Chapter 2024： Looking at the Pacific Ocean III (1/2)

For this, Americans including Taft have no doubt that the Germans can do this. After all, submarines do not have high requirements for logistics supplies, and they can even replenish torpedoes and fuel at sea. Hundreds of tons of fuel are enough for a large submarine to sail tens of thousands of kilometers. As for the effect of submarine warfare? Now the British Empire, the world's No. 1 navy, cannot protect their supply lines. There are millions of tons of sunk ships. Why can the Japanese be able to hold them? Even if the German naval submarine force can achieve one-third of the record in the war in the Pacific, all the Japanese transport ships have sunk in the sea....

”Then how many submarines can you send to the war?” Taft asked.

Upon hearing these words, Prince Ruprecht stretched out two fingers.

”20 ships? This is too little, right?” Taft said with some dissatisfaction.

”If your price is reasonable, 200 ships!” The prince said with a smile.

”Puff......” Taft doubted whether his ears were hearing hallucinations. He turned to look at Benson next to him, wanting to prove whether the other party was telling the truth.

”The German Navy has at least three-digit submarines in the Atlantic performing combat missions, entering theaters, or returning to sea. The number of submarines in the high seas fleet should now be more than 400. Therefore, it is actually feasible to send a total of 200 submarines to participate in the war. ”Yes.” Benson said sadly.

Ruprecht said that 200 submarines participated in the war. Of course, it does not mean that there are 200 submarines performing missions at sea. In fact, this is impossible. Even the number of submarines deployed in Southeast Asia cannot reach this number. After all, some submarines have to return to ports in the Persian Gulf for deep maintenance and modification. These 200 submarines are the cumulative investment, but this alone is terrible enough. Now, in the entire world, no one except the Germans can come up with such a number of submarine forces! The Americans may not be slow in building submarines, but want to have experienced personnel? Let's wash and sleep. Has the US submarine force experienced actual combat? No! And the corresponding strategic and tactical system cannot be learned in a short time. Therefore, Americans cannot do without Germany at this point!

Ruprecht did not continue to entangle the Americans with the previous things, but it is clear that now Ruprecht tells the Americans with facts, don’t want to get rid of Germany and go it alone. There is no future, whether it is politics. , No military. Recognizing the situation and then talking about it is the only way out.

Well, when the Japanese fleet had to abandon New Guinea and concentrate its forces on the logistics transportation line, the US-German fleet entered New Guinea and began to establish a complete supply guarantee system. The battle between the two sides entered the second stage. It is the stalemate and decisive battle phase of the fleet. It is impossible for the Japanese to allow the virtue fleet to advance step by step. Apart from setting aside a certain force for anti-submarine warfare, the Japanese will definitely wait for an opportunity to engage with the virtue fleet. At this point, the war on the sea will truly begin.

”If the Japanese navy shrinks to Kalimantan and we initially gain a foothold on New Guinea, what will the two sides do next?” Benson asked.