Just on Lan Fang's side, he was nervously preparing here in the Philippines. At least 800,000 troops and about 2 million tons of warships entered the Philippines and were ready to set off at any time, but the US military side had another situation. The US commander who had retreated from the Philippines became the commander of Hawaii. He was in panic all day long. The power shown by China was too powerful, so powerful that it exceeded his imagination. Now, the war is about to be in front of him, and the US side knew this, and he had no choice but to operate it back.

Hawaii, this future resort scenic spot, an important naval base for the US military, became famous by Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. At this time, it was just a simple military port. The army retreated from the Philippines had a slightly larger number, about 70,000 people, plus less than 200,000 tons of warships. If the Philippine defenders thought that they might defend Hawaii, now, after Chinese warships attacked the United States, this idea no longer exists.

The United States blocked the intelligence, but China informed the world of this intelligence. However, in the last battle, not many people believed it, and even the situation of the Caribbean War was still kept secret. The country did not know that a huge fleet of 12 battleships eventually failed in the Caribbean Sea. However, Richardson, the commander of the Hawaii, learned about this matter through his own channels and became the commander of the Philippines. Later, even if he lost the Philippines, he still became the commander of Hawaii. Richardson still had a lot of friends in China. To be honest, because of the emergence of China, the US military officers in China were replaced by more than half. Richardson's affairs were not so out of line, which also made him rise a lot in the assessment. However, if the rise is higher, the next crucial test is that China will inevitably expand eastward. Once it reaches Hawaii, he will need to come.

Richardson, through the country and his own judgment, as long as the four ships attacking the United States come, Hawaii may not be able to stand it. Hawaii is a very important place and provides rich resources for the United States. However, Hawaii is not powerful. At least in Richardson's view, there are holes everywhere.

I thought that the enough powerful turret was far from Panama. You should know that because of the distant relationship, China just secretly built four emperor-level ships to the Americas, but now it is only a few thousand nautical miles from the Philippines to Hawaii, and it is unknown how close it is. At that time, I am afraid that they will be greeted by a comprehensive fleet, not only including the four emperor-level ships, but also many formations of escort. There is no way to use the tricks that can be used in the United States. Even if it is mined, the other party can use various methods to solve it. Time is not so urgent for the other party, but the United States lacks time.

In fact, this is true. A shelling formation consisting of 8 battleships, 22 heavy patrols, plus a number of destroyers, transport ships, and a fleet of more than one million tons have been prepared in the Philippines. For safety reasons, there is also a special aircraft carrier fleet composed of 6 aircraft carriers that have been incorporated into a temporary fleet and will follow the shelling formation. As long as there is a need, the aircraft carrier will also be put into battle. It can be said that China has made complete preparations. If this battle goes well, they will not use these aircraft carriers. Once there are twists and turns, they will definitely use the aircraft carriers even in the danger of exposure.

If Richardson knew this news, he might have scared him to death. Eight battleships with the same combat effectiveness as the emperor-class, and six aircraft carriers with an equivalent of 24, or even more battleships, sweeping across the entire US fleet, let alone targeting such a small place as Hawaii.

Hawaii is located in the hinterland of the Pacific Ocean, with a distance of more than 8,000 nautical miles from Shanghai and a distance of about 7,000 kilometers from Manila. Due to the emergence of aircraft carriers, China has already had the possibility of island-hopping tactics in this era, but aircraft carriers are not suitable for direct appearance and are not suitable for making them out for the time being. In addition, these islands have many strategic significance. Anyway, they will fight at any time, and take them slowly, which is also a good choice.

In the entire Western Pacific, it is an area with dense islands, completely different from the Eastern Pacific. In this case, if China wants to defend firmly, it must occupy the islands that may build an airport. Among them, Guam is the first to be the brunt of this. This is where the US military has protective power. Guam in later generations was a more important US military base than Hawaii. However, in this era, it became the territory of the United States after the Spanish-American War and deployed part of the army.

Correspondingly, Iwo Jima, Guam and Caroline Islands are important goals. Their importance is not as important as Guam, but they are also the existence of airports that can be arranged. In China's view, no matter what to rush or not, as long as it is possible to arrange airports, they will be arranged. In the future, some more important places, even if they are reclamation, must be arranged.

Guam has a total area of ​​more than 500 square kilometers, which is the most suitable place to become a base. In some ways, its strategic position is higher than that of Hawaii. The reason is very simple. This is a bridgehead to enter Asia. If Guam is in the hands of the US military, it will become a sharp knife for the future US military. If it is in the hands of China, it will become the core of many islands in the Western Pacific. With an island of more than 500 square kilometers, large-scale air force bases can be built, shipyards, docks, docks and other things can be built. If you control this place, the entire flanks of Australia and the Philippines will be firmly controlled in the hands of China. If you go north, control Iwo Jima and serve the former archipelago, the entire southern passage of Japan will be cut off, eastward, occupy Wake Island, Marshall Island, Midway Island, and three steps will directly threaten the Hawaiian Islands.

Among the three steps, Wake Island is the most important. Wake Island is located between Guam and Hawaii and is the best central location. With its own environment, it can barely be built for small military airports. The interior of the three islands chain is a place for submarine docks and warships to shelter from the wind. The strategic role is very important. With this, the underwater of the Southwest Pacific Ocean will be firmly controlled by China, and submarines will become the nightmare for the United States.

The Pacific Ocean is too huge. Even if China has an absolute advantage in Asia, the US military does not have more protection. It will take a long time to occupy each strategic area, from at least half a year to more than a year. You must know that a country with more than 5 million square kilometers of land is extremely huge. In this world, there are not many countries that exceed this number, but it is really nothing to the ocean.

The Timor Sea is a small sea area spanning East Timor and Darwin. It is inconspicuous on the entire chart, but its area has exceeded 250,000 square kilometers. As for the map from the Philippines to Guam, it is only a very insignificant one on the Pacific map. However, the distance from Indonesia to Guam is 2,400 kilometers, calculated by the length of the Philippines, is also a huge area to the extreme, not to mention the width of the entire Pacific Ocean, which makes this place the vastest battlefield. It seems that the island is close to you, hundreds of kilometers, or even thousands of kilometers, is not a distance.

However, these islands are too important, especially for China to develop aircraft. Once occupied, most of these islands are burdens and dispensable for the United States, but for China, they are barriers and huge help. If one Hawaii, one Guam, and two huge islands, if firmly controlled by the Chinese, the entire Western Pacific region will become a private land of China. At that time, the entire Chinese inland sea and Southeast Asia will have a strong strategic barrier. China's maritime strength will directly cross the green water and go to blue water. Starting from Hawaii, the road from China to the United States will be reduced by at least too much. From Hawaii to Los Angeles, there is only more than 4,100 kilometers, while the distance from Shanghai to Hawaii is about 8,250 kilometers, which is almost two-thirds of the savings.

A range of more than 10,000 kilometers can be called a long-range ocean, but more than 4,000 kilometers. Many cities in the western United States are even within the bombing range of Chinese ultra-long-range bombers, and even within the radius of 7,500-8,000 kilometers of medium-sized bombers. However, even if they occupy Hawaii, China does not intend to bomb with long-range bombers, because it cannot penetrate deep into the United States, and the west coast is not the most developed place in the United States, far less than the east coast. At that time, it will transport troops to the Americas under the escort of the aircraft.

However, this part of the voyage is the deepest and flattest in the Pacific Ocean, with not many islands between Hawaii and the United States. However, as long as Hawaii takes it, the next step is to attack the United States, whether from San Francisco or from Mexico, in short, the Army must land.

China never thought that it would be impossible to defeat the United States without attacking the United States. Even if there are too many losses in the outside world, it can rely on its own recovery and slowly suffer wounds. In this world, Germany can only have the possibility of being comparable to China if it unifies Europe. The United States and Russia are two major powers, and Russia has been directly killed. Although part of the essence of Europe is temporarily preserved, it is because China has no interest in him and Germany has no time to care about it. However, after losing Siberia, Russia has lost the possibility of climbing to the top, so the United States has become the biggest and most important enemy. It is not an exaggeration to be vigilant and pay attention to him. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!