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Chapter 1011 New Pacific Fleet, go to battle!

Once the Chinese Navy conquered Chittagong and controlled the shipping of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, the only maritime transportation lifeline that the coalition forces could count on would be completely cut off. At that time, not only the million troops on the Indochina Peninsula would lose valuable supplies, but they would even collapse the morale of the army without fighting.

Especially the British and American soldiers who are used to living a good life, they almost couldn't stand the conditions. Once they fell into a bad situation where they had no food and no use, the consequences would probably be unimaginable!

And what the British are more worried about is that once they reach that point, then Gandhi, India, and the group of troublemakers, will definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble. Once the powerful image of the British Empire collapses, God knows how long the diamond in the queen's crown can be controlled? Now that Britain has lost so many colonies in succession, it is hoped that it will maintain a series of resources here!

In any case, the Chinese Navy cannot succeed!

Not only that, Lord Alexander grabbed MacArthur and glared at him and made a request: "I don't care what the United States wants. In short, I must send the fleet out before the Chinese will succeed! There can be no mistakes here!"

Since they are allies of the coalition forces and are also blood-related families, there is no need to hide some of them. Perhaps they should keep them confidential to the Japanese, so they may be made public within their own family.

MacArthur admitted frankly: "The United States has indeed built a large number of new warships, and some can serve in battles. But Mr. Lord, don't forget that the center of the world is still Europe, and the power of the navy is mostly helping to encircle the Germans on the Atlantic. If all of them are taken away, we will face tremendous pressure on British shipping supplies!"

Alexander couldn't help but hesitate.

That's right. This is the reality. Because of Zhu Bin's interference and rebellion, the Germans were stronger than in another time and space. The naval construction capability had almost doubled. So far, the second "Bismar-class battleship" Tirpitz, has been put into service, and together with the second aircraft carrier Peter Strasser, formed a second formation and unscrupulously broke the relationship on the Atlantic Ocean, almost restraining all the energy of the British Royal Navy, which is really a headache.

What about the United States? It modularly built hundreds of thousands of tons of cargo ships and container ships with full power while restoring naval ships, but the battle with the Chinese before was too terrible. In addition to a large number of destroyers and a few cruisers, the most critical battleships and heavy cruisers, the aircraft carriers were a little unable to keep up.

The current German navy is not the rigid style that used to be. They have created many good things in good interactions with China. For example, battleships, heavy patrols and super alloys on the battleship, titanium alloys and Kevlar linings, and composite armor, which makes the German comprehensive armored warships that are already difficult to sink are simply tenacious and annoying!

In terms of carrier-based aircraft, the arrogant Goering could not withstand the moody Hitler's sudden whim. When he clarified the huge role of the aircraft carrier and the shortcomings of the German roadbed aviation power had become an obstacle to their capture of Britain, he was mercilessly cut off his bonds and was freely exerted by the navy.

Therefore, the shape of the second aircraft carrier is no longer a form purchased by Germany from Japan and imitated from the UK, but directly adopts the mature design of the fully straight deck of China's first-generation aircraft carrier. While ensuring the displacement and airworthiness capabilities, carrier-based aircraft can take off in the harsh climate conditions of the North Sea!

In addition, the Germans used a lot of expensive alloys, and the hull was lighter, with a larger speed and range, which compared all the British ships.

All kinds of troubles are added together, which has led to not only the British Navy's helplessness, but also a large number of ships supported by the US Navy have to face submarines that are as crazy as dumplings at any time. Such a three-dimensional breakdown, tens of thousands of tons of ships are sunk every day, and the losses caused are so great that they cannot be calculated!

Britain is now in a suffocational situation every day, and the domestic rationing system is almost broken. If there is a problem with US shipping, it will be a hungry country that will collapse and cannot withstand it in the end to surrender!

But they have to do the things in front of them, a dilemma!

Alexander hurriedly asked for support from the country and emphasized how serious the consequences would be if the defeat in the war in Asia were caused. He urged Congress to do everything possible to convince the Americans and ensure full support.

Churchill was busy at this time, and various situations made him anxious, but his mind was always sober. He could figure out which one was more important. He did not rush to draw a conclusion, but called Roosevelt first and figured out how strong Americans could support it.

Roosevelt probably encountered too many troubles recently. He was not afraid of boiling water. He told Churchill very calmly: "You don't have to worry about the industrial productivity of the United States. We can at least ensure that the construction speed of industrial products, including freighters, is much faster than the speed of the Germans sinking! Thanks to our Chinese friends, who brought an unprecedented high-efficiency production method, so that our steel mills may not have time to replenish their full efforts!"

Of course this is a joke. The total production capacity of steel mills in the United States can reach a peak of around 100 million tons a year. Even if it has not been fully recovered, there are always 70 to 80 million tons. With such a large scale, what can you consume?

That is to give Churchill a reassurance, and then Roosevelt said: "We can form an unprecedentedly powerful navy recently and cross the Atlantic Ocean to fight to Asia. We originally had to travel around Africa for a long distance to keep it secret. Now that friends need it, we might as well clean up the Germans first."

Clean it up and it was so easy to say. Churchill immediately understood that the American allies were confident! At the same time, he couldn't help but envy, jealousy and hatred. How long has it been? Has it been half a year? The US Navy actually quickly restored its combat effectiveness. How sufficient were their previous preparations!

Churchill said nothing more. He already knew that the British Empire had become a supporting role, and around the world, they could only play the role of playing soybeans.

Isn’t Roosevelt really bragging? It’s not! At least for now, there are quite a few cards he can use!

Let’s talk about the navy that was fucked before. The past Pacific Fleet was supplemented several times. Although almost all the main battleships were lost, you can find that except for the four South Dakota-class battleships, most of the rest are old units, which could not keep up with the development of military technology. They would either be demolished or used as training ships.

Although the end of the four battleships is heartbreaking, who has made Americans these days rich?

As early as 1938, when Zhu Bin announced the construction of a larger battleship, the Americans considered that the Pacific region was about to face the threat of two powerful warships from Japan's Yamato-class and China's Kunlun-class warships, and built the new battleships that were originally to start construction in early 1940 in advance. By the end of last year, two Iowa-class battleships were launched, and now they have had three months of sea trials. Although they are not perfect enough and are barely entering the battle, there are no big problems.

Then in February, the second batch of two ships were launched and entered service urgently. They are still in the intense sea trials, and are still worried about imperfections when they are pulled out to fight. They pretend to scare people, but there is no problem at all!

The most interesting thing is the two "Yamato-class" battleships that were halfway through the construction of the United States. They had already completed the main construction before, and were violently attacked by China when installing the main turret and power system, assembling the bridge. The joint fleet was completely destroyed, and the two warships were towed away and moved in time. After three months of long journey, they finally ran back to the east coast of the United States, and after several months of intense construction, they completed the construction.

In other words, so far, there are six new battleships that the US Navy can use! At least four of them can participate in the war!

As for aircraft carriers, thanks to the proliferation of modular construction technology taught by Zhu Bin, the Americans urgently launched it during the war. In just eight months, they built up as many as six "independent-class" light aircraft carriers. In addition to the four "Essex-class" aircraft carriers that were started before, their main force at sea combat has not only not been weakened, but has been greatly improved!

This is the terrible manifestation of the strong industrial productivity of the United States. If you really want to give them a stable production environment, you can really defeat the whole world with your best manufacturing industry!

It is still thanks to Zhu Bin that most of the captured naval officers and soldiers, whether sailors or pilots, were welcomed and comforted by Americans as heroes after being released. As a result, after half a year of rest, these people are put on the battlefield again, but it just made the military, who is worried about being out of stock, overjoyed. While scolding the Chinese for being stupid and stupid, they actually put the outstanding soldiers back, while stepping up training and sending millions of American boys to the training camp.

In short, the US Atlantic Navy at this time was still a strong and vigorous style!

However, no matter how well it is said, the fact is that the Americans did not dare to send the rebuilt fleet to the Pacific Ocean to fight to the death with the Chinese Ocean Fleet. Instead, they stayed in the central and southern Atlantic Ocean on the grounds that the Panama Canal was blocked and the east coast was under huge threats, and drove the annoying German ships back again and again.

What is the situation? In the words of Commander Nimitz, the US Navy is not ready to defeat the Chinese Navy. At least so far, the terrible missiles that can hit warships across 100 kilometers and cause huge damage have not yet been effectively defensive. Even all of their main armor belts, or Yamato-class armor, are not very sure to withstand the initiation bombardment of hundreds of kilograms of warheads.

Nimitz emphasized that there is also a huge gap between the US Navy in reconnaissance and night combat, and some strange things that cannot be understood by common sense frequently occur, which makes them at a loss. Even if they are currently integrating the powerful forces of the Navy of the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan, they are not sure of winning.

At present, the United States is facing a very serious form. The west coast has been seized by nearly three states, and millions of citizens have fallen. The army is still nervously preparing for a new counterattack, and the navy cannot help much. They must be careful and every attack is to preserve their strength and annihilate the enemy. The most time, the most time, and the most time it is worthwhile to die together.

Roosevelt is not unclear about similar situations, but he has no choice. The United States is also facing a great opportunity that is rare in a century. As long as he wins the war, he can successfully replace Britain and become the world's number one overlord and leader. His historical status will reach an undisputed peak. These challenges must be solved.

After agreeing to Churchill, Roosevelt issued an order to go to the Far East to the Navy. The fleet playing hide-and-seek with the German Navy on the Atlantic Ocean immediately gave up its current goal. Turning to the Mediterranean, preparing to cross the Suez Canal and rush to the Indian Ocean.

The entire itinerary will take at least ten days. So how can we hold back the Chinese Navy, which only takes three days to reach the Bay of Bengal to launch an attack? The answer is the US Air Force.

Just one day after Lord Alexander sent a telegram for help, the first batch of support fighter jets changed all the way and arrived at Sumatra Island for a long journey from northern Africa. After a short maintenance, at night that day, they actually took off and headed straight to the South China Sea Fleet near the coast of Singapore!

Upon hearing the news, Alexander was shocked and hurriedly asked for details and expressed his concerns: "Can our fighter jets conduct real night combat? After all, it is very troublesome. Some technical problems may not be easy to solve."

MacArthur was not very clear, but he couldn't say that he knew nothing. He could surprise the arrogant British man. He was very happy and immediately put on a confident posture and said, "Please believe in the power of the United States. All difficulties can be overcome! As long as there is enough time, we can invent anything and solve any problem!"

Just blow it. Lord Alexander despised him, but he looked at him with admiration on his face. Then he asked someone to study it carefully, and he was sure whether the Americans said it was reliable.

MacArthur is really not bragging. This time, the total number of fighter jets came is more than 100. The number is not large, but almost all of them are advanced fighter jets just installed. The twin-engine two-seater heavy fighter from Northrop - the P-61 Black Widow!

Absorbing various technologies provided by Britain and Japan, Northrop quickly developed an aircraft that can be truly applied to night combat. It has two powerful 2000 horsepower engines, British technologically advanced night radar, terriblely powerful 4 20mm cannons, 4 12.7mm heavy machine guns, a 12,500-meter ceiling and a 2,780-kilometer range. Even if the fuselage weighs 10 tons, the maximum take-off weight reaches 18 tons--it's like a tank, but this guy can still reach a maximum flight speed of 692 kilometers!

It can be said that except for this guy who is too big and even comparable to a bomber and cannot land on an aircraft carrier, just talking about technical performance, all kinds of perfection!

As we all know, Chinese fighter jets are invincible during the day, and no one can withstand their rapid attacks and ultra-long-range missile attacks, so at night it became the only opportunity to seize the initiative in war. Before, countries had no fighter jets that could really be used for fighting.

Now, they finally have it, and they are a kind of guy who looks very powerful!

After getting the P61 parameters and listening to the explanation of the technical officer, both MacArthur and Alexander felt relieved, feeling that they could let go of half of their hearts and wait to see their performance.

Late at night, groups of P61 took off from the densely forested airport in Sumatra, first flew over the northern part of the Java Sea, carefully turned from an ultra-low altitude to head north, and slowly accelerated to the east side of Singapore. When approaching the target for about 100 kilometers, the group of aircraft gathered together spread out, drove forward with full force and rushed forward to more than 650 kilometers!

This is already an extremely high level of low-altitude flight speed on the sea surface! According to research from Britain and the United States, it is proved that this method can offset the detection of the other party's sensitive radar to the greatest extent.

Don’t expect the other party to not be able to find out. You just took Singapore. If you were yourself, you would have to be taken away and be attacked at any time!

Their whereabouts were first discovered by a destroyer that was roaming on the sea with a light controlled by the radar sonar. The dense spots of light and unprecedented echo characteristics made the radar soldiers nervous. They immediately called on the deputy captain on duty and informed the enemy situation to the fleet as soon as possible.

Immediately, various air defense fortifications set up near Singapore sounded shrill alarms, hundreds of high-power searchlights on vehicles opened and aimed at the sky, and the large and small battleships scattered cruisers were fully turned on, and the Gaoping dual-purpose artillery was ready.

The group of P61s did not find any abnormalities below, but they also learned about Singapore's warning changes through the lurking spies. They knew that their whereabouts had been exposed. They quickly changed their course. After scattering, they each climbed up to a high altitude. When they rushed to seven or eight thousand meters in one breath, they were condescendingly towards the predetermined target and smashed at least 2,000 kilograms of bombs on the four hanging points.

That was a random shot without caring about aiming! They were sure that they were discovered by the radar and were not inclined to fight. At a relatively safe height, where even the searchlight could not be discovered, they would throw away the heavy bombs to the fullest. It doesn’t matter where the landing point was. The point is to bomb successfully!

Boom boom boom! The first batch of bombs landed in a mess! A considerable number of those who were scheduled to be thrown to the turret fell into the water. The 500-pound bombs exploded with water columns of more than 200 meters, and the brilliant flash illuminated the large building scene on the ground.

Then, bright white lights cut through the dark night sky, and strings of shells were thrown into the sky under the guidance of radar, heading towards the dancing fighter plane!
Chapter completed!
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