more than 10 years of development, along with the development of electronic technology and related supporting technologies, the progress of the missile project has developed from the customary guided rocket of the past to the ground attack missile, anti-air defense missile, anti-ship missile against the sea, and air-to-air combat missile, and the entire missile system has reached the level of leading the world.
Compared to the Germans, who launched V-rockets at the British from the beginning of 1944, and the Americans, the British, the Say, and even the Soviets who secretly worked on missiles.
China's missiles were developed earlier, their technology is more mature, they are of more practical combat significance, and they also have more strategic deterrence capabilities.
"Chairman! At the moment rocket engineering in our republic is developing rapidly.
Due to some problems in the development of satellites, China's first artificial satellite, which was originally to be launched later last year, will be launched at the Xichang Aerospace Center two months later.
The Shengong 3 was developed from the Dongfang missile family at that time, and its technology has been very mature, and it is fully capable of bearing the load and safety requirements of artificial satellite launches.
Embodied in military missiles, our development is also very rapid.
At present, China's missile family includes four major systems: ground-attack missiles, anti-air defense missiles, ship-to-sea attack anti-ship missiles, and air-to-air missiles.
The most mature long-range missile of the strategic level is the Vostok-3 long-range land-attack missile. At present, the maximum effective range of our Vostok-3 missiles is 3,000 km, which means that we are fully capable of launching Vostok strategic missiles loaded with nuclear warheads from our mainland to any corner of Japan, or from the southwest region to any city in India. Due to the cost of missiles, and on the premise of considering the cost-effectiveness ratio, we have mainly concentrated all our efforts on developing and manufacturing long-range missiles and medium-range missiles, and the research on short-range missiles is ancillary research.
After solving the technical difficulties of carrying nuclear warheads, the most important thing we need to do at present is to improve the attack accuracy of long-range missiles and further increase the range.
In terms of anti-aircraft missiles, the Shenjian 1 anti-aircraft missile system, which we finalized late last year, has been officially equipped in the capital Hanjing and on three Emperor-class aircraft carriers. This time, the Pacific Fleet's Yellow Emperor and Dashun each carried two sets of Shenjian 1 air defense missile systems. Although the accuracy of a single shot is not high enough, in terms of anti-aircraft range and multi-shot accuracy, it is enough to protect the watchmen of the navies of these republics at a critical moment.
In terms of anti-ship missiles, cross-sea attack missiles are mainly developed with the support of a new generation of radar technology. At present, it mainly includes ship-based anti-ship missiles and air-launched anti-ship missiles.
A few days ago, in the Anglo-German naval battle, the Germans successfully used radio-guided anti-ship missiles of the HS-293 type to carry out precision air strikes on the British fleet from an altitude of more than 5,000 meters. Due to the lack of adequate awareness and preparation of the Germans for this new type of guided weapon, in the absence of the corresponding radio jamming equipment, three British aircraft carriers and a number of battleships / heavy cruisers of anti-aircraft / anti-submarine use were sunk. Extremely heavy losses were caused.
This is almost identical to the radio-guided bomb, the prototype of the air-launched anti-ship missile that we secretly used at Pearl Harbor two years ago.
I believe that the anti-ship missiles carried by our Pacific Fleet this time will, if necessary, do wonders.
At present, the air-launched air-to-air missile has been finalized and produced as a Patriot-1 radar-guided air-to-air missile, which is equipped with the Tianlong jet fighter. ”
Qian Wensen, a rocket expert and the father of missiles in the Republic, made a brief report on the development of missiles, and a considerable part of them are related to the Pacific Fleet; after all, this huge combined fleet expeditioning to the Pacific Ocean carries a lot of advanced weapons and equipment, and the use of missiles in actual combat is a very important part of the actual combat test.
As the greatest missile scientist of the Republic, he is a participant in these new weapons on the ship, so there is no question of secrecy or not, and the secret he knows is the most deterrent top secret of the Republic except for Zhang Shusheng.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
"Come in."
It was Su Yuren, the chief of operations of the base camp, who came in.
"Chairman, good news, good news from the Pacific Fleet." Su Yuren said happily that the biggest good news for the soldiers is that they can win.
Zhang Shusheng: "Read it, Deputy Commander Qin and Comrade Qian Wensen also listen to the good news of our Pacific Fleet. ”
"Yes!" After Su Yuren saluted, he took out the document and said, "In the Battle of Guam, our Pacific Fleet D heavy aircraft carrier battle group is responsible for the offensive mission. At the beginning of the war, our army used D-3 electronic jammers to destroy the enemy's radar system, and then the carrier-based aircraft group successfully wiped out the US Guam air force and destroyed almost all of the US anti-aircraft fire points.
The fleet encountered some trouble in searching for the US submarine formation, but because the Pacific Fleet was equipped with the latest large-scale towed sonar and active homing sonar, the Americans, who were not technologically advanced in submarine technology, had already lost many submarines, and some of the other submarines could neither sneak attack our fleet nor sail away.
At present, the supreme commander of the US military in Guam, Major General Brad, has already announced his surrender, and at this time, Rear Admiral Jiang Ming, commander of the D heavy aircraft carrier battle group, should have landed on the island to take over Guam under the protection of the Marine Corps. ”
"Good, good, good news."
Although the mission of the Pacific Fleet is not to seize the countless islands in the Pacific Ocean, those things will naturally have follow-up small fleets to do, and even the person himself has compromised, as long as the Chinese Pacific Fleet is undefeated, those small Pacific Islands are equivalent to stripped naked girls, without the power to resist.
Among them, Guam is a little special, and it is likely to suffer huge losses if a small fleet goes to attack, so when formulating the battle plan, seizing the bridgehead of the US military in the Pacific has become a subsidiary plan.
Qin Chu and Qian Wensen were also excited, even if they knew that the Wehrmacht was very strong, and the Navy was also the accumulation of years of courage, but after all, they had no experience in naval battles before, and although both of them knew the inside story of the Pearl Harbor incident, the Wehrmacht Navy was just hiding behind Yu himself to fight the autumn wind.
And now, the victory in exchange for actual combat is the most exciting.
Zhang Shusheng concluded: "The victory came at a very timely time, and large-scale propaganda could be arranged so that the people of the whole country would know about our victory. Let them know that the huge navy of our country is not just a decoration, they are not just steel ships, but also real Yum warships that can open up territory for the country and seize living space for our nation on the ocean.
I am sure that with the advent of anti-ship missiles and anti-aircraft missiles, it will definitely give the Americans a big surprise. ”
He wasn't talking big.
Today, the Germans have long regarded the V-missile as a commodity that does not need money, and they have been firing in the direction of London all day long, and once the V-bomb with a huge charge enters the sky over London, there is no way to intercept it, and even the British pilots who do not want to die will not be able to catch up with those unprecedented new weapons.
In the recent Anglo-German naval battle, the Germans put their own heavy-handed weapons HS-293 radio-guided anti-ship missiles into actual combat, which was also one of the contents of the Hanjing agreement reached by the three countries on winning the joint naval battle at any cost.
If it is said that Germany's missile development is the second in the world, the United States' missile development level is the second in the world, the Soviets are third, the United Kingdom is fourth, and Britain is fifth, then China must be ranked first.
China has the most complete range of missiles, as well as the most advanced missiles, with clear uses and great power, and once it enters the war, it will have a great impact on the future direction of World War II.
The Germans were the first to use missile weapons on a large scale, and although other countries except China could not retaliate with a tooth for tat, they were also holding back their efforts to develop similar weapons.
Zhang Shusheng learned from intelligence that the Americans' ground-attack missile project had already been approved, but the progress was very slow because the problems of accuracy and range could not be solved for a long time.
On the contrary, the Americans' achievements in small missiles, such as air-to-air combat missiles, are much greater, and the AIM air combat combat missile project, which was established at the beginning of 44 years, has been developing rapidly, and it is also taking the route of radar guidance, once it is successfully developed, the US Air Force will also usher in an era of air combat beyond the range of machine guns and aviation machine guns.
Then, at the end of 1944, it was also time for China's missile weapons to show their might, just for relative secrecy, and not to make a big show like the Germans, for fear that the people of the world would not know that they had mastered the trump card weapon.
As a result, the results were not great, and the enemy did not panic, but it stimulated the enemy to develop similar weapons quickly.
According to Zhang Shusheng's idea, although there are many secret weapons of the National Defense Force, they are generally not used in a hurry when the quantity and quality are insufficient.
They are not used to show off, not to shock the enemy, but to make the enemy really suffer heavy losses.
…… At this time, Guam, 3,000 kilometers away, is a different scene.
Major General Brad was neatly dressed and deliberately dressed up, even the military uniform, military cap, military boots, and accessories were all brand new.
The U.S. military in Guam had already ceased fire under his orders.
Of the more than 3,000 U.S. troops on Guam, including ground crews and non-combat formations, none of them objected to Major General Bullard's orders, and all of them chose to obey, and in the Pacific Ocean, thousands of kilometers away from the U.S. mainland, they were actually closer to Asia, and here they could not feel the glory of the American political axe.
“…… Perhaps I would have been the first to surrender to the [***] squadron under the banner of the great America, but none of the soldiers chose to blame me. They agree with me.
Those who accuse me, if you can come to Guam and have a look, maybe, you will change your mind......"
Major General Brad was dressed as if he had fulfilled some sacred mission, and when a staff officer knocked on the door, he finished writing the last paragraph of this 'surrender note'.
No one would have imagined that this notebook of Major General Bullard would have been lost ever since, and that even his staff officers would not be able to find the notebook handed to him by Major General Bullard.
It was not until a few decades later that the most important part of this book, about the surrender of Guam, was published by a provincial newspaper in the Southeast Asian provinces of the Great Chinese Empire, as a kind of prologue historical evidence that the United States gradually lost its hegemony in the Pacific in World War II, and it caused a great sensation.
"General, the surrender ceremony is ready. The Chinese have just informed us that their general will arrive on time. ”
The staff also remembered the speech of the venerable Major General at a meeting of officers held before the surrender of Major General Bullard.
"Surrender is not a terrible thing.
If those damn politicians and journalists were able to come to Guam and have a look, I believe they would choose to understand us when they couldn't let God help us.
We are thousands of kilometers away from home and only two thousand kilometers from Asia. Distance-wise, when this war penetrates deep into the Pacific, we are already abandoned by both the American political axe and God.
Above us are hovering Chinese fighter jets, so numerous that you can see a swarm of warplanes that makes your scalp tingle no matter which angle you look at the sky.
The P-51 Mustang fighter, which claims to be the world's first-class fighter, was easily shot down by the HJ-3 fighter, which had as many locusts as many as them and even better than the HJ-3 fighter, relying on quality and quantity.
I used to think that American bombers were the most feared guys, but they were able to get huge bombers off aircraft carriers...... And then there are our submarines, which were sunk quickly, and now we are surrounded by their heavy aircraft carrier battle group, which is said to have a large ship of more than 40,000 tons...... Lovely lads, I have said a lot, just to tell you that there is no fear of surrender, in any case it is a decision made by your commanders, the American political axe and the newspapers will only curse me, and you, perhaps, will become prisoners, but as long as you cooperate with them, then, you will enjoy the treatment of prisoners, and not be shot, or even quietly thrown into the sea......"
Major General Brad straightened his uniform again, then picked up his saber, took the surrender document, and said, "Let's go." ”
He knew very well that if the Chinese did not need a relatively complete Guam base so that they could quickly play the role of mid-route supply during the Pacific war, it was likely that Guam and these thousands of soldiers would face the danger of being completely annihilated, rather than allowing themselves to calmly organize surrender.
After all, if the islands in question were used as a transit point, saving thousands of kilometers of supply distances, their fleets would be able to fight in the depths of the Pacific Ocean for a long time, and even with the United States in coastal areas close to the Americas.
If it is combined with a strategic bomber like the B-29...... Brad is confident that they must have had similar weapons. Perhaps that would be a disaster for America, but Brad thinks that if God is derelict in his duty and siding with the yellow race, then it will be sooner or later. For now, he only needs to keep these thousands of American troops from being abused by the Chinese.
On the lawn next to the runway of Guam's airport, more than 3,000 Americans with American citizenship are already waiting there.
When Major General Brad arrived, everyone saluted.
The war on Guam was lost, but the general was not blamed, and if you really want to use the words of the Chinese, it is called a 'non-war crime'.
Five minutes later, an army was seen slowly moving along the road, first with seven or eight light amphibious tanks, followed by military trucks and off-road combat vehicles loaded with soldiers.
On the vehicle, all Chinese Marine officers and soldiers wearing Marine Corps digital camouflage uniforms are there.
I saw that their combat uniforms were more shocking than the single camouflage combat uniforms of the US military, the soldiers wore steel helmets, and the multiple tactical packages on the uniforms were stuffed with things, and the semi-automatic or fully automatic rifles in their hands were all held, and some even carried a bazooka in their hands...... "quack ......"
This detachment numbered in the hundreds, and after seeing the unarmed US officers and soldiers lining up to 'welcome' them, the convoy stopped and then spread out in battle formation.
"Get out of the car, search! Alert! ”
A lieutenant [***] officer wearing a lieutenant colonel badge shouted a loud order, and then the troops quickly dispersed, except for a small number of soldiers who stayed behind and pointed guns at these surrendered American officers and soldiers, the rest began to search and guard the neighborhood.
In fact, there is no need, because, at this time, as long as you look up, you can see at least three or four fighter formations roaring quickly at medium and low altitudes.
"Hello. I am the Supreme Commander of Guam, Rear Admiral Brad of the U.S. Navy. ”
General Bullard, led by a lieutenant [***] officer, came to the highest-ranking Wehrmacht lieutenant colonel on the field.
"Hello, I'm Lieutenant Colonel of the Marine Corps of the Chinese National Defense Forces, Huang Hui." The lieutenant colonel did not salute, but said: "Our general will be here soon." ”
The U.S. troops present have seen the elite of the Chinese Army, and compared with their own bodies, or their former equipment, they found that it is difficult to find Coca-Cola bottles and chewing gum on the Chinese people, and each of them seems to be a tiger armed to the teeth.
They are not as "short", "thin", "vulnerable" as described in some small newspapers, "they don't even know the most basic standing posture of soldiers", "they are just a bunch of puppet soldiers who started with bandits"...... On the contrary, from them, these US officers and soldiers who were waiting for the Chinese to announce their acceptance of surrender felt that these Chinese officers and soldiers who were seeing them for the first time were so mysterious and frightening.
China and the United States then exchanged and negotiated some matters, and after preparing all the matters for the surrender ceremony, Lieutenant Colonel Huang Hui returned to the armored command vehicle and reported the results to the D heavy aircraft carrier battle group.
While both sides waited, time passed quickly, and more than twenty minutes later, when many American troops, including Major General Brad, were still staring at the end of the road, a strange roar came from behind the small col in the distance.
This kind of roar is different from the roar of ordinary airplanes, but many American soldiers are sure that it is the engine sound of airplanes or other large engines, however, at this time, those Chinese planes in the sky are flying high, and there are no moving Chinese tanks around them.
"What's that......"
Just when everyone was wondering, a strange plane suddenly rose vertically from behind the small col.
"God, that's a Chinese helicopter, no, no, it's a gunship!!"
Helicopters continued to fly up behind the col, and finally five helicopters flew straight together at an ultra-low altitude of 50 meters.
In addition to the Chinese officers and soldiers, most of the Americans present only recognized it as a helicopter, and a very small number of military frontier technology enthusiasts shouted the name of the armed helicopter when they saw those hideous weapon systems.
Yes, that is, the Thunderbolt gunship that takes off from the transport ship and is used to assist the landing force to land on Guam, this kind of gunship, with fierce firepower, strong protection, good maneuverability, and very durable, so this time, as a member of the Marine Corps transport ship of the Pacific Expeditionary Fleet, it provides fire support for the fleet to occupy a few extremely important Pacific islands.
Four helicopter gunships circled over the heads of the Americans, and one of the Thunderbolt helicopters slowly lowered its altitude, and the wind blowing up from the lower and lower helicopters blew even the closer American troops slightly closed.
The lightning eventually landed on the ground, and the propeller did not stop turning, and after lowering the two men in the uniforms of senior Wehrmacht officers, it took off again.
"Salute!!"
Seeing this, Lieutenant Colonel Huang Hui immediately shouted a loud order, stood up and saluted, and the first person to get off the helicopter was Rear Admiral Jiang Ming, commander of the D heavy aircraft carrier battle group.
After the ceremony, the surrender ceremony officially began, and Rear Admiral Bullard handed over the commander's saber and the surrender letter to Rear Admiral Jiang Ming, commander of Battle Group D of the Chinese Pacific Fleet.
Since the surrender of Guam, 3,000 pairs of American troops have become the first batch of prisoners of war between China and the United States, and Guam has also been repaired quickly without serious damage, and has become the best supply and transit point for the Chinese Pacific Fleet to fight in the depths of the Pacific Ocean.
Surprisingly, Major General Bullard chose to commit suicide after the surrender ceremony.
More surprisingly, though, Rear Admiral Bullard's brief last words read: "As the first man, I am under a lot of pressure. I hope that my death can exonerate those who come after me......"
After settling the matter of Guam and leaving a small fleet to take over the subsequent landing force to occupy and repair the military facilities on Guam, the D heavy aircraft carrier battle group soon embarked on the journey again, caught up with the main force of the Pacific Fleet expedition, and reintegrated into the main force of the large ship group.
Washington, White House.
"Have you found the position of the main force of the Chinese fleet?"
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sat in a wheelchair, his fingers tapping the wheels of the wheelchair rhythmically, showing his apprehension.
"One of their detachments quickly settled the battle for Guam, captured our Guam, and then the detachment was lost. According to our analysis, it should have reunited the main forces of their fleet, coming towards us. ”
White House intelligence chief Herbert Smith said wearily.
Since the Chinese appeared on Guam, attacked Guam, and forced down the American defenders of Guam, the American political axe has been under tremendous pressure, and as the White House intelligence chief, Smith is even more stressed.
Washington muttered: "Perhaps, we need to quickly deploy more advanced anti-jamming radars." ”
Smith replied: "Yes, Mr. President, but at present, we have not been able to grasp the secrets of the Chinese's jamming technology, and we do not know what the upper limit of their jamming technology is." So ......"
What he means is that if the limits of the Chinese's jamming capabilities are not known, then even the most advanced radar in the United States may not be spared.
"Action solves all difficulties." Roosevelt shook his head and said, then let him out and bring in Admiral Nimitz, the commander of the Navy's Pacific Fleet, who was already waiting for him outside.
Moments later, Admiral Nimitz pushed the door open.
"Are we well prepared? If we rely on Pearl Harbor, can we have a big battle with them in the Pacific? President Roosevelt asked anxiously, and that was what he was most concerned about compared to the slight loss on Guam. My general, I want you to understand that I am stepping up my march, and there are ample indications that their intention is to invade somewhere on our west coast. And the threat of the Chinese is even greater, they dispatch the entire strengthened Pacific Fleet. The Chinese, who have been dormant for decades, have finally reached out their claws. ”
Nimitz thought for a moment, then said, "Except for the necessary reservations, we have mobilized all the surplus naval forces that can be mobilized, and besides, the tragedy of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor will never happen again." The Pacific Fleet will fight to the end, not be shamefully attacked and sunk in the harbor. ”
Although the Navy had already reported to Roosevelt a plan for a naval battle in the Pacific, the president clearly needed more confidence from the Navy, Nimitz affirmed, not just bragging, but trust in a strengthened U.S. Pacific Fleet.
"We are well prepared, and we have some unknown advanced weapons, and this time we will not fail again." Nimitz kept a phrase that he didn't say, and that was 'this time, even if we fail again, we won't lose as badly as last time.' ”
Roosevelt nodded and said, "If we fail, we will lose the Pacific Ocean, and the enemy will be able to approach our west coast." ”
"Yes, Mr. President."
More than 20 days later, after making a large circle in the vast Pacific Ocean, the Chinese Pacific Fleet finally arrived at a place only a few hundred kilometers away from Pearl Harbor.
"Report!"
On the Yellow Emperor, in the war room, outside Ge Yunsheng's office, a hurried report sounded.
"Report to the commander, the No. 015 Seahawk reconnaissance aircraft has spotted an American fleet of two hundred nautical miles."
Ge Yunsheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and ordered: "Pass the order, immediately convene a combat meeting." ”
After the order was issued, Ge Yunsheng took off the military hat on the coat rack, and after reshaping the army's appearance, he said to the mirror: "The time has come for us to return to Pearl Harbor, and this sea battle can only be won, not defeated!" ”――
This Pacific naval battle will be completed in two more concise chapters, with a maximum of three chapters.
I went out on New Year's Day, I'm sorry, and I wish you brothers and sisters a happy New Year.
On January 1 last year, this book was officially put on the shelves, and I wrote 1.5 million words of VIP in a year, which was a little lazy, but I still felt something.
(To be continued)