In the last 10 days of the Chinese Empire's restrictions, the behavior of the European and Western powers on Guizidao and Chaoxian Island was unscrupulous and rampant! Both the Allies and the Allied Powers wanted to get the last vote and did everything they could to capture the local people.
The people are prosperous and the people are prosperous. Each of them has a huge fleet responsible for transportation. To read the latest chapter of this book, please go to Baidu search: 1novel.com
It is extremely regrettable that in the end all their supplies were intercepted by the Chinese Empire's South China Sea Fleet and East China Sea Fleet. The war was about to begin. How could Zhou Yu allow these supplies to be lost in front of him, thus strengthening his enemies?
Woolen cloth?!
Not only the supplies, but also the freighters that transported supplies, Zhou Yu did not let go. Zhou Yu thought, 'With these freighters, there is no need to build them again!' The crew of the European and Western powers, while compromising, threatened to
Military retaliation against the Chinese Empire. The other party responded arrogantly: "Welcome!"
At the same time that the Chinese Empire's South China Sea and East China Sea Fleets appeared, the Chinese Empire's Pacific Fleet was conducting high-profile military exercises in the Hawaiian waters. Everything seemed to be developing exactly according to the rhythm that Uncle Sam wanted. And on the day when the three main fleets of the Chinese Empire appeared in the world's sight
Morning: "Tick-tick-tick..."
Suddenly, a loud and special bugle sound sounded! As the bugle sound was transmitted, a "tick-tick" telegraph sound was set on the most secret watchtower of the Hall Islands. This was the radio wave sent to the nearby islands.
Broadcast and extended to Guam.
As the bugles and radio waves rang, the troops patrolling the Rook Islands quickly disappeared into the bunker and looked down at the islands from the air. Except for a few small shore-based patrol ships parked in the military port, there were even
There are very few coastal defense guns, and they look careless!
When the radio waves arrived in Guam, countless shore-based bombers took off one after another from various airports in Guam, heading towards the southwest Luo Lin Islands.
20 minutes later, with the roar of engines, two biplane seaplanes appeared over the Hall Islands. The aircraft staggered through the Hall Islands and flew towards Truk. They conducted manual aerial reconnaissance of Truk and successfully photographed it.
Below are a handful of shore-based warships anchored in the lagoon, and two aircraft at the airport.
Unfortunately, due to dense low-altitude clouds at this time, they were unable to take pictures of all the islands and reefs, so they were unable to grasp the defense situation of the atoll.
40 minutes later, these two unmarked seaplanes appeared next to an Uncle Sam Chinese seaplane carrier in the eastern sea dozens of kilometers away. When the crane recovered them, the Uncle Sam Chinese seaplane carrier
The aircraft carrier quickly headed east.
In the waters 20 kilometers northeast of the floating carrier, the floating carrier finally joined the large fleet here.
This is a frighteningly large fleet. The formation has 16 B-class battleships, 4 C-class battleships, 12 B-class cruisers, 52 B-class destroyers, 56 special landing ships, and 20 transport ships. Plus
Mine clearance, logistics and other ships, totaling more than 220 warships.
The ground combat forces include marine divisions, marine brigades, infantry divisions and mechanical artillery regiments. There are about 50,000 people in total. This mixed fleet is the combined fleet of Uncle Sam's country and John Bull's empire. They arrived from the continental base a few days ago
Set off and replenished fuel and fresh water in the Marshall Islands before appearing in this area.
In fact, the senior officials of the Chinese Empire did not completely guess the true purpose of the combined fleet. The content of the telegram deciphered by the Shenlong was accurate. However, Dewey, the commander-in-chief of the combined fleet, did not act in accordance with the orders of the headquarters. He did
Two sets of maneuver plans were developed.
The first is to directly attack Saipan; the second is the strategic intention of the headquarters to attack the Rook Islands. As long as one of these two places can be taken, as Uncle Sam's forward naval base, the strategic significance achieved is very great.
Same reaction.
After getting the aerial photos and studying them carefully, Dewey decided to give up the attack on the Rook Islands. This was because he felt that how could the Rook Islands, which had such an important strategic location, be so poorly defended? There must be a trap, that cunning Zhou.
Yu is not someone who takes things easy...
The cautious Dewey immediately smelled a strong smell of conspiracy.
So he took it upon himself to attack Saipan, his second target. This was a quite risky move. You must know that if you act according to the headquarters' plan, you will not bear a lot of responsibility even if you fail. And once you make your own decision, it will cause serious consequences.
Serious consequences will require military law enforcement!
But Dewey trusted his instincts!
Saipan is the second largest island in the Mariana Islands. It is about 21 kilometers long, 4 kilometers to 8 kilometers wide, and covers an area of about 184 square kilometers. The terrain is high in the center and low on the surrounding sides. The island has many peaks, hills, and ravines.
, cave, the commanding height is Tapoqiao Peak with an altitude of 450 meters in the center of the island.
There is a coral reef covering the entire beach on the west coast of the island. Cape Garapan divides it into two, forming a natural harbor in the north - Tanapan Port. This port is also the economic and cultural center of Saipan and the Mariana Islands.
, to the south is the flat Machikis Beach, which is an ideal landing beach.
Dewey chose to start from Saipan, and the most ideal landing beach in the south, Machikiss Beach, was the biggest reason that really attracted him. You must know that according to intelligence, Tanapan Port was transformed by the Chinese Empire and is more than ten kilometers deep.
The winding waterway, for warships to attack it forcefully, is tantamount to a dream!
The biggest trump card in Dewey's hand is the large number of landing ships. On a flat beach, he can rely on the support of warships' cannons to achieve the tactical purpose of rapid landing.
His change didn't matter. Zhang Long's air force was killed by him. When hundreds of bombers appeared in the Rolin Islands and refueled, they were ready to attack the enemy fleet head-on.
News of the so-called enemy fleet was unexpectedly lost.
Since the enemy's seaplane appeared once that day, all the camouflaged airfields, artillery positions and major firepower points on the Rook Islands were all removed, waiting to attack the enemy's fleet head-on.
But everyone, like Zhang Long's air force, waited for a full day, but there was no news of the enemy fleet. Now everyone was panicked! You must know that the three major fleets of the Chinese Empire are indeed not in this sea area, and the empire relies on
Yes, it is Zhang Long’s air force.
Now that there is no shadow of the enemy, it means that the air force cannot determine which island group the enemy is attacking. Without the support of the naval fleet, it will be too dangerous if the air power cannot support it in time! (To be continued...)