Calculation of the time of elimination. The first main fleet of the United States Navy will reach the waters north of the Yap Islands, while the U.S. Navy's fleet can only reach the earliest in the month. Arriving day and night, a very crucial problem arose, that is, before the arrival of the first fleet, the first main fleet could not only calmly choose the most advantageous position, but also choose the battlefield, and even ambush the American fleet halfway.

This is definitely not sensational speculation, but a sound analysis.

Because the maximum navigation degree of the First Main Fleet is the Blade Section, and the maximum navigation degree of the First Pilot Fleet is the maximum design degree of the "Long Beach" class, and both of them can continue to sail for several days, so if the two fleets sail head-on, the meeting area is not west of the Mariana Islands, but near Wake Island, about 4,000 kilometers east of the Islands. Even considering that the First Main Fleet could not swagger through the central waters of the Mariana Islands, the U.S. military deployed at least old attack submarines in the waters north of Saipan, and the mission of these submarines was not to attack high-rise transport ships bound for Saipanu. Instead, it was necessary to monitor passing fleets and fleets to prevent the Republican Navy fleet stationed in Naha from making a long-distance attack on Pearl Harbor. It is also possible that the First Main Fleet will set up an ambush in the waters east of the Marian-South Islands and attack the US First Fleet.

For the Navy of the Republic, whether or not it can sneak attack the First Fleet requires only courage and boldness.

Obviously, the American authorities will certainly not doubt the courage and audacity of the Navy of the Republic.

In other words, the first thing the U.S. Navy has to do is to find the first main fleet and closely monitor its every move.

According to information obtained after the war. Prior to 7 July, the U.S. Navy had dispatched several attack submarines to the waters east of the Ryukyu Islands to closely monitor the port of Naha and all the natural harbors in the archipelago that could accommodate large warships. Because the U.S. Navy used Naha as a base and was stationed in the Ryukyu Islands for decades, it is very aware of the environment of the islands. Therefore, U.S. submarines can easily accomplish this task, and even send small unmanned submarines for reconnaissance to a place less than kilometers away from Naha Port, which is used to collect voiceprint information about various ships entering and leaving Naha Port. According to the U.S. Navy's combat records, the main fleet that has arrived at Naha Port and recorded the "Qin"-class voiceprint signature is a U.S. attack submarine operating near Naha Port. It's a pity. The small unmanned submarine launched by this submarine was discovered by the anti-submarine destroyers in the fleet when it was following the activities of the main fleet, and in order to bring back extremely valuable information, the submarine returned after letting the small unmanned submarine divert the fleet's anti-submarine power; Didn't do anything bolder, such as firing a few heavy torpedoes at the most striking capital ships in the fleet. With the departure of the first main fleet from the port of Naha. The U.S. Space Force and Navy launched a "tracking relay race."

Although when the United States entered the war, the two major powers destroyed each other's military satellite systems in the first round of the battle, and in the next few hours, the other side's civilian satellite systems were completely paralyzed, and when only manned orbital space stations remained, it was only an hour. However, this kind of brutal battle, in which 1,000 enemies were killed and 800 self-inflicted, did not allow the two major powers to face off against the "commanding heights." Loss of enthusiasm. Arguably. Long before the outbreak of the war, the Republican Space Force and the US Space Force realized that because spacecraft operating in orbit are not constrained by national borders, except for a very small number of satellites operating in special orbits, almost all satellites will pass over enemy countries or enemy allies, and thus be attacked by enemy ground-based interception systems. The only way to fundamentally ensure one's own spacecraft is to destroy the opponent's ground-based interception system, which is almost impossible to achieve before victory in the war, so the Republic Space Force and the US Space Force have been preparing for war for a long time and have drawn up a complete set of wartime contingency plans.

Of all the wartime contingency plans used to occupy military commanding heights, the most reliable is the launch of small military satellites.

Theoretically speaking, it is impossible to make small military satellites absolutely undetectable, and ground-based energy weapons that can be used to attack large military satellites can also deal with small military satellites, so the survival probability of small military satellites will not be much higher than that of large military satellites, but will pay a higher relative cost. But no one can deny that the cost of a small military satellite is much lower than that of a large military satellite without extreme pursuit of performance. And it's easier to. What's more, in the life cycle to "circle." The average effective value of a small military satellite, that is, the ratio of the value realized before it is destroyed by the enemy, to its own price, is certainly much higher than that of a large military satellite. Combining these factors, small military satellites have become the number one star in the arsenal of the space army's weapons and equipment during the war period.

To be sure, in the era when miniaturization technology has moved in the direction of nanometers, the performance of small military satellites is not behind the scenes. It is enough to complete most military reconnaissance tasks. Of course. The operational use of small military satellites and how to counter the enemy's anti-satellite systems is definitely a profound science.

While some polar orbits could theoretically avoid the U.S. mainland, it is not possible to avoid U.S. ground-based anti-satellite weapons systems around the world. By the same token, it is impossible for any satellite launched by the United States to evade all of the republic's ground-based anti-satellite weapons systems. It can be said that when building a ground-based anti-satellite weapon system in the name of the national strategic defense system, the Republic and the United States fully considered various situations and did not leave each other any chance to survive. Even if some overseas military bases are vulnerable to attack, such as the loss of Diego Garcia, one has appeared on the network of ground-based anti-satellite weapons systems in the United States. Huge vulnerabilities can also be filled by sea-based anti-satellite weapon systems, ensuring that the other side cannot effectively use outer space. But this does not mean that ground-based anti-satellite weapon systems are omnipotent, nor does it mean that military satellites are worthless.

Theoretically, in order to determine the orbit of a satellite, it is necessary to have at least three time points of operation data after the satellite is orbital. In this way, even if the United States has ground-based satellite exploration bases all over the world, it needs to orbit the earth for at least one week, which is the rule of satellites

Join... Mo Zhun can be measured. From this, it can be argued that when the satellite is not two weeks old. to be able to intercept. Of course. In actual combat operations, it is common to wait until the satellite orbits the earth for several weeks before interception.

It can be seen that there is no way to avoid being attacked and extend the working life of the satellite, but there are many ways.

In fact, after the start of the war, both the Republic Space Force and the US Space Force were acting according to the plan, that is, according to the operational needs of other services and arms, they launched specific small military satellites at specific times and in specific ways to accomplish specific tasks, such as collecting battlefield intelligence. For example, on the 2nd day of the month. The Republican Celestial Force launched a number of old small military satellites in one go, one of which passed over Central America before it was shot down, and was finally shot down by a U.S. military-based high-energy laser deployed in Puerto Rico over the Caribbean Sea before it was shot down, photographing several "Long Beach"-class capital ships that were sailing in the Panama Canal and had not yet entered the Pacific Ocean.

At noon on 7 July, in the early morning of Eastern Time, the US Celestial Force launched two carrier rockets from a sea spacecraft deployed near Baker Island, east of the Gilbert Islands in the central Pacific Ocean, and sent several small military satellites on several completely different orbits around the earth in one go, so as to pass through the Ryukyu Islands from different directions at certain intervals. There is no doubt that these satellites will be shot down, and what the US military needs is only before they are shot down. At least one satellite of each batch is guaranteed to be able to reach the airspace over the Ryukyu Islands, and the US submarines operating in the nearby waters are the ones who send and return photos according to the predetermined procedure.

In the following hours, the US Space Force's spacecraft launched two more carrier rockets to send a small military satellite into orbit around the earth. It can be seen from this that at least until the ugly point on 7 July, the US military launched a small military satellite group for the third time, and the US military reconnaissance satellites all reached the airspace over the Ryukyu Islands, took and sent photos, and the US military intelligence department judged the whereabouts of the first main fleet based on the photos. Otherwise, there is no reason for the US Space Forces to waste resources and carry out net shots. Because the U.S. Aerospace Forces did not take action at the midpoint on 8 June, when the third re-launch was due, it can be roughly concluded that the small military satellites that re-launched the second re-launch either failed to reach the target area or were not able to present the first main fleet.

That is, in the early morning of tomorrow 8th. The Mime Celestial Army lost the First Main Fleet of the Republic Navy.

Calculated from the degree of navigation of the First Main Fleet, the location at this time is not more than a kilometer away from Guam, and the US military sea base is also calling. kilometers or so. The US military's large sea planes, which have the capability of taking off and landing at sea, have a clumsy search radius of more than 10,000 kilometres. The patrol radius of large reconnaissance planes that can be deployed on sea bases is more than 1,000 kilometers from Wangkou, so the first main fleet has already entered the US Navy's no-ray area. More importantly, by using the information that the US Space Force had so far to grasp, the US Navy's reconnaissance planes could have a definite aim instead of having no clue about finding a fleet that could sail as many kilometers in the old hour.

You must know that when using passive detection equipment, because the first main fleet is closer to the sea base and the naval base of the republic, when the reconnaissance plane of the US Navy goes north to search, it can only use passive detection equipment, if the active detection equipment that produces electromagnetic waves is used, it is easy to be attacked by the fighter jets of the Republic Navy, not to mention the completion of the reconnaissance mission, and the possibility of flying back is not very large, it takes about four hours for a large reconnaissance plane to search the sea area of Jinwan square kilometers, even if a large group is dispatched, It would take at least a few hours to search such a large area of sea with a large reconnaissance plane.

It can be seen from this that the presence or absence of preliminary intelligence provided by the Space Force has a decisive impact on maritime search operations.

It can also be seen from the US Navy's action 7 that the No. 1 main fleet of the Republic at that time did indeed enter the search range of its reconnaissance planes, and it should be relatively far north, otherwise the US Navy would not have dispatched large sea planes and large reconnaissance planes in one go, and in the first two rounds of reconnaissance operations, it lost nearly half of its reconnaissance planes, so that the US Navy had to draw large reconnaissance planes from Australia and Hawaii.

From this it can be inferred that the First Fleet of the Republic did not sail very fast.

In other words, the First Fleet had no intention of going to intercept the First Fleet. Because the U.S. reconnaissance planes had been concentrating on the route heading south directly from Naha, it could be concluded that the 1st Main Fleet was heading south. In other words, the First Main Fleet had no intention of sneaking up on the First Fleet.

Could it be that the Navy of the Republic is preparing for a naval battle with a dignified one?

The idea is not surprising, it is surprising that the Navy of the Republic will turn the idea into real action.

You know, war is never a joke. In order to defeat the enemy, nothing is done to the extreme. Rather, it is already considered benevolent and righteous to act within the limits stipulated by the international laws of war. Although ambushing the opposing fleet was considered the most shameful act before the declaration of war, and it was possible that they would be judged after defeat. But during the war, ambushing the enemy's fleet is at best an alternative tactical means, and not a despicable strategic sneak attack, which is not the same as "shameful." It doesn't matter anything.

It can be said that many people thought at the time. The actions of the main fleet are mostly related to Pei Chengyi.

The reason is simple, Pei Chengyi's conducting style is unexpected and unexpected.

More importantly, it was Pei Chengyi who actively advocated a decisive battle with the United States in the Pacific, and this was also the first war that Pei Chengyi commanded as the commander of Diren, with the ocean as the main battlefield. If there is any regret in Pei Chengyi's military career, Li Jiannian was not able to make Argentina win a complete victory in the Second Falklands War as a military adviser, I am afraid it can be regarded as one of them. Other words. In the eyes of many, it was not possible to make a contribution on the battlefield of the sea. It is Pei Chengyi's biggest deficiency as a soldier. Affected by this, when he had the opportunity to command a naval battle, Pei Chengyi would definitely not take into account the actual situation and meddle in the combat operations of the navy. It is undeniable that in the general strategic direction, Pei Chengyi's talent is enough to make the navy follow the right direction, such as stabilizing the Philippines and cutting off the tentacles of the United States to extend the Indian Ocean. "Xingriana Islands and so on, but in terms of tactics, as a retired army general, Pei Chengyi's experience is pitiful, and he is not even as good as some junior naval officers with regular professional backgrounds.

When ambition and talent do not match, mistakes are naturally made, and they are very low-level mistakes.

Combined with the situation at that time, it can indeed make many people believe that it was Pei Chengyi who was blindly commanding, so that the Republic Navy missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The problem was that it was not Pei Chengyi who commanded Diren's main fleet at that time, but Zhang Xuefeng's navy

Will.

What's more, even in the rear, Pei Chengyi did not interfere in the tactical combat operations of the first main fleet, but asked him to come back. Admiral Hua Jianfeng, who was in the capacity of Yuan Naval Affairs Adviser, commanded remotely, that is, issued combat orders to Zhang Xuefeng through the Navy Headquarters.

Of course, Pei Chengyi must have deployed the mission. And he had only one request: to annihilate the First Fleet.

It can be said that this is also Pei Chengyi's conducting style. That is, it only gives orders and tasks, and does not tell his subordinates how to carry out orders and complete tasks. This shows that Pei Chengyi often trusts his subordinates to the extreme, and it also shows that Pei Chengyi gives his subordinates enough free space.

All in all, Pei Chengyi, who was in the positions of front-line commander, front-line commander-in-chief and joint commander, did not give tactical orders in detail when commanding troops to fight, and Pei Chengyi, as the head of the country, had no reason to directly issue combat orders to the front-line commander in a tactical operation. If this is the case, there is no need for Pei Chengyi to live in Yuanfu, he should completely put on a general's uniform and go to the front-line headquarters to command the troops to fight. To put it more thoroughly, if Pei Chengyi did not have such an awareness, he would still be able to become a marshal after the founding of the Republic was awarded the medal if he stayed in the army. And in the Yuan Mansion, he is certainly not a qualified national leader.

If the first main fleet was really commanded by Zhang Xuefeng and Hua Jianfeng, there must be a reason for going south directly. Under the circumstances at that time, as long as it was indeed the First Main Fleet that sailed to the Yap Islands, and not a certain fleet pretending to be the First Main Fleet, it was basically certain that the Republic Navy did not intend to ambush the First Fleet, but wanted to fight a decisive battle with the US forces on the selected battlefield, that is, to seize absolute sea supremacy by legitimate means.

Is this possible?

It can be said that this problem is a headache for the US Navy and the US top brass.

In order to prove that it was indeed the first main fleet that was found. The US Navy not only lost several large reconnaissance planes, but also ordered all attack submarines operating in the sea area to attack the Republican Navy fleet heading south at all costs before dawn on 8 July, resulting in at least three US submarines being sunk in the battle that night, and at least some US submarines were not able to escape the attack of the Republic Navy's anti-submarine patrol planes after the ambush. He was buried in the sea on the morning of the moon's mouth. That is, in order to prove the identity of the first main fleet. The U.S. Navy paid a heavy price for attacking submarines from a bird's eye view. This is still secondary, and in the next 2 days, the US Navy lost another female submarine. In addition, when the reconnaissance plane searched for the sea area sunk by the attack submarine, it lost a large reconnaissance plane with a blade frame and a large sea plane with a close blade. Of course, these losses are not meaningless, at least until the month. At that time, the US Navy basically concluded that the main fleet of Diren was operating about a kilometer north of the Yap Islands, and that the "Hainan Island" sea base, which had been on standby southeast of the Ryukyu Islands, and the "Taiwan Island" that was on standby in the northwest waters of the Mariana Islands. The sea base is all there. Complete the transfer before dawn. Arrive at a concave about a kilometer north of the 1st Main Fleet and take turns to dispatch air superiority fighters. Provide air defense cover for the 1st Main Fleet and expel nearby US reconnaissance aircraft.

Of course, before that, the top of the United States, including Duchway, was restless.

This is also understandable, in the good situation of obviously having the opportunity to ambush the First Fleet, the Republic Fleet has chosen a more conservative and very collectible tactic to pay a greater price, and it is strange that there is no problem.

Actually, even when it came. On the same day, the U.S. Navy has confirmed the identity of the first main fleet. Moreover, it was determined that there was no fleet of the Republic in the waters east of the Mariana Group, near the mouth of the first fleet. Within a range of kilometers, there were not even ships of other countries with a displacement above the heart stew, Du Qiwei still couldn't believe it, feeling that the navy's guarantee was not too credible, and that what was operating in the north of the Yap Islands was only a fast transport fleet disguised as the first main fleet, and the real first main fleet had long escaped the scope of surveillance. Of course. Du Qiwei did not completely doubt the Navy's report, but felt that the fact that the First Main Fleet did not attack the First Pilot Fleet did not mean that it would not sneak attack other targets, such as the nest of the First Pilot Fleet and the most important US naval base in the middle of the Pacific Ocean: Pearl Harbor.

According to unconfirmed information, in. In the evening, when the 1st Main Fleet sailed northeast of the eastern part of the Japanese archipelago through the Osumi Strait, and then turned southeast on the east side of the Kuril Islands to reach about a kilometer northwest of Pearl Harbor, Dudgway personally contacted the port command of Pearl Harbor and asked the commander of the Pacific Theater to sound the battle alarm and put all troops on maximum alert. Dudgway was not worried about the Republican Marines skipping the Mariana Islands and attacking Pearl Harbor directly, after all, the main force of the Republican Marines, as well as the amphibious fleet that transported the Marines and the convoy that transported war supplies, were all under the surveillance of the U.S. military and intelligence agencies. It is impossible for the Republican Navy to occupy Pearl Harbor with a single fleet, but Dudgway must beware of a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Republican Navy. Even though there were no warships in the harbor at that time, there was no entire Pacific Fleet. However, Pearl Harbor is the main U.S. transit point in the central Pacific, and if destroyed, the U.S. military will be several percent less efficient in delivering supplies and troops to the Mariana Islands and Australia, resulting in a crushing defeat for the U.S. military on the front line. You must know that in the Pacific War of World War II, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. military retreated to Midway and Guadalcanal in one go. It was only in the end that it took an adventure that threatened to bury the U.S. Navy and an extremely bloody amphibious campaign to turn the tide of the war. If the U.S. military suffers again

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It turns out. Dudgway's worries were completely unfounded.

The Navy of the Republic chose conservative tactics. There is indeed a problem, but it is not that we have found the flaws of the US military, or that we have grasped the flaws of the US military. Rather, from the Navy of the Republic itself, and from the Republic itself.

As mentioned earlier, the Navy of the Republic hoped to subdue the Philippines without a fight after this naval battle.

Although there is no evidence that Pei Chengyi directly gave orders or arranged tasks. The Naval Affairs Adviser was told about this idea. But everyone knows that Hua Jianfeng is one of the few generals who can cooperate with Pei Chengyi, and admires Pei Chengyi very much, and is also one of the generals who knows Pei Chengyi's military strategic thinking best. More importantly, Hua Jianfeng can be regarded as the most politically minded naval commander in the history of the Republic's navy. It can be said that after Lin Xiaolei, if there was no naval commander from the submarine force who participated in most of the combat operations of the Republic Navy since the period of Ji Yuan's rule, the Republic Navy would definitely not have a later exhibition, and it may even decline before Pei Chengyi became the vice president of the country. All in all, Hua Jianfeng not only has military talent that deserves anyone's respect and admiration. He also has a very high political consciousness and is particularly good at understanding the intentions of national leaders.

In this way, at the time of deployment of combat operations. Hua Jianfeng will definitely take this "highest requirement" into account

More importantly, Zhang Xuefeng, the commander of the first main fleet, not only came from the submarine force, but also admired Hua Jianfeng when he was a submariner, even when he became the commander of the fleet, Hua Jianfeng had already taken off his military uniform and served as Yuan's adviser as a retired admiral. Zhang Xuefeng will not fight against Hua Jianfeng.

It can be seen from this that it should be Hua Jianfeng, not Zhang Xuefeng, who formulated the battle plan for the first main fleet at that time.

It is undeniable that as a general from the submarine force, Hua Jianfeng was born with an adventurous spirit, but as the most successful submarine captain in the history of the Republic Navy, in fact, most of the submarine combat records held by Hua Jianfeng have been broken by Liu Haifeng and others. There are indeed very few submarine captains still alive, and the fact that he became the commander of the Navy is enough to prove that he is a military man who will definitely not take risks easily. In fact. Even when he was the captain of a submarine, Hua Jianfeng would never take risks that he was not sure of.

Judging from the situation of the war at that time, it was indeed an uncertain adventure to let the First Main Fleet ambush the First Fleet in the waters east of the Mariana Islands.

First, the question of how to rush over. In order to protect this fleet, the US Navy not only mobilized two sea bases and nearly four combat aircraft, but also mobilized dozens of attack submarines before the end of the year. In addition, a submarine cordon has been set up in the vast sea area from the Mariana Islands to Midway, which can be adjusted according to the situation at any time, and according to the US Navy's calculations, "after the submarine production keeps up, this cordon will also be extended north to the Aleutian Islands, so that the Republic fleet will not have the opportunity to attack Pearl Harbor and the West Coast of the United States." Although the submarine cordon was still very rudimentary when the First Main Fleet left Naha, the U.S. Navy would certainly adjust the density of the submarine cordon according to the navigation conditions of the First Fleet and the battlefield information gathered by the reconnaissance force, so there was definitely a risk of exposure when the First Main Fleet advanced eastward.

More importantly, after ambushing the 1st Fleet, how could the 1st Main Fleet retreat safely?

Arguably, this is the most important factor.

In any case, the sea bases of the Navy of the Republic are unable to follow the activities of the First Main Fleet, and in the case of the temporary loss of combat capability of the aircraft carrier battle group, the First Main Fleet is moving eastward alone, which means that it is actively detached from the protection of the air force. More importantly, the degree of navigation of warships is certainly not as good as the flight degree of fighters, and the US military will pay close attention to the activities of the first fleet throughout the whole process and deploy receiving forces along the way. That is, after the ambush of the first fleet, the strike force of the US military will pour out. As far as the No. 1 Main Force Fleet is concerned, even if it is able to annihilate the No. 1 Fleet before the US air force arrives, and use its powerful self-defense capability to resist the attack, the possibility of escaping is extremely small under the all-out encirclement and suppression of the US military, and the probability of retreating is infinitely close to zero.

According to objective estimates, as long as it is attacked by the US air force outside the cover of the naval aviation of the Republic, the probability of the total annihilation of the first main fleet will not be less than 80 percent.

With such a high proportion of battle losses, it is basically to exchange the first main fleet for the first leading fleet.

No matter how you look at it, this is a never-ending deal.

You know, in the Western Pacific theater. It is certainly the U.S. Navy that is more content with the status quo, so the U.S. Navy is more willing to fight such a costly naval war.

Besides, this is also completely contrary to Ji Chengyi's strategic principles, that is, the highest purpose of this decisive battle.

If some tactical details are taken into account, the ambush of the first fleet is not even more feasible. Let's not talk about how to fight an ambush for the time being. And how to retreat, just how to start an ambush war, that is, how to ensure that the first main fleet can ambush the first fleet, and not a decoy fleet that ambushes, is a big problem. Even if it is ideal, that is, the US Navy will not arrange a decoy fleet, after all, the temptation of the first pilot fleet is already great enough, and the possibility of the first main fleet finding the first pilot fleet in the vast sea east of the Mariana Islands without air support and intercepting it in time is very small. By this time, because the retreat of the first main fleet would take at least several days. Therefore, it is very likely that the U.S. Navy will use the powerful strike capability provided by the First Pilot Fleet to support the Marine Corps to attack Saipan and turn the tide of the war before the Republic Navy makes adjustments. And the Republic Navy will have to pay a huge price if it wants to turn back the situation, not to mention attacking Tinian Island and Guam in the south.

It can be seen from this that Hua Jianfeng has enough reasons to let the First Main Fleet go south directly.

As a matter of fact, whether or not to attack the First Fleet is not related to whether or not the Navy of the Republic seized the opportunity. Rather, it is the basic tactical thinking of the Navy.

It is undeniable that surprise is a viable tactic on any battlefield. But tears are in the air. The difference between the Navy and the Army is very clear. As we all know, the navy is affected by the long construction cycle and special means of engagement, and is a typical strategic service, that is, the navy advocates decisive battles at sea more. Moreover, a decisive battle at sea is decisive for the final outcome of the war. The situation of the Army is the opposite: even a large-scale strategic offensive operation with a brilliant victory does not necessarily lead to a final victory. It can be said that both of these are typical examples in World War II, the former is the Battle of Midway in the Pacific Theater, and the latter is the strategic offensive operation of the German army in the Soviet-German theater before the Battle of Stalingrad. To understand it more thoroughly. The main factors of the two have to be looked at interchangeably. For example, if in the Pacific theater of World War II, the Japanese Navy was able to annihilate the main fleet of the US Navy again and again, as the Germans did in "Barbarossa", let alone turn the tables in the Battle of Midway. Whether or not the Hawaiian Islands can be held is a serious question.

Thus. The navy is actually an army that should not be overly risky, and it is also an army that does not advocate risk-taking.

Historically, almost all classic naval battles have been won by the steady side and defeated by the adventurous side. Even if there are examples of "opposite" battles such as the Battle of Midway, in consideration of the US military's intelligence superiority, especially the impact of the Japanese Combined Fleet's campaign objectives on combat operations, there is every reason to believe that the US military is not taking risks, but that it is the Japanese Navy, which is completely ignorant of the US military situation, that is really taking risks.

Obviously, the basic tactical idea of the Navy is to avoid taking risks and fight a war with certainty.

From this point of view, it is more clear that Hua Jianfeng probably didn't even consider ambushing the First Fleet. The same goes for that. It is not the Navy of the Republic that is more eager to win, but the US Navy. Otherwise, those American generals who are proficient in naval tactics would not be confused on such a simple issue. It is also easy to understand that if the US Navy is defeated again, even if it is only a tie with the Republic Navy, the Republic Marines will use Saipan to attack Tinian Island first. And the U.S. military did not have much capital to hold Tinian Island.

Of course, it cannot be said that the Navy of the Republic does not want to win. With the situation at the time, so to speak. The Navy of the Republic is also very keen to get a victory. It's just that the Navy of the Republic can accept a victory at a cost. That is, the Navy of the Republic can pay something for the sake of victory, and not necessarily win a big victory. Anyway. Over the course of several months, the Marines had turned Saipan into a military fortress that could not only serve as a springboard for an attack on Tinian and Guam, but also hold out for months without support. It can be seen from this that the navy of the republic is running for sea supremacy.

Taking these factors into account, the US Navy naturally hopes that the First Main Fleet will attack the First Pilot Fleet.

Although there is no evidence that the U.S. Navy ever planned to use the First Pilot Fleet to lure the First Main Fleet to a decisive battle in the waters east of the Mariana Islands, some U.S. Navy and government administrators recall that before the end of the war. The U.S. authorities destroyed all the relevant files, but there is enough reason to believe that the U.S. Navy must have had a similar plan for operations, and even made relevant deployments. For example, at the end of the year. The U.S. Navy has expanded the airfield on Wake Island several times and built a temporary apron large enough to accommodate hundreds of fighter jets in the name of transferring tactical combat aircraft to the front line. More importantly, at the beginning of the fourth year, the US Navy frequently moved combat aircraft on the front line and in the rear, so that the number of fighters on Wake Island never fell below the blade. You must know that Wake Island is the closest island to the ideal sea area for the First Main Fleet to ambush the First Pilot Fleet, and when dealing with the First Main Fleet without the support of aviation, persuading fighter jets means that there are more than four anti-ship missiles, or force. Multiple long-range gliding bombs. Because Wake Island can be used for temporary stays, the U.S. military can also deploy hundreds of fighter jets from other places, plus bombers deployed in Hawaii. The U.S. Navy was able to overwhelm the First Main Fleet with anti-ship missiles that had been used in several rounds of attacks.

All these factors show that the US Navy showed weakness at the beginning of the fourth year, and it is very likely that it is a trap against the Navy of the Republic.

Of course, this is speculation, because the US authorities destroyed all relevant evidence, and the people who were able to participate in this decision were high-ranking people. There were definitely not many of them, so there was no evidence, or witnesses, that could prove after the war that the U.S. Navy really wanted to plot against the Republican Navy.

In abundance, even if there is, there is nothing wrong with it.

Of course, this also reflects from one side that the US military is eager to win. In order to win, they even ignore the basic laws of war, and do not look at the facts and think of their opponents as too weak-minded. If this is the case, for the Navy of the Republic. This is definitely a great thing, because an enemy who prefers to believe in subjective assumptions rather than accept objective facts can only be regarded as an enemy without a mind and without threat, and an enemy that is very easy to defeat.

It is precisely for this reason that after the war, some war historians with an objective stance held that the series of mistakes made by the US Navy during the war not only destroyed the world's most powerful maritime power. There are also numerous once-in-a-lifetime opportunities missed. These low-level mistakes made by the US Navy have a great deal to do with the omissions and deviations in its pre-war plans, and naval construction is a direct manifestation of a country's ultimate strategy and basic strength. Therefore, the mistakes of the US Navy can be regarded as a problem of the basic strategy and comprehensive national strength of the United States. That is, before the outbreak of the war, the United States had already lost the Third World War due to fundamental factors.

No matter how credible this statement is, it is called "a turning point in the Pacific War." Before the Battle of Yap began, the U.S. Navy, the holder of global maritime hegemony, had already been defeated. It is so, from the "Battle of Yap." From the beginning, the battles and battles in the Pacific theater that mainly competed for sea supremacy could be regarded as a challenge to the Republican Navy and a step to replace the US Navy, and it was also an inevitable process of replacing the old with the new! It is said that the book is full of umbrellas