Chapter 395: Beat Laomei, but we can’t let Tuao go! (Please subscribe, please vote)

Hawaii, Pearl Harbor.

Zhuge Weidao's residence is located next to a bay to the west of Pearl Harbor. Although it is also within the scope of Pearl Harbor, it is some distance from the bay that is the naval base of the Ming Dynasty's Pacific Fleet - although the entrance and exit of this Pearl Harbor is very

It is narrow, but the layout inside is not small. There are islands, bays, and peninsulas. The total length of coastline suitable for building docks and docks is forty or fifty kilometers. Not to mention a Pacific Fleet, even if all the "1,000 ships" of the Ming Dynasty Navy are launched

Come here, Pearl Harbor will definitely be able to fit in.

In addition, the entrance and exit of Pearl Harbor is very narrow, less than 1 kilometer wide. It is the kind of terrain where once the fort is repaired, the large fleet inside can sleep peacefully. Moreover, the water in Pearl Harbor is very shallow, only a dozen meters deep, which is enough

Let the big warship float, but it is too shallow for submarines and air-dropped torpedoes. Of course, there is no such thing as air-dropped torpedoes now. A torpedo weighing several hundred kilograms is too shallow for current carrier-based aircraft.

Still too heavy.

So the interior of Pearl Harbor is indeed the home of the Grand Fleet!

According to the requirements of the Ming Dynasty's Navy Ministry, since the Kingdom of Hawaii was completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty, large-scale construction work began at Pearl Harbor. The fort at the entrance of Pearl Harbor, the military port pier and naval shipyard in Pearl Harbor, the oil depot, coal depot, ammunition depot on the shore, and

There are various supply warehouses. There are also Pacific Fleet shore headquarters, large and small airports, garrison barracks, Pacific Fleet barracks, and living areas for officers, non-commissioned officers and their families.

In the past few years, everything has risen from the ground.

By the time Zhuge Weidao led the Pacific Fleet over, although all these major projects had not been completed, they had begun to take shape. The military camp, headquarters, living quarters for the soldiers, non-commissioned officers, and their families had all been completed.

Among them, Zhuge Weidao, the commander-in-chief's family, lived on a small peninsula at the bottom of a slender bay west of Pearl Harbor. Four Chinese-style garden villas were built on this peninsula, each owned by the admiral of the Pacific Fleet.

The deputy admiral, chief of staff and commander-in-chief of the Pearl Harbor garrison occupied it.

The current admiral of the Pacific Fleet is Zhuge Weidao, the deputy admiral is Chen Jian, the chief of staff is Li Kezhi, and the commander-in-chief of the Pearl Harbor garrison is Huang Shuren - they are all old acquaintances!

In addition, Guo Xiaobao, Wang Wen, Ling Zongjun, Yu Yang, and Ye Wu, all of whom have followed Zhuge Dao since the "Daoguang Printing" campaign, also have houses in the officer living area of ​​Pearl Harbor. Only one Ma Xuchen because

He was promoted to admiral of naval aviation, so he didn't come to Pearl Harbor with him.

Zhuge was the wife and children of Tao's family, and they were all brought to Pearl Harbor by him. He had Natalie, Daheikong, Nalandili, and Ali, a total of one wife, two concubines, and a maid. The four women were actually still alive.

It is really enviable to others to be able to enjoy it happily!

Before arriving at Pearl Harbor, Daheikong was already pregnant, and her belly had gradually swelled during this time. Zhuge Weidao's fourth child will be born this year, the twelfth year of Taiping.

As for Admiral Zhuge's fifth child, it has been arranged that Natalie will give birth to and raise it, so these days, he is working hard to get Natalie pregnant before he leads his team on a voyage next time.

"Where do you want to go on your next voyage, Brother Michiko? Is it to escort the Japanese Echigo Division to Mexico, or to go south to the Marshall Islands to occupy Eniwetok Atoll?"

In addition, news from the Navy says that the first ship of the Guangdong-class aircraft carrier, the Guangdong, will enter service in our Pacific Fleet next month. Why not use it as your flagship next time you sail!"

Drinking tea in the living room of Zhuge Wei's house and talking about the voyage was Huang Shuren, the commander-in-chief of the Pearl Harbor garrison.

During this time, Fleet Vice Admiral Chen Jian and Fleet Chief of Staff Li Kezhi went on a mission and led a detachment of the Pacific Fleet to escort the troop transport to Mexico.

When they returned, it was Zhuge Weidao's turn to go on a mission - in order to allow the Pacific Fleet to balance work and rest, Zhuge Weidao divided the fleet into two squadrons. Among them, Zhuge Weidao himself led the first squadron, and Chen Ship

Then lead the Second Squadron. In the absence of a major war in the Pacific, the two squadrons took turns sailing.

There are two sailing directions for these two squadrons. One is the direction of the Americas, which is mainly to escort troops transported from Japan to the Mexican Empire to participate in the war. The United States began general mobilization after declaring war on the Mexican Empire and Japan.

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The United States is serious and is preparing to use all its land and sea power and its industrial strength to fight Mexico and Japan!

The Mexican Empire immediately began its general mobilization. However, Mexico's native white population was only more than 2 million, which was too small to fight a full-scale war with the United States.

Therefore, we could only ask the Ming Dynasty for help. The way the Ming Dynasty helped the Mexican Empire, in addition to supporting the arms, was to transport Japanese soldiers to Mexico to participate in the war.

After all, Japan now has a population of more than 20 million, which is enough to compete with Americans!

In addition, the Ming Dynasty also sent a serious Ming expeditionary force to California in the name of protecting overseas Chinese... The Pacific Fleet was also responsible for transporting the logistics of these Ming troops stationed in California.

The second sailing direction of the Pacific Fleet Squadron is the South Pacific...that is, towards Australia!

However, the Pacific Fleet did not arrive in one step and rushed directly to the east coast of Australia. Because there are layers of island chains blocking the northeastern direction of Australia's east coast.

There is no way for the Pacific Fleet to rush directly to Australia. It must work step by step and break forward.

The first step towards entering Australia is to control the Caroline Islands and the Marshall Islands. Both of these islands have atolls that can be transformed into anchorages for the Grand Fleet.

As long as the Pacific Fleet captures one or two of the key atolls and builds them, it will have an advanced base for entering Australia.

After taking these two bases, we will have Rabaul and the Solomon Islands... and after we take the Solomon Islands, we will have the Coral Sea and Port Moresby!

As for how to fight the battle in the direction of the Solo Islands and the Coral Sea, Zhuge Weidao knew very well.

Therefore, when Zhuge Weidao arrived, he made a private division of labor with Chen Jian. He would be responsible for the tasks in North America, while Zhuge Weidao would be responsible for the tasks going south.

Before Chen Jian's escort mission, Zhuge Weidao had already led the First Squadron of the Pacific Fleet to escort a regiment of Ming Army Marines and a regiment of Japanese troops to capture Truk in the Caroline Islands.

atoll.

In addition to these two "heterodynes", Zhuge Weidao also had the task of remotely commanding the Dezhou Haizi, which was also very important.

Although the Texas Coast Guard won a complete victory in last year's Battle of the Atlantic, because the Nicaragua Canal has not yet been connected, the Texas Coast Guard is still isolated and it is difficult to receive direct support from the Pacific Fleet.

However, Zhuge Weidao still tried his best to mobilize ships from the Pacific Fleet and sent them to the Caribbean to support the Texas Sea.

Just when the Texas Sea Air Fleet entered Port Elizabeth (an important port in Mexico), Zhuge Weidao sent a support fleet consisting of two Warrior-class cruisers, six destroyers and six torpedo boats, commanded by Wang Wen

, it should be arriving soon...
Chapter completed!