readx; "Now that the British and American navies are in decline in the Pacific, it is difficult to provide Australia with a large number of supplies and reinforcements, and whether Australia can hold on to it is also a big problem in this case!" At the joint meeting of the three services, Admiral Guan Shijie said so. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Doesn't it mean that the American Navy is strong, doesn't your Navy talk about confronting the US Navy all day long, and this US Navy is so unfettered and deserves so much of your concern?" Wu Shizhong, who has never dealt with Guan Shijie, will not miss any opportunity to satirize Guan Shijie.

In order to resist the expansion of the US Navy, the Navy has built ships on a large scale, setting off the largest naval arms race on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, and the US Navy, which has always been regarded as the number one enemy by the Navy, has been beaten like a pig's head by the Navy in the past six months, and this cannot but make people wonder whether the Navy's worries and fears about the US Navy over the years are because they are not afraid of strength, or because the people in the Navy are really cowards.

Guan Shijie was too lazy to defend at this time, did he want to tell them that the real essence of the US Navy is the dozens of aircraft carriers on the slipway and the hundreds of escort aircraft carriers?

Well, that's probably going to be another bit of a controversy.

Chen Yi, who was above, looked at these two people, shook his head slightly and smiled bitterly, and said secretly in his heart, I don't know what the chairman thinks, but he even let these two people preside over the navy and the air force, and he has no overall view at all. The army has always been unavoidant of the open and covert struggle between the navy and the air force, and Chen Yi, as a general with the surname of the representative of the army, naturally does the same, and he does not intend to persuade these two people, because he knows that there is no persuasion, and the contradiction between the navy and the air force has existed since the day the navy established naval aviation, and it is almost an irreconcilable contradiction, which can be seen from the competition between the navy and the air force for the production of F4 fighters in those years.

The slogan of the Air Force is that the sky belongs to them, and the slogan of the Navy belongs to them in the sea, whether it is under the sea, on the surface of the sea, or in the sky of the ocean. The air force insisted that Taiwan's air defense task belonged to the air force, while the navy held that Taiwan was far away from the mainland and Taiwan's defense was under the jurisdiction of the navy.

The contradictions between these branches of the armed forces are not a one-day or two-day trip, nor can they be easily eliminated, and for Chen Jingyun, as long as the damage caused by the contradictions between the branches of the armed services does not affect the overall strategy of the country, then Chen Jingyun is too lazy to take care of it, because once this thing is managed, it will set himself on fire, and even if the decision is fair, some people will think that Chen Jingyun's decision is all partial, which is not very good.

"At present, there are still a lot of British and American forces on the Australian side, and Australia is not a small island, this is a continent with millions of square kilometers, and it is not something that can be done in a day or two if I want to take it, and now even though I have landed in northern Australia, it is not so easy to attack southern Australia." Chen Yi spoke at this time:

"After deducing the information at its disposal, the General Staff concluded that 'even if more than one million troops were invested in Australia, it would not be possible to conquer Australia in just six months, and most likely, it would have been a long-term battle between Australia and the British and American forces, which would last at least two years.' Of course, this premise is that neither navy will be completely wiped out! ”

Although the ground combat of the Australian campaign is also important, in fact, it is the engagement of the navies of the two sides that determines the final victory or defeat of the Australian campaign, because the Australian campaign is a long-distance battle for both warring sides. The same is true of Britain and the United States, and even their supply distances are even farther away, especially after the Coral Sea is controlled by Ben, and the aid of the British and American forces to Australia can only go around the southern hemisphere near Antarctica, in order to avoid the blockade of the navy.

In the Pacific Theater, the most important thing is the navy, and among the generals here, they also set their sights on Guan Shijie at this time, after all, Guan Shijie is the admiral, and only he can fully understand the comparison of the strength of the navies of various countries today.

Hmph, a bunch of dirt buns don't have to listen to me yet! Guan Shijie was so sarcastic in his heart. However, there was a serious look on his face, and he coughed before he spoke:

"Commander-in-Chief Chen is right, if the navies of Ben and Britain and the United States do not distinguish between victory and defeat, then the ground battle in Australia is very likely to fall into a protracted battle. Therefore, when we judge that the situation in Australia and the Pacific Ocean as a whole will develop in this way, we must judge from the naval strength of these two sides! After Guan Shijie said this, he was very satisfied with the attitude of everyone looking at him and listening attentively, and immediately continued:

"Let's start with this side, according to the information we have learned from all sides, at present, there are a total of thirteen battleships in this navy, half of which are old battleships that can only be used for shore bombardment, escort and other tasks, and there are only six that can really accompany the main fleet in mobile operations, the most cutting-edge of which are two Yamato-class battleships, according to the intelligence obtained by our navy, these two Yamato-class battleships have a speed of more than 30 knots and are equipped with nine sixteen-inch main guns. The overall combat power has surpassed that of the Yandi-class battleships of the Chinese Navy, and under these two Yamato-class battleships is a treaty-type Kii battleship that was commissioned in the late twenties.

In addition to the above three traditional battleships, there are two Kongo-class battlecruisers and one Chicheng-class battlecruiser, the Kaohsiung. However, these three battlecruisers have undergone large-scale refits in the twenties and thirties, and their overall combat power has been greatly improved.

In actual combat, these six high-speed capital ships have frequently appeared in major battlefields and have participated in many naval battles.

In addition to these six high-speed capital ships, our intelligence agencies have also received information that "there are two Yamato-class follow-up ships under construction in this navy, and one of them is very likely to have been launched and put into service, but there is no accurate information at this time." ”

When Guan Shijie said this, several generals next to him were also thinking about the Chinese Navy's own battleships, the battleships were still the four old Yandi class and Shundi class, although they had been relegated to high-speed and the speed of the ship had barely increased to thirty knots, but compared to the latest cutting-edge battleships that had been newly launched, it still seemed to be insufficient in combat power. In addition to these four old battleships, the Chinese Navy has one Shaohao, three Fuxi-class and one Cangjiang-class large cruiser, in addition to two Cangjiang-class large cruisers under construction. Therefore, if you compare it in this way, you can find that the Chinese Navy's high-speed large-caliber naval gun capital ships are in the 16-inch class battleships, but China also has five large cruisers with 12-inch main guns as a supplement, so China is basically the same as the high-speed capital ships called 'Ben'.

Of course, what Guan Shijie is talking about today is not the contrast between China and China, but the contrast between Britain and the United States, so he continued: "On the British and American side, Britain and the United States have many battleships, but most of the battleships of these two countries are old low-speed battleships, which can no longer meet the needs of modern naval warfare, and it can even be judged that the role that these low-speed battleships can play in this war is almost equal to zero. So we just need to compare high-speed capital ships. The number of high-speed capital ships in the United Kingdom is very small, and a considerable number of them need to be deployed on the mainland and in the Mediterranean, and there is currently only one high-speed capital ship deployed in the Indian Ocean.

On the US side, there are not many high-speed capital ships, only four at present, and the speed is only 27 to 28 knots, so it can only barely accompany aircraft carriers in mobile operations.

However, it is worth noting that the US Navy still has many high-speed capital ships under construction, including Indiana-class battleships, Iowa-class battleships, and many Alaska-class large cruisers designed and built by the Americans specifically for our Fuxi-class large cruisers.

These high-speed capital ships under construction will be commissioned in the next three years, and at least three or more will be commissioned next year. In this way, together with the original high-speed capital ships, it will form a comparison of the advantages of the high-speed capital ships of this navy! ”

Guan Shijie paused for a moment before continuing: "However, as we all know, the core of naval warfare has now shifted from battleships to aircraft carriers, and several naval battles between Ben and the United States have also proved that aircraft carriers have become the absolute protagonists in modern naval warfare, so the number of aircraft carriers and the combat effectiveness of carrier-based aviation in various countries will directly affect the outcome of the war.

According to our previous intelligence reality, it is said that "the Navy had six aircraft carriers before the war, and one more was commissioned at the beginning of this year, bringing the total number to seven." However, according to our intelligence reality, in the second Battle of the Coral Sea, we said that "our navy sank one of them, and in many other engagements, we determined that "at least one aircraft carrier of our navy is in a state of serious damage, and it is currently being repaired on our own territory!" In other words, at present, it is said that "the navy should have five aircraft carriers that can be transferred for combat operations in a short period of time."

In contrast, the British Navy currently has only one aircraft carrier deployed in the Indian Ocean, and the British Navy will not be able to transfer more aircraft carriers to the Indian Ocean in a short period of time, and the British Navy has been cowering west of the island of Ceylon, and now it will no longer pose a threat to the Navy!

The U.S. Navy suffered tremendous losses, and only one of the five aircraft carriers before the war remained, and the remaining four were all sunk by the Navy, and now the U.S. Navy can only rely on a fleet aircraft carrier and some merchant ships converted into aircraft carriers to barely survive. Now the main force of the US Navy fleet has also adopted a strategy of avoiding war, intending to save the main force of the fleet and wait for the opportunity! ”

What Guan Shijie said is to let everyone understand that the current situation of the British and American navies is really not good.

"But!" Guan Shijie did not stop his words, because his next words were the point: "The United States is now building a large-scale ship, and many ships that started construction two years ago have stepped up construction, and it is expected that new ships will be put into service one after another in the second half of this year, including a large number of Read-class light aircraft carriers and many Essex-class aircraft carriers, and after these ships are put into service in batches, it will greatly change the balance of naval power between the two sides in the Pacific!"

Therefore, it can be judged that by the beginning of 1943, the balance of forces between the two sides would be equalized, and in the second half of 1943, it would be said that the navy would enter a comprehensive strategic decline. And this estimate is still a very optimistic estimate, and if there is an accident during this period, then it is said that the advantage of the navy will be further reduced, and it may only be maintained until the beginning of 1943. ”

Guan Shijie stopped after saying this, and General Huang Anyuan, the army general next to him, said: "According to this situation, that is to say, 'Ben can only have an advantage for half a year at most on the Australian side?'" After that, it will be difficult to replenish and reinforce? ”

Guan Shijie said: "If the navy cannot occupy the advantage and maintain sea supremacy, then the sea transportation of the navy will be greatly hit, and this does not include the submarine warfare launched by Britain and the United States. ”

"In half a year, it is estimated that 'I can't beat Australia!'" Wu Shizhong next to him said the same.

"But if we can increase our support for the 'me', for example, if we directly help them transport supplies, maybe I'll be able to take Australia, but now, I'm afraid there is no hope!"

The five or six people here have a word and I have a word to conduct an in-depth discussion on the development of the situation in Australia and the Pacific theater, and the scope of discussion not only includes the navy, but also the air force and the army, in addition to the industrial capacity, logistics and supply capacity of various countries, maritime transportation forces, etc., are all included in the scope of discussion, the joint meeting of the three services has been held for several hours, Chen Yicai put together the book that has been full of various data in front of him, and then said: "Okay, today's meeting will be here first, The General Staff will take full account of your opinions and report them to the Chairman in a book! ”

After the meeting broke up, Chen Yi immediately convened a number of senior generals in the General Staff, mainly the Strategic Department of the General Staff, supplemented by other departments, to discuss the possible development direction of the situation in Australia and the Pacific again.

The next time, Chen Yi compiled a comprehensive report and knocked on the door of Chen Jingyun's presidential office.

"Chairman, the report on the situation in the Pacific made by these staff departments this month!" After Chen Yi handed the report to Chen Jingyun, he stood with his hands down, waiting for Chen Jingyun's inquiry.

Chen Jingyun took the report and said, "Go and sit on the sofa first, I'll take a look first!" ”

For these things related to national strategy, Chen Jingyun has always liked to solve them in a timely manner, generally read the written report on the spot, and then directly ask the person in charge about various questions, after listening to Chen Yi walked to the sofa on the left side of the office to do it, and the secretary of the secretariat also sent tea in time, after drinking the tea, Chen Yi looked at Chen Jingyun's side, only to see Chen Jingyun looking at the report, but vaguely visible eyebrows slightly wrinkled.

After a cup of tea, Chen Jingyun stood up with the report in his hand, and then walked to the sofa and sat down: "I can only hold on until the second half of next year?" ”

"According to the discussions of the joint meeting of the three services, it was unanimously decided that 'the superiority of this navy in the Pacific Ocean can only be maintained until June 1943 at most.'" Chen Yi nodded and said: "Once the navy does not have an advantage, then the operation of the army in Australia will directly lose logistics supplies!" ”

"Oh!" Chen Jingyun's eyebrows furrowed after hearing Chen Yi's affirmation.

On the surface, it seems that the war between China and Britain and the United States has nothing to do with China, but in fact this is not the case, and the war between China and Britain and the United States is directly related to China's interests in the Pacific, and even to the confrontation between China and the United States and the post-war status.

Chen Jingyun initially supported Ben's war against Britain and the United States because he needed Ben to act as a pawn, so that China could gain enough benefits without declaring war on Britain and the United States. Another reason is that Chen Jingyun hopes to use the phrase "Originally, the strength of the Americans was consumed, and the United States suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties in the Pacific War in history, and this is still the case, "There was no foreign aid, but now there is no shortage of all kinds of strategic materials, and the most important thing is that the navy now has a lot of oil to use." Under such circumstances, it is inevitable that it will cause greater pressure on Britain and the United States, as can be seen from the fact that it is said that it is entering Australia.

And once a ground war of attrition is formed in Australia, Chen Jingyun feels that with the surname of "I am fighting a war, one Iwo Jima will kill and wound so many American troops, and now if there is an Australian campaign, it is not possible to let the Americans lose more than one million casualties?"

However, Chen Jingyun still overestimated his own war potential, and according to this report, if China did not directly participate in the war, it is estimated that he would not have survived 1945.

In Chen Jingyun's Pacific strategy, a very important part of the Pacific strategy is to say, "Ben and Britain and the United States broke out into war, and then China hid behind to support the war."

However, once this is easily changed, it will easily lead to a series of uncontrollable events, such as the Sino-US war that Chen Jingyun has been trying to avoid.

Do you have to fight the Americans if you want to gain benefits in the Pacific? Chen Jingyun frowned and thought, but if this really wants to be fought, it is just a means of conventional warfare, how can Chen Jingyun not see the possibility of a complete victory!

Is it really necessary to have a long-lasting war of attrition with the Americans, and finally fight until the fifties when everyone throws nuclear bombs at each other?

If not, then what? Seeing that this is a failure, and then Britain and the United States will return to Asia to use this as a springboard to encircle China?