The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Although such an outcome had been expected before the battle started, Nimitz still felt very helpless and sad when it was really over.

He is not the kind of iron-blooded general who is ruthless, unscrupulous in order to achieve his goals, and does not care about the sacrifice of his soldiers. On the contrary, he is more restrained and generous than Kimmel's overly intense character. According to the internal evaluation of the Navy , he is "the man who can lead the navy to win a war".As a senior, Kimmel was only "able to win a battle", and Fletcher, who had failed before, was considered "able to win a battle".

Facing an extremely unfavorable situation, Nimitz can be said to have tried his best to make the best formation, and there was nothing wrong with his strategy from beginning to end. Although there are now three aircraft carriers and two cruisers He and a few destroyers are doomed, but one of the most critical goals of his trip—obtaining some of the secrets of the sea base and bringing them back, seems to have a high chance of success.

Of course, the price to pay is that the tragic failure on his side, and even the Halsey Squadron, may not be much better.This is not a crime of war, but because the gap in force between the two sides is too great.When the opponent is strong enough to be crushed, the so-called strategy will come to naught.

After he quickly separated from his men, the surviving ships knew that they would not be able to escape, but they did not put down their weapons and surrender. Every warship tried its best to fire at Wang Wenda's ship, whether it was a salvo of guns or torpedoes. Attack, exhausted all the tricks, just short of driving the battleship to directly hit it.

But under the absolute strength gap, all these methods are ineffective.

The battleships like steel giants stood proudly 203 kilometers away, no matter how futilely they bombarded with naval guns no larger than 406mm, they would miss at all, even if they hit twice occasionally.It's just scratching the skin, and in turn, it's a precise bombardment of a terrible [-]mm shell. Every hit may tear a destroyer of only one or two thousand tons to pieces!

After the two cruisers were sunk first, the rest of the destroyers didn't even have a chance to surround them and release all the torpedoes.It was blown up by the same kind who followed behind with a much more accurate 127mm gun, and then two torpedoes rushed over, blown to pieces!

Wang Wenda did not leave a single enemy ship behind, and decisively sunk all of them!For this, he still felt very dissatisfied.I thought I would be able to catch a big fish, but when I started fighting, I realized that the total number I faced was pitifully small, not all of the remaining forces of the US Pacific Fleet, and this sparse number was not enough for a battleship to bombard.It's even more in vain for him to lead his troops to attack in person!

The entire battle ended in less than an hour, and Wang Wenda left two warships in the sea to salvage and rescue the soldiers who fell into the water. He took the battleship and continued to the sea base to check the damage.

On the other side, the squadron headed by two aircraft carriers also ran into the retreating fleet led by Halsey not long ago.The grumpy old guy knew it was bad when he saw the enemy planes swarming in the sky, so he decisively dispatched all the carrier-based fighter jets to intercept them, and at the same time led the battleship to flee towards Panama at full speed!

Not long.The repatriation aircraft group led by Doolittle also rushed to the battle airspace, trying to sink the two aircraft carriers.However, they were bombarded by the escorting cruisers and destroyers with terrible anti-aircraft missiles and the "Iron Curtain" rocket wall, killing more than a dozen fighters on the spot!

Afterwards, more than a dozen fighter planes turned back to escort and kill them. Seeing that the situation was not good, Doolittle ordered the fighter planes to discard all the bombs in a hurry, regardless of whether they could hit the target or not.Sa Yazi ran away and left the battlefield.

Such a determined escape in partnership caught the squadron a little off guard. The U.S. military has become so slick, unlike in the past that they would not retreat when encountering a strong enemy.The way of fighting to the end, when they understand it and let the attack plane reload to hunt down, Halsey decisively made the decision to cut off the tail to survive, and let all the destroyers and heavy cruisers firmly protect the periphery of the aircraft carrier. The fighter planes intercepted and fought desperately, earning two hours of escape time for the battleship.

During this period of time, it was enough for the U.S. military to report the situation to the top. The U.S. military was shocked and decisively dispatched a large number of heavy bombers and fighter jets to the rescue. It lasted until after dark, and the "Enterprise" aircraft carrier led by Halsey finally succeeded. They escaped, but the price they paid was that almost all the destroyers were killed, and the carrier-based fighters were almost lost!

It can be said that so far, the entire US Pacific Fleet, as well as the remaining forces of the Japanese Combined Fleet, have been basically wiped out. It is impossible to even make up an established formation, let alone talk about breaking diplomatic relations with the Chinese Navy.

Such a result is better than nothing. Wang Wenda gathers the fleet and patrols the sea base to protect them for surprise repairs and partial recovery. By the way, this is the center of the patrol defense, temporarily serving as the main attacker to guard against Panama and the US military forces in southern America, covering North America. Security in the Western Battlefield.

The news of the final failure of the Nimitz fleet caused another silence in the White House.However, Roosevelt did not show much disappointment or anger this time, and the result was doomed before the start. On the contrary, under the deployment of Nimitz, the three ships successfully returned with the few good things they robbed, which became a part of this operation. Great spot.

But after another group of people knew about this situation, their reaction was completely different!They are, of course, the Japanese-American joint forces that have been trapped in a dilemma on the Korean peninsula recently.

"We must plan early!"

At the urgent imperial meeting, Hideki Tojo, who has always been the most active, was the first to lose his composure, and said that it was a bad idea to dismantle the team and betray his teammates.

As the usual Japanese way of speaking, you can’t say anything too bluntly, but it’s more tactful, but the meaning, everyone can actually understand it as soon as they hear it.what else?The powerful Americans have all failed, and this ally with high hopes has also been defeated by the Chinese, so what should Japan do?

Sea Minister Nagano Shoushen immediately put forward a different opinion: "Who else is willing to help us except the United States? Only by continuing to advance and retreat with them resolutely can we completely defeat China! Don't arbitrarily change the grand strategy just because of a temporary failure, that is Very naive!"

Hideki Tojo couldn't bear the stimulation, so he sprang up and roared: "Asshole! Their Pacific Fleet has completely failed, and even the mainland has been broken into three states. Losing hundreds of thousands of the most elite troops! With the loose state of the United States, Federalism, maybe many states will declare independence tomorrow! China’s military strategy is best at sowing dissension, dividing and wooing! Don’t you even understand this?”

Nagano snorted coldly with disdain: "It's just the loss of some outdated warships and completely inexperienced sailors, not to mention that the Chinese people stupidly returned all the captured American soldiers, and with their strong industrial strength, rebuild a whole It may only take a year to build a more advanced and powerful modern navy! Could it be that your army is not even sure that it will be able to contain it for a year?"

To be honest, really not.But a stubborn person like Hideki Tojo would never admit it, he waved his furry arms vigorously and hummed: "That's not the same thing at all! You have to figure it out, if we lose the lifeline at sea, we only have less than It is difficult for [-]% of the military industry to support the battle attrition ahead! Do you want the imperial warriors of the army to use wooden sticks to fight the Chinese soldiers?"

Yong Ye sneered and said: "Didn't you always claim that the fighting spirit is enough to replace all weapons and equipment, and that as long as you are brave, you can win?"

... Hideki Tojo choked on Lan Hong's thick neck, panting like an inflated toad.

But this is the nature of the map gun. In fact, the entire Japanese military shouted such slogans.Including the Navy.General Gen. Sugiyama coughed and said: "Don't quarrel! In short, in the next strategy, the northern battlefield will definitely turn to defense, and the center of gravity of Britain, France and the United States should be tilted from the Atlantic to the South Pacific. Then we temporarily rely on North Korea's complex terrain to block China. There is no big problem. In addition, Tojo-kun has a point. We should expand the scope of the alliance and drag the bears in the north into the water... Ahem, it is to win over. After all. A too powerful China, for all Humans are a deadly threat. Compared with us, we only launched a few insignificant attacks. They have occupied millions of square kilometers of China! In terms of hatred, there are hundreds of years!"

This can be said to be on point.The Japanese Emperor Hirohito, who has been suffocated by the situation, is not in good health, and rarely expresses his opinion: "I really appreciate the broad vision of the Minister of War. The future of the empire must be friendly and harmonious, and we can talk about it freely."

Well, in accordance with the usual style.The Japanese emperor must not have very direct orders when speaking, and must describe his opinions in oblique terms with uncertain words.It is relatively straightforward for the sick little dwarf to be able to say this.

Moto Sugiyama straightened his body as if he had drunk honey, expressing his gratitude, smiling all over his face.Hideki Tojo was upset, why did this old guy steal my lines?But finally, his own opinion was respected, and he hummed generously at Nagano: "The empire can't rely on Yingmi ghosts and animals for everything! Their intentions are bad. Even a fool can see it. The only way is to unite with Soviet Russia and suppress China. , Only then can they survive the most difficult stage! They will not understand the principle of cold lips and teeth!"

"However, Soviet Russia may not be able to get out of the family. They have to concentrate on dealing with the threat from Europe! Hitler, the independent country, has become more and more arrogant recently, and may not be able to give us much help."

War is not a child's play. With a land as large as Soviet Russia, the insatiable greed wants everything. It is not so easy for them to let go and support it.

Itagaki Seishiro suggested: "It doesn't have to be how many troops they send, as long as we allow our coalition forces to fight in a detour in the north."

Can it work?Many people were moved by this proposal, and Yu Ren instructed: "The proposal is very good, and it will be implemented immediately."

It's like saying nothing, but agreeing to the decision.Of course, it is tantamount to acquiescing, and some sacrifices can be made to achieve the goal, such as the oil resources of Sakhalin Island, the old man regrets it terribly now, if Japan is willing to use it as a bet, maybe Soviet Russia can let go.

There is probably such an ever-changing relationship pattern between countries. Since the joint action of Japan and the United States, the Soviet Union and Russia have contributed to the flames on the one hand, but they will never end by waving the flag on the other. They are used to provoking disputes and then taking advantage of them. Junna absolutely refused.

But today the Japanese begged at the door, the Yankee was beaten so miserably that even a large area of ​​the mainland was robbed, the old Maozi held several celebration banquets in private, but after he finished his work, he found that Zhu Bin was just following Pacific naval rivalry.The ground attack did not follow the trend, and Comrade Stalin immediately couldn't sit still.

The Chinese did not fall into the quagmire of the American battlefield. The early progress was too fast, and the American counterattack was weak, so the impact on the overall strength was far less than expected.If you come back to your senses, the sea, land and air will be surrounded by three sides.Mobilized together, how long can the Japanese and American coalition forces besieged on the two islands last?

At this time, the Japanese came to the door, and they promised benefits openly and secretly. It is suitable for the old man who needs Japan to hold China back and needs the support of American resources. In addition, he also learned that Zhu Bin invested hundreds of thousands of engineers. The goal of building an unprecedentedly large industrial city on the border of the Mongolian plateau is obvious!

After emergency consultations, Stalin agreed in principle to allow the Japanese and American coalition forces to cross the border and retreat into Khabarovsk for repairs if necessary.And provide a considerable part of weapons, ammunition and material support, but using their territory as a battlefield, this matter has not been discussed for the time being.

At the same time, after the number of the Soviet Russian Far Eastern Army increased to nearly 50, it had become a huge burden and had to move around. Zhukov was appointed commander-in-chief to coordinate the entire battlefield operation.On the thousand-kilometer front, intensive preparations for offensive operations.Under the banner.It is to "restore the autonomy of the Mongolian people."

At the same time, on the battlefield in southern Xinjiang, the coalition forces, which had been lingering for nearly half a year, finally adapted to the tropical rainforest environment. After confirming that there was a big mistake in the Pacific Theater, Roosevelt continued to urge and demand.The British and the French finally dragged their feet to start their operations, and the 20 Japanese Kwantung Army, which was almost moldy, finally came in handy. After the rainy season completely passed in early December and the weather became cool and dry .Attack from the belly of the Indochina Peninsula!

The South China Sea Fleet, the Third War Zone, the Wang Yushan Department, the Longyun Army and other tens of thousands of troops who had been prepared for this responded immediately, and launched a fierce killing on the long border. The southern mountains and fields were hustle and bustle day and night, shaken by the roar of thousands of cannons. In the sky, there were even thousands of fighter planes from both sides killing and shuttling, fighting brilliantly.

In Vietnam, nearly 1 Japanese troops, more than 15 French troops, and nearly [-] Vietnamese servants all piled across Hanoi and entered the Liangshan theater. Da Nang landed on the beach, cut off its north-south traffic, and launched the prelude to the two-sided attack.

All these actions have gone through countless drills and are well prepared. Zhu Bin does not need to personally participate in any of these actions, and they did not even have a big impact on the economic and political operations of the entire country.He even devotes most of his energy to paying attention to Tesla's research on energy crystals and the reconstruction of the spacecraft. In addition, it is the bottom-up action against the threat to the east---Lu Shen Japan!

A few months ago, the scientific research team headed by Huang Haiqing succeeded in the explosion test, causing an unexpected earthquake, causing half of Kyushu Island to be smoldering and uninhabitable, and causing hundreds of millions of losses.

Under Zhu Bin's unlimited authorization, a group of saboteurs who have been greatly encouraged have greatly accelerated their personnel scale and speed of action. Up to now, they have quietly drilled holes along the fault zone in the direction of Tokyo Bay in Japan, and successively opened There are 27 deep wells.

The difficulty of drilling each deep well far exceeds that of contemporary oil exploration technology. In addition, all subsea operations are performed. No matter whether it is Japanese or American sonar, it is impossible to find any clues.

The powerful "Abyss Crawler" steadily guarantees the quality of each drilling hole, and the high-sensitivity sensors monitor the changes in the geological environment at any time, so as not to drill halfway and cause a big earthquake to trap yourself, so what a complaint!

Zhu Bin personally stared at the production center of the cave, secretly assembling one after another three-phase bombs, the mighty bombs with nano-level high-purity high-explosives and fusion reactors producing weapon-grade plutonium as the core came out and sent them directly It can be said to be buried directly in the deep hole without delay. It can be said that all the way to drill the hole and plant bombs all the way. When the North and South battlefields in China were smashed into a pot of porridge, the Japanese and American coalition forces on the Korean battlefield had accumulated for many days and launched another fierce attack. Zhu Bin was a little bit Impatient.

On December 12, he took the "Nautilus" and quietly came to the sea about 18 kilometers south of Shizuoka Prefecture. He witnessed the installation of the No. How long will it take to complete the entire preparation work?"

Huang Haiqing has been working on the seabed for several consecutive months. He has an unshaven beard, but his skin is frighteningly white. His eyes sparkle like will-o'-the-wisps and sting. Point explanation: "According to the original calculation, about 36 main explosion points are needed, plus the same number of linkage areas, to ensure nothing goes wrong!"

The so-called linkage area means that at the edge of some rather dangerous seismic zones, after drilling as deep as possible into rock formations of more than 5000 meters, some nuclear power heating devices are buried, and ultra-high temperature boiling salt water is produced in a narrow space to produce steam, and then With its extrusion, it reopens the rock formations covered with capillary pores and cracks, destroying the entire geological environment.

Theoretically, the radius of influence of each linkage point is about five kilometers, and the operation time is at least 30 days.It doesn’t seem big, but don’t forget that Japan’s seabed can’t stand a slight shock, maybe a drop of a wine bottle. Under the domino effect, it may cause earthquakes and collapses in a range of several kilometers or even larger !

Then after doing so much pre-detonation, coupled with the detonation induction of a series of nuclear bombs, the final effect caused by the superposition of the two effects is really difficult to calculate.

Now the coordinated operation of the two "Abyss Crawlers" has only completed the burying of 27 bombs, and the deep drilling of the previous ten linkage points, and the nuclear power heat generating device has not kept up!

Zhu Bin anxiously stopped his long speech: "You are, if we detonate it now, what is the success rate of causing a major earthquake?" (To be continued...)