Today, we set off! (3rd)

Ryukyu, Ba Harbor. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

Trucks were constantly being carried onto the warships from heavy shells to needles and threads, and the air was filled with the excitement and anxiety of the pre-war period.

The sound of kicking shoes disrupted the busy rhythm of the docks, and the sailors turned their heads to see an old man in a German navy uniform walking slowly with two young men who looked somewhat similar, their steps were standard, their waists were straight, their uniforms were spotless, and even the beard was neatly kept.

"Salute!"

Since 1914, it has been positioned as a strategic location on the same level as Hawaii and Guam, so some soldiers who have just enlisted in the army are very strange and do not understand why there are German naval personnel in such a place. But when they saw the old man's rank, they all stopped what they were doing and stood up and saluted.

Lieutenant General. No matter which country's navy people, unless they are those generals who rely on some means to climb up, they can survive this position, without exception, they are all truly excellent elites.

Spee and the two sons, as always, responded to every Chinese sailor with a smile, like a traditional naval officer, from the first day he joined the Navy, he maintained a neat appearance, a straight waist and a clean uniform, and even the six battleships in the distance seemed to have received his infection, and they were cleaned spotlessly every day.

But when his gaze turned to the two Guam-class battleships in front of him that were replenishing and had just completed a major overhaul, a touch of worry and helplessness involuntarily climbed into his brows.

"Father, they're ......, they're too big." Da'er pointed to the battleship, and listened to Spe's ears with envious admiration, but it turned into a deep sigh.

The majestic and majestic posture, the triple L45/406 mm naval gun that has just been replaced, makes people unconsciously look at it twice, although there is already a strong, long-distance attack aircraft carrier, but the giant ship cannon is still the dream of every navy person, not to mention that as long as the battleship is not in service for a day, the Guam class is still the world's strongest battleship!

What's more, in the hearts of the three fathers, commanding such a battleship is his big dream.

In particular, the three triple 406 mm naval guns are intoxicated, looking at it as if I remembered my first love, there is an impulse to extricate myself, in the era when Europe is still dominated by 15 inches, this rapid rise and even mysterious, standing on the shoulders of industrial Europe grew up the Oriental dragon, but has moved 16 inches to the warship.

However, Spee does not think that Hua is more advanced than Europe in naval artillery technology, in fact, even on the planes flying all over the sky today, he thinks so, in terms of industrial capacity, Hua is not much stronger than Europe, and the ability to achieve today's greatly surpassed technological advantages is completely Li Mo's epoch-making strategic thinking and vision that seems to be able to see through the future, with this kind of vision as a guide, he can start developing 16-inch or even large-caliber naval guns 10 years ago, and can start the design and development of aircraft early, he started earlier than Europe, A lot ahead of Europe!

Therefore, he and many Germans believe that if Germany can also start at the same time, then its technological capabilities may not lag behind China, and may even surpass, but the problem is that Germany was not aware of these problems at that time, and was still obsessed with the dream of rapid economic rise, and did not expect that technology and technological progress would be so rapid.

With the beginning of the war, Hua's technological superiority not only did not shrink, but on the contrary, it had an expanded advantage, at least the twin-engine transport plane that takes off from the Ryukyu airport every day is not within the reach of Germany at present, but fortunately, Hua has demonstrated these technologies today, and Germany can take fewer detours when catching up, but it is .......

That must wait until the end of the war!

When will the war end? Before today, no one could have predicted, in fact, when the war began, the whole world thought it would end in a few months, but now it has been fought for dozens of months, and there is no end in sight.

But today, or from now on, the war is dying out!

Because Hua and the United States are fighting in Mexico!

This is a very crucial event, unlike Panama and Alaska, the battle of the Mexican-American border heralds that the war has moved from the corner to the core of the North American continent!

Unlike the Guam-class battleships, Spee's eyes were on the transports that had been gathering here for several days, and a throbbing and unease rose in his heart.

The Pacific theater is different from Europe, Europe is too small, and it is an enemy when you go out, but the two warring countries in the Pacific are all thousands of miles apart, and there are distant battlefields including Australia that need to compete with each other, but now it is all over, and the entire Pacific Ocean is full of golden dragon flags that seem to be soaked in blood, and the only thing left is North America. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

In just over a year, from the preemptive strike to the attack on North America, this can no longer be described as surprising, although a lot has happened in this year or so, and the narrative is enough to make a person talk for months, but if you condense it, then there are only four words to describe.

Sweep through the army!

This is a Chinese idiom that he has just learned.

Being able to complete the sweep in such a short time strengthened his idea, he believed that in fact, Li Mo began to prepare for this war as early as ten or even twenty years ago, otherwise how could there be 16-inch naval guns and such good aircraft, and even he planned from the beginning to burn the war to the entire Pacific Ocean and even the whole world, so he was crazy about developing naval guns early, crazy investment in the development of aircraft that was just a toy in Europe at that time, and the important thing is that since the founding of the country, he has been desperately hoarding large ocean-going freighters, especially the latter, you must know that according to the calculation of the transportation volume before the war, 4% of these ships will be idle, but he just acquiesced to this practice!

If you don't have the idea of an expedition across the ocean, why do you want so many large ships? Does he like to run the money and rot in the sea?!

Officially, these dense fleets made him see Hua's extraordinary rapid mobilization and war potential, as well as the revealed technological advantages, although they were allies, he still felt worried, as a senior military officer, he also knew that Germany was also worried, and the differences began to increase, so there was the ongoing summit in Isttampur.

He didn't know how the summit in Eastpur was going, and he didn't know if Germany could pass this meeting to stop the Far Eastern dragon a little, but he only knew one thing, Germany was lagging behind.

Like the large armored cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the four light cruisers behind the convoy, although they were quietly moored here, everyone had long forgotten that there was also a German Far East Fleet in the Pacific.

For more than two years, there was no shortage of supplies for the fleet, no shortage of shells, and no interruption in maintenance and maintenance, and even the sailors who were originally insufficient after the sacrifice were re-recruited from the Germans stranded in China after the start of the war, but they were forgotten and seemed to have become an ornamental fleet.

Except for a few escort missions, the Chinese Admiralty even forgot about his existence, which made him very uncomfortable, but he couldn't find any way, because compared to the Huaqing Yise warships in service, his ships were too old. Pulling out all 6 warships in time cannot be compared with one Guam-class, or even comparable to any Chinese capital ship.

And what surprised him was that even though Hua had taken the lead in technology, they did not stop advancing, because the battlefield was far away from the mainland, and the technological advantage allowed them to win more with less, so they could concentrate their strength and funds on technology and innovation, and the kind of momentum to constantly surpass themselves as the goal was really terrifying, just like the report he saw not long ago, the Jilin class and Dalian class, which had been in the water for only ten years, were actually included in the use of second-class ships. Even the captured 2 battleships that are not inferior to the Hebei class, the USS Oklahoma and USS Washington, were given away, what does this mean?

It shows that even Germany is drooling over this class of battleships, Hua actually can't look down on them anymore!

Standing on the harbor docks, looking at the young, energetic faces around him, Spee suddenly felt that he was outdated, and that he should be swept into history just like his own fleet. A wry smile flashed from the corner of his mouth, he didn't want to think about it anymore, he just wanted to end the war as soon as possible, so that Germany, which had suffered a lot and the gap was getting bigger and bigger, had a chance to breathe a sigh of relief.

But in this matter, we still have to rely on Hua! Suddenly, Spee found that no matter what Germany wanted to do now, it could no longer avoid the mysterious and ancient empire in which he was located, but it was trained by Li Mo!

Perhaps, this is the reason why he took the name Hua? Spee thought to himself.

"Father, when do you think Hua will land in the United States? Landing from there? ”

"I don't know." Spee shook his head, he couldn't answer Da'er's question, in fact, after Panama City was taken, everyone knew that the battle was about to start, and the North American collision of the ancient East and Xing was inevitable, but the order was not given. Li Mo is like an angler waiting for the fish to take the bait, unhurried.

"Anyway, haven't you heard that it's been encountered in Mexico? And in my opinion, the landing point should be on the Baja California peninsula. ”

"Why where?"

"It's simple." "The Baja California Peninsula belongs to Mexico, the United States lacks military strength there, the landing will not encounter much resistance, and it is easy to establish an advance base, and the distance between Tijuana and San Diego is only 19 kilometers, the attack distance is short, and the pressure on supplies will be much less." ”

"That's right, but have you thought about it? Although the United States has lost its Pacific naval strength, the Army has grown from 500,000 to more than 9 million at present in the past two years, not to mention that the border between the Lower California Peninsula and the United States is short and narrow, and the large army forces cannot get enough opportunities to stretch. ”

"Yes, it's true that the border there doesn't give the Army enough room to maneuver, but if it's not there, where can it be? Washington and Oregon? God, where the mountains and forests will exhaust the Army, as for San Francisco, do you think it is possible? The bay was so narrow that it didn't even need heavy artillery, and army artillery could sink all the ships that sailed into the bay. ”

"Then why not just attack San Diego? Even if the naval guns can't reach the bay, their planes can shred anything. ”

"Are you crazy? Do you think that mothership ammunition is unlimited? How many bombs can a mothership hold? San Diego has been built into a super fortress by the United States, and the mines outside the harbor will take at least a month just to attack it, and it is a waste of time to attack it directly, and it is impossible to achieve suddenness! ”

"If the landing loses its suddenness and continuity, and there is no continuous support from naval guns, the lightly armed troops lacking heavy weapons will be crushed to death by a steady stream of defenders!"

"But I still don't think it's going to be the Baja California Peninsula."

"No, I think ......."

Hearing the two arguing behind him, Spee did not participate, although he also felt that the Baja California Peninsula was a good landing site, but he always felt that Hua would not choose this, but he could not convince himself why, so where would the Chinese choose?

Just as Spee was attracted to this topic and began to think, a burst of running suddenly came from behind him, and gradually he found that the whole dock was noisy, and countless sailors began to rush out of the dormitory and rush towards the warships.

"What's wrong? Don't......! ”

Before Father could figure it out, a small jeep had stopped not far away.

"General Spee!"

After saluting Spee, the young staff officer of the major took out a document: "General, it's time to leave, and the command has asked me to tell you that I hope your fleet will set sail with us in an hour!" ”

"Go? An hour later! ”

"It's ......!" Spee's eyes widened, no matter how much he worried about China, whether Germany was backward or not, he never thought of missing this battle that he had dreamed of so many times.

"Yes, our task is to escort the fleet and ensure the safety of the sea area of the landing site!" The staff officer of the major straightened up, his face was already full of excitement, and it could be seen that he had been looking forward to it for a long time.

"Go prepare, I need to get the news that the fleet is ready in an hour!" In an instant, Spee regained the demeanor of his former German vice admiral.

"Yes!" The two of them almost jumped to the fleet, which had been in a state of readiness for nearly the hour, and all that had to be done in an hour was to light a fire for the coal-fired boiler that was a little slower.

An hour later, the flagship Scharnhorst was the first to rush out of the harbor, and when the fleet drilled out of the harbor, even a well-informed person like Spee couldn't help but gasp!

A tingling electric current rises from the back of every German naval officer!

I saw that in the golden sunset, hundreds of long shadows appeared on the sea, there were more masts than the ancient guns, lights, flags, and loud whistles were densely packed, and many ships and warships were still joining from all directions.

While Spee was shocked by the sheer size of the fleet, Pearl Harbor in Honolulu was also ready to go.

The searchlights had been turned on, and beams of white light adorned the bay beautifully, and the unbelievably large battleships shimmered with a cold glow.

In the drizzle, tens of thousands of sailors stopped their waists, and their battle flags fluttered in the sea breeze.

Navy, ready to go!

The Blood Cloud Dragonclaw Banner fluttering high tells everyone that this is their protector, the spearhead who will bring the empire to glory and will embark on a massive landing battle like never before!

"Today, we're leaving!"

Li Mo stood by the dock, the rain beating on his face, but he looked more and more upright.

"You, the Navy, let this country be reborn from the flames of war, let pride return to the faces of the people, and let the whole of Asia straighten its chest!" In the barracks, tens of thousands of soldiers who did not have their turn to set off sat quietly, listening to the pride coming from the loudspeakers!

"We don't like war, but we're not afraid of it!"

"A year ago, we were invaded, and a year later, we will tell the world that we must not only defeat the enemy, but also use courage and blood to burn the flames of war into the homes of those invaders, so that they can also taste our fists."

"I was told before that there has never been a precedent in history for the success of such a large-scale transoceanic operation, but I would like to say today that we are the precedent, and we are not afraid of any challenge!"

The passionate words made everyone who heard this voice feel as if they had returned to the day of the declaration of war, more than a year of brutal fighting, hundreds of thousands of soldiers throwing their heads and spilling blood, and finally waited for this day.

"Today, I am here to see you off, because you are about to set off, I once said that this is a big era, it is the era of hot-blooded men coming forward, and it is the era of defending the family and the country!"

"Being born in this era is our misfortune, but it is also lucky!"

"Because from this day onwards, you will face unprecedented difficulties, you will see countless shells, and many of you may not be able to return, but you have opened the beginning of an era!"

"Go, go tell the invaders, go tell the careerists, the dragon flag, never fell!" Li Mo was dressed in military uniform, and looked at the soldiers in front of him who were going to the American continent to break through from under the noses of millions of enemies and launch a large-scale transoceanic operation in the world so far, and slowly raised his right arm.

"Go, my warriors, I'm proud of you!"

The wind and rain fell on the shoulders, but they couldn't stop the proud military salute.

Tens of thousands of imperial citizens who came to see them off around couldn't help but learn from Li Mo to raise his right arm, the posture was not standard, but they only had one wish, to salute their children and see them off on the journey again.

The rain became denser and denser, pouring on the foreheads and shoulders of the warriors, wetting the hats and drenching the uniforms.

But the posture is still upright!

"All of them!"

A loud shout tore through the silence of the port, and tens of thousands of imperial citizens gathered around saw the dense crowd of warriors, lined up in a neat queue, saluting and chanting in the heavy rain.

"The First Fleet of the Imperial Royal Navy!"

The loud voice made everyone suddenly prick up their ears and widen their eyes, only to hear the sound of the brush neatly and neatly, and tens of thousands of warriors stood on their legs at the same time.

"Salute to His Majesty the Emperor."

"Let's go!"

On October 15, the Allied countries secretly signed the Istanpur Declaration in Ishtampur, declaring that no Allied country should negotiate post-war matters with the Entente alone until the end of the war, and once again reached an agreement on the allocation of war resources and the division of future interests among the countries.

When the news came out, the world was shocked!

And just five days later, the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire suddenly departed from Pearl Harbor, and at the same time, Chen Ping ordered that all military stations should immediately enter radio control.

On the same day, the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire departed from the port of Zhoushan, and its whereabouts were unknown.

On the same day, the Fifth Fleet of the Chinese Empire and the Japanese and North Korean fleets left the Gulf of Panama with an unknown whereabouts.

On the same day, the main force of the Australian detachment of the Second Fleet of the Chinese Empire set sail with unknown whereabouts.

On the same day, the Seventh Fleet of the Chinese Empire entered high combat readiness.

On the same day, the already prepared fleet set sail from Luzon, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Lianyungang, Tianjin, Dalian, and Ryukyu, and then, under the protection of escort warships, entered the vast Pacific Ocean and disappeared from the eyes of the world.

: Go, go, land on the US imperialists, take advantage of his weak history, kill and pull down, call for support!

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