1825 My New Daming

Chapter 401 Here Comes Your Opportunity! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
Washington, White House.

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

Air defense positions have been established around the White House and Capitol Hill, and air defense weapons transformed from field artillery and heavy machine guns have been set up!Moreover, American workers with quick hands and feet also built several reinforced concrete anti-aircraft towers around the White House and Capitol Hill, and erected the latest 1-pound (37 mm) anti-aircraft guns on the towers.

In addition, the President of the United States also ordered people to cover the white house with fishing nets covered with leaves - so that enemy planes taking off from the Chesapeake Bay may not recognize the white house.
In short, the vigorous anti-Mexican war in the United States has begun to enter the state.

Moreover, Mexico's plan to sneak attack Washington was leaked again without accident!

Although the Mexican Emperor Agustin I repeatedly ordered the white-skinned officers under him to pay attention to secrecy, don't let the Mexican navy and army prepare for a desperate sea raid and directly attack Washington, the capital of the United States of America, in order to force the opponent to surrender and give up attacking Texas. The plan spread out.But US President Jackson still got a very detailed report very quickly!
According to this report, under the coercion and lure of Lieutenant Admiral Zhuge Weidao, commander of the Ming Pacific Fleet, the Emperor of Mexico had made a crazy decision to raid Washington and set fire to the White House.

In order to carry out this crazy plan, Agustin I and Zhuge Weidao have decided to mobilize the main force of the Mexican Navy and the Dezhou Haizi to form the Mexico-Texas United Fleet!

The joint fleet will have the main force of the Mexican Navy and the Texas Sea, including at least 4 Hero-class ships, 4 Hero-class ships and 6 so-called aircraft-carrying frigates with scary names. They are
"Akagi, Kaga, Canglong, Flying Dragon, Zuikaku, Xianghe"

Sitting in the Oval Office and reporting the name of the ship, the President of the United States had a very bad premonition. These 6 aircraft-carrying frigates might cause serious damage to the United States of America!
"John, Oliver, do you know how many aircraft each of these aircraft-carrying frigates of Daming can carry?"

The President of the United States raised his head and asked Secretary of the Navy John Branch and Chief of Naval Operations Oliver Perry in front of him.

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

Oliver Perry was an American hero who could be compared with President Jackson during the Second War of Independence. At that time, he was the commander of the US "Lake" Army, commanding the Inner Lake Navy in the Great Lakes region to defeat the British Royal "Lake" Army!And in last year's Norfolk battle (that is, the air raid by Dezhou Haizi), he also performed well. He repelled the fighter planes of Dezhou Haizi and successfully defended the Norfolk naval base!Well, Norfolk wasn't lost anyway, it must have been kept.

With these two credits, he was promoted after the United States declared war on Mexico, became the first admiral in the history of the U.S. Navy, and served as the most senior officer of the U.S. Navy, the chief of naval operations equivalent to the chief of naval staff .

"That's 360 planes. Can we resist it?" President Jackson looked worried - the White House may not be overdone, but it may be bombed!
"can!"

Oliver Perry replied affirmatively: "As long as their goals are determined, we may set up an ambush in advance and catch them by surprise!"

"How to set up an ambush?"

"Admiral Porter has proposed a plan to ambush the Delaware Bay and launch a surprise attack on the combined Mexico-Texas fleet attempting to attack the Chesapeake Bay." Oliver Perry said, "If the Mexicans want to enter Washington, Then they must first control the Chesapeake Bay. And we have already built a fort at the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay, and also deployed shallow water heavy gunships and torpedo boats at the Norfolk Naval Port in the Chesapeake Bay Brigade. So most of the Mexicans' attack started when they landed on Virginia Beach. They must first conquer the fort near Virginia Beach by land, and then seize the Norfolk Naval Harbor!

If the Mexicans want to complete the landing on the beachhead of Virginia, they must use their hero-class battleships and hero-class armored cruisers to bombard the US positions on the beachhead.At the same time, send carrier-based aircraft to attack the Chesapeake Fort!And this gave us the opportunity for the main force of the Atlantic Fleet lurking in the Delaware Bay to attack and damage it in one fell swoop! "

Oliver Perry seemed very confident, but President Jackson was a little uncertain: "Can it really hit the Mexico-Texas combined 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.

"Currently we have 38 aircraft carriers, and each aircraft carrier can carry a Kelly F1 carrier-based fighter, a total of 38 aircraft!"

"38 to 360?" The President of the United States frowned. "This is really an inspiring ratio!"

"President," said Oliver Perry, "the number 360 is the maximum number possible, and it is impossible to have that many. Pilots who can land on the flight deck are difficult to train, so it is difficult for their carrier ships to be full." Ed, maybe just over 200 aircraft."

"That's a lot!" said the President of the United States.

Perry said: "Those planes are bombers, not necessarily capable of air combat, and they are also responsible for bombing ground targets. At most, they can only spare a part to bomb the main force of the Atlantic Fleet.

Plus, our F1 doesn't need to shoot them all down.As long as most of them are forced to drop their bombs and engage in aerial combat, half the battle is won!Because they can bomb our fleet, it means that the distance between the two sides is probably less than 60 nautical miles.While our battleships can travel 20 nautical miles an hour under forced ventilation, our armored cruisers are faster and can travel 25 nautical miles an hour.This means that in just over 2 hours, our fleet entered the shelling distance with the opponent!

The enemy's fleet cannot conduct mobile operations at all because they have to cover their landing forces and landing fleets, so our 6 United States-class battleships and 4 armored cruisers must be able to defeat their 4 hero-class and 4 hero-class ships.Moreover, we have an overwhelming advantage in the number of second- and third-class cruisers and destroyers! "

"But." President Jackson frowned, "but once our six United States-class ships leave Obier Bay, they will attract the attention of Texas Haizi. Their airships often go to Obier Bay for reconnaissance. Once they notice something is wrong, they will Maybe change the target and hit Florida or Louisiana America's coastline is too long and dangerous everywhere!"

"President," said Oliver Perry, "the British will fix this for us!"

"British? How can they help?"

"Our US-class and their Victory-class are very similar in shape," Oliver Perry said, "I have already discussed with the British First Sea Lord. After our six US-class ships sailed out of the Florida Straits, There will be 6 British Victory-class and Indomitable-class ships flying the Stars and Stripes sailing through the Windward Strait (between Cuba and Haiti) and approaching the coast of Nicaragua. It is assumed that they will destroy the eastern lock construction site of the Nicaragua Grand Canal, so that most Mexicans will We will take the opportunity to dispatch the Mexico-Texas combined fleet to rush out of the Straits of Florida and head towards Virginia Beach!"

Jackson thought for a while, "Will the Mexico-Texas joint fleet also go south through the Yucatan Strait to the coast of Nicaragua?"

"No," Oliver Perry said with certainty, "because the Nicaragua canal lock project has just started, and there are no high-value targets on the construction site. And when they found six United States-class (British fleet) sailing through the Windward Channel, It’s too late to follow up.”

(End of this chapter)