northernbook Chapter 335: Forming a Task Force and Surrounding Pearl Harbor
Chapter 335: Forming a Task Force and Surrounding Pearl Harbor
The deputy commander of the navy, upon seeing Song Yang's state, knew that his decision was somewhat impulsive, so he said, "Commander, shouldn't we report such a major matter to the president first? After all, this kind of action requires the president's signature and approval."
Song Yang was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "You're right, I want to meet the president in person."
I was indeed a little drunk just now.
The main reason is that the United States is really annoying. It has been blatantly providing various military protections to Fuso and has completely disregarded the ancient country.
After being received by Jiang Hua, Song Yang reported the situation to him in detail.
Looking at the photos on the table, Jiang Hua was also very confused.
There are only a few shipyards in Fuso. If these two large battleships and five aircraft carriers that suddenly appeared were built in Fuso's domestic shipyards, the intelligence department would not have failed to notice it.
So Jiang Hua called Zheng Yaoxian.
“President, we have people in all the shipyards in Fuso.
The largest battleship they built was the Tone-class heavy cruiser, of which eight were built."
This is Zheng Yaoxian’s reply.
Jiang Hua nodded in understanding and said thoughtfully, "It seems that it was not built in their own country. There are not many countries in the world that have so much steel and such strong shipbuilding capabilities."
At this time, Jiang Hua had already guessed it roughly.
The only country that can meet this condition is the United States.
The industrial scale and steel production capacity of the United States make building these seven battleships a piece of cake.
Thinking of this, he had already made up his mind.
The United States is like a troublemaker, jumping up and down, provoking again and again, as if it is sure that the ancient country dare not take action against them.
In that case, let's take advantage of this opportunity to teach them a lesson and make them swallow their anger.
If they can't swallow it, then just start fighting.
As long as their Pacific Fleet is destroyed, they will be like a toothless tiger.
"One fleet is too small. Let the First Fleet also deploy two aircraft carriers, and at the same time, draw some arsenal ships from the other three fleets to join.
Form a large task force, march to Hawaii, and destroy these Fuso warships in front of them.
This matter needs to be made bigger and known to the whole world.
If the United States dares to launch an offensive against us, we will simply raze all military facilities in the Hawaiian Islands to the ground."
"Notify the Southern Military Region to prepare for landing on Luzon.
If a conflict occurs, immediately destroy the enemy Luzon fleet, launch a landing operation, and eliminate the American troops entrenched in Luzon."
Jiang Hua didn't think that the United States had the courage to go to war with the ancient country.
Because they had no chance of defeating the ancient navy.
So they can only do some small things in private.
Even if a war breaks out with the United States, he is not unprepared.
"Perhaps the strategic nuclear submarine force can be deployed."
The ancient country has now built a complete three-pronged nuclear strike system.
There are silo-launched and vehicle-mounted intercontinental ballistic missiles on land, long-range strategic cruise missiles and long-range strategic bombers in the air, and more than 20 strategic intercontinental missile nuclear submarines under the sea.
If necessary, the ancient country can launch a nuclear strike within one day and destroy all medium and large cities in the United States.
Pearl Harbor is very large. At this moment, this large military port is home to not only more than ten main battleships of the Pacific Fleet, but also seven main battleships of Fuso.
The new commander of the Combined Fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto, stood on the dock, looking at the ships on the dock with an expressionless face.
The Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet said indignantly: "Commander-in-Chief, do we really want to be a fleet in this port?
The Ancients have blockaded the Empire's seas, and their bombers are destroying our cities and killing our citizens.
Instead of just watching here, it is better to lead the fleet to fight against the ancient country's navy.
That’s what I think, and that’s what most of the soldiers think.”
Yamamoto Isoshiro turned his head and glanced at him, and said helplessly: "The sinking of the Nagato and Mutsu has already told you the answer.
If the main force of the Combined Fleet is destroyed, then the Empire will really have no hope.
As long as we are still here, there is at least a little hope, isn't there?"
After hearing what Yamamoto Isoroku said, the chief of staff also fell silent.
Fighting is easy, just charge forward in a fit of rage, and the Imperial Navy has no lack of courage.
But what good would it do if they used up all their strength? It still couldn't change the fate of the empire being blockaded.
"So what should we do? Can we really just watch?"
The Chief of Staff said somewhat unwillingly.
Yamamoto Isoroku sighed and said, "This is the current situation, but we still have a chance."
He turned his head and looked at a dock not far away, where were parked a number of American battleships and aircraft carriers.
"The United States provided us with a shipyard and helped us build these seven battleships. They also wanted to use our strength to deal with the ancient country.
There will inevitably be a war between the United States and the ancient country, and you are well aware of how strong the industrial strength of the United States is.
If they start a war, there will be a chance to save the Empire, and it will be our only chance."
Yes, it's difficult for them to change the current situation with their own strength, but what if the United States is included? Perhaps the situation can be reversed.
If the Combined Fleet and the Pacific Fleet were combined, the number of battleships would exceed 20, plus more than cruisers and destroyers.
Such an unprecedented maritime force may not be without hope of defeating the ancient navy.
"Hey, His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is very thoughtful, and I was just thinking too simply.
I will appease them and wait quietly for the opportunity."
Yamamoto Isoroku nodded without saying anything else, but continued to look at his own ship.
The two battleships in front of him were replicas of the Hans Navy's H-class battleships.
It also has a huge size of over 7 tons and 9 460mm naval guns, and is equipped with advanced radar from John.
In addition to these two battleships, there are two 2-ton aircraft carriers, two 2-ton aircraft carriers and one -ton aircraft carrier.
Among them, the 70,000-ton aircraft carrier was designed and modified based on their Yamato-class battleship.
However, their aircraft carriers lack advanced catapult technology, and the hydraulic catapults are simply unable to launch heavy jet fighters.
Therefore, it could only carry propeller fighters, which was the only thing that made Yamamoto Isoshichi dissatisfied.
If their aircraft carriers could carry Sakura-type jet fighters, they would have stronger combat capabilities.
However, at present, only ancient countries in the world have mastered the relevant catapult technology.
Even England and the United States don't have it.
But in Yamamoto Isoroku's view, there is a solution.
As long as a lightweight Sakura fighter is designed and a hydraulic catapult is used, a jet fighter can be launched from an aircraft carrier.
Ancient country navy.
As Jiang Hua's order was issued, the first, second and third fleets of the ancient navy began to take action.
The two dual-carrier battle groups of the Second Fleet's Task Force 20 and Task Force 21, along with a number of cruisers, destroyers, supply ships, medical ships, electronic reconnaissance ships, command ships and other ships, headed towards the Hawaiian Islands.
At the same time, the First Fleet also dispatched two arsenal ships, two aircraft carriers, a cruiser and three destroyers to the Hawaiian Islands to join the Second Fleet.
In addition to dispatching an arsenal ship to Hawaii, the Third Fleet is also actively preparing for the Luzon landing operation.
As for the Fourth Fleet, it was assigned an arsenal ship, a cruiser and two destroyers.
Calculated in this way, this task force will have 6 aircraft carriers, 5 arsenal ships, plus dozens of cruisers, destroyers and other combat ships.
The ancient navy had only 14 aircraft carriers in total.
Among them, the four aircraft carriers of the First Fleet, the two aircraft carriers of the Third Fleet, and the two aircraft carriers of the Fourth Fleet all have their own missions.
It can be said that half of the ancient country’s naval power is concentrated on this task force.
This force is a maritime force that can make some countries fear, not to mention now, even in modern time and space.
However, providing maritime supplies and support for such a large fleet also makes the Maritime Joint Logistics Force a little worried.
Because the number of their maritime supply and support ships is somewhat insufficient, it is difficult to ensure that all ships have sufficient fuel and ammunition.
This cannot be blamed on the Navy or the Maritime Joint Logistics Support Force.
The main reason is that the scale of the ships mobilized this time is a bit too large.
The First Fleet was responsible for blockading the Fuso waters and conducting tactical bombing on the Fuso mainland, and it itself needed supply ships to provide fuel and ammunition.
The Third Fleet is making pre-war preparations, and supply ships are definitely indispensable. They can't be withdrawn from other places when the battle starts.
Therefore, the Third Fleet also needs the most basic protection.
This also made it difficult for the Second Fleet's maritime logistics support task force to undertake such a heavy support mission.
There is no good solution at the moment. We can only reduce the supply of some ships and focus on ensuring the supply of the main ships.
Cruisers and destroyers are unlikely to be used in this battle.
However, this also exposed the problem of insufficient maritime supply and support ships.
Jiang Hua’s solution was very simple, which was to start construction directly.
In addition to comprehensive supply ships, he also built oil supply ships, dry cargo/ammunition supply ships, refrigerated supply ships, etc., totaling 20 ships.
The larger of these ships have a tonnage of 40,000 to 50,000 tons. Within half a year, these ships will be put into service one after another to fill this small gap in the navy.
After all, we had not considered the possibility that all three fleets of the navy would be dispatched at the same time.
Hundreds of ships converged on the Hawaiian Islands, and a storm began to brew in the Pacific Ocean.