Chapter 1044: Hawaiian Islands
"The U.S. Navy is stronger than we expected!" When he heard the news that the Chinese army had successfully arrived in the Hawaiian Islands, Meng Xiang was studying the naval battle near the Gulf of Aden with Shen Honglie and others.
After a full day of fighting on the 28th, the results were a little worse than Meng Xiang had estimated at the beginning.
According to Meng Xiang's estimate, the Huaxia army, which is equipped with advanced jet fighters, should be devastating against the Americans with old-fashioned piston fighters, and although it is impossible to sink all the aircraft carriers and battleships of the US Fifth Fleet in one go, the results of the battle are at least stronger than those reported.
"The advantage of our jet fighters is that they are fast, far surpassing the piston propeller fighters of the Americans, and are good at high-altitude interception and high-altitude combat, but they are greatly reduced in low-altitude flexibility, and do not have the absolute advantage as expected." From some feedback from the front line, plus some summaries from the usual training exercises, Wang Xiu and others quickly analyzed a report.
Meng Xiang nodded.
He also knew that the German Comet jet fighter, when it first appeared, could take out 3 Mustang and 2 B-17 bombers in one go with its high speed, but its other performance was much worse than those propeller planes at the end of World War II.
Although the performance of carrier-based aircraft such as ghosts and krakens used by Huaxia is much stronger than that of the comet, after all, there is still a weakness of poor flexibility at low altitudes. When it first appeared, the Americans were caught off guard by high-speed fighting, and the brilliant record covered up this part of the shortcomings. But the Americans are very good at summing up, and they also came prepared this time, although they said that they did not use jet fighters to compete, but they must have done some research on the jet fighters that often appear in China.
Thinking of the recent continuous testing of US fighters on various fronts, Meng Xiang also understood.
However, after all, Huaxia's jet fighters are already different from the Comet's low performance. Although the record of sinking battleships this time is not much, the record of shooting down 223 American warplanes has cleared the obstacles to victory this time.
Especially those who are going to fight back against the carriers' clumsy bomber and torpedo groups, against jet fighters. I can't beat it. I can't run and I can't run. In the end, only about 20 pirates of the more than 130 warplanes escaped.
If we add the fighters on the aircraft carriers that did not come, the losses of the Americans' naval aviation have already made the Americans feel painful.
Although there are still more than 60 fighter jets escorting the withdrawing Fifth Fleet, the battle is not over. If it weren't for the fatigue of the whole day, Huaxia's attack power would have weakened a lot, and I am afraid that so many damaged battleships would have been recorded in the sinking list one after another.
The Americans have always attached great importance to safety, and in the original history, they fought with the Japanese so many times, and none of the Essex-class aircraft carriers sank. Even if they were attacked by the Japanese in a frenzied suicide attack, they were only injured. In addition to the strength of the US Navy, there is also a dense and reasonable anti-aircraft artillery system, as well as a relatively good warship safety design of the Americans.
In just one day of naval battles, especially when Huaxia had just gained air supremacy, it was already good to have the record in the battle report.
"Maybe it was too easy to win last time!" Meng Xiang couldn't help but smile in his heart.
In the last Philippine naval battle. If it weren't for that typhoon, China would not have been able to force the Americans so quickly.
That time, even the escort fighters were swept away by the typhoon, so they could only be passively bombed and fart. For the sake of the safety of the US officers and soldiers, Halsey's aggrieved surrender was also helpless.
Although this large-scale naval battle was fought with real swords and guns, although it relied on advanced fighters, the US Navy, which is the world's largest in terms of capability, had an advantage. The still naïve Chinese Navy has also grown up.
"And this time the focus of the battle plan. It wasn't here either. Meng Xiang picked up the battle report from Hawaii and glanced at the words "The landing was smooth". I couldn't help but smile.
The rapid expansion of the Chinese army was used by the Americans to suppress the navy, and after Meng Xiang got the news, he also pushed the boat to the Indian Ocean and Guam, the two decisive battlefields. In fact, it was Xiang Zhuang dancing the sword, intended for Pei Gong, and aimed at South Africa and Hawaii.
The Chinese navy in the Indian Ocean may need to be pushed step by step, but Hawaii, where the sub-base has already taken root, can make another surprise attack.
The Americans would never have imagined that the landing target for China would be Hawaii.
They will still believe in sneak attacks and bombings, but ocean landing will be a difficult point even in later generations. Not to mention the difficulties of landing in Hawaii, which the Americans have been running for half a century, even if the landing is successful, as long as the logistics line is cut off by the US Navy, which reacts, it is easy to be trapped in Hawaii. The Chinese chose to attack the island, and they believed that they had deliberately set up an encirclement. But the news of the landing in Hawaii directly made all Americans dizzy.
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"What? Can you be sure that this is true? Roosevelt repeated the words that I don't know how many high-level Americans had asked countless times.
"It's true, Hawaii has sent a distress signal!" Leahy said helplessly.
"How did they get here?" Roosevelt asked, "What about the Chinese fleet on the other side of the island?" ”
A moment ago, he had just received the news that the vanguard of the Huaxia fleet had entered the ambush circle on Guam and was waiting to close the net, when suddenly it turned out that there was a problem in Hawaii, which made Roosevelt also press his heart.
"We're looking for it!" Leahy said helplessly again.
He also wanted to know why, but no one came to explain it to him.
"It should be okay over there, right?" Roosevelt asked instead.
"Although we were bombed by the Huaxia bombers last time, we have all the fortifications and fortresses, and it is no problem to hold on until our reinforcements arrive, and our fleet is rushing over there, striving to annihilate this Huaxia fleet that suddenly appeared on the ocean." Leahy assured.
The last time China killed a rifle and blew up Pearl Harbor's port facilities, oil depots and airfields on the Hawaiian Islands, after this period of repair, it is nearing completion, and some of the airports and docks have been put into use, strengthening the protection of the sea and air. Coupled with the fact that those fortifications and forts were not damaged in the last bombardment, and the more than 60,000 American soldiers on land and sea scattered in the Hawaiian Islands, it was not an easy task to capture.
Leahy was confident in this, but he had no idea that there was something in this world called the Red Police Base, which could create miracles again and again.
No matter how strong a fortress is, it is easy to fall from the inside.
The U.S. Navy around Guam tensed up as the target fleet approached the Guam ambush circle, but the Hawaiian Islands were still a vacation destination for many American GIs.
The May sun, Coca-Cola, the sandy beaches of the Waikiki Beach, the beer of Bush, the women of the indigenous and Japanese diaspora, all made the American GIs who had come from home and made the transition to the front lines in Australia and the Philippines almost feel the presence of war. And the more than 10,000 wounded soldiers who came down from the battlefield were immersed in this paradise where people could forget the war, not even noticing that the muzzle of the gun had reached under their noses.
Most of the Japanese on the island of Hawaii were cleaned up and detained by the U.S. military after a major riot, and there were not many of them left. Even the indigenous people were cleaned up by the Americans because of the riots.
During the honeymoon period between the Chinese and the United States, the Chinese population, which had been declining, increased from more than 20,000 to more than 30,000, and it was mainly concentrated in Honolulu, which suddenly became a major force in the Hawaiian Islands.
However, since Huamei turned its face, thanks to the hypocritical slogans of American benevolence and the large number of American prisoners of war in the hands of Huaxia, this part of the Chinese was only confined to some areas and strictly guarded.
Although Meng Xiang has also planted hundreds of armed forces in it, this person cannot afford to turn a big wave for the entire Hawaiian Islands, and they have always been under the gun restrictions of dutiful American soldiers, and it is difficult to get a chance under the strict protection of the US military.
But as long as the base is there, Meng Xiang has the trump card of the clone soldier in his hand.
The clone soldiers who were lost for various reasons were deducted by Meng Xiang and put them in the Hawaii branch base for production, in addition to more than 2,000 cloned dogs. The Americans, who obviously like to be friends with dogs, don't care at all about dogs that the Japanese have always been wary of, and even some dogs that seem to have no one to adopt have become the pets of officers and soldiers in various secret locations such as fortresses, fortifications, airports, military ports, docks, weapons depots, and radio stations.
Even if the clone soldiers hidden in the camouflaged barracks can't successfully drive the tank armor without training, a simple driving skill can operate a multi-purpose infantry fighting vehicle, and the star savings from the Hawaii base, which uses volcanic geothermal energy to feed energy, can already allow the base's brain to control hundreds of rhino and grizzly tanks to run rampant on Oahu.
While the guns of the second class dreadnought battleships echoed off the coast of Hawaii, teams of clones were already armed with AK-47s, and under the raid of the clone dogs, they had begun to take control of military strategic points. (To be continued.) )