Chapter 2691 A Bold Plan 2
"Actually, even if we cannot wait for the battleships we purchased from Germany in a short period of time, even if a large-scale fleet artillery battle breaks out, we will still not suffer a loss. Because, as long as we wait another month, the two Colorado-class battleships will We will arrive in Hawaii! We have far more firepower than the previous battleships, and these two battleships have completely overwhelmed the Japanese Fuso-class battleships!" Sims said confidently.
"The two Colorado-class battleships have been completed? Are they true or false?" This time, even Ma Jifen was quite surprised. He really didn't expect that the two battleships would be completed so quickly. According to the previous plan, these two battleships It will take at least 4 months before it can be put into service.
“On the one hand, this is because we have suspended the construction of the Lexington-class battlecruisers, so the materials and labor originally prepared for the Lexington-class battlecruisers can be used in the construction of the Colorado-class battleships, and on the other hand, On the other hand, in order to achieve an unexpected effect, we deliberately concealed the construction progress of the battleship, and all this is so that our plan can be successfully implemented today!" Sims said with some pride.
"If this is the case, even if we fight the Japanese main fleet, the situation will not be too bad." General Benson said while calculating the strength of the U.S. Navy. Currently, from the perspective of capital ships, this is the case. 2 Colorado-class battleships, 2 Tennessee-class battleships, 3 New Mexico-class battleships, 2 Pennsylvania-class battleships, plus 1 Nevada-class battleship and 1 German Bavaria-class battleship, then there are a total of 11 battleships .
Even at its peak, the Japanese Combined Fleet only has 10 fast super-dreadnoughts and 2 slow-speed dreadnoughts! Now, one King Kong has been mounted. If the Japanese do not bring two slow battleships, then there will only be 9 fast battleships. No matter what, the two Colorado-class battleships will not be weaker than Fuso, right? The Bavaria class is stronger than the Fuso, and the two remaining Kongo-class battlecruisers in the Japanese navy make up the difference. Therefore, Benson calculated that even if the U.S. Navy really encountered the Japanese combined fleet, it would just be a fight. Just a field! And the U.S. Navy has a high probability of winning this time.
As for aircraft carriers? The U.S. Navy can concentrate 4 aircraft carriers. If you add the German Zeppelin, it will be 5 aircraft carriers. This scale is already very large, no less than the German Navy concentrated 5 aircraft carriers in the Norwegian Sea Battle. There are at least about 380 aircraft. The Japanese Navy should probably have about three aircraft carriers. In this way, the advantage of aircraft carriers will be even greater.
If cruisers and destroyers are also taken into consideration, then the U.S. Navy has an even greater advantage. After all, if the Americans' expectations are good, then almost all the light cruisers of the Japanese Navy should have been sunk in the last naval battle... .. Therefore, after carefully calculating the available forces of both sides, Benson even felt that it would be a good choice to use this opportunity to conduct a large-scale offshore battle with the Japanese fleet!
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Now the trend of the meeting has changed directly. Everyone seems to feel that we have a great advantage this time, and we will win if A goes up!
"But there are still some questions. For example, what is the land-based aviation force deployed by the Japanese Navy? Will it cause a greater impact on the fleet? You know, even during the war, whether it was the Royal Air Force or the German Air Force, They have all launched large-scale attacks on surface battleship detachments, and they have achieved certain results. It has been almost 4 years, and the technical and tactical levels are improving. I feel that using carrier-based aircraft to fight land-based aircraft will definitely suffer. ." Ma Jifen was still a little hesitant.
Magiffin's concerns are also justified. Technological progress is real. After all, twin-engine bombers can now achieve good range and bomb load. Even though the Japanese have very few four-engine bombers, there are always some twin-engine bombers. They can at least carry more than 700 kilograms of torpedoes or 500KG bombs while ensuring sufficient bomb load. The attack distance of land-based aviation forces currently far exceeds that of aircraft carrier-based aircraft. Although the number of US aircraft carrier-based aircraft is indeed large, it is possible that a single bomb will destroy the aircraft take-off and landing capabilities of an aircraft carrier. This is equivalent to Shot down dozens of planes in disguise!
There are almost no cases of land-based aviation attacking aircraft carriers. The reason is simple. Even the German Navy, which had the strongest aircraft carrier fleet during the war, tried its best to avoid the British land-based aviation, even in the final stage of the war. , the Germans did the same, which shows that the Germans are afraid of land-based aviation power. Okay, now the question is, since the Germans respect land-based aviation so much, why doesn't the U.S. Navy respect it?
"Actually, I think that in some cases, aircraft carrier-based aircraft units have an advantage when facing land-based aviation forces. For example, this time, we can concentrate more than 350 aircraft to carry out a large-scale attack on a certain point on the opponent's front. A large-scale strike, and no matter what kind of airport it is, it is impossible to deploy more than 300 aircraft at once. Our airport is mobile, their airport is fixed, we can prepare for battle at dawn, and then launch at dawn Attack, they don't even know where we are when we launch the attack! After one wave, we can evacuate, and then find the right opportunity to do it again!" Sims tried to continue to persuade the other party.
"It depends on the situation. If the other party has a long-range reconnaissance aircraft and is on alert, then we are likely to be exposed in advance. If the Japanese are on guard in the Tarakan area, then we will simply fall into a trap. If we encounter the Japanese fleet again during the retreat, the situation will be very bad." Magifen paused and then said: "Do you now know how much aviation power the Japanese navy and army have deployed on Kalimantan?"
"In addition, even under the most favorable circumstances, I think such a surprise attack deep into the enemy's depth can only be fought once! Waiting for a second attack will undoubtedly be very dangerous." said Ma Jifen. Obviously, because of the confidentiality issue of long-distance assault and the fear of the opponent's home advantage, Magiffin is still not optimistic about this plan, and how could Sims not think of this?
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