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As soon as Chen Shaokuan opened his sleeves and was about to do a big job, Yang Qiu gave him two problems. One is to take the initiative to attack, and the other is to seize Guam, both of which are not easy. Most of the main forces of the Japanese navy were in Yokosuka, and the geography and the Uraga waterway determined that it was impossible to sneak attack here, not to mention Rabaul, and only the remaining four locations of Sasebo, Ryukyu, Manila and Linga anchorage were relatively close. However, the proximity is also relative, Sasebo and Naha are more than 800 kilometers away from the nearest naval base in the country, and even if the lightning carrier-based fighter hangs three auxiliary fuel tanks, it can only last half an hour of fighting over the target and must retreat. It is possible to send aircraft carriers to shorten the offensive distance in the South China Sea, but in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, I am afraid that aircraft carriers will be able to get information as soon as they leave the country. The second problem is even more difficult, Guam is more than 2,700 kilometers from Taiwan, and the fleet will be discovered by the Japanese navy as long as it passes through the Bass Strait and the Ryukyu Strait. Even if it is taken down, it will still face the flanking attack of Rabaul and the Japanese-Turkish fleet, which will test the ability of early deployment and later maritime support.

Of course, he also understood that Yang Qiu's seizure of Guam was not only to cut off Japan's shipping, but also to prevent the United States from entering the southwest Pacific. You must know that Guam and Wake Island are the only places to connect with the Philippines from the direction of Hawaii, and if the United States takes them before declaring war, they can take the entire Mariana Islands into their pockets. In this way, even if the United States returns to the Philippines, if there is a conflict in the future, it can easily cut off the lines of communication, which is equivalent to abolishing the role of the United States in relying on the Philippines to contain China! On the other hand, if Guam is allowed to attack the Ryukyus first, although it is simpler, the US Navy will certainly take advantage of the fact that it is being dragged in the Ryukyus and the South China Sea to seize Guam back as soon as possible, and then there will be a big hole in the strategy of the southwest Pacific.

As for the fact that Guam is a US trusteeship, Chen Shaokuan scoffed at it, and it was just a trusteeship. It's not a territory, and if you grab it, it's a Chinese trusteeship.

But how to fight a quick battle and not turn into a war of attrition at sea, he has no bottom in his heart. Just when he couldn't find a good way after thinking about it, Chief of Staff Huang Mou'an pushed the door open. Huang Mou'an is an officer promoted by Sa Zhenbing after Yang Qiu took over the Republic of China Navy, although his name is not good, but he is down-to-earth and very pragmatic, and the two have cooperated in the First Fleet for many years after returning from studying in the UK. After Chen Shaokuan became commander. He was immediately nominated as Chief of the General Staff of the Navy. "Commander, telegram from British Whitehall, let's send an aircraft carrier and two cruisers to Alexandria to help."

"Do you want to be shameless with these Brits? Before the Cairo Declaration was hot, he wanted Lao Tzu's warship? Chen Shaokuan, who was upset, couldn't see the British attitude of roaring.

Huang Mou'an secretly laughed, he knew Chen Shaokuan's iron rooster character too well. Persuaded: "Britain can't help it." As soon as the news was received, the Luftwaffe began air raids on British Turkey, and Italy also took the opportunity to attack Egypt. Now Cunningham didn't have a few warships in his hands, so he was in a hurry. ”

"Bombing Britain, Egypt also suffered? Good! Chen Shaokuan applauded loudly, and Huang Mou'an had to cough: "Commander, we are allies!" If this is heard from the outside. It may be a matter of how much diplomatic trouble it will cause. ”

"Who dares to spread it?" Chen Shaokuan's eyes narrowed, and after glaring at the orderly who poured water, he closed his mouth before waving his hand: "Forget it, the Third Fleet has been fine recently anyway." Let Pan Duheng go. This kid is good, exercise more. But you have to take care of them, don't be stupid to be sold by the British and pay some money, and have a few more eyes. You ask the First Fleet to send a few more warships to reinforce the 15 Fleet in Vladivostok. By the way, let Shen Honglie, Bing, and Zhu Binhou all come to Beijing as soon as possible. ”

Huang Mou'an just got up, and his eyes lit up when he heard the last sentence: "Commander." But it's time to do something about Japan? ”

"Hmm." Chen Shaokuan nodded as acquiescence, walked to the map, and slowly swept his gaze from Ryukyu Sasebo to the Mariana Islands, thinking in his heart how to make the sworn enemy have more blood.

Shen Honglie and Bing returned to Beijing that night, and even Zhu Binhou and Deng Haoqian, who were in the Red Sea, arrived the next morning. "How's Annan's side?" As soon as they returned, Shen Honglie and Zhu Binhou asked about Annan. Bing immediately introduced the two: "France is still holding Cam Ranh Bay and Saigon, and we are now relying on Da Nang and Kunlun Island for supplies." ”

"Saigon Airport can deploy bombers to deter Singapore, and Cam Ranh Bay directly faces Manila, so it's really uneasy that these two places can't be used."

"It's coming soon, Commander Qiu and the Military Intelligence Bureau have already started before coming back, and the call for independence in all parts of Annan is now very high, and I estimate that armed independence should be a matter of the past two days." Bing patted Zhu Binhou, and after a few more words about the Anglo-French naval battle, he asked, "By the way, what did the commander call us back?" ”

"What else could it be? Hit the sun. Several people were chatting, and Chen Shaokuan walked in from outside the door. As soon as they met, they said Yang Qiu's thoughts. At the beginning of the establishment of the navy, the Japanese navy was regarded as the number one target, so when everyone heard that Japan was being attacked, everyone was happy. But after Chen Shaokuan finished talking about the plan, he frowned. "Don't say destroy them all, even if you sink four or five capital ships, it's worth it, but it's not easy to complete it." The main target of the First Fleet is Japan, so Shen Honglie has studied the Japanese Navy very deeply. "Japan has two main bases in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, one is Naha in the Ryukyus, and the other is Sasebo. The former faces the Pacific Ocean, and if the carrier-based aircraft wants to attack here, they must first defeat the land aviation of the Ryukyu Island, which has about 400 Ki-43 fighters and 100 Zeros. There is also a Japanese naval aviation base on Fukushima Island in front of Sasebo, and an army aviation base on Kyushu Island, with a total of more than 500 Zeros, Ki-27s, and Ki-43s. The water depth of Sasebo Port is shallow, and the depth of entry of the air-dropped torpedo must be reduced to six meters, otherwise it is easy to drill directly into the silt. Of course, this is not the main thing, the main thing is that the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea are closely watched, and since last year, as long as my aircraft carrier leaves the port, there will definitely be movement there, so it is difficult to sneak attack the military port. ”

"Is it okay to send bombers?"

"But you can, but judging from the exercises, horizontal bombardment will do very little damage to the fleet."

"Can you seduce you?" Zhu Binhou said: "Since the president intends to take back the Sakhalin oil fields, then we will simply do something here." First, the 15th Fleet directly blocked the Sook Strait and forced the Japanese Navy to move here, while the 1st Fleet dispatched a group of battleships to Jeju Island to assume a posture of going north. As a result, the Japanese navy was bound to leave the port. When he confronts us, he will send carrier-based aircraft from Shanghai and Lianyungang to sink them. ”

Shen Honglie shook his head: "It is very difficult to blockade the Zonggu Strait, my 15 fleet only has 11 destroyers and 11 submarines, even if it supports, at most I can only send a few cruisers." On the contrary, Japan can take the Pacific faction battleships and not have an advantage. As for dispatching the battleships to the north, I'm afraid that Shan Fifty-six will only be happy. The Tsushima Strait is too narrow, and the battleship will be attacked by Japanese planes as soon as it enters, so the Japanese are afraid that they would like me to get in, so he will take the opportunity to eat my battleship without declaring war. ”

"What then? It's not like you're going to give the credit to the Air Force again, right? Deng Haoqian stood up. There is a dispute between the branches of the military. The three armies of the Republic of China are also fighting openly and secretly, but they are not as perverted as they are. So his words hit the naval point, and if a plan could not be made, then the General Staff would definitely give the task to the Air Force, because only the Air Force can carry out an attack on targets within a radius of 1500 km.

The Navy, of course, is reluctant to give the task to the Air Force. However, the problem is that as long as the aircraft carrier moves in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, Japan is bound to react immediately. Just when everyone was at a loss, Bing seemed to think of something, touched his chin and said: "There is no need for the Air Force to intervene, don't we also have Hai Bang 7 and Hai Jian-6?" ”

The Navy does have a lot of naval models of H-7 and J-6 double-headed Jiao fighters, and there is a small story in this. When the Air Force developed long-range forces, Chen Shaokuan was always red-eyed. But the Air Force just didn't want the Navy to meddle in the bomber program. It was not until the Jian-8 project encountered obstacles that the Air Force had to turn around and beg the Navy to open the Jian-5 Lightning carrier-based aircraft and cancel the wing folding and other equipment in order to make an emergency. Improved for the Air Force J-7 Thunderbolt. I didn't expect to be addicted to it as soon as I used it, and I began to manufacture it in large quantities. Taking this opportunity, Chen Shaokuan finally changed to the long-cherished Jian-6 and H-7. The former was named Haijian VI, nicknamed Haijiao. It is mainly used for long-range interception at naval bases, and a model for launching ships after folding wings has also been developed. But due to the launch of the new carrier-based fighter project was canceled. The latter was nominally designed to compensate for the lack of seaplanes for maritime patrols, but in fact retained the ability to bomb the ground.

Like the double-headed Jiao, the Haijiao has an ultra-long range, with a maximum combat radius of 1,500 kilometers. Coupled with the lightning hanging from the auxiliary fuel tank, it has the ability to protect the bombers from fighting for air supremacy between Sasebo and Naha. "Bing, the horizontal bombing effect is not good, we only have 300 sea bombardment 7s in our hands, and we can only guarantee three waves of simultaneous operation against two targets, and it is too difficult to kill the fleet by relying on three waves of horizontal bombing." Zhu Binhou was born as a pilot and knows all kinds of aircraft best, so he is very optimistic about the horizontal bombing of ships. Even if the harbor facilities are blown up, as long as the fleet is there, the mission will be considered a failure.

"Not necessarily, someone might be able to help us." Bing smiled mysteriously-

The transport planes were soon sent to the Beihai (present-day Irkutsk) Belga Aircraft Plant, an aircraft factory under the Meteor Corporation, which produced Y-6 tactical transport aircraft and naval torpedo aircraft. The factory was built here because Beihai is rich in bauxite and electricity. Since the first five-year plan, the construction of water conservancy and thermal power plants has been built here, which was considered a waste at the time because of the small population of Beihai province, which could not use so much electricity, but now it has not only become the largest aluminum producer in the country, but also has many heavy industries such as steelmaking and oil processing, and can also transmit electricity to Chita and Kulun.

Due to the fact that it is the main production area of torpedo machines, coupled with the vast Lake Belga, the Navy built an experimental station here for experiments on torpedoes and torpedo machines. After explaining his intentions, the local naval officer quickly took Bing to the airport in front of a Hai Bang 7 with two heavy black torpedoes, and when he saw the torpedo, Bing knew that he had found the wrong person. "Captain, Captain Qiuhan!" Amid the shouts of the officers, a twenty-seven-eighteen-year-old captain with thick glasses emerged from the magazine, his round face covered with oil.

"What's the matter?" It can be seen that Captain Qiu Han should be highly short-sighted, and he didn't see Bing standing next to the officer clearly. The officer hurriedly pointed at Bing: "Commander Bing is here, he has something to look for you." ”

"Commander?" Qiu Han hurriedly got out from under the belly of the plane, wiped his hands with a rag, seemed to feel that it was not clean enough, and rubbed the blue overalls a few times before saluting respectfully: "Aviation non-commissioned officer Qiu Han, I have seen the commander." ”

"Don't be nervous." After waving his hand to the officers around him, Bing mysteriously approached and asked, "You kid, when are you going to hide?" Aren't you afraid that your old man will arrest people? Qiu Han scratched his head innocently. He couldn't hide it from others, and asked embarrassedly: "Commander, did my father ask you to come?" It turned out that Qiu Han was the youngest son of Qiu Heng, the chief of logistics of the National Defense Forces, the director of the technical equipment department, and the former commander-in-chief of the 3010 project. Because he was dissatisfied with the fact that his family always arranged for him to go on a blind date, he hid in the navy through his relationship. Because of his solid skills and a hand in aviation technology, he quickly became an aviation non-commissioned officer. But because of high myopia, he could not enter the front-line naval aviation service.

"I don't have time to help you arrest people, I'm here today to find you something." Bing laughed, walked over to the heavy torpedo hanging under the wing, slapped it twice on the head of the mine and asked, "I heard that you have studied throwing heavy torpedoes with bombers?" ”

Tyuhan is a typical technomaniac who has been working on dropping heavy torpedoes from bombers since last year. As everyone knows. At present, the aviation torpedoes used by all countries in the world have a caliber of 450 mm, a range of 2,000 meters, a warhead of about 100 kilograms, and a total weight of about 800 to 1,000 kilograms. It often takes a dozen or even dozens to hit the target. So he dreamed of throwing 550-mm heavy torpedoes with bombers, which would not only avoid dangerous small-caliber anti-aircraft fire, but also allow naval aviation to truly have the ability to exchange aircraft for ships.

"Yes. However, the water entry technology is still being tested. Seeing that Bing asked very carefully, Qiu Han didn't dare to hide it, and introduced: "Look, these two are hanging now. It is the 550mm Jiaolong IV thermodynamic torpedo and Jiaolong V electric torpedoes that we are currently equipped with. Both torpedoes weighed 18 tons, and the head charge was 320 kg. The speed of the thermodynamic type is 50 knots/7000 meters, the disadvantage is that it will leave a clear track on the water, and the electric type has a slow speed, 30 knots/5000 meters, but there is no track on the water surface, which is very suitable for submarines. From the torpedo body, as long as the weight and range of the thunder head are appropriately reduced, and the buoyancy of the reserve is increased, it can be airdropped. However, because of its heavy weight, the heavy torpedo suffered a stronger impact after the drop, and the interior needed to be reinforced. Secondly, it will sink quickly after entering the water with a large weight. According to our experiments, if the bomb is dropped at an altitude of 500 meters, the torpedo will sink to the bottom of the water for at least 27 meters, and the course attitude will also be downward after starting, which means that the torpedo will go directly to the bottom of the sea. Therefore, how to use gyroscopes to correct the course, and the calculation of the buoyancy of the thunder head need to be experimented. ”

"Can it be solved?"

"There is a solution, and we have recently been working on a wooden support wing. To put it simply, a pair of small wings are hung on the body of the projectile, so that after the bomb is dropped, the torpedo can be guaranteed to enter the water as horizontally as possible. The wooden wing will disengage from the torpedo after hitting the seawater, which will solve the problem of plunging headlong into the bottom of the sea after entering the water. As long as the depth of entry into the water does not exceed fifteen meters, the gyroscope can rest the trajectory and adjust the torpedo. After Qiu Han finished speaking, he scratched his head again: "But this is just a preliminary idea, and it has not been tested yet." ”

"Fifteen meters? No, up to six meters. ”

"Six meters?!" Qiu Han was taken aback, this is the minimum depth of entry into the water for a light torpedo! It's too hard. He is strange, because the heavy torpedoes he studied are all used in deep-sea operations, is it necessary to guarantee such a small depth into the water? Seeing that he was puzzled, Bing told him about the preparations for the attack on the Japanese port. "You mean, let bombers storm military ports with torpedoes?" Even as a tech maniac, Qiu Han was taken aback by Bing's idea. However, this is also the only way at present, a Hai H-7 can hang two heavy torpedoes, and then attack targets within a radius of 1200 kilometers, that is to say, it can take off from a farther inland airfield to avoid Japanese reconnaissance, and H-7 has ten machine guns, has strong air defense capabilities, and the body is solid, and the survival rate is higher before intensive anti-aircraft fire.

But reducing the depth of entry of heavy torpedoes to six meters is a super problem. So he thought about it and said, "Commander, I'll experiment with you as soon as possible on the torpedo side, but I suggest you consider using radio-guided bombs." ”

"Radio-guided bombs? What is it? Bing asked curiously.

"Guidance technology is one of the core technologies in the 3010 project, simply put, after the bomb is dropped, it is no longer free landing, but through radio remote control to direct the bomb to hit the target. The Air Force began testing the 1,600-kilogram glide guide bomb three months ago. As far as I know, there have been eight drops from 3,000, 5,000 and 8,000 meters, and six of them have been carried out by flying 25 kilometers with a bullet wing, and accurately hitting a circular target with a radius of 30 meters. ”

"Hit a round target with a radius of 30 meters at an altitude of 8,000 meters? How did I not know about this! Bing almost jumped, it was the first time he had heard of such a bomb.

"It's normal that you don't know, this is an Air Force project, and it's Project 3010, and the level of secrecy is very high, and I also secretly heard about it from my dad last time I went back. Actually, you should really coax my dad, he still has a guided rocket with a range of 400 kilometers and can carry a ton of explosives, a cruise guided rocket that can fly 300 kilometers close to the sea, and a 10-ton super bomb to feed, Commander, where are you going? One month? Good! Rest assured, in a month at most, I promise to hand over the modified torpedo to the Admiralty. Before Qiu Han finished speaking, Bing dropped the sentence "The depth of entry of heavy torpedoes must be solved within a month", turned around and ran to the jeep