() Not only do the ships of this huge fleet have extraordinary origins, but the fleet commander is even more prestigious. He is the Marshal of the Royal Navy who once commanded the battlecruiser squadron and the fifth battleship squadron to fight the German High Seas Fleet face-to-face in the Battle of Ridland.
, David Beatty, 1st Earl.
Originally, Earl David Beatty was about to become the First Minister of the Royal Navy, but after the South China Sea Federation declared war with the United Kingdom and captured Singapore, Earl David Beatty chose to serve as the commander of the support fleet and was warlike by nature.
With a decisive personality, he is obviously more interested in commanding fleet operations than sitting in an office planning the future of the navy.
When David's fleet arrived at the Port of Colombo in Ceylon, the Admiral did not immediately command the fleet to find the federal navy for a duel, nor did he rashly choose any enemy port to attack. Instead, he sent out a destroyer squadron.
Thoroughly search the sea area around the port and strengthen the port's anti-submarine capabilities; while starting to collect intelligence on various federal navies, I stayed with several captains and staff members in a villa in Colombo Port to watch and discuss it almost every day.
Although Earl David Betty took the initiative to command the support fleet, as a marshal of the Royal Navy, he has a very heavy burden on his shoulders. It can be said that if he and his fleet make mistakes, not only will he
The honor of the British Empire will be greatly damaged, the reputation of the entire British Royal Navy will be damaged, and it will be a fatal blow to the British Empire's rule in the global colonies.
This heavy burden forced David Beatty to no longer rush and fight, but to become a calm and conservative fleet commander like his old superior, Marshal John Jericho.
After countless meetings and analyses, Earl David Beatty and a large number of his naval admirals have not found a suitable way to break through the maritime defense line of the South China Sea Federation. David Beatty even believed that as long as his own
As soon as the fleet leaves the Port of Colombo, it will be completely exposed to the eyes of the Federal Navy. Those submarines that appear and disappear outside the port are undoubtedly from the Federal Navy.
It was not that David Beatty had not thought about getting rid of these nasty submarines first, but after more than ten battles, the British naval admirals discovered that all the methods originally used to capture and defend German submarines had failed. Underwater listening
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Due to sea conditions and the very low noise of federal submarines, it is difficult to accurately capture the exact location of these submarines. Moreover, according to the reactions of the officers and soldiers on the destroyer, these submarines are very cunning. After the destroyer approaches a certain distance, it will mysteriously
It disappears and no sound is heard again.
The destroyer squadron has made two major efforts. After discovering the approximate location of a federal submarine, it mobilized 11 nearby destroyers to surround the sea area. It stayed on guard for two days and one night, and dispatched battle cruisers.
The eight reconnaissance aircraft on board assisted in the search and found no trace of any submarines. However, just after the Royal Navy's encirclement was removed, a lone Royal Navy destroyer was attacked by a torpedo and sank.
The surviving naval officers and soldiers who were rescued by the Royal Navy who arrived later agreed that there was not only one submarine that attacked them at that time, but at least three. Because the destroyer was attacked by at least 10 torpedoes at that time, and the torpedoes were
The firing direction was not the same. This encounter greatly affected the officers and soldiers on the Royal Navy destroyer, and their morale was also somewhat low.
Without being able to deal with the enemy submarines outside the port, David Betty would not dare to lead his fleet to sail. Even if 10 federal submarines were exchanged for one of his own battleships, David Betty would not be willing, but he was very sure of his
It was judged that the Federal Navy must have gathered a large number of submarines in the nearby waters, waiting for them to leave the port.
Just when Earl David Beatty was struggling, good news finally appeared on May 14, 1920. On this day, the U.S. Congress finally passed the U.S. government's proposal to join the war with a margin of 3 votes, and the U.S. government
On the same day, the United States announced a declaration of war against the South China Sea Federation.
Because the U.S. government and the U.S. Navy were well prepared, the U.S. Pacific Squadron set out from Pearl Harbor on the third day after the declaration of war.
Since the United States lost the Philippines during this era, its Asian Squadron was also included in the Pacific Squadron. Historically, at this time, Pearl Harbor was nothing more than a submarine base and a small ship repair shop for the United States.
.However, because the United States lost the Philippines as its foothold in Asia, the importance of Pearl Harbor was discovered and constructed in advance. Pearl Harbor is now the main station of the U.S. Pacific Squadron, and the U.S. Pacific Squadron is also closely related to
Historically it was different.
At this time, the U.S. Pacific Squadron had 4 battleships, 6 cruisers, 10 destroyers and 8 submarines. In addition to including most of the above-mentioned ships, the fleet that set out to attack the South China Sea Federation this time also included the U.S. Navy.
From the Atlantic Fleet, one battleship and three destroyers were transferred to supplement this fleet. This shows that the United States government still attaches great importance to this operation.
This U.S. task force consisting of 5 battleships, 4 cruisers and 12 destroyers includes 2 Nevada-class battleships "USS Nevada" and "USS Oklahoma"; 2-class battleships "USS New Mexico"
"Mississippi"; 1 Tennessee
The basic data of the USS Tennessee class battleship is basically the same as that of the New Mexico class. This battleship has just completed sea trials and is a newly built battleship. In order to obtain first-hand information about this battleship, the U.S. Navy specially transferred it from the east coast.
Came over and joined the task force.
The destination of this task force is the US military overseas colony in the Mariana Islands, Guam.
Guam was seized by the Americans from the Spanish during the Spanish-American War. Due to the loss of the Philippines, the U.S. Navy stepped up its construction of Guam. After more than ten years of hard work, it has become a military base of the U.S. Navy.
, can berth large surface ships and provide fuel and some ammunition supplies, but it does not yet have the ability to repair ships.
Originally, the U.S. task force planned to go to Darwin Port in northern Australia, because it is closer to federal territorial waters. Starting from Darwin Port, it is only more than 600 kilometers away from East Timor Island, and only 2,000 kilometers away from Manila and Batavia.
It is less than 3,500 kilometers away from Singapore and is the best outpost for attacking the South China Sea Federation.
Who would have known that on the afternoon when the United States government declared war on the South China Sea Federation, two heavy cruisers from the South China Sea Federation visited Darwin Port and used naval guns to bombard the port for three hours.
Since Darwin Port has basically no defense, and there is no danger to defend near the port, and the federal heavy patrol used seaplanes to calibrate the impact of the shells and hit the target for the naval guns, so during the three-hour bombardment, the Darwin Port's
Port facilities were severely damaged, including docks and oil warehouses.
Originally, the Americans planned to use ports in China or Japan as outposts, but since the South China Sea Federation and the Republic of China government were both Chinese, the Republic of China government agreed to use their ports to launch military operations against another Chinese government.
This is very difficult, and the American government is not confident that it can persuade the Republic of China government to agree.
Not to mention Japan, after the League of Nations declared war on the South China Sea Federation, Japan behaved like a normal person. Instead of actively helping the League of Nations and the United States to deal with his feud, the South China Sea Federation, Japan simply rejected Britain and the United States.
The United States mobilized to join the war and announced a neutral attitude, which made the Americans very angry.
Without the support of Japan and mainland China, there are not many ports for the US fleet to choose from. Apart from the Port of Darwin in northern Australia, the only remaining ports are Guam and the supply station that the Australian and New Zealand Navy just occupied in New Guinea.
After many considerations, the U.S. task force chose Guam as its advance base, because it is at least a port controlled by the Americans. Although supplies are a little more difficult and need to be transported by ship from home, it is compared to the supplies in New Guinea.
Station, the conditions in Guam are still better. (To be continued. You are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes.
