"The U.S. fleet was heavily damaged by us at Pearl Harbor, and now there is no time to defend the mainland, so how can we have the strength to attack the mainland of our East Asian Alliance?" Yan Fu said disapprerovingly, "Besides, the important harbors of your country are also protected by forts." ”

"In recent years, our country has followed the overall strategy of the alliance, and the construction of the navy has focused on the expansion of the fleet, with little attention paid to coastal defense, and most of the batteries have long been outdated. The safety of His Majesty the Emperor was at stake, and he had to go all out, at the very least, to immediately launch a strategic operation against Kamchatka. Yuan Jing put on a posture of not giving up until the goal was achieved.

As the acting moderator of the meeting, Hook had to relent: "How many naval forces do you need to draw from the Combined Fleet for the Kamchatka Raiders?" ”

Togo hurriedly replied: "At least 2 armored cruisers, 4 light cruisers and 4 to 6 destroyers. As for transport ships and other auxiliary forces, we will raise them separately and will not use the share of the Combined Fleet and the various armies. ”

Hu Ke turned around and discussed with Liu Bailiang and Yan Fu, and then motioned for Yan Fu to reply.

"Is it okay to transfer your army's 5th Patrol Squadron, Light Patrol 5th Squadron, and Expel 3rd Squadron from the 3rd Fleet, and have your army carry out Kamchatka Raid operations alone?"

Togo went further: "We also hope that after the Kamchatka operation, this force will be included in the home garrison fleet, and the 3rd fleet will not be returned." In addition, it is hoped that the Aleutian and Alaska offensive operations will be put on the agenda as soon as possible and that the Joint Staff Headquarters will draw up a comprehensive and prudent operational plan. ”

"No problem." Hook said.

In fact, this was also expected, according to the pre-war promise, Kamchatka, Aleutian, and Alaska were to be dealt with by Japan alone. Although Japan also has the right to trade and immigration rights in the South China Sea as much as that of China and North Korea, "disposing of it alone" means expanding its territory and taking all of it for itself, which is a special allure for the Japanese who have just regained their lost territory in the last war.

After the first victory of the coalition forces, the Japanese could not help but reap the spoils, and in Hooke's view, it was just an animal reflex, and there was nothing to be angry about. And the other party also has self-knowledge, knowing that the Tao should come step by step, so that he doesn't have to swallow a big fat man in one bite. Fortunately, the deployment of that little force is not enough to affect the overall situation, so let them happily show off once, and after that, they will be more firmly tied to the alliance's chariot.

The meeting continued, and the theme turned to the East China Sea side.

There should be no doubt about the rapid pacification of the South China Sea, but the key lies in the East China Sea, first, the Hawaiian Islands' raids, and second, the Panama Canal raids.

At this time, the Hawaiian Islands Raid operation had entered the stage of landing on the main island, and it was planned to put into use the most elite amphibious combat units of the alliance to achieve complete victory in a very short time.

Although some people have raised the question of whether it is too trivial to invest such elite troops to deal with an island of no more than 1,000 square kilometers, it is too trivial to make a fuss, and what will happen if these forces are used in the South Seas instead.

As a matter of fact, the composition of the landing force was decided after taking into account all the possibilities of the fleet's operations before the landing, and its main purpose was that the landing force would be able to penetrate into the enemy's depth with great suddenness and lightning, quickly break the opponent's resistance with extremely powerful blows, and control the whole island, so as to give the main fleet maximum flexibility in its activities and cope with all possible adverse situations -- especially in the worst-case scenario: the failure of the mobile force in the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the enemy fleet would flee back to the west coast ahead of schedule, and further concentrate its forces before launching a counteroffensive.

The Future Man Group attaches great importance to the early realization of the concept of advanced amphibious warfare, and although the specific work is basically carried out by Pan Guochen (one of the six members of the task force Tou Cheng) who "entered" the navy, behind him is the knowledge system and political influence of the entire group. When it comes to the research and development of special amphibious warships, vehicles, and other equipment, the compilation of various equipment use and tactical manuals, and especially the cultivation of various advanced combat concepts, it is actually an extremely complex and complex system project, and after spending 10 years and a lot of resources, the existing achievements are still far from meeting the expectations of the group's top management.

Looking at it at a deeper level, the foundation of the East Asian Alliance is actually still very weak, especially in terms of the quality and organization of manpower, because the modern national education was launched relatively late, and the political and cultural organizations that cooperate with industrialization are also lacking compared with the advanced countries of the West. For example, if the other side can convert 50% of the country's male labor force into soldiers, it can still maintain the operation of the country and ensure the knowledge quality of the soldiers, while the other side can only mobilize 1 to 20%.

This is precisely the most important gap between the advanced countries and the backward countries; the advanced countries have high quality personnel, rich overall organizational experience, and are able to give full play to the value of unit manpower; for example, in modern warfare, drivers, sailors, pilots, and other technical soldiers who need considerable knowledge and experience, advanced countries can maintain a large amount of reserves in peacetime, and they can be put into the battlefield with only a little training. However, the backward countries did not have this advantage, so they had no choice but to adopt the method of large-scale selection, concentrate on selecting a small number of elites to cultivate, maintain a strong elite army in peacetime, adopt a strategy of quick decision, use quality against quantity, try to influence the overall situation with local advantages, accumulate big victories with small victories, and finally win a complete victory—this is the road to the collapse of the Japanese Empire in another time and space history.

Will the East Asian alliance of this time and space repeat the mistakes of the past?

This is a question that needs to be tested in practice, but it is not entirely unpredictable.

The industrial strength of the East Asian Alliance in this time and space was more than ten times that of the Japanese Empire in that time and space, and the population of the former with middle and high education was also seven to eight times that of the latter.

In other words, even if the former adopts the same method of focusing on cultivating elites, the scale of elite troops that can be formed will far exceed that of the latter, which is enough to cope with the war with advanced countries.

The proportion of highly qualified people did not rise so quickly, the lack of experience in the organization of industrialization could not be compensated for in a short time, and in terms of military power, the organization of elite troops had to be adopted. But when the size of the elite troops reaches a certain level, isn't it also possible to make up for the shortcomings of the above two points?

In the middle, it cannot be said that there is no element of risk-taking, but since this is the last opportunity for the group, there is no reason not to gamble - not to mention that the cards in the hand still look good, and from the eyes handed by the allies, it should be possible to expect rather than hope for the most difficult victory.

The extent to which the elite amphibious unit, which was formed from the concept of amphibious warfare beyond the times, will perform in this strategic operation on Oahu is the best proof of the transformation of advanced concepts into actual strength.

Hopefully, the conclusion will come out soon.

As for the raid on the Panama Canal......