This is a typical example of the Japanese picking sesame seeds and losing the watermelon. The tactical goals were completed perfectly, just like the Japanese electrical products and automobile products of later generations;
They went to mess with the United States, but they provoked the Plaza Accord. In the 21st century, they continue to challenge China, and I don’t know what the result will be!
I have to say that the Japanese nation has great wisdom in doing small things, but if we really ask them to do something big, they mess up everything. Maybe this is the so-called "islander consciousness".
"Japan, no matter how powerful it is, is nothing to worry about!" Wu Aihua thought.
However, the Japanese army's operations in Southeast Asia once again proved the success of the Japanese army at the "tactical" level. On the first day of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese army successfully landed in Kota Bharu, Pattani, and Songkhla on the Malay Peninsula.
This was the prelude to the Southeast Asian War; at the same time, the Japanese fleet headed out of the Indian Ocean to attack Sri Lanka, sinking the British Indian Ocean Fleet to the bottom of the sea (it was reorganized after Dönitz's attack), and drove all British forces to the western Indian Ocean.
In addition, between December 1941 and February of the following year, Japan successively captured Guam, Papua New Guinea, New Britain, the Bismarck Islands, the Philippine Islands and the Indonesian Islands. In just three months, Japan
It occupied all of Southeast Asia.
During this period, the Chinese government sent a note to the Japanese government, asking Japan to treat our overseas Chinese well in the areas it occupies. The Japanese government stated that Japan and China are separated by a strip of water and are friendly neighbors, and the overseas Chinese will be protected by the Japanese military just like the overseas Japanese.
For the whole world, 1941 was a year of heavy artillery fire and disasters; in Europe, Germany captured the United Kingdom in the first half of the year, attacked Soviet Russia in the second half of the year, and by the end of the year was forced to retreat by the cold climate as always.
Instead of suspending its offensive, Soviet Russia seized this opportunity and launched its first winter counteroffensive! In the Asia-Pacific region, Japan finally came to grips with the United States and involved Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries into the war.
The year 1941 was a great year for China in the East, a year of great harvest. Needless to say, the achievements in national economic construction were better than expected, and all walks of life overfulfilled their tasks. The lowest
It has also completed 110% of the "Three-Year Plan", and the highest reached 180%.
In 1941, China's real joy was to take back the Northeast and Mongolia. The Northeast was taken back without a single shot. Although a lot of materials and money were paid, it also gained a current industrial base, which is a slight profit.
As for Mongolia, although they fought a few battles, they were completely negligible. As for the guerrillas that Qiaobashan later engaged in, how could the Chinese, as the ancestors of guerrilla warfare, lose to Qiaobashan. In Wu Aihua's view, annihilation
The Mongolian guerrillas are a rare training opportunity for the National Defense Forces. In the icy and snowy Mongolian plateau, how to fight and how to protect yourself is a completely new topic. Fortunately, Deng Xihou's 23rd Army and Sun Lianzhong's 1st Cavalry Army performed very well.
There were no soldiers freezing to death or starving to death.
There was another great event for China in 1941, but ordinary people did not know about it.
As early as 1938 in the "Great Navy Plan", Wu Aihua proposed to complete the establishment of two ocean-going combat fleets, China's Pacific Fleet and China's Indian Ocean Fleet, by the end of 1941. These two fleets required one heavy aircraft carrier and two heavy aircraft carriers respectively.
Medium aircraft carriers, 4 light aircraft carriers, the so-called heavy aircraft carriers are actually "super aircraft carriers", requiring a full load displacement of more than 80,000 tons, while medium aircraft carriers are also required to reach 30,000 to 50,000 tons.
However, China's industrial base was too weak after all. By the end of 1940, China's major shipyards could only produce 40,000-ton cargo ships, 15,000-ton aircraft carriers and heavy cruisers. As for 30,000-ton battleships,
It's not even enough.
According to the Institute of Naval Technology, it will not be possible to build an 80,000-ton aircraft carrier until at least the end of 1943 or 1944. By the time it is built, the world war will be almost over.
In order to complete this epoch-making plan, Wu Aihua had to turn his attention to the merit system. Obviously, there are two aircraft carriers in the merit system that suit Wu Aihua's requirements.
One is the "Shinnon" aircraft carrier launched by Japan in 1944.
Speaking of the "Shinon" aircraft carrier, it is really a tortuous history. It was originally built as the third battleship of Japan's largest battleship "Yamato class". Construction started on May 4, 1940, and was suspended in December 1940.
; Construction resumed in 1942, but was suspended when construction reached about 50%, and construction of the aircraft carrier continued.
The Shinano has a standard displacement of 59,900 tons, a full displacement of 73,040 tons, a waterline length of 839 feet, a flight deck length of 872 feet, and a width of 131 feet. The endurance is 10,000 nautical miles at a speed of 18 knots. The main and secondary guns were canceled or modified.
It was designed to carry only 40-50 aircraft and was completed on November 19, 1944.
On November 29, 1944, the Shinano was hit by four torpedoes by the USS Archer submarine during a test run in the Seto Inland Sea. Originally, the four torpedoes did not pose much of a threat to the Yamato-class battleships. The Musashi of the same class was in Leyte
In the Gulf Battle, it was hit by more than twenty torpedoes before sinking. Captain Toshio Abe continued to sail without slowing down the speed. However, the damage control personnel on the Shinano were far less experienced than those on the Musashi. After being hit by a torpedo, due to the handling of
It was impossible to stop the water from entering, and some cabins were not even equipped with sealed doors. At 10:18 a.m. on November 29, the Shinano tilted sharply and sank half an hour later. The largest aircraft carrier at the time did not fire a single shot.
It sank without even taking off a single plane. As a result, the "Xinnon" won the title of "the shortest-lived aircraft carrier" in the world.
What's strange is that the merit system actually has a "Yamato-class" aircraft carrier for sale, with a full tonnage of 75,000 tons. Because it is a 1945-level technology, each ton only requires 12 merit points, and the entire ship only needs 900,000 merit points.
Of course, this price is a "bare ship" price.
However, Wu Aihua didn’t really want an aircraft carrier of this level. Why? Because the aircraft carriers built before and during World War II quickly fell behind and became obsolete by the end of World War II. Even if some countries raised World War II aircraft carriers to the next six years,
In the 1970s, its combat effectiveness is difficult to guarantee.
Wu Aihua set his sights on an aircraft carrier that was more advanced than the "Xinnon", which was the "Water Eagle" launched by the United States in 1961.
First of all, the standard platoon of the Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier is 60,100 tons, and the full platoon is 86,000 tons. This tonnage meets Wu Aihua's requirements. At the same time, the difference in tonnage between the standard platoon and the full platoon also shows that the technology of the Kitty Hawk is more advanced.
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Secondly, the Kitty Hawk's ship type fully complies with the aesthetic standards of later aircraft carriers. Except for a small tower on the side, it is just a few flat football fields. Thirdly, its power is very strong, driven by four steam turbine engines.
280,000 horsepower, with a maximum speed of 32 knots.
The endurance is 4,000 nautical miles at a speed of 30 knots, and the endurance can reach 12,000 nautical miles at a speed of 20 knots. The ship's power system can provide 14,000 kilowatts of electricity, a fuel reserve of 7,800 tons, and an aviation gasoline reserve of 5,800 tons. The ship has a crew of 2,800
Multiple people.
In addition, Kitty Hawk is like a complete society. It has a maritime hospital, 65 inpatient beds, 6 operating rooms, 4 department stores, 1 post office, 2 barber shops, 1 laundry room, in addition to
2,400 telephones and Internet terminals can watch 6 channels of cable TV programs.
The Kitty Hawk can carry 90 aircraft of various types such as carrier-based fighter jets, early warning aircraft, electronic jammers, anti-submarine aircraft, helicopters, and electronic reconnaissance aircraft. Its air search radar, surface search radar, navigation radar, and fire control systems are all very advanced.
In terms of weapons and equipment, the Kitty Hawk has three 8-unit "Sea Sparrow" ship-to-air missile launchers, three "Phalanx" close combat weapon systems, four SRBOC electronic countermeasures decoy launchers, and one SLQ-36 "Female"
"Water Sprite" towed lure.
The Kitty Hawk, which was known as the "super aircraft carrier" in the early 1960s, has a very glorious history.
The year after it was launched, in 1962, it visited Hong Kong; joined the Vietnam War in 1965, went to the North Arabian Sea to support the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979, and played the role of a "Nimitz" class in a 1980 science fiction movie ###
Aircraft carrier, went to Poland in 1992
It attacked Iraqi targets in the Gulf. In 1998, it took over the mission of the USS Independence and moved its home port to Yokosuka, Japan. In 1999, it participated in the Guam military exercise. Later, it was ordered to go to the Persian Gulf to perform air patrol missions in the "no-fly zone" in southern Iraq. In the same year
Participate in South Korean military exercises.
In October 2001, he went to the Arabian Sea and took the lead in joining "Operation Enduring Freedom" and became a sea base for the US military special forces, adding a new definition to the use of aircraft carriers. In 2003, he participated in the Iraq War. In 2004, during the inauguration of Taiwan's Chen, the Kitty Hawk
To maintain strategic deterrence that can rush to Taiwan's aid within 24 hours, on March 20, 2008, it monitored the waters near China, then visited Hong Kong for the last time, and then participated in the Rim of the Pacific exercise.
On May 12, 2009, Kitty Hawk ended its mission and was decommissioned and stored.
Wu Aihua is a nationalist, but he is not narrow-minded. However, he still sees one thing, and that is the history of the Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier. In fact, it is also the history of the frustration of the Chinese nation in later generations. There is no way, as long as something happens near China
, the Kitty Hawk came to threaten, but China would not even send a message.
"No, we must exchange for the Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier! Shipbuilding technology can be slowly improved, but the opportunity of World War II cannot be missed!" Wu Aihua finally chose this "Kitty Hawk" aircraft carrier as the main aircraft carrier of China's Pacific Fleet and Indian Ocean Fleet.
Even in the merit system, Wu Aihua did not hesitate to pay a price of 24 merit points per ton for the Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier. In exchanging these two super aircraft carriers, Wu Aihua spent 5.128 million merit points without even frowning.