755 West Wind Flame (1)

"Not responsible for anything that happens while serving as interim president. 【 I want: super fast update ]"

"Haha......."

On the wharf of the port of Djibouti, which is being expanded, there is a hearty laughter: "This vice president of the United States is really a wonderful person, knowing that he can't take over this mess at this time." ”

Zhou Cheng glanced at Gu Junhuo, who was holding the telegram, and also felt very funny, because the General Staff would compile domestic and international events every few days and send them to various theaters and headquarters, so although they were thousands of miles away from the United States, they could also clearly know what was going on, so they also immediately said: "In my opinion, I was still frightened by the emperor's wanted notice!" 100,000 heads, hehe, I'm moved. ”

"Don't think of Americans as too timid." Gu Junhuo gradually put away his smile and said: "General Sun Jiugong sent 2 armored divisions, 2 infantry divisions, and 15 infantry divisions, and the strength is not strong, but Carl has not held out for so many days. Besides, if it weren't for the fact that Arizona wasn't a grain-producing region, and the ammunition and munitions were badly lost during the retreat, I think he would have been able to hold out for a while. ”

"It's a pity!"

Gu Jun Huo Gang smacked his lips, and Zhou Cheng, who had been promoted to chief of staff of the Seventh Fleet, immediately smiled and said, "Commander, if you let Luo Feng hear this, it is estimated that you will be scolded to death." ”

"No, we've been dealing with him for a year or two, don't you know his temper? If he had the chance, he would have been able to fight a tough battle with the French and German Army, which was known as the number one, to show his might. Gu Junhuo said as he walked towards the dock that was being expanded.

Since the effortless takeover of Djibouti, it has become the main base of the Navy in the Red Sea, and because of its strategic location, there have even been proposals in the empire that it should be included in the empire's territory, but many people feel that the Arab policy should be continued, as long as the base garrison does not ask for land, and a longer-term lease agreement can be signed.

The latter is what the navy is willing to see, but because Djibouti is currently under anarchic military control, the Chinese government is not very familiar with the place, so it is still in the observation stage on the matter of choosing who to be the agent for the time being.

However, this can no longer change the Royal Navy's ambition to include this place in the naval sphere of influence, since the capture of here, a large amount of cement and building materials have been transported to expand the harbor, in order to alleviate the lack of transportation, even from the nearby Ottoman and Saudi Arabia to purchase some, fortunately, the French have laid a better foundation here before, and the expansion work is relatively smooth.

The number of deep-water wharves in the port that has not yet been expanded has increased to 3, which can dock 5 capital ships, but there are not too many warships on the wharf at the moment, in addition to a Yangtze River-class light cruiser, there are 3 Weiqing-class destroyers and two submarines are resting here. Looking at the few few battleships, Gu Junhuo was also a little melancholy.

The Seventh Fleet has also been reorganized for a while, and the task is not without it, locking up the Indian Grand Fleet to provide escort for ships in the Arabian Sea, etc., but because the two main Guam-class battleships rushed to support the United States and have not returned, the Second Fleet has undertaken most of the main operations, while the Seventh Fleet can only get some idle small jobs, and for him, who is bent on officially carving the Seventh Fleet with the Navy's meritorious medal, this day is simply torment.

Zhou Chengna didn't know Gu Junhuo's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Don't look any further, the aircraft carrier assigned to us after the New Year should arrive, and if you're lucky, you may be able to get a Hawaiian-class light cruiser and a large cruiser, so it's enough to make trouble." ※※※※※I ※ I ※ ※

"Hehe, isn't this in a hurry."

Gu Jun Huo didn't hide his thoughts at all, and said with a smile: "Seeing that Europe is about to fight, but we are idle here, we are really cautious, I really want to fight like Luo Feng!" ”

"Hehe, the commander wants to enter the Mediterranean!" Zhou Cheng laughed.

"Hmm."

Gu Junhuo said: "The battle of Paris is about to begin, this must be a scorching battle, I don't know who will win, but no matter what they can do in the end, at least we must prepare for the bad." The Mediterranean Sea is one of the forbidden territories of the Entente, and the navies of Italy, France, and Spain have killed the Ottomans and Austria-Hungary, and if we can go in and make a big fuss, it will inevitably distract the attention of these three countries, and if they can threaten the coastline of Italy and Spain, then they may not be much better than the United States!

In the event of an exit from war between Italy and Spain, it would not be impossible to regain the advantage with the strength of the German Army! ”

"The commander is right, but the mine belt outside the canal is not easy to pass, during this time we have cleared mines during the day, and they have laid mines at night, and it has not had much effect to constantly pull each other's skins, and if you want to enter the Mediterranean, you must first take out the Indian Grand Fleet and completely solve your worries."

"yes."

Gu Junhuo scratched his head, thinking of the Indian Grand Fleet that could not be found in Mumbai, and a generation of sharp light suddenly crossed his eyes.

It is true that the navy has not intended to completely solve the Indian Grand Fleet, but the problem is that the Bombay waterway is also difficult to navigate, not to mention the closure of a large number of mines, Campbell often orders minelayers to adjust the access routes, and the submarine force has failed to break in several times.

At present, domestic aircraft manufacturing has reached the limit, and because of the need to attack the United States, the focus of manufacturing has also changed from giving priority to supplying the navy to manufacturing the air force type first, so that the dive bomber equipment of the naval aircraft carrier began to slow down, and the important thing is that because of the need to make every effort to ensure the success of landing in the United States, the vast majority of aircraft carriers have been withdrawn, so that only one heavy aircraft carrier and two light carriers stationed in Perth can be mobilized in the Indian Ocean.

The Perth light carriers are immovable, they need to defend against the Entente South African fleet, 2 Avenger-class battleships, 2 Spanish-class battleships plus 3 old French battleships, which are only stronger than the previous British South African fleet.

What's more, although Campbell is a little reluctant to make progress and support his own troops, his experience is obviously much more sophisticated than that of the United States, not only has he also deployed movable mine protection dams, but also the Indian Grand Fleet has not suffered much losses before, and the ship-based anti-aircraft firepower is obviously stronger than that of the United States, and it is difficult to achieve much success with only one mothership and dragontooth torpedo bombers, and the main reason for the stalemate between the two sides until now.

"The problem of minesweeping out of the canal is not big, Commander Xue has already said that the Air Force base on the Sinai Peninsula will be initially put into use as late as next month, as long as the Air Force can deploy a group of bombers, it can completely provide support for the minesweeper and destroyer detachments, and their minelaying ships will not be so easy to approach the canal.

As for Campbell and his grand fleet, hehe, now is his good chance, if he doesn't go, huh! I really can't leave in this life! ”

"Good chance?!" Hearing his words, Zhou Cheng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly came to his side and asked, "Commander, but what's the news?" Gu Junhuo nodded: "I just received news that one of our cruisers encountered 2 British cruisers and 3 French destroyers in the Mozambique Strait between the island of Madagascar and the African continent. ”

"Oh? This is the first time! Zhou Cheng also frowned, after the formation of the South African fleet, the area of activity has been strictly limited to the Scotia Sea between South Africa and the Frank Islands, and has never taken the initiative to enter the Indian Ocean, this time suddenly appeared near the island of Madagascar, is it ......."

"I suspect this is in preparation for Campbell!"

Gu Junhuo said the answer and continued: "Although Campbell did not act, judging from the fact that the British Admiralty has not obtained his command position for a long time, it shows that this person must have some ability, and it was just bad luck to fight with the Second Fleet before, if he hadn't been fooled at that time, he gave up Ceylon and attacked the Arabian Sea, and we would not have been able to open the Strait of Hormuz so much without paying a price."

In the eyes of outsiders, he had two chances to leave, the first time when we were in Australia, and the second time when we landed in the United States, but he did not leave, not because he was timid, but because he knew that he could not leave at that time! ”

"Oh, why?"

"When he was in Australia, General Xiao Tianzhi's expedition seemed to be huge, but in fact, he only took 2 heavy motherships and 3 light carriers, and there were not many capital ships, if we left at that time, we would have enough ways to block him! And at that time, the South African fleet of the Entente had not yet been deployed, and he wanted to escape and there was no one to answer! Gu Junhuo squinted his eyes and continued: "Landing in the United States is a good opportunity for him in the eyes of outsiders, but in fact, it is more dangerous, because the United States does not have much naval strength on the west coast and cannot contain us, if he goes, as long as we are slightly entangled with the Second Fleet for a few days, the main force of North America can quickly move south along the American coastline to bypass the Cape of Good Hope and block the gate of the South Atlantic, although it seems a little far away, but in fact, we have a large number of supply ships in North America at that time, and there is no problem in ensuring that a fleet is mobile and conducts high-intensity operations!" ”

"So, he saw through it so he deliberately didn't leave!" Speaking of this, Zhou Cheng was a little shocked.

"I don't know about this, but I think he should have seen through it and deliberately didn't leave, not to mention that it wasn't time to burn the house beams and hurry to leave, because our forces in the Indian Ocean are too small, as long as he is here for a day, we don't dare to open the canal into the Mediterranean Sea with all our might."

"I know, so he's leaving now, because California has been defeated by us, and once the North American main force comes back, it will inevitably kill him!"

"Not bad."

"But it's also a good opportunity for him." Gu Junhuo smiled slightly: "Because he knows that this time they have fired too many shells!" ”

"Too many shells!"

Zhou Cheng completely understood, and immediately looked at Gu Junhuo with admiration, he was a little contemptuous because he was older than the other party, but after these words, he knew that it turned out that quietly, this general, who was once the captain of a young battleship in the Imperial Royal Navy, had risen to a level comparable to Dong Fei and Fang Jin and others.

There are too many shells, and to the layman, it will definitely seem strange what this has to do with defeating the Indian Grand Fleet, but Zhou Cheng is very clear that this is a big problem for the navy and a technically insurmountable logistical problem.

For example, the life of the 406 mm naval gun is only about 150 rounds when using armor-piercing shells, and only about 700 high-explosive shells with less wear and tear, and almost all the capital ships there exceed this number in order to support the North American landing and attack on the three major ports.

At present, the large caliber of the gun barrel that the empire can change at sea is only 76 mm, and the barrel change of the above caliber of the ship's guns needs to be carried out in the base, and the main force of the ship guns above the level of 305 mm must also be docked to be carried out, which means that all the capital ships involved in the offensive landing and providing fire support have reached the limit of docking and changing the barrels, even if they are all stuffed into the dock now, it will take at least four to five days to complete.

The main aircraft carrier also needs to be rested and maintained because the pilots have been fighting continuously for a month with high intensity, not to mention that the officers and men are not iron-clad, and the increase in flight accidents in a short period of time in recent times illustrates the problem, and the last few Xiqin-class motherships will be delivered as early as early March, which has led to an obvious window period for the navy after continuous operations!

During this period, the main forces that the navy can use are only 1 heavy carrier and 2 light carriers, plus 4 Hebei-class battleships, and the rest will be cruisers and destroyers, as well as some submarines with obvious speed defects that cannot participate in the decisive battle.

On the other hand, Campbell still has 10 capital ships, 16 cruisers and as many as 30 destroyers, including 2 American Pennsylvania-class, 2 Northampton-class, plus Queen-class Malaya, a total of 5 381mm heavy gun capital ships, plus 3 Nelson-class and 1 Irish-type battleship, as long as the Imperial Royal Navy can't get too many reinforcements, he has enough strength to break through from the pursuit of 1 mothership and 4 Hebei-class, not to mention the rescue of 7 battleships of the South African fleet.

"This is our big window since the start of the war, and if Campbell was really smart, he would never pass up this opportunity! And....... Gu Junhuo turned his head and said with a smile: "The intelligence department just transferred a message in the morning. ”

"The last two Prestige-class battlecruisers with a speed of 26 knots have been delivered, and with yesterday evening they have joined four Caledon-class light cruisers, and a mothership with improved speed from the old cruisers and equipped with Camel 2 aircraft, leaving Portsmouth for an unknown destination, and I suspect they are likely to go to South Africa! Because the intelligence department said that all four cruisers were exceptionally fortified with air defense, and at least 22 rapid-fire guns and machine guns were deployed in each of them!

Moreover, the first Hood-class Battlecruiser in the United Kingdom, which has been strengthened with armor and reached a speed of 27 knots, will also begin sea trials in early March. Gu Junhuo smiled coldly: "This shows that the British Navy has passed the difficult period after Jutland, and they already have the strength to cover Campbell's breakthrough!" ”

"If I had chosen the breakout date, it would have been ......."

"Chinese New Year's Eve......." Before Gu Junhuo finished speaking, Zhou Cheng had already gritted his teeth and said, "Reunion night!" ”

: Cupid brothers, I saw your message, hehe, the hippopotamus didn't find a gunman, this book is still from the first word, it is all typed out of the keyboard, borrowed from other materials, but I have not used the copy key, it is all coded!

It's just that there are a lot of accidents at work recently, and I usually think about how to write and express in the unit, but I've really encountered some trouble these days, so I don't feel it.

Fortunately, the morning was over, and I was finally able to breathe a sigh and think about it, thank you for your support.

。

。

。

。 RO！ ~！