In the busy command center of the General Staff, the telephone rings one after another, and the scale of this war is too large compared to the past, and according to the words of a young staff officer, the theater of operations spans half the world, so how to make a good start is crucial

The Navy got off to a good start, fighting three naval battles, and although it paid the price of two battleships, it annihilated 12 capital ships at once, forcing Britain and the United States to switch to total defense in the Pacific. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

It was precisely because of the success of the navy that the Anglo-American mobile forces were defeated, and when there would be no more naval battles in the southwest Pacific in the next two months, the navy dared to transfer half of its patrol force to the dragon slaying plan.

However, the news of the success of the naval counteroffensive has not yet been officially announced, because it is necessary to take into account the time from the departure of the fleet to the completion of the counterattack after a sneak attack under normal circumstances, and other factors, so as not to destroy the enthusiasm for the counterattack that has just been established in the country, and give people a handle to say that the emperor has lied.

In addition, the Prime Minister's Office also needs to use the success of this major counterattack to re-invigorate the morale of the domestic population and use this enthusiasm to call up reservists and soldiers.

Although the people here have long been aware of the news of the victory of the counterattack, they always feel that they can't fully vent it because of political needs, but fortunately, the dragon slaying plan that started immediately afterwards has made everyone forget everything before for the time being.

Standing in front of the big sand table, Zhang Zuolin carefully looked at the six arrows surrounding French Indochina, the first and second no one was worried, because they were seven divisions from Guangxi and Yunnan by land, but the four arrows at sea were enough to worry about it.

What everyone is worried about is not a mere 50,000 French troops and a puppet army with extremely poor combat effectiveness, but whether there will be an accident in such a large-scale landing, after all, landing ships and transport ships are slow and huge guys, and a single shell can cause serious damage.

What is important is that this landing battle is actually just a prophecy of such a large-scale battle in the future, so the Navy has doubled the number of officers to observe and learn from it, just to make more use of this landing battle, which is not very threatening, and to temper the troops' ability to land across the sea.

"Did it work?"

Zhang Zuolin looked up at the big clock in the corner, and just as he was about to ask, cheers sounded behind him.

"It worked! All four landing fields have been expanded! During the shouting of the communications officer, Zhang Zuolinfei took the translated telegram, looked at it twice, and immediately walked to the conference room.

With the beginning of the war, the General Staff Room has never been quiet, although the emperor did not come today, but because today is the first day of the dragon slaying plan, the Prime Minister still came to the General Staff in his busy schedule, and the chief of staff discussed some issues with the conscription and follow-up procurement of weapons and equipment, and waited for the landing battle chapter of the Southeast Peninsula Baidu search

But before he could knock on the conference room, the sound of heated discussions in the room also made him secretly speechless.

The voice was just returned, and the red-eyed commander-in-chief of the navy Long Guozhang came out, no need to guess Zhang Zuolin to know what he was fighting for, the Heilongjiang sank, the Jilin was seriously injured and returned to Guam and was also abandoned, the Dandong heavy cruiser was seriously flooded, and the four heavy cruisers had more problems in this naval battle, 254 mm was a specific product, and even Hua himself did not continue to improve after being equipped, and in the era when the caliber of naval guns was getting larger and larger, even the 305 mm naval guns had begun to be overwhelmed at longer and farther distances. Therefore, it is a foregone conclusion that the use of the four heavy patrol ships will be downgraded. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

Although the downgrade does not mean that they will give up, it means that in the future, the four heavy cruisers will play the role of protecting the shipping lanes and providing fire support for the landing force, and their role in the battle at the sea will be greatly reduced.

This is equivalent to stepping on the tail of Commander Long, who is usually unwilling to give up even a sampan, and after losing 2 battleships, he will be demoted to four heavy cruisers, and the main ships of the Navy will plummet to 16, counting the four Guam ships that will be paid next year and 20 ships, but even if the United States loses 8 ships, there are still 22 ships left, plus more than a dozen ships that will be paid one after another next year, and it will surpass itself in the blink of an eye, and this is not counting the dozens of old-fashioned battleships and the British and French fleets.

Therefore, Commander Long asked that the total amount of four special fleets allocated by the Prime Minister's Office be used to build 8 fast battleships and 8 heavy cruisers, but the chief of staff believed that the Dalian-class heavy cruiser was not the capital ship in the first place, and it was used exceptionally before, but now it is only returning to normal, so it is still continuing to build 4 fast battleships according to the current plan, and a large cruiser that is said to be designed according to the emperor's technical indicators, and the rest are used to build aircraft carriers and supporting destroyers.

Because the tonnage of aircraft carriers is much lower than that of battleships, the construction threshold is much lower than that of battleships, and the design department has adopted modular and standard parts technology, so according to the plan, the navy will have at least 12 full-fledged aircraft carriers in the first half of 17 years late, and according to the establishment of three large special fleets, that is, the navy will be able to make up four special fleets.

Zhang Zuolin gently pushed away, and before he could speak, he heard a shout.

Nor did it! ”

Chen Ping pointed at Commander Long and shouted: "Let me tell you, the construction of 4 speed battleships and cruisers has already started, and it is impossible to add them, and have you forgotten what the emperor said?" This is an opportunity for the Navy to transform, and we must move forward, not backwards! ”

"But when I came back, I asked, the aviation design institute is in trouble with the weight reduction of attack aircraft, and it cannot be guaranteed to be completed by the beginning of next year, plus the training, we will not be able to put it into use before June, do you want me to use the aircraft carrier to hit them?" Long Guozhang chattered: "In addition, the slope deck is not good, after the test, it was found that it will affect the landing, so I think that before the technology is perfected, we should not continue to invest in the aircraft carrier, but should pursue a safe and said must go ##"

"You don't have to worry about this, the backup plan has been put on the ship, and it can be put into use within two months." Chen Ping glared at his old partner, and didn't give him the slightest face: "Transformation is a must!" You have seen the results of the previous three secret exercises, and we are not so strong to build battleships with Britain and the United States! ”

"Backup plan? How did I not know? Long Guozhang's eyes were white, pretending to be innocent.

Facing the deceitful Commander Long, Chen Ping slapped his forehead and cried and laughed: "You have been yelling with me until now, do you have a chance for me to tell you?" ”

Seeing Zhang Zuolin covering his mouth and snickering beside him, Chen Ping glared at the document he received, and before he could read it, the confused Prime Minister next to him stood up: "Yuanshou, Guozhang, the allocation I gave a week ago, so the construction of the warship started?" Isn't that too much? ”

"It's over, it's over." Chen Ping's heart jumped, and he hurriedly put aside the topic, pretended to look at the documents, and said: "Ahem, the four landing points have been successful, I will rush to see the emperor immediately, and let Guozhang explain to you." ”

"Well, I'm going to Dalian too." Long Guozhang was willing to paste the prime minister, and hurriedly prepared to leave.

Tang Shaoyi was puzzled by the strange behavior of the two, and was busy asking, but Jiang Tianxiu suddenly ran in in a hurry: "Report, the intelligence sent by the United States, the intelligence officer just learned that the number of Pennsylvania-class battleships built is not four, but eight!" ”

"Moreover, yesterday the US Navy suddenly transferred veterans from the Atlantic Fleet, it is said that it is to increase the progress of sea trials!"

"What?!" Long Guozhang jumped up violently-

The Río de la Plata River in the evening is magnificent and turbulent.

The second-largest river in South America, known as the White Milky Way in Spanish translation, flows south from the Brazilian rainforest to a 220-kilometre-wide bay between Uruguay and Argentina.

Because the Río de la Plata River carries a large amount of sediment, a blue and yellow stripe separating the Atlantic Ocean from the river can be clearly seen when Meng Dong flies the osprey from here.

To be honest, he didn't like this seaplane, which was actually quite advanced compared to other countries, because his previous car was a Hornet, and compared to the powerful and agile fighter jet, the Osprey was like a clumsy white goose, especially the two-wing layout made it very weak to deal with crosswinds, as long as there was a slight strong wind, the plane would fall into dangerous turbulence.

This is also the reason why naval aviation does not like biplanes on aircraft carriers, because from years of testing, in order to take off at a very short distance, the aircraft carrier must face the wind and start to full speed, at this time the deck wind will generally reach more than 60 kilometers per hour, the take-off problem is not very big, but if it lands it is very difficult, even if the aircraft carrier slows down when landing, it also needs manpower to risk pulling the plane, otherwise the crosswind will also overturn the biplane.

Moreover, because the biplane cannot fold the wings, if you bring it, the carrying capacity will drop by at least three percent, and it will not be able to carry the specially developed 750 kg torpedo, if you use the torpedo, then the load will be reduced to 50 kg, this point of bombing is okay against other warships, and it is simply tickling to deal with battleships.

Meng Qiu Dong shook his head, it's a pity that the dragon tooth is overweight, and I don't know when it will be solved, it is said that the General Staff has launched a backup plan, or specially customized a batch of biplane motherships with enhanced horsepower, and first completed the reorganization of combat effectiveness.

Maybe when he goes back, the aircraft carrier can really go to sea to fight.

Thinking of this, Meng Xudong's heart warmed up again, no matter what happened to the attack aircraft, it was a difficult thing to watch his comrades fight, so he and many of his comrades-in-arms were waiting for the arrival of the real flying era.

When he imagined piloting a plane to attack a warship, he suddenly felt that something seemed to be on the coastline in the distance, so he quickly deflected his wings and took out the telescope he was carrying.

Originally, aircraft reconnaissance generally did not carry telescopes, but because it was necessary to be sudden and not detected, the reconnaissance route was set to fly higher above the South American continent and take advantage of the opportunity that the enemy's attention was on the sea surface to minimize the possibility of detection.

Although the Osprey has enough endurance, the observation distance is much farther, so I carried an additional telescope.

As the camera gradually cleared from blur, Meng was also stunned by the spectacular scene in front of him, only to see twenty American-flagged ocean-going freighters gathered together on the sea and headed south under the protection of three armored cruisers and two protective cruisers.

Boom.

Meng Dong seemed to hear his own saliva, and judging from the appearance of the photos he had seen, the three armored cruisers should be the British Edgar class, built in 1889, with a displacement of only 7,700 tons, and a millimeter/L35 naval gun.

Using this kind of prey to celebrate the first naval battle of the 31st Fleet into the Atlantic is simply unstoppable, but you still need to check if there are submarines and torpedo ships and the like, those things are a lot of threats to the fleet.

After sailing with the fleet for nearly ten minutes, after confirming that there was no threatening target, Meng Dong immediately made a big circle and flew into the deep sea from dozens of kilometers behind the fleet.

A few hours later, Li Xiuyan received news of the fleet from the returning Osprey, and immediately compared it with the characteristics of the German submarines, showing that it was the transport fleet that had set sail from the United States, and as for the three armored cruisers, it was supposed to be the British Uruguayan fleet operating here.

This is South America, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil are all neutral countries for the time being, and they will no longer lay mines along their own coasts, and no one will learn from the Russian torpedo ships with the ǎ type, plus Meng Chengdong has not found submarines, so this is an excellent prey!

Li Xiuyan quickly turned out the information of the Edgar-class cruiser, the big threat was the millimeter naval guns and the torpedoes on it, as the caliber of the naval guns became larger and larger, the distance of the JĀ battle began to become farther, and the torpedo threat in the battle of the large warship JĀ changed, and according to intelligence, the range of the British torpedo was only 3,000 meters.

As for the two-millimeter naval guns, he didn't pay attention to them, the Guam class itself is ready to install 406-mm naval guns, so the armor and protection are set according to this level, after adopting the concept of key protection and the box-type layout, the protection from the first gun position to the middle of the third gun position This core area has been strengthened and strengthened, according to the calculations of the design department, even if the 406 mm shells have to bite off, it is difficult.

The battleships of any country are designed in accordance with the defense of their own naval guns at a certain distance, and the requirements of the Guam class are 15,000 meters to resist the 406 mm heavy guns.

The only thing to worry about is the bow and stern, which are relatively weakly defended, and if the millimeter naval guns are calculated from the kinetic energy of the muzzle, they also need to be shortened to 6,000 meters, which means that they can carry out a fierce bombardment at close range.

There is also an important reason for closing the distance, that is, the ammunition carrying capacity of the 31st fleet is not unlimited, although because of the temporary installation of 380 mm naval guns, the magazine space is much larger, and each gun has 180 shells, but according to the principle of battleship jā warfare, 6% of them are armor-piercing shells.

Armor-piercing shells won't hurt a warship, but it's too expensive to deal with an ordinary freighter, so you can save shells after closing the distance, so you won't become a lost dog without shells later.

Twenty merchant ships sent five warships to protect them, they must have hidden good things, so it is impossible to let them go, but if the fleet is disbanded after an attack, their three warships will definitely not be able to surround them, how can they be dealt with quickly without bullets?

"Captain, I think you can use high-explosive bombs against merchant ships!" A young staff officer scratched his head shyly......

To be continued) RA! ~！