kvmb Chapter 290 John and Citigroup's two large fleets march out together
Chapter 290 John and Citigroup's two large fleets march out together
Temasek, Straits Governor's House.
"Your Excellency the Governor, the ancient people have joined the war!"
Governor Sir Fulton jumped up in surprise when he heard the news.
"Did the ancients intervene militarily in the Chinese riots in the Dutch colonies?"
He didn't ask stupid questions like whether the news was true or not.
Since the intelligence department passed the information to him, it means that the news of the ancient country's armed intervention is absolutely true.
At this moment, a new piece of information came in, directly confirming the accuracy of this news.
“The ancient country’s Ministry of National Defense held a press conference half an hour ago.
The Dutch colonial authorities joined forces with the Gua Wa people to persecute local Chinese, hoping to replicate the massacre against the Chinese.
The ancient country will send its fleet south to carry out armed intervention to stop the persecution of the Chinese by the Dutch and the Guava peoples.
When Sir Fulton saw the news, he felt a headache.
Soon there was new information.
A well-organized Chinese army has appeared on Suma Island. They have gradually occupied the major cities on Suma Island and are controlling the entire island.
"The ancients really had a plan long ago. They wanted to seize the Dutch colony."
When Sir Fulton saw this information, he knew what was going on.
I'm afraid that even if the Dutch did not target the Chinese, the ancient country would find other excuses to join the war.
Moreover, the ancient people actually deployed a large number of troops on Sumatra, and the Dutch were completely unaware of it. They are simply useless.
"The Dutch colony cannot be lost. Once it is lost, it will threaten the Singapore Strait and the Singapore-Malaysia Peninsula."
Among all the Asian colonies, White Elephant ranked first in importance, and Singapore and Malaysia ranked second.
This is not only the busiest sea route in Asia, controlling maritime trade, but also connecting Asian colonies through sea routes, allowing a large amount of resources to be continuously transported to the mainland.
If Sumatra is controlled by the ancient country, it would be equivalent to losing half of the control of the Singapore-Malaysia Strait.
This is something they will never allow to happen.
So this time they must do their best to help the Dutch defend this colony. They also understand the principle of "lips and teeth are cold".
"Immediately dispatch all main forces of the Far East Fleet to the Jakarta waters."
“Contact the United States immediately and have them dispatch the main force of the Luzon Fleet south.
If we want to fight against the ancient navy, we must unite the two fleets."
Sir Fulton had come into contact with the ancient country so many times and was well aware of the strength of the ancient country's navy.
The Qionghai interception incident a few years ago is still vivid in our memory.
More than two years have passed. Even though they have now strengthened the strength of the New Far East Fleet, they may not be able to compete with the ancient country's Third Fleet. They must rely on the power of the United States.
The new Far East Fleet now has three battleships, four aircraft carriers, one battlecruiser, more than 30 cruisers and destroyers, and more than 10 submarines.
Together with patrol boats, minesweepers and other ships, there are hundreds of them in total.
This is also due to the fact that their new battleships and aircraft carriers began to be launched and put into service one after another.
Otherwise, they would not have so many battleships to reinforce the Far East.
Over the past two years, the shipyards in John's country have not stopped building battleships.
Two 50,000-ton battleships and a 20,000-ton new aircraft carrier were successively put into service.
New battleships and aircraft carriers are still under construction.
After all, the pressure on the sea in Xizhou is also great now.
The Hans Navy owns four 70,000-ton battleships, and they are also building battleships and aircraft carriers on their slipways.
Both John's Navy's Home Fleet and Far East Fleet were under tremendous pressure.
Fortunately, the United States, as an ally, is strong enough.
As of now, the two fleets have 15 battleships, and there are new battleships on the slipway.
These new battleships will also be commissioned 37 years ago.
The two fleets will have 20 battleships, which can greatly reduce their pressure on coastal defense.
Navy John knew very well that if he wanted to suppress the ancient navy, he had to unite with the U.S. navy.
At the same time, this also means that John Navy will gradually lose its dominance.
The United States will gradually gain dominance over the West's maritime power.
After all, in terms of the apparent strength of the navy, the United States has surpassed the Royal Navy of John in all aspects.
After the order was issued, Admiral Barnes, commander of the new Far East Fleet, once again proudly led the main fleet towards Jakarta.
The strength of the new Far East Fleet has been strengthened this time. Not only have two battleships been added, but all the aircraft carriers have also been replaced with new single-wing fighters, and their strength has been enhanced.
If we join forces with the United States' Luzon Fleet to attack from both sides, we will definitely be able to stop the ancient country's navy from moving south.
This time, let the ancient country taste the feeling of being intercepted.
Although the Third Fleet of the Ancient Navy has a 70,000-ton battleship.
But they had an absolute advantage in the number of battleships.
A swarm of ants can kill an elephant, and the same principle applies to naval battles.
What's more, naval warfare is extremely complex and it is not as simple as just looking at the data on paper.
Naval combat experience, the combat quality of naval soldiers, the combat environment, ship maintenance conditions, etc. must all be taken into consideration.
The United States Luzon Fleet is under the command of the Pacific Fleet.
Although it was only a colonial fleet, considering the need to encircle the ancient navy, the United States Pacific Fleet deliberately strengthened the Luzon Fleet.
In this way, we can carry out a strategic east-west encirclement of the ancient country of Qionghai together with the New Far East Fleet, and curb the expansion of the ancient country's navy to the south or east.
Therefore, the Luzon Fleet also has four battleships, three aircraft carriers, plus light and heavy cruisers, destroyers, submarines, etc., totaling hundreds of large and small ships.
The main battleships of these two fleets together include seven battleships, one battlecruiser, seven aircraft carriers, and more than 200 other ships.
This is also the main reason why the Third Fleet of the Ancient Navy is the largest.
Because the Third Fleet not only needs to face the complex situation in the South China Sea, but also needs to face the pincer attack from the two major fleets.
After receiving the request for help from John's fleet, Vice Admiral Ulysses Herrera, commander of the Luzon Fleet, immediately asked the Pacific Fleet Command for instructions.
The next day, the main force of the huge Luzon fleet began to move south, heading towards Jakarta at full speed.
The unusual movements in the Dutch colonies had a ripple effect, causing changes in the entire South Seas situation.
The Southern Military Region Naval Command is under the command of the Military Region Command, but is administratively under the jurisdiction of the Naval Command.
Southern Military Region Commander Guo Mingxuan received an early warning from the military region's intelligence department after the two fleets were deployed on a large scale.
"The main forces of the New Far East Fleet and the Luzon Fleet have all been deployed. It seems that John and the United States are very determined to protect the Dutch colony.
However, we are also determined to take over the Dutch colonies."
As the commander of the Southern Military Region, he is well aware of the top leaders' future strategic deployment in the Nanyang region.
Now they had control of the Shan Kingdom, dividing John's colony in Southeast Asia into two.
As long as the Dutch colonies are captured, a strategic pincer attack will be formed on the colonies in Singapore, Malaysia and Indochina.
At the same time, it will have two sea routes, the Singapore Strait and the Sunda Strait, which are of great strategic significance. (The Sunda Strait is located between Sumatra and Java)
So they must seize this rare opportunity to take over the Dutch colonies.
Fortunately, the Third Fleet of the Ancient Navy is now much stronger than before and has enough power to fight against the two fleets.
"Order the remaining ships to form the Fourth Task Force to intercept the Luzon Fleet of the United States.
At the same time, notify the Eastern Military District and have their fleets go out for a stroll, to be on guard against reinforcements from the Pacific Fleet."
Although the Second Fleet is not as large as the Third Fleet, it also has two aircraft carrier battle groups and two battleship fleets.
One Kitty Hawk-class conventional-powered aircraft carrier, one Enterprise-class nuclear-powered super aircraft carrier, and two Goyue-class battleships.
It is not as big as the US Pacific Fleet, but it is enough to achieve a crushing victory in actual combat.
The changes in the situation in Southeast Asia were naturally reported to Jiang Hua.
"The fleet's strength has improved, but it's still lacking in scale."
Eight aircraft carriers plus eight battleships, a total of 16 battleships.
This scale is already large enough, but the Pacific Ocean is too vast, and it is still insufficient for the current size of the Second Fleet.
So Jiang Hua plans to add two more enterprise-class nuclear-powered super aircraft carriers.
Together with the two Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers still under construction, the number of battleships will exceed 20.
However, the construction progress of the two aircraft carriers is not very fast.
According to the current progress, the two Kitty Hawk-class conventional-powered aircraft carriers built by the two major shipyards will not be put into service until next year.
After all, the ancient country had never built such a large warship before and lacked experience in building large warships.
Therefore, it took more than two years to build about two-thirds of these two heavy aircraft carriers, and it will take about a year to launch them.
It will probably take until 37 years to serve.
The construction of these two aircraft carriers also allowed the ancient country's shipbuilding industry to accumulate valuable experience in building large aircraft carriers.
Therefore, the construction of a nuclear-powered super aircraft carrier can be put on the agenda.
Building two nuclear-powered super aircraft carriers independently is also a severe test for the two major shipyards.
Moreover, Jiang Hua is also well aware of some of the defects of the Enterprise nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
The biggest problem with this aircraft carrier is its nuclear reactor.
The A2W pressurized water reactor is too small, which is why the Enterprise-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier uses 8 of them.
You have to know that reactors take up a lot of space, and the maintenance cost is also high when there are many of them.
Therefore, Jiang Hua’s requirement for these two newly built nuclear-powered aircraft carriers is to replace the power systems.
Now a new type of A3W reactor has emerged, with a single unit output power of up to 7 horsepower. The maintenance cost is half that of the A2W, and the number is also half.
Four A4W pressurized water reactors can reach an output power of 3 horsepower.
This saves valuable ship space and allows for the storage of more fuel, ammunition, and supplies.
Therefore, this requires the Shipbuilding Heavy Industry to redesign it.
It was a test from design to construction.
If the ancient country can build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier completely on its own, it means that the foundation of its shipbuilding industry has been laid very solidly.
Next, we just need to develop the ability to design and innovate independently to get rid of our dependence on the base.
Of course, getting rid of dependence on bases does not mean that we will not use bases anymore.
I can do without it, but I can't live without it. This is also a kind of having both.
After writing down his thoughts, Jiang Hua's attention turned back to Nanyang.
With the deployment of John's new Far East Fleet and the United States' Luzon Fleet, the South China Sea will once again enter the international vision.