2908 Kuroshio 1
In the end, when the crown prince and his party returned to Berlin from Munich, everyone was a little mixed. From the perspective of mission, they completed the handover of command, and the crown prince agreed to help the Prussian side obtain the necessary advance base for the attack from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However, during the negotiations, the crown prince's prophecy on the future situation in the Middle East was like a sword of Damocles hanging above their heads. The victory that was originally thought was easy to capture seemed to have gone, and the quagmire of war appeared in front of everyone. The solution was not lacking, but making a choice was a very difficult thing.
With the German Emperor's decision to interfere with the situation in the Middle East by force, the game between the German Empire and the United States and Russia in the Middle East has entered a fierce heat. This is a crucial competition. The parties involved will do their best. A large number of German troops cannot be airtight. The appearance of the high seas fleet and a large number of transport ships in the Mediterranean made the Americans realize the arrival of the storm. Although in Roosevelt's view, the German actions can be described as reckless or inaccurate, when the war machines of the German Empire were operating, no one could ignore them!
Although the Pacific was in war at this time, it could be described as calm in the eyes of the Americans. American submarine forces appeared in the southern part of the Philippines from time to time. They monitored the huge Japanese joint fleet and found that although the dormant sea beast was still powerful, it lacked vitality. They were huddled in the Davao Port in the southern part of the Philippines, without any enterprising spirit. It seemed that the continuous victory before scared the Japanese.
At the same time, on the island of New Guinea, the US Army fought against the Japanese Army in the complex terrain and hot climate. Although the Japanese resisted tenaciously, they still retreated under the attack of the superior US troops. The US Army and Navy began to build more and more support points on the island of New Guinea, and they wanted to gradually drive the Japanese away from the island completely.
The main force of the US fleet is still repairing and waiting for new warships to join in Pearl Harbor. The Americans' idea is very simple. As long as the main Japanese fleet does not go out, the US fleet will not go out. Anyway, there are a large number of front-line dreadnoughts and relatively complete airports. With the current strength of the Japanese fleet, it is probably a waste of energy to eat it. Let the Japanese be in a bloody mood in the defense system now, and then the US fleet takes the opportunity to take it away in one wave. Therefore, the US Navy is not in a hurry.
Some people may say, what if the Japanese fleet stayed in the Philippines like this? Naturally, the Americans had arranged the script. The wealthy Americans decided to build a large military port on New Guinea Island that can accommodate the main force of the entire American fleet! This military port will become the largest stronghold of the US Navy in the Eastern Pacific, and to some extent, it may even replace Pearl Harbor in the future! And when this port begins to take shape, the US fleet will move forward as a whole, and eventually the US Navy's muzzle will be pressed against the forehead of the Japanese Joint Fleet! As for what happened next? It is to proceed step by step! The Americans' plan believes it is perfect and is being implemented step by step!
So when he thought that the situation in the Pacific had stabilized, the US government decisively invested a considerable part of its power in the Middle East. A large number of materials and military personnel entered Persia through various channels, and a group of Russian soldiers also entered Persia from Central Asia and the Caspian Sea. This situation even occurred before the outbreak of the war. More than 7,000 Russian officers and soldiers were stationed in a Persian border town with only 2,000 people! After the war, the largest land war was about to begin. If calculated simply from the perspective of the number of participants, then the scale of this war that was about to break out in the Middle East is no smaller than the scale of the US-Japan Army showdown in the Pacific!
In the head-on battle, we are definitely not opponents of the German elite legion, but we can use various means to consume them, make them weak, and make them bleed continuously! What we lost is only money, but what we received was time and the favorable situation in the Middle East. How cost-effective it is. Looking at the information sent from the Middle East, Old Roosevelt said very comfortably. He felt that he was about to reach the peak of his life! The so-called president-elect is nothing compared to this matter, because he seems to have finally won his old opponent once! Moreover, the actions of the Americans have greatly delayed the development of the Germans!
However, what the Americans did not expect was that just when the American bald eagle turned its vision to the conflict between the United States and Germany, the unwilling Japanese were planning the largest strategic offensive since the war began! As Crown Prince Ruprecht said, the main force of the Japanese joint fleet still exists, and the rear is still stable. They have the ability to launch an offensive that changes the situation!
Is this all the fleets we can concentrate at the moment? Betty said, looking at the fleet marshalling list in his hand.
Yes, this is all the fleet, especially the aircraft carrier detachment. All five fleet aircraft carriers have been put into battle. Among them, the Flying Eagle Falcon and the Flying Eagle are three aircraft carriers participating in the Battle of Sulawesi Sea, and the Ryutsu, which was originally used to perform pilot training missions, has also returned to the combat sequence. In addition, the Chitose that had previously completed improvements and received new aircraft groups, there are a total of 5 ships. Shimamura Suo said.
Among these aircraft carriers, the most advanced ones are naturally the Flying Eagle Flying Dragon and Chitose. These three aircraft carriers are fleet aircraft carriers with a capacity of more than 20,000 tons or nearly 20,000 tons. The tonnage of the Falcon Eagle and Ryuchong is around 16,000 tons, and the combat effectiveness is far inferior to the previous two. These five aircraft carriers carry a total of 420 aircraft. The goal of carrying 450 aircraft that Betty asked before was ultimately not achieved, even some of the 420 aircraft were carried in the form of parts!
Compared with what we expected, it seems that we have one more battleship. Looking at the battleship Caragio that finally appeared in the battleship list, a smile appeared on the corner of Betty's mouth. Originally, Betty only planned to bring 6 battleships, namely Nagamon-class battleships, Fuso-class battleships Fuso-Higashiyama Castle and Takabo, and the other warships still need to be repaired and debugged due to war damage. However, unexpectedly, the Italian Caragio was completed! And arrived in time. The efficiency of the Italian this time is indeed impressive! After all, even the British Furious Ship has not been completed! This result is very abnormal!
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