1825 My New Daming

Chapter 425 Target, Pearl Harbor! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
The diplomatic strategy of organizing NATO's eight-nation coalition against the Ming Dynasty has been finalized!

For the United Kingdom, it can only go so far at the moment.Continental Europe is in chaos right now. Although they will not backstab Great Britain, it is impossible to use much force to help Great Britain fight against Ming Dynasty.Among the four major powers, France, Austria, Prussia, and Rakshasa, Austria and Rakshasa are unable to move because of internal revolutionary trends, while France and Prussia are hostile to each other because of the Rhineland issue, and conflicts are imminent.

Maybe there will be another world war on the European side, which will be fought separately from the world wars of Great Britain and Ming Dynasty.Perhaps there will be no two world wars in the history to come, but only two world wars—two world wars fought in the same period
But for the British who are close to the European continent, the more chaotic Europe is, the happier they are. If Europeans can kill each other, that is the greatest help to them.Of course, the premise is that a unified Europe cannot be fought, otherwise the Great Britain's world war will not be able to fight.

Now because of the chaos in Europe, after Emperor William finalized his diplomatic strategy, he and Prime Minister Duke Wellington, Lord Palmerston, Lord of the Navy, Lord Gray, Minister of War, Sir Hardy, First Lord of the Sea, and Chief of Staff Samuel Sir Hells, Director of Ordnance Somerset and others discussed the next military strategy of the British Empire.

Emperor William's court attendants and royal staff quickly moved in several square tables and put them together to form a huge map table, on which a large map of the world situation was spread.

The situation on this map, of course, can be understood at a glance with Emperor William’s professional military vision. I only saw that His Majesty the Emperor stood on the edge of the map platform with his arms folded for a while, and then said to the ministers and generals who surrounded him. : "Well, we must at least come up with a practical plan at the G[-] summit that can deal a heavy blow to the enemy! Gentlemen, do you have such a plan?"

"Your Majesty," said First Sea Lord Sir Hardy, "the Admiralty anticipates that the Ming Empire will launch its first attack on Australia in the next few months, and therefore plans to center on Port Moresby, New Guinea. To start defense, we will launch defenses in the New Guinea Islands (Bismarck Islands), Solomon Islands, and the northern coastal areas of New Guinea Island northeast and east of Port Moresby, and control some key islands and locations to build forts, Ports, airports and other facilities are deployed to guard the island.

At the same time, we will concentrate the large fleet in Port Moresby, and rely on the New Guinea Islands, the Solomon Islands, and the bases on the New Guinea Islands after the main force of the enemy's Pacific Fleet goes south. ), the Solomon Sea, and the Coral Sea organized effective successive resistances to weaken the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Dynasty Navy. 9-12 months.

Considering that the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy is still preparing, we should be able to buy up to 15 months before the decisive battle to defend the Australian mainland begins.And 15 months later, our defense plan on the Australian continent will be fully completed, and we will also get more and more powerful battleships, aircraft-carrying armored cruisers and advanced aircraft! "

What Sir Hardy provided was a plan of fighting one after another, resisting step by step, exchanging space for time, and strengthening Australia's defense with time.

In fact, since Malaya was controlled by the Ming army more than a year ago, the British began to organize a large number of transport ships to transport troops and supplies from India and the British mainland to Australia, and also transported many Indian coolies to the Australian mainland and New Guinea. Various facilities and fortifications were built on the islands of the Archipelago, Solomon Islands and New Guinea.

According to the vision of Sir Hardy and the British Admiralty, it would be almost 1834 when the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy reached the Australian mainland step by step. year!How can you give them a head-on blow after the Ming army lands?

Army Chief of Staff Sir Samuel Hells said: "Your Majesty, our British Army has organized a powerful Anzac Army since 1831, preparing to deal a fatal blow to the Ming army on the vast Australian continent! "

"Fatal blow?" Emperor William glanced at the Chief of Staff of the British Army, "Marshal, tell me, how do you plan to do it?"

"Your Majesty," the former cavalry commander who participated in the Napoleonic Wars and made great achievements under the Duke of Wellington replied with a smile, "the army is going to deploy powerful artillery and cavalry in Australia. The vast continent is full of wild and undeveloped grasslands and sandy land. Without a strong cavalry, the enemy will not be able to conduct field mobile operations. However, it is thousands of nautical miles away from the mainland of Ming Dynasty, and the horses are very delicate. Seasickness, if a long-distance sea transport is carried out, it will take a considerable period of recuperation to recover, or it will be impossible to fight at all. But where can the Ming army who have just landed on the Australian mainland get pastures for horses to recover?

Therefore, the Army Staff Department judged that the Ming army that landed in Australia would lose the ability to maneuver in the open field due to lack of horses, and the large number of artillery they owned would also be unable to maneuver due to lack of enough horses.

Therefore, as long as we complete the deployment of cavalry on the Australian mainland, we can use the powerful field maneuverability of the cavalry corps to suppress the landing Ming army near the beach, or lead them into the open inland area to annihilate them. "

"Annihilation?" Kaiser William said, "If I remember correctly, in the crucial battle of defeating Emperor Napoleon, our army used the rotary machine gun to defeat the cavalry charge led by Marshal Ney!"

"Your Majesty," Sir Samuel Hells said with a smile, "our cavalry is completely different from the cavalry in the Napoleonic Wars. Although they still maneuver on horseback, they occasionally launch a mounted charge. But more often They would dismount and attack the enemy with the support of machine guns and artillery drawn by their horses. Their strength lay in the mobility of large groups, not in impact power.

In addition, the well-trained cavalry is still very effective against the enemy's logistics line. Because Australia is a wild continent, only a few places have been developed.Therefore, it is difficult for the Ming army to collect supplies on the spot. They can only rely on the supplies brought by sea to maintain operations.Once we cut off the supply line between the Ming army deep inland and the seaport they control, they can only be wiped out. "

"Sir, the plan you mentioned sounds good!" Emperor William didn't know much about the army, but this Sir Hells spoke clearly, and he also felt that the Australian campaign plan formulated by the army staff was good.

He paused, and then said: "However, the navy's strategy is still too conservative. The navy is an offensive service, not a defensive service. If we put the fleet in Port Moresby and wait for the enemy to come, the enemy will either not Come, or there will be a huge fleet that our Australian fleet can't deal with at all. So I mean take the initiative to launch a wave of counterattacks in the Pacific Ocean, strike here!"

While talking, Emperor William suddenly raised his hand and pointed to several seemingly small and lonely islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on the map.

"This is." The Duke of Wellington looked at the map, "Pearl Harbor! Your Majesty the Emperor, do you mean that we are going to attack Pearl Harbor, the home port of the Ming Pacific Fleet?"

"Yes," Emperor William nodded, "We will compete with the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy at Pearl Harbor and catch them off guard!"

(End of this chapter)