Chapter 1452 The Aleutian Islands
The United States has deciphered the telegram password for radio communications in island countries, and only a few senior officials know this. After all, this is too important.
After deciphering the password, you will know the movements of the island country, but this does not mean you will know everything.
For example, after close investigation, they knew that the island country would launch a sneak attack on its island, but they did not know where it was. In the radio communications of the island country, they were all called af.
Nimitz and others fell into deep thought. For the island countries, where do they want to attack the United States? It is obvious that it is either Midway or Aleutian Islands.
According to their speculation, Nimitz thought of a way to reveal that the Aleutian Islands lacked freshwater through an unconfidential way. He hoped to arrange merchant ships to replenish freshwater as soon as possible.
As a result, on the same day, in the radio communications of the island country, it was reported that AF lacked Danshui, and hoped that the offensive troops would lead enough Danshui.
In this way, the goal has finally been determined, and it is the Aleutian Islands!
This is a masterpiece of nature. Looking at the map, in the northern Pacific Ocean, southwest of Alaska, the United States, there is a semicircular striped archipelago, which extends intermittently from east to west, almost reaching the Kamchatka Peninsula in Asia. It is more than 2,700 kilometers long.
With the Anadel Bay at the northern end of the Bering Sea as the center point, and the distance from this center point to the Aleutian Islands as the radius, the Aleutian Islands are almost all distributed in this circle.
If the Bering Sea is compared to a river, then the Aleutian Islands are like a long string of "stepping stones" exposed on the surface of the water. Starting from the Alaska Peninsula, stepping on these "stones" can "walk" to the opposite bank of the "river".
This is the Aleutian Islands, which is the strategic location of the United States in the form of a crescent moon that crosses the North Pacific Ocean.
From Europe to America, no matter whether it is navigation or aviation, it will not go through the warp coil. This is longer. Instead, it will first go north to high latitudes and then south, which will greatly save the voyage.
In other words, the Aleutian Islands are located on the shortest route from the island country and the Far East to North America, and the closest distance between the United States and Russia.
If the islanders capture this place, the islanders' bombers can easily fly to the west coast of the United States to bomb, and the island countries' fleets can also set off from here and radiate to the west coast of the United States. This is quite unfavorable for the United States.
Another factor is that it will seriously threaten the water access of the United States to transport materials to the Soviet Union.
The island countries and Germany did not form an alliance, but the relationship between the two sides was close. When the islanders bombed Pearl Harbor, they relied on a large number of German bombers.
The appearance of German submarines in the Arctic is definitely related to the island countries. German factors make the Aleutian Islands even the target of the islanders.
Overall, the Aleutian Islands are composed of five groups of islands, Fox, Andreanov, Sishan, Lat and Neil, with a total of 59 islands of all sizes and sizes, with a total area of about 8,000 square kilometers.
Among the archipelago, there are only three excellent ports, close to the former Dutch port on the east coast of the Alaska Peninsula, which has strategic military value and has always been the US sea and air force base. At the northwest top of the Aleutian Islands is Atou Island, which is the final island in the United States and the closest island to the Soviet Union. The island has many harbors and the situation is dangerous, and it is a natural ship mooring place.
From a geographical perspective, Atu Island must be the first island that the islanders wanted to capture. It was close to the Soviet Union, but the Soviet Union did not have a powerful naval and air force to deploy it here, so the United States was beyond its reach. It was caught off guard and could easily be occupied by the islanders.
After that, the islanders will continue to expand eastward, gradually eroding the entire Aleutian Islands, and even heading eastward to Alaska!
"Nimitz, your analysis is correct." Roosevelt nodded: "So, what are you going to do next?"
"Concentrate all our main forces, including three aircraft carriers, to fight decisively in the Aleutian Islands and the island navy, killing the island navy in one fell swoop!" Nimitz said.
The three attack aircraft carriers are already the largest that the United States can deploy.
During the Battle of Pearl Harbor, the United States lost two aircraft carriers. During the Battle of Coral Sea, the York City sank, while the Saratoga was dying and is still in the shipyard. It is said that repairs have been completed.
Nimitz's plan also counts this aircraft carrier.
The other two are Bumblebee and Humper. These two are the latest in service.
The construction of aircraft carriers takes time and cannot be achieved overnight. Now the United States has devoted all its strength to national defense. A large number of warships have begun to be built. On the platform, at least eight aircraft carriers are under construction, not including a large number of escort aircraft carriers.
However, none of them have been built yet. Now these three are the limits of the Pacific Fleet and are even more of the United States' assets. Nimitz wants to get it out, which is simply a desperate bet like a gambler.
If you win, it can severely damage the island fleet and curb the island's expansion in the Pacific Ocean. After all, the island's industrial capabilities are even weaker, and their warship construction cycle is long and cannot withstand the consumption of war at all.
This is certainly good, but once you lose, the United States will be forced to the west coast by the island countries, and the U.S. Navy will no longer be able to move in the Pacific.
This definitely requires courage!
Nimitz is a courageous person, and Roosevelt is also a courageous person. After receiving Nimitz's report, Roosevelt just pondered for a moment and immediately made a decision: "Nimitz, do what you want!"
The United States needs victory, and a bold navy, which inspires the whole country through victory on the Pacific battlefield!
At the same time, it may not necessarily fail. Although there are not many aircraft carriers, they can mobilize the air force in the past. There are many airports on the Aleutian Islands that can take off and land fighter jets. With the support of land fighters, their chances of winning are much greater.
They didn't know that they had miscalculated, thought about the heavy losses, and thought about defeating the island fleet, but they never thought that the battle they planned did not happen at all, and they were fooled!
With Roosevelt's affirmation, under Nimitz's leadership, the US Pacific Fleet took action again.
Just as the meeting was about to end, the Secretary of State submitted a last question: "The President, those Nissi, are constantly submitting enlistment reports, and they want to join the army and fight ahead."
Nicey is a Japanese in the United States. When the war between the United States and the island countries broke out, these immigrants were quite pitiful and became the target of the American people's venting. The United States moved them all to the west coast of the United States and kept them under centralized care.
Chapter completed!