Rise from the sword

Chapter 696 Can't beat it

"How dare they!"

In the White House, President Franklin, who had just taken his medicine, almost performed a medical miracle on the spot after receiving the news that Guam was occupied, especially after reading the public telegram.

stand up.

pity.

Miracles didn't happen.

Instead, Mr. President almost fell down.

Fortunately, the guards around him were able to support him in time. The giant in the wheelchair didn't fall to the ground. He just shook it violently and returned to the wheelchair again.

This scene made Vice President Truman slightly pursed his lips in regret.

Although Mr. Franklin's health improved after taking those high-priced drugs, his high blood pressure still existed, but it was temporarily suppressed-the drugs could not cure the disease, but only relieved the symptoms.

If you fall, it is best to knock your head, probably...
"Immediately send someone to contact them to protest against the establishment of a sea and air base in Guam, and request to return Guam, here is..."

Having said that, Franklin paused before continuing:

"An island hosted by the United States."

After finishing speaking, Mr. President was still very angry and gasped hard.

Unlike the Fragrant Hills in Hawaii, the current Guam is not the territory of the United States, but its managed island. At the moment when the League of Nations is torn apart and exists in name only, this trusteeship is just a gimmick.

Therefore, Mr. President is very clear that the possibility of the other party returning the island is zero, and the action of building a joint sea and air base will not have any impact.

But even without looking at the map, he can know the importance of Guam.

This is the throat of the Western Pacific, radiating Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia, and even Pearl Harbor. Controlling this place and cooperating with the two islands of Ryukyu Naha and Natuna means that the group of people is almost completely in control Lived in the Western Pacific.

At this time, he regretted not continuing to attack the Philippines.

In the original plan, the U.S. Navy would capture this place and build a military base to use it as a springboard to continue its attack on Japan—it was supposed to be the U.S. Navy and Air Force base.

"pity···"

The giant in the wheelchair sighed deeply.

"Mr President."

On the side of Truman, Old Du suddenly said:

"With their sea power, it is absolutely impossible to build a sea-air joint base in Guam! This is not Ryukyu. Guam is [-] kilometers away from the mainland. It is impossible for shore-based aircraft to support it. The Japanese combined fleet is still strong. Can they hold Guam?"

"They don't even have a battleship, how can they deploy a battleship?"

"In my estimation, this telegram should be a bluff."

Franklin in the wheelchair took a deep look at Truman, but did not answer.

'Space technology' and 'nuclear weapons' are top secrets, and only a few people know about them. Even in the presidential palace, only the secret secretary knows. As the backup vice president, he naturally doesn't know.

As for battleships.

The opponent's fleet of thousands of heavy bombers, this technical difficulty is not lower than that of battleships, so it is not surprising to take out battleships.

Battleships are not equipped now because there are not enough manpower to control them.

Stared at by Mr. President, Lao Du bowed his head in embarrassment and stopped talking.

"Go get Joseph King over here."

After interrupting the meeting, he waved his hand to signal the people in the meeting room to leave, and Mr. President asked for the Commander-in-Chief of the American Navy to be called.

"if."

The President asked:

"With our current naval strength and technology, can we establish a large naval base with complete facilities?"

"A large sea and air base?"

Joseph King was lost in thought.

In his capacity, he naturally knows the existence of such things as "warehouses", and he is also very aware of the naval and air forces of the "Republic of China" that the intelligence agencies have been paying attention to. He even has a detailed report on the Ryukyu naval battle.

The research on missiles was carried out under his single-handed promotion.

A large sea and air base, that is, Pearl Harbor level.

Dozens of main surface ships, thousands of main combat aircraft, strong coastal artillery facilities, strong warehouse bunkers, reinforced concrete hangars, several large warning radars, complete air defense positions, and tens of kilometers of warning circles, And mine belts.

There were no large warships in the Republic of China.

There are no fast battleships, aircraft carriers, or heavy cruisers. There is only one thousand-ton destroyer equipped with missiles, a dozen small boats equipped with missiles, and a dozen torpedo boats.

can be ignored.

One's own fleet has an absolute numerical advantage, and the number of destroyers exceeds a hundred. Even if the opponent can launch missiles, one's own side will win.

But the opponent has an air force with an absolute advantage.

Although there are not enough pilots, the aircraft skills are extremely advanced. According to intelligence, it has long been equipped with jet aircraft, and its performance is much more advanced than that of the Germans. It was only because of the shortage of pilots and the lack of demand that it did not appear on the battlefield.

There are also large aircraft capable of launching missiles, which can attack the fleet from [-] kilometers away.

There are even aerial reconnaissance planes that can spot fleets hundreds of kilometers away—blockades of subcontinent routes, the Battle of Ryukyu, and the existence of early warning planes are known to all countries in the world.

And, unlimited ammo.

At present, the aircraft carrier cannot be equipped with jet fighters. Once the two sides engage in battle, unless the enemy's airport is destroyed in advance by a sneak attack, the air supremacy may be in the hands of the opponent, and the best result is a tie.

Therefore, it is impossible for our own side to take down these large planes, and the fleet will inevitably be attacked by missile groups from the air.

At a distance of thirty kilometers, no anti-aircraft gun could reach it.

The enemy can find ships hundreds of kilometers away, scattered, and multi-channel attack is not feasible, so the victory or defeat of this war depends on whether one's own fleet can resist the attack of missiles.

"not now."

After thinking for a long time, Joseph King gave the answer.

Due to the lack of intelligence, the United States has not yet developed a defense method against enemy missiles. Although it is speculated that the guidance technology is related to radar, jamming radar is also a technical activity.

Same frequency interference.

Chaff interferes.

It's not something that can be done just by talking about it.

Moreover, this missile must have targeted anti-jamming means.

Joseph deduced inwardly.

If faced with endless missile attacks, one after another, covering the sky and covering the sky, even if they get close, they have to face it. Unless there is an absolute countermeasure, the American fleet may suffer heavy losses.

"unless."

Finally, he paused and continued:
"Initiate an attack before their sea and air bases have been built."

"Otherwise, even if it is defeated, it will suffer heavy losses and lose the ability to continue attacking."

The losses were heavy and the ability to continue the offensive was lost.

In other words, we can only let the opponent occupy Guam... Franklin's eyes flashed, and he nodded:
"understood."

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at the same time.

London.

Suburban airport.

"finally come."

Looking at the hundreds of jet fighters in front of him, Fatty Qiu heaved a sigh of relief.

The German bombers are always flying at super high altitudes, with a cruising altitude of more than [-]. At this altitude, all their fighter jets cannot reach it, nor can their anti-aircraft guns.

It only landed below [-] meters during the bombing, and the time was short. This was also the only window period in which the Mustache bomber could be attacked.

However, in this short period of time, it still needs to face the defense of enemy jet fighters.

and,

Recently, the enemy has started to drop bombs directly at an altitude of 2000 meters, and the maximum drop is more than [-] meters.

Otherwise, the Allied Air Force, which has an absolute advantage in numbers, will make Mustache continue to bomb for up to eight months?As a result, the British Empire suffered heavy losses, and major cities were bombed into ruins.

The accuracy of high-altitude bombing is poor, and it can float tens of kilometers away at the farthest, but it can't hold up too many bombs.

Recently, the Germans dispatched more than [-] planes at one time, and each time they dropped more than [-] tons of bombs, that is, [-] one-ton heavy aerial bombs.

On average, once every three days.

With so many bombs falling, the damage caused can be imagined, and there is another unexpected situation in the ultra-high-altitude bombing-the high altitude is windy and violent, and sometimes the bombs are blown tens of kilometers away, causing great damage. fear.

Nobody knows when a bomb will drop.

but now.

We also have a new type of jet fighter, which can fight at an altitude of 1 meters, intercept enemy bombers, and fight against enemy jet fighters without losing the wind.

and.

Fatty Qiu looked to the other side.

Here are hundreds of heavy-duty crawler tractors, and behind them are huge artillery, which are much larger than howitzers. The long barrels and thick bases make it easy to see that this is an anti-aircraft artillery.

The Mk16 127mm anti-aircraft gun produced in the United States.

When the Germans started cruising at an altitude of 1 meters, the Americans and the British found helplessly that they couldn't reach them even if they pulled out all their anti-aircraft artillery.

Including the famous MK12 127 anti-aircraft guns are also out of reach.

The maximum shooting height of this thing is only 1000 meters, which is still 1000 meters away.

Although the anti-aircraft artillery is positional air defense, it only needs to be deployed at the target that the bomber is scheduled to bomb and wait. It is impossible for the Germans to drop bombs directly at an altitude of more than [-] meters.

But the opponent's bombing is unreasonable.

If you find where the anti-aircraft firepower is strong, you can directly transfer the bombing target. If you have anti-aircraft firepower in London, I will bomb Birmingham, Sheffield, and Liverpool-to fully exert the offensive initiative.

But now, this 51-caliber anti-aircraft gun can completely attack bombers at altitudes above 1 meters.

Then cooperate with Mk37 fire control system, radar, and VT bombs.

Fatty Qiu couldn't help but smile.

After the mustache suffers a few times, the days when the British Empire was bombed will be over.

"Arrange the anti-aircraft artillery on the position as soon as possible."

Fatty Qiu waved his hand and urged.

The 51 anti-aircraft gun with a diameter of 127 times is good for everything, but it is too heavy, with a total weight of more than [-] tons, and it is difficult to maneuver. However, the British Empire Railway suffered serious losses and was blown up by a mustache, so it is very difficult to deploy this heavy artillery.

······
Still the same time.

Heyuan County.

Independent Air Force Base.

"This is···"

In the base, Zhao Gang passed by here and found that Li Yunlong was here, so he stopped by to have a look. He blinked and looked at a new weapon in the airport—it seemed to be an aerial bomb, but its appearance was different from conventional bombs. .

There are water chestnuts in the streamlined shape, just like an airplane, rather than a common column.

"Glide bomb."

Li Yunlong on the side explained with a smile.

"Glide bomb?"

Zhao Gang was stunned.

He heard about this kind of bomb from Boss Chen. It was to protect the bomber. The bomb fired outside the enemy's prevention and control area could eliminate the threat of the bombing target's anti-aircraft artillery.

"We need this?"

He continued to ask suspiciously:

"Also, we don't have the corresponding technology now."

Although the gliding bomb is simple, just add a glider, but this kind of bomb is almost accurate, where it hits depends on fate, unless guidance is added, but the current technology, radio guidance is not effective, and it is easy to be interfered.

As for the legendary laser guidance, Boss Chen mentioned it and gave some technical hints.

Zhaojiayu University has only set up a project, and the two masters are still cultivating talents, and the researchers are all students in the first semester of their freshmen—they are the children of martyrs.

"We don't need this thing."

Li Yunlong continued to laugh.

Once the anti-aircraft guns appeared, a few big fireworks would be thrown down, and fighter jets patrolled and escorted in groups every day, and even went to straf independently. The little devils now let alone fighter jets for air defense, and there are not even a few anti-aircraft guns in the local area.

There is no threat to the bomber fleet.

"Oh··"

Commissar Zhao understood.

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this afternoon.

Cherbourg.

Inside the Kesselring headquarters.

"Not counting the losses, it is estimated that next month, we will be able to take off more than 2000 two hundred six-engine bombers at the same time, carrying [-] tons of bombs at one time."

A staff officer is reporting to Kesselring:
"but."

He paused and continued:
"With the depletion of troops, starting next month, our new pilots will begin to decline. We need to find a way to reduce losses, otherwise the size of the bomber fleet will gradually decline."

"In addition, according to intelligence, American jet fighters have begun to enter service on a large scale, and the shooting height of the new anti-aircraft guns has reached more than 1 meters."

Disgraced by the bombing, intelligence sieves began to appear in the British Empire.

"Sixty-five thousand tons of bombs."

Kesselring fell into deep thought.

The biggest advantage of the six-engine bomber they obtained is not the flying height, nor the powerful engine, nor the excellent self-defense firepower, but the extremely mature technology.

Mainly reflected in the logistics maintenance.

War damage maintenance is very simple, and all parts are very convenient to replace. At the beginning of the design, this aircraft took into account the maintenance of various situations, especially the replacement of vulnerable parts such as engines, tires, and skins. Maintenance of auxiliary facilities and vehicles.

Easier than maintaining a fighter jet.

Coupled with a large number of spare parts and an excellent logistics team, he can maintain an average bombing frequency of once every three days, far exceeding the frequency of bombing Germany by Britain and the United States.

Therefore, bombing can actually ignore accuracy, as long as it is roughly aimed, deviation of tens of kilometers is not a problem at all.

Therefore, he has been increasing the bombing altitude, which is currently 500 meters.

Similar to artillery.

If the accuracy cannot be ensured, it will be covered by artillery fire.

A ton of bombs is very powerful, with a damage range of 6 meters, and more than [-] bombs are dropped. With the concentration of cities in the British Empire, they can always cause huge damage.

If not, try again in three days.

and.

With the proficiency of the logistics personnel and the mastery of the aircraft by the crew members, the construction of a new airfield closer to the ground, after a while, he will be able to increase the frequency of bombing for another day.

That is, one bombing every two days.

While Kesselring was thinking hard, a staff officer came over:
"General, a new type of bomb has appeared in the warehouse."

(End of this chapter)