Volume Fourteen, Smoke of Gunpowder, Chapter 84, Decisive Battle at Sea
Someone in Shanxu may ask, is there any chance of war in two directions separated by half the Earth?
The answer is yes, and very certain.
To ask more depth, to what extent will wars in the two directions affect each other?
This answer is not so direct, because from a strategic perspective, every war in a war is mostly interrelated and mutually influencing. There is no independent war, and how much mutual influence is, it is related to the war itself and the situation during the war.
Take ground wars as an example. Mainland wars must have a close relationship with the Middle East. However, in eastern Africa closer to the Middle East, the Ethiopian War was the war between Ethiopia, which was supported by the Republic, and Eritrea, which was supported by the United States, to compete for the disputed border areas. At that time, the Republic and the United States sent troops to participate in the war. However, the scale of the troops was very limited. At the beginning, there was almost no impact on the battles on other battlefields. In the later stage, the Ethiopian army invaded Eritrea with the support of the Republic's army and surrounded Asmara. With the outbreak of military coup in Djibouti, the influence of this "poor country war" on the world war was revealed, because the Republic not only controlled the southern gate of the Red Sea, but also made Egypt, which controlled the northern gate of the Red Sea, no longer could watch the fun outside the battlefield on the grounds that "the Republic does not have the ability to enter the Mediterranean for the time being."
Such small-scale wars can have an impact on wars in other directions, let alone wars on the main battlefield. Of course, some people may raise a new question, that is, the main force on the mainland battlefield and the Middle East battlefield is the army, and the main force on the Pacific battlefield is the navy. How much influence will there be? It can be said that some people have long believed that the Republic's authorities merged the Air Force and the Sky Army and distributed the fighter jets of the Air Force tactical aviation to the Army and the Navy in order to strengthen the strength of the Army aviation and naval aviation, especially the independent combat capabilities. In addition, during the preparations for war, the Republic raised the importance of the Marines to the height of the Army, which is reflected in the priority level of equipment procurement, that is, the Marines enjoy the same priority level as the Army. It is also hoped that the Marines can stand alone on the Pacific battlefield and will not drag the Army back.
Let’s not talk about whether the view is correct or not, at least it is certain that the Republic does have such preparations.
The problem is that pre-war preparations will definitely not fully meet the needs of wartime. To put it simply, if the preparations can be accurate enough, the war will not break out, because through preparations, you can distinguish the quality of the war. Why let thousands of officers and soldiers bleed and sacrifice?
It can be said that the purpose of preparing for war is to minimize the pressure in the early stages of the war.
During the war, many of the drawbacks of preparation work will be exposed.
Objectively speaking, the Republican authorities split the air force and allocated the world's largest tactical aviation to the army and the navy respectively, which was of great help to enhance the independent combat capabilities of the army and the navy. Not to mention anything else, in the early days of the Continental War, the combat effectiveness of the Republican Army aviation was very amazing. Not only did it defeat the Russian Air Force, but it also performed exceptionally in the battle to support ground troops.
The problem is that this simple split does not solve the most fundamental problem, that is, the basic guarantee system.
In local wars during peacetime, this problem is not very serious. Although the Republic's Air Force was not annexed by the Sky Army before World War III, and the tactical aviation force still belonged to the Air Force and was guaranteed uniformly, in any local war that the Republic has participated in, the Air Force's combat loss rate was less than half of the total pre-war equipment, which means that the Republic's Air Force will not activate an emergency production mechanism.
During war times, this is a problem.
As we all know, when Pei Chengyi declared war on Russia, the Republic had already activated the wartime mechanism and mobilized military-industrial enterprises first. At this time, the problem of the division of tactical aviation corps was exposed, that is, fighter aircraft manufacturing companies that originally belonged to the Air Force and only served the Air Force, aviation equipment manufacturing companies and aviation ammunition manufacturers needed to serve the Army Aviation and Navy Aviation "aircraft troops at the same time, and both were very important.
Let’s not talk about the production problems of fighter jets for now. Take aviation ammunition as an example. When productivity has not yet fully exploded, should we give priority to the army or the navy? You should know that it was not until the end of the field that the Republic basically solved the problem of ammunition production, that is, it was able to provide all military and military services with an infinity of ammunition. Before this, the ammunition demands of each military service were not fully met, so the production work of ammunition production enterprises must be carefully arranged in the order of severity.
In fact, the contradiction between China Airlines and HNA is just the tip of the iceberg.
At that time, the biggest problem faced by the Republican authorities was how to allocate relatively limited war resources, especially valuable resources used to create various consumable war materials.
Of course, the most important food is not a problem. The Republic's grain output has long been self-sufficient. If it weren't for the large amount of arable land that was promoted by Gu Weimin, especially the southern Lost region, the large amount of production in the semi-arid areas of the northwest and the soil and water protection areas of the north were low, and the land that was not suitable for farming was transformed into forests and grasslands, and the Republic's labor costs were relatively high, and the people's demand for living standards was high, resulting in "crop factories" having almost no room for development in the Republic. Otherwise, before the outbreak of World War III, the Republic would still have the ability to become the world's largest grain producer and a grain exporter second only to the United States, rather than just being self-sufficient until the end of the war. The Republic's net grain export volume was less than 40,000 tons, and output and consumption were basically balanced.
In terms of importance, all kinds of industrial raw materials are ranked behind the grain.
Strictly speaking, electricity is the most important "industrial raw material". In the last World War, allies were able to defeat the Axis powers, or the United States could become the core of allies. In addition to their strong national strength, the main reason is that the United States was the only country among all participating countries in World War II that was not short of electricity, and it was also the only country that could produce electrolytic aluminum enough to manufacture tens of thousands of strategic bombers and hundreds of thousands of fighter jets. You should know that if measured by industrial strength, the Soviet Union was no worse than the United States, Lian Germany
The country is no worse than the United States. The biggest problem for these two countries is that it is sufficient electric energy to produce enough electrolytic aluminum, which is an essential raw material for advanced fighters on the continent, especially heavy bombers and advanced fighters. According to the general understanding, it is precisely because of the production of electrolytic aluminum, but the Luftwaffe, which once dominated the European sky, did not give up strategic bombers and concentrated its efforts to develop tactical aviation, mainly dive bombers, and the tactical aviation is the core force of blitz.
The problem is that many war historians who studied World War III ignored the
This is understandable, because in the years before the outbreak of World War III, the main technical problems of controllable fusion nuclear power plants were solved; and it began to be promoted and popularized many years before the outbreak of the war. By the time the outbreak of the war, the electricity prices of basically all developed and major developing countries dropped to zero, and the demand for social electricity was entirely borne by the government, which made many people ignore the importance of electricity.
Obviously, this selective neglect is definitely wrong.
In a sense, in the World War III, where energy determines the outcome, the two sides competed with energy, and the most important energy was electricity. Some scholars who specialized in studying the role of energy in World War III even believed that the gap between the Republic and the United States in power technology and power generation capacity was the fundamental reason that determined the most result of World War III.
Regardless of whether this statement is correct or not, it must be admitted that during the war, electricity has been "supply in short supply".
Although the Republic was the first country to promote controllable fusion nuclear power plants and let controllable fusion nuclear power plants replace all other power generation equipment, it was also the first country to demolish and blow up all commercial hydropower plants, affected by the social system, especially the fiscal and taxation system, the Republic was not the first country to have "zero electricity prices" in advance, and it was not even the first country to provide free electricity to the people by the government using taxes. Until 24 years, when Gu Weimin came to power, with the implementation of the first phase of political reforms implemented by Wang Yuanqing, the central government
With the completion of the reform of the local fiscal and taxation system, the pilot reform of "zero electricity prices" was carried out in several provinces, and the implementation of "zero electricity prices." across the country is another ten years later. Of course, this did not have much impact on the construction of power enterprises in the Republic. By the time the Third World War broke out, the Republic was not only the world's largest electricity consumer, but also the world's largest electricity supplier and the largest electricity importer. The first two "most" are easy to understand, and the last one, "most" is a bit difficult to understand.
The Republic was able to become the largest importer of electricity, not only for economic reasons, but also for strategic security during the war.
As early as when Pei Chengyi became the deputy head of state, Yan Jingyu adopted his suggestion, because domestic labor costs remain high and the use of precious natural resources, the controllable fusion nuclear power plants are generally built near water sources to obtain clean water at a lower cost. Therefore, natural resources are consumed and national construction plans are needed, and other reasons are required to encourage local governments, especially border provinces, to invest in the construction of power plants in friendly surrounding countries, or to purchase electricity from neighboring countries.
Judging from Pei Chengyi's suggestions, the main reason for doing this is due to security reasons. To put it bluntly, it is that after the local area is attacked, or some local areas fall into the northwest and northeast, it will be able to obtain sufficient electricity supply from surrounding friendly countries without affecting war production.
It can be said that this is an effective way to improve strategic security guarantees, so the United States also has similar strategic deployments. According to statistics made after the war, about 30% of the electricity consumed by the United States came from Canada and Mexico, and about 30% of the electricity consumed by the United States came from Central America and the Caribbean countries.
More importantly, purchasing electricity from neighboring countries was most significant in the early stages of the war.
In fact, for strategic security reasons, neither the Republic nor the United States built most controllable fusion nuclear power plants before the war. In any case, during the war, important national strategic facilities faced not only strategic threats from hostile countries, but also various other threats. For example, in the year of the reign, the Republic's security departments solved tens of thousands of cases against national strategic facilities. Among them, there were hundreds of cases of intentional damage to nuclear power plants and conspiracy to destroy nuclear power plants. Any sabotage incident may lead to extreme consequences. Affected by this, the Republic and the United States made detailed plans for the country's power supply in the war plan, such as only nuclear power plants that meet normal needs before the war, and during the war, it was built more military nuclear power plants to meet the larger social power demand. That is to say, let those small controllable fusion reactors that were expensive and were originally only provided to the army to connect to the grid to generate electricity.
The problem is here. Military controlled fusion reactors are not only expensive, but also difficult to produce. The output is difficult to increase in the short term. It is not until the end of the year that the mobile controlled fusion reactors produced by the Republic basically meet the needs of social production, and it is not until this time that the production capacity of the Republic's arms plants meets the basic requirements, that is, the combat consumption rate of each military branch is the same.
The huge supply is tight, which will inevitably seriously affect social production.
In any case, the war in the middle of the century was no longer a war where blacksmiths could arm an army with just a few swords. When almost all weapons and equipment rely on social collaborative production, any link is indeed likely to greatly reduce the military production capacity. As mentioned earlier, as much as four years ago, the electrolytic aluminum production capacity in the era of mechanized warfare determined the scale of the aviation force, thus determining the development trend and final victory or defeat of the war. In the middle of the actual situation, the production capacity of some key resources will definitely have the same impact.
After removing electricity, the most critical resource is rare metals.
In fact, without considering the production of rare metals, the output of rare metals is also determined by electrical energy, because in the production of room temperature superconductors, only a few of them can be produced by chemical substitution, and the others must be produced by electrolysis and other methods, while isotopes need to be produced by means of permeability, centrifugation and other methods. These production processes require electricity consumption, and the power consumption is very amazing. For example, the inlay with relatively large consumption when producing composite batteries, although the composite storage body is also a common temperature enemy conductor, the succession of different coated room temperature superconductors is not exactly the same, and the demand for raw materials is also different. "Gross high-purity inlay used in productivity-grade composite batteries requires about kilowatts of electric energy from blade kW!
It can be seen from this that although the Republic is one of the few countries in the world that do not lack rare metal ores, even if they do not exploit their own resources and their imports are blocked, they can rely on strategic reserves to persist for more than half a year. With the smooth maritime transportation, 80% of the rare metal ores required by the Republic come from overseas, and rare metal production companies will definitely receive priority care, but in the early stages of the war when power supply is coordinated and power supply is seriously tight, the production capacity of rare metals will definitely not be improved rapidly. The production capacity of various equipment and equipment manufacturing industries closely related to it is a big problem, which naturally includes arms companies that have a significant impact on the navy and the army's combat.
Based on the principle of "self-oriented", it is no surprise that the army and the navy compete for military production capacity.
It can be said that this is the main reason why Pei Chengyi has always emphasized the need to focus on the Pacific battlefield but did not directly interfere in the mainland war. As the head of state, Pei Chengyi did not have to argue with Yuan Chenhao, who is the chief of staff, on the method of war. He only needs to focus on arranging military production, which will make Yuan Chenhao helpless. It can be said that this is also the main reason why Yuan Chenhao did not completely oppose Pei Chengyi's strategic proposal. It is obvious that as long as Pei Chengyi is tough enough, any opposition from Yuan Chenhao has no practical significance.
Let’s go back to the previous topic, which is how much impact the mainland war and the Middle East war have on the Pacific War.
If you must give a clear answer, it is certain that the US military's comprehensive counterattack on the mainland battlefield and its full-scale attack on the Middle East battlefield delayed the decisive battle on the Pacific battlefield by at least 3 months. According to reliable information, because the consumption of the Republic's Army on the mainland battlefield far exceeded expectations, including the consumption of the Sky Army. As well as the impact of pessimistic estimates of the Middle East situation, the Republic authorities had to raise the priority of the production of army weapons, equipment and ammunition and drug resources to the Navy in April of 2019, thus causing the production progress of major naval warships including the "Qin" class battleships and various combat materials required to launch a large-scale naval battle, forcing the Navy to adjust its combat deployment and postpone the decisive battle time.
If you look at the production plan of the US Navy, it will be not difficult to understand Duchwie's strategic intentions.
According to the funds obtained after the war, even without interference, the first major battleship of the US Navy, the "Long Beach" class, which is highly anticipated, can only be delivered at the beginning of the year and the month. It is about 2 months later than the construction regulations of the "Qin" class of the Republic Navy.
Some people may think that the landing battle in Saipan has been fought for several months, and rainbow moon is nothing.
The reality is that after obtaining Saipan Island, as long as you have absolute sea control, the Republic Marines can conquer Tinian Island within a month, and even reach the battlefield before the main fleet of the US military is reached. That is, before the Republic Navy loses absolute sea control, it will land on Guam. At this time, the situation will definitely become very unfavorable to the US military, that is, the US Navy will definitely lose its initiative.
It has to be admitted that in order to win the battle for two months on the main battlefield, Ducheway sacrificed almost half of the US Army.
Of course, if the US Navy can seize this opportunity, reverse the passive situation on the Pacific battlefield, and thus move towards victory, let alone sacrifice half of the army, even if the entire army is compensated, there will be no big loss. By the same token, Pei Chengyi is very careful in the land battlefield and is also to make efforts on the Pacific battlefield.
You should know that by the end of the year, the total strength of the Republic's Army had exceeded 10,000 yuan, and it was all regular troops. If the reserve troops that were undergoing training were included in accordance with the system of the Republic's Army, all troops that did not complete the 2-month basic training and 3-month combat training belonged to the reserve troops, not the regular troops, and local militia units formed by local governments in accordance with the war mobilization regulations and laws, the total number of ground troops in the Republic has exceeded 10,000 yuan, and is increasing at a rate of about 10,000 yuan per month.
It can be seen from this that the Republic's army is not short of military strength.
In terms of weapons and equipment, the Jinwan Regular Army has basic main combat weapons, that is, the combat brigade and the artillery brigade are equipped with both the support brigade, while the support brigade is equipped with only the ground support units. Among the reserve troops, only a few troops responsible for training are equipped with main combat equipment. However, those who are undergoing training are not equipped with main combat equipment.
Even if calculated based on equipment, the combat troops of the Republic Army will not be less than 10,000 by the end of the year. At that time, only about 10,000 were carried out on the battlefield. In other words, the Republic Army also had a strategic reserve team of at least 10,000. Considering that these troops did not have enough heavy equipment, it was not difficult to transport to the front line and would not be left behind due to traffic difficulties.
In other words, there was only one reason why hundreds of thousands of Republican Army combat troops were unable to go to the battlefield at that time, that is, the production speed of combat materials could not keep up with the consumption of troops, which made the increase in troops very little significance for improving the overall combat capability of the army. It would even cause greater casualties and reduce the combat efficiency of the troops.
In any case, the Republic's Army has reservations on the mainland battlefield and is also "supporting" the navy.
In other words, the Republic's Navy will seize the absolute sea control power in the Western Pacific, that is, the decisive battle time of the US Navy was delayed by several months. In addition to the impact of the construction progress of the main battleship, it also has a lot to do with the production of naval combat materials and the preparations of other participating troops in time. To put it bluntly, if the Republic's Navy is able to launch an attack before the main battleship of the US Navy, take down the Mariana Islands in one fell swoop, forcing the US Navy to strategically retreat, and thus launch an attack with more troops in the next battle and gain a more obvious advantage, what reason is there to postpone the march for several months?
It is precisely so that at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, on the mainland battlefield, the Northern Group of the Republic Army had already fought outside the city of Kirov, and the Southern Group had almost wiped out the half of the Ukraine in the east, and on the battlefield of the Middle East. When the Republic Army defended the Dingcun and the Two Rivers defense line in the southern front, the world's attention did not focus on these two directions, but fell on the vast Pacific Ocean.
On July 7, the first main fleet of the Western Pacific, which had a final rest before the war in Naha Port and supplemented with escort warships, was formed before the fleet with aircraft carriers as the main force was incorporated into the support fleet. In order to distinguish, the fleet led by the main force was given the word "main force" and embarked on the journey to compete for sea control in the Western Pacific.
Just a few hours later, the U.S. Navy's first naval fleet with eight "Long Beach" class battleships as the core, the U.S. Navy still followed the previous organizational system, that is, according to the combat direction, divided the Pacific Fleet into the Third Fleet responsible for the Southwest Pacific Theater, the Fifth Fleet responsible for the Western and Central Pacific Oceans, and the Seventh Fleet responsible for the Northwest Pacific and North Pacific Oceans, and then formed a combat fleet under this. In order to facilitate distinction, all temporary combat fleets also sailed out of Pearl Harbor with Arabic numerals.
Obviously, the US military has mastered the every move of the Republic's fleet
Because both sides' military satellite systems were paralyzed, and when the First Main Fleet left Naha, no small satellites launched by the US Sky Army passed over the Western Pacific, and no US submarines were approaching Naha at that time, if there were really no US submarines to approach Naha, the First Main Fleet would definitely be attacked before the decisive battle with the US fleet, or it was defeated by the whereabouts. So it is certain that either Naha had American intelligence personnel or the Republic's Navy had traitors. Based on these clues, the Military Intelligence Bureau not only destroyed a four-spy network, but also found several traitors within the army. Of course, these are invisible things, and the Republic's authorities would not promote it in a high-profile manner. When the decisive battle is in progress, the most important thing is naturally the decisive battlefield.
Given the situation at that time, many people believed that these two most powerful and weird fleets in the world would definitely fight decisively in the Mariana Islands and would revolve around island battles. This is understandable. After all, no one knows how much the main battleship can play in the sea-controlled battle, and most people believe that the main battleship is actually a fire-like ship built according to military standards, so the main task is right support, not sea-controlled. More importantly, the Republican Navy and the US Navy have deployed maritime bases near the front line, and there are several.
Maritime bases, and these maritime bases can reach thousands of combat aircraft. Affected by these factors, people believe that the Republic's Navy wants to continue to attack Tinian and Guam, while the US Navy wants to attack Saipan, because both sides have lost a lot of aircraft "carriers in the Mariana Navy. Therefore, they will use maritime bases to support aviation combat, and then let the main ships go to the front line to support Marines. Speaking of tactics, most people believe that the fleets on both sides will break out since the Battle of Surigao in World War II" in four years. The first naval battle to decide the outcome with naval guns.
There is no doubt that this kind of analysis standing outside the battlefield is very different from the actual situation, or is too ideal.
First of all, from the perspective of battlefield choice, no matter whether the two sides want to fight a fierce battle like Saipan landing war without absolute sea control, there is no reason to choose the battlefield in the Mariana Islands. Doing so is equivalent to mortgageing their amphibious fleet with the landing troops. Even if they can win in a naval battle or even wipe out the opponent's main fleet, it will pay a heavy price and have an impact on the subsequent combat operations. More importantly, through the maritime battle that lasted for several months after the Mariana Naval Battle, both sides are very clear about the situation in the archipelago.
I also know that this is not a sea area suitable for the main fleet to fight, so when choosing a battlefield, both sides of the war will reserve it. Similarly, for both sides of the war, occupying the Mariana Islands is the purpose, not the means and process, and seizing sea control is the means and process, so there is no need to destroy the opponent's main fleet in the waters of the Gairiana Islands to achieve the goal. Combining all factors, especially the main purpose of the two sides launching this maritime decisive battle, there is enough reason to believe that the decisive battle will definitely not be in the Mariana Islands. It should be closer to the Philippines.
It can be said that a very critical issue is involved here, namely the Philippines.
Before the war broke out, many people predicted that the Republic had occupied the Philippines after the war started to remove the threats to the southeastern region. However, until the end of the year, the Republic did not send troops to capture the Philippines, and even deployed many combat troops on the nearby Taiwan island. Although there were some reasons for the Republic not to attack the Philippines. For example, the Philippines did not declare war on the Republic because of its member states of the SAT Group, and for example, the Philippines had let the United States withdraw all the troops with strategic threats before the war broke out. Moreover, after the United States joined the war, the Philippines did not open its military facilities to the US military, but these factors should not be
The Republic does not care about the main factors of national security. After all, the Philippines is an ally of the United States, and its relations with the Republic have never been good. The Philippines has not been involved in the war and various measures to avoid war. It is not that it wants to cultivate goodness with the Republic, but that the situation of the war is not clear, which makes the Philippine authorities dare not make a decision to participate in the war rashly. To put it bluntly, as long as the situation on the Pacific battlefield undergoes a major change and the United States gains an advantage. Even if it does not turn its advantage into victory, the Philippines may declare war on the Republic under the drive of national sentiment, becoming a springboard for the US military to attack the Republic's mainland. If this step is really developed, it will definitely be too late for the Republic to regret it again.
Ran This shows that the Republican authorities must have a plan to attack the Philippines and have made preparations.
Judging from the situation at that time, in order to avoid excessive stimulation of the Philippines, the Republic took some inevitable measures, such as dispersing the troops in the Southeast Asian theater, reducing Taiwan's garrison, and not putting pressure on the Philippine authorities. The purpose of this is to avoid causing trouble before controlling the overall situation, that is, to gain control of the sea power in the Western Pacific and completely solving the strategic threat from the east.
Perhaps someone would compare the combat operations of the Japanese army when the Pacific War broke out more than 0 years ago, and to draw the conclusion that the Republic made strategic mistakes. The problem is that the international situation at the end of the century-old Blade era and the early dynasties of the dynasty were very different, at least. Japan controlled the North Vanessa group and needed to occupy the entire Le instead of a Philippines. It can be said that this essential difference determines that the Republic cannot adopt the tactics like Japan, nor does it need to adopt the tactics like Japan. To give a very simple example, after controlling the Indian redundant Asia, it is equivalent to cutting off the strategic channel from the Philippines to Australia, thereby greatly reducing the strategic value of the Philippines. The United States withdraws naval and offensive weapons from the Philippines, which is very important.
Relations have made the Philippine authorities choose whether to participate in the war, and have made the United States pay more attention to long-term impact rather than immediate interests when playing the Philippines card. Due to this influence, the Philippines can stay outside the battlefield as a member of the West Oct Group and not be under pressure from the other side of the ocean. From the interests of the United States, the US authorities naturally hope that the Republic will send troops to the Philippines. Not to mention whether the Republic has the ability to sweep the entire Philippines at a relatively small cost in a short period of time. Even if it can, it will consume a lot of troops and national strength, which will have an impact on combat operations in other directions, especially on combat operations that attack the Mariana Islands. If such a result is true, attacking the Philippines will obviously be unfavorable to the Republic.
Taking into account the previous factors, the Republic is not that it does not want to capture the Philippines, but that the time is not ripe.
So, when is the time to be considered ripe?
This is what was mentioned earlier. After removing the strategic threat from the east, the Republic has no reason to let the Philippines continue to stay outside the battlefield. That is to say, after occupying the Mariana Islands, even if the threats faced by Ben Ten are not considered, they will start from the aspects of rectifying the Western Pacific region, shortening the routes within the war zone, and improving the combat efficiency of the army. The Republic's authorities also have reason to occupy or control the Philippines.
To be fair, being able to control the Philippines without losing blood is definitely the best choice.
Although some people believe that doing so is equivalent to setting a bad precedent, that is, letting many countries that have not participated in the war continue to maintain the game of the country, which is a zero-sum game. With a certain amount of interests, the more benefits gained by other countries are equal to the reduction of the benefits gained by the Republic, which means that the Republic suffers losses. In the long run, this will definitely have a negative impact on maintaining the Republic's post-war status, especially when replacing the United States as the world hegemon. However, from a wartime perspective, the Republic should first consider the benefits assigned to defeat the enemy, rather than defeating the enemy, and the national prestige. To be realistic, as long as the Republic is still the core country of the intensive group, the benefits gained by the Allies are actually borrowed from the Republic, and not only must they be returned after the war, but will be doubled.
It can be seen from this that the Republican authorities should try their best to get the Philippines out of the United States and into China.
The solution is not nothing, but ready-made. That is, to occupy the Mariana Islands in an undisputed way, seize the maritime power in the Western Pacific, and to benefit the US Navy, so that the Philippine authorities will realize that not only the Republic will win, but will also completely defeat the United States. As long as the Philippine authorities can believe and continue to move forward with the United States, it will not only bring endless disasters to Pi'aoduo million Filipinos, but also completely destroy the power group.
To achieve this, Japanese, diplomatic means, intelligence work, and even blinding and intimidation are indispensable.
Similarly, what is needed most is still a victory, and a victory that can be felt by those in power in the Philippines.
From this perspective, it is not difficult to understand. The naval battle battlefield must be in a certain sea area between the Mariana Islands and the Philippine Islands. If you analyze it carefully, you will find that the battlefield cannot be too close to the Philippines, because the United States has a military base in the Philippines and has deployed many patrol aircraft. In addition, the Philippine military force can only cause the Republic's navy to lose a not-too-big advantage. By the same token, the battlefield will not be in the north. Because it is close to the Ryukyu Islands, considering the shore-based aviation deployed by the Republic's navy here, plus the strategic bombing that may come at any time.
Even if you give the US commander a few courages, you dare not lead the fleet to take risks. Of course, the battlefield cannot be too south, because Micronesia in the south has long been under the control of the United States. Even if there are not many islands that can build naval and aviation bases, the United States has deployed a zier maritime base in the waters of the archipelago, which is a great threat to the Republic's fleet. It can be seen that the naval battle battlefield should be between the natural border of the east of the Philippine Sea in Kyushu-Palau Ridge and the Begriana Islands, and the distance with the Mariana Islands will not exceed kilometers.
Based on these factors, some people at that time guessed that the warring sea area should be connected to Li Qianmi in the north of the Yap Islands.
Is there any reason for how to analyze it? At least one point can be explained, that is, on the Pacific battlefield, China and the United States are actually fighting for the Mariana Islands in order to compete for absolute sea control in the Western Pacific. Moreover, after the Second World War, the first sea battle without aircraft carriers as the core force and even without aircraft carriers will soon begin. Although affected by the world war, no gambling company dares to open a market, in fact, except for Europe
Apart from several gambling companies, no other gambling companies have the ability to open a leverage. Influenced by the strategic attitudes of European countries, these European gambling companies that have made a fortune in previous local wars have not played war. But this does not mean that no one dares to bet on this sea battle. To put it vividly, the two sides are engaged in a sea battle at this time, and they are engaged in a decisive battle under the new naval warfare idea. They are taking risks and gambling on the fate of the country.
Let’s not talk about who will lose and who will win. Before the bet, the United States had already lost a city.
The reason is very simple. Pearl Harbor is four thousand meters away from the battlefield, and Naha Harbor is less than a thousand meters away from the battlefield. This is the decisive battlefield chosen by the Republican Navy, not the battlefield chosen by the US Navy. Go to the battlefield chosen by the enemy. It is a decisive strategy, not to mention that the hard-working troops must be used to challenge the opponent who is waiting for work. The balance of victory will naturally not be biased towards the US Navy. On the 8th day of the Concave 8th, Kuang Shanxun Shu has a full umbrella
Chapter completed!