The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Chapter 897 Ultra-long-range electromagnetic gun, let's blast!

Hawaii, Pearl Harbor.

In the northern hemisphere, winter is coming, and the climate in Hawaii is getting cooler. Only the locals who are not afraid of the cold are still wearing short clothes, swimming in the water, and there is no tension in the war.

The Chinese who accounted for at least a quarter of the island's population were either expelled or detained in a centralized manner. Their original industries and jobs were quickly replaced by the influx of Japanese.On the street, the voices of Chinese people are hardly heard, and more are the figures of American naval soldiers and officers, rushing back and forth in cars.

In the natural harbor of Oahu Island that stretches into the land like a bird's claw, countless warships are crowded, including the "South Dakota-class" battleship that the US military has just entered into service for a long time!As well as multiple aircraft carriers and heavy cruisers, the scale is several times larger than the previous Pacific Fleet!

This is only part of the power of the entire combined navy!One of the task forces has gone out and entered the Sea of ​​Japan, confronting the Chinese North Sea Fleet across the Korean Peninsula; the other task force is heading south to Guam and the Philippines, maintaining vigilance against China's East China Sea, South China Sea Fleet, and ocean-going fleet .

Even if it is so scattered, the navy that concentrates all the essence of the United States, Japan, and Britain in the Far East and the Pacific is still amazingly powerful!

Walking on the flat and clean pier, surrounded by the shadows cast by huge battleships towering like hills, against this background, the figures of Commander Kimmel and his party are much more majestic.

But on Mr. Commander's face, he couldn't see much satisfaction from this. His wrinkled cheeks and forehead were dark, with a lingering old man's smell, reflected by the sea surface The sun stimulated the narrowed eyes, shining like will-o'-the-wisps.

Walked with him.It was Lieutenant General Chester Nimitz who was supposed to be the commander of the US Fleet before him.At the beginning, President Roosevelt was impatient with Commander Richardson. After dismissing him, he first thought of letting Nimitz take over, but he refused because of his lack of qualifications.Hence the appointment of Kimmel.

But Lieutenant General Nimitz never expected that his good intentions of humility would make his good friend take the blame for no reason.As soon as I came out, I bumped into the Chinese navy, which was starting to turn against me. I was disgraced several times in a row, and I couldn't guarantee it at the end of the day.

In this regard, Nimitz felt very sorry, so this time Kimmel revealed that he would step down after a battle and recommended him to replace him.Nimitz readily agreed, which also pleased Roosevelt.

"I'm sorry, Husband, for causing you to encounter such a bad thing. Originally, it should be my responsibility, but now it embarrasses you."

Nimitz was tall and straight like a pine tree. Compared with Kimmel, who was not much younger than him, he looked much more energetic.Even an apology.His head is also held high, and the expression on his face is just right.

Admiral Kimmel waved his hand indifferently.He said in a low voice: "It's a shame to say something like that! Chester, we know each other very well. Even if you come, if you encounter such a difficult battle, something bad will happen. However, if you can I don't mind waiting until retirement to get some useful inspiration from my failures. Sit down and talk."

Nimitz smiled lightly: "It must not take a few years. Well, I heard that the Japanese had made a plan to attack Pearl Harbor before. If there were no Chinese, then they would have a great chance to successfully damage the Pacific Fleet. .So now. Will the Chinese have a similar possibility?"

He is also a vigorous and resolute person, and his strategic ability and overall view are second to none in the entire US Navy, and he immediately asked the big focus.

Admiral Kimmel looked up at the sparkling sea, where several warships were opening a narrow channel.And the whole bay seems to be very wide, but hundreds of ships are piled in it, it looks very crowded.

Raising his hand and sweeping the entire harbor, Admiral Kimmel said: "Do you think that if the Chinese can throw some of the terrible super bombs they dropped on Japan, and even sink a few large warships in the waterway, we will How likely are the ships docked here to escape the attack?"

Nimitz turned cold, and shook his head decisively: "No chance! We don't even know what kind of means the Chinese have, but they can definitely achieve such a target, which is why you insist on letting the fleet do its best. The reason for possible dispersal?"

Everyone who has seen the public photos of the bombing of Tokyo knows that if the bomb that destroys a small town with a radius of more than 300 meters at a time explodes in Pearl Harbor, no matter how strong the warship is, it will not be able to withstand it.

Kimmel said: "It's not just that. After all, the Navy is a mobile-based arm. It's too shameful to stay in the military port and be beaten passively. We must also keep the Chinese Navy on combat readiness as much as possible. In this way, we can give full play. The advantages of the coalition forces and the number of ships will exhaust them to the greatest extent, and the equipment of the ships will be aging and damaged, so as to win the strike success at the critical moment!"

This is the safest way General Kimmel, his staff, and even the entire US Naval Staff can think of to control the enemy.

Lieutenant General Nimitz also knows it well.Including the upper echelons of the British and Japanese navies, they all frankly admitted that they were not sure about seriously injuring or defeating the almost unsolvable advanced weaponry against the Chinese navy.Everyone has used the conventional methods available before. What is the result?See what happened to the combined Japanese fleet, and the fiasco of the last great siege.

Finally, I came up with a solution that is not a solution---compete with the Chinese for resource consumption!

This includes naval officers and soldiers, ships, fuel and ammunition materials, etc.

The coalition forces control more than 80.00% of the world's marine resources. All war-related materials, the number of fleet personnel, the number of ships, and the speed of shipbuilding all have absolute advantages. Of course, Japan can basically be removed from the list---their navy is nonexistent One, all dead.

The combination of the United Kingdom and the United States is much more than the combined naval power of all other countries in the world. Today, the Chinese navy has emerged with a small scale and many capital ships, but its overall tonnage and savings.It is far inferior to the accumulation of the old powers for hundreds of years.

According to the plan of the General Staff, all the sea forces of the coalition forces will be mobilized to continuously cruising and harassing China's long coastline of more than 2 kilometers, causing its four major fleets to be vigilant at any time.

As a result, over time, the number of Chinese navy is too small.Often in the case of ships and other personnel, the officers and soldiers who are constantly turning around must be too exhausted, and they will not be able to exert much strength without powerful weapons.

Secondly, it is the wear and tear on ship weapons and even electronic weapons.Equipment such as warships and radars have a lifespan, and the engines work under a huge load. After running for a long time, they will inevitably wear out and age, and must be stopped for maintenance.Even an overhaul.Once it is overused and scrapped, there is nothing to do with the heavy armor and sharp cannons.

Then there is the consumption of fuel materials.

China is now surrounded by them, and the replenishment of overseas transportation has been interrupted. The British high-quality coal, iron ore, rubber, tin and other resources have long stopped replenishing. Even if China has some stock, it cannot withstand the consumption of the war.

If the oil, steel, copper and other resources of the United States are interrupted, China must be in great trouble.And so on, although these strategic resources are produced all over China.But don't forget, most places are impassable.Mining requires time and equipment. The key is to mine the ore and refine it. It also needs a lot of electricity and coal, and it needs suitable equipment.The steel mills along the coast of China used to eat high-quality ore from outside, but they couldn't adapt to the barren ore they produced.If you make major changes, you must stop.

The coalition forces are determined to use this dangerous and flexible means of contact to force China to increase consumption, thereby giving full play to its huge advantages in industry and manpower.Forcing the opponent to finally be unable to bear the consumption and collapse!

If that goal is achieved, it is really a victory without a fight.

Taking this strategy as the core, including on the border between China and North Korea, letting Japan, which has nothing but manpower, send out troops, consume China's ammunition and equipment, and drag down the defenders is also one of the branches.

In the entire coalition countries, no one arrogantly thought that as soon as their army arrived, they would be able to sweep up China's teeth. It didn't take long before MacArthur, who was not convinced, received a fierce slap in the face, and he would definitely give him a slap in the face. Anyone else take a big live lesson?

"But now it seems that the plan is far from going smoothly. The Chinese are more difficult than we imagined, but God let the Japanese volcano erupt again, buying them two precious months. It seems that it is not planned to let us Victory came so easily."

Admiral Kimmel's exclamation made Nimitz feel the same.The navy is actually a very superstitious branch of arms, traveling around the seven seas throughout the year, encountering strange and weird things one after another.

Let’s just say this time, the Kyushu advance base, which was originally planned, was directly used there and the whole of Japan as the forward base, forcing China to enter an endless war of attrition. How could there be such a large-scale volcano and earthquake!

Kimmel gestured to the whole of Pearl Harbor again: "With the outbreak of the war, this place will become more and more important. The Chinese will definitely try to sabotage it, but we have no way to kill their secret base in the south. It's a big trouble, and you have to solve it, Chester!"

Nimitz narrowed his eyes, and said confidently: "I believe they won't be happy for long! So, this time you agreed to send a squadron to fight in the China Sea, do you also have the intention of cheating?"

Kimmel winked at him: "Sure enough, we can't hide it from you! We must seize the initiative in the war and not leave any chance for the Chinese!"

Nimitz let out a long breath: "Okay! I will try my best to get more support. I hope to hear the good news of your victory soon!"

Kimmel nodded noncommittally, but there was not much excitement on his face.In his mind, he once again recalled the nightmarish battle that took place in the South Pacific not long ago, and the failure was so unexpected.How did the opponents of the Eastern Continent do it? I don’t know, it’s always a big hidden danger!

While they were discussing the future and arrangements of the entire navy in a half-handover, in the Sea of ​​Japan, a huge fleet was spreading out, forming a huge formation with a width of hundreds of miles, and advancing towards the Tsushima Strait.

This is the main force that escaped the Northern Squadron of the United Navy. The commander is none other than Fletcher, the deputy commander of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet!

The crazy decision made by the coalition command made the navy headed by Fletcher very angry.They hacked against three Chinese capital ships off the small Ryukyu Islands, and they were all beaten to death, but now they drilled into the offshore waters of others and took the initiative to find the entire North Sea Fleet to pk. Isn't this a sincere death?

However, this is a collective decision.No matter how much Fletcher himself argued, it was useless. Moreover, he looked at the remnants of the Japanese United Fleet who were almost lunatic in the fleet, and knew that the overall madness could not be stopped by him alone.

So cursing these damned guys in his mouth, he arranged the defensive formation of the entire Northern Squadron to a watertight level.Then sit on the battleship North Carolina and move forward steadily.

In the entire Sea of ​​Japan, there are at least 200 submarines from various countries wandering around, pulling nets to search to prevent the Chinese from lurking. The depth of the next [-] meters is checked like a sieve to ensure that there are no mistakes.

air.From the Korean Peninsula and the northern part of Kyushu, Japan, an arc-shaped warning network with a width of thousands of kilometers is formed. It goes up to [-] meters and goes down to the water level. Thousands of aircraft of various types are busy day and night. It is really a tension!

In the waters of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, the Japanese submarine fleet, which was determined to compete with the Chinese navy and investigate, used continuous casualties.In exchange for more timely enemy movements, although the cost is huge.Fortunately, the effect is pretty good.Until Fletcher's fleet successfully passed the Tsushima Strait and began to enter the sea off Incheon northward along the halfway, the main force of the opponent's fleet was still providing fire support to the land battlefield.

Fletcher secretly heaved a sigh of relief, this is quite ideal.

In the entire airspace around the Yellow Sea, fighter planes from both sides were fighting frantically.The rescue seaplanes and submarines came and went one after another, and they were very busy, but it was lively.

Fletcher's squadron consists of four battleships and two aircraft carriers.However, there are more than a dozen heavy cruisers, and there are hundreds of fighter planes overhead at any time to provide support. At the rear, there are at least two thousand or more latest fighter planes as backing. The nautical mile is.

The plan seems to be going smoothly. The next pass is to cross the narrowest place between the Shandong Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula. The entire sea is only [-] kilometers wide, and the sea is becoming shallower and shallower. It is difficult for submarines to hide. You can see it when the fighter plane takes off, it is very dangerous!

Fletcher gave an order to the entire fleet: "Everyone cheer up! We must prevent any possible blows! Gentlemen, this is an unprecedented test!"

The remnants of the Japanese fleet acted bravely and consciously as an outer barrier. Eight heavy cruisers lined up to meet them, scattered as a whole to prevent being bombarded by super bombs, and rushed to the north with full power!

All of this can't be hidden from the net of heaven and earth laid by Zhu Bin.The image of the coalition fleet marching northward in a strange formation, drawing a large track on the sea was particularly vivid, and he moved his index finger wildly.

But... Thinking about the larger deployment in the future, Zhu Bin smacked his lips regretfully, gave up the tempting idea of ​​killing them all in one go, and gave the order to "Tiger Cave": "Pull out the shore-based electromagnetic gun for a walk! How much effect can it produce?" , It depends on your level!"

"Okay! It can be regarded as busy with something!"

In the fort of Liugong Island, the colonel in charge of the electromagnetic cannon hung up the phone excitedly, turned around and yelled at his subordinates: "Brothers, it's a big deal! The navy of the American devils ran to our door to frighten, the big boss has Ling, let us greet you vigorously! The opportunity is rare, and no one is allowed to let me off the hook, understand?"

"understand!"

A group of technical officers responded loudly, and the cannon, which had been silent for a long time, reappeared from the bunker!

It is still the main body of the 280mm cannon, but after the last use, it stopped and made improvements for several months.

At this time, the entire gun barrel is completely wrapped by the outer structure, and the shells used are no longer the previous standard warheads, but are actually used for electromagnetic guns. They are more slender, the material is stronger, and the shape is more in line with aerodynamics. The high-end gadgets, even the warhead have canceled the explosives, all of them are pure kinetic energy strikes!

It is still a reconnection gun structure that is fired with chemical energy and accelerated by high-energy electromagnetics, but the turret can rotate 360 ​​degrees, with a higher muzzle velocity, a larger strike range, and a strike distance. It is replaced with a super-strong alloy needle-shaped or After the multi-edge warhead, it can easily exceed 200 kilometers without pressure!

With the help of the air calibration aircraft and the radar erected on the mountain, the coordinates of the enemy ship are jointly calibrated, and the sharply raised muzzle is aimed at the enemy ship that breaks into the shooting range first in the way of a parabolic trajectory!

From the clear picture, it can be judged that it is one of the new "Kaohsiung-class" heavy cruisers that the Japanese army added later. The huge high bridge and the flying flag undoubtedly became the gunners' favorite prey.

The precise countdown of the electromagnetic gun fire control computer quickly flashed to the end, the colonel decisively pressed the button, and there was a dull detonation on the whole island, and a cone-shaped shell more than two meters long shot at ten times the speed of sound. Maser!

At the terrible speed, the shell rushed out of the open sea in a blink of an eye, and sank along the curve of the earth under its own weight and gravity. Like lightning, it almost flattened the sea surface, and blasted in front of the heavy cruiser at a terminal speed more than five times. !

Just one second before the collision, the round warheads suddenly disintegrated, scattered forward into dozens of smaller warheads like steel needles, and swarmed into the battleship with terrifying kinetic energy! (To be continued..)

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