＜ Episode 239 >
Operation Sea Lion.
In its original history, it was an operation designed by Nazi Germany to attack Britain, but the situation is very different now.
Still, it was one of the few original historical cases that could be referenced.
First, if we compare the relationship between Britain and Germany in the original history, we can see that we have a bit more advantage.
First, the naval power gap, the gap in the original history was huge, but not here.
The main force of the Royal Navy was wiped out in Canada, while the remaining ones were wiped out in the Mediterranean and the Azores.
With only one main ship left, there was no information that Britain would build additional battleships or aircraft carriers, so it can be said that the largest class of ships is a heavy cruiser.
Almost all of it was blown away in the Azores, and the rest sank in the Mediterranean. To be honest, I wonder what Ernest King did and how he did so well with his lack of power.
In other words, the actual main force is destroyers…. At least a few destroyers and light cruisers are all dedicated to protecting Indian routes. We should have messed up a bit with the submarine.
Otherwise, you will die of starvation due to lack of food. In other words, the power has been distributed to an extremely reduced state.
Then the British army itself does not have much capacity to deploy large ships.
If you look at us, are we okay? not.
First of all, the Russian Navy… The main ships were all blown up in the Atlantic Ocean, and in addition, the large ships were consumed as they continued to fight the British. There were only a few heavy cruisers left.
Light cruisers are outdated, even if there are very few of them because they did not build new ones. Instead, there are destroyers…. They were also consumed by continuous fighting with Germany and Britain.
Let’s say we can’t do it on our own. So, what are the countries worth visiting?
First, Hungary and Czech Republic are landlocked countries, except for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia? He was associated with the Italian navy in the Mediterranean.
The Italian occupation is over, so the Italian ships? Like I said before, it flew away.
Denmark, Norway, Sweden? If you rake it up, you’ll get some money, but basically, you lose a lot of money because you’re fighting Germany.
Germany? It was all blown up in the Atlantic Ocean. Netherlands? we all sank
france? The warships were either handed over to German hands and consumed in the Atlantic Ocean, or they went to Southeast Asia while crying out for free France, where they were smashed by the Japanese.
Spain? There are only a few warships left in the civil war.
In conclusion, even raking a fleet from all over Europe is not enough. First of all, there is no ‘single’ main ship.
Still, if you gather up all the cruisers’ power and their lower ranks, you might be able to compete once in a while, but winning or losing is ambiguous. First of all, there is a problem of skill level.
Of course, our situation is better than our ship, which is evaluated as a force worth trying than Creeks Marine, who never dreamed of a decisive battle with the British Navy.
However, all battles are determined by land battles, is the number of transports sufficient?
Fortunately, there is plenty Raking the existing merchant ships is also raking, but there are some merchant ships that have been handed over by the US government, although it will take some time to bring them from the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
What is the pre-amplitude doctrine? It was accumulated while going through the southern part of France and the whole of Norway. In addition, if it is difficult, you can ask the US Marines to share their know-how.
Aviation power gives us a slight edge.
Therefore, it has been upgraded from the hopeless operation of the original historical Nazi Germany to a fight worth fighting for.
***
The generals of the navy and air force gathered in front of me listened to me and were silent.
“The navy must gather its ships and, in the meantime, continuously consume the British navy with the remaining battleships including the fleets of its allies, to secure an edge, and the air force must engage in a continuous air battle to grasp the power of the Royal Air Force and consume it as much as possible. , are you saying this?”
“Yes, Admiral Kuznetsov.”
You can barely read their faces.
‘Can’t we just wait until the US troops arrive?’
‘I heard that there are still quite a few remaining forces that have refused to surrender to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy.’
‘It’s a plate where British military bases still remain on some islands in the Mediterranean…’
Because they are yangbans who have fought the Royal Navy, it is clear that they do not want to go.
“The Royal Navy now has no battleships and no aircraft carriers! Didn’t they land safely in the south of France?”
“At the same time, we lost a lot of money. your majesty.”
“Britain may have realized what a failed coastal defense was by making a surprise landing in France. I don’t think they’re inferior enough to be beaten twice in the same way.”
The US military, which has an overwhelming power compared to ours, is still intact, but it was a terrifying sight to have to land on our own.
“Right now, the United States Army is simultaneously fighting in a variety of locations, including Australia. New Guinea, Western Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Indonesia that are not yet fully cleared. Enemies are clearly on the defensive.”
“therefore?”
“How about an amphibious operation with the US Navy after clearing the remnants of the enemy in Italy, Iberia, and the Mediterranean until the US forces complete the offensive on New Guinea and Indonesia…”
“Supposing that the US forces even penetrated Indonesia, then Taiwan, the Philippines, and Southeast Asia, one of these three. Is the Japanese navy looking at the liver by then, or will it all pop out?”
Even in the original history, the Japanese navy mobilized its full force in the process of recapturing the Philippines.
The result was the Battle of Leyte Bay, and around that point, air raids on the Japanese mainland began.
There, the US forces pushed the Japanese navy without much damage, but it is difficult to be sure that this will be the case here as well.
Because history has already gone wrong.
“If the US military takes a lot of damage there, should we wait until the US forces rebuild the fleet?”
“……”
“It’s disappointing, how can you come up with a way to take over the enemy’s capital, so you’re talking about clearing the rear and waiting for the allies with overwhelming naval power to bring the fleet to you? We’re not that far behind in terms of power.”
“I will correct it.”
“Correctly, assemble the fleet and prepare to end the Royal Navy, so that our transports will advance through the English Channel and our army’s elite will not suffer from supply shortages!”
“Yes! All right!”
“The air force, too, must gather the transport planes that the paratroopers will use and focus on air reconnaissance and bombing, and also weaken the power of the Royal Air Force to the maximum.”
“All right.”
***
“What can I do, the sacrifices have been made so far, so I can understand their position.”
“It is good to reduce the sacrifice of allies as much as possible. No matter how much the enemy’s chance of reversing converges to zero.”
Olga chuckled and put an apple into my mouth.
After a long time, the four sisters were all sitting around and talking.
“What is the UK going to do with it? I entrusted everything to you, but still.”
“…I’m thinking about making Ireland independent and putting a ban on military rebuilding, a permanent ban on the construction of cruisers or higher classes, a ban on conscription, a limit on the size of the army… ”
“Eh… But isn’t that a bit harsh? It was not that Britain started a war, it was that Germany was involved.”
Anastasia frowned slightly.
“Because you have to squeeze Britain as much as you can’t squeeze Germany, and if you think differently, would Germany have started a war if it hadn’t been allied with Britain?”
“…that’s right.”
In fact, even in the original history, there was no alliance or anything like that… Oh, there was a non-aggression pact.
“And we have to go further and hit Japan.”
“Japan…well, the time has come. Time to avenge the Russo-Japanese War.”
Tatiana nodded her head. Her father was stabbed once in Japan, and even lost a war once.
It would be strange if I didn’t have any intention of getting revenge someday.
“Your father seems to be counting on that, too.”
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Maria, who was constantly exchanging letters with Nicholas II, shook her head.
“With our current military power, we can annihilate the Japanese troops stationed in Manchuria at once and isolate and annihilate the Japanese forces in China, not only to restore your hometown, but…”
“I’m not hungry.”
“Yeah, there is a limit after all.”
Japan’s combined fleet, the world’s third-largest navy, has not yet collapsed.
In the original history, after many battles after Midway, the combined fleet was destroyed only in the Philippines and Leyte. At least, we can’t fight against our tattered naval power alone.
“In order to end the war early, it is much better to first strike Britain, which can be done with our own strength alone, and if the United States destroys the combined fleet in the meantime and gains a superior position, it is much better to declare war at that time and push it down.”
And, by then… A new weapon that can be given a cringe-worthy name, such as the only final weapon among the weapons that mankind has created, will be completed.
As a result of grinding scientists like crazy, it’s already the world’s first… Maybe? In any case, it is certain that Russia’s first experimental nuclear reactor was operating normally in the Ural Mountains.
In addition, nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities that are being built through trial and error to extract plutonium, and heavy water that is being siphoned off from Norway to be used as a moderator, etc. The amount of money invested by the Russian Empire for the ‘Kosei Project’ was not small, such as numerous centrifuges working hard in the middle of Siberia to extract high-purity uranium-235.
Sooner or later, somewhere in Siberia or Central Asia, in the not-so-distant future, a mushroom cloud would appear.
At the moment, it’s nuclear fuel reprocessing, and after dissolving the once fissioned nuclear fuel in nitric acid and mixing it with something complicated with a name, I tried to say something, but honestly, I couldn’t understand a word.
Actually, I don’t even need to understand it, I just need to make cancer, plutonium and uranium well.
Of course, it does not mean that only plutonium and uranium are made, but if you do not want to make dirty bombs, you have to design the warhead separately. I’ll turn really.
So, considering the expected completion time… First of all, it is said that a nuclear test will be possible at the end of the year or next year.
Then, it can be said that the second half of 1942 will be the time for nuclear deployment to be possible.
If I don’t use nuclear weapons, it’s purely my personal prediction, but based on the current war situation and original history, it can be thought that the Pacific War will end around 1943. It might not be that big of a difference.
But, like the original history, I was hit with two atomic bombs and destroyed.
Were those bastards talking bullshit that they were victims of the atomic bomb in the history of the country, wouldn’t it be great if they didn’t use nuclear weapons and beat them with conventional power so that they couldn’t even talk about such bullshit?
It would be much better not to use nuclear weapons or not, if the time it takes to end a war is the same.