"Why is the Solomon Islands rather than Rabaul? The American offensive is at the forefront in the eastern part of the Micronesian Islands. The distance between Rabaul and Solomon Islands is actually similar." Su Xiong said.

"But the Solomon Islands will shift the entire battlefield to the east by hundreds of kilometers. This will form a very favorable battle situation for us. After all, the main output of the Japanese is battleships, and their naval guns are very sensitive to distances." The crown prince said.

"What you mean is that if a large-scale night battle occurs, the eastward shift of the battlefield will cause a significant shortening of the time window for Japan to attack, thus making our response more ease? As long as the Japanese are not careful, they will be exposed to our superior fleet during the day?" Su Xiong said.

"That's what it means." The Crown Prince nodded and said. "If we set up the first base in the Solomon Islands, then the main force of the Japanese Navy would have to set up an anchorage in the area west of Rabaul. This has already out of the previous defense range of the Japanese. If we go to Rabaul directly, we may have to face a very tragic battle. If the advantage is not particularly great, don't fight hard with aircraft carrier-based aircraft and land-based aircraft."

The crown prince’s idea is naturally the safest, but the price is that time may be delayed a little long. The Americans obviously don’t want the war to be delayed too long. Whether in terms of politics or military terms, they need a clean and neat victory to end the war!

"However, this time, it's not that we decide the whole strategy. We just hire mercenaries. Everything depends on the Americans. I have only one piece of advice to you, that is, to put forward your own opinions. When the other party disagrees, don't force him. Let him bear it and wait until they hit a wall before seeing him." The crown prince said with a smile.

"This..." Su Xiong was stunned. He really didn't expect the crown prince to say that. "But it really makes sense. It's very dark-hearted, I like it." After a while, Su Xiong said embarrassingly.

To be honest, it is unclear how this war will fight the crown prince. After all, in history, there was no such large-scale war in the Pacific during World War 1, and there was no experience at all. How to learn from it? What? You said that the technical level of World War 2 was 20 years ahead of the present. Many things are different. After all, the planes in this era were still air bookshelf. Some of the main forces of the American fleet in this era were still burning coal... without radar, without mature sonar, let alone guided weapons. The war model is on the eve of the change, and it is not possible to apply the original tactics and future tactics. How to fight can only be explored, but the price is blood and fire!

Majiphin is here, and Sims, who has been wandering around Kiel Port recently, a delegation of two American generals began to formally discuss the war with the German Navy. The German representatives attended this meeting were three, Crown Prince Ruprecht, Earl Spey, Chief of the Navy's General Staff, and Su Xipell, Commander of the German Pacific Fleet. He wanted to take the fleet to prepare for an ocean cruise. Scher is the commander of the navy and needs to deal with some things. Besides, with the crown prince, Scher is not very important or not...

"I don't know which battleships your country finally decided to dispatch?" After a simple polite approach, Majifen immediately got to the point.

"We plan to send a second battleship team, consisting of four Bavarian-class battleships, Hessen, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg and Weimar. We decided to send Zeppelin, an aircraft carrier, which was originally modified from your country's Chicago. You should be familiar with its performance," said Ruprecht.

"Are the four Bavarian-class battleships?" Majiphin was also stunned. He really didn't expect the Germans to be so generous in this aid issue. After all, he knew the various contradictions between the United States and Germany. After the war, the conflict between the United States and Germany had already emerged. At this time, it was a rare show of sincerity that the Germans were still willing to send the first four strongest battleships.

"I would like to express my first gratitude to your country on behalf of the United States of America and the United States Navy for their generous support, and I hope that the friendship between the two countries will continue to last," said Majiphin.

"Thank you, I also hope that the friendship between the two countries will last forever. I also hope that you can inform the US government of our kindness to avoid unnecessary trouble. This time, we will face opponents who are somewhat more troublesome than the British. I hope we can cooperate sincerely and not have adverse effects on the war because of certain political or conjectures." The crown prince said.

In the end, Germany decided to send 4 Bavarian-class battleships, in addition to the Americans' "sincerity", another important factor is that the Helgolan-class battleship and the Moltke-class battleship are a bit outdated. You should know that the Japanese had 6 Fuso-class fast battleships and Nagato-class fast battleships equipped with 16-inch guns, which is equivalent to the enhanced version of the Fuso-class battleship. The Helgolan-class battleships and the Queen who replaced the new armor-piercing bombs are not necessarily good, let alone facing the Fuso-class battleships?

The first batch of the German high seas fleet was only 4 ships, and even the entire United States-German Fleet had only 4 fast battleships. Su Xiong could not rely on others, but could only rely on himself! When the war first started, the navies of both sides were the strongest, so naturally they had to use strong ships to fight the first wave. If four Helgolan-class battleships were used, it would be a bit embarrassing if two were defeated in one battle...

"So now let me talk about our strategy. The forefront of our attack is the eastern part of the Micronesian Islands. Here we have built airports, temporary docks, anchorages, and deployed double-layer alert networks for submarines and aviation. The core of the most outermost defense line of the Japanese Navy is in the eastern part of Guinea. They have deployed a large number of aviation forces and army on the island of Guinea. Our first goal is the Rabaul area of ​​New Britain! Here we will take the first step, and then serve as a springboard to challenge the Japanese Navy's New Guinea defense line!" said Majifen.

"It's true." Su Xiong looked at the crown prince, and he could feel the entanglement in the other party's heart. Although the crown prince had tolerated him and asked him to do this before, this was related to the wealth and life of the German Pacific Fleet and the reputation of the German High Seas Fleet! So naturally it would not be as easy as it was said verbally.

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