Chapter 1102: China's Opportunity in the Battle of Vera
In terms of the balance of power, the U.S. Pacific Fleet actually has the upper hand. In terms of the nature of the ships, the submarines that are strong in attack and weak in defense can only choose to escape when facing anti-submarine ships. They can only use a single spear. Because the U.S. Pacific Fleet has an aviation force and a number of frigates with anti-submarine capabilities, it is contradictory to be both offensive and defensive. Of course, because of the special characteristics of special attack submarines, this spear is sharper than any other country in the world. A submarine force.
Due to the popularity of radar and sonar, the possibility of using a single type of ship fleet to sneak attack on the enemy in a naval battle at this time is basically non-existent. As for using a single type of ship fleet to win a naval battle head-on, it is even less possible. This reason , as time travellers, Ouyang Yun and Koizumi Toshiichiro naturally cannot fail to know. However, in terms of acceptance and derivation, at least from the current situation, the two people's attitudes are completely opposite.
"It's a pity that I didn't see it. I guess the scene must be very spectacular." One day later, when Ouyang Yun heard about the naval battle in Port Vila, he thought of hundreds of torpedoes and special attack submarines charging at the approaching American ships. The past scene, said to Chen Cheng.
The Japanese also hid such a skill after using land counterattacks. This was unexpected by the military and political leaders of the Chinese coalition government. When calculating the losses of the US Pacific Fleet, Ouyang Yun and Chen Cheng both knew that they would have to do it whether they wanted to or not. Troops are sent to Australia again.
"This is another heavy blow to the United States after the Pearl Harbor incident. After the Pearl Harbor incident, the government invested heavily and took nearly three years to restore the Pacific Fleet. But now, I have to say sadly , because of the Battle of Port Vila, the strength of the Pacific Fleet has once again returned to the time when the Pearl Harbor incident just occurred..." This is a commentator article published in the "New York Times".
Regarding the last details of the Battle of Port Vila, because there happened to be an official film team from Washington on the US Pacific Fleet, this image was finally left to the world. The background was a ray of dawn that had recently appeared in the east and an edge of color. In front of the colorful dark clouds, there are the black smoky shipwrecks floating on the sea and the waves with bright water spray in front; densely packed artillery shells dragging orange flames from the camera It passed by, and in a moment, huge waves caused by explosions appeared on the sea not far away. Occasionally, black torpedoes or submarine parts would appear on the top of the huge waves...
The camera shook. It was the photographer who was moving the shooting location. In the camera, some fighting American soldiers appeared, accompanied by their shouts: "Fire, fire."
"Kill these sons of bitches."
"Come on, little Japan, let's see who is more powerful, my shells or your flesh and blood."
The camera shook for a while, and Jin's figure appeared. He held the railing with both hands, stared straight ahead, and frowned slightly.
"This won't work. The advantage of the fighter planes has not been used at all. Tell Bean and the others to lower the altitude. What, accidental damage? In this case, accidental damage is also a sacrifice. It is the Los Angeles. Yes, we are again An aircraft carrier was lost..."
This time, at least in Qiao Sean's shots, the American soldiers actually performed very bravely, and Jin's command was also very good. However, this failed to lead the U.S. Pacific Fleet to victory. Of course, judging from the final result, because the Japanese The submarine force was eventually wiped out, and not a single submarine was able to escape. The U.S. Pacific Fleet only lost five aircraft carriers plus three heavy cruisers and a number of light ships. It seems that the Americans won the victory even if it is far-fetched. However, Considering that the main attack method of the Japanese submarine force is suicide, the destruction of their entire army shows that all submarines faithfully carried out the order of death. The losses of the US Pacific Fleet, measured in terms of cost alone, were nearly 20% of the Japanese submarine force. Times, the U.S. Pacific Fleet not only failed to win, it was so defeated that it even lost its pants.
"The U.S. Pacific Fleet lost a total of five fleet aircraft carriers in this battle, and another three were seriously injured. This means that the Americans now have only one aircraft carrier left in the Pacific and Indian Oceans that can still fight normally. How could Koizumi Toshiichiro give up attacking Australia at this time? , I thought that even if Koizumi wanted to relieve local pressure, he would oppress Australia, thus forcing the United States and Australia to ask me for help..." Three days after the naval battle in Port Vila, China's Supreme Command held a targeted meeting in Chongqing. Above, Chen Cheng analyzed the situation in the South Pacific and believed that the Supreme Command should be prepared to send troops to Australia again. To send troops to Australia again, the expansion of the army, especially the increase in the formation of the expeditionary force, is inevitable. This creates another problem. , what about the funds needed to expand the army?
Because it had to bear the reconstruction of the liberated areas and the military expenses of the four major foreign expeditionary forces, the coalition government was very financially demanding during this period. At the beginning of the month, Finance Minister Niu John approached Ouyang Yun and formally informed him that if the government could not take If he takes effective measures to increase his income, he will not even be able to pay the troops on the front line for three months at most.
The government's finances have fallen to this point. A closer look at the reasons has to mention the high military pay system of the military. During the Xuebingjun era, Ouyang Yun had a huge military industry and chemical and medical systems to support it. Even though the average salary of the Xuebingjun was that of the Central Army. It is more than five times that of the Xuebing Military Special Zone, and it can handle it calmly. But now, because the reconstruction of the recovered areas requires a large amount of money, coupled with the military expenditures for the expedition to Soviet Russia and Sumatra, the Ryukyu Islands and the North Africa expedition, It needs independent support from the Chinese government, but during the coalition government era, the government's revenue was not much more than that of the Xuebing Military Special Zone. Soon, after all the money Ouyang Yun brought from the Xuebing Military Special Zone was used up, the coalition government was stretched thin, and its finances He became increasingly embarrassed.
John Niu has grown from a bank president in the financial industry to the finance minister of the coalition government. Of course Ouyang Yun plays a role in this. The main reason is because China currently lacks talents in this field. As a purely technical government official, under normal circumstances, Niu John was not qualified to participate in the military meeting, but today, because Ouyang Yun considered that military expansion must receive financial support, he specially called him here.
As the God of Wealth of the coalition government, he is several years younger than Ouyang Yun. Just because of this John Niu is already very eye-catching. Now, the issue of military expansion must have his support, and everyone in the conference room is fixated on it. Covered him tightly.