Chapter 1377: The Americas Route
In the plan of the high-level, as long as the current territory is digested, when the navy leaves the scope of China's control and goes to the depths of the Pacific Ocean, it is the time to really confront the United States, and the competition between China and the United States, in the early stage, has little to do with the army, and is in the case of the navy, supplemented by part of the army. to capture strategic points on numerous islands in the Pacific Ocean.
This process is quite long, before that, China is not willing to touch the United States which tight string, in order to prevent the United States to tilt forces to the sea, according to the previous China in the overall planning, for the United States analysis, although the United States joined the European war, sent a large number of land forces, to Europe to participate in the war, but the United States' industrial potential, has not yet been fully developed, if possible, he is not willing to let it play to the fullest, China will not be afraid, but there is no need for this, that will increase a lot of China's losses.
However, the development of things is not subject to human will, because of the relationship between orders, coupled with the large-scale increase in the price of merchant ships, the United States is still moving towards the road of expanding the dockyard, prescient may not be, this is a coincidence, this coincidence is really enhancing the United States' war heritage, compared with before, the United States shipbuilding capacity is not only doubled, before it was able to start construction at the same time 28 battleships, now, doubling 56 ships is no problem, catch up, maybe it can reach 60 ships.
At the same time, 60 capital ships will be started, which is probably something that Britain and Germany can't think of, I'm afraid that in this world, only China, a big country with a strong manufacturing industry, can catch up with this ship-building figure, and other countries are far behind, this is not a matter of money, this is the total amount of industry, the depth of industrial production capacity.
The sneak attack of the submarine released such a giant beast, which I was probably not expected before, but the colleagues who are valued by the high-level can only use this as an archive and store it. The reason is very simple, the Chinese side, can not affect the United States at all, in the past may also be through the Chinese and funds, etc., a certain amount of destruction, now, there is no Chinese, unless it is white, otherwise it is difficult to move an inch in the United States, as for entrusting Germany to take action, it is even more impossible, Germany and the United States are far apart, if you want to have a devastating blow to the shipbuilding industry of the United States, not to mention that it may not be possible, the German side will also pay a huge price, under the premise of no clear threat, It is impossible for Germany to pay such a big price for China.
Besides, the capacity of the North Sea is limited, even if the United States has a real sea of warships, it can only be active in the Atlantic, and it is impossible to break through the North Sea, or even enter the Baltic Sea, then there is no direct influence on Germany, the real impact is China, if China wants to fight with the United States in the future, it is almost inevitable to wage war in the Pacific Ocean, and if it does not break the Pacific Ocean, it will not be able to attack the United States. It is of particular importance to China.
The future of things, there is no way to work until now, things have happened, then actively deal with it, this time the United States has increased the merchant dock, this dock to transform to the military, at least it will take a few months, than to build a little faster, but it is impossible to directly turn to military use, this is probably the only advantage that China has.
Compared with the United States, the future enemy is not clear, China is very clear about the future war, the dependence on the navy, not only developed in advance such a large killer weapon as an aircraft carrier, all the docks expanded in coastal ports, directly for military purposes, although the vast majority of warships have not yet been produced, but for the production of warships, groping, and even the modeling, has never stopped, officially, even if the war breaks out, China can also overwhelm the United States in quantity, not to mention quality.
Due to the large-scale submarine attack, the changes introduced, in the end, there were no more ripples, submarine operations must be carried out, for the Entente's 1.5 million tons of damage, it is also real, the future of things, it depends on the future to solve, the most critical at present, or continue to break the diplomatic battle, as much as possible to reduce the Entente's heritage, for the war in 1916 to lay a good foundation, only the European side is stable, Germany to maintain the first two years of the Entente strong, they can not draw more forces, In the following 1916, China's activities in Asia, and even in Oceania in the future, could have a strong support, and war was never achieved overnight, and it took a long time to confront and weaken each other.
China and the United States are both superpowers with huge influence, so the war between the two countries cannot be solved by one or two major wars, especially the environment in which the two sides are located, separated by a huge Pacific Ocean.
The news about the skyrocketing growth of the United States' shipbuilding capability and war potential can only be hidden as a document for measuring the United States as a whole in the future, and these will be used as an important assessment report on the US war capital after a head-on battle with the United States in the future, and it will not play much practical role in the strategic plane for the time being.
In Europe, after nearly 10 days of rest, the submarine set off again, but this time, on the North Atlantic route, there was not much success, due to the previous 1.5 million tons of strike, the Entente could no longer withstand such a blow, not only the convoy escort force increased, the convoy also maintained a high degree of tension, whether it was true or false, encountered a possible target, they first put depth charges down, even if it was wasted.
Deng Jie's cadres did not expect the Entente to be so extreme, almost the first ship casualties, when following a large group of ships, did not dare to approach, the huge escort formation, formed a large patrol circle, he could barely get close to the inside, and even sonar found a big fish, directly 10 or so depth charges down, blowing a shark at least 5 meters long out of the water.
After following for almost a day, it was difficult for the other party to find them, and Deng Jieqian did not have a good chance, unless he risked being discovered, and even suffered from depth charges, weighing for a long time, when the Entente dropped a large number of depth charges, he chose to avoid its edge, and found another way to go to the depths of the Atlantic, this side of the North Atlantic Ocean is the main channel for the transportation of the Entente, but the other end, near the direction of South America, is also a waterway, and even some raw materials produced in South America will be transported to the United States through the American Airlines, It was a channel that had never been invaded by the sea wolves, and occasionally one or two sunken merchant ships could not stir up many big waves.
It is true that the sea wolf is an ocean-going submarine, and he can even go to Cape Town to fight in the Indian Ocean, but without supplies, his efficiency is extremely low, even if there are sinking figures, it does not have much impact on the overall situation, but Deng Jie's cadres are different, even if there is no supply, they can continue to fight for more than half a month, supporting three or four high-intensity wars, not to mention near Brazil, there are also China's secret supply bases and supply ships, which is the key to support.
The German reconnaissance plane unit did not follow the past, and there were reconnaissance planes on the Brazilian side, but their use was restricted, and it was impossible to divide them into three batches and conduct uninterrupted reconnaissance throughout the day, as Germany did, but they could have 12 reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance on the relevant sea surface.
The effect of such reconnaissance is not high, but this is the American shipping route, and the United States, which has always regarded the Americas as its own territory, has not considered the relationship of being attacked at all, although when the sea wolves were at their craziest, there were also sporadic sea wolves, and when they came to the Americas, they did not have much impact, and at most they sank one or two merchant ships, which could not be compared with the glory of the North Atlantic route.
But Deng Jieqian is different, he is in formation, 31 powerful Qin-class submarines came together, and there are 12 reconnaissance planes to reconnoitre, although the scope of the search is not as precise as the North Sea, as long as you look carefully, you can still find opportunities, for Deng Jieqian, as long as you find it, it means that the merchant fleet can not escape.
In fact, Deng Jieqian's move was right, although it was a little inconvenient to lack reconnaissance planes, and their 31 ships were scattered along the American route for safaris, and they really continued to take down dozens of ships, which could not be compared with the previous astonishing number of 150 ships, but it was also a big breakthrough.
The entire Atlantic route, even near the United States, was no longer safe, and not only did the Entente have to devote more forces to escorting convoys, but also wasted a lot of energy.
If the escort mission is carried out in the whole process, like a high-intensity war, if a high degree of vigilance is maintained, it is not a good thing for the battleship, originally, it may be an easy escort, it will become a war of grass and trees, it is okay for a short time, but it is not possible for a long time.
The Entente did not have a choice, they had to ensure that in the winter of 1915, enough equipment and supplies were sent to the European continent, otherwise, Bordeaux will be tight next year, although the two sides have built a large-scale trench group with Bordeaux as the center, but it does not mean that the two sides will not attack, and the conventional attack after the melting of the ice and snow in the spring is considered a conventional operation.
Which military transport fleet was the first to be attacked by Deng Jieqian's troops, transporting millions of troops in Bordeaux, a quarter of the provisions, but unfortunately all of them were thrown into the water, and some subsequent ships were almost half buried, which was only the heaviest blow to the Entente. (To be continued.) )