Chapter 2024 Looking at the Pacific Ocean 3

Regarding this point, Americans including Taft did not doubt that the Germans could do this. After all, submarines do not have high requirements for logistical supplies, and they can even replenish torpedoes and fuel at sea. A few hundred tons of fuel is enough for a large submarine to travel tens of thousands of kilometers. As for the effect of submarine warfare? Now the British Empire, the world's largest navy, can't protect their supply lines. The sunk ships have already reached millions of tons. How can the Japanese hold on? As long as the German Navy submarine force can achieve one-third of the record in the Great War even in the Pacific Ocean, all Japanese transport ships will sink into the sea...

"So how many submarines can you send into battle?" Taft asked.

Hearing this, Crown Prince Ruprecht held out two fingers.

"20 ships? Is this too little?" Taft said with some dissatisfaction.

"If your quotation is reasonable, 200 ships!" The prince said with a smile.

"Pfft..." Taft wondered if his ears were hallucinating. He turned his head and looked at Benson next to him, wanting to verify whether the other party was telling the truth.

"The German Navy has at least three-digit submarines in the Atlantic Ocean that are performing combat missions, entering the theater or returning home. The number of submarines in the High Seas Fleet should now be more than 400. Therefore, it is actually feasible to send a total of 200 submarines to participate in the battle. Yes." Benson said with concern.

Ruprecht’s 200 submarines participating in the war certainly does not mean that there are 200 submarines performing missions at sea. In fact, this is impossible, and even the number of submarines deployed in Southeast Asia cannot reach this number. After all, some submarines have to return to ports in the Persian Gulf for in-depth maintenance and modification. These 200 submarines refer to the cumulative investment, but this alone is scary enough. Now, in the whole world, except for the Germans, no one can come up with such a large number of submarine troops! The Americans may not be slow in building submarines, but they want to staff them with experienced personnel? It's better to wash and sleep, has the US submarine force experienced actual combat? No! And the corresponding strategic and tactical system cannot be learned and mastered in a short period of time. Therefore, Americans cannot do without Germany in this regard!

Ruprecht did not continue to entangle the previous things with the Americans, but obviously, now, Ruprecht told the Americans with facts, don’t want to get rid of Germany and go it alone, there is no future, whether it is political , Military will not work. Recognizing the situation clearly and then having a good talk is the only way out.

Well, when the Japanese fleet had to abandon New Guinea and concentrate its forces on the logistics transportation line, the US and German fleet entered New Guinea and began to establish a complete supply guarantee system, and the battle between the two sides entered the second stage. It is the stalemate and decisive battle stage of the fleet. It is impossible for the Japanese to allow the American and German fleets to advance step by step. They will definitely wait for an opportunity to engage the American and German fleets in addition to setting aside a certain amount of force to carry out anti-submarine warfare. At this point, it is when the war on the sea really starts.

"If the Japanese navy shrinks to Kalimantan and we initially gain a foothold in New Guinea, what will the two sides do next?" Benson asked.

"At this stage, neither side can do anything to the other for the time being. It is very difficult for us to attack the Japanese combined fleet and land-based air force in Kalimantan over a long distance, and the Japanese also did not take us from the island of New Guinea easily. Get out. If your country is ready to stop here, the war can already be over, the United States controls the island of New Guinea, and the Japanese control the rest." Crown Prince Ruprecht looked at Taft and said: "Then, Mr. Vice President, Do you think this result is acceptable?"

"Absolutely unacceptable.

" Taft said without hesitation.

"Well, now is the time for the two navies to fully demonstrate their strength. Looking at the map, the supply lines of the US and German fleets have also been stretched very long. We can attack the Japanese route, and the Japanese can also control our course. Let's do it," Ruprecht said.

"Hehe, do you mean the Japanese submarines? Their submarines are few in number, and our destroyers are like making sausages. On average, a shipyard in the United States of America can complete a dozen or even dozens of various destroyers in one month!" Taft said proudly. The pride in the words swept away the previous decadence.

"So, if I were the commander of the Japanese Navy, I would use fast battleships, aircraft carriers, light cruisers, and ocean-going destroyers to form a fast fleet to attack your country's sea transport fleet! Don't let me find your fleet, otherwise, at most 4 In an hour, under the attack of carrier-based aircraft and naval guns, I can send dozens of ships with a total tonnage of more than 100,000 tons or even more than 200,000 tons and their materials to the bottom of the sea!" Then, The crown prince looked at General Benson and said, "If this is the case, how should you deal with it?"

"Hold the grass! Heartbroken, old man!" The words of His Royal Highness once again caused tons of damage to Benson. The reason is very simple. None of the main battleships of the entire US Navy is a fast battleship.... No way, in this era, the status of battleships is still unshakable. If the opponent has battleships, if you don't have them, you will never dare to go head-to-head. And to be honest, the combat effectiveness of carrier-based aircraft in this era is still very problematic.

The torpedo of a single-engine carrier-based aircraft weighs more than 500 kilograms.... How lethal do you expect it to be? Bombers cannot dive at large angles, have no speed bonus, and even armor-piercing shells cannot penetrate the core compartment of battleships. What's more, the rookies in the U.S. Navy, can you expect them to pass through the Japanese aircraft carrier's carrier-based aircraft to intercept and then hit a warship with a speed of more than 22 knots? This difficulty! Therefore, even if Ruprecht has 5 aircraft carriers, the main role in the naval battle is to make up for the damage, attacking those British battleships that were damaged in the battle line battle!

Of course, the range is also a problem. In fact, the attack radius of the current single-engine carrier-based aircraft is theoretically about 80 kilometers. There is no way, the load is too small, and after the bomb is installed, the auxiliary fuel tank cannot be installed! After a round of attack, if you want to attack again, with the current training of the US Navy, prepare for 3 hours! 3 hours? The opponent's fleet has long gone to nowhere! To tell the truth, the speed of 20 knots is nearly 40 kilometers per hour!

"This fast battleship seems to be a problem that cannot be solved in a short time." Benson said with a headache.

"Aren't we going to build a Lexington-class battlecruiser?" Taft said.

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