Both the United States and China are very clear that the key to the future Pacific War is fleet combat. Of course, there is a little deviation. The United States' perception is pure navy, and those islands are just fulcrums on the ocean. Although it is very important, it represents that the sphere of influence on the ocean can occupy it better. Even if it doesn't work, it can give up and maintain vitality.

For China, it is fine if those islands that cannot be used as airports and are just temporary resting. Those islands that have the construction of airports are all key areas. China focuses on aircraft in advance and produces long-range bombers of sufficient quality. Therefore, the nature of the islands also have different levels depending on the length of the flight runway. Similar to Guam and Hawaii, islands with a huge area are of a first-class strategic position, because it can build runways of more than 5,000 meters and take off all strategic aircraft developed by China in the future.

With the current strategic aircraft with a range of more than 5,000 kilometers, the combat radius is astonishingly 2,400 kilometers. An air force base can form a stable fulcrum to support the combat of a large number of islands within its coverage. Next, 2,000 meters, 1,000 meters, and even a slightly more than 500-meter runway with the aircraft carrier, forming one level after another. However, even a 300-meter military runway is enough to take off fighter jets, lightweight, and even some medium-sized bombers.

China has entered the aircraft era ahead of schedule, especially under the premise of producing turboprops, under the same power situation, the flight range and takeoff weight will increase greatly. Even medium-sized aircraft specially developed for a 500-meter runway can reach a range of 1,500-1,800 kilometers, which means a combat radius of 800 kilometers. This is a huge ocean range, which is enough to have a huge impact.

Although the islands stationed by aircraft are not omnipotent and are unlikely to completely block this sea area, for naval warfare, no one will deliberately approach the islands stationed by aircraft unless they are sneak attacks on this island. Now, with the help of an all-in-one aircraft, China directly replicates higher-level semiconductor materials, which promotes the huge development of the radar industry. Marine radars are not reliable due to the shrinkage and weight, but roadbed radars have enough volume and weight to accommodate more. At present, almost all the radars on China's coastline are as big as a hill. The huge volume can make the accuracy acceptable and the scope of exploration is large enough. Basically, it will not appear. The mistakes made by the United States in the United States during World War II were the islands that could build airports would become solid nails. The United States lost it now and would not have to take it back in the future without paying a heavy price.

The gap in cognition made the United States make mistakes in the early stages of the Pacific war. They did not defend those islands, and even chose to give up some islands under the premise of threatening a certain degree. However, these will be fatal to future wars, especially Guam and Hawaii. In the eyes of Americans, Hawaii may be an important fulcrum in the Pacific and an important place for sugar. That's all, but Guam is not particularly important in this era. On the Chinese nautical chart, Guam's status is even above Hawaii because it is closer to Asia.

In order to fight the battle in the Pacific, the Southern Fleet and the Northern Fleet spared no effort to support Lan Fang. The main naval force, including 8 main battleships, China only had 12 battleships. Except for the battleships that had not returned to the Americas, they were basically sent to Lan Fang. The battleships were hardly left in China. This is not to say that they did not pay attention to internal defense, because the era of defense between naval guns and battleships has ended. After occupying Southeast Asia, China's first construction was large-scale airports. These airports and some protective battleships, submarines, and torpedo boats will become the main body of offshore defense.

In fact, there are many islands in China. In Taiwan, a total of 32 military runways have been built, almost all over Taiwan. Ryukyu has also built 4 military runways. On the contrary, Hainan Island, located in the core of the South China Sea, has only 6 runways, two of which are both military and civilian. Compared with Taiwan and Ryukyu located outside, Hainan Island really does not have much function. Whether it is the Indochina Peninsula or Indonesia, it can replace the role of Hainan Island. Hainan Island has more of a backup function.

The large-scale construction of runways and even the gradual popularization of military airports have made China impeccable in maritime defense. On the premise that China's long-range bombers, medium-range bombers and light bombers are the best in the world, there are especially several layers of defense systems such as radar and reconnaissance aircraft. Anyone who wants to break through China's protection network and enters China's hinterland is equal to zero. In this case, the main ship will be dispatched to a suitable place, especially the Pacific Ocean with a strategic focus.

In the Pacific, the ships owned by the United States are just several old ironclad ships. The latest ships are light patrols and were put into service in 1910. Such ships cannot resist the attacks of battleships. The only thing to consider is the defense of Guam and Hawaii. This is the most critical special island in China's offensive plan. It must and needs to be taken down at the first time. When the US military focused on the Atlantic Ocean, even if they had defense, they were just ordinary. As long as they occupied the two important nodes, Hawaii and Guam, and after 3-5 months, the plane runway was arranged on it, this would become a fixed node. Without aircraft or aircraft carriers, there would be no fleet that could break through its defense.

The news of China's attack on Australia spread throughout the world at the first time, because the attack on Australia made the world boil. The previous losses were nothing, but British Australia was a huge one. Australia occupied a very important position in the British territory. In this era, Britain was the well-deserved world's number one power and was made the Sun never set. This is not an exaggeration. In the current territory of the British Empire, there is really no day when the Sun sets.

Not to mention the territories of Britain in Africa, other places except South Africa are nothing, but British Australia, British Canada, British India, and British New Zealand, these huge lands that exceed one million square kilometers are not only in the British colonial system, but also play an important role in the British Empire system.

Of course, Australia is not as good as South Africa. South Africa is the most valued by Britain. It has gold above the average production in the world. In 1900, Britain did not hesitate to start a war with the Boers who were also immigrants in Europe. It was not a war to restore colonies, but a war in a truly modern sense. At that time, the British suffered a great loss and invested huge sacrifices to sacrifice wealth. They finally defeated the Boers. However, the British received huge goods and not only obtained a large amount of gold reserves in South Africa, but also produced a lot of them. Gold, as a precious metal, is the basis of most countries in the world. Gold represents a kind of wealth, a kind of wealth that can be exchanged and used when they get anywhere in the world.

Australia also owns gold. Although in the UK sequence, cattle and sheep, especially wool as special products, Australia's importance has also emerged as a large number of gold and precious metal deposits found in the northern region. The huge Australia, a place that has not been thoroughly developed, has all possible mineral deposits. With more and more precious metals discovered in recent years, Australia's annual gold production has increased and gradually occupied a relatively important position in the UK.

Now, the Chinese have landed in Australia. The purpose of the Chinese is very clear. Britain has never seen a country besides Russia, who is so greedy for land. Siberia and Southeast Asia are not taking advantage of Russia's weakness to continue to attack Russia, but extend their tentacles to Australia. Even if China may have occupied Southeast Asia before, Britain did not worry too much. As long as they defeated Germany in the future, they can easily teach the Chinese a huge lesson. The navy of the British Empire was enough to let them take back Malacca. But now, after the performance of the United States, even the most determined British people dare not be determined casually. Whether Britain can be under China's eyes, especially China's construction power is still quite strong. In just a few years, Germany's domestic transportation and various projects have doubled, directly affecting the European war.

It was the intense battles in Europe that made Britain ignore Australia a little. They did not expect that with Southeast Asia being occupied by China, they were too close to Australia. With just one charge, they could rush across the strait and reach the vicinity of Australia. Now, this idea has finally become a reality.

This is the worst moment. At present, the battle between the Allies and the Allies is still in a state of anxiety. The submarine strikes have caused very difficult situations. The army cannot make a breakthrough, and the navy is even more restricted. Although it can use some of its strength, it is not large. Whether at the Albis Pass or the Middle East, the strength shown by the Chinese army makes them dare not act rashly and send fewer troops. For China, it is a gift for the people. If more troops are sent, it will directly affect the military deployment of Europe. A huge problem, which appears on the British, is really a dilemma. How to deal with the Chinese attack on Australia. (To be continued.)
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