Washington, White House.

The center of power in the United States of America now finally has a little war atmosphere!

Air defense positions have been set up around the White House and Capitol Hill, and anti-aircraft weapons remodeled with field artillery and heavy machine guns have been erected! Moreover, the nimble American workers built a number of reinforced concrete anti-aircraft towers around the White House and Capitol Hill, and erected the latest one-pounder (37 mm) anti-aircraft guns on the towers.

In addition, the President of the United States ordered the White House to be draped in a foliage fishing net - so that enemy planes taking off from the Chesapeake Bay might not recognize the White House......

In short, the vigorous American wars against Mexico have begun to enter the state.

Moreover, the Mexican side's plan to sneak attack Washington has unsurprisingly leaked again!

Although the Mexican Emperor Agustín I repeatedly instructed his white-skinned officers to pay attention to secrecy, they must not spread the word that the Mexican navy and army were preparing a desperate sea raid and directly attack Washington, the capital of the United States of America, in order to force the other side to submit and abandon the plan to attack Texas. But US President Jackson was quick to get a very detailed report!

According to this report, the Mexican emperor, under the coercion and temptation of Vice Admiral Zhuge Weidao, commander of the Ming Pacific Fleet, had made the crazy decision to raid Washington and set fire to the white house.

And in order to carry out this crazy plan, Agustin I and Zhuge Weidao have decided to mobilize the main forces of the Mexican Navy and the Texas Sea to form a combined Mexican-Texas fleet!

The combined fleet will have the main force of the Mexican Navy and the Texas Sea, including at least four Hero-class, four Hero-class, and six terrifying-sounding so-called aircraft-carrying frigates......

"Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Wyvern, Zuizuru, Shozuru......"

Sitting in the Oval Office and announcing the name of the ship, the President of the United States had a very bad premonition...... These 6 aircraft-carrying frigates may cause some heavy damage to the United States of America!

"John, Oliver, do you know how many planes each of these aircraft-carrying frigates of the Ming Dynasty can carry?"

The President of the United States looked up and asked the Secretary of the Navy in front of him, John Brown. Blanche and Chief of Naval Operations Oliver Brown. Perry.

"Mr. President, according to information provided by British intelligence, each aircraft-carrying frigate can carry 60 carrier-based aircraft, of which 48 can be stowed into a fully enclosed hangar, and the remaining 12 are to be parked on the deck."

Oliver. Perry was an American hero to be compared to President Jackson during the Second Revolutionary War, when he was the commander of the U.S. "Lake" Army, and commanded the Inner Lake Naval Division in the Great Lakes to defeat the British Royal "Lake" Army! And in last year's Battle of Norfolk (the same time the Air Raid on the Texas Sea), he also performed well...... Defeated the fighters of the Texas Sea and successfully defended the Norfolk Naval Base! Well, Norfolk didn't lose it anyway, it must have been saved.

With these two credits, he was promoted to the first admiral in the history of the U.S. Navy after the U.S. declared war on Mexico, and became the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. Navy, equivalent to Chief of Naval Operations, chief of naval staff.

"That's 360 planes...... Can we resist it? "President Jackson's face is gloomy - the White House may not go overboard, but it may be bombed!

"Yes!"

Oliver. Perry replied in the affirmative: "As long as we determine their target, we may set up an ambush in advance and catch them by surprise!" ”

"How to set up an ambush?"

"Admiral Porter has proposed an ambush in Delaware Bay for a surprise attack on the combined Mexican-Texas fleet attempting to attack the Chesapeake Bay." Oliver. "If Mexicans want to get into Washington, then they have to take control of the Chesapeake Bay first," Perry said. We had already built batteries at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, and we had shallow heavy gunboats and torpedo boats at Norfolk Naval Harbor in the Chesapeake Bay. So the Mexican offensive mostly began with the landing on Virginia Beach...... They must first overland the batteries near the Virginia beachhead, and then take the Norfolk Naval Harbor!

If the Mexicans wanted to complete the landing on the Virginia beachhead, they would have to use their hero-class battleships, the hero-class armored cruisers, to shell the American positions on the beachhead. At the same time, carrier-based aircraft were sent to attack the Chesapeake battery! And this gives us the opportunity to attack the main force of the Atlantic Fleet lurking in the Delaware Bay and destroy it in one fell swoop! ”

Oliver. Perry looked confident, but President Jackson was a little unsure: "Can you really hit the combined Mexican-Texas fleet in one fell swoop?" They have 360 carrier-based aircraft! ”

"Mr. President, we also have aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft!"

"How many do we have?" President Jackson asked.

"At the moment we already have 38 aircraft carriers, each of which can carry a Kelly F1 carrier-based fighter...... There are 38 planes in total! ”

"38 vs. 360?" The President of the United States frowned, "That's an inspiring ratio!" ”

"President," Oliver said. Perry said, "The number 360 is the maximum number possible, and it can't actually be that much. Pilots who can land on the flight deck are difficult to train, so it is difficult for their carrier ships to be fully staffed, perhaps with just over 200 aircraft. ”

"That's not a lot!" said the President of the United States.

Perry said: "Those planes are bombers, and they don't necessarily have that much air combat capability...... Moreover, they are also responsible for bombing ground targets, and at most they can only devote a part of it to bombing the main forces of the Atlantic Fleet.

Also, our F1 doesn't need to shoot them all down. Just force most of them to drop their bombs for air battles, and we're half the winner! Because they are capable of bombing our fleet, the distance between the two sides is probably less than 60 nautical miles. And our battleships, under strong pressure and ventilation, could drive 20 nautical miles in an hour, and our armored cruisers were even faster, and they could drive 25 nautical miles in an hour. This means that in just over 2 hours, our fleet will be within striking distance of the opposing side!

And the enemy's fleet, because it had to cover their landing force and landing fleet, was simply not able to conduct maneuverable operations...... So our 6 United States-class battleships and 4 armored cruisers will definitely be able to defeat their 4 Heroes and 4 Heroes. And in the number of cruisers and destroyers of the second and third rank, we have an overwhelming advantage! ”

"But......," President Jackson frowned, "but our six United States-class ships will attract the attention of the Texas Sea as soon as they leave Obire Bay, and their airships will often go to Obire Bay to reconnoitre. Once they sense something is wrong, they may change their target and attack Florida or Louisiana...... The coastline of the United States is too long, and everywhere is dangerous! ”

"President," Oliver said. Perry said, "The British will help us with this!" ”

"British? How can they help? ”

"Our United States class and their Victory class are very similar in appearance," said Oliver. "I've made an agreement with the British First Sea Secretary that after our six United States class ships sail out of the Florida Strait, six British Victory-class and Indomitable class will sail across the Windside Channel (between Cuba and Haiti) toward the coast of Nicaragua," Perry said. Pose as if you're going to sabotage the eastern lock site of the Nicaragua Grand Canal, so that the Mexicans will most likely take the opportunity to send the combined Mexican-Texas fleet out of the Florida Strait and toward Virginia Beach! ”

Jackson thought for a moment, "Will the combined Mexican-Texas fleet also go south through the Yucatan Strait to the coast of Nicaragua?" ”

"No," Oliver said. Perry affirmed, "Because the Nicaragua Canal lock project had just begun, there were no high-value targets on the site." And when they found out that 6 United States-class (British fleet) were sailing through the Windside Strait, it was too late to follow. ”