Compared to the overwhelming offensive of the Australasian army, the French appeared to be a little restless.

But for France, there is another country that does not currently gain much, and that is the British Empire, which contributed to the war against the United States.

The 100,000 British troops had arrived in Canada, and most of them had participated in the Battle of Augusta and New York.

Because of the concentration of most of the elite American troops here, the British army advanced very slowly, even at a turtle speed.

Half a month ago, the Canadian army had already hit Augusta, and now the front line after the British army took over the defense line was still located in Augusta, advancing less than two kilometers.

It may seem incredible, but it's really the leitmotif of this war.

Although the combat effectiveness of the American army is not strong, as long as the war enters into trench warfare of continuous attrition, the little combat strength advantage that the British army has led will be lost.

Trench warfare is not about the combat effectiveness of the army, but about the number of heavy firepower weapons and ammunition reserves that the army is equipped with.

Of course, there is one more thing to add, and that is the number of people who tend to be lost quickly in trench warfare.

The British army led a part of the combined army and the American army fought an ongoing war of attrition, and the total number of deaths on both sides exceeded 30,000.

If you count the number of people wounded in offensive and defensive battles, the total casualties on both sides have exceeded 100,000, which is already more than the previous regular number of the US Army.

However, at present, the medical technology of various countries is no longer so backward, and penicillin in Australasia is also sold well in Europe and the United States.

As long as it is not a serious injury, it is still no problem for a lightly injured soldier to return to the battlefield after simple medical treatment.

Seriously wounded soldiers are transferred to major Canadian cities for treatment, and those who are wounded are almost returned to the battlefield.

Although the British offensive was temporarily deadlocked, neither Britain nor other countries had any intention of increasing their troops further for the time being.

After all, less than half of the 800,000 soldiers of the combined army are currently on the battlefield, and the remaining half are either still on the road or have not yet set off.

In addition to Britain, France, and Australia, the three countries that can quickly assemble their troops, the countries that can rush to the battlefield early are none other than Canada and Mexico, which are relatively close countries.

As for the rest of the European countries, not to criticize them, but their war mobilization and the Great Powers are really several levels behind.

Although the army offensive was deadlocked, the British navy was very active. Compared with the army, the navy does not need to be mobilized and prepared for a long time, and can be replenished at any time when the personnel are sufficient.

As a result, most of the Coalition Navy was concentrated in the Atlantic, and the British led the Coalition Navy in the Atlantic Ocean, frantically tracking down the whereabouts of the US Navy.

As long as you can have a decisive battle with the US Navy and quickly solve the main force of the US Navy, half of the war will be won.

As for the fact that the United States can rely on the Army alone to hold back the attack of the combined forces, this is almost impossible to do.

After all, the economic crisis in the United States is also quite serious, and although the combined army cannot drag on for too long, this does not mean that the Americans can withstand the attrition of the war for a long time.

Although the combined army is at a disadvantage in logistics, if it really enters the stage of attrition, the combined strength of multiple countries should not be underestimated.

Compared with the attitude of the United Navy to seek a decisive battle, the US Navy is more obscene.

Under the orders of the commander of the U.S. Navy, the Atlantic Navy was confined to the harbor, and even the patrol fleet was all recalled, which had the intention of ceding the entire Atlantic to the coalition forces.

While this avoided Armageddon for the main forces of the two navies, it also exposed the East Coast of the United States to bombing and threat from coalition naval forces.

This is not the end, after the news that Australasia had not found the Pacific Fleet on the west coast of the United States reached the British side, Britain decisively stepped up patrols in the Panama Canal and the Drake Passage to prevent the Americans from quietly gathering all the fleets.

No, long patrols quickly paid off.

More than a month after the outbreak of the war, on August 27, 1928, the Combined Forces finally received the whereabouts of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

It is true that the Pacific Fleet is not on the west coast of the United States, and they have even quietly arrived in South America.

But the problem is that the current navy does not have nuclear power, and it has to dock to replenish fuel and supplies before it runs out of fuel.

Especially after the blockade of the Panama Canal, the U.S. Pacific Fleet needed to go around the entire South America if it wanted to go to the Atlantic, which meant that they needed to resupply at least three or four times.

However, the relations between the countries of South America and the United States are not very good, and it is basically impossible for the American fleet to quietly replenish supplies.

While U.S. troops were quietly replenishing supplies in Ecuador, South America, intelligence officers here also noticed the U.S. warship and reported it to the Coalition Army's Supreme Staff.

At the same time, the Ecuadorian government also reported the news to Spain, which also reported the news to the coalition army.

The two pieces of news corroborated each other, and the Combined Pacific Fleet led by Australasia and the Combined Atlantic Fleet led by Great Britain quickly rushed to their areas to encircle the US Pacific Fleet.

Of course, the Atlantic Fleet was not destined to move in its entirety. Judging by the naval strength of the two sides, the combined Pacific Fleet alone has surpassed the Pacific Fleet of the United States.

Because of this, the Atlantic Combined Fleet will send only one detachment to assist the Combined Pacific Fleet in its operations and ensure that it can defeat the US Pacific Fleet with a crushing advantage.

The purpose of the US Pacific Fleet in South America is quite obvious, that is, to go to the Atlantic Ocean and join the US Atlantic Fleet.

Naturally, the combined army will not give the Americans such an opportunity. The detachments that went to South America to carry out encirclement and suppression were all fast fleets composed of strategic cruisers, and it was no problem to catch up with the Americans within half a month from the Panama Canal.

After all, the Americans are operating in secret, which means that their navy is not destined to move at full speed.

Coupled with the fact that most of the Pacific Fleet was involved in this operation, the American fleet must not be moving too fast, and it will take longer to replenish supplies.

On September 11, the fast-moving Pacific Combined Fleet finally found traces of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

However, the fleet did not act recklessly, but first used the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier to probe the reality of the US Navy, and by the way, looked for an opportunity to weaken the strength of the US Pacific Fleet in advance.

Australasia currently has a large number of aircraft carriers, and the number of aircraft has exceeded 100.

Among them were not only reconnaissance planes and fighters, but also bombers that posed a great threat to the main warships.

However, the operation certainly did not require jets, which are currently the Australasian military's trump card and are not suitable for such a small-scale military operation.

Even so, the aircraft that Australasia has come up with can be regarded as world-class.

At least compared to the aircraft of the Americans, there is still an advantage in numbers and combat effectiveness.

Soon after the Australasian planes sorted, the U.S. Pacific Fleet actually sensed that something was wrong.

However, the enemy's long-range reconnaissance Pacific Fleet had no choice but to send planes from its own aircraft carriers to drive it away.

Soon, the Americans realized the gap with Australasia in terms of aircraft.

The commander-in-chief of the US Pacific Fleet, who realized that his whereabouts had been exposed, did not dare to be careless, and he even ordered all the planes on an aircraft carrier to be dispatched, which was to drive away the Australasian reconnaissance plane.

However, more than 20 American planes had no ability to resist in front of the same number of Australasian military planes, and several were quickly shot down, and the rest did not dare to confront head-on, so they could only desperately dodge bullets.

But unfortunately, the most important thing for aircraft is agility and speed, and American aircraft are lagging behind in both aspects.

Although the American pilots had tried their best, they only lasted an extra minute or two, and eventually crashed into the ocean with a puff of black smoke.

Seeing that the planes on his side were almost completely destroyed, the face of the commander of the US Pacific Fleet instantly became gloomy, and he conveyed his order to retreat to the herald.

Where to retreat? Naturally, it was evacuated to the Drake Passage to the south.

It is no longer realistic to remain in the Pacific, because the fleet does not have a reliable supply point, and every time it replenishes supplies, it is most likely to be surrounded and flanked by the enemy.

Rather than stay in the Pacific Ocean and sit still, it is better to storm the Drake Passage with all your might, at least let the main forces of the Pacific Fleet go to the Atlantic.

After all, although the Drake Passage is called a strait, it is actually a very large ocean.

The southernmost part of South America and the northernmost part of Antarctica are separated by thousands of kilometers, and the commander of the US Pacific Fleet does not believe that the combined forces will be able to completely block the Drake Passage, there will definitely be a gap in the defense.

Although the replenishment of supplies along the way is still a problem, it is clear that the US Pacific Fleet has no way back.

It's a big deal to forcibly replenish supplies from the cities of South America halfway, anyway, that's what the commander of the American fleet thought.

But alas, the American fleet had not sailed far before there was a noticeable buzz in the sky again.

This time, it was not Australasian reconnaissance planes that came, but fighters and bombers with ample weapons and ammunition.

Fighter planes were responsible for escorting the bombers, and the dozen or so bombers, which looked very large, were the main weapons of the attack.

At the sight of the enemy's aircraft, the commander of the US fleet immediately ordered the anti-aircraft weapons in the fleet to be aimed at the enemy.

But the current air defense weapons are not very reliable, and it is very difficult, if not hopeless, to hit aircraft flying at high altitudes and high speeds.

Only the planes that can really defend themselves against the aircraft, but at the moment the American fleet has lost most of its aircraft, and the rest are clearly not opponents of the enemy's aircraft.

In order for this bombing operation to go smoothly, the Pacific Combined Fleet was not without action.

At the same time as the planes were dispatched, the fleet also moved forward some distance, and each side was almost within the range of the other.

The U.S. fleet soon discovered this, and the herald reported to the U.S. fleet commander with a nervous face: "Your Excellency, the enemy is about to enter our firing range!" ”

Looking at the bombers getting closer and closer in the sky, and then using the telescope to look at the enemy fleet that was already almost visible, the commander of the American fleet was also in a dilemma.

Obviously, the enemy wanted to expose him to the enemy, and he showed his flaws in a hurry.

But he didn't have a good solution. After most of the aircraft were damaged, the only thing that could restrain the enemy's aircraft was the anti-aircraft weapons on the warships.

In order to better protect against enemy aircraft, the fleet became more dispersed and concentrated attacks on enemy aircraft with anti-aircraft weapons.

Spread out in order to reduce the probability of enemy bomber hits. After all, the size of the warship is both large and small, and it is really not easy to aim at high-speed aircraft.

As long as the bombs do not fall on the warship's more important positions, the threat to the warship is not so high.

To make the warships more dispersed is to increase the probability of bombs falling into the sea.

But the problem is that if the fleet is dispersed, it is doomed to a disadvantage in naval warfare.

The enemy's fleet is also close at hand, and a formation that is too scattered will not have an advantage in naval battles.

In particular, if the enemy's warships are in battle formation, it is easy for the scattered fleet on your side to fall into a disadvantage.

So, is it against the enemy's fleet or with the planes overhead?

After careful consideration, the commander of the US Pacific Fleet decided to turn his attention to the enemy's fleet.

After all, the United States also has aircraft, and facts have proven that the current aircraft are not so threatening to warships.

Unless unlucky enough for the bomb to fall on the deck and in front of the eyes of the naval soldiers, the plane will not be lethal enough to damage the warship.

But the enemy's fleet is different.

The Americans also have some intelligence. The Pacific Fleet at present is a combination of the Australasian Fleet and the British Indian Ocean Fleet, and the total tonnage of warships and the number of capital ships surpass that of the US Pacific Fleet.

If it had been at a disadvantage at the outset in a naval battle, the naval battle would have been doomed.

As for the planes overhead, send a certain number of people to expel them with anti-aircraft weapons, and don't let the enemy's planes get too close to the warship.

That's what the commander of the U.S. fleet thought, and so did his orders.

Under the orders of the commander, the US Pacific Fleet quickly moved into action, put on an operational formation for naval battles, and waited for the approach of the enemy fleet.

In the case of naval superiority, the decisive battle of the navy in Australasia is also not intimidated.

What's more, according to the information, the fleet of battlecruisers sent by the Atlantic Combined Fleet is not far from the battlefield.

Now, even if a large-scale naval battle breaks out with the US Pacific Fleet, the advantage is completely on the side of Australasia, and there is nothing to worry about.

The navies of both sides are in battle formation, while the planes have already begun their own actions.

Although the distance between the two navies is several kilometers, this is the distance for the plane to change lanes in the blink of an eye.

As soon as the bombers approached the American fleet, they dropped a large number of bombs, which were naturally the decks and conning towers of the American fleet.

And the flagship of the commander of the US fleet naturally became the main target of the bombers.

As expected by the commander of the U.S. fleet, most of the bombs did not hit the decks and facilities of the warship, but fell in the ocean not far from the warship.

But the Australasian Air Force was clearly well trained, and several bombs fell on the deck of a battleship.

Rumble! Boom!

With the explosion of the bomb, the battery on the side of the battleship was directly ignited.

The serial explosions directly affected the entire deck, leaving the US Navy on the deck of this battleship almost without life.

And that's not the most important thing. The explosion directly blew a large crater on the side of the deck, the deck made of steel was directly deformed, and there was a crack in the hull, and the sea water was constantly pouring into the battleship along the crack, so that the battleship quickly tilted down.

"Damn, a battleship is so silent?" The commander of the American fleet watched all this, but at this time there was no way to remedy it.

Such a serious injury could only be dragged to the shipyard for repairs, but the situation at this time was certainly impossible for the battleship to hold out to the shipyard.

It can only be said that the captain of this battleship was indeed too dark-faced to be able to be affected by the explosion of the bomb to the battery.

For a battleship, two of the most dangerous places are the battery and the bomb storage magazine. There were a large number of shells in both places, and if they were unfortunately ignited by enemy shells and bombs, the resulting serial bombardment would be a fatal blow to the warship.

The instantaneous serious injury of this battleship was not the worst. Because above the head of the American fleet, there are several bombers that are looking for targets.

Although not every bomber will be able to accomplish its goal, such a guy hovering overhead is a big blow to the morale of the soldiers of the US Navy.

The good news was that this round of bombing was soon over, and the main American warship lost only that battleship.

One light cruiser and one destroyer were sunk as a remnant, but it was a blessing in misfortune for the main forces of the fleet.

However, the commander of the American fleet did not breathe a sigh of relief, because the real naval battle had just begun.

Compared to the threat of aircraft in the sky, if they can't solve the enemy's navy on the opposite side, their Pacific Fleet may have the only end but to be captured.

As for the sinking of all warships, this is simply not possible.

After all, no one is a fool, and when he is injured most of his own, he will definitely think of running as the best policy.

Call!

With a breath of relief, the commander of the American fleet set his eyes on the enemy's fleet in the distance and asked the herald to pass on his orders to all the American soldiers: "Soldiers, defeat the enemy in front of you!"

Either we make it to the Atlantic, or we will die in this ocean. For America's sake, and for all your families, kill them! ”

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