Chapter 426: Target, Pearl Harbor! (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass)
The diplomatic strategy of organizing the eight-nation alliance of NATO against the Great Tomorrow Dynasty has been finalized!
For the UK, this is the only way to go. There is chaos on the European continent now, although it will not stab Britain in the back, but it is impossible to show much strength to help Britain and Ming fight. At present, Austria and Rakshasa are among the four great powers, France, Austria, Prussia, and Rakshasas, and they cannot move because of the internal revolutionary current, while France and Prussia are hostile to each other because of the question of coming to Inland, and conflicts are about to break out.
It's hard to imagine that Europe will have another world war on its side, and the world war of Great Britain and Ming will fight its own game. Hopefully, there will be no two world wars in history, only two world wars – two world wars fought at the same time, each fighting its own world......
But for the British, who are next to the continent, the more chaotic Europe is, the happier they are...... If the Europeans can kill each other, that will be the greatest help to them. Of course, the premise is that a unified Europe cannot be fought, otherwise the world war of Great Britain will be difficult to fight.
Now because Europe is very chaotic, so after Kaiser Wilhelm finalized the diplomatic strategy, he and the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord of the Navy, the Lord of the Navy, Lord Gray, the First Sea Secretary, Sir Hardy, the Chief of Army Staff, Samur. Sir Huls, Ordnance Director Somerset and others discussed the next military strategy of the British Empire.
Kaiser Wilhelm's court attendants and royal staff soon moved in several square tables and put them together to form a huge map table with a large map of the world situation spread on it.
The situation on this map was of course understood at a glance with Kaiser Wilhelm's professional military vision, but he saw His Majesty the Emperor standing on the edge of the map platform with his arms crossed for a while, and then said to the ministers and generals who surrounded him: "Well, we must at least come up with a practical plan at the G-8 summit that can deal a heavy blow to the enemy!" Gentlemen, do you have such a plan?"
"Your Majesty," said Sir Hardy, First Sea Secretary, "the Admiralty anticipates that the Ming Empire will launch its first attack on Australia in the coming months, and therefore plans to defend the island of Moresby with the island of Moresby as the centre, and we will defend the islands of New Guinea (Bismarck), the Solomon Islands, and the northern coast of the island of New Guinea to the northeast and east of Port Moresby, and to control certain key islands and locations to build forts, ports, airfields, and other facilities, and to deploy troops to defend the island.
At the same time, we will concentrate the Grand Fleet in Port Moresby, and after the enemy's Pacific Fleet has moved south, we will rely on the bases in the New Guinea Islands, the Solomon Islands, and the New Guinea Islands to organize effective and successive resistance in the New Guinea Sea (Bismarck Sea), the Solomon Sea, and the Coral Sea, so as to weaken the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy...... The Admiralty believes that our resistance in the islands of New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and the islands of New Guinea and the waters around them will buy us nine to 12 months.
Considering that the Ming Navy's Pacific Fleet is still preparing, we should be able to buy up to 15 months before the decisive battle to defend the Australian continent begins. And in 15 months, our arming program on the Australian continent will be complete, and we will have more and more powerful battleships, aircraft-carrying armored cruisers, and advanced aircraft!" ….
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Chief of Staff of the Army, Samur. Sir Hulse said, "Your Majesty, we, the British Army, have been organising the mighty Anzac since 1831 and are ready to deal a mortal blow to the invading Ming army on the vast expanse of the Australian continent!"
"Fatal blow?" Kaiser Wilhelm glanced at the Chief of Staff of the British Army, "Marshal, tell me, how do you plan to do it?"
"Your Majesty the Emperor," replied the former commander of the cavalry unit who had fought in the Napoleonic Wars and had made great achievements under the Duke of Wellington, "and the Army is prepared to deploy powerful artillery and cavalry units in Australia...... Australia is a vast continent full of wild and untouched grasslands and sandy lands, and without a strong cavalry, the enemy will not be able to conduct mobile warfare in the field. However, it is thousands of nautical miles away from the Ming mainland, and the horses are very delicate and seasick, if you go by sea for a long time, you must have a considerable period of rest to recover, otherwise you will not be able to fight at all. But where could the Ming army, who had just landed on the Australian mainland, get pastures that could be used for horses to recover?
Therefore, the army staff judged that the Ming troops who landed in Australia would lose the ability to maneuver in the open field because of the lack of horses, and the large number of artillery they possessed would also be unable to maneuver because they did not have enough horses.
Therefore, as long as we complete the deployment of cavalry on the Australian continent, we can use the cavalry corps' powerful field maneuverability to suppress the landed Ming troops near the beach, or lead them into the inland open area to annihilate them."
"Annihilation?" Kaiser Wilhelm said, "If I remember correctly, in the crucial battle against Emperor Napoleon, our army defeated the cavalry charge led by Marshal Neyin with a revolver machine gun!"
"Your Majesty the Emperor," Samuel. Sir Hulse laughed, "Our cavalry is completely different from the cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars, although they still maneuver on horseback, and occasionally mount charges. More often than not, however, they dismount and attack the enemy, supported by machine guns and artillery towed by their horses. Their advantage lies in the maneuverability of large corps, not in shock power.
In addition, well-trained cavalry is still very effective against enemy logistics lines...... Since Australia is a wild continent, only a handful of places have been developed. Therefore, it was difficult for the Ming army to collect supplies on the spot, and they could only rely on supplies from the sea to maintain the battle. Once we cut off the supply lines between the Ming forces deep inland and the seaports they control, they will be wiped out."
"Sir, your plan sounds good!" Kaiser Wilhelm didn't know much about the Army, but Sir Hulse was right, and he also felt that the plan for the Australian campaign drawn up by the Army Staff was still good.
He paused, and then said, "But the navy's strategy is still too conservative...... The Navy is an offensive service, not a defensive service, if we put the fleet in Port Moresby and wait for the enemy to come. Then the enemy will either not come, or there will be a huge fleet that our Australian Grand Fleet simply cannot deal with. So what I mean is to take the initiative in the Pacific Ocean and launch a counterattack to hit here!"
As he spoke, Kaiser Wilhelm suddenly raised his hand and pointed to a few islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on the map that looked small and somewhat lonely.
"This is ......," the Duke of Wellington looked at the map, "Pearl Harbor!" Your Majesty, do you mean that we are going to attack Pearl Harbor, the home port of the Ming Pacific Fleet?"
"Yes," Emperor Wilhelm nodded, "We'll take the Ming Navy's Pacific Fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor!"
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