Chapter 2859 American Fleet in the Pacific 3
From a safety perspective, high cruise ships that operate alone will hardly be attacked by submarines by relying on high. Even if they encounter the so-called main ship, as long as there is a certain warning, the probability of relying on high will be very high. Therefore, high cruise transport personnel are almost the safest and fastest, and of course, they may be considered the most comfortable way!
Well, although the US 6th Army pays great attention to the personal feelings of soldiers, no matter what, the internal facilities and furnishings on the cruise ship must be changed. After all, you have to transport as many people as possible to fight at a time instead of letting them travel...
All the decorations inside the hull were cleaned up, followed by various wooden furniture and excessive cotton fabrics. These things are potential factors that may cause fire, so they must be handled cleanly. This is not the end. After that, Americans need to re-brush the fire protection layer and re-check, maintain and re-arrange some of the lines inside the hull to avoid adverse consequences after being attacked.
Then some cabins inside the hull were redesigned, and the comfortable guest rooms were placed with a large number of double-layer or even triple-layer beds. The originally comfortable two-person room is now stuffed into like cans and close to a dozen soldiers. Various large restaurants and dance venues have also been re-arranged. Therefore, a steamer originally accommodated more than 2ooo passengers was stuffed into 9ooo soldiers! A front-line combatant of an American division was only this number.
The Americans also felt that the ship was only completely modified. While not destroying the hull structure inside, it was also considered that the sea navigation might be hit by lightning by the Japanese fleet or encountering mines at the entrances and exits of the port, the Americans hesitated for a moment and installed large lightning-proof protrusions on both sides of the hull. Although it reduced some of the navigation, it was stronger!
The US Navy naturally attaches great importance to such a ship that is related to the life and death of nearly five figures of people. Therefore, all staff on the ship must be local personnel who have lived in the United States for more than three generations. Not to mention the professional level, they are definitely first-class!
However, at this time, the large personnel transport ship, which had been renamed Trident, was also loading its first passengers. The booms on both sides of the high hull had placed a large amount of food and other supplies on the ship and then transferred to the warehouse. Thousands of US Navy personnel were climbing onto the ship along the net ladders hanging down on both sides of the ship. Their time was very urgent. Before the sunset, the Trident transport ship would leave the port with the accompanying light cruiser and then enter the high seas in the night. Then, they would go directly to Hawaii with a 22-kilometer high voyage. In this process, they said that they had very little contact with the outside world and would only contact the shore when fast-forwarding the port. Therefore, relying on high voyage and radio silence, the safety of this ship was very high.
"All personnel have boarded the ship and the preparations have been made. The Princeton light cruiser came out to ask us if it could be shipped." The first mate reported to the captain.
"You can go out." The captain nodded and said. Half an hour later, under the guidance of the guide ship, the Trident and the accompanying Prenston cruiser left the port and sailed towards the outer sea. At this time, what they could not imagine was that on a building outside the port, a pair of bright eyes were staring at the fleet leaving in the distance.
"Overall, the Americans' maritime transportation efficiency is very high and the security is also very high. In addition to strict control on transportation issues, the Americans are also very serious about the defense of the nearshore. You know, for submarine forces, the efficiency of ambushing near the other side's outbound and destination is very high. It is difficult to rely on the limited search capabilities of submarines to intercept merchant ships in the vast ocean, unless we can make any breakthroughs in intelligence." At this time, while the Trident was sailing, in the Philippine Japanese Combined Fleet thousands of miles away, the top Japanese Navy and the British were also discussing how to break the diploma more efficiently, and Yu Shimamura was introducing the recent record of the Japanese fleet of breaking diploma.
"They will arrange a large number of seaplanes and airships to patrol the offshore waters. According to our intelligence, the US Navy has invested no less than 10 airships and 80 aircraft to carry out anti-submarine missions. At the same time, there will also be anti-submarine ships on the sea surface. As for the shipwreck barriers outside the port, anti-submarine networks and minefields are even more essential. In this case, it is very difficult for us to ambush our opponents in the offshore." Yu Shimamura continued.
"Okay, you have said a lot of reasons. These reasons are very sufficient, enough to give our submarine force a small excuse for the results." Shigetaro Yoshimatsu said with some dissatisfaction: "We have not blamed the past, but how do we do the future? In the next action, our early goal is the American transport fleet, so I hope that we can do a big vote this time! Reveal their transport fleet and then take a bite!"
"How big is the piece of meat you are going to eat in this bite?" Betty asked.
"Of course, the bigger the better." Yoshimatsu Shigetaro answered very simply.
"Then our first ambush location should be set in this area!" Betty stood up and walked to the huge chart, and then took a circle on the dense route in the East Pacific.
"You mean, we are going to enter the Eastern Pacific under the control of the Americans to carry out a break-up battle? It may even be close to the west coast of the United States? This is too... a risky." Shigetaro Yoshimatsu was shocked. He did not expect that Betty was so brave, which was more courageous than the night battle on New Ireland Island, or even more desperate!
After all, the night battle in New Ireland is to use weather factors to quickly enter and exit, and it has not been exposed to the enemy's range for a long time. However, this time, the Japanese fleet actually crossed the ocean and entered the American control range. How can this be considered unreliable? Not to mention anything else, the fleet's supply is a big problem! Once it is discovered, the consequences will definitely not be optimistic.
"Are you taking risks? Think about it, the Americans dare to cross the areas we have fortified into Taragan Island and blow it into a sea of fire. Why can't we fight their transport ships in the waters controlled by the Americans? There is a larger maneuvering space on the wider sea, and we are safer. If we can't take the courage of the American fleet, then it's better not to move this battle!" Betty said.
Chapter completed!