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    In the White House, Chief of Naval Operations Nimitz was also cursing. The combat plan he submitted to the president was once again rejected.

    Since the Panama Canal became unusable, in order to change the situation of the U.S. Navy becoming more and more passive in the Pacific, people from the Naval Operations Department formulated a combat plan called the Starvation Tactics.

    The target of this plan is the overseas trade lines between Britain and Germany.

    Now that almost all of the main naval forces of Britain and Germany have been sent to the Pacific, their naval power in the Atlantic is unprecedentedly empty.

    In response to this weakness, according to Nimitz's vision, the U.S. Navy happened to have a large number of newly built capital ships trapped on the Atlantic side because of the destruction of the Pana Canal. These capital ships cooperated with the "redundant" escort aircraft carriers and entered the South Atlantic.  The aircraft carrier launched a naval blockade operation, cutting off trade between Britain and Germany and South America and southern Africa.

    According to Nimitz¡¯s idea, this approach can partially absorb the naval strength of Britain and Germany back to the Atlantic direction, reducing the pressure on the Pacific battlefield.

    Then this plan was approved by the president, but it could not pass the Congress. To be precise, it was opposed by the Congress controlled by the conglomerates. The reason was that it would lead to the expansion of the war and make the war endless.  , the New Continent and the Old Continent attacked each other's trade routes, eventually becoming a "lose-lose" outcome.  And another reason for the opponents is that old Europe is different from the United States. No matter how the U.S. Navy breaks diplomatic relations, it can only cut off the Atlantic aircraft carriers.  And they have another Mediterranean-Indian Ocean route that can connect Europe and Asia.  It is impossible for the U.S. Navy to enter the Mediterranean, and it is unlikely that it would rush to India to break diplomatic relations.

    The plan to break diplomatic ties was rejected, and even the plan to send a fleet to Europe for demonstrations was also opposed. The reason was that a head-on confrontation between sea-based aviation and land-based aviation was too risky.

    Afterwards, President Dewey advised Nimitz:

    "Give up, General Nimitz, the United States has lost this war."

    When you say this.  President Dewey felt a strong sense of remorse.

    The greatest result of the nuclear explosion that occurred on the Fourth of July was not the destruction of four U.S. fleets, but the destruction of hardline President Dewey¡¯s control over the United States.  After feeling that President Dewey had had too much power during the war and had become less obedient.  The conglomerates who controlled the United States, through their respective forces and spokesmen, began to hinder Dewey and made him "unfavorable in everything." In fact, these people had already begun to "prepare for the defeat of the United States."

    The war has been going on for more than four years.  Orders from the military have enriched major consortiums and increased their control over the United States.  Under the temptation of Lin Han, under the banner of patriotism, President Dewey has been frantically persecuting the progressive forces in the country in recent years. Although the voice against the war has been eliminated, he will also be able to help him fight against the progress of the consortium.  The power was eliminated altogether.

    In the past, President Dewey was able to do whatever he wanted in the United States. That was because his "doing whatever he wanted" was at odds with the interests of the financial groups, so they supported him and allowed him to do whatever he wanted.  But as the heads of these consortiums.  When they believe that the expansion of the war may turn into a "nuclear war" that threatens their own lives.  With the help of the consortium that was already well fed by the war, in their eyes, President Dewey, who wanted to turn the war into a full-scale war or even a nuclear war, became a "danger" that they found dazzling.

    President Dewey has woken up. The situation has become like this, who is behind it, and it has turned into this? President Dewey understands that he himself also has a considerable responsibility.

    "It was I who single-handedly destroyed the power of progress that could restrain those shameless worms."

    ¡°If I could turn back time, President Dewey swore.  He will definitely order that "the gang of patriotic thieves from the Concerned Knights be dealt with severely in accordance with legal procedures."

    However, the big mistake has been made and it is too late to regret it.

    Later, he wrote in his diary.

    "That's why they let me still sit in the position of president. It's just that they need someone to sign the so-called "peace agreement" that is extremely humiliating. As long as there is another failure on the front line, they will find reasons and excuses to end this war.  . As for why we have to wait until the "peace talks" fail, all the warships involved in the peace process have been sunk, so that the United States of America will place more warship orders "after peace" for the sake of maritime security."

    ??When the president and generals are cursing and complaining.  The U.S. Navy, which is fighting in the Pacific, is also filled with resentment.

    "We are a group of pigs waiting to be slaughtered. We eat pig food and drink pig urine. We live on a warship filled with pigs. The good-natured president sent us here and is waiting to sacrifice us to the evil god.  "Sacrifice"

    On November 8, 1946, on the observation deck of the battleship Maine, Tom, the sailor on duty, secretly drank?Bringing whiskey on board, humming a self-composed and self-sung "mother-swearing song".

    A strong sense of defeatism now hangs over the remaining six U.S. fleets in the Pacific.  The nuclear explosion on the Fourth of July not only wiped out 40% of the U.S. Navy's capital ships, but also drained the spirit of the U.S. Navy.

    USS Maine bb69 is the third ship of the Montana-class battleship and one of the only three and a half battleships remaining in the Pacific Ocean of the U.S. Navy.

    After the Fourth of July, the U.S. Navy should theoretically have four and a half battleships in the Pacific.

    The four ships refer to the remaining three Montana-class battleships, including the Iowa-class USS New Jersey, which escaped death on Atura Island.  The half-ship refers to the "air defense battleship" Jean Bart rented from the French. Because it has only one main gun turret, it is called the half-ship.

    Although the New Jersey escaped death on Atura Island, all the buildings on the ship were blown to pieces by heavy aerial bombs, and all three main gun turrets were destroyed. It will not be possible to complete repairs within this year.

    Due to the destruction of the Panama Canal, the number of U.S. Navy combat aircraft carriers in the Pacific has no advantage compared to the Eurasian coalition forces. It relies entirely on the massive Casablanca-class escort aircraft carriers to help support the situation.

    Today, the number of combat aircraft carriers the U.S. Navy has in the Pacific has dropped to fourteen Essex-class aircraft carriers, three Essex-class aircraft carriers, and four Midway-class aircraft carriers.

    Although the U.S. Navy still has two Essex-class aircraft carriers and four Midway-class aircraft carriers in the Atlantic direction, as well as the Montana-class battleships that will be completed next year, due to the destruction of the Panama Canal  , these new ships are unable to move to the direction of the Pacific Ocean, and can only lie depressedly in the Atlantic Ocean and stare at the Pacific Ocean on the other side in a daze.

    And the number of battleships is at a comprehensive disadvantage of one to three or even one to four.

    Although it is now the era of "the sky is king".  But after all, half of the time in this world is night, and as time enters October and winter comes, the climate gradually deteriorates.  In the high-latitude North Pacific waters, the nights are getting longer and longer, and the role of aircraft carriers is constantly being weakened.

    "It is impossible for humans to defeat gods, let alone be enemies of five evil gods at the same time."

    "Those five evil gods are punishment for the arrogance of the United States of America"

    "President Dewey is crazy. While he is challenging the gods, he is also the enemy of the whole world."

    The U.S. Navy has lost its spirit.  There is no longer the ambition of Niu Pi who shouted "I want to send the evil god to meet God" a few years ago. What is left is the war-weariness of hoping that this "damn war" will end soon.  This is true for the people, and it is true for the military as well.  This kind of emotion is fed back to the war-weary soldiers at the bottom, and it turns into neglecting their duties while on duty and just coping with the situation.

    In November, the sun sets very early and rises very late. The long night is a good time for the "outdated" battleships to attack.

    At nine o'clock in the evening on the 8th, a strong wind blew on the sea.  The wind was high and the waves were strong, and at ten o'clock, it began to rain heavily.  The rain continued until early the next morning and finally stopped.  For Tom, the lookout, being forced to man the rickety lookout was a painful chore.

    The battleship Maine performs an escort mission. Together with another sister ship of the Montana class, the Ohio, it is connected with 24 destroyers, four cruisers, four escort aircraft carriers, and 24 transport ships.  A transport fleet has been formed and is delivering supplies to Kiska Island.

    This escort fleet is not large in scale, and there are not many escort aircraft carriers.  The main reason is the unique geographical environment of the Aleutian Islands. The island chain is composed of countless small islands, which stretches westward from the East Pacific to the West Pacific like stepping stones. The distance between small islands is often only a few hundred kilometers.  It has been three years since the U.S. Navy recaptured the Aleutian Islands.  After three years of hard work, almost every island has one or even several land-based airports.  As long as day breaks, his escort fleet can be protected by aircraft from the island-based airport at any time.

    As for the voyage to Kiska Island, the island-based airport closest to his fleet is only more than a hundred kilometers away, and there is also a powerful destroyer squadron stationed there.  In the past four years, U.S. shipyards have produced nearly 800 destroyers.  You can have the luxury of deploying support fleets everywhere.  And the route he took was the Bering Sea inside the Aleutian Islands.  Before dark every day, the island-based airports in various island chains will take off long-range reconnaissance aircraft to conduct a net-like search to ensure that there will be no enemy fleet in the surrounding 800 kilometers of sea area.

    At two o'clock in the morning, the Maine sailed out of the rain cloud belt. By this time, the wind and rain had stopped, and the sky had cleared up. Looking up, I saw a full moon hanging slantingly in the sky, and the cold moonlight fell through the cold sea breeze.  Because we were on the ship, it added another chill to the Bering Sea in November.

    1946?January 8th is the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar. Even though it is the 15th day of the 10th lunar month, it is a good season for bright colors.

    At 2:30 in the morning on the 9th, the alarm bell suddenly sounded on the Maine.

    The alarm bell came from a report from the radar crew of the outer destroyer. They reported that they had discovered a large number of suspicious targets approaching the fleet group at high speed.  Just like the lookout Tom who was secretly drinking on the lookout on the USS Maine, the destroyer radar crew guarding the perimeter also failed in their duty a little late. They waited until the sneak attacker approached to a distance of less than 30 kilometers.  Only then did the anomalies in the radar signal alert us.

    "However, it cannot be entirely blamed on the radar soldiers' negligence. The approaching assassins were all flying at a low altitude of thirty meters above the sea.  The moon on the fifteenth day is sixteen round, and the good moonlight provides excellent support for low-altitude flights at night.  The aircraft currently flying close to the sea is a night attack aircraft specially developed for low-altitude night sneak attacks: the Bat II attack aircraft.

    The Bat II attack aircraft is a night attack aircraft specially developed by Britain and Japan based on the characteristics of the ship spirit and the capabilities of the ship spirit after the emergence of the ship spirit.

    Its biggest feature is that it is "another" low-altitude, low-speed, high-performance biplane attack aircraft.

    In the original historical plane, biplanes have been eliminated since World War II and are outdated. However, in this plane, combined with the ship spirit's long-distance full-field perception and excellent low-altitude performance, the biplane is suitable for low-altitude raids at night. Not only is it not obsolete, but it is  In the hands of unscientific beings like Lin Han's family, it becomes a hidden weapon to stab opponents.

    After the success of the 1943 surprise attack on San Francisco, Japan, which had tasted the benefits, did not stop the development of biplanes. After the birth of Artoria, entrusted by Li Huamei, Artoria also encouraged the British Navy to join in, and Britain and Japan joined forces to  A new generation of biplane attack aircraft was developed.

    The new generation of Swordfish II has an engine power of up to 1950 horsepower. When a torpedo is mounted, it can penetrate defenses at a speed of 400 kilometers per hour.  It is completely different from the heavy swordfish type.  In order to provide the aircraft's "stealth capability" and anti-VT wireless proximity fuze, the aircraft also used as few metal materials as possible when building it, and still used outdated canvas skin.

    This sneak attack on the U.S. fleet was an operation that the coalition forces had carefully prepared for several months.  A total of three aircraft carriers participated in the operation.  They are the Japanese Musashi, the British Mordred, and the German Sephiroth.

    Before the operation started, it was two days ago that a Japanese submarine that sneaked into the Maine route discovered the fleet and sent a telegram. Then the submarine where Hannah was entrusted rushed to the Aleutian island chain and discovered it again.  Traces of the American fleet.  Then another submarine that replaced Hanna's Katyusha spirit determined the maximum position of the fleet after dark and continued to provide correction data.

    On the other side, Lin Han and Artoria joined forces to command three aircraft carriers. They "naked" broke into the US aircraft reconnaissance network during the day without frigates, approaching the target.  At that time, they took advantage of the bad weather in the Bering Sea and hid under a thundercloud to avoid the American reconnaissance planes in the sky. They successfully approached a distance of about 500 kilometers from the fleet before dark, and then continued to get closer and narrow the distance.  Therefore, there are only three ships in order to reduce the size of the fleet and prevent it from being discovered by opponents.

    At two o'clock in the morning, these three aircraft carriers with ship intelligence approaching were 200 kilometers away from the target fleet. They used the moonlight to launch carrier-based aircraft and flew at low altitude to avoid the radar search of the US fleet. In Katyusha,  With the help of the submarine that continuously provided radio aircraft carrier correction data, the advancing U.S. fleet was found in one fell swoop.  To be continued
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