Chapter 2024： Looking at the Pacific Ocean III

For this, Americans including Taft have no doubt that the Germans can do this. After all, submarines do not have high requirements for logistics supplies, and they can even replenish torpedoes and fuel at sea. Hundreds of tons of fuel are enough for a large submarine to sail tens of thousands of kilometers. As for the effect of submarine warfare? Now the British Empire, the world's No. 1 navy, cannot protect their supply lines. There are millions of tons of sunk ships. Why can the Japanese be able to hold them? Even if the German naval submarine force can achieve one-third of the record in the war in the Pacific, all the Japanese transport ships have sunk in the sea....

"Then how many submarines can you send to the war?" Taft asked.

Upon hearing these words, Prince Ruprecht stretched out two fingers.

"20 ships? This is too little, right?" Taft said with some dissatisfaction.

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

"Puff......" Taft doubted whether his ears were hearing hallucinations. He turned to look at Benson next to him, wanting to prove whether the other party was telling the truth.

"The German Navy has at least three-digit submarines in the Atlantic performing combat missions, entering theaters, or returning to sea. 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 war. "Yes." Benson said sadly.

Ruprecht said that 200 submarines participated in the war. Of course, it does not mean that there are 200 submarines performing missions at sea. In fact, this is impossible. 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 deep maintenance and modification. These 200 submarines are the cumulative investment, but this alone is terrible enough. Now, in the entire world, no one except the Germans can come up with such a number of submarine forces! The Americans may not be slow in building submarines, but want to have experienced personnel? Let's wash and sleep. Has the US submarine force experienced actual combat? No! And the corresponding strategic and tactical system cannot be learned in a short time. Therefore, Americans cannot do without Germany at this point!

Ruprecht did not continue to entangle the Americans with the previous things, but it is clear that now Ruprecht tells the Americans with facts, don’t want to get rid of Germany and go it alone. There is no future, whether it is politics. , No military. Recognizing the situation and then talking about it 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-German fleet entered New Guinea and began to establish a complete supply guarantee system. The battle between the two sides entered the second stage. It is the stalemate and decisive battle phase of the fleet. It is impossible for the Japanese to allow the virtue fleet to advance step by step. Apart from setting aside a certain force for anti-submarine warfare, the Japanese will definitely wait for an opportunity to engage with the virtue fleet. At this point, the war on the sea will truly begin.

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

"At this stage, the two sides are unable to do anything to each other for the time being. It is difficult for us to attack the Japanese combined fleet and land-based aviation forces on Kalimantan Island over a long distance, and the Japanese also did not easily remove us from New Guinea. Drive out. If your country is ready to stop here, the war is over. The United States controls the island of New Guinea and the Japanese controls 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. Look at the map. The supply lines of the US and German fleets have also been stretched for a long time. We can start with the Japanese routes, and the Japanese can also control our course. Start." Ruprecht said.

"Hehe, do you mean the Japanese submarines? Their submarines are scarce, and we build destroyers like sausages. On average, a month, the shipyards of the United States of America can complete a dozen or even dozens of various destroyers!" Taft said triumphantly. The pride in the words swept away the previous depression.

"So, if I were the commander of the Japanese navy, I would use fast battleships, aircraft carriers, light cruisers and ocean destroyers to form a fast fleet to attack your country’s maritime transport fleet! Don’t let me find your fleet, otherwise, up to 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 do you respond?"

"Grasp the grass! Heart-struck old iron!" His Royal Highness's words once again brought tons of damage to Benson The reason is simple, none of the main battleships of the US Navy is a fast battleship. ...... No way, in this era, the status of battleships is still unshakable. The opponent has battleships. If you don't have that, you will definitely not dare to go head-to-head, and to be honest, the combat effectiveness of carrier-based aircraft in this era is still very problematic.

Single-engine carrier-based torpedo weighs more than 500 kilograms... How lethal do you expect it to be? The bomber cannot dive at a large angle, has no speed bonus, and even the armor-piercing projectile cannot penetrate the core compartment of the battleship. What's more, the rookies of the US Navy, can you expect them to pass through the Japanese aircraft carrier's carrier-based aircraft and then hit the warship with a speed of 22 knots or more? This difficult point! Therefore, even if Ruprecht has 5 aircraft carriers, his main role in naval battles is to make up for the battle, attacking those British battleships that were injured in the battle line!

Of course, the range is also a problem. In fact, the attack radius of the current single-engine carrier aircraft is theoretically about 80 kilometers. There is no way. The load is too small. After the bomb is installed, it is impossible to install the auxiliary fuel tank! After a round of attacks, if you want to attack again, with the current training of the US Navy, prepare for 3 hours! 3 hours? The opposing fleet had no idea where it went! To be honest, a 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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