The officers of the British observer group were very puzzled as to why Taiwan's navy had chosen to operate separately from different types of ships. It is important to know that naval operations pay attention to the cooperative operation of multiple types of ships, and battleships, cruisers, and destroyers form a special task force together, so that the advantages of different types of ships can match and compensate for each other. For example, if a battleship is not good at close combat, then it is inevitable that a destroyer will be next to him at this time to protect him from being taken advantage of by enemy destroyers. There are also cruisers that can run fast and can operate on the battlefield when necessary, effectively supporting the operations of other warships.

And this kind of thinking, in fact, is the same as the army's multi-arms cooperative operations, and even more important than the army's coordinated operations. It is impossible for one kind of warship to dominate the whole world, so it is inevitable that multiple types of warships will cooperate in combat, and only by joint command can they exert greater combat effectiveness, which is also the so-called effect of one plus one being greater than two, and can obtain greater combat effectiveness by learning from each other's strong points and complementing each other's weaknesses.

However, in this tactic of Taiwan, they still use the outdated operational thinking of the past and the thinking of a single ship type grouping and then fighting alone. This kind of operational thinking is completely backward, so this British officer is very incomprehensible.

"No, that's what makes the people of China so clever. You can't measure the quality of the current officers of the Chinese by the standard of British naval officers, and the quality of the current naval officers of the Chinese people is absolutely at the bottom of the range of naval powers in the world. They had powerful warships, but the quality of their officers and sailors was obviously low, worse than that of our Imperial Japan. The multi-ship joint operation you mentioned is certainly increasing its power, but it is also a huge test of a commander's ability. If an officer is asked to command a unit composed of different arms, the requirements for the commander's ability are suddenly much higher. This kind of multi-arm coordinated operation obviously requires a very high quality of commanders. It's not something that ordinary people can do. ”

"Taiwan currently does not have this kind of commander of multi-ship coordinated operations, and if they rashly catch up with the fashion and use any multi-ship types to coordinate operations, the results they have achieved are not the so-called one plus one is greater than two, but it is very likely that because they have not had a good run-in with each other, the tacit understanding of cooperation will not work, and the result will be that one plus one is less than two. Not only are the people of China not stupid. On the contrary, it is very smart. They clearly saw that their officer quality was not good, so they chose to fight separately in this way. They currently have three commanders, one in command of the traditional Sovereign-class battleships and the other in command of five newer battleships. The last one was responsible for commanding the largest number of cruisers and destroyers. I estimate that between the cruiser and the destroyer, there is actually one commander who commands the cruiser and the other who commands all the destroyers. ”

In this way, each of their officers is in command of a single type of warship, and the demand for their command ability is also much lower. Moreover, this kind of formation composed of a single ship type has also reduced the ability required by the commanders of those formations, so that they can effectively and flexibly command the naval forces composed of the same type of ships. So that they will not be afraid of something big in the Navy because of the run-in problem. On the contrary, because each commander is in charge of the same type of ship, he is very handy. ”

"Well, if we hadn't been attracted away by those new battleships, we wouldn't have ended up in such an embarrassing end."

Ito really regretted why he was attracted by Taiwan's new battleships at that time, and now he ended up with such a result that he was not human. If they were able to maintain the quality of the Japanese officers at that time when they kept the battleships in their own team, they would be much more capable of commanding than the officers in Taiwan, and they would have been able to get a chance in the melee. If once the sea turns into a multi-class scuffle. This will give the Japanese with higher quality an advantage, and they will have a good chance of victory. If it drags on for a longer time. In this way, it is completely possible to delay the disappearance of the vigor of Taiwan's naval sailors, and then Japan's hopes for victory will be greatly enhanced.

"We really didn't expect them to use army tactics at sea. The Navy uses the tactics of the Army, isn't this a pit man? The British officer scolded.

However, this tactic of using the navy and the army was a plan based on the quality of Taiwan's officers. This can be said to be a plan tailored for the Taiwan Navy. It's not universal. This method of warfare of the navy and the army is not the best way. Because there is also a question of probability, that is, whether the enemy is in the scheme and whether he will go according to your plan. It's also a big gamble if the enemy goes according to your plan. Then you can do it. But if the enemy doesn't follow your plan, it won't work. These Japanese did not expect at all that these Taiwan navies would actually use this kind of army combat thinking to conduct operations at sea, thus completely blinding the Japanese.

Taiwan's navy hopes to use the method of "soldier against soldier against general against general against king" to conduct operations, that is, to use battleships against the enemy's battleships, and destroyers and cruisers against the enemy's destroyers and cruisers, so that big ships fight with big ships, and small ships fight with small boats. This kind of combat is the most advantageous method for Taiwan's navy, because not only does Taiwan have more warships and are better, but it can also reduce the demand for officers' command ability. Otherwise, once a coordinated operation of multiple types of ships is carried out, this will cause Taiwan's officers to neglect one thing at the expense of the other, and will not be able to effectively command the coordinated operations of various types of ships of the navy, and problems will easily arise in command.

However, the Japanese actually fell for the trick, and they actually transferred the battleships to fight those Taiwanese sword-class battleships, and then gave Taiwan the opportunity to implement the plan. Now the Japanese had two options, that is, to order the cruisers and destroyers to retreat, and then the Taiwanese Sovereign-class battleships turned around and attacked the six Japanese and American battleships.

However, if the order forbids the retreat of those destroyers and cruisers, then I am afraid that their cruisers and destroyers will fall into a kind of slaughter under the fight of the battleships of Taiwan. Slaughtering destroyers and cruisers with battleships is a complete slaughter of chickens with a knife!

"Your Excellency, what shall we do? Vice Admiral Miller of the United States has already asked again, hoping to get their cruisers and destroyers to retreat as soon as possible, and then take shelter from the front for the time being. Hurry up and reply, they are in a hurry, how do you make a decision? ”

Ito said viciously, "In that case, we will also make a bet with the Shina people." The best thing to do at the moment is not to let those destroyers and cruisers retreat, but to bet on them. Their battleships went to fight our destroyers and cruisers, and our battleships went to fight their destroyers and cruisers. See who can't hold it first, whose destroyers and cruisers can't hold it first, then all of us can gain the initiative on the battlefield. If our cruisers and destroyers can't hold out first, then their battleships can all turn around and besiege us. And if their destroyers and cruisers can't hold out first, then our six battleships can take the opportunity to have a decisive battle with their battleships. At that time, our cruisers and destroyers and our battleships worked together, and then formed a multi-class opportunity to fight together, and through melee, their commanders' command ability was weakened to the extreme. ”

"Of course, they have an advantage in this respect in a single ship, but once our battleships and our cruiser destroyers are united, then our combat effectiveness will inevitably be greater than two. And their single ship class must have a very huge disadvantage, that is that we can use our multi-class cooperation advantage to attack their disadvantage, and at that time our probability of victory will be increased many times. Therefore, we must break through the resistance of their cruisers and destroyers as soon as possible, and then join our cruisers and destroyers, so that the balance of victory will begin to favor us greatly. ”

"Order, tell Vice Admiral Miller of the United States, that he will not be able to retreat. The time has come to test them, and if they can hold on, then we will be victorious. This time, the test is the ability of destroyers and cruisers on both sides, the test is the ability of both sides to resist pressure and the mental will, if anyone holds it up longer, it is the winner, understand? ”

"Yes!"

US Vice Admiral Miller saw this order from Ito and immediately began to curse: "Actually let us destroyers and cruisers delay more than a dozen battleships of the Chinese, is this Ito Yuheng sick?" He didn't know that we would lose a lot like this! ”

The vice admiral of the U.S. Navy felt sorry for these soldiers, because if he gambled like this, it would be a complete competition between the two sides to see who was more ruthless and who was more ruthless to his own soldiers. Such a method can be very huge for the soldiers of the destroyers and cruisers on both sides, and it is a complete test of the perseverance and endurance of the sailors of the cruisers and destroyers on both sides. And the thinking of the Americans and the Japanese is completely different, the American cherishes human life very much, because the United States is not rich in human resources, and he has brought this kind of thinking here. Even if most of these soldiers were Japanese, he would inevitably have some heartache for these losses.

However, he didn't know that the Japanese never regarded their soldiers as "people", and it didn't matter if they died anyway, they were just a number in the eyes of those officers. (To be continued.) )