"How dare they!"

In the White House, President Franklin, who had just finished taking his medicine, almost performed a medical miracle on the spot when he received the news of the occupation of Guam, especially after reading the public cable.

Stand up.

Pity.

The miracle did not happen.

Mr. President, on the contrary, almost fell.

Fortunately, the guards around him were able to help him in time, and the giant in the wheelchair did not fall to the ground, but just shook it violently and returned to the wheelchair again.

This scene made Vice President Truman purse his lips slightly with some regret.

Although President Franklin got better after taking those expensive drugs, his high blood pressure persisted, but only temporarily suppressed — drugs that did not cure the disease, only relieved the symptoms.

If you fall, it's best to knock your head, and it's estimated that you will...

"Immediately send someone to contact them to protest the establishment of a naval and air base on Guam, and to demand the return of Guam, which is..."

At this point, Franklin paused before continuing:

"Islands administered by the United States."

After saying that, Mr. President was still very angry and gasped for breath.

Unlike Hawaii's Trembling Hills, the current Guam is not yet an American territory, but only an island under its trusteeship, and at a time when the League of Nations is divided and exists in name only, this trusteeship is nothing more than a gimmick.

So Mr. President is well aware that the possibility of the other side returning the islands is zero, and the operation to build a joint naval and air base will not have any impact.

But even without looking at the map, he could see the importance of this Guam.

This is the throat of the western Pacific Ocean, radiating the Japanese mainland, Southeast Asia, Australia, and even Pearl Harbor is also within its radiation range, and controlling this place and cooperating with the two islands of Naha and Natuna in the Ryukyus, it means that the gang almost completely controls the western Pacific.

At this time, he somewhat regretted not continuing to attack the Philippines.

The original plan was for the U.S. Navy to capture it and build a military base that would use it as a springboard to continue its attack on Japan, which was supposed to be a U.S. naval and air base.

"It's a pity..."

The giant in the wheelchair sighed deeply.

"Mr. President."

Truman on the side, Lao Du suddenly said:

"With their maritime forces, it is absolutely impossible to build a joint sea and air base on Guam! This is not the Ryukyus, Guam is 3,000 kilometers away from the mainland, it is impossible for shore-based aircraft to support it, and the Japanese combined fleet is still strong, can they hold Guam? ”

"They don't even have a battleship, how can they deploy a battleship?"

"I reckon this telegram should have been a bluff."

Franklin, who was in a wheelchair, gave Truman a deep look and did not answer.

'Space technology' and 'nuclear weapons' are top secrets, and only a small number of people know about them, and even in the presidential palace, only the confidential secretary knows about them, and the vice president, who is the backup, naturally does not know about them.

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As for the battleships.

The opponent's group of thousands of heavy bombers, this technical difficulty is no lower than that of battleships, and it is not surprising to take out battleships.

The reason why the battleship is not equipped now is because there are not enough people to control it.

Stared at by Mr. President, Lao Du bowed his head a little sneeringly and stopped talking.

"Go and call Joseph King."

The meeting was interrupted, waving for the room to leave, and Mr. President had the Commander-in-Chief of the American Navy called.

"If."

The president asked:

"With our current naval strength and technology, can we build a large-scale naval base of the Republic of China with complete facilities?"

"Large sea and air bases?"

Joseph King fell into deep thought.

In his capacity, he naturally knows the existence of such a thing as a 'warehouse', and he is also very aware of the strength of the navy and air force of the 'Republic of China', which the intelligence department has been paying attention to, and even has a detailed report on the naval battle of the Ryukyus.

The research on missiles was carried out under his single-handed promotion.

A large sea and air base, that is, at the Pearl Harbor level.

Dozens of surface capital ships, thousands of main combat aircraft, solid shore artillery facilities, solid warehouse bunkers, reinforced concrete hangars, several large warning radars, complete air defense positions, and dozens of kilometers of warning circles, as well as mine belts.

There are no large warships in the Republic of China.

There were not a single fast battleship, aircraft carrier, heavy cruiser, only a destroyer of several thousand tons equipped with missiles, and a dozen small boats equipped with missiles, a dozen torpedo boats.

It can be ignored.

Our fleet has an absolute numerical superiority, and there are more than 100 destroyers, and even if the opponent can launch missiles, our own side will be completely victorious.

But the opposing side has an absolutely superior air force.

Although there are not enough pilots, the aircraft skills are extremely advanced, according to intelligence, it has long been equipped with jet aircraft, and its performance is much more advanced than that of the Germans, but it did not appear on the battlefield because of the lack of pilots and the lack of demand.

There are also large aircraft capable of launching missiles, capable of attacking the fleet from a distance of thirty kilometers.

There are even aerial reconnaissance aircraft that can detect fleet groups hundreds of kilometers away - the blockade of subcontinental routes, the Ryukyu campaign, the presence of AWACS aircraft is known to the countries of the world.

As well as, an unlimited amount of ammunition.

At present, aircraft carriers cannot be equipped with jet fighters, and once the two sides engage in battle, unless there is a sneak attack and the enemy's airfield is destroyed in advance, air supremacy may be in the hands of the other side, and the best result is a tie.

Therefore, it is impossible for these large planes to be taken by their own side, and the fleet will inevitably be attacked by missile groups from the sky.

At a distance of thirty kilometers, no anti-aircraft gun could reach it.

The enemy can detect ships 100 kilometers away, and it is not feasible to scatter and attack from multiple directions, so the victory or defeat of this war depends on whether or not your own fleet can resist the attack of missiles.

"Not right now."

After thinking for a long time, Joseph King gave the answer.

Due to the lack of intelligence, the United States has not yet developed a means of defense against enemy missiles, and although it is speculated that the guidance technology is related to radar, jamming radar is also a technical activity.

Same-band interference.

chaff interference.

It's not something that can be done just by saying it.

Moreover, this missile is necessarily a targeted means of counter-jamming.

Joseph's inner deduction.

If you face endless missile attacks, one after another, overwhelming, even if you get close, you have to face it, unless there are absolute countermeasures, otherwise the American fleet will suffer heavy losses.

"Unless."

Finally, he paused and continued:

"Attack while their sea and air bases are not yet complete."

"Otherwise, even if it is defeated, it will suffer heavy losses and lose the ability to continue the attack."

Heavy losses, loss of the ability to continue the offensive.

In other words, the other side can only let the other side occupy Guam... Franklin's eyes flashed and he nodded:

"Got it."

·····

Meanwhile.

London.

Suburban airports.

"It's finally here."

Looking at the hundreds of jet fighters in front of him, Qiu Fatzi breathed a sigh of relief.

The bombers of the Germans were always at ultra-high altitudes, cruising at altitudes of more than 12,000, an altitude that all their fighters could not reach, nor could their anti-aircraft guns.

It only landed at less than 10,000 meters during the bombing, and it was short-lived, which was the only window period during which the mustachioed bombers could attack.

However, in this short period of time, it is necessary to face the defense of enemy jet fighters.

And

Recently, the enemy has begun to drop bombs directly at an altitude of 10,000 meters, and at most it has dropped to an altitude of more than 2,000 meters.

Otherwise, the Allied Air Force, which is absolutely superior in numbers, will let the mustache continue to bomb for up to eight months? So much so that the British Empire suffered heavy losses, and major cities were bombed into ruins.

The accuracy of high-altitude bombs is poor, and the farthest distance is dozens of kilometers, but there are many bombs.

Recently, the Germans have dispatched more than 1,500 planes at one time, and each time they dropped more than 45,000 tons of bombs, that is, 45,000 one-ton heavy aerial bombs.

On average, once every three days.

The damage caused by so many bombs can be imagined, and there is another accident of ultra-high-altitude bombs - the high altitude is windy, and it is violent, and sometimes the bombs are blown away dozens of kilometers away, causing great fear.

No one knows when a bomb will fall.

But now.

It also has a new jet fighter, which can fight at an altitude of 12,000 meters, intercept enemy bombers, and fight against enemy jet fighters without falling behind.

And.

Qiu Fatzi looked to the other side.

Here are hundreds of heavy tracked tractors, towed in the rear by huge guns, much larger than howitzers, with long barrels and heavy bases that make it easy to see at a glance - this is anti-aircraft artillery.

Mk16 127-mm anti-aircraft gun of the Mk127 type produced in the United States.

When the Germans began to cruise above 12,000 meters, the Americans and the British reluctantly found that they could not reach all their anti-aircraft guns when they pulled them out.

Including the famous MK12 type 127 anti-aircraft gun, it is out of reach.

The maximum shot height of this thing is only 11,000 kilometers, which is still 1,000 meters away.

Although the anti-aircraft artillery was positional air defense, it only needed to be deployed at the target that the bombers intended to bomb and wait, and it was impossible for the Germans to directly drop bombs at an altitude of more than 10,000 meters.

But the bombing of the other side is unreasonable.

Wherever the anti-aircraft fire is strong, directly transfer the bombing target, you London anti-aircraft fire gun, I will bomb Birmingham, Sheffield, Liverpool - to give full play to the offensive initiative.

But now, this 51 times the diameter of the anti-aircraft gun can completely hit bombers at an altitude of more than 12,000 meters.

Then with the Mk37 fire control system, radar, and VT shells.

Qiu Fatzi couldn't help but smile.

When the mustache suffered a few big losses, the days of the British Empire being bombed were over.

"Deploy anti-aircraft guns on positions as soon as possible."

Qiu Fatzi waved his hand and urged.

The 51-caliber 127 anti-aircraft gun was good for everything, but it was too heavy, with a total weight of more than twenty tons, and it was difficult to maneuver, while the British Empire railway suffered heavy losses and was blown up by a mustache, so it was very difficult to deploy this heavy artillery.

······

Or the same time.

Heyuan County.

Separate air base.

"This is..."

Inside the base, Zhao Gang, who was passing by, found that Li Yunlong was also here, so he came in to have a look, he blinked his eyes and looked at a new weapon in the airport - it seemed to be an aerial bomb, but the appearance was different from a conventional bomb.

The streamlined shape has water chestnut angles, like an airplane, rather than the usual cylinder.

"Gliding bombs."

Li Yunlong on the side explained with a smile.

"Gliding bombs?"

Zhao Gang was stunned.

He had heard from Boss Chen that this kind of bomb was to protect the safety of the bombers, and the bombs launched outside the enemy's prevention and control area could eliminate the threat of positional anti-aircraft artillery in the bombing target.

"We need this?"

He continued to ask suspiciously:

"Besides, we don't have the technology to do it right now."

Although the gliding bomb is simple, just add a glider, but this kind of bomb is almost accurate, and where it hits depends on fate, unless it is accompanied by guidance, but the current technology, radio guidance is poor, and it is easy to be interfered with.

As for the legendary laser guidance, Boss Chen mentioned it and gave a little technical hint.

Zhao Jiayu University has only set up a project, the two masters are still cultivating talents, and the researchers are still students in the second semester of college - they are all children of martyrs.

"We don't need that."

Li Yunlong continued to smile.

Once there is anti-aircraft artillery, a few big fireworks will be thrown down, and fighter planes patrol and escort in groups every day, and even go to strafe independently, let alone fighter air defense now, there are not even a few anti-aircraft guns in the mainland.

There was no threat to the bomber group.

"Oh..."

Political Commissar Zhao understood.

·····

In the afternoon of the same day.

Cherbourg.

Inside the Kesselring Command.

"Regardless of losses, it is expected that next month, we will be able to take off more than 2,200 six-round bombers at the same time, carrying 65,000 tons of bombs at a time."

A staff officer was reporting to Kesselring:

"Still."

He paused, then continued:

"As the number of soldiers is depleted, starting next month, our new pilots will start to decline, and we need to find ways to reduce our losses, otherwise the size of the bomber fleet will gradually decline."

"In addition, according to intelligence, the Americans' jet fighters have begun to enter service on a large scale, and the fire height of the new anti-aircraft guns has reached more than 12,000 meters."

was bombed, and intelligence sieves began to appear in the British Empire.

"Sixty-five thousand tons of bombs."

Kesselring fell into deep contemplation.

The biggest advantage of this six-engine bomber that they obtained was not the flight altitude, nor the powerful engine, nor the excellent firepower for self-defense, but the extremely mature technology.

It is mainly reflected in logistics maintenance.

At the beginning of the design, the aircraft was designed to take into account the maintenance of various situations, especially the replacement of engines, tires, skins and other wearing parts, which were specially equipped with maintenance aids and vehicles.

It's simpler than maintaining a fighter.

Coupled with a huge number of spare parts and an excellent logistics team, he was able to maintain an average bombing frequency of once every three days, far exceeding the frequency of British and American bombing of Germany in those years.

Therefore, the bombing can actually ignore the accuracy, as long as it is roughly aiming, and the deviation from tens of kilometers is not a problem at all.

Therefore, he has been increasing the bomb altitude, which is currently 10,500 meters.

Similar to artillery.

Artillery fire coverage could not be ensured with accuracy.

Bombs of one ton are full of power, with a range of 100 meters of destruction and more than 60,000 drops, and the concentration of cities in the British Empire can always cause great damage.

If it doesn't work, I'll do it again in three days.

And.

With the proficiency of the logistics staff, the mastery of the aircraft by the crew, and the construction of a new airfield closer to home, he will be able to increase the bombing frequency by another day after a while.

That is, bombing once every two days.

While Kesselring was meditating, a staff officer came over:

"General, a new bomb has appeared in the warehouse."