From a purely military perspective, when the troops are inferior to the opponent, the defense side instigates the defense line to shrink the defense line, reduce the day-defense area, enhance the density of the troops on the defense line, and cause the attacking front line to lengthen and reduce the density of the troops... After reaching a certain level, the defense side can gain a military advantage on the local front line, and convert the advantage into victory, and then reverse the battlefield situation with a small amount.

On the strategic level, this military theory is to exchange space for time.

It can be said that this was the main strategy of the United States during the war, and even the only strategy of the United States.

Of course, the overall strategic passivity does not mean being passive on all fronts and at all time points. In other words, if the strategic theory of exchanging space for time cannot bring victory, it will make the United States more passive. The US authorities will not adopt this strategic theory.

The effective side of this theory is clearly reflected in the Pacific battlefield.

Although by the beginning of the year, the Republic's Navy had an absolute advantage in total force, and this advantage would expand with time. At that time, the main fleets of both sides were 4, the aviation fleet was 2 to 4, the amphibious fleet was 2 to 4, the maritime base was 8, the transport fleet was estimating, the submarine was estimating, the gills were 2 to 8, and the combat aircraft was estimating, and even the land brigade was estimating, and it would be defeated. In other words, if the unit combat effectiveness of ships, aircraft and Marines were taken into account, the actual combat capability of the US Navy was only about 30% of that of the Republic's Navy. The problem is that if this data was regarded as the numerator and the sea area controlled by both sides was used as the denominator.

The one that prevailed was not the Republic Navy. It was the US Navy, because at that time the area of ​​the sea controlled by the Republic Navy was equivalent to the mouth of the US Navy. That is to say, within a unit area, the Republic Navy's strength was only one-quarter of the US Navy's strength. Although this comparison was not of great practical significance, the Republic Navy would not place combat fleets behind it, but would concentrate its forces on the front line, but this data also illustrates a problem, that is, on the marine battlefield, the Republic Navy's advantage is not as obvious as the military data. In some aspects, and even some crucial aspects, the Republic Navy is not as good as the US Navy.

At that time, the main factor restricting the Republic's Navy was not that the combat fleet was insufficient, but that the strength to support the combat fleet was insufficient.

This is the direct result of actively retreating and causing the opponent's front to lengthen.

Let’s not talk about entering the Atlantic Ocean for now, just take the battle in the Pacific Ocean as an example. In the early days of the war, the Republic’s Navy moved in the Western Pacific. Even from Shanghai to Guam, the length of the route was only red. It was more than a thousand meters, and from Naha to Guam, it was less than a thousand meters. As the Republic’s Navy advanced rapidly, the length of this war route also increased from a concave force of kilometers to a close to a concave thousand. In other words, it took 7 times the effort to transport the same materials to the front line. In other words, more logistics support forces were needed to make

The combat troops provide sufficient guarantees. In contrast, the US military has obtained a greater density of troops by actively shrinking the defense line, which has also obtained greater defense strength, which has doubled the difficulty of the Republican team's offensive, and therefore the demand for troops has also increased exponentially. Affected by this, the support force required to support the Marines to land in Central America will be the blade times of landing in Guam. The impact of this is not only not neglected, but also enough to make the Republican authorities be extra careful when formulating strategic plans.

It can be said that it is precisely because of this that the Navy adjusted its construction plan.

According to the information released after the war, as early as the beginning, when the Republic's Navy had not yet entered the Southwest Pacific, the Supreme Command used supercomputers to conduct a rough analysis of the combat operations entering the American continent, and the key point of the analysis was to evaluate the investment of troops. Even if the landing location was chosen in the Central American region with a relatively dense force, it would mean that it would not be able to directly enter the United States. After controlling the Central American region, it would be necessary to march into the Caribbean Sea, and then march north from the Caribbean Sea to the Greater Andres Islands, such as Cuba, and then attack the United States, the required force would be more than the old times as much as the Mariana Islands. According to this calculation, the size of the guarantee fleet would be hundreds of times as much as the attack on the Mariana Qunwu.

There is no doubt that the analysis results are very unrealistic. You should know that in order to attack the Mariana Islands, the Republic's Navy mobilized young large ships, even if the number was expanded to double. It was far more than that of the Republic's National Power War. The Republic built about 100 million tons of merchant ships. According to the average 10,000 tons of each, 10,000 merchant ships, and by the end of the war, less than half of this number were still sailing on the sea.

Fortunately, this kind of profiling has a big deviation

By mid-July, when the Republican authorities made the decision to enter the American continent, the General Staff put logistics support first when formulating strategic plans and first determined the required support force. According to relevant statistics released after the war, the total plan was to invest more than four types of civil and quasi-military ships. Eliminate the fleet, the Marine Corps would not be less than four ships, and these ships were enough to form a field branch and abruptly.

The fleet of ships ensures that the combat consumption of at least four fifth-generation sea bases of the fifth-generation sea bases will be transported to the front line every month. If the materials obtained on the spot and the materials provided by nearby allies can be included, they can also be invested in combat units of about eight army combat units.

Mu Yong doubted that the potential wars that broke out in the Republic were amazing.

The problem is that this still does not meet the minimum requirement for defeating the United States. Even if you count the Blade combat unit. That is, if you invest in Blade 10, you will only have a third of the lowest ground force needed to defeat the United States.

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It can be said that this is why the Republican authorities decided to enter the Atlantic Ocean first, rather than land in the United States first. The reason is very simple. The purpose of entering the Atlantic Ocean is to control the Caribbean, cut off the American sea life route, and weaken the United States' war strength. More importantly, if the Caribbean Sea can be controlled, it can use Cuba as a base to carry out a large-scale strategic bombardment of the United States, and eliminate it to the maximum extent, reduce the strong acquisition of ground wars and defeat the United States with fewer ground troops, and achieve the final victory. According to the estimates of the Tianjun, it only takes two years of highs.

Strong strategic bombing can weaken the US war strength by more than six, minimizing the combat effectiveness of the US military. At that time, only 10,000 to 10,000 ground troops can be used to defeat the United States. Because in the past two years, the Republic can produce more ships and military supplies. In addition, it is not difficult to support the Ground Force of the Jinwan at that time. In other words, before the Republic's Navy attacks the Caribbean Sea, the Republic's Marines will not land on the American continent, and the key is not the combat operations in the Central and American states, but whether they can reach Cuba as soon as possible.

The problem is that this does not mean that all fleets and troops in the Pacific can be removed.

In fact, the actual situation is exactly the opposite.

In order to conceal this strategic intention, the Republican authorities not only did not allow the navy to draw troops from the Pacific, but instead repeatedly strengthened the troops in the Pacific. They even approved the combat strategy of entering Oahu at the end of the year," hoping to make the US authorities make a wrong strategic judgment. Although theoretically, after the Republican Navy entered the Atlantic Ocean, the intention of strategic bombing and strategic blockade on the United States with Cuba as a base has become clear. The US authorities cannot see it, but the US authorities will definitely not ignore the Taiping

The threat from the ocean is to capture the Central American region and control the Panama Canal. The Republic only needs to dispatch the land troops on Tianwan, and even reduce it a little bit, and it has a great chance of winning. In other words, the Republic is very sure to conquer the Central American region, but it is difficult to march north from the Central American region to the United States. Affected by this, the Republic's authorities are likely to adopt a two-pronged strategy, that is, they are not sure of the main attack direction, but act at the same time in both directions, and then the US military's reaction will determine which direction is the main one.

That's why more than 60% of the Republic's Navy's troops were in the Pacific Ocean at that time.

More importantly, among these 60% of the troops, the most important support force is the most important support force, not the combat force.

At that time, in addition to the three combat fleets sent to the Atlantic Ocean, the only ones that were sent to the Atlantic Ocean were the mouth branches, and among them, they were intensified training in the waters west of the Mariana Islands, and there were only three combat fleets on the front line. Among the other four combat fleets, two were taking turns to rest and recuperate in the rear to carry out necessary maintenance for warships, and the other two were in the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea to support combat operations on the Middle East battlefield. That is to say, the Republic's Navy did not have additional combat fleets at that time. In fact, two of the three combat fleets sent to the Atlantic Ocean were drawn from the Pacific battlefield, and the other one was also drawn from the Middle East.

Compared with combat fleets, the problem of supporting fleets is more prominent.

Before entering the Atlantic Ocean, whether it is a combat operation in the Pacific or an Indian Ocean, the Republic's Navy adopted the same set of supply standards, that is, the specific amount of a combat fleet to which three supply fleets is determined by the combat intensity.

The theoretical basis of this guarantee standard is that when the front line is in the old kilometer, the Republic's Navy can use its existing forces to establish a relatively effective front-line support system. Make full use of various factors to ensure that the front-line combat troops can obtain sufficient combat supplies. In the Indian Ocean, the fleet can obtain ordinary materials from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Sudan and other countries nearby. Important military materials can be transported in air. Only those materials that cannot be obtained abroad and are too large to be transported in air and land are required to be transported in sea. The pressure on the supply fleet is relatively in the Pacific. The combat fleet of the Republic's Navy can rely on dense islands and maritime bases deployed in front to obtain the same support, and the pressure on the supply fleet is not very high.

The problem is that when it comes to the Atlantic Ocean, this security system will not work.

Although there are transfer stations such as Singapore, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Madagascar and Falls Bay between the Republic and the West African coast. However, there are great flaws on this route with a length of close to the mouth of the meter. Especially on the route from Trincomali to Falls Bay, which is about a kilometer-long distance of about a kilometer-long distance, there is no transit center that can effectively support the fleet.

From the perspective of logistics support, this is undoubtedly a huge disaster.

Before entering the Atlantic Ocean, the Republic's Navy used Trincomali as a material transfer center, that is, the fleet departing from the Republic transported the materials here, and then flotillas heading to the Gulf, Red Sea and East Africa respectively transported the materials away, so as to improve the fleet's transportation efficiency. This can also use regional escort tactics to improve the escort efficiency. After entering the Atlantic Ocean, this segmented transportation method will not work. The Republic's Navy has two options: one is to transfer the material transfer center to Socotra Island, and the other is to use Trincomali

A new material transfer center is set up on routes to Africa. Obviously, both methods are problematic. The former will lead to the extension of the route and reduce transportation efficiency, while the latter will require huge investment and reduce logistics support efficiency. Because there is no best choice, the Republic's Navy did not change the mode of transportation, but instead solved the problem by adding routes, that is, to set up a route directly from Trincomali to Falls Bay. The same is true for doing so. It will reduce transportation efficiency and invest more transport ships.

Affected by this, the number of supply fleets required by the three combat fleets fighting on the Atlantic Ocean is not 6, nor othy, but othy. Even if the activity center of the supply fleet is located in Lagos and the number of supply fleets is reduced to 6, it is also necessary to add many old transport fleets to serve the supply fleet.

In other words, the six supply fleets that followed the combat fleet to the Atlantic Ocean were just the beginning. After understanding this, it is not difficult to understand why the Navy only sent three combat fleets to the Atlantic Ocean, and clearly required that it was not allowed to participate in ground support operations before defeating the US fleet.

In fact, the Republic's Navy was lucky.

In any case, among these three combat fleets, all warships have infinite cruise capabilities and are brand new warships. Not only are they strong in combat power, but their continuous combat capabilities also exceed other fleets. Of course, the most important thing is the combat power of these three combat fleets. According to the Queen of Knowledge, when he entered the Atlantic Ocean, he played a clever trick with the national navy and sent the three most powerful combat fleets in the world. In other words, on the surface, these are only three combat fleets, but their actual combat power far exceeds the book data.

Take the Didao Air Fleet as an example. The "Chongqing" class aircraft carriers compiled in this fleet were all put into service after the month. Three of them were put into service in four years. The other two were put into service in July of Yaonian, all of which were the latest aircraft carriers. Compared with the previous two batches of "Chongqing" class, the last two batches were improved, and the third batch enhanced the last-stage defense system. The thickened deck armor was mainly to resist cluster sub-compartment bombs. The fourth batch used a new reactor with a larger unit output power, without increasing the number of reactors, and thus became the first aircraft carrier equipped with the "Medusa" defense system. Although limited by basic conditions, the output power of the power system is still

Very limited. The Medusa system on the aircraft carrier is an improved cruiser version, with a much worse interception performance than the main ship type. However, as a kind of battleship defense system in the criminal era, the difference between whether there is any difference is more obvious than that after that. In a sense, installing the Medusa on the Chongqing-class aircraft carrier is not only a very bold attempt, but also a new generation of aviation combat platforms has ushered in a new life for the naval aviation. Of course, from a tactical point of view, the direct benefit of this improvement is that the aircraft carrier has the ability to operate with the main ship. Unfortunately, the ugly aviation fleet only carries aircraft and carriers equipped with the Medusa system. None of the other three ships do not have this system and still do not have the true absolute interception capability.

Of course, the real protagonist is the old Han-class battleship in the two main fleets. As the first-class battleship built by the Republic Navy during the war, the total number of Hong Kong ships built by the Han-class belonged to the Republic Navy and were all built before the end of their childhood. The last four ships were purchased by the Republic Navy at the request of Argentina and transferred to the Argentine Navy after six months of completion and service. They were all completed and sold to Argentina after two years of war. Although most of these warships were successively put into service within two years, due to several naval battles led by the main ships, there were 4 types of fallen Han-class ships built in 7 batches, among which the last old ship belonged to the ultimate improved model. The navy often calls it the first of the sixth batch of the "Miao" class.

It is the "Miao". Compared with the old "Han" class originally built, the biggest improvement of the fourth model is the use of the latest generation of Dukikilogram electromagnetic guns. According to the technical standards announced by the Republic's Navy, the main improvement of this new electromagnetic gun that was successfully developed at the end of the year is to use forced cooling and cooperate with a more powerful power system to increase the maximum rate of fire from blades per minute to hair per minute, or at the beginning, a blade shell is projected in small amounts. This means that compared with the original "Han" class, the firepower projection intensity of the fourth model has been increased, which is equivalent to increasing the strike capability. In addition to being able to hit two times the target in the same way, it can also choose to increase the strike intensity by twice in the same time to increase the strike intensity.

This small improvement has made the combat effectiveness of the main fleet a substantial change.

Because the main ships of the US Navy are still the "Long Island" class, the more powerful "Rhode Island" class will not be completed and put into service until the second half of the year. Moreover, the "Long Island" class behind them has no essential change from the eight ships, that is, the performance indicators of the main guns are exactly the same. Therefore, considering the actual performance of the "Long Island" class in the Midway Navy naval battle, especially the gap in defense capabilities between the two sides, there is no reason to believe that the combat effectiveness of the four main fleets of the US Navy is not much higher than that of the No. 1 main fleet and the No. 1 main fleet, and it is not even as good as these two main forces.

Fleet. Even in the aviation fleet, because Xiaowei's first improved model, Xiaochi, was originally called "Log" and was first equipped with the Dishi-Car Air Force, which followed the Thunderbolt Air Fleet, has 6 air wings under it, with nearly a thousand combat aircraft of various types. It is one of the largest air wings in the Republic's Navy, and there are only one air wings that follow the Thunderbolt Air Fleet. In addition, the air wings were sent to the Middle East battlefield to participate in the battle for air supremacy, so the combat effectiveness of the U.S. Navy's aviation fleet is not as good as that of the Republic's Navy.

It was precisely this way that the U.S. Navy sent two tactical air force to the Cape Verde Islands at the beginning of the month. The size of tactical air force deployed in the area increased from four to Bandian. Just a few days later, when the Republic's Navy fleet drove from Falls Bay to Lagos, the U.S. Navy made the decision to send Mianza maritime bases to the frontline. Including the aviation force on these maritime bases, the number of combat aircraft deployed by the U.S. military exceeded the Danga. Subsequently,

After the Republic's Navy and Army took action, the US military would take corresponding actions. By the end of the month, the US military's maritime bases deployed in the central Atlantic Ocean had increased to 7. At that time, the US Navy had only 8 maritime bases in total, and the other was in the Eastern Mediterranean. The fleet reached 6. The remaining two aviation fleets were also in the Eastern Mediterranean. The number of combat aircraft invested was astonishing. Among them, there were as many as four fighter jets alone.

Such a huge investment almost filled the entire sea area in the northwest direction of the Point of Buddha Island. Of course, this does not include the submarines invested by the US military. If the submarines that were operating in the waters south of the Cape Verde Islands were counted, the US military had almost invested 80% of the total naval force. There is no doubt that such a huge investment is enough to show the degree of desire for victory of the US military.

The problem is that the Republic's Navy is also eager to win.

According to the previous introduction, this is also a battle that cannot be defeated for the Republic Navy. Imagine that if the Republic Navy loses this naval battle, it will expose the Liwan Army on the battlefield in the West African battlefield to the muzzle of the US Navy's main battleship, and it will also lose the entire South Atlantic. At that time, the US Navy has many choices, such as going south to sweep Falls Bay, blocking the passage of the Republic Navy to enter the Atlantic Ocean, and you can also make the different Ming Dynasty in South America become an abolition. The most likely thing for the US Navy is to send a fleet to enter the Indian Ocean from the Cape of Good Hope, and then head west to Australia to save the crumbling Southwest Pacific War Zone. At this point, the Republic Navy has no choice but to make the whole life in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

The three-drug battle fleet rushed to the Magellan Strait at full speed, thus entering the Southern Atlantic, striving to fight the US again. Even if it is not considered whether the US military has the courage to fight again, even if it is not, the US fleet will retreat to the Mediterranean. To be precise, it is going to the Mediterranean to support the Siego Group coalition on the Middle East battlefield. At this point, the Republic's Navy is still very passive and can only increase troops to the Middle East battlefield. Moreover, if there is no way to directly attack the US fleet, it will use a greater price to exchange for victory on the Middle East battlefield. For the US military, the situation is more favorable, that is, it can take this opportunity to make a big fuss. Even if it cannot be pulled into the water, it can withstand the Republic's strategic offensive on the Middle East battlefield. There is no doubt that if it cannot be conquered for a long time, the war will be deadlocked again and the United States will get the time it has been dreaming of.

Faced with the huge investment of the US military, the Republic's Navy could only increase its investment if it wanted to win.

At the beginning of the Yuchu, while accelerating the deployment of maritime bases, the Republic's Navy made a very important decision to send the Dishan main fleet and the Dizhao main fleet that were active in the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean to strengthen the strength of the Sixth Fleet's fleet that was active in the Southern Atlantic Ocean.

Fortunately, these two fleets with speeds reaching Qinjie can only run a 4,000-meter voyage in 4 days, and go from one end of the African continent to the other end. It can be said that such a high speed and continuous navigation speed gave the Republic's Navy more tactical choices. It is precisely because after the war, many people believed that the Republic's Navy intended to not invest all its strength at once, but instead used it to test the US Navy and make tactical adjustments based on the reaction of the US Navy. Therefore, the Republic's Navy wanted to win at the same time on several battlefields. Of course, the reason for this statement was not sufficient. From the motivation point of view, because in the war strategy formulated by the Republic authorities, the navy seized the sea control power, and on the battlefield in West Africa

The army will go north. It will take a major change in the situation on the Middle East battlefield after the army captures Morocco. Therefore, the Republic's Navy is unlikely to expect to win on several battlefields at the same time. From a tactical perspective, the withdrawal of two main fleets from the direction of the Middle East battlefield has an immeasurable impact on the combat operations in the region. You must know that the main fleet of the 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1

This move is enough to show that the Republican authorities have made a desperate decision.

The reason is very simple. As long as you win the naval battle, the army can successfully advance to Morocco, and the navy can also head north from the Cape Verde Islands to the Strait of Gibraltar. Join forces with the army to block this crucial strait, so that the SAIC coalition forces on the Middle East battlefield will lose without fighting. If the result is the opposite, then the Republic will lose not only a naval battle in the Atlantic, but the initiative in the Western Hemisphere battlefield.

Obviously, from another perspective, the US authorities made the same strategic decision earlier.

More importantly, the US Navy combat fleet is not slow, and the aviation fleet can also continue to sail at the speed of the Blade Festival. The voyage from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Cape Verde Islands is only Kondo Nautical miles. It takes only more than 2 days for an aviation fleet to reach the Cape Verde Islands.

By mid-February, both sides had invested combat fleets in the waters centered on the Cape Verde Islands.

If the module ships on both sides' sea bases include submarines, amphibious warships, supply ships, transport ships, etc., in this sea area with an area of ​​less than 10,000 square kilometers, about aid ships are concentrated, with a total displacement of more than 10,000 tons. The total displacement is equivalent to a ship in the sea area of ​​each strong mouth square kilometer. The strong square kilometer is just a circle with a radius of more than 1,000 kilometers. It can be seen that the density of the ships invested by both sides is so great that it is far greater than all previous naval battles. It has also reached a very amazing level. It can even be said that so many ships are crowded together. It is difficult to obtain enough space for any tactic.

In fact, the most powerful density of combat aircraft is not ships or combat aircraft. You should know that by mid-February, the various types of combat aircraft invested by both sides exceeded the blade holder, which was equivalent to blade holder combat aircraft within every 10,000 square kilometers. If these combat aircraft are distributed evenly, the distance between them is only strong kilometers. Even if the combat space above the continent is included, the average distribution density of combat aircraft has reached about 10,000 square kilometers, which is far beyond any other battlefield. For example, on the Middle East battlefield, the military density of aviation troops on both sides is within every 10,000 square kilometers, and the reasonable data is 10,000 square kilometers.

To put it bluntly, if both sides were not keen on hope for victory and had great hope, such a huge density of troops would be enough to make this decisive battle at sea lose its meaning.

According to some information released after the war, before the outbreak of this battle, the General Staff of the Republic submitted an emergency war plan to the Command. It clearly stated that, if necessary, the tactical nuclear warheads carried by unmanned submarines can be detonated to destroy all enemy ships in the nearby waters. Of course, what is mentioned here is not the fifth-generation tactical nuclear weapons, but the enhanced fission bomb with an equivalent amount of less than 20,000 tons. From a theoretical basis, "a 20,000 tons tactical nuclear warhead can destroy all ships within a radius of 1,000 meters, including submarines under the sea. To deal with the US fleet on the entire battlefield, at most, it is only necessary to persuade the tactical nuclear warheads. There is no doubt that the Republic's arsenal is not short of tactical nuclear warheads, and the number of long-distance unmanned submarines owned by the Republic's Navy will not be as follows.

Although no direct evidence was found, there is reason to believe that the United States also has similar plans.

Theoretically, as long as either side uses tactical nuclear weapons, this naval battle will lose its meaning. Although the low warhead will not cause too much pollution, "and the Cape Verde Islands are far away from the Being Realm, and there are not many big cities within a radius of thousands of kilometers, and there are not many coastal cities with a few husbands. Therefore, the collateral impact caused by the large-scale use of nuclear warheads can be minimized, but for both sides, this is a disaster. To be precise, even if both sides want to win, they will suffer significant losses even if they do not lose to their opponents. Relatively speaking, the US authorities have a greater desire for victory, so during the battle, the US authorities are more patient.

In any case, this "increasing fuel and fire" approach has turned this naval battle, which was originally the leader of the fleet, into a real "marine attrition war"

Affected by this, both navies were very cautious in tactical actions.

Before the end of the month of the quarantine, that is, when the navy of both sides were still dispatching troops, the air force that had already been deployed was the first to take the lead. Within 6 days from February to the departure day, the air force of both sides fought dozens of air battles of all sizes. Among them, the number of fighters invested more than the number of assisted aircraft exceeded the number of force, and the average number of times per day was received. Some people might think that the intensity of such large-scale air battles would not be so great. You should know that in the air battle led by Blade and 4, fighting is the only way to win. In fighting air battles, even in a two-air formation, it is normal to invest hundreds of air combat aircraft at one time. If the fighter jets performing strike missions are included, it is not a strange thing to participate in the number of air combat participating in an air battle exceeding the number of blade knife frames, let alone to persuade fighters to fight.

In fact, this large-scale air combat is also a major feature of World War III. Although before the year of the grain, the Republic and the United States developed real aerospace fighters. They were all mass-produced, but during combat use, they were threatened by the opponent's strategic defense system. Aerospace fighters rarely go to outer space, and in the atmosphere, the combat effectiveness of aerospace fighters is not necessarily much higher than fighters like Xiaodao. That's why, after two years of strength, the main task of aerospace fighter was not to seize air supremacy, but to bomb certain particularly important targets. Replace the problem caused by insufficient production of aerospace bombers.

For example, at the beginning of the year and the old month, the Republic's Sky Army dispatched more than 0 old aerospace fighters to destroy the "Edward Air Force Base" located in the desert in the western United States. The very famous "induction zone" seriously weakened the United States' war potential. Just three days later, the US Sky Army retaliated and bombed the Republic's "National Physical Experimental Center". Fortunately, the intelligence mastered by the US Sky Army was deliberately leaked by the Republic's intelligence agencies. The only thing that was blown up was only a branch of the Physical Experimental Center, and the main body of the experimental center was not destroyed. Affected by this, ordinary fighters were still the absolute main force in the battle for air supremacy.

Affected by the reduction in air combat efficiency, the scale of air combat is naturally getting bigger and bigger.

Of course, the loss of air combat is also so great.

During these six days of combat, the US military lost more than four combat aircraft, including fighter jets, and the losses of the Republic's aviation force were not much smaller. The Navy lost the leap combat aircraft, and the Army lost the jindisk combat aircraft, among which there were as many as Xiaohu air-controlling fighter jets, and the multi-purpose fighter jets, and there were fewer than young aircraft. In contrast to the huge loss rate of fighter jets, the huge casualty rate of pilots. According to statistics from the Republic's Navy, the pilots who died in these six days exceeded the total number of pilots in the last quarter.

In fact, such a huge loss is also closely related to the tactical attempts of both sides.

In a sense, this is the tactical attempt of the Republic Navy, not the tactical enterprise of the US Navy

To put it bluntly, among the fleets invested by both sides, the main fleet of the Republic Navy has an absolute advantage, while the US Navy has an advantage in the aviation fleet. In order to fight a victory or defeat by the main fleet, that is, an annihilation naval battle, the Republic Navy has to find a way to weaken the US military's advantage. Before the naval war begins, the only way is to weaken the US military's aviation force through large-scale air combat. It can be said that even if the United States can replenish the loss of fighter jets for the frontline troops, it cannot quickly replenish the lost pilots, especially those pilots with rich practical experience.

It’s not that the U.S. Navy doesn’t understand this. It’s just that there is no better way to deal with it.

Because the Republic's Navy holds the initiative. Therefore, when the air combat begins, the main fleet of the Republic's Navy has been hovering south of the battlefield, waiting for the US military to make mistakes. To put it simply, if the US military avoids excessive losses of air force, it has to retreat voluntarily, which will expose the defects on the battle line and give the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of it. What's more serious is that too many troops are concentrated in the narrow sea area, and it is very difficult to adjust the deployment, or even impossible tasks. Under the circumstances at that time, if the US military rashly adjusts the deployment, it is very likely to suffer a crushing defeat. There is no choice but to have no choice.

In the case of this, in addition to making some tactical adjustments that do not hinder the overall situation, such as putting the carrier-based aviation behind and minimizing participation in the war, the US military can only withstand the pressure in a tit-for-tat way, hoping to weaken the attack capabilities of the Republic's aviation in front of the front. In fact, the US military has indeed done a good job. In order to create a good decisive battle environment, before the main fleet enters the battlefield and launches a decisive attack, the Republic's Navy and Army aviation paid a very heavy price, and ships operating near the battlefield and ground forces on the West African continent also suffered losses.

This little-significant war of attrition ended in February on dawn.

As the four main fleets of the US Navy gathered about a thousand meters southwest of the Canadian Islands, they headed south to the battlefield at Feng Jie's cruise speed. The Republic's Navy fleet, which had been wandering near the battlefield for many days, also rushed northward and pointed its finger at the oncoming US fleet.

Theoretically, within hours of the coming, the largest naval battle on the Atlantic Ocean will begin.

Perhaps, this is the largest naval battle in the entire war, and it may even be recognized as the largest naval battle in human history!
Chapter completed!