Chapter 785: The United States has increased its troops
In the presidential office of the Pentagon in Washington, the atmosphere at this time was extremely depressing. Colby, Vice President Edmond? Randolph, Secretary of State Timothy? Pickering and Secretary of Defense John? Marshall, the faces of the four people were very ugly, and the news of the attack on the Eisenhower aircraft carrier battle group had been transmitted back to China.
President William? Colby muttered to Secretary of Defense John? Marshall asked, "Is the specific damage counted?" "John? Marshall said gloomily: "The specific losses of personnel have not yet been counted, but the number of casualties alone must be at least more than 2,000, after all, the USS Eisenhower, the USS Remiji missile destroyer, and the Leedmore missile frigate have all sunk now, and many of the naval officers and sailors on the three warships have not escaped." ”
President William? Colby asked, "What about the carrier-based aircraft on the USS Eisenhower?" ”
John? Marshall shook his head and said: "After the USS Eisenhower sank, the planes of the Huaxing Club fled, and the carrier-based aircraft over our aircraft carrier formation, in accordance with the orders of the commander of the aircraft carrier formation, John Rufus, flew directly to the Subic Naval Base in the Philippines, and there are currently a total of 8 A-10B Intruder fighters, 10 F-35 Lightning fighters, 19 FA-18 Super Hornet fighters, 3 E-2C Hawkeye early warning aircraft, Three EA-6B Prowler electronic planes and six SH-3G Sea King helicopters successfully landed at Subic Naval Base, while the surviving missile cruisers USS Bunker Hill, USS Anzio, USS Mason and USS Newport News nuclear-powered attack submarine were also on their way to Subic Naval Base. ”
President William? Colby frowned and said, "Let Subic Naval Base be careful, there must be no more strange disappearances!" ”
Freiko fighters flew over the Eisenhower aircraft carrier battle group. It was just a crazy low-altitude attack on six US Navy warships on the sea. They did not entangle with the carrier-based aircraft of the US Navy, and after the Freihp fighters sank 3 US warships and evacuated. Not a single U.S. Navy carrier-based aircraft was shot down in the sky, but the USS Eisenhower, which carried them, was finished, and these U.S. Navy carrier-based planes were able to fly safely to Subic Naval Base in order to save fuel, gave up the pursuit of the fleeing Freikorps fighters, and flew away directly in the direction of Subic Naval Base.
In fact, John Rufus, commander of the aircraft carrier squadron who boarded the missile cruiser Bunker Hill, once gave an order to pursue the carrier-based aircraft over the aircraft carrier formation, and the commander of the aircraft carrier formation, John Rufus, hoped to shoot down the capital of Huaxinghui, which destroyed three warships of the US Navy. However, the remaining US Navy carrier-based pilots refused to pursue the Huaxinghui fighters on the grounds that they could not replenish fuel.
The commander of the aircraft carrier formation, John Rufus, was helpless about this, after all, what the carrier-based aircraft pilots said also made sense, so he had to grit his teeth and let the remnants of the carrier-based aircraft withdraw to the Subic naval base.
Vice President Edmond? Randolph said with a gloomy face: "In this way, we not only sank 3 warships, including the USS Eisenhower, but also lost 48 carrier-based aircraft, how can we explain to the American people?" Powerful aircraft carrier battle group for the US Navy. It was defeated by the air force of a small Chinese gang, and even a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was sunk, as soon as the news spread, the whole United States would be in turmoil! ”
Secretary of Defense John? Marshall said with a wry smile: "It is true that 48 carrier-based aircraft were lost. Including 12 A-10B Intruder fighters, 21 FA-18 Super Hornet fighters, 3 EA-6B Prowler electronic aircraft, 2 E-2C Hawkeye early warning aircraft and 10 S-3A Viking anti-submarine patrol aircraft, of which 10 S-3A Viking anti-submarine patrol aircraft sank to the bottom of the sea with the USS Eisenhower, while the other 38 carrier-based aircraft. All of them were shot down by Huaxinghui's fighters in the previous interception air battle. I hate to admit it, but I have to say it. Those pilots of the Huaxing Association have very good tactical skills in air combat, otherwise it would not have been possible to shoot down so many advanced carrier-based planes of our US Navy in a face-to-face air battle, and it would have been impossible to sink three of our warships. ”
At this time Secretary of State Timothy? Pickering said to the other three high-level U.S. officials: "Since this fiasco can no longer be changed, the most important thing for us next is to study what to do after that, I think we must immediately send more warships, aircraft, and even ground forces to continue to attack Huaxinghui and avenge the loss of life in this disaster of the US Navy officers and soldiers. ”
President William? Colby gritted his teeth and said: "We must not let go of this group of bastards of the Huaxing Society, we in the United States should immediately announce it to the outside world, confirm the organization of the Huaxing Association as a terrorist organization, and then mobilize forces to completely erase the Huaxing Society from this world." ”
The other 3 top U.S. leaders are very interested in President William? Colby nodded in agreement with this suggestion, saying that any organization that is a terrorist organization is not the first initiative of the Philippine government, it should be said that the Philippine government learned from the U.S. government, and now the United States has suffered a big loss in the Huaxing Society, and it is normal to designate the Huaxing Association as a terrorist organization, so that the United States can even encourage other countries in the world, basically referring to some allies of the United States, and also send troops to deal with the Huaxing Society, but at this time, the high-level of the United States, However, I didn't have the heart to find other countries to send troops to support, to deal with a small Chinese gang, and to find help from other ally countries, which was really a bit of a shame for the United States of America.
Then President William? Colby continued: "Even if the disaster of the Eisenhower aircraft carrier battle group was announced, the American people will only support the government and punish the terrorist organization Huaxinghui, just like Pearl Harbor in World War II. ”
Secretary of State Timothy? Pickering nodded and said, "What the president said makes sense, as long as the public opinion of our government is correctly guided, the hatred of the people." It will definitely be transferred to the terrorist organization Huaxinghui, so be it. The question of public opinion guidance will be left to me, and I will definitely let the people of the whole United States and the world know about it. The Eisenhower aircraft carrier battle group of the US Navy encountered a shameful sneak attack on the voyage to the South China Sea to prepare to monitor China's aircraft carriers, and the murderer of the sneak attack on the Eisenhower aircraft carrier battle group was the terrorist organization Huaxinghui! In addition, I will let public opinion create a false impression that China is behind the Huaxing Society, so that the outside world will think that the aircraft used by the Huaxing Society is secretly supported by China to cover up the loss of the aircraft at the Subic Naval Base. ”
President William? Colby listened to Secretary of State Timothy? Pickering's words, and then turned to Vice President Edmund? Randolph and Secretary of Defense John? Marshall asked, "What do you think?" ”
Vice President Edmond? Landorf thought for a moment and then nodded and said, "Then let's deal with it according to the Secretary of State's method!" Those planes that are strangely missing. It really can't be made public, otherwise it will definitely cause panic among our American people. ”
Secretary of Defense John? Marshall also nodded and said: "I think the Secretary of State's method is good, so that the attention of the domestic people will definitely be shifted from the Eisenhower aircraft carrier battle group, which has suffered heavy losses, to the terrorist organization Huaxinghui." ”
And then President William? Colby said to Secretary of State Timothy? Pickering said, "Then do as you want!" ”
Secretary of State Timothy? Pickering said with a serious expression: "Don't worry, president, I will immediately let people formulate a comprehensive propaganda plan to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”
President William? Colby again to Secretary of Defense John? Marshall asked, "Where are our remaining three aircraft carrier battle groups in the South China Sea?" Must go to the port of Laoag there. Then send an aircraft carrier battle group to attack the Huaxing Association in Lawag City, a terrorist organization, and must also mobilize ground forces to help the Philippine government forces occupy the areas occupied by the Huaxing Society. Only when all of them are captured can the combined encirclement and suppression by the sea, land and air force be completely wiped out. ”
Secretary of Defense John? Marshall replied: "We have 3 aircraft carrier formations in the South China Sea. It has already converged in the South China Sea, and it is an aircraft carrier battle group headed by the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Washington from Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan. The carrier battle group headed by the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan departed from Pearl Harbor Naval Base, and the aircraft carrier battle group headed by the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Bush, also departing from Pearl Harbor Naval Base. At present, these three aircraft carrier battle groups are about 1,300 nautical miles away from the port of Laoag, but these three aircraft carrier battle groups have already formed a confrontation with the three aircraft carrier groups of China, and I think that the other one or two of these three aircraft carrier battle groups should not be transferred to the waters near the port of Laoag, in that case, our US Navy will form a passive situation in front of the Chinese Navy. ”
President William? Colby frowned and asked, "Then where should the aircraft carrier formation be drawn from?" ”
Secretary of Defense John? Marshall said: "I think we can send one or two aircraft carrier groups from the mainland to Asia, that is, to the waters near the port of Laoag, after all, this time not only do we need an aircraft carrier group, we also need time to send a large number of ground troops to the Philippines, that is, from the South China Sea directly to the waters near the port of Laoag, the ground forces are not ready, and they cannot completely eliminate the terrorist organization Huaxinghui." ”
President William? Colby thought about it for a moment and agreed with Secretary of Defense John? Marshall's suggestion was to directly transfer two more aircraft carrier groups from the mainland to Philippine waters to assist the US ground forces and Philippine ground forces in their attack on Huaxinghui and to provide sufficient air support for the ground forces.
In the end, the U.S. Navy sent the Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers USS Kennedy and USS Enterprise, which were newly commissioned this year, as well as other warships assigned to the two aircraft carriers, to form two aircraft carrier formations to the Philippines.
Each Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is equipped with two missile cruisers, two missile destroyers, two missile frigates, and one nuclear-powered attack submarine.
In addition, the United States has decided to transfer the 3rd Marine Division stationed in the Okinawa Islands under Japanese jurisdiction to the Philippines, after all, the United States does not have many ground troops to send to the Subic Naval Base in the Philippines.
The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing in the Okinawa Islands will also be transferred to the Philippines along with the 3rd Marine Division.
The U.S. Marine Corps is an amphibious assault unit under the U.S. Department of the Navy, and after its expansion in recent years, the total number of active personnel is about 310,000. In addition, with the addition of about 76,000 reserve troops, it is organized into five active Marine Divisions and two Reserve Marine Divisions, and there are also five active aircraft wings and two reserve aircraft wings, compared with other US armies, the Marine Corps Marine Division and the Aircraft Wing are slightly larger in military establishment, especially the Marine Division, whose total number is about 18,000, which is about 20 percent more than the size of the US Army's motorized Marine Infantry Division.
The Third Marine Division of the Marine Corps has about 18,000 men and has one battalion directly under the division headquarters, one directly subordinate detachment, three infantry regiments with standard equipment, and one attached artillery regiment, of which the directly subordinate detachment is equivalent to an armored unit, with one light armored vehicle battalion, one tank reinforcement battalion, one reconnaissance battalion, one engineer battalion, one amphibious assault battalion, and one sanitary battalion.
The entire 3rd Marine Division is equipped with 80 M1A2 main battle tanks, 150 infantry fighting vehicles, 330 amphibious armored vehicles and 254 towed artillery pieces, as well as a large number of anti-tank missiles, anti-tank rockets, recoilless guns and mortars.
The 3rd Aircraft Wing of the U.S. Marine Corps has 14,000 personnel, with a command, 3 fighter aviation groups, 2 helicopter aviation groups, and combat and logistics support units, and 48 FA-18 Super Hornet fighters, 12 EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft, 60 AV-8B Harrier attack aircraft, 12 F-16 fighters, 8 EA-6B Prowler electronic aircraft, and 12 KC-130 Hercules tankers. In addition, it has 167 helicopters of various types.
This time, Lin Daxin's air force of the Free Corps has shot out the bottom fire of the United States, and the aircraft wing of 2 aircraft carrier squadrons, 1 Marine Division and 1 Marine Corps is more than enough to destroy the country of the Philippines. (To be continued.) )