This is not the first time that the U.S. government has asked the Pacific Fleet to participate in the war, but Ouyang Yun has shied away on the excuse that the troops lack sufficient training. Americans also know that the country has no interests in Australia, and without interests, there is no motivation, and Ouyang Yun
Yun is notoriously snobbish, so it is basically impossible to let the Pacific Fleet help the US and Australian governments defend Australia based on the so-called alliance agreement. However, in exchange for assistance, it is possible for the Pacific Fleet to intervene in the Australian naval battle.
Really? Originally, if it only paid money and materials, the U.S. government would have been willing to bite the bullet and bleed again. However, Ouyang Yun's appetite has changed. Now as long as the aircraft carrier and supporting warships are needed, other dollars and materials are not worth it, and it is not worth it.
The demand for the highest command authority on the battlefield caused disagreements among the top leaders of the United States. Some of them considered that the size of the Pacific Fleet was already large enough. If more ships were added to it, even if the war could be won, the war would eventually be formed.
The situation where the tail cannot be lost will definitely threaten the interests of the United States in the Far East and the Pacific. Therefore, the U.S. government is unwilling to pursue this strategy unless it is a last resort.
The Americans didn't mention it, so Ouyang Yun naturally wouldn't take the initiative to post it. Just as the Americans guessed, the country has no interests in Australia at all, so there is no need for Australia and the United States to engage in a deadly fight with the Japanese in Australia.
The fleet suffered two major losses at the hands of the Xuebing Army, and now it has learned its lesson, and is even willing to give up the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, so a strange phenomenon occurred. Although the two sides were mortal enemies and fought fiercely on land,
However, the navy rarely engages in large-scale contact. Even when the Japanese army launched an attack on northern Australia, it rarely dispatched the navy.
This phenomenon is of course not normal. From another perspective, it can be regarded as the silence before the storm. The Japanese Combined Fleet and the Pacific Fleet will eventually have a battle. This is something that the senior leaders of both sides of Japan and even the heads of other warring parties are well aware of.
Obviously, the problem is that the Japanese don't have to be anxious, and the Chinese don't have to be anxious, but the Americans and Australians have to be anxious considering their vital interests. The U.S.-Australian coalition forces have lost control of the sea and then the air again and again.
, which immediately led to the defeat of the ground forces, and they finally woke up. It turns out that the key to defending Australia is not how brave the ground forces are, but the control of the sea. It is one thing to understand, but it is not easy to change the status quo. Admiral Kim serves as the U.S. Pacific Fleet
At the beginning, there were frequent rhetoric about how to attack the Japanese Combined Fleet to avenge the humiliation of the attack on Pearl Harbor. However, no matter how sharp the words were, it did not necessarily mean that the war could be won. So far, the relationship between the U.S. Pacific Fleet and the Japanese Combined Fleet has been
There have been no fewer than ten battles between the two countries. Although the U.S. Pacific Fleet has achieved several victories, in recent times it has been defeated in every battle. Failure is not terrible. The key is that under the influence of one and the other, the Japanese combined fleet becomes more and more wary.
Although strong, the U.S. Pacific Fleet has become weaker with each war. Even because the construction rate cannot keep up with the level of battle losses, the size of the U.S. Pacific Fleet has exceeded every battle, and now it has lost the strength to compete with the Japanese combined fleet.
This is a change caused by the power of butterflies.
At that time and space, the U.S. Navy held the concept of supreme aircraft carriers, while the Japanese held the concept of invincibility of battleships. As a result, the Americans had more and more aircraft carriers, and firmly grasped the initiative in naval warfare through carrier-based aircraft; although the Japanese built
Even with the advent of giant ships like the Yamato class, they could not defeat the Americans' naval tactics, so they lost again and again, and finally suffered a huge defeat. In this time and space, in terms of naval tactical concepts, the United States and Japan are on equal footing.
The same starting line. But because the Pearl Harbor incident had a completely different outcome, and Koizumi Minichiro invented the highly targeted naval navigation tactic of using the Min-02 submarine with the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft, the result was the Japanese Vietnam War.
The stronger they became, the weaker the Americans fought. Finally, the Americans were only able to parry and had no power to even fight back.
On the night when the Mount Fuji aircraft group appeared above the Newcastle defense system, in Chongqing, George received an urgent call from Washington and asked to see Ouyang Yun overnight.
The Xuebing Army entered Chongqing to form a coalition government, and George also rose to the occasion and officially became the ambassador to China. Ouyang Yun was tired after spending a day in the military camp during the day. When George came to the door, he had already fallen asleep on his chair. Chen Jiayao
Among the four women who came forward to meet George Ouyang Yun, Gu Lianyun, Bai Liusu and the British girl all held important positions. Later, when the two were in Karachi, Chen Jiayao took the initiative to replace Gu Lianyun and took over the position of Ouyang Yun's personal secretary.
More than two million troops need to be reorganized. The whereabouts of the eliminated officers and soldiers is a very sensitive issue. If it is not handled well, it may be used by people with ulterior motives and cause catastrophic disasters. Therefore, Ouyang Yun does not dare to be careless. This paragraph
Chen Jiayao spends almost all his time in the military camp. Chen Jiayao follows him every day and feels exhausted just by running around. Naturally, she can understand how hard it must be for him. So whenever he takes a nap, he will pay special attention to the people in the Prime Minister's Office.
Everyone is asked to be gentle and not make any noise, and at the same time, visitors will be kept out as appropriate.
Although George has been promoted to the U.S. Ambassador to China, he cannot be considered an outsider because of the personal friendship between the two families. Of course, the most important thing is that Chen Jiayao knows that he does not go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything, so she did not reject him directly, but said gently: "
The Prime Minister has just fallen asleep, and he should sleep for two hours. If Mr. Ambassador has time, he might as well watch TV here and wait."
George looked at the time and saw that it was already past ten o'clock in the evening, and it would be early morning two hours later. He frowned and said with a grimace: "I'm really in a hurry. Don't worry, I won't disturb you for too long, half an hour at most."
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Chen Jiayao still wanted to persuade him, but Ouyang Yun was already awake. His study was next to the reception room. Hearing George's voice, he lifted the blanket on his lap and called Chen Jiayao: "Jiayao, is that George outside?"
Before Chen Jiayao could answer, George smiled and said: "Look, the Prime Minister has woken up." Then he loudly said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, it's me."
Ouyang Yun turned on the light inside and said with a smile: "Sir, are you here as the American ambassador? Then please make an appointment."
"No, no, of course I'm here as a friend. Haha, the saying that it's better to come early than to come by time is probably my situation!" George walked in with a smile.
Chen Jiayao shook her head and walked in.
The two parties sat face to face, Chen Jiayao served him tea, and George revealed his intention.
The smile on Ouyang Yun's face dropped as soon as he heard this. He looked at George and said seriously: "I have said before that as a member of the Allied Forces, we are willing to consider the overall situation and even assume the main responsibility of the Australian battlefield.
, but how to solve the problem of command authority? The most taboo thing in war is inconsistent orders. If this problem is not solved, I will not be able to agree to your government's request."