Hearing what he said, Admiral Hart was stunned, thinking that there is indeed a certain truth, but this matter is as unsafe as walking a tightrope, it is really a gamble, betting that the Japanese need a benign operation of the Huhai, and betting that those Japanese soldiers who often go crazy intermittently can maintain their sanity, this is really a very mysterious thing!

In addition, he also noticed the time point mentioned in Pan Sen's words, and asked again: "Pan Sen, I want to know, why did you say that the Japanese army will attack the concession in December next year?" ”

Of course, Li Junhao can't say that this is what really happened in his previous life, so he can only say: "I analyzed the political situation in our country, the behavior pattern of the Japanese army, the development trend of the European battlefield and other factors, and I feel that during that time period, the United States and Japan will declare war on each other and be in a state of hostility......

Admiral Hart's face was a little strange, analyzed? He didn't know what to say! But if you want to say what the other party said nonsense, he has no evidence! can only talk about things from the aircraft and navy that Pan Sen himself said before, "If the Japanese army is really crazy by then, regardless of the consequences of destroying the concession, insists on attacking the concession, you also said, it can't be defended, and it's not worth paying so many resources for such a glimmer of hope!" ”

Li Junhao was silent for a while, and said the method he had thought of before: "Mr. General, for the enemy's aircraft, I want to set up a special air defense force to deal with it, and focus on the deployment of military camps and residential areas, as for those industrial and commercial areas, if the Japanese army is willing to bomb it, go to bomb it!" If it really blows up, see if they themselves will feel distressed?

"As for the navy, the biggest threat to the concession is the naval artillery, I plan to make two preparations, one is to ask Mr. Admiral to move the base of the Asian Fleet to the Shanghai Sea, with you here, it is impossible for the Japanese First Fleet to directly attack the concession......

"The second is that I plan to customize a few high-speed torpedo boats during this time, and after determining that the Japanese have the possibility of attacking, I will blow up their fleet in advance!"

Hart took a deep look at him and admired in his heart: It's really good! This young man has already thought of all the situations, is he helping him?

This time, Hart took the main ships of the Asian Fleet to visit Hong Kong Island and Shanghai Sea respectively, just to change his home port and no longer stay in the same place as that arrogant MacArthur!

He had seen the situation on Hong Kong Island before, and the situation was not bad, the Victoria Military Port there was large enough, and there were only a few old British ships at present, and there was enough space to accommodate the Asian fleet.

Today he also looked at the Wusong Military Port in the Shanghai Sea, and the conditions were far inferior to those on Hong Kong Island, but now Pan Sen's request to defend the Shanghai Concession is more in line with the interests of the United States, because Hong Kong Island is the exclusive sphere of influence of the United Kingdom, and the United States has no interests.

At this time, Hart was thinking, only from the perspective of interests, the Philippines is the only colony of the United States in the Far East, and it is also the reason why the Asian Fleet is stationed at the Cavite base in Manila; If you want to leave there, it is still possible to move your home port to Shanghai, and if you go to Hong Kong Island, it is estimated that China will not agree to it at all!

Regarding Admiral Hart's suggestion that the conditions of the Wusong military port were too poor, Li Junhao said that the Wusong port was not suitable for the US fleet to be stationed, because the land part there was now a Japanese concession and was not safe.

He proposed a plan, that is, to choose one of the Whampoa Riverside wharves within the concession area for renovation, and then use it as the home port of the fleet; Of course, in order to avoid being blockaded by the Japanese army, the fleet had to go on regular cruises to deter the Japanese fleet.

After listening to it and thinking about it carefully, Hart found that this plan was very good and had great feasibility.

Later, together with Li Junhao, he analyzed the strength of the current Asian Fleet and the situation of the enemy's Japanese First Fleet in China.

At present, the Asian Fleet is dominated by Task Force 5, and its flagships are the Northampton-class heavy cruiser Houston, two Omaha-class light cruisers Mapohed and Concord, one Brooklyn-class light cruiser USS Savannah, and 13 Clemson-class destroyers.

In addition, there is an all-old submarine force (28 ships, 6 old S-class, 7 P-class, 16 new S-class) and naval aviation (31 airships, 1 seaplane carrier, 32 Catalina seaplanes).

Although the total tonnage has reached nearly 80,000 tons, these ships are all old models that have been in service for more than 10 years, and both the power system and weapon configuration are far behind the mainstream of the current era.

The flagship cruiser, the Izumo, with a displacement of 9,750 tons, was an old armored cruiser launched in 1900, built by the British shipyard Armstrong, which fought in World War I and the Russo-Japanese War, and served as the seat ship of the Oni Emperor.

The ship is 121.92 meters long, 20.93 meters wide, 7.37 meters draft, 14,500 horsepower, 20.75 knots, 672 personnel, equipped with 4 203-mm guns, 14 150-mm guns, 12 12-pounder rapid-fire guns, 8 2.5-pounder rapid-fire guns, and 4 450-mm torpedo tubes.

The Izumo had participated in two battles of Songhu with the main Japanese fleet, and its powerful artillery fire caused tragic damage to the Chinese military and civilians, and it was a miracle that the Kuomintang Navy and Air Force launched many attacks on it, but it was not sunk.

Li Junhao knew that the "Izumo" ship was also relatively famous in its previous life, mainly because of its "good fate", and it was only injured and unsinkable in many attacks, but it was finally bombed and sunk by US planes in the latter part of World War II.

Considering the strength level of these two fleets, although the Asian Fleet is also a group of old warships, it can steadily suppress the Japanese army in terms of combat effectiveness, of course, this is under the condition that the Japanese army does not reinforce it.

This is very important, at least it can make his previous plan possible, and now it depends on Admiral Hart's decision - he believes that the other party has now taken practical actions to investigate, and he will definitely be sure to complete the purpose of moving to his home port!

Admiral Hart did not immediately reply to him, saying that he wanted to think about it.

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At noon, a group of naval officers and men had lunch with the officers and men of the 327th Regiment in the barracks.

Originally, Acting Consul General Sheehan was going to hold a welcome luncheon for Admiral Hart, but Hart explicitly refused, preferring to be with his men and the soldiers on land and sea.

(End of chapter)