As for the new aircraft and tanks, their performance is indeed very advanced. If used to deal with the most advanced foreign weapons of the same kind, the exchange ratio can reach 1:5, or even 1:10. However, these two new weapons are currently in the People's Liberation Army
The number of equipment is less than 100, and the monthly output is less than 30. It cannot withstand the astonishing consumption of a world war. What's more, it is difficult to train China's technical arms, and it will compete with industry, infrastructure, education, and even administration and even organizational construction for talents.
This has always given Hu Weidong a headache.
Therefore, Hu Weidong believes that China needs to continue to hide its capabilities and bide its time. In addition to repeatedly emphasizing this point of view and even pouring cold water on the central government, he also deliberately controlled the progress of atomic bomb research. Originally, if he wanted to explode the atomic bomb as soon as possible, he would have done so by the end of 1944.
The conditions have been met, but Hu Weidong still pushed back and pushed back the time of the first nuclear explosion for various reasons such as "it must meet actual combat requirements"...
Although Li Mingzhi spent less time with his wife after being appointed to lead the "911" project, she gave birth to a lovely daughter to Hu Weidong in 1944, which made him very happy. It was also from this point on that Hu Weidong completely forgot about his clothes.
Yue Zhe's identity has completely integrated into this era. Although he has always loved his stepdaughter as his own daughter, this is mainly due to his love for the house and Wuhe's sense of responsibility. In terms of closeness, his stepdaughter cannot be compared to his own biological daughter.
's children.
Speaking of the dragster stepdaughter Hu Ying, her personality has finally become more cheerful now. It seems that Hu Weidong's efforts to find connections to help her change schools had some effect. It will take time for new classmates to understand Hu Ying's basic situation.
Naturally, it is impossible for her classmates to laugh at her biological father for being a traitor...
After achieving a decisive victory in the North Atlantic, the U.S. Navy quickly shifted its focus back to the Pacific. After the successful South American invasion, the reorganized U.S. Pacific Fleet with 10 aircraft carriers and 4 battleships reappeared in the Pacific.
.However, under the severe situation of almost all the Pacific Islands falling, Pacific Fleet Commander Nimitz and President Roosevelt had great differences on which direction to make a breakthrough first...
Nimitz's idea was mainly from a military perspective. There are many islands in the South Pacific, but the Japanese army is relatively weak and has many weak links. With the current strength of the Pacific Fleet, it can easily open up the situation. Moreover, it can be more difficult to attack from this direction.
It threatened New Zealand and Australia at an early stage. And regaining Australia can not only seize Japan
It is currently the most important source of iron ore and foreign exchange. It can also directly threaten the Japanese oil base in Indonesia. As long as they capture or even blow up the oil field facilities in Indonesia, the Japanese will not be able to hold on. By that time.
Many central Pacific islands, including the Hawaiian Islands, are within easy reach. It is far better than storming fortresses.
Roosevelt's perspective on thinking about issues was different from that of General Nimitz. Although he achieved a record-breaking feat of being re-elected as President of the United States for the fourth time, his domestic support rate was already much lower than before, and the longer the war lasted, he
The support rate will be even less optimistic. When those financial oligarchs take advantage of the opportunity to force the palace, this war may not be able to continue.
In this case, Roosevelt was even more eager for victory than the generals on the front line. However, due to the profound tradition of isolationism in the United States, if the land recovered belongs to other countries, even Australia, which has strategic significance, the American people may not
Seriously, if what is recovered is the Hawaiian Islands, which can ensure the security of the homeland and is the United States' own land, Roosevelt's approval rating will definitely skyrocket. Then he can use public opinion to temporarily suppress the financial oligarchs and make them endure for a while longer.
Already......
Since the military must always serve politics, and more importantly, the President of the United States is the supreme commander of the military. Although Nimitz still disagreed in his heart, he had no choice but to march to Midway again and take the first step to regain the Hawaiian Islands.
Since the Japanese army failed to foresee the direction of the US military's attack in advance, the US Pacific Fleet only needed to deal with the land-based aircraft on Midway Island. The number of aircraft exceeded the enemy's by more than seven times. There was no solid fortress on Midway Island, so it would be impossible to capture it.
Too difficult.
In the end, the U.S. Pacific Fleet only paid a small price of losing dozens of aircraft and three auxiliary ships to recapture Midway, which had left them painful memories. With the rapid entry of 150 land-based aircraft, the Nimitz fleet
From now on, there is no need to worry about the Japanese combined fleet attacking, and it is even more desirable...
However, if the Pacific Fleet were to attack Oahu or the islands near it, which has strong fortresses, multiple regular military airports, and a total of more than a thousand land-based aircraft, it would still be unable to do so, because Midway Island is far away from Oahu.
It is still a bit far away. Even long-range aircraft such as P51D fighter jets will have difficulty setting off from Midway to support the US fleet attacking Oahu. Therefore, for the time being, we can only proceed step by step towards the main island of Hawaii.
Lisianski Island, which is closer to Midway Island, was first occupied by the US military. It is the largest island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, with an area more than 300 times that of Midway Island, and the ground is relatively flat, allowing the construction of multiple large military airports.
What's more, it's about 10 miles from Oahu
It is closer than Midway Island. As long as the military base can be successfully established, even if the U.S. military's land-based aircraft fleet cannot fly to Pearl Harbor to show off its power, it can still completely control the vast airspace west of Kauai and defeat the Japanese forces on Oahu and beyond.
Land-based aircraft on nearby islands suppressed them with all their might.
Naturally, the Japanese base camp cannot sit back and watch the US military approach Pearl Harbor step by step, but with the current strength of the Japanese combined fleet, if it wants to deal with the 10 aircraft carriers of the US Pacific Fleet and the US land-based aircraft on Midway Island at the same time, the chance of winning is really not very good. Therefore,
The strategy Yamaguchi chose was to lead the main force of the Japanese combined fleet to penetrate the waters between the Aleutian Islands and Midway Island to cut off the supply of the US military. He did not believe that the US military could build a military base when supplies were cut off.
The sea area where the Japanese fleet operates is more than 2,000 kilometers away from Midway Island, and much further away from the Aleutian Islands. Therefore, not only the land-based aircraft at Midway Island Airport are out of reach, but also the strategic bombers that may be stationed in the Aleutian Islands.
It is also beyond its reach, so the US military can only send an aircraft carrier formation to destroy or drive away the Japanese fleet and restore the smooth flow of the supply line. (To be continued...)