Chapter 317

Between the plan

"For Tang-class submarines, there are some data that are unrecognizable. It is said that their submarines are not silent. The noise level emitted by the submarine is one order of magnitude lower than our army. Moreover, their submarines have been submarines underwater for more than two weeks. This is terrifying enough. Submarines from other countries in the world can only stay underwater for two days at most, and then must float to the sea to breathe. This greatly increases the possibility of exposing the target and their survivability is much worse than that of Tang-class submarines." Erwin continued.[]

"In addition, the flight distance of the Chinese aircraft carrier-based aircraft is much greater than the US military's flight radius of 500 kilometers. This has been reflected in their attack on the handsome Red Sea. Some experts estimate that the combat radius of the Chinese aircraft carrier may be further, which means that they can carry out air strikes on our aircraft carriers at a longer distance. This is also very advantageous, and will largely put our aircraft carrier in a passive position in defense." The gentle-looking officer nodded and continued.

"In addition, they are likely to be equipped with more advanced radar detection methods than the US military, and our army is at a disadvantage in many aspects. Our only advantage is that our aircraft carriers are more than the Chinese, the number of aircraft is more than them, the number of submarines is almost twice their size, and the size of the entire naval fleet is nearly twice that of the Chinese. We can use the numerical advantage to deal with the Chinese's quality advantages, and perhaps we can find favorable fighter jets to defeat the Chinese." The officer continued.

"The United States has actually fallen to the point where it has to use its quantity advantage to deal with an East Asian country that was once extremely backward. The world has changed so much. In just over a decade, the Chinese have reached the forefront of the world without knowing it. Their technical capabilities must have been favored by God. There is no doubt about this." Robert shook his head helplessly, and he suddenly felt a hint of coldness.

Robert pondered for a moment, then looked up at the few people and whispered, saying, "All the truth is, the Chinese are the ones that are ahead of us, which makes people feel a little disappointed when they hear it. Let's talk about it, is there a good way to deal with the Chinese?"

Edel's eyes flashed a few times, and he still smiled. The United States' advantage lies in its strong industrial foundation. Our civil industry has always maintained great competitiveness around the world. Although the Chinese have surpassed us in some fields, our products are still greatly welcomed by European countries. Moreover, our domestic market has restricted Chinese products. The prosperity of the domestic market will enable the United States to maintain several times the total industrial output value of China in the foreseeable future."

"But this is only civilian. In terms of military-industrial enterprises, although the United States has more than three times the production capacity of the Chinese, its weapons quality is obviously not as good as them. It is true that it can only use quantitative advantages to fill the quality shortage. But this is enough for the United States to have great ability to compete with China. We may not lose to our opponents in military terms. Moreover, according to the analysis of most analysts, they believe that the US military's military strength is roughly the same as the Chinese team, but the navy's military strength is slightly stronger than the Chinese Navy."

"I hope those analysts' words can be close to reality, but those people are all guys talking on paper. When they ask them to lead their troops to fight, their real situation will be like that, and it is definitely not as simple as they analyze it on paper." Robert disagreed and waved his head.

"But this sounds like we feel that we are quite powerful, which is much more comfortable than hearing the depressing technical disadvantages just now." Robert smiled again and joked with self-deprecatingly.

Robert then looked down at the document on the table that scared them. The words on it were enough to make him, the commander of the fleet, unable to sleep well at night. After thinking for a while, he said that if the Chinese were really ready to launch a sudden attack, they would have other actions. Perhaps they would take similar actions to provoke recently, or perhaps they simply couldn't hold back and attack our military port and provoke war. These possibilities exist, and I don't know how to deal with it."

"Commander Robert, I have a suggestion. Are you willing to accept it?" A cold light suddenly flashed in Edel's eyes and he spoke.

"Oh, if you have any suggestions, why not say it out?" Robert turned his head and looked at Edel's eyes that looked sparkling with wisdom.

"Since the war between China and the United States is bound to begin, why can't we take the initiative and wait for the Chinese to fire the first shot first? I think whoever fires the first shot first will have the initiative, and whoever will have the possibility of causing heavy damage to the opponent, which will rewritten the power balance between the two navies. This is crucial for war." Edel's eyes flashed and he said in a leisurely manner.

Robert looked at it and thought about what you said and I had considered it, but the above did not agree with us. They believed that the best time for a war to break out is next spring, because our army will have four other aircraft carriers to join in and form combat effectiveness. By then, the US naval battle will be significantly stronger than the Chinese. We must defeat the enemy in one battle, and we cannot risk going to war blindly with the enemy."

Edel seemed to have different ideas and shook his head and said, but he heard that the Chinese also had several other unknown aircraft carrier construction plans. Intelligence shows that their aircraft carriers will be put into service one after another before the end of this year. At that time, the balance of power between the two sides may not be worse. The Chinese will not allow the US military to be stronger than them. They will definitely strengthen naval construction to maintain a balanced military strength with the US military."

"Well, what you said makes sense, especially after we intercepted the Chinese telegram, the Ministry of Defense was already considering revising the plan to launch an attack next spring. They believed that since the Chinese wanted to advance the war, we would not be able to wait until next spring to take the initiative. Perhaps planning ahead would become a last resort." Robert said with a little thought.

"Oh, if that's the case, we can prepare in advance. After all, being stabbed by someone and then fighting back is much more painful than stabbing someone first and then fighting him. Since the Ministry of Defense also agreed to implement the plan in advance, we can consider it in this direction." Edel's eyes were brighter than just now. He tended to take the initiative to attack more than passive defense. He believed that this would have more opportunities and would not lose his strength by being passively beaten.

Edel then said that if Commander Robert made up his mind, our Australian fleet would do his best to cooperate with the commander and arrangements, and to attack the Second and Third Fleets of the Chinese Navy with the Philippine Fleet."

"But I personally think that our strength seems not enough. I think the Hawaiian fleet must join this operation. Without their participation, we will likely lose this aircraft carrier war between the two sides. Therefore, we must concentrate seven aircraft carriers at one point and fight with the Chinese, so that our chances of winning will be greater." Edel added.

"The Hawaiian fleet can't come to Southeast Asia yet?" Robert showed a hint of embarrassment.

"If they don't come, we will not be sure to defeat the Chinese fleet?" Edel was a little puzzled and frowned.

"Because if the Hawaiian fleet also arrives in Southeast Asia, it is equivalent to telling the Chinese all our actions. The seven aircraft carrier fleets are not at home to guard the hospital, and suddenly all of them go to the door of their house to set up the dragon gate formation. This purpose is too obvious. If we want to launch a sneak attack on the Chinese, then they must think that we are not going to attack them yet. That is to say, at the moment when the war begins, no matter where the Hawaiian fleet is, the Chinese Hawaiian fleet cannot be allowed to approach the South China Sea." Robert immediately analyzed.

"The commander said it is reasonable, but in this way, we launch a sneak attack on four Chinese aircraft carriers with five aircraft carriers. The success is not very good. It remains to be discussed whether it is worth taking this risk." Edel felt that Robert's words made sense, but he turned to worry.

"You think about it, can't we concentrate our forces to attack the enemy a little? We don't need to use five aircraft carriers to attack their four aircraft carriers. If we want to attack, we have to start fighting when their aircraft carrier fleet is not united. We can attack their second fleet or the third fleet, concentrate our superior forces to destroy one of the fleets, and then we can use seven aircraft carriers to attack them for the remaining fleet. Do you think about whether the Chinese still have the ability to fight with us?" Robert suddenly showed a sly smirk and retorted.

Edel nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said that since the Chinese third fleet was rushing from Turkey, I think they must be worried that this would happen. I suspect that they would definitely join forces. The most likely they would place the fleet in the South China Sea area to curb our army into the Taiwan Strait and the Malacca Strait. I think the Chinese still have this military strategy."

"If their aircraft carriers are always active in the same sea area, then it will be really difficult to implement our plan." Robert also took this into consideration and nodded immediately.

The other officers were watching the two of them talking and talking. The shy officer suddenly thought of it, his eyes lit up, and he suddenly looked up and said, "I have an idea, that is, we can find an excuse to let the Hawaiian fleet pass through the Southeast Asian waters. For example, we can use something as a reason to let the Hawaiian fleet pass through this waters, and claim to the outside world that they will not stay in Southeast Asia, but just pass here. At that time, we can take advantage of the Hawaiian fleet's way to the South China Sea to launch a sudden attack. In this way, after the attack, the Hawaiian fleet can also arrive and join the attack sequence. If the Chinese are suddenly attacked, they will inevitably be in chaos. If two aircraft carriers are added, it may really become their nightmare."

Robert immediately looked at the officer and bet on him with a complimentary look. Your idea was quite constructive, which was a good strategy. So do you think we should find a reason to let the Hawaiian fleet pass through Southeast Asia from the distant Taiping region to this troublesome place?"

"I think so. I think we can go to the Indian Ocean region for a friendly visit on the grounds of receiving invitations from a country along the Indian Ocean, or pretending to visit an African country, and then we must pass through Southeast Asia to arrive, so that the Hawaiian fleet can use this excuse to approach the South China Sea." The shy officer was immediately excited when he saw Robert's praise and immediately told the story.

"Well, this method is not an excuse, so the Hawaiian fleet has a suitable reason to pass Southeast Asia." Robert nodded.

After hearing the officer's words, Edel felt that it was quite reasonable like Robert, but he still felt that it seemed inappropriate. So he said that although this method seemed very effective, the Chinese would not easily send the Hawaiian fleet to the Indian Ocean region to visit. I think this may arouse their suspicion. They may be more alert to our activities and will be even more unfavorable to our sneak attacks."

"Oh, then do you think we should take the same approach to be insured?" Robert turned to Edel.

"I can add a suggestion. We might as well issue a fake order to allow the Australian fleet and the Hawaiian fleet to exchange defense areas. In this way, both fleets can leave the port and pass through the Pacific Ocean, and then join forces without realizing it, suddenly killing to the South China Sea, joining the Philippine fleet, and catch the Chinese off guard." Aidel's eyes turned and said cunningly.

"Well, Commander Edel's idea is indeed superior to others. I admire him. This method is much better than my suggestion. This seems more reasonable. Maybe the Chinese will not attract any attention." The shy officer nodded and bet on Edel with admiration.

"After the integration of the two, this plan has become more perfect. I think we can just decide this, but whether to take the initiative to attack the Chinese people, I still need to discuss with the Ministry of National Defense and listen to the opinions of the superiors. If the superiors make up their minds, I think we can make arrangements in the near future and take action as soon as possible, otherwise the Chinese may take the lead and miss the opportunity." Robert's eyes gradually became firmer, and he had decided to do so.

"In the past few days, I will order the Philippine fleet not to return to the port, so that they can keep training and cruise near the Sulu Sea. If they return to the port, they may be suddenly attacked by the Chinese. We cannot give this rare opportunity to the Chinese for nothing, and let them wait for the US fighter jets to hit them head-on." Robert's eyes showed a hint of expectation.

Chapter 317

Between the plan

Chapter 317

Between the plan
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