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This is definitely the largest fleet in the world. None of them, and the only one that can be matched is probably the Royal Navy in its heyday, right?” Standing in the bridge of the flagship Tennessee, General Sims looked at the huge fleet outside the window with some pride! After completing the final preparations, the United States-German Fleet and the landing fleet under their escort finally merged together and set out towards the New Ireland Island thousands of kilometers away.

"Yes, this is indeed the largest fleet in the world. In fact, our scale can be larger." General Benson said. In this fleet, there are 22 battleships of various types! 6 aircraft carriers! (including 4 German battleships and 1 aircraft carrier.) 14 former dauntless battleships and quasi-dreadnought battleships, 12 armored cruisers, 6 other light cruisers, plus up to 110 flat-panel destroyers and more than 40 submarines underwater! (Submarines are mainly used to form cordons)

Behind this huge fleet is hundreds of transport ships, a huge landing fleet composed of supply ships and landing ships. The entire fleet hundreds of various ships form the largest fleet in human history! The entire fleet forms a huge fleet of 20 kilometers and a width of 6 kilometers! They cross half of the Pacific Ocean and march towards the New Ireland Island.

In the air, six aircraft carriers took off fighter jets in turn to be responsible for reconnaissance and provide air defense protection for the fleet. This is not the end. The German long-range patrol aircraft troops that took off from the Carolina Islands were also hovering over the fleet. Their main tasks were in addition to reconnaissance and suppressing Japanese submarines that might appear around the fleet. However, so far, everything on the sea surface is normal, and everything underwater seems to be normal...

"According to the current speed, we can arrive in two days to prepare, and enter the foreword area in three days. On the fifth day, the old battleship can suppress the firepower of the areas near the landing site, and the landing operation will officially begin on the seventh day!" A staff officer reported to Benson.

"So is there any movement in the Japanese fleet?" Benson thought about it and asked.

"The Japanese fleet has arrived at Guinea Island, but the specific location is constantly changing. They seem to have selected several anchorages here. The Japanese fleet must have just completed combat readiness, so the ship condition is very good and the requirements for the standing-wave area are not high. The Japanese fleet is like a snake preparing to launch an attack, which is unpredictable." Sims, who was on the side, turned around and said.

"This is a very good description." Benson nodded and said, then he picked up the task plan in his hand again, wanting to see if there are any mistakes on it.

The maritime battle part is actually adapting to the situation, with the main defense of the US fleet and the main attack of the Japanese fleet. After entering the battle, the submarines will unfold at the outermost periphery to form a cordon. Then there are destroyers, armored cruisers and former fearless battleships deployed near the coast, and they are the main fire support. The main fleet is deployed in the rear, with a large number of transport ships and supply ships. Before coming every night, the US fleet will select one of several pre-selected anchorages as an overnight mooring point to prevent the Japanese fleet from taking advantage of the opportunity to attack at night. Every night, the German fleet and some of the US capital ship units will undertake patrol missions.

"Commander, General Pershing is here." An officer walked forward and whispered.

"Okay, let General Pershing wait for a moment. In addition, take the giant sand table of the landing field and the map of New Ireland. We will verify the cooperation between the navy and the army for the last time." General Benson said.

"General Pershing, your face seems to be a little bad. Is it because of a long sailing that makes you feel very tired?" Benson frowned slightly when he saw Pershing with a pale face.

"It's just a boat, it's nothing. I've come to you this time to have a question. Can you send shells to this place?" Pan Xing didn't politely, walked to the sand table a few steps, picked up the putter from the table, and pointed it on the sand table.

"It's very difficult. Several closer locations are obviously located in the back slope of the mountain range. Our naval guns cannot fall at all, but the Japanese and British cannot use these areas. After all, the elevation angle and firing range of howitzers are also very limited, and the shells cannot fly at all. As for the place you are talking about later, I can only say that our naval guns are a bit close, and even with aircraft cover, it probably cannot reach them, because we are responsible for suppressing the former dreadnoughts, and their elevation angle and range are not ideal." Thomas frowned and said.

"Isn't it okay to use bombers?" Pershing's words revealed dissatisfaction.

"Let me say that, General, the number of attack aircraft that an aircraft carrier can dispatch in a day shall not exceed 80. Even if an aircraft loads 400KG, the projection of a bomb will be only 32 tons in a day. If the aircraft is lost and the hit rate, it is too difficult to blow up these places by relying on the aircraft carrier." Benson paused for a moment and said: "And I don't think we need to care about these places, especially the place you mentioned is the back, because it is too far from the landing site, which is 25 kilometers away. The Japanese cannot fire such a far artillery at all, right?"

"The French GPF194MM cannon is perfect. Don't forget that it is shooting at the low ground in the high ground. Within such a range, they are their range." Pershing used his push rod to swipe the sand table, covering several landing fields.

"How could the Japanese have the French GPF artillery? Could it be that the French sold to Japan after the war? Didn't we snatch a batch of French artillery before? Is such an important long-range artillery not included?" Benson's face also changed slightly, and the current situation was a little beyond his expectations.

The US government's combat readiness was still very detailed, and a very important part of it was the cleaning of the Allies' post-war materials. After the war, theoretically speaking, both the British and the French could sell excess war materials to Japan. For the British, this transaction was necessary. After all, the Japanese had already hinted wildly that if there was any abnormal movement in Britain, even if Japan was finished, they would still take the British colonies in the Far East and India together! Therefore, the British's suggestion to the US government's loans to destroy important military materials was not considered a buy-in.

The French are different. First of all, although France has colonies in the Far East, there are not many. And Germany has guaranteed that the French colonies will remain unchanged after the war, so the French did not need to pay attention to Japan's threat. Secondly, the United States' policy to France is more flexible. In addition to providing loans, it also purchased some French equipment to arm itself, including various artillery artillery. Even if it is not bought, it will pay a certain price to destroy it. Although it cannot be said that it is done very cleanly, it should not be logical that the number of heavy artillery obtained by the Japanese through France should not be large.

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