Chapter 2486： Su Xiong's Mission Two

To be honest, from the perspective of God, this time the difficulty of the US military's landing field cover mission is far greater than that of the historical Guadalcanal. First of all, in terms of distance, the island of New Ireland where the U.S. forces will land first is not far from the anchorage of the Japanese fleet, and the Japanese have some temporary anchorages from Guinea to New Ireland, so the Japanese fleet will move more quickly. , And the maintenance conditions are better. But the U.S. fleet is different. Even from the Creut Atoll to the front line, the distance is still very long. Before the U.S. fleet can gain a foothold, they must be stationed on some anchorages on the island of New Ireland. Apart from stopping the ship and blocking the wind and waves, everything else must be transported from the rear!

Secondly, this time the US military is landing at multiple points. Unlike the battle of Guadalcanal in history, the fleet only needs to focus on temporary ports and airports. As for why the Americans choose to land at multiple points, the reason is very simple. Can quickly deploy troops. If it's a point, don't forget that the Japanese also have long-range heavy artillery, and it would be quite troublesome to continuously bombard US troops exposed on the landing site in places out of the reach of naval guns. The real large-scale landings are made at multiple points, such as the Normandy landings in history and the U.S. landings in the Philippines.

The Japanese Army has a huge force in the Bismarck Islands, and it is very convenient to support New Ireland from New Britain. The Americans don't want to turn this battle into a sluggish war of attrition. Therefore, it is the Americans' idea to start quickly, then solve the opponent cleanly, establish a forward base, and then use this as a springboard to launch an attack on New Britain! Fast and hard is the tactical principle! Of course, this kind of multi-point landing would increase the difficulty of defense. In World War II, aviation power could be used to make up for the problem of too large combat area, but in World War I, aviation power was not so reliable!

What is the cause of all this? Ruprecht has said before that the Americans are too anxious. If, according to the Crown Prince, follow the historical Guadalta route and then approach Rabaul step by step, then the difficulty will be much smaller. In addition to this strategy Except for a longer time, the others are all advantages! Very suitable as a novice US Navy! However, in the end, the Americans still believed that Tie Tie would be able to recklessly avoid Fabianism, (which can be understood as a circuitous tactic) and directly hit the Japanese defensive core zone!

However, adhering to the will of the US government, Benson and his staff have formulated such a complex night battle command system and plan. There is a saying, the simpler the plan, the easier it is to execute, and the more complex the plan is. Prone to flaws. This is very reasonable. Everyone wants to make their plan simpler, but sometimes, in the face of a very harsh situation, your plan cannot be simple!

Ever since, what is the difference between a good general and a genius general? The former is able to formulate a simple plan to complete the goal and complete it well, while the latter is to specify a complex plan to complete the goal and complete it well. The essence of genius lies in his face of interference in many aspects. In the case of sum anomalies, he can compress everything in the smallest possible range.

To give a very simple example, Earl Spey is an excellent general. One of his most classic battles is to steal the French fleet at night. This plan is actually very simple. The most brilliant place of Earl Spey lies in the battle. Command and dispatch, and grasp the details of the battle! So he is a very good tactician! But he is not a genius general.

Crown Prince Ruprecht counts as one! Whether it was the Battle of the Dorger Sandbar under his command or the final battle in the Norwegian Sea, what he had to challenge was the super warfare of the Royal Navy, which has experienced hundreds of years of history and has been jointly built by hundreds of thousands of Royal Navy officers and soldiers. There are too many problems and variables involved in the machine. Ruprecht needs a little bit of work. Therefore, this plan will be very cumbersome. This is necessary. Why do you use a very complicated system? A simple plan can be done? nonexistent!

It is a very difficult thing to keep dealing with these interrelated factors, and the crown prince succeeded, so he is a genius. He deceived the entire British Royal Navy, consumed or dispersed the British fleet before the war, and chose the most suitable battlefield for the battle. So the crown prince finally won, this kind of complex system confrontation is the most difficult!

Scheer, Hipper, and Earl Spey, who had experienced great wars, understood this issue, and Su Xiong also understood it. So when he saw the plan that the Americans first handed him, he had already expressed great concern about this extremely complicated plan. Tricky. And some problems have been exposed during the exercise, such as the delay of information transmission.

And let's talk about the mastermind of this plan-General Benson, is this buddy a famous general? This is really unclear, not even Ruprecht, after all, Benson has basically never fought a war in history In this era, is a person who has barely been on the battlefield a star? This is a bit difficult! To be honest, in fact Ruprecht believes that Ma Jifen is more reliable than Benson. Because he doesn't know how high Benson's upper limit is, but he knows how low Majifen's lower limit is... As long as the performance is normal, it will not be particularly sad. After all, Ma Jifen also experienced two great sea battles. It is certainly true to say that he has rich practical experience in the United States!

So Su Xiong felt a little sad, because he suddenly found that his teammates seemed to lack actual combat experience. Su Xiong didn't have much feeling for Benson. After all, everyone actually communicated very little. As for other people? Ma Jifen knows a little bit. To tell the truth, Su Xiong also recognized Ma Jifen's performance in the Philippine naval battle, and it may not be good if it is replaced by others. Then there is only one Sims in the US military who has actual combat experience.

Sims had a lot of contacts with the German army, and he knew the bottom line, but Sims had two actual combat experience, one was the experience of being beaten, and the other was the experience of parachuting the German fleet with destroyers and aircraft carriers. The two times are very different from the current night battle-based environment... No one in the U.S. fleet has overnight battle experience, this is embarrassing, and Su Xiong, the only one with night battle experience, not only has to listen to Benson’s command, but at the same time can’t pass on information at will. There are some problems with this matter. This is tantamount to being tied up.

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