1825 My New Daming

Chapter 395 Hit Laomei, but don't let Tuao go! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

Hawaii, Pearl Harbor.

Zhuge Weidao's mansion is located next to a bay to the west of Pearl Harbor. Although it is also within the scope of Pearl Harbor, it is a little far away from the bay that is the naval base of the Ming Pacific Fleet—although the entrance and exit of Pearl Harbor are very It is narrow, but the layout inside is not small. There are islands, bays, and peninsulas. The total length of the coastline suitable for building piers and docks is forty to fifty kilometers.Not to mention the Pacific Fleet, even if all the "1000 ships" of the Ming Navy were brought over, Pearl Harbor would definitely be able to accommodate them.

In addition, the entrance and exit of Pearl Harbor are very narrow, less than 1 kilometer wide.It is the kind of terrain where once the fort is repaired, the large fleet inside can sleep peacefully.Moreover, the water in Pearl Harbor is very shallow, only a dozen meters deep, which is enough to float large warships, but it is too shallow for submarines and air-dropped torpedoes. Of course, there is no such thing as air-dropped torpedoes now. A torpedo weighing [-] kilograms is still too heavy for the current carrier-based aircraft.

Therefore, the interior of Pearl Harbor is indeed the comfort zone of the Grand Fleet!
According to the requirements of the Ming Dynasty's Admiralty Department, since the Kingdom of Hawaii was completely controlled by Ming Dynasty, the construction of Pearl Harbor began.The fort at the entrance of Pearl Harbor, the military port terminal and naval shipyard in Pearl Harbor, the oil depots, coal depots, ammunition depots on the shore, and various supply warehouses.There are also the shore headquarters of the Pacific Fleet, large and small airports, barracks of the garrison, the barracks of the Pacific Fleet, and the living quarters of officers, non-commissioned officers and their families, all of which have sprung up in the past few years. up.

By the time Zhuge Weidao led the Pacific Fleet, although not all of these major projects had been completed, they had already begun to take shape.The barracks, headquarters, military and non-commissioned officers, and the living quarters of their families have all been completed.Among them, Zhuge Weidao, a large family of the commander-in-chief, lived on a small peninsula at the bottom of a slender bay west of Pearl Harbor.Four Chinese-style garden villas were built on this peninsula, which were respectively occupied by the admiral, deputy admiral, chief of staff and Pearl Harbor guard of the Pacific Fleet.

Now the admiral of the Pacific Fleet is Zhuge Weidao, the deputy admiral is Chen Jian, the chief of staff is Li Kezhi, and the commander-in-chief of Pearl Harbor is Huang Shuren—all old acquaintances!

In addition, Guo Xiaobao, Wang Wen, Ling Zongjun, Yu Yang, and Ye Wu, the "old men" who had followed Zhuge as Taoists since the "Daoguang Printing" campaign, also had houses in the officer's quarters of Pearl Harbor.Only one Ma Xuchen did not come to Pearl Harbor because he was promoted to the admiral of the Naval Air Force.

Zhuge is the wife and child of the Taoist family, and he brought them to Pearl Harbor together.He has Natalie, Dahekong, Nalandili, and Ali. He has a wife, two concubines and a maid. The four women can still enjoy themselves happily, which is really enviable to others!
Before arriving at Pearl Harbor, Da Hei Kong was already pregnant. During this time, his belly has gradually bulged. Zhuge Weidao's fourth child will be born this year, which is the 12th year of Taiping.

Admiral Zhuge's fifth child has already been arranged and will be born by Natalie, so these days, he is working hard to get Natalie pregnant before his next expedition.
"Where do you want to go next time, Michiko? To escort the Echigo Division from Japan to Mexico, or go south to the Marshall Islands to occupy the Enewetak Atoll?
In addition, according to the Ministry of the Navy, Guangdong, the first ship of the Guangdong-class aircraft carrier, will enter service in our Pacific Fleet next month. How about using it as your flagship for your next voyage! "

Drinking tea in the living room of Zhugewei's Taoist house, talking about the sailing was Huang Shuren, the commander-in-chief of Pearl Harbor.

During this period of time, Li Kezhi, the deputy admiral of the fleet, Chen Jian and the chief of staff of the fleet, led a detachment of the Pacific Fleet to escort the troop carrier to Mexico.

When they returned, it was Zhuge Weidao's turn to perform the task—in order to combine work and rest in the Pacific Fleet, Zhuge Weidao divided the fleet into two squadrons, of which Zhuge Weidao led the first squadron himself, and Chen Jian He then led the Second Squadron.In the absence of a major battle in the Pacific Ocean, the two squadrons sailed in turn.

There are two sailing directions for these two squadrons. One is the direction of the Americas, mainly to escort the troops transported from Japan to the Mexican Empire to participate in the war. After the United States declared war on the Mexican Empire and Japan, it began to carry out general mobilization. !

The United States is serious, ready to use all its sea and land forces and their industrial strength to fight against Mexico and Japan!

And the Mexican Empire immediately began a general mobilization.However, the native white population in Mexico is only more than 200 million, which is too small to fight a full-scale war with the United States.

So I can only ask Daming for help.The way Ming helped the Mexican Empire was to transport Japanese soldiers to Mexico to participate in the war, in addition to supporting arms.

After all, Japan now has a population of more than 2000 million, which is enough to compete with Americans for consumption!

In addition, in the name of protecting overseas Chinese, Ming Dynasty sent a serious expeditionary force of Ming Dynasty to California... The logistics of these Ming troops stationed in California were also transported by the Pacific Fleet.

And the second sailing direction of the Pacific Fleet Squadron is the South Pacific...that is, advancing towards Australia!
However, the Pacific Fleet did not make it in one step, and rushed directly to the east coast of Australia.Because there are layers of island chains blocking the east coast of Australia in the northeast direction.

There is no way for the Pacific Fleet to rush directly to Australia. It must step by step and break forward.

The first step into Australia is to control the Caroline Islands and the Marshall Islands, both of which have atolls that can be converted into anchorages for the Grand Fleet.

As long as the Pacific Fleet captures one or two of the key atolls and builds them, it will be able to have a forward base to enter Australia.

After taking these two bases, it will be Rabaul and the Solomon Islands... After taking the Solomon Islands, it will be the Coral Sea and Port Moresby!

As for how to fight the battles in the direction of the Solo Islands and the Coral Sea, Zhuge Weidao couldn't be more clear.

Therefore, when Zhuge arrived, he and Chen Jian made a private division of labor.The tasks in North America will be given to him, and the tasks for going south will be in charge of Zhuge Weidao himself.

Before Chen Jian's escort mission this time, Zhuge Weidao had already led the First Squadron of the Pacific Fleet to escort a regiment of Ming army marines and a regiment of Japanese troops to capture Truk in the Carolingian Islands. atoll.

In addition to these two "foreign missions", Zhuge Weidao also has a task of remotely commanding Dezhou Haizi, which is also very important.

Although Dezhou Haizi won a complete victory in the Atlantic Battle last year, because the Nicaragua Canal has not yet been completed, Dezhou Haizi is still alone, and it is difficult to receive direct support from the Pacific Fleet.

However, Zhuge Weidao still did his best to deploy ships from the Pacific Fleet and send them to the Caribbean Sea to support Dezhou Haizi.

Just when Dezhou Haizi's air fleet entered Port Elizabeth (an important port in Mexico).Zhuge Weidao sent a support fleet consisting of two Warrior-class cruisers, six destroyers, and six torpedo boats, commanded by Wang Wen, and it should be arriving soon...

(End of this chapter)