The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

It is very appropriate to describe the current U.S. Navy as "once bitten by a snake and afraid of well ropes for ten years".Compared with the unrepentant Japanese, these descendants of new immigrants are obviously much more flexible.Especially after Nimitz himself led the last Pacific Navy’s desperate fight and returned, the U.S. Navy has confirmed one thing—any weakness and immaturity shown by the Chinese should not be taken seriously, it is a mistake The bait of Qibu Huanchang San!

Just like now, it seems that they are completely unaware of the dark clouds and the overwhelming army. The light cruisers and destroyers that are still patrolling around the main fleet as usual seem to be "slow" and took many photos before "suddenly" discovering the sky. The U.S. reconnaissance plane circling in the middle "hastily" called fighter planes to drive them away, and showed a little "panic" gesture of fleeing back.

But this drama is too fake, not to mention Mark Mitchell, even the not-so-experienced reconnaissance pilot can see that something is wrong.As a result, they ran away without waiting for the interceptor fighter plane to come over, and repeatedly mentioned in the report in a very serious tone that there was a problem, a big problem!

Major General Mitchell had serious discussions with his staff for more than two hours before he came to a preliminary conclusion: "The Chinese obviously have intelligence and countermeasures for our arrival, so if they want to achieve a surprise attack by surprise, the possibility It does not exist. The only thing to do now is how to ensure that our main force will not be damaged too severely while attacking from the front."

In a word, preserve strength.

Although the Americans really want to break into China to avenge their shame, it doesn't mean that they will put all their eggs in one basket just for the sake of momentary embarrassment.The failure in the Pacific Ocean made Americans from Roosevelt onwards realize clearly that if they are right with Zhu Bin, they must be mentally prepared for heavy losses at any time.

In the final analysis.Americans are all economic animals, and they have to calculate the input-output ratio before doing anything. If it is not suitable, try not to do it or avoid it.

At present, the biggest crisis facing the whole world is the rampant expansion of Hitler's fascism and the decline of the British Empire.It is opening a rare opportunity for the rise of the United States, to gain the maximum benefit from both sides in the war, and to ensure that the United States becomes a world leader. This is the great cause Roosevelt wants to do.Vengeance against the Chinese and so on is still at the back.

Therefore, before a decisive reversal of the strategic situation occurs, the U.S. naval power as a guarantee will never allow too much loss.It is not possible to use the key forces for the mere interests of the other side of the earth that cannot be reached in Southeast Asia.otherwise.No one can figure out how big a loophole the resulting war gap will cause. [

First Europe and then Asia, this is a grand strategy that no one can easily change.

Guided by such a spirit, the people below certainly have something to rely on to do things, but it is also a lot more difficult.Major General Mitchell is full of great talents and plans, but he still cannot avoid worrying about this matter.His grandma is not easy to do!

In this regard, Chief of Staff Kevin Scott's suggestion is more pertinent: "General, our action plan does not conflict with the final strategic goal. This time, we only need to be able to hold the Chinese so that they cannot achieve a complete Destroying and occupying Chittagong and Rangoon will not form an encirclement of the Indochina Peninsula and retain enough supply channels. That’s enough. Of course, if you have the opportunity, you can also try to annihilate this enemy.”

Mitchell shook his head resolutely: "Don't even think about that kind of idea. Either don't do it at all, or make up your mind to fight them to the death! Gentlemen, we must clearly realize that the Chinese are now posing Their attitude is actually tempting us to look for a chance of victory. But you must not forget that apart from air strikes, we currently have no better way to sink their capital ships! There is no way to crack their ultra-long-range precision attacks! If you are greedy for merit, you will be punished!"

The staff and captains fell silent.

After seeing the unreasonable and powerful attack power of the Chinese navy, no one has much confidence in the seemingly powerful armor of the battleship.These days, no matter how strong you build your battleship, it can't withstand the bombardment of heavy ships and battleship main guns. Once you are hit, the consequences will be quite serious.Worst of all, it was clear that they had little chance of getting priority fire on the Chinese ships.

At this time, the Japanese naval officer who had been in a state of soy sauce unexpectedly stood up. The captain of the "Shinano" battleship, Toshio Abe, said in broken English: "Your Excellency, General! If you don't object, you can let our Imperial Japanese Navy undertake the test attack mission this time!"

Um?The Japanese devils are willing to come out to be the vanguard, or...cannon fodder?This is interesting!

After the combined fleet was completely destroyed, there were only two unfinished battleships left in the entire Japanese navy, and there were still some garbage destroyers that were not on the table. Far.However, in order to take care of the self-esteem of the Japanese, whether they deliberately dragged the remaining Japanese as cannon fodder, the Americans tolerated their existence and continued to use all Japanese as officers and soldiers of the two battleships.

It turns out that during this period of time, the Japanese were very low-key.Especially after the local Lu Shen, they trained very hard, but they didn't make all kinds of rhetoric.I didn't expect to stand up today. What's the situation?

Mitchell was quite orthodox, frowned and said: "Master Abe, you should know how dangerous this is. We don't know the tricks played by the Chinese, but we can be sure that the warship that attacks first will definitely face The most violent attack! I personally don't want the Japanese navy's little fire to be extinguished!"

Abe Toshio's muscular cheeks were pulled stiffly, and he showed a smile that was uglier than crying: "The soul of the Japanese navy will always exist in the hearts of every Yamato man with an ocean in mind. It is not because of one or two warships. Life and death will change. We believe that as long as there are brave predecessors who set an excellent example, there will be countless warriors who will emerge later and inherit the will! Therefore, please! Please entrust this task to us!"

Major General Mitchell heard his chest churn, and his mind was in chaos.Nima, what kind of weird thinking logic does the Japanese have, does this make sense?

Nai nodded: "Okay! I can't refuse the enthusiasm of the brave sailors to fight. Then, next, we will launch a tentative attack on the Chinese, with two Yamato ships as the main force. But I still want to remind, Once faced with an irresistible crisis, Commander, please consider strategic avoidance according to the situation. After all, you are not only the Japanese navy, but also the main force of justice and civilization in the entire world!"

This is a tactful flattery.But it was like a bowl of boiled water in the twelfth lunar month of winter. The warm General Abe almost shed tears. He nodded and pouted his ass with all his strength: "Hey! Please rest assured, general! We will not make so-called sacrifices! We must fight with all our strength!" Next, I promise not to affect the overall strategy!" [

That's it.Mitchell and Chief of Staff Scott breathed a sigh of relief.It's not that they deliberately planned to plot against the Japanese. In fact, they had such an idea in their mind, but it was rejected immediately.It's not that they are noble and can't bear it, but that they don't have much effect, and they have the hatred between the Japanese and the Chinese, and that kind of uncontrolled one-sided style.Spreading it out may cause trouble.

But if people ask for it themselves, they can't stop it.After all, someone needs to be sacrificed as cannon fodder. It's better to die a Japanese than an American boy, isn't it?Furthermore, those two Yamato ships are also the roughest and thickest, so they are the most suitable as meat shields!

Strategies change accordingly.The Japanese went back and busied themselves dispatching orders.No matter what, they still need to unify their opinions internally.

Only when they are completely left with their own people. Komura Keizo, the captain of the "Izumi" battleship, couldn't help objecting: "Master Abu, why did you promise so easily? You should understand how dangerous it is to do so! We are the only fire seeds left in the joint fleet, two ships The battleship represents the face of the Emperor and Great Japan, it cannot be sacrificed like this!"

The rest of the officers also roughly meant it, each with aggrieved words.He even stared at Toshio Abe fiercely with gloomy eyes, and he seemed to draw his sword and chop people if he didn't answer well.

Speaking of which, although the Japanese navy was deeply influenced by the British, the violence in their bones was not much worse than that of the army's bastards. They didn't seize the opportunity to vent.The country is doomed now.All kinds of self-abandonment and self-destructive tendencies spread, and everyone was impetuous, it was really like a powder keg.

Toshio Abe is obviously aware of his own danger, with a contemptuous smile on his face: "Hmph! Do you think that if I don't take the initiative, the American ghosts will let us go easily? Naive! Gentlemen, please don't forget that today's We are just homeless people who need the protection of Yingmi ghosts and animals. In some critical situations, we should make decisions. Do you really think that if we attack as the vanguard, we will definitely be hit hard? Wrong!"

Um?Is there something else to pay attention to here?Seeing his confident posture, the others were a little uncertain.

Toshio Abe didn't dare to keep them waiting for too long. These days, one and two are fucking impatient, and it's been a long time to tantalize them. God knows that the two hundred and five will give him a sudden impulsiveness?

Then he said: "It is now certain that the Chinese navy is still adopting the tactics of showing weakness and luring the enemy, deliberately exposing the target, waiting for us to attack, and then waiting for work. With their style of fighting annihilation battles, they will definitely take out a small number of ships in the early stage Risky and provocative. Therefore, what we are most likely to encounter is only a small number of enemy ships, and their combat effectiveness will not be too high!"

"Well, there is some truth!"

"Hey! It's very in line with the usual style of the Chinese people! Colonel Abe sees it very clearly!"

"So, are we really in no danger at all?".

Colonel Gucun Qizang was still frowning, unwilling to let go of every doubt.

Toshio Abe smiled proudly: "How is it possible? Any opportunity is accompanied by risks! But as long as we are firm in our hearts, we will not be easily misled by superficial temptations, and we will not pursue short-term achievements, but take the risk of pursuing or even completely annihilating China's bait Fleet, then the possibility of us being fully attacked is very small!"

"Sho Daisina! In this case, in fact, we take the initiative to ask for an attack, but it is much safer than passively letting the Americans transfer to join the main attacking team! It is more free and flexible! Hehehe! Very good!"

All the thumbs up, all kinds of praise, made Toshio Abe's face glow red.

At first glance, Colonel Gumura thought that was the case, and it was quite safe.But for some reason, there is always a feeling of unreliability in my heart.But I just can't figure out where the problem is.

There is a consensus among the Japanese.Take the initiative to attack the decoy enemy ships, and fight a battle while preserving your own strength. As for the main enemy forces waiting to attack, let the Americans deal with it by themselves.They will never fall into it easily and just be cannon fodder.

So it is always easy to go wrong when talking about this embarrassment.Dogs like the Japanese who are not familiar with it are always calculating how to betray their allies, counterattack their masters, and all kinds of restlessness. Whoever treats them as friends or subordinates will be killed by them sooner or later.

Americans who are relatively straightforward, really can't see the various calculations underneath.After the preparations for the offensive strategy were completed, Task Force 19 finally finished two days later.The mighty marched out from the anchorage, and the troops were divided into two groups, respectively marching northward from both sides of the Andaman Islands.

It may seem risky to do so, and it is easy to be broken one by one, but it is not the other way around.The number of ships in the 19th Fleet is too large, and it is too wasteful to squeeze them together to make only one attack surface, and it is easier to be taken over by others... It is a bit frustrating to say, but this is the reality.

After spreading out.The fleet, including two light carriers, entered the narrow Andaman Sea.One is to block the enemy's retreat, and the other is to support Yangon, provide artillery support for the army on the peninsula and even Myanmar, and get strong support from the roadbed aviation.

The main force of the fleet is led by two Yamato ships.Cooperating with hundreds of fighter planes as cover, they are aggressive and mighty, and they headed straight to the north with carelessness!

In the northern part of the Bay of Bengal, it is about 200 nautical miles from the coast.The main force of the South China Sea Fleet led by Chen Ce quickly got the news, and immediately stopped the sea attack on Chittagong.The entire formation is quite satisfactory.

Various reactions, based on what the U.S. military has learned, the Chinese have a strong ability to detect and control the battlefield. Therefore, they are not surprised by the changes that people respond to when they make a move here.Very stable, forming a crab-shaped formation, two Yamato ships are the right pincers, two Iowa-class battleships are the left forward, two Essex-class aircraft carriers are dragged behind in the middle as the main body, and destroyers and cruisers are mixed inside and outside. Layers of protection, form a three-dimensional posture with the air force, and move forward.

This time, neither of the two sides had any intention of avoiding it. After waiting for so long, didn't they just look forward to today's violent collision?

At the beginning of the operation, the straight-line distance between the two sides was close to [-] nautical miles.Rear Admiral Mitchell let the right-wing outflanking fleet pass through the Ten Degree Strait before the main force moved northward. This delayed at least two days, so when the real hedging approach reached the distance of the fighter planes, it had already passed a full four. day time.

For four days, it was a torment for the coalition generals on land to live like years!They waited and waited but couldn't wait for good news, but the pressure to attack was increasing day by day. On Major General Scott's side, the native soldiers and vassal troops under him had already been passive and sabotaged. Everything has to collapse.

Alexander and MacArthur sent three telegrams a day: "You fucking attack quickly!"

Four days later, the first confrontation finally began!The U.S. military used a small number of Ultimate Zero Fighters as their main fighters. They faced the Flying Shark-e, which was also the pinnacle of propellers. Enter tenaciously from a height of more than 8000 meters——If you say that the planes of Japanese origin are too unreliable, the skins are thin and stuffed, and the cold protection is too poor.

But who made Japanese aircraft occupy a small space?The aircraft carrier can carry seven or eight or even a dozen more aircraft at a time, which is very critical in ocean-going operations!In particular, the performance of the ultimate zero battle designed by the Japanese devils is really good!

Their approach was correct. Seven or eight kilometers away, under their concentrated attention, they saw a pre-emptive fight. Without a word, the pilots who already had sufficient experience made desperate maneuvers to avoid the plane that was about to reach its maximum speed. , and sprinkled a bunch of inducements from the frying rack.

Not to mention, this hand works!Except for one unlucky one that was shot down, the other leading aircraft were all safe and sound!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the fighter planes from behind swarmed up, and immediately started a dog-fighting method of catching and killing each other.And the f7f twin-engine "tiger cat" fighter that had been hiding in the second wave, came out out of the cold, relying on its strong horsepower, thick skin, and outstanding soldiers, surrounded and killed it!

This strong guy with four 20mm machine guns and four 4mm heavy machine guns, one can stand up to three or four ultimate zero-combat ferocity, rushing out like a goshawk in black, instantly has the power to reverse the battlefield spirit!

They will lay an ambush. Of course, the Chinese did not leave a hand. The faster and more powerful "Tiger Shark" fighters rushed forward, fighting together, and suppressing the US military's advantage again.

Seeing that the two sides are evened by the Chinese with less fighting and more fighting, the U.S. military has finally come up with its trump card - a strange fighter based on the F6F and equipped with a General Electric J31 turbojet engine. , into the battlefield! (to be continued...)