Chapter 63: Allies and Naval Battles
Now Xiang Hui finally understands the importance of allies, take the current France as an example, whether it is World War I, World War II, or now his own strength alone is absolutely unable to resist Germany, and the will of other countries is very important. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
World War I was Britain and Tsarist Russia, Britain and the United States in World War II, and the Soviet Union belonged to the later stage of the war, and only Americans could save him in the world, but now Niklais is worried, seeing that he and Xiang Hui's side is already on the verge of breaking out, and his own strength itself is not as good as Xiang Hui, so what should he do if he is sending troops to support Europe.
But if you don't support it, it won't work, like the Axis powers, his NATO is also signed by systematic arbitration, and once France can't withstand the attack of the Axis powers, the Axis powers, which have quickly ended the European battlefield, will inevitably transfer their strength to their side, and if they don't save their allies, will other allies trust themselves in the future?
So Nikilai is also hesitating, while Xiang Hui is very satisfied with the allies he is finding, many times, the role of allies is not how strong they are, but in the critical time, as long as he can express his attitude, he can absolutely win or lose a war.
Just like now, Germany and Britain have an attitude, Nikley, who is far away in the United States, is about to be anxious, and in the end Nikley still decided to send reinforcements, because it doesn't matter if he wins or loses in this plane, he is just a test of Xiang Hui's strength, but if he doesn't save France from death, it will be a matter of attitude, and all allies will inevitably go against the grain in the future in the war, so in the end, Nikley still squeezed out 400,000 troops and sent them to Europe.
And just when Xiang Hui was very satisfied with his allies, a piece of news came that made this = these god teammates become pig teammates.
The Soviets, who had been watching the show, finally appeared, and although Atresei was constantly making trouble in Russia, the strength of the Soviet Union should not be underestimated.
As soon as he struck, it was an army of three million, which was more than the current troops of Xiang Hui and Niklalay combined, although there was still no problem with Carl at the moment, but it was unknown how long he could hold out.
Therefore, Xiang Hui also needed to send support, but Xiang Hui could only send the 400,000 troops that had just been transmitted to Europe, along with the three battleships named after the three kings of the Shang Dynasty, the Mourning Wang, the Yiwang and the Wenwang, as well as the six battlecruisers and destroyers that followed.
Not only that, Xiang Hui also dispatched three base vehicles to Europe for the nearest supply of troops and the replenishment of soldiers, as long as the casualties of the troops are not very large, with the ability of the base vehicles, there should be no need for Xiang Hui to line up reinforcements.
Just a few days after Xiang Hui and Niklai's support forces set off separately, the first naval battle after Xiang Hui arrived at this plane finally broke out.
Since Xiang Hui had not known much about Niklai's naval strength before, he did not let the God King and others look for them, but focused on ground support, and Niklai never knew the strength of Xiang Hui's side, so he did not rush to attack.
Because a lot of shipyards have been built on the plane battlefield, and the production capacity has been greatly increased, so recently, Xiang Hui transferred sixteen monarch-class battleships at one time, in addition to three sent to Europe, Xiang Hui also transferred six ships to the Pacific Ocean to suppress the Pacific Fleet of Russia and the United States, as well as the navies of Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and other countries.
The remaining ten ships were all handed over to the command of the God King by Xiang Hui, and this time with the support of these capital ships, the God King immediately assembled all the fleets and began to search for the main force of the American fleet off the coast of the United States, intending to solve this potential trouble with a one-time decisive battle.
Continuing the consistent habit of the Americans, Niklai's navy is also based on aircraft carriers as the main formation, although there are not as many battleships as Xiang Hui's, but it also gathers eight aircraft carriers, plus the three nuclear-powered aircraft carriers stationed in the United States on the mainland, a total of eleven aircraft carriers, and several other ships such as frigates, destroyers, and submarines.
At this time, the evil consequences of the United States' habit of always interfering and setting fires everywhere came out, and since nine of the 12 US aircraft carriers had been stationed overseas far from home for a long time, they were slightly underwhelmed by the blade of Xiang Hui, an enemy who suddenly emerged from the mainland.
In reality, this is not a problem, because these fleets are deployed on the enemy's doorstep, so it is impossible for the enemy to appear on the US mainland without being detected by them.
To get back to the point, it was impossible for so many aircraft carriers to hide, so Nikilay also chose to take the initiative to meet them, and finally the two fleets met in the Caribbean.
This can be said to be the pinnacle of the engagement between aircraft carriers and battleships so far, with a pure aircraft carrier formation on one side and a pure battleship formation on the other.
Never before in history has a naval engagement been so pure, with missiles on one side and artillery shells on the other.
Since the new energy particle radar is still parked in the research room, Xiang Hui's fleet has so far used a slightly backward satellite detection, which uses satellites to directly guide warships from the earth's orbit, which is similar to Niklai's aircraft carrier fleet.
The difference is that Xiang Hui's fleet directly transmits the data detected by the satellite to the fire control system, and uses the coordinates detected by the satellite as the target of attack.
It's just that Xiang Hui doesn't like this, the reason is very simple, in addition to the plane battlefield, Xiang Hui can almost imagine that the mode of cosmic warfare in future wars is indispensable, there is no doubt that this is certain, whether it is a battle with Niklais and others in the face or a war with the native race of the plane, there must be a cosmic battle.
However, it is impossible to use satellites to guide in space operations, and satellites have an advantage from top to bottom on the earth, but they are not in the universe, and satellites in space can only be targets for the enemy, so a more advanced detection system that can occupy an advantage in both planetary and space operations is Xiang Hui's first choice.
It's just that now I can't only replace it with satellites.
Because the detection methods are similar, the two sides found each other almost at the same time, although the real world in 1996 is very different in science fiction and other aspects, but the United States has always had an advantage that is the navy, there is no doubt that China has not had a few real admirals since ancient times, it should be said that China has always been a land power country, from ancient times to the present has not paid too much attention to the navy.
Although the development of the navy has been really valued in modern times, one thing is certain, that is, the United States has many excellent admirals that can be found.
This allowed Niklak to find those more famous admirals in American history to work for him, and now in charge of the aircraft carrier fleet is the famous admiral in American naval history, Chester. William. Nimitz.
Although the god-king is not as famous as Nimitz, as one of the main warships in the prehistoric civilization and has served for a long time in such a dangerous place as the plane battlefield, he does not have Nimitz less combat experience at all.
Nimitz, as the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet who defeated the Japanese Combined Fleet, was of course strong, because he did not understand the strength of the other side, so Nimitz was very cautious to order one-third of the fleet's carrier-based aircraft to take off without discovering the enemy fleet.
The two sides also launched an attack almost at the same time when they discovered each other at the same time, and after a short adjustment on the side of the God King, they began to bombard.
A barrage of shells obscured the sky and swooped down on Nimitz's fleet, while Nimitz's carrier-based planes had already found the God-King's fleet.
After discovering the local carrier-based aircraft unit, the surrounding destroyers and the anti-aircraft guns on the warships immediately opened fire, and the large-caliber anti-aircraft guns with a fast rate of fire made the sky of this fleet light up a curtain of light, covering the carrier-based aircraft.
Pilots have never seen such powerful anti-aircraft firepower, because the presence of anti-aircraft guns is rarely seen in modern warfare, because the speed of jet aircraft is too high, and the altitude limit is also high, and anti-aircraft guns either cannot keep up with the speed of fighters, or they do not shoot high enough.
So now the main enemy of fighters in the war is anti-aircraft missiles, but now they have seen a significantly different combat method from their habits, the range of the railgun makes the ceiling of the fighter obviously not high enough, and although the guidance energy is not up to the standard now, but with the absolute number, it will immediately make the fighters rushing towards the god-king fleet in the extreme distance.
However, despite the huge losses, the carrier-based aircraft still pounced on the God King and the others, and various anti-ship missiles immediately began to attack.
However, the dense anti-aircraft artillery made it rare for these anti-ship missiles to reach their targets, but a very small number of missiles managed to hit the capital ship.
At this time, the idea of the battleship design came into play, because the main hull of the battleship was almost solid, so these missiles did not hurt or itch on the battleship.
On the other hand, Nimitz's mood was very complicated, the overwhelming shells built countless water columns around the fleet, due to the sheer number of shells, the first salvo of the God King and others caused at least forty ships of all kinds to be shot, and his fleet is not like the God King does not need people to control so it can make the battleship solid, 830 mm naval guns make these battleships can rarely be low-grade.
Seven of the eleven aircraft carriers were shot, but with their relatively large size, only two were sunk, but three were seriously injured and could not participate in the battle, and the enemy's first salvo made nearly half of the capital ships on their side incapacitated, while the opponent was unscathed.
Such a scene reminded Nimitz of the time when aircraft carriers were just born, and weak carrier-based aircraft could not do damage to heavily armored battleships.
Later, due to various means of attack such as large-caliber torpedoes, carrier-based aircraft could really damage battleships, and aircraft carriers surpassed battleships to become the main force in the navy.
But now the aircraft carrier's original hardship has returned, and his carrier-based aircraft are simply unable to cause damage to the enemy's main battleship, while the enemy's artillery shells can be said to be a one-shot soul, attracting lives.
Eventually, after the second wave of the only remaining carrier-based aircraft returned and brought back the news that the enemy was still unharmed, and five aircraft carriers on his side, including the three that had just been seriously damaged, were sunk, Nimitz immediately made the right decision.
If you continue to fight, not only will it not cause too much damage to the other party, but it will also wipe out your own fleet, and now Nikklay does not have a stable development base, and the big guys like naval ships, especially aircraft carriers, can only steal and grab from other planes, each one is a treasure, and the loss of seven ships is already a nerve-wracking If the whole army is destroyed, Nikklai must kill him.
So after a simple turn and gathering some of the shipwrecks who were still in the sea, the fleet immediately began to retreat, and soon withdrew from the battlefield.
And the victorious god king did not order the pursuit, because the hit rate of the battleships in the operation was pitiful, and to accurately hit the enemy's capital ship, it was only by luck, and sinking some destroyers and frigates was completely harmless, so it was better not to chase.