Chapter 2485： Su Xiong's mission one

"This time is a bit early, earlier than the time we discussed before." When Su Xiong just arrived at Pearl Harbor, General Benson had already notified Su Xiong of the specific time for the war. Regarding Benson’s announcement, Su Xiong only expressed his slight dissatisfaction.

"Time is a bit tight, but the Japanese have begun to strengthen the defense system of the Bismarck Islands. We can't give them too much time." Admiral Benson said with a slight embarrassment. This is obviously an excuse. The Japanese control This sea area has been around for 3 years, and if you want to build fortifications to strengthen defenses, you have already started. Does that care about these weeks?

In fact, both Benson and Su Xiong know the root cause of the US government's demand for an immediate war, that is, Japan has recently obtained a large amount of materials and equipment from the British. Any further delay is not good for the United States. Of course, on this issue, Benson was dissatisfied with Germany. After all, Germany, as a victorious country, would have no problem with the United Kingdom. But now they acquiesce to the British exporting equipment.

But Benson could not directly clarify, on the one hand, because the major premise that virtue is an ally now overwhelms everything. Another problem is that many American companies are now doing business with British people. Some businesses are still more sensitive. Moreover, the US government has also started to attack the Russians through special channels. Everyone has small actions. Not only will it not solve the problem, but it will also embarrass both sides. So the end result is that everyone is silent about this matter and just ignores it.

"Well, let's face the future together and talk about the future war. My fleet and I have been incorporated into your battle sequence. What do we need to do?" Su Xiong asked.

"During the day, the powerful combined fleet of virtues and Germany is invincible. We have enough auxiliary warships and aviation forces to provide reconnaissance and air defense. If the Japanese dare to trouble us during the day, we can easily blow their heads. End the war in one day. What really worries us is that at night, we will land on New Ireland Island, north of the Bismarck Islands. There are 5 landing sites in total. We are worried that the Japanese will attack us in the dark. And you are very Clearly, the battleships of the U.S. Navy are slow battleships, so I hope that your fast battleships can serve as the core force for night defense."

"You can rest assured that we will equip you with enough destroyers and night combat aircraft. The quality of personnel may not be as good as your navy, but the victory lies in the large quantity and sufficient management. We will establish our own reconnaissance network in the landing area. We It will tell you where the enemy is, and then you just have to knock them all out."

"Of course, we know that there are more Japanese fast battleships than yours. If you run into Fuso-class battleships, it will be more troublesome, but it doesn’t matter. I can guarantee that there will be a fleet of at least 8 battleships on any night. Support you at any time." Admiral Benson said.

"So who is in charge of the night battle?" Su Xiong asked after a moment of thought.

"I will direct it myself, every night." Admiral Benson said.

"If we find an abnormal situation at night, how do we notify the relevant friendly forces? Should we contact the friendly forces directly or through your Excellency?" Su Xiong asked. "For example, if we find that our face-to-face enemy is not the main enemy force, or that the Japanese sneaked on another landing site, how do we notify the friendly forces?"

Su Xiong doesn’t mind that the Americans have the highest command. After all, you are a guest army. It is understandable that others have the highest command of the fleet. But wars are fast-changing after all, especially night battles. Sometimes they can be sent without time. Described, after all, the fighting distance of the night battle is very close, and once the battle is in a short time, there will be heavy casualties.

The situation in Bavaria is better. In fact, within the effective range of the night battle, the US's ultra-fearless 13.5-inch main armor belt is actually not that reliable! After all, the combat distance may be less than 10 kilometers, and historically, the British experiment, at a distance of more than 12 kilometers, the British 15-inch gun and new armor-piercing shells can knock out 350MM armor! So at this time, the transmission of information and the response speed of the fleet are very important. Therefore, under normal circumstances, Su Xiong has no problem listening to Benson's orders. However, under special circumstances, Su Xiong hopes to have the right to directly communicate with other US troops. This is a contact, not an order!

"I can understand your request, but it can easily cause confusion. Do you understand what I mean? We are now facing a night battle of a super-large fleet, which is completely different from the battle of Earl Spey in the Mediterranean, because Under the conditions at the time, the earl had only one fleet, and all escorting warships were near the battlefield, but our situation was different. The entire US fleet and transport fleet were scattered in the sea area of ​​thousands of square kilometers, if there was no unified command If this is the case, then the battlefield situation will be very chaotic." Admiral Benson rejected Su Xiong's suggestion with the most tactful tone.

The most taboo thing in war is multi-headed command The Americans are naturally aware of this. Therefore, although they have deployed a large number of reconnaissance fleets, they have a complete set of information transmission and verification mechanisms. Otherwise, if a destroyer squad yelled after discovering a suspected target, then the US fleet would not do anything else, and it would be a joke.

But fortunately, Americans are really big business. They have many, many destroyers, and many, many armored cruisers and pre-dreadnoughts... Therefore, the night defense system of the entire U.S. fleet is like this. The outermost periphery is the alert circle formed by submarines and destroyers. When suspicious targets are found, they do not go up and report to the fleet headquarters, which will be based on various intelligence. Judge the nature and objectives of the enemy fleet, and then dispatch different warships to perform tasks according to different needs.

It is impossible to let Su Xiong go up when he encounters a suspicious target. Otherwise, the Su Xiong fleet's high-load combat readiness operations will not persist for too long, and the combat situation will be greatly reduced. The American principle is the principle of fleet power superiority, such as Speaking of discovering a Japanese light cruiser, then send your own cruiser to intercept, and find a former fearless armored cruiser, then use the former fearless to intercept. After all, when fighting in the inner circle, the speed disadvantage will be reduced. Su Xiong will only go up when he finds that the Japanese battleship is in action or has encountered some accidents!

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