Far water does not quench the thirst of the near.

It's not impossible to count on spy satellites to win naval battles, but it's certainly not possible now!

In the combined fleet of the Chinese Alliance, probably no one will realize at all what a huge change the satellite will bring to the mode of warfare. Even Vice Admiral Zhong Qianguo, who served in the **** Yangtze River Fleet and was known as the prodigy of the navy of the People's Republic of China, only stayed at the most rudimentary concept of "that is a cutting-edge scientific and technological product" for the word satellite.

The final battle plan, still under Guan Canghai's suggestion, was approved by most of the officers of the Combined Fleet. It's not that some people oppose it, but some people don't dare to speak out at all.

Guan Canghai defined his operational vision as a "triangular offensive" in the "serial set" tactics of the needle army and the US military.

The concept of a triangular offensive is that the combined fleet is divided into three lines.

The first is the three twin aircraft carrier battle groups and the landing force that have already broken through. They will be responsible for feints against Bermuda and provoke a fight. To be more precise, it is both true and false, and according to the development of the battlefield situation, it is determined whether their actions are feints or strong attacks.

The second route is still dominated by the Royal Navy's twin aircraft carrier battle groups. Guan Canghai's plan was to concentrate as many as eight heavy aircraft carriers on this route to form the main fleet. They will be secretly deployed north of Bermuda, closer to the waters of Nova Scotia, Canada. Here, the reconnaissance forces of the US military are slightly weak, and the number of radar base stations along the coast is also very limited. The actions of the Allied fleet could be more easily concealed. Of course, this detachment has to take on the most important task in the triangular offensive, scoring ...... Uh, an offensive Atlantic Fleet.

During the battle exercise conducted by the Zhongmou, everyone unanimously agreed that when the first division of the operation to attack Bermuda began, the Atlantic Fleet would certainly be within the operational radius of Bermuda with carrier-based aircraft, and would immediately dispatch carrier-based aircraft to assist in the defense of Bermuda.

Here it is necessary to gamble that if the Atlantic Fleet is in the southwest of Bermuda, that is, in the direction of the Florida peninsula, then the main fleet will be defended and the operation will be canceled. The first squadron of the feint attack immediately retreated, and the third squadron, which was dragged back to control the field, took off its fighters and covered the first squadron out of the battle, and the triangular offensive failed, and the combined fleet had to return to the Royal Naval Base in the Azores, Port Victory, for rest and replenishment.

The point is to say about the second stage, if, after the attack of the First Squadron on Bermuda, the position of the US Atlantic Fleet is in the north-northwest direction of Bermuda, that is, near the port of Norfolk, Virginia. Then, the opportunity for a triangular offensive comes.

Depending on the direction in which the US carrier-based aircraft took off, the Allied fleet could quickly determine the location of the Atlantic Fleet. The Second Squadron will take advantage of the Atlantic Fleet's carrier-based support for Bermuda's departure from the mothership to attack the Atlantic Fleet, which has lost the protection of carrier-based aircraft.

"Knock back! Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, and what the effect of the attack is, the Second Squadron must immediately retreat and withdraw from the combat radius of the US shore-based aircraft. Chief of Staff Zhong Tingguo made a request with a stern expression.

"That's right! We are not afraid of sacrifice, but we cannot sacrifice meaninglessly! The future brother-in-law spoke, and Commander Guan immediately cheered.

This set of "triangular offensive" tactics can be attacked when advancing and defended when retreating. The worst is that the fleet returns without attack, and there will not be too many casualties. Even if the Second Squadron encounters a return attack from the US forces, there is still a cover from the Third Fleet, which is responsible for controlling the field, and the best thing is that these repulsive planes do not need to land on the aircraft carriers of the Second Squadron, and after the field is controlled, they can return to the Third Squadron and land, without delaying the time for the Second Squadron to retreat.

The only thing that made Commander Guan a little unhappy was that in the entire set of combat plans, the word "withdraw" appeared too frequently, but there was not even a single word "rush". This is not in keeping with the fearlessness of the Royal Navy.

It's just that the Atlantic Fleet is fighting at home, and it is cheeky to hide in the coastal waters, and it is clear that it wants to fight two and one with the Air Force. When the Allies devised their tactics, they had no choice but to consider self-preservation before winning the war.

However, once this "triangular offensive" tactic succeeds, it is very likely that the US Atlantic Fleet will be severely damaged. forced a large number of its warships to enter the port for repairs. So, the "serial set" was dismantled, and without the support of the Navy's carrier-based aircraft, Bermuda was a toothless tiger, and it was not the Allied forces who wanted to fight or scold?

The capture of Bermuda would mean that the Allies would also have their own naval base on the western side of the North Atlantic. The situation between the two sides will quickly level the geographical advantage of the US military. More importantly, the Allied strategic bombers could use Bermuda as a bulwark to carry out strategic bombing on the east coast of the United States. The "Zheng He" plan can enter the second stage -- landing on the east coast and opening up a second battlefield.

"When the armies of the East and the West meet, it is when we end the war in North America! Guys, don't think that the United States is strong and that the end of the war will be far away! Victory is actually not far from us. ”

Before the end of the combat meeting, Guan Canghai made a speech very sè, which caused several angry young people to also howl with the wolf howl of "whooping".

Zhong Tianguo was very calm, looking at the commander's somewhat pretentious speech, bringing the officers of other countries into his frenzied rhythm, grinning lightly, "This tactic is indeed good, the offense and defense are balanced." can win a series of sea battles successively, Guan Canghai is indeed worthy of its name. ”

However, there is a fatal flaw in this set of tactics, that is, the position of the US fleet is uncontrollable, and when the first ship launches an attack, which port will the Atlantic Fleet be in? It all depends on luck. can see Guan Canghai's excitement, it seems that he is not worried about this at all.

"Could it be that he has another trick?" Chief of Staff Zhong has a feeling that he can't see through this guy who wants to be his brother-in-law.

Several generals of the Italian Navy were talking about something around Guan Canghai, looking at the appearance of red ears and thick necks, they seemed to be quite excited, and Zhong Tianguo walked over.

"Commander, General Guan, it's not fair! Why is it the fleet of the Han army that breaks through and scores, and we have to drag it behind! I know that you have good intentions and are taking care of us. But our Italian Navy is here to fight, and our Aquila also has fifty carrier-based aircraft, so let's not hide behind. ”

"Damn!" Guan Canghai swallowed his saliva, when did the Italians speak Chinese so slippery?

"Admiral, they are not disrespectful to the commander! It's just that we, the Italians, have borne too much shame since the start of the war! Especially our Italian Navy, after being defeated by the British fleet, oh, the former British fleet. After the humiliating defeat at the Battle of Taranto, we desperately need a chance to prove that the Italian Navy is back on the rise! As you said earlier, the battle for the US Atlantic Fleet, probably the last battle for the Navy! We, the Italian Navy, want to be at the front, to be on the front line of the battlefield. ”

If the angry young people in front of him said that Guan Canghai could still suppress them as the commander of the fleet, then this buddy's sincere confession was something Guan Canghai couldn't refuse no matter what.

Everyone is a military man, and they are all in the navy. The glorious inheritance of any country's navy is even more important than more advanced warships, and Guan Canghai understands it very well, and even deeply understands it.

Why during the Battle of the Yellow Sea, everyone was fighting bravely while still frantically shouting the name of Deng Gong! Why, after winning the Japanese Combined Fleet, Long Zhou, who was the commander of the Northern Fleet at the time, also ordered all the warships to turn to Dadonggou and fired a salute twenty-four times.

This is the soul of the army, this is the inheritance. Although Beiyang was defeated, the soul of the army endures. Momentary failures can be accumulated. But if you forget about failure and ignore shame, then there will never be hope.

He stared earnestly at the Italian officer in front of him, Marceno Donnocchi, rear admiral, and captain of the aircraft carrier Flying Eagle.

Guan Canghai nodded heavily, "Major General Marcheno, I think you will be the best successor to Marshal Giriziani!" ”

"So, Commander Guan, have you agreed to our request?" Despite being in his forties, Marcheno is still as excited as a young man.

"That's right! Your words have touched me, Captain Marcheno, and I order the Aquila to join the Second Squadron under the command of Vice Admiral Zhou Xiangdong, the captain of the Young. ”

"Yes!" Marcheno suppressed his excited expression and saluted, "Thank you, Admiral Guan, the Aquila will definitely obey the command of Lieutenant General Zhou and fight bravely!" On behalf of all the Italian naval officers and men in the Combined Fleet, thank you, Commander! ”

"Huh! You're welcome! Marcheno, your Chinese is almost more fluent than I speak! ”

"Huh! How can it be! Chinese is your native language. Marcheno shrugged his shoulders embarrassedly, "Our Führer ordered that if you want to advance to the ranks, you must first learn to speak Chinese, so there are many Chinese language training courses in Rome and other Italian cities. ”

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Guan Canghai secretly complained, "Nima, if half of Mussolini would have come to trouble, His Majesty would have thrown the golden dragon spit bead epaulette to me a long time ago!" ”

- Note: The golden dragon spits pearls, the epaulette symbol of the marshal of the Han Empire.

Sent away this group of good Italian people who almost didn't write a blood letter to ask for war, as soon as Guan Canghai turned around, he was startled by Zhong Tianguo, who was standing behind him for half a day.

Chief of Staff Zhong held his thumb firmly, "High, really high!" The commander is really high! ”

"Hey, hey! Why, you admire me very much now? Then introduce Allure to me! ”

"Humph! No way! Okay, win this battle, you have a chance! However, Commander, before the First Squadron attacked, the position of the Atlantic Fleet ......" Zhong Tianguo hesitated a little, as if he was worried that the people around him would talk too much, and he glanced around.

"Haha!" Guan Canghai guessed that his thoughtful brother-in-law ...... Well, the chief of staff will definitely see this question, and he will definitely come and ask, "What, I want to know how I find out the location of the Atlantic Fleet?" ”

"Well, I think!" Zhong Tingguo nodded desperately.

"Humph! No way! Wait until you get to know Allure and then tell you! ”

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