U.S. Pacific Fleet, San Diego Base, July 5. 【 I want: super fast update 】

Walking to the window, the battleships crowded in the bay in the distance made Vice Admiral Cameron Andrew also a little short of breath, fifteen battleships, five old Virginia-class battleships, four South Carolina-class, two Delaware-class, two Florida-class, two New York-class, and this does not include all four Nevada-class ships that will be delivered in three months.

All six Pensacola-class heavy cruisers (battle cruisers).

Add six Pennsylvania-class armored cruisers, ten Omaha-class light cruisers, two seaplane carriers, and forty other protective cruisers, submarines, and large torpedo ships, and he already has sixty percent of the strength of the U.S. Navy!

This is the embodiment of the power of the United States, although it started late, but relying on a strong economic backing "In just ten years, the United States has created the world's Third Fleet, and if you count the ones that are being built, then the throne of the world's second fleet has already fallen into the pockets of the United States."

Looking at the battleships and busy sailors in the distance, Vice Admiral Andrew took two deep breaths, retracted his gaze and frowned, and returned to his desk.

His opponent is no less weak, and even far superior to him in terms of experience.

Four Hebei-class battleships, two Jilin-class battleships, two Beijing-class battleships, twelve light cruisers, thirty destroyers whose name was just learned to be Weiqing-class, plus twenty other auxiliary ships, a still unknown number of submarines, and that damn Honolulu base, there is no advantage in attacking themselves head-on!

And it is clear that the Chinese have realized that war is coming, so they have doubled the number of patrol ships in the east of Hawaii, and even sailed into the US coastal waters to reconnoiter "at least 20 warships day and night."

Importantly, the Ryukyus and Guam, which were behind their opponents, "were supported by the Home Fleet and the Second Fleet, respectively, but compared to them, they lacked an ocean-going base," and even the British fleet was too far away from Australia to attack Honolulu.

So it is necessary to bypass the interception of the Pacific Fleet!

Andrew turned out the information of the South China Ocean Fleet, two Hebei-class battleships, two Jilin-class battleships, two Beijing-class battleships, four Dalian-class heavy cruisers, twelve light cruisers, and also thirty speed-flying destroyers, plus a large number of auxiliary ships, which is also a difficult bone to gnaw.

But compared to the Pacific Fleet in front, "there were many islands in that area, and the British controlled enough islands to be able to launch a surprise attack, not an open area off the west coast."

Library to ......

The corners of Andrew's eyes twitched, his fingers carefully traced along the chart, and just as his fingers stopped at a place, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Lieutenant General, Minister and Commander are here. 【 I want to: super fast update 】"As soon as the adjutant's voice fell", William Benson, the US Secretary of the Navy, and Charles Bajer, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, walked into the office, and Andrew hurriedly got up and saluted.

After the guards brought the coffee, William Benson's eyes shifted to the chart in front of Andrew, and smiled at Bagel, "It seems that our bear hunt is ready." ”

Bagel smiled slightly, bear hunting is Andrew's nickname, "because he likes to go to Canada to hunt bears every year on vacation, and so far he has three prey", so the Admiralty jokingly calls him General Bear Hunt.

But only those who know him know that under Andrew's rough appearance and style, there is no lack of delicacy: "As a captain, he participated in the Battle of Cuba that year and has rich experience, so he will stand out among many competitors and become the first commander of the Pacific Fleet of the United States."

The friendly words of the minister and the commander-in-chief "relaxed the atmosphere in the office, Bagel took out a piece of information from his bag, handed it to Andrew, and said: "This is just received" This time two of your prey battleships collided ten days ago, and when they returned to Shanghai for repairs, they were seen by one of our cargo ships, and the captain said that their hulls were a little skewed "The bow damage is also very serious, and it needs tugboat protection when sailing" And a drain pipe was also found on the deck, so he suspected that there should be water ingress. ”

"Oh?!" , Andrew quickly flipped through the information, but to his disappointment was that there were no photos, fortunately, the captain of the cargo ship should have been trained by the navy, so the description was very detailed, and Shanghai also confirmed that there were two capital ships docked for maintenance, and it is said that the repair work has been ordered to be completed before August 10.

Finish by August 10th!

Andrew noticed these words, and it was clear that the opponent had realized that war was inevitable, so he made strict demands on the shipyard, the only regret was that both pieces of intelligence lacked photographs.

"In addition to this good news, the French have also taken action, they have deliberately provoked riots in Indochina, and at present, the fleet of the [Chinese] people has begun to assemble in that area, and Vice Admiral Phillips of the British Far East Fleet has sent a message that he can hold off at least three capital ships!"

Andrew narrowed his eyes, the South China Ocean Fleet has a total of ten capital ships, five of which have been delayed, and only five of them are left to protect the vast sea area north of Australia, which is obviously not enough, but he can't take it lightly, because their home fleet still has four capital battleships "Two of them are the world's largest battleships."

"They have already arrived in Ecuador" and will arrive in Chile on July 15 to remove the underwater parasites, "The Chinese Navy has paid Chile for the dock and clean-up, so they will not be able to return until at least August 1. The corners of William Benson's mouth crooked after speaking: "If your actions" may be able to turn back and participate in the encirclement and suppression war against them! ”

"Britain has assured the President that their Australian fleet and five battlecruisers will be fully deployed, and Prime Minister Asquith is already considering the formation of the Australian fleet and our fleet involved in this attack into one fleet." , Lieutenant General Bagel looked at Andrew, who was frowning, and suddenly asked, "Then Andrew, what are you going to do?" "Send a fleet to visit the Japanese book!" The corners of Andrew's mouth crooked.

Nauru, garrison camp base.

Under the scorching sun, a team of engineers opened the wooden box and "moved out a lump of rubber-like things from it, and then chose a good position, connected one end to the blower, and with the sound of the buzzing motor turning, everyone covered their ears" Fortunately, most of the people here have quietly evacuated, and there is no one on the island except for the more than 5,000 soldiers who just arrived yesterday, otherwise such a loud noise would not be able to hide people.

A young engineer soldier sitting on a rock waiting for the pod fan to blow up looked at the strange warship on the sea in the distance, with neither cannon nor torpedo, and almost nothing impressive except for a few antennas, and held his chin up.

"What kind of warship?"

The little soldier who loves to collect photos of all kinds of warships was a little crazy for a while, and he didn't notice that the blower next to him had rapidly expanded a thick rubber tube, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into an inflatable object that looked like a cannon.

"Don't look" digging bunkers. ”

The squad leader pushed the little soldier in a daze, "The thought of dozens of warships of the British and American fleets pouring shells on this base with ten "shore guns" made people tremble with excitement.

Of course, the company commander said that in order to make the house bomb for a long time, it is necessary to get a relatively solid shell, so after the inflatable cannon is placed, "it is necessary to dig fortifications" to camouflage.

Shovels and shovels of dirt were quickly piled up, and a large number of camouflaged leaves and "batteries" were piled up with a thin layer of ash on the surface of the dirt, so that it looked like a real battery.

Of course, there must be no less, otherwise people will definitely be suspicious when they see that there are no soldiers who even operate the fort.

So the soldiers brought a wooden dummy that was either squatting, or standing, or even holding a flag to command and carrying a cannonball, and put on military uniforms for them, and muttered while wearing them, and they didn't know that these things came from the skilled craftsman, so vivid, thinking that these "comrades-in-arms" would soon be blown up, "Even the soldiers are a little pity" Buy one of this thing, you can put it at home at night to prevent thieves.

The fort project was only the first step, and in order to camouflage the place, "there were still some large barracks to be built, a dozen inflatable planes were being built, and a few destroyers camouflaged in wooden boats and paint were to be arranged in the harbor."

Of course, it also needs the cooperation of the navy, constantly transporting people to this side, and then quietly transporting them back at night, but at such a big price, if the foreigners don't come to bomb it, it will be a loss.

The company commander inspected each engineering point with a smile, as a ** engineering company, he thought it was to open a road and build a bridge or something, but he didn't expect that so many good things were made silently on it.

Just when the company commander was inspecting, a communications soldier with a radio on his back ran over: the "company commander" Golden Eagle asked us to stop the construction, and an unknown radio signal appeared nearby. ”

"Stop!"

With the words of the company commander, all the soldiers who were carrying out camouflage work took refuge in the bunkers, but the marines, who arrived yesterday to act as bait, did the opposite, and all 3,000 men rushed out of the barracks where they could only live for a few days, and swaggered and drilled.

Half an hour later, a biplane seaplane suddenly appeared high in the sky, and due to the obscuration of clouds, "If it wasn't for special observation, I really wouldn't have found this bastard."

The company commander, who was hiding in the trench and holding a telescope, spat. , I can see that the pilot of this plane is quite experienced, and he has been flying along the edge of the clouds, disappearing from time to time, and I don't know if he was transferred from Europe.

The circling action of the seaplane circled around the island, which made the last few falcon pilots stationed on the island really itch, and they couldn't wait to rush up immediately to knock down this sneaky guy, but unfortunately the order was strictly forbidden to take off, and they had to pretend that they didn't see it as if nothing happened.

After about ten minutes of such reconnaissance, the seaplane slowly flew away.

Thirty minutes later, the seaplane, without any external markings, stopped next to a British seaplane carrier, and when the boom retrieved it, the British seaplane carrier quickly headed east.

PSPS's depressed explanation of letting the US do it first (no charge).

I didn't want to explain "but some book friends said that the fleet would be wiped out by a sneak attack" is a little depressed, probably a lot of people don't understand the naval battles of the BB era, so the hippopotamus still talks about it, similar to the situation of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in the First World War in the case of the lack of aviation even pig's feet, the port is generally more than ten kilometers deep, and this is not counting the range of shore-based naval guns and the control range of reconnaissance aircraft, if you count, a good harbor (Pearl Harbor as an example), battleships can not enter within forty kilometers (naval guns and shore guns of the same caliber bombardment, The battleship will turn into cabbage), that is, it is impossible for any naval guns that have appeared so far to hit the enemy in the military port.

In addition, the naval battles in the BB era are different, in the era of the lack of fast battleships, no one will drive the BB all over the world, even if the British were so powerful before the Battle of Jutland, Jericho did not send the BB to patrol the North Sea every day, "because the cost of dispatching the BB is too high, "there must be accurate intelligence and objectives when they will be dispatched, otherwise they will wait for the decisive battle to defend the nest!"

Coupled with the distance, and the reality of the lack of overseas bases, the United States cannot have a chance to completely destroy the First Fleet in the Northeast Pacific, and even have problems sinking light cruisers and destroyers, and they can quickly break away from the speed, but they will face the danger of exposing themselves and being counter-surrounded, so unless they are hot-headed, no commander will do this, which is also a big advantage for pigs to dare to fight an alternative Pacific theater.

Of course, there are also political factors, and a multi-ethnic country "has a greater pretext for war, the better (this is something that Hippo himself has learned from the previous wars of the United States, and it belongs to his own considerations, which is undeniably problematic).

As for how Britain and the United States choose, and the tactics that follow, read the book.

After that, welcome to leave a message, because this can make the hippopotamus less BUG, thank you book friends.

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