Dewey paused and saw that Marshal Pershing did not retort. He was still waiting for his next words. He continued to explain: "This time it is because the Army is in a hurry, and the Navy's bimonthly escort has just ended. The Army
But they were unwilling to wait for such a long time, so they allowed the Star Wiscon to take the risk of sailing alone." Dewey calmly put the responsibility on the Army, saying that it was because it was unwilling to wait for the next escort that this happened.
tragedy.
Marshal Pershing was unwilling to criticize Admiral Dewey too harshly. After all, the navy now not only had to help the allies suppress the Allied navies in the Western Continent, but also guarded against the Chinese Empire in the Eastern Ocean. The responsibility was indeed very heavy. In addition, in recent years, the Imperial General
The focus is on large warships such as aircraft carriers and battleships, and there is insufficient investment in small warships. After allocating the escort warships of aircraft carriers and battleships, there are indeed not many destroyers left that can act independently.
Marshal Pershing nodded and accepted Admiral Dewey's explanation: "I will propose to Congress that the Navy's funding be tilted towards small warships, so that there will be enough destroyers for shipping escorts."
Seeing that Marshal Pershing recognized his explanation, Admiral Dewey breathed a sigh of relief. He added: "I hope the Academy of Sciences can strengthen the research on sonar systems. At present, our sonar can barely deal with Allied submarines."
But our ultimate goal is NATO, especially the submarines of the Chinese Empire that have been developed for many years. Although no one has seen their new submarines in these years, I think they should be much more advanced than the Allied submarines. Relying on the navy's current sonar
system, I’m very worried.”
Dewey's words were very far-sighted, and Marshal Pershing nodded repeatedly. He agreed: "Yes, sonar research should be strengthened and destroyers should be equipped with good enough sonar systems, so as to prevent the submarine force of the Chinese Empire from attacking us."
merchant ships and caused excessive losses.”
Lieutenant General Chennault of the Air Force who was attached to the side responded: "Our Air Force can also contribute to anti-submarine and shipping."
Lieutenant General Chennault's words attracted the attention of all the generals in the room. Marshal Pershing said with great interest: "Why, does General Chennault have any good methods for dealing with submarines?"
Lieutenant General Chennault said: "In fact, this method has been carried out by the Chinese Empire for many years, which is to use seaplanes for anti-submarine warfare. After all, submarines have to float to recharge. Even if they do not float, their snorkels and periscopes will be exposed to the sea, which will expose the submarine.
The location, and the aircraft can see these exposed points more clearly in the air. As long as the aircraft carries depth bombs, the submarine can be easily sunk. After all, the speed of submarines is much worse than that of aircraft."
Seeing Marshal Pershing's thoughtful nod, Lieutenant General Chennault continued: "Actually, there is another way to avoid submarines. Last time Admiral Mahan went to participate in the maritime military exercises of the Chinese Empire, he took a new type of submarine.
Airships rely on new airbags to effectively prevent the airships from rolling when encountering cross winds. If we build a large number of these airships, we can transport supplies from the air. From September to the second of each year
In April of this year, the climate over the northern part of the Procellarum Ocean was quite clear, with few rainstorm clouds. This period was most suitable for air transportation. The transportation consumption of airships is small, and according to conservative estimates, the carrying capacity of each airship is more than
Five hundred tons is enough to undertake the transportation tasks of the army."
Marshal Pershing said: "Yes, this method is very good. It can completely avoid the threat of submarines and at the same time transport materials in batches. As long as there are sufficient quantities, we can solve the problem of transoceanic transportation."
Lieutenant General Chennault continued: "I am still calculating the existing airships in the country. If it is an airship like the Chinese Empire with a diameter of 80 meters and a length of 350 meters, it can carry 1,500 tons of supplies at a time. The airship
Each round trip takes a week. If the empire builds a thousand airships, it can carry 48 million tons of supplies during a sunny period of eight months every year."
"Very good, I will immediately send a suggestion to Congress." Marshal Pershing stood up excitedly. If such an effect can be achieved, building airships is also a good way. With the capabilities of the Boston Empire, even if it is to build 10,000 such airships
, it will not take a few years, and by that time, the submarine force of the Chinese Empire will be useless.
It will take a long time to manufacture transport airships. Even if airships are easy to manufacture and the technical difficulty is low, the process from design to manufacturing to mass production cannot be completed in a short period of time. The most important thing now is to build a large number of destroyers to provide merchant ships.
The team provides effective escort.
However, the Boston Empire was very wealthy, and they did not take it lightly when some merchant ships were sunk. Moreover, with more and more destroyers escorting them, Allied submarines would have an increasingly difficult time in the future. Therefore, facing the Allied Group's submarine warfare
, the Axis Powers remained unmoved.
The Boston Empire had its own plan. Admiral Halsey, the commander of the Storm Ocean Navy, issued a direct order to have two-thirds of the main fleet blockade the entire northern part of the Storm Ocean and the Strait of Gibraltar to prevent possible sneak attacks by the Allied fleet, and at the same time cut off its homeland and the Strait of Gibraltar.
Colonial connections. And he personally took the remaining fleet to protect more than 100,000 Boston Imperial Army troops across the Ocean of Storms and marched toward the southern subcontinent.
Since the Southern Subcontinent has the only land connection with the Central Continent, the Sinai Peninsula and Cairo are both territories of the Chinese Empire. The Allies have no land contact with their colonies in the Southern Subcontinent. In addition, the Axis Group has absolute control over the sea.
Due to their superior military strength, it is difficult for them to provide military and material support to the southern subcontinent.
The Axis Powers first built a large number of field airports in the Kingdom of Cerro. With the help of these land-based aircraft, the Allies' navigation in the Mediterranean was also difficult. Every supply to the colonies of the southern subcontinent required air force cover and naval support.
The cost of escort is quite high.
Under such circumstances, it was very difficult for the Axis powers to supply materials to the colonies, and the troops stationed there had always been colonial troops with low combat effectiveness. Most of them were semi-militia organizations composed of retired veterans, which were more than enough to suppress the indigenous residents.
, if faced with a well-trained regular army with many advanced heavy weapons, it would be difficult to compete. Therefore, the governments of the Allied Powers did not have much hope for the colonies. They just wanted them to hold back the Boston Imperial Army as much as possible and give them a
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