69novels Chapter 899
Chapter 899
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: 0.105s Scan: 0.037sUnlike the German army who were greatly encouraged by the news of the great victory at the front, everyone on the Eagle side fell silent after receiving Halsey’s last telegram!
“”Is there no response from the Pacific Fleet yet?”
President Roosevelt asked unwillingly!
How could such a large Pacific Fleet disappear just like that?
This is impossible!
This must be an illusion, he must be dreaming!
He shook his head vigorously, trying to wake himself up from this nightmare, but it was all in vain, because this was not a dream at all, but a cruel reality!
Everyone else present also thought that this was a dream, but they all knew that this was not a dream, so no one could answer the president’s words. The scene was silent, so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard!
“So, the Pacific Fleet was really defeated?”
Seeing that no one answered, President Roosevelt’s tone suddenly became decadent, and he fell into his wheelchair, his eyes were gray and his face was pale!
If they could remain calm when they received the news that the Combined Fleet of the Foot Basin people was completely destroyed, then now, when they learned that their own Pacific Fleet was also annihilated by the German army, they could not remain calm! It is difficult for you to empathize with other people’s pain because it is not your own, but when the knife really falls on you, the pain is clearer than ever!
“Yes, maybe there is still a chance?”
Seeing that his own president looked very unhappy, Admiral Jin, the commander of the navy, tried to comfort him.
“Oh? Really? Can the Pacific Fleet really be saved?”
His words made President Roosevelt feel like he had grabbed a life-saving straw. His gray eyes immediately brightened up and he stared at Admiral Jin with a sharp gaze, which made him feel creepy!
“Well, that’s not the case. It’s just that with such a large fleet, there will always be some warships that can escape, just like the joint fleet of the Foot Basin people before. Their joint fleet finally managed to escape more than a dozen ships. I think, the number of warships that escaped from our fleet should be more than this, right?”
Admiral Jin’s words were not completely a lie. After the Combined Fleet was defeated, a small number of warships escaped from the German pursuit.
However, these escaped warships were all small-tonnage destroyers and light cruisers. The main ships above heavy cruisers, such as battlecruisers and battleships, were almost all sunk by the Germans!
The reason why these light ships were able to escape is also related to this. When the main focus was on attacking these main targets, these inconspicuous small ships had a certain chance to escape. Considering that the Combined Fleet had hundreds of warships, and the number of small warships was as high as seventy or eighty, it was not surprising that more than a dozen small warships escaped!
And the proportion of this escape, judging from the number of warships, is not very obvious. After all, the survival rate is more than 10%!
However, if evaluated by the number of people, the proportion is very Scary!
The Combined Fleet has more than 60,000 officers and soldiers, the total number of officers and soldiers on the five aircraft carriers exceeds 15,000, and the officers and soldiers on more than a dozen battleships exceed 20,000. The remaining heavy cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers, frigates and other various ships add up to almost 20,000 people!
At this time, their main battleships were completely destroyed, and the number of soldiers on these small battleships that escaped added up to less than 3,000, less than one twentieth of the total number of the Combined Fleet!
In other words, 95% of the combined fleet’s forces were wiped out in this battle!
According to the standards of the Army, more than 30% of the casualties are considered a collapse, and 60% of the casualties are considered an organized annihilation. 95% of the injuries can only be described as a draw!
President Roosevelt obviously didn’t understand this, so after hearing what Admiral King said, he was immediately refreshed and really thought that his Pacific Fleet still had hope of survival!
“Great, in that case, quickly send a telegram to the Coast Guard and ask them to send patrol boats to contact and protect our warships, and have them return to the port as soon as possible!”It is not easy to build a naval warship. Even if the Eagle Sauce is rich, the construction of these warships will consume a lot of time, and time is obviously not on the Eagle Sauce, so President Roosevelt is eager to save as many warships as possible!
Saving one is saving one. Preserving more strength now will help more in the future.
Although they have lost the ability to challenge the German navy after the failure of the Bermuda Battle, as long as the remnants of their Atlantic Fleet and Pacific Fleet can be preserved, they still have the ability to threaten the German army!
Although they will not be able to go out to sea and fight the German army head-on in the future, However, it is not a problem to send some warships out to sea from time to time to harass and attack the German sea transportation lines and disrupt the fighting, just like the German army did during World War I.
In the naval combat system, there is a tactic called the existence fleet.
The existence fleet cannot seize control of the sea with hard power and control an area of sea for a long time, but they can rely on the protection of ports, bases and fortresses to go out from time to time to block and harass the navigation activities in the enemy-controlled area, thereby creating trouble for the enemy.
As long as their actions are successful a few times, they can pose a threat to the enemy. Even if they hide in the port and do not go out, the enemy will make special preparations to prevent their attacks. A fleet was built to guard against them, so that they could achieve the goal of consuming and delaying the enemy.
In World War I and World War II, the German navy basically existed as a navy. Although the strength of the High Seas Fleet in World War I was quite strong, it was unable to break through the interception of the British Army, so it stayed in its own port during the war and rarely deployed on a large scale.
However, their existence itself posed a huge threat to the British Empire, so the British Empire continued to strengthen its own home fleet and kept an eye on the German army’s every move, fearing that the German fleet would threaten their own sea transportation lines. Their home fleet was basically held back by the German army and could not be deployed. Go to other battlefields to fight!
The German navy was quite weak in World War II, but the British still had to dispatch a lot of troops to guard against them.
However, because the scale of World War II was much larger than that of World War I, the British had to fight all over the world, and the homeland was held back by the German army, so their forces were very scattered.
As a result, the British navy performed poorly in World War II and suffered heavy losses in several naval battles, giving people a feeling that a second-rate navy is not as good as a foot basin.
For example, the destruction of the Far East Z Fleet, the failure of the Norwegian Battle of Wei, etc.!
In fact, the British navy in World War II was much stronger than the combined fleet of the foot basin, but it was not obvious to the senses.