Chapter 2497 The Horn of War 1

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This is definitely the largest fleet in the world, bar none. The only one that can rival it is probably the Royal Navy in its heyday, right? "Standing on the bridge of the flagship USS Tennessee, General Sims looked out the window at the huge fleet with some pride! After completing the final preparations, the German-German combined fleet and the landing fleet under their escort finally converged. Set off towards the new island of Ireland, thousands of kilometers away.

"Yes, this is indeed the largest fleet in the world. In fact, our scale can be larger." General Benson said, in this fleet, there are a total of 22 battleships of various types! 6 aircraft carriers! (Among them are 4 German battleships and 1 aircraft carrier.) 14 pre-dreadnought battleships and quasi-dreadnought battleships, 12 armored cruisers, 6 other light cruisers, plus up to 110 flatbed destroyers and more than 40 underwater submarines! (Submarines are mainly used to form a cordon)

Behind this huge fleet is a huge landing fleet composed of hundreds of various transport ships, supply ships and landing ships. The entire fleet of hundreds of various ships forms the largest fleet in human history! The entire fleet formed a huge queue 20 kilometers long and 6 kilometers wide! They marched across half of the Pacific Ocean toward New Ireland.

In the air, six aircraft carriers took turns taking off fighter jets to conduct reconnaissance and provide air defense protection for the fleet. And that was not all. The German long-range patrol aircraft units taking off from the Caroline Islands were also hovering over the fleet. Their main mission was In addition to reconnaissance, it is to suppress Japanese submarines that may appear around the fleet. However, so far, everything is normal on the sea surface, and everything seems to be normal underwater...

"According to the current speed, we can arrive and prepare to go in two days, enter the preface area in three days, let the old battleships suppress the area near the landing point with fire on the fifth day, and officially start the landing operation on the seventh day!" A staff officer reports to Benson.

"So is there any movement in the Japanese fleet?" Benson asked after thinking for a while.

"The Japanese fleet has arrived at Guinea Island, but the specific location is constantly changing. They seem to have selected several anchorages here. The Japanese fleet must have just completed combat preparations, so the ship condition is very good and the requirements for the stationing area are not high. The Japanese fleet is like a snake ready to attack, unpredictable." Sims turned around and said.

"That's a very good description." Benson nodded and said, then he picked up the mission plan in his hand again, wanting to see if there were any flaws in it.

The maritime battle part is actually about adapting to changes. The US fleet is mainly defensive and the Japanese fleet is mainly offensive. After entering the battle, the submarines will deploy at the outermost perimeter to form a cordon. Then came the destroyer force, armored cruisers and pre-dreadnought battleships deployed close to the coast, where they were the main fire support. The main fleet is deployed in the rear, together with a large number of transport ships and supply ships. Before each night, the U.S. fleet would select one of several pre-selected anchorages as an overnight anchorage.

Prevent the Japanese fleet from taking the opportunity to attack at night. Every night, the German fleet and a portion of the U.S. capital ship force will undertake patrol missions.

"Your Excellency, Commander, General Pershing is here." An officer stepped forward and whispered.

"Okay, let General Pershing wait for a moment. In addition, bring over the giant sand table of the landing site and the map of New Ireland Island. We want to verify the cooperation between the navy and the army for the last time." General Benson said.

"General Pershing, you seem to be looking a little bad. Are you feeling very tired from the long voyage?" Seeing Pershing's pale face, Benson frowned slightly and said.

"It's just a boat ride. This is nothing. I came to you this time with a question. Can you send the cannonballs to this place?" Pershing was not polite, walked to the sand table in a few steps, and picked up the cannonballs from the table. Putter, he clicked on the sand table and said.

"It's difficult. The nearest locations are obviously located on the reverse slopes of the mountains. Our naval guns can't hit them at all. However, the Japanese and the British cannot use these areas. After all, the elevation angle and shooting range of the howitzers are also very limited. The shells can't fly at all. As for what you said later, I can only say that our naval guns are a bit close. Even if there are aircraft cover, they probably won't be able to reach them, because we are responsible for suppressing the pre-dreadnoughts. Their elevation angle And the shooting range is not ideal." Thomas frowned and said.

"Can't we use bombers?" Pershing's words showed dissatisfaction.

"Let's put it this way, Your Majesty General, an aircraft carrier can dispatch no more than 80 attack aircraft in a day. Even if a plane is loaded with 400KG of bombs, it can only project 32 tons of bombs in a day, including losses. In terms of aircraft and hit rate, it would be too difficult to rely on aircraft carriers to blow up all these places." Benson paused for a moment and then said: "And I don't think we need to care about these places, especially the positions you mentioned are far behind. Because this place is too far away from the landing site, a full 25 kilometers away, and the Japanese simply don’t have artillery that can shoot such a distance, right?"

"The French GPF194MM cannon is absolutely fine. Don't forget, this is shooting from the highlands to the lowlands. Such a range is within their range." Pershing used the putter on hand to mark several landing sites on the sand table. All included.

"How come the Japanese have the French GPF artillery? Did the French sell it to Japan after the war? Didn't we snap up a batch of French artillery before? Isn't such an important long-range artillery included?" Benson's expression also changed. After a slight change, the current situation was somewhat beyond his expectation.

The U.S. government's war preparation work is still very detailed, and a very important part of it is the cleanup of post-war materials from the Allied Powers. After the war, in theory, both the British and the French can sell excess war materials. To Japan, for the British, this deal is necessary. After all, the Japanese have wildly hinted that if there is any change in the British, then even if Japan is finished, they will bring the British colonies in the Far East and India with them! Therefore, the British did not buy into the US government's proposal to provide loans to destroy important military supplies.

The French are different. First of all, although France also has colonies in the Far East, they are not many. Moreover, after Germany guaranteed that the French colonies would remain unchanged after the war, the French did not need to pay attention to the Japanese threat. Secondly, the United States has a more flexible policy toward France. In addition to providing loans, it has also purchased some French equipment to arm itself, including various artillery pieces. Even if heavy military-grade artillery like GPF is not purchased, it will still have to pay a certain amount. Destroy it for a price. Although it cannot be said that it was done very cleanly, it stands to reason that the number of heavy artillery that the Japanese obtained through France should not be very large.

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