Chapter 2515: Missed opportunity one

If you want to end the war quickly, there is no way, but we may have to bear certain risks. "Su Xiong naturally understood what Sims meant. So, he wanted to tell the Americans about the solution he discussed with Raidel before and see their attitude.

"The mainstay of the Japanese aviation power is actually in New Britain. A large number of Japanese planes fly from Guinea to Britain, then rest and prepare, and finally go to the battlefield. The airport on New Ireland is just a forward base. New The large air base on the British Isles is the center of the Japanese air force. That's good, now the question is, why don't we pull out this center?" Su Xiong said.

"Our carrier-based aircraft can't reach the airport in New Britain," Sims said.

"It doesn't matter, our naval guns can be reached." After that, Su Xiong stepped to the huge chart and said: "Because the Japanese army is convenient for supplies, most of their air bases are close to the sea, and the airport is next to the port. Lack of adequate defense facilities. If we take advantage of the cover of night and launch an assault at the highest speed of the fleet, we will have at least 8 hours to hurry, including some daylight hours, then launch an attack and then withdraw from the battlefield. We need two aircraft carriers to hold up the aviation parachute for the fleet. But I believe that all of this is worthwhile. With just one attack, you can easily kill an airport."

"Your courage and strategy are worthy of praise. However, you seem to have overlooked the Japanese fleet. There are only 4 battleships capable of performing such fast advance missions, while the Japanese army has 12 fast battleships and a large number of auxiliary battleships. They will definitely set up a cordon. , And once discovered, such behavior is tantamount to pulling a tooth!" Benson thought for a while and said.

"So, we have to operate at night." Su Xiong said, "The Japanese Navy has six airfields located offshore in New Britain Island, and the main anchorage of the Japanese Navy is on the west side of New Britain Island. We walk from the east. With a long distance from the Japanese fleet, as long as we move fast enough and limit the attack target to the airport in the eastern part of New Britain, then our situation is still relatively safe." Su Xiong said.

Although Su Xiong previously proposed to launch an active attack after the Japanese army was exhausted, the situation of the US and Germany is worse than expected. If you don't want to be led by the enemy, you must take the initiative to break the deadlock. It is a certain risk, but it is better than being passive in the future.

Su Xiong has a more detailed timetable in his mind. Because of the ocean-going missions and the lack of reliable maintenance, the US Navy will definitely fall into fatigue first. With the passage of time, the comparison of forces between the two sides has developed in a direction that is not conducive to the US military. If this situation reaches a certain level, the Japanese Navy will definitely initiate an offensive. By this time, the German fleet in charge of night battles will have no chance. Take the initiative. And if the German fleet is unable to take the initiative to attack, then the entire US Navy will lose the ability to take the initiative. When the time comes, if the Japanese engage in war-breaking operations, the US-German coalition forces will be more passive.

Moreover, Su Xiong faintly felt that if the US and Japanese troops wanted to launch an offensive, their attack direction was likely to choose from the west of New Ireland, rather than the east! The reason is simple. Strategically speaking, entering the sea area of ​​the landing site from the east is the closest. The Japanese know it, and the Americans know it too! Therefore, Admiral Benson took strict precautions and sent the most powerful battleship detachment to the east, and assigned a large number of destroyers, submarines and seaplanes to investigate. Even at night, this cordon is reliable enough.

If the Japanese fleet dares to come from the east, even if it fights night battles, the U.S.-German navy will still have the possibility of determining the universe one night! There is no way, the difference between the strength of the two fleets is too big, let you operate as fierce as a dog, my double mine violent soldiers will be brought down directly! So in Su Xiong's view, if the Japanese entered the landing field from the east, it would be looking for death. Even if the Japanese had this idea, the British would not agree.

So, although it seems that the plan to bypass the entire island of New Ireland is so unreliable, this is the only realistic plan, and the deployment of the Japanese fleet to the west of the island of New Britain is also a signal, because it will make Japan The fleet's distance from the main anchorage to New Ireland Island has been shortened. Based on the above inference, Su Xiong believes that his plan to attack the eastern airport of New Britain Island at night is feasible!

what? You said that most of the main artillery shells of Bavaria are armor-piercing shells and are not suitable for ground attack? This is indeed a problem, but there are also some high-explosive bombs, which is enough to support one battle. And the secondary guns have high-explosive shells. Even though the 6-inch guns are not too far away, they are enough to attack the airfields located by the sea. Moreover, if Admiral Benson supports his plan, then from the US fleet It is also possible to borrow several armored cruisers from China!

"This plan is still a bit risky. There is intelligence reality. Japanese submarines have appeared near our cordon. Such a large-scale fleet movement is likely to cause the Japanese to be alert." Benson thought for a while and said, so-called not afraid of one. Wan, just in case, what if the German fleet collided with the Japanese fleet? Not for the safety of the Germans, but because Benson had only a fast battleship squadron. If something really happens, UU reading www.uukanshu. com The US Navy is really passive.

"If we find that the situation is not right, we will quickly withdraw from the battlefield. In fact, I always think that conducting large-scale night battles with more than 3 battleship detachments at night is not very effective. Because the large fleet will be taken at a longer distance. It was discovered that if the speeds of the two sides are similar, one side wants to evacuate, and the other side has nothing to do." Su Xiong said.

Su Xiong's thesis is actually based on the previous experience of the German Navy in World War I. It was also a night battle. The battle between large-scale fleets was completely different from the battle between small-scale fleets. Although Earl Spey fought several night battles, the scale was not particularly large, and the first battle in the Mediterranean could be described as a sneak attack. It is not a night battle where both sides are prepared. Small-scale night battles may also be due to visibility issues and the lack of adequate auxiliary ships, causing the two sides to be very close when they find each other.

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