Chapter 2488 2nd Hand Preparation 1

"It seems that in the first stage of the war, we can only serve as thugs, not chess players." Reidel said to Su Xiong after pouring himself a cup of coffee. As Su Xiong's old partner, Redel also accompanied the German fleet to the United States this time and continued to serve as Su Xiong's chief of staff.

"Yes, we are just thugs, not chess players." Su Xiong nodded and said while sipping a glass of wine.

"So when can we become chess players?" Ryder asked.

"I don't know, maybe it will take three months, maybe we will always be thugs." Su Xiong said.

"You mean, it's possible for the U.S. Navy to take over New Ireland in one go this time?" Reidel said, touching his chin. "If the first step of the battle is successful, then Rabaul on New Britain Island will also be captured quickly. After all, New Ireland is a long and narrow island running east-west and is the shield of Rabaul. If this shield is lost, , then Rabaul will definitely not be able to hold it, and the Japanese will have no choice but to withdraw to the Guinea region and make long-term plans."

"It's like this. In fact, I think the Japanese may not fight the Americans desperately in the first stage of the war. They may just delay and consume. The Japanese are very aware of the strength gap between them and the United States. Even if there is a decisive battle, it will probably be before Kaliman Island or Java Island.”

"And to be honest, let's not talk about strategic decision-making and execution capabilities for the moment. I think the Americans' combat plan is quite good. They have refined all the elements as much as possible and developed an almost standardized response and management method. Make the entire campaign process as digital as possible," Su Xiong said.

"The Americans have a very good way of formulating plans, and the ideas are correct. The only problem is that the strategic goals in the first step are a bit too big. It is easy to fall down if you take this step. However, considering the strong economic foundation and industrial capabilities of the United States, , some losses are not serious to them." Su Xiong finally said.

Su Xiong's meaning is already very clear. Although the Americans' decision at the strategic level is not a good one, relying on their strong industry and national strength, and being willing to bear certain losses, there is still an opportunity to pile up troops and materials. Take the Bismarck Islands. And if this is successful, then the Americans will naturally continue their plans and will not consider the opinions of the Germans. Only when the front line is frustrated, the Americans will include Su Xiong and other German generals in the core circle of decision-making.

"I think the probability that the Americans will successfully capture the Bismarck Islands is not very high." Redel thought for a moment and said, "I'm not saying that the Americans can't capture it, but I'm just saying that the Americans may have to pay a very high price. This price A large one may shake the United States' determination to fight."

"Why?" Su Xiong asked. He didn't expect that Redel was less optimistic about Americans than he was.

"The current situation is like a huge hourglass,

The smaller container above is Japan, and the much larger one below is the United States. Although the United States has a huge advantage, the connection point between the two, that is, there is only so much on this battlefield! And the most important thing is that there is a guy named Britain connected to the small container of Japan. With the support of the British, the Americans are very difficult to deal with. "Raeder said while drawing on the paper.

"I have seen the American battle plan, and it is indeed very good in many places, but I have to say that he takes it too much for granted. At least, in this battle, the Americans have absolutely no advantage in daytime reconnaissance. Because the core of American aviation power is the five aircraft carriers. But what they need to face is the Japanese land-based aircraft. It is very disadvantageous to use sea-based aviation power against land-based aviation power. It may be okay at first, but after a while There will definitely be mistakes, and considering that aircraft carriers also need maintenance and supplies, the offensive side's maritime aviation power will decline much faster than the defensive side," Redl said.

Due to technical reasons, aircraft in this era are very sensitive to range. Although the Americans push the forward bases forward as much as possible, it is a pity that the aircraft in those forward bases are still unable to effectively support the US fleet in the Bismarck Islands. Even if The range is barely enough, but what about people? For example, the V1500 can fly in the air for more than 20 hours. How about asking the pilots to fly for 20 hours before fighting? I was so exhausted! It’s even a slap in the face! This is not a World War II bomber. It has relatively complete life-support facilities on it. Let alone combat in this era, even so-called civil aviation conditions are very difficult.

As for why in history the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet was able to sweep across Japan's land-based aviation forces in 1943? The reason is very simple. At that time, the Americans had an overwhelming advantage in national strength, technology, and personnel. But now, the United States does not have this advantage, even though Japan's aviation power is weak. However, they have the support of the British. They have the British Camel fighter, the Victory V12 night-cooled engine and the Rolls-Royce Eagle engine. From a technical level, at least it is not worse than the United States. After all, the famous aerospace engine manufacturers of later generations have not yet exerted their strength. Well, the aircraft engine technology of the Americans is far inferior to that of the United States and the United States!

In addition, the start of the war was indeed too urgent. Only 5 American aircraft carriers participated in the war, and the other auxiliary ships were rotated. More are still on the slipway. Therefore, if more than 400 carrier-based aircraft are to undertake fleet air defense, ground attack, and aviation reconnaissance missions at the same time, this number is absolutely not enough. You must know that even in the Battle of the Norwegian Sea, the carrier-based aircraft in the hands of the High Seas Fleet were not as good as With fewer Americans and better quality pilots, a large number of land-based aviation forces have been used for reconnaissance. However, the current Americans do not have this condition.

Once aviation power declines, it will first mean the decline of reconnaissance power, and then the gradual change of air supremacy! Of course, taking into account the industrial capabilities and affordability of the Japanese, as well as the level of pilots, it is impossible to say that Japan has a maritime aviation force that can pose a serious threat to a huge fleet. But even so, the Japanese can still use land-based aviation Under the cover of strength, we can fight more proactively. We can even challenge the American fleet during the day. The reason is very simple. With aerial reconnaissance, the Japanese fleet can't defeat it by relying on high speed, so it can always outrun it, right? There are only 4 Bavaria-class battleships. Do you dare to chase them?

The Japanese's style of play is flexible, but the United States is different. The reason is very simple. The U.S. fleet must be responsible for the hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops and engineering personnel at the landing site! This is tantamount to being tied down, and in this case, it is already very passive from the operational level.

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