Chapter 2561 The wind is surging 2
"If our fleet attacks the US fleet in two directions at the same time, the Americans will soon be able to analyze our strength. So what do you think the Americans will do next?" Betty asked.
"They are likely to choose to divide their troops and rescue the attacked American fleet separately." Shimamura Soo said after thinking about it.
"This is a possibility, but the biggest possibility is that the German fleet will bite one of our fleets, and then the other fleet will circumvent! For the Americans, they don't have to consider destroying the entire Japanese joint fleet at once! Just killing one of the fleets is enough to make Japan doom. Even if it is the six Fuso-class battleships of the first team, if it encounters four Bavarian-class battleships, it will probably be difficult to get rid of them in a hurry, right?" Betty expressed his concerns.
Facing the complete Japanese joint fleet's main force, Su Xiong would not have any idea, but if it were only half, even six Fuso-class battleships, Su Xiong would probably have plans to go up and take a bite! You know, during the war, they were experts who fought with less and more, for example, sneaked out of Thomas, for example, using the time difference to fight against the Japanese fleet in two batches in a total of 4 main battleships in a row! Two more were sunk! In terms of the tactics of small-scale fleet battles, Su Xiong is definitely the top person in the world, otherwise he would have kneeled down! Once he bit, even in the bad weather, Su Xiong might be able to peel off the Japanese fleet?
"To be honest, it is too risky to deploy troops like this. If we are not careful, it will cause disastrous consequences. Sometimes, the chips are in their hands, which is a deterrent. If we only send one fleet and use another fleet as a support fleet, even if we are unfortunately bitten by the Germans, as long as our other fleet does not show up, it will be a deterrent for Su Xiong."
"But if the current deployment is like the ones that are exposed at the same time, this psychological deterrence effect will disappear. The Suxiong fleet can bite one of our fleets tightly. After the US fleet knows the location of our other fleet, it will also prevent us from rendezvousing. And if we want to evacuate, the mutual cover between the two fleets will cause great trouble, which is obviously not worth the effort in tactical terms." Betty tried to convince the Japanese for the last time.
"To be honest, there are many problems with this plan." Shimamura Soo said with a sigh.
"Damn, what's the situation? Do you know that there is something wrong with this plan and still implement it? What are you thinking?" Betty frowned, trying to speak, but didn't say it. He was waiting for the following.
"Although the plan you have formulated is conservative, the safety factor is the highest, and from a tactical point of view, we will at least make some money. We also understand your continued weakening strategy. I have to say that if time is enough, then this strategy is indeed the most suitable for Japan. But unfortunately, what we lack most now is time. To be honest, the combat effectiveness of the US Army is beyond our imagination, and the defensive situation on New Ireland is already very bad." Shimamura Soo said.
Americans underestimated the Japanese, and Japanese even underestimated the Americans! To be honest, except for the days when the landing war just started, the Japanese used their home court and equipment advantages to beat the Americans, at other times, the performance of the Japanese Army was really far inferior to that of the US Army. Although the US military has felt pain because more than 20,000 casualties have been so far, what about the Japanese Army? Now there are more than 15,000 people killed in battle, and more than 40,000 injured people! In other words, if we simply talk about the exchange ratio, the Americans have also gained an advantage of more than 1 for 2 in extreme unfavorable circumstances.
Although the Japanese government said that the price of recruiting a soldier was just a civilian postcard. But in fact, for any country's army, the losses of well-trained and experienced soldiers are huge. The skeleton of the grassroots combat effectiveness of the army are these experienced soldiers and officers! In history, there is a saying that the first wave of British army officers and soldiers participating in World War I were replaced within three months, either dead in battle, in hospital, or retired due to injuries. At this rate, no more than two months, the Japanese front-line troops on New Ireland will be replaced one after another!
Compared with the huge casualties on the front line, the Japanese army's supply was also ineffective. "The US Navy was also very fierce when it was fighting hard!" This was after a night war, a captain of a Japanese destroyer commented on the US Navy when he was writing a diary. The US destroyer fleet and submarine forces attacked the Japanese Navy's escort formations and anti-submarine networks again and again, and at the same time, he used to drill in the port areas of the Japanese army to throw a mine into the offshore area. This blockade obviously put a huge pressure on the Japanese Navy's maritime transportation. Although there are not many ships that have sunk to the United States and Germany, it is the view of a large number of Japanese people with shallow families. It would be a life-threatening Japanese! So much so that the Japanese Navy suggested "appropriately reducing the amount of material transportation."
So, in the eyes of the Americans, the battle on New Ireland has reached a deadlock, and for the Japanese, they have heard the bells before the destruction! If they continue to fight in this way, it will no longer be a question of when the Americans will be able to capture this island, but a question of when the Japanese will consider when to withdraw troops and stop losses! Although New Ireland is important, it is not a place for the decisive battle. There are New Guinea and Kalimantan Island behind it!
So, from this perspective, the current overall view of the Japanese Navy is still far higher than the Pacific battlefield in history. At least, the Japanese know what stop loss is, and what is, if they can't do it! Think about the Battle of Guadalam in history, the Japanese Navy and Army began to do their own things. The army built airports, but the navy did not know. After being occupied by the Americans, the Japanese Navy and Army fought thousands of miles away at the home court of the Americans. What is this? When you see that you can't get off this island, just throw it away. As a result, you have lost so much force and lost so much. In the end, you still throw it away?
Of course, before stopping the loss, the Japanese still planned to make a reckless move. The Japanese knew very well that it was not easy to open up the situation on land. After all, you were in a defensive position and even let the Americans play a 1-for-2 exchange ratio. If the Japanese Army attacked, then this exchange ratio would probably not be able to be seen. Therefore, the only chance is the Navy! Unexpectedly, you can get a wave and leave!
Chapter completed!