Chapter 2693 Time Point 2
The Germans said nothing else except that they were not optimistic about this plan? "That night, when Redl reported to Sims, the latter expressed that he was surprised. He had expected the Germans' dissatisfaction and resentment. After all, no one would be in a good mood when encountering this kind of thing, but the Germans It is no longer normal to talk earnestly about a problem for a long time like before. After all, judging from the attitude of the German fleet commanders, they are still very serious. Some tactical issues can be described as striving for excellence. But now, The Germans suddenly stopped speaking. Could it be that they gave up treatment?
"It doesn't matter. Didn't we choose this time to tell the Germans to reduce the German interference? I guess nothing major will happen in this battle. After all, Redel will also participate in the war this time. If there is a big risk, , he will not ignore the German fleet." Sims said. "In addition, the subsidies paid to German naval personnel can be higher. After all, we have something wrong with this matter, and no one will have trouble with the U.S. dollar."
However, while the Americans were diligently preparing for this large-scale offensive, codenamed Monsoon, Redel also chatted with Su Xiong on this issue at night.
"The Americans are really rich, and the Japanese are too weak." Su Xiong said to him after listening to Redl's account. Sims guessed correctly this time. Although, Redel had his own concerns, believing that the U.S. Navy's offensive plan started too late this time, allowing the Japanese Navy to complete its recovery, but whether it was Redel or Su Xiong, Everyone believed that this battle would not involve too many risks, and perhaps the results would not be so brilliant, but Su Xiong felt that even if the US fleet suffered some losses, they would not suffer much!
There is no way. In Su Xiong's view, the current U.S. Navy's advantage is too great. If it belongs to the kind of A, it is almost enough. To use the terminology of a game called War3 in later generations, it is like this. 80 people are opposite to 60 people. You're already very good. Even if you can't be killed in one wave, you won't lose too much, right?
Su Xiong counted on his fingers: 2 battleships with 16-inch guns, 1 Bavaria, plus 8 super-dreadnoughts equipped with 14-inch guns! Even if the Japanese fleet has 11 or more fearless warships rushing up, the U.S. Navy's firepower projection will still be a huge advantage! After all, except for the 6 Fuso, the remaining 5 Japanese battleships are all weak! As for aircraft carriers, plus the Zeppelin aircraft carrier of the German Navy, the Americans have at least 5 aircraft carriers, not counting seaplane carriers. According to previous intelligence, the Japanese Navy seems to have 3 aircraft carriers?
This time, Su Xiongdu believed that the U.S. Navy had great advantages and it was okay to go out for a wave.
"If I remember correctly, the Japanese should also be building two warships equipped with 16-inch heavy guns, right? It's been so long since the war began, so one ship should have been completed, right?" Redel expressed his worries. .
Of course, this problem is not that fatal. After all, even if one ship is completed, the U.S. Navy still has an advantage.
Even if both ships are completed, it doesn't mean they can't be fought! Because the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Navy's 2 Kongos and 2 Dreadnoughts is really bad. Even though the Japanese can equalize their battle effectiveness in battleships, the U.S. Navy still has a huge advantage when it comes to armored cruisers and destroyers. Even if both sides end up losing, I'm sorry, the Americans still win, because it's like the Americans are now 3 Mines and 6 barracks stormed. The Japanese had a single mine and two barracks! This replenishment speed is completely disproportionate!
"The Americans should have also considered related matters, but according to American intelligence, no new large warships of the Japanese Navy were found in the Philippines, at least not in the Davao area." Su Xiong thought for a while and said.
Although Sims did not mention the two new Japanese 16-inch battleships when formulating the plan, it is obviously impossible for you to think that Sims directly ignored these two super battleships! In fact, the Americans have been paying attention to the mobilization of the Japanese fleet in the Philippines, and even in Japan, although the Americans cannot hang out in the shipyard area, they have also deployed some reconnaissance forces in the offshore area. However, after a long period of reconnaissance, the Americans It was found that there were no traces of these two super battleships in the Philippine waters, the Kalimantan area owned by Japan, and the New Guinea area!
The leaders of the U.S. intelligence agencies dare to guarantee this with their chests and heads! So, now the problem is clear. Although we don't know the progress of the two Japanese super battleships, the Americans guarantee that these two battleships are indeed not staying in the war zone! And considering that this time, the U.S. Navy attacked quickly in and out, like a blitzkrieg, and left after the attack. Even if the Japanese reacted, what would be the result? Don't worry at all?
So although Redl and Su Xiong both believed that what the Americans did this time was unethical and the timing was not very good, they really did not take the threat of the Japanese navy too seriously. So, after the two of them finished talking about business, they started preparing to have dinner together. Obviously, Su Xiong was about to go back, and Redel had to stay in the Pacific Ocean. It will be difficult for the two old buddies to get together again in the future. How normal is it to have dinner and drink some wine?
"Call Commodore Logan, the captain of the USS Zeppelin, over. We are all colleagues after all." Su Xiong said to Redel.
Well, in fact, the German fleet is also divided into factions. If organized according to the fleet, there are two big factions, one is the local fleet faction, and the other is the overseas fleet faction. Let’s not talk about the local fleet, which is headed by Scheer and Hipper. The main force of the High Seas Fleet, and the overseas factions are naturally led by Count Spee and Su Xiong. Captain Logan, who accompanied Su Xiong's fleet this time, was from the Home Fleet. There was very little communication between the two sides. They didn't even meet before the end of the war... This is more embarrassing.
After all, most of the German aircraft carrier captains were transferred from the Bavarian Air Force. When the war started, they still belonged to the Kingdom of Bavaria, and Crown Prince Ruprecht set an unwritten rule for aircraft carrier captains. That is, if you want to be a captain, you must at least be a pilot! After arriving in the Pacific, there was not much communication between the two sides. In the early stages of the New Ireland Island Battle, the Zeppelin was grouped with American aircraft carriers. In the subsequent counter-attack operations, the Zeppelin was also with the US fleet, which was really embarrassing.
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