Chapter four hundred and seventy first: Military industrial warfare
Uncle Sam's domestic high-level officials discussed the plan of attacking the Empire's Southeast Asian forces from the North Pacific route, but the result was that it was impossible to do it.
Because according to the strength of Uncle Sam's country at this time, without a large number of carrier-based aircraft, it is impossible to shake the "fortress" of Hawaii, which is as solid as a meteorite. Therefore, the senior officials of Uncle Sam's parties unanimously "shoot to death" in order to adopt an offensive strategy in this direction.
"This road is blocked!"
But then, the debate over the central Pacific and the southwest Pacific as the main direction of attack aroused extremely sharp differences among the upper echelons of Uncle Sam's country. The party represented by the Secretary of the Army advocated that after occupying or blockading the Rolin Islands,
Launch an offensive in the Southwest Pacific along the axis from Xin Guinea to Fei Philippines.
They believe that this offensive route can make full use of the series of sea, land and air bases established by their country and the John Bull Empire in the Southwest Pacific and South Pacific. They can always receive strong support from shore-based aviation and have a greater choice of attack targets.
, able to bypass the heavily guarded areas of the empire and attack the weak points of the empire's defenses.
The party represented by the Minister of the Navy believes that the main islands on this offensive route are relatively large, and the empire has deployed a correspondingly larger number of troops, so the resistance must be fierce and the casualties will be large.
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Moreover, the two wings and rear of this offensive line are exposed to the threats of the Empire's Western Pacific and North Pacific naval carrier-based aircraft groups. The offensive situation is not ideal, and we can only adopt a step-by-step strategy to advance gradually. Its attack speed can be imagined.
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On the contrary, launching an offensive in the Central Pacific can cut off the empire's deployment in the Western Pacific, and can also skip the Chinese Empire's deployment in Southeast Asia and directly attack the empire's homeland. This is fatal to the Chinese Empire.
And launching an offensive in the Central Pacific, even if the victory is to win, most of them will be small coral reefs and islands that are far away from each other. Even if the imperial army's defenses on these islands are relatively strong, they will be weak due to their small area, and they will be weak against each other.
The distance is far and it is difficult to get reinforcements and supplements. It is easy for our army to defeat them one by one. In addition, this route is close to our army's rear base, which can save troops and transport ships, thus quickly ending the war.
This debate was quite fierce. Both sides were stubborn in their opinions and refused to give in to each other. They both believed that their overall strategy was the most correct and irreplaceable!
On the surface, it is a dispute over the offensive route, but in fact it reflects the sharp contradiction between Uncle Sam's army and navy, because if an attack is launched from the Southwest Pacific, the army will mainly rely on the ground attack, while the navy will only be responsible for protecting maritime transportation and using sea
Fire support for ground operations and the secondary mission of covering the Army's offshore flank.
The key to launching an attack from the Central Pacific is to control the sea. The naval fleet will be the absolute main force. Since the island area to be occupied is small. Ground battles only require small-scale land forces, and the navy is the protagonist.
Therefore, both sides of this debate received strong support from senior figures in the army and navy.
However, due to the high stakes of this issue, the high-level joint meeting of Uncle Sam's country conducted extremely careful and detailed research, and finally decided to adopt a two-pronged strategy focusing on the Central Pacific and the Southwest Pacific as a supplement;
This can not only avoid a single-line attack, which is vulnerable to the Empire's concentrated resistance and the danger of exposing its flanks, but also confuse the Empire, making it difficult to judge the main attack direction of Uncle Sam's army, distracting the Empire's forces and attention, and preparing for a strategic offensive.
Create favorable conditions for its smooth implementation.
There is another reason why we chose the Central Pacific as the main direction of attack. This is because as Uncle Sam's military industry has fully shifted to wartime production, a large number of modified aircraft carriers and landing ships have been completed and put into service. This has greatly improved the naval forces in the Central Pacific.
Having a fleet with extremely high maneuverability and extremely strong assault power with an aircraft carrier as its core can ensure a certain degree of air and sea control...
According to the decision of the high-level joint meeting of Uncle Sam's country, the attack spearhead was once again directed at the Mariana Islands. And taking advantage of this large-scale military operation, 300,000 army troops were once again dispatched to Asia to strengthen
The army power of Asia.
Not long ago, Uncle Sam's country had pointed its sword at the Mariana Islands, but the Dewey mixed fleet broke its sword and sank in the sand, returning defeated. Now it is bringing up the old matter again. If it wants to follow the old path, it still has quite a lot of power.
Relying on existence.
On the one hand, it relies on the fact that the Chinese Empire is currently deeply involved in the Battle of Malacca and lacks strength in the Central Pacific. On the other hand, it relies on its own large number of modified aircraft carrier groups and powerful warship air defense capabilities.
In their opinion, the main reason why the Dewey mixed fleet failed was the lack of effective ways to check and balance the Imperial Air Force. Now that we have both carrier-based aircraft and sufficient anti-aircraft artillery, what should the Imperial fleet have to fear?
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Of course, they are not arrogant enough to use their own small aircraft carriers and so-called carrier-based aircraft with a cruising speed of only more than 150 kilometers, compared with similar aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft in the Chinese Empire. But after combining the two aspects,
Reconnaissance, escort, and air defense are still very capable!
After several days of intense preparation, Uncle Sam's country reorganized its major fleets after the defeat of Dewey's fleet. The 1st - 5th fleets sailed to Asia to perform attack missions, and the 6th - 7th fleets patrolled.
In the Pacific waters on the east coast, the 8th-10th fleet patrolled the Atlantic waters on the west coast, and the home fleet stayed at home.
From the scope of activities of Uncle Sam's fleets, we can see how much it attaches importance to the Pacific region! Among the 10 largest fleets in the country, 7 are active in the Pacific region, while there are only three fleets in the Atlantic region. This has to be said
Its center of gravity has unconsciously tilted towards the Pacific Ocean!
Moreover, the destruction of Dewey's fleet suddenly awakened the upper echelons of Uncle Sam's country. Its war machine has been fully activated. It has temporarily suspended all arms sales and assistance activities and strives to build a strong sea, land and air military power. Because of the powerful air power of the Chinese Empire, it
I feel like my bones are stuck in my throat, and I feel uncomfortable if I don’t vomit!
Under strong pressure, Uncle Sam's country entered wartime ahead of schedule. Its domestic military-industrial enterprises made every effort to build Uncle Sam's "super aircraft carrier" and produced various ships and combat weapons at a rapid pace. Even senior talents from some universities also
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