Chapter 632: The Bostonians’ Maritime Reconnaissance
Although he was hostile to the noble officers, he had to fulfill his responsibility for the last time: "Mr. Minister, I still hope that before the army is dispatched, an aircraft carrier formation will be sent to China Island to conduct reconnaissance to determine the strength of the Iron Blood Army before taking action."
Nimitz was doing this just in case. If he discovered the strength of the Iron Blood Navy and asked them to be more cautious, it would also prevent the fleet from being in danger.
Dewey sat back in his chair, nodded with his eyes closed, and acknowledged Nimitz's proposal, and then ignored him. Nimitz sighed, knowing that he was already an unwelcome person here.
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Nimitz put on his military cap and saluted Dewey with a standard military salute, and then walked out of the office. Remus looked at Nimitz's retreating figure with a proud look on his face and hummed softly: "What a selfish person."
Those who do not measure their capabilities think that after winning a battle, they will break away from their humble civilian status and become equal to the noble lords. What a delusion."
Walking out of the office, Nimitz looked at the gloomy sky and took a long breath. At this time, his mood was as gloomy as the sky. This mood was not because of his dismissal, but because he was worried about the fate of his sailors. Nimitz was worried about the fate of his sailors.
As Miz walked, he thought to himself that the last victory was so sudden that everyone in the Navy was dazzled by the victory.
It’s no wonder that the Chinese Imperial Navy has always been synonymous with power, and it is also a boulder weighing on the Boston Navy. Once this boulder is removed, everyone will be a little arrogant, even I was not a little complacent at the beginning. But the victory is real.
It's a bit unbelievable. Feng Ju is also a veteran of the Chinese Imperial Navy. He has struggled all the way from the cruiser captain to his current position after more than ten years of struggle. In fact, he has so much combat experience. How could he be so careless and let him go?
He easily succeeded in sneak attack.
If the Chinese Navy ships he sunk were fake, Nimitz stopped suddenly at the thought and took a breath. If it was true as he thought, the Boston Navy had fallen into a huge trap.
, this trap may swallow up the entire Boston Empire ocean fleet, or even the entire empire.
Nimitz was a little dumbfounded. Could it be that he had been deceived? He had the idea of going back and telling the bosses what he thought, but this idea was quickly dismissed by him. He had just been kicked out, how could he have the face to go back?
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Even if he had no shame to go back and tell his story, who would believe his guess? Now Nimitz could only pray to God for blessings, and his guess would not come true. In the office at this time, the proud Remus immediately announced
, he will lead the fleet to set off the next morning and strive to capture the Oahu Islands in the shortest possible time.
As a rising star in the navy at that time, Dewey was not an idiot after all. He told him: "What Nimitz just said makes some sense. You must first send a formation of four aircraft carriers to China Island for reconnaissance, and wait until the reconnaissance results are obtained.
Attack the Oahu Islands. If there is any problem, the fleet will return immediately."
Remus promised, but he was not happy in his heart. It would be fine if Dewey didn't mention Nimitz, but Remus would be angry when he mentioned it. So he decided to just send some warships to show his will, and he
He would not wait for the news of this fleet before attacking the Oahu Islands. After all, troops are faster and faster. Unfortunately, Remus did not know what kind of disaster his decision would bring to him.
The next morning, a huge ocean-going fleet with forty-five aircraft carriers was ordered to set sail. Together with them, there were dozens of naval landing ships and hundreds of various merchant ships, carrying more than 100,000 Boston Army soldiers.
.At the same time, an inconspicuous small fleet set sail south. They were ordered to reconnoiter China Island.
Remus was extremely resistant to the opinions put forward by Nimitz. Even the orders issued by Dewey were obeyed and disobeyed. For this reason, he only sent an old-fashioned modified aircraft carrier, the USS Langley. The USS Langley
The aircraft carrier has a displacement of only 13,000 tons. It is the earliest experimental aircraft carrier in the Boston Empire and was converted from a coal ship.
This modified aircraft carrier lacks a lot of necessary equipment. Not only is its speed slow and its ability to withstand strikes is not strong, but because there are no hangars or elevators, the carrier can only park eleven Corsair fighter jets on the deck.
It is a training ship of the Navy and is not included in the formal force sequence.
Not only was such an aircraft carrier dispatched alone, Remus also used the excuse of insufficient escort ships to equip the aircraft carrier with only two destroyers to escort it, making the fleet more like offshore training than an ocean mission. Of course.
There are small advantages to having a small fleet. Against the background of the huge expedition fleet, this small fleet was treated as a training fleet by the Chinese Empire's satellite system and was gloriously ignored.
As soon as the Boston Ocean Fleet left port, the Chinese Empire's satellites focused on it, and its every move was clearly transmitted to the joint command, and this information was then passed to Feng Ju who was on standby in the Eastern Ocean.
After receiving the news, Feng Ju, who had already made full preparations, immediately implemented the plan in advance. He ordered all the island defense forces and offshore defense fleets in the Oahu Islands to prepare for the enemy, while he himself personally took charge of the aircraft carrier of the Eastern Ocean Fleet.
The formation, with all the main ships that had long been hidden in the Colon Islands of the Latin Kingdom in the south, pulled anchor and headed north, preparing to cut off the return path of the Boston Empire's ocean fleet.
Since there are a large number of extremely slow merchant ships in the fleet, Remus's fleet can only travel at a low speed of eight knots. Therefore, setting sail from the Boston Empire, they need to trek for half a month to reach the vicinity of the Oahu Islands. Fortunately, Ni
Although Mitz had opposed the attack before, he had made full preparations for the battle. There were enough merchant ships to carry supplies for the landing troops and sailors, and there were also many fuel supply ships carrying fuel.
This speed also has advantages, that is, the destroyer's ability to detect submarines is greatly improved. Since the fleet speed is very slow, the noise made by the own ships is much smaller. As long as a sufficient number of destroyers are spread out, it is enough to use the newly replaced new automatic
Sonar has detected the Seawolf 2 submarine that dives no more than 100 meters deep. Of course, this is only possible when the Seawolf 2 submarine has a small diving depth and is sailing at full speed underwater. They are powerless against the Seawolf 3 submarine.
Yes, but this device can detect Chinese Imperial submarines after all, at least that's what the Boston sailors thought.