"Our main force is leaving, and at the same time, we will let the first naval battle go south... Junmen, do you want the British to mistakenly think that the main force of our Pacific Fleet has left Pearl Harbor to reinforce the Nanyang Fleet?"
Wang Wen immediately understood Zhuge Weidao's thoughts.
Zhuge Weidao not only had to wait for the British's choice results to appear, but also helped them make the choice.
Now the most powerful strike force under the Pacific Fleet, the First Air Force, has entered the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty's Nanyang Fleet. If the First Air Battle cooperates with the Nanyang Fleet to bomb Java, the number of aircraft carriers participating in the air attack will reach 10! The scene of hundreds of fighter jets taking off from 0 aircraft carriers flying together over Java will be very shocking.
After receiving the report from Java Island, the main force of the British Royal Navy will most likely think that the main force of the Ming Dynasty's Pacific Fleet has been transferred to Southeast Asia... The British spies ambushing in Honolulu will also find that there are not many in Pearl Harbor next door. A large combat ship.
The Kingdom of Hawaii where Pearl Harbor is located was a semi-colony before it was taken over by the Zhu Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty, Britain, Japan, and Spain all had influence here.
After Hawaii changed its surname to Zhu, the power of the Ming Dynasty and Japan in Hawaii surged, while the power of Britain and Spain receded.
However, after all, Britain and Spain have been operating in Honolulu for many years, and no matter how they fade away, they will still leave behind some backstabs and eyewitnesses - in today's Hawaiian Kingdom, there are still many local Hawaiian natives and white people who have become citizens of the Kingdom of Hawaii. , usually quite peaceful, but there must be British spies among them.
In addition, the Pacific Fleet's intelligence office can also monitor some mysterious electronic signals on Oahu from time to time...
However, Zhuge Weidao did not let his military police and the governor of the Kingdom of Hawaii arrest the British agents, but deliberately kept them.
Zhuge Weidao thought for a while and then said to Wang Wen: "When the time comes, we will not attack together. We will both stay at Pearl Harbor. From time to time, we can also go to Honolulu to show up and attend the banquet of the King of Hawaii.
When the British get this news, they will be more certain that the main force of the Pacific Fleet has been transferred to the South China Sea... Then they will most likely choose our Pacific Fleet as their target. "
Zhuge Weidao was the commander of the Pacific Fleet, and Wang Wen was the chief of staff of the Pacific Fleet. Today's world navies still adhere to the principle of "admirals command on the spot". The fleet admiral has the reason to attack together with the fleet flagship and command on the spot.
Although the current Pacific Fleet does not have a fixed flagship, Zhuge Weidao's admiral's flag and the Pacific Fleet's flagship flag have been appearing on the "Dazhou" recently.
Before the "Dazhou" entered service, Zhuge Weidao regarded the "Shihuang" as his "common flagship". If both battleships left Pearl Harbor and Zhuge Weidao did not go out. This can only mean that these two battleships have been transferred to the Nanyang Fleet...
"Military gate," Wang Wen thought, "if the British are really fooled and really come all the way to Pearl Harbor, then how do you plan to leave them on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean near Pearl Harbor?"
"I plan to give them one..." Zhuge Weidao looked at the sea map, thinking for a long time, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Let's use a staged invitation attack tactic, coupled with air strikes from aircraft carriers!"
"What is segmented invitation?" Wang Wen asked.
"It means resisting step by step, investing troops one by one, using cruisers and submarines to launch attacks, constantly weakening the strength of the British fleet... and at the same time leading them to Pearl Harbor!"
Zhuge Wei looked at the chart and said: "While they are approaching Pearl Harbor, the first naval battle should quickly return from the Java Sea and enter the waters south of Oahu.
The main force of the fleet that left Pearl Harbor before should also return to the vicinity of Pearl Harbor in time and engage in a head-to-head battle with the main force of the British fleet.
In this way...the main force of our fleet is in the north, and the first naval battle is in the south. You can attack them from both front and back!
We will use Pearl Harbor's base aviation, surface ship forces, and aircraft carrier-based aircraft to launch successive attacks on the British fleet. "
Having said this, Zhuge Weidao waved his hands and made a closing gesture, and then asked Wang Wen with a smile: "Chief of Staff, do you think this is okay?"
"It's more than good!" Wang Wen clapped his hands and complimented, "You can be called a god in using soldiers!"
Isn't it like a god to use soldiers? Zhuge Weidaoxin said: "This tactic of inviting attacks in stages was used by the Japanese to deal with the American emperors in history, and the strategy of using aircraft carriers to set up ambush came from the Battle of Midway!"
Thinking of this, he laughed and said: "Then make a plan according to my idea!"
"Yes, Junmen!"
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"Admiral, what is the urgent message from the East India Naval Command?"
In the eastern part of the Indian Ocean, aboard the "William IV", which has been transformed from the flagship of the Royal Navy's Indian Grand Fleet into the flagship of the Royal Navy's Australian Grand Fleet, Admiral William Bagga, who was looking at the chart in the bridge, raised his head and looked up from Chief of Staff Jay Brigadier General Weiss took the telegram copy in his hand, looked at it carefully, and immediately showed a surprised expression.
"What? Batavia was bombed by hundreds of enemy planes? How many aircraft-carrying battleships and aircraft-carrying cruisers are there? Could it be that the main force of the Ming Navy's Pacific Fleet has already..."
Aircraft-carrying ships must have a main force! This is the experience gained by the British Navy after more than two years of competing with the Ming Dynasty Navy.
"Admiral, if the intelligence given by the Dutch is correct, the enemy aircraft participating in the air attack on Batavia came from at least ten aircraft-carrying warships! It is absolutely impossible for the Nanyang Fleet to have such a number."
Commodore Jervis analyzed: "So the Ming Dynasty, part of the main force of the Pacific Fleet, must have joined the Nanyang Fleet... Combined with the recent intelligence personnel's discovery of a large number of large surface ships leaving Pearl Harbor.
And the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Zhuge Weidao, is stranded on Oahu. We can basically confirm that the main force of the Ming Dynasty's Pacific Fleet has been mobilized to the south ocean.
Pearl Harbor is currently in a critical period of weakness! "
"But..." General William Baga looked confused, "Do they need so many planes and warships to attack Java? A Nanyang fleet is enough to destroy the Dutch's pitiful fleet in the east. Even if we are included, Guan Tianpei is not without the ability to fight."
"Admiral," Jervis analyzed, "Maybe Guan Tianpei wants to lure us to support through air strikes on Java Island?
Our circle this time is not small... we should be able to completely avoid the Ming Navy's spy.
They must also be very anxious after losing traces of our large fleet. "
What Jervis said made sense, William Baga thought for a while, nodded and said: "Anyway, Guan Tianpei must have a lot of aircraft-carrying battleships!
And the entire Ming Dynasty... there shouldn't be too many large aircraft-carrying ships. If Guan Tianpei has so many, then the main force of the Ming Dynasty's navy may really be in the direction of Nanyang!
Brigadier, do you have any good plans? "
"Admiral," Jervis said, "We certainly cannot get into a bitter battle in the South Seas... We should take advantage of their power to be used in the South Seas and concentrate our main forces to seek a big war with the Ming Dynasty's Pacific Fleet!"
"It seems that's the only way to go!" William Baga said, "Send the order, maintain a speed of 15 knots... all the way east!"
