Chapter 2685: Parting Ways
Yes, this is the last fuse left by the British to the Japanese! Cut off your tail to survive! Abandon one of the battleships and let the other battleship slip away carrying all the British! To be honest, if possible, Betty is not willing to let any of the British Royal Navy elites who follow her sacrifice anyone! They are all the hope for the future of the Royal Navy! And it was even more impossible to fall into the hands of the Americans, so Betty chose this move!
And in this way, the Asagiri, which has received supplies from friendly forces, really has a chance to escape and ascend to heaven! To be honest, judging from the current situation, in fact, the United States’ control over the depths of the ocean is still very low! The success of this strangulation system lies in two points. The first point is the suddenness, which suddenly cut off Japan's supplies without the Japanese being prepared, leaving them unable to deal with it. The second point is the relatively poor self-sustainability of Japanese warships. Because of their limited endurance, as long as the supply lines can be cut off or even suppressed for a period of time, the Japanese warships will not be able to return to their homeland.
Then maybe someone said that since the Japanese Navy burns coal, it can use the fuel from captured American ships! That’s right. But this is not actually the case. First of all, it is easier to destroy a transport ship than to capture a civilian ship. Therefore, if it wants to cause greater damage to the fleet, the Japanese fleet will definitely choose to destroy it instead of capturing it. Capture, and because the Japanese could obtain high-quality coal and fuel oil from supply ships before, they naturally did not want to capture the ship's fuel... After all, poor quality fuel will increase the load on the power system.
So is it now possible to obtain fuel by capturing American ships? It's too late for this. Since the Japanese can think of it, then the Americans can naturally think of it too! On the one hand, the Americans have strengthened the protection of the fleet. On the other hand, the Americans have added self-sinking devices. If captured, the American ships can quickly self-sink to avoid attacking the enemy. As for the Japanese attacking neutral transport ships? Sorry, this is really troublesome. After all, merchant ships are not specialized supply ships. When they load coal, they only consider how to load it conveniently, but not how to conveniently take out the coal from the coal bunker... And because of the size of the ship and freeboard issues, sometimes it seems possible, but in practice it is really difficult... The efficiency will be very low, and there are also dangers. For example, what if two ships collide when adding coal?
Sturdy's persuasion work went very smoothly. Yamamoto Isoroku quickly agreed to Sturdy's suggestion, and also thought of an excuse. Since the U.S. Navy has begun to dispatch a large number of warships to the Eastern Pacific, in order to prevent Being overwhelmed, the fleet command decided to disband the fleet. Asagiri obtained some supplies from Yamagiri to continue fighting, while Yamagiri went to New Zealand to resupply, and then could consider returning.
The ignorant officers on the Yamagiri did not object and began to prepare immediately. The battleships modified by the Japanese use kerosene mixed-burning boilers. Although the battleships did not consider taking the coal out of the battleship's coal bunker after loading the coal, heavy oil supply is convenient. One pipe is pressurized. A pump can quickly transfer heavy oil from the oil tank of one ship to another. In fact, in the end, heavy oil can replace coal. In addition to having a higher combustion value, it will be more convenient to replenish, and there will be no need for coal shovelers. Factors such as this are also very important. of.
In 2 hours, the Yamagiri transported more than 600 tons of fuel to Asagiri. Coupled with the previous fuel reserves of the Asagiri, Yamamoto's ship was enough to return to Japan's control. Got it!
"I wish you a safe journey." After sending this signal on the Chaogiri, he slipped away. The Yamagiri was sent to New Zealand, and the Yamagiri had no other choice. After all, the battleship was running out of fuel. If it missed the wave of supplies in New Zealand, the Yamagiri might not be able to return. Got it!
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Having regained a large amount of supplies, the Asagiri immediately sailed westward. They did not dare to sail directly northwest and then choose the nearest route back to the Japanese-controlled Guinea Island because the large number of American fleets and the domestic blockade of the entire eastern Australia. If you want to go back directly, you will probably fall into a trap. Therefore, Sturdy planned a very conservative route for the Asagiri. The warship would first go west, break out of the sparse cordon deployed by the US military between New Zealand and Australia, and then go north. The supply of foghorns is not particularly sufficient. It is impossible to directly visit Kalimantan Island. However, if they can escape the American blockade, then Japanese warships can naturally call for supplies in safe areas.
And if supplies were not obtained from the Yamagiri, it would be impossible for the two ships to even enter the safe zone. From a rational perspective, Sturdy's decision was sound. Of course, it is still despicable to just run away and then throw friendly troops into the opponent's trap. The British are pragmatists. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to do anything like the ballista operation in World War 2.
Finally, what will be the outcome of the Yamagiri? Its outcome was actually determined when it sailed to New Zealand. It would plunge into the encirclement deployed by the Germans near New Zealand, and then be easily killed by the opponent!
As for the transport ships that provide supplies to the Japanese fleet? Sorry, the ship was controlled by an American destroyer not long after it left the port. Su Xiong was not as complicated as Little Fletcher this time. Directly using electronic interference to prevent the opponent from sending a single signal, the destroyer quickly approached. After several threatening shots from naval guns, the transport ship gave up decisively, and even the code book and charade machine were not destroyed. After all, you can't expect everyone to be a tough guy...
According to the intelligence obtained, the German fleet went to the area where the Japanese fleet was scheduled to supply and set up an ambush. In the final stage of the attack, the Americans put forward their own suggestion, that is, this naval battle allowed Mitchell's aircraft carrier to take the lead. Can a gun work?
The Americans' reason is very simple. Once the war starts, if the battleship Mecklenburg captures one, there will definitely be no problem. If the destroyer squadron captures one, and then wait for the Mecklenburg to solve the target and then come up, nothing will happen. What's wrong, with absolute superiority, the Americans want to test the combat effectiveness of their own aircraft carriers.
"Okay, then let your aircraft carrier attack first." Su Xiong also wanted to know how strong the attack power of the American aircraft carrier was now, so he agreed, and the Americans who got the opportunity naturally had to show off!
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