Chapter 2909： Kuroshio II (1/2)
”Actually, this result is unexpected, but it is reasonable, because both we and you, wondering about the Germans, want this Italian battleship to appear in your fleet's combat sequence this morning, so , It is normal that it can be completed so quickly.” Shimura Hayao said with a smile.
The Japanese need this battleship, and naturally want it to be completed quickly! The Germans need Italy to use actual actions to show that they have made a clean break with the Americans, so they also hope that the Italian battleship will be completed soon. What about the British? I also hope that Italy will be the first to sell the completed battleship to the Japanese Navy during the war. Only in this way, when the British Fury-class battleship is completed, the Americans will not take too severe revenge against the British. After all, the first round of anger The Italians have already taken it! By the way, there is one more point. Italians also hope to deliver quickly, and then let the Japanese pay as soon as possible!
So under the multi-party operation, how can the construction speed of the battleship Caraggiono be slow? Many people from British shipyards joined the construction and outfitting of this warship. The turrets and artillery shipped from the British mainland greatly accelerated the outfitting speed of this warship. Eventually, after the completion of the warship, sea trials were carried out directly on the way to the Far East. Hurry up and finally caught up with this great warship. Scale action!
So, after some hard work, the number of capital ships that the Japanese fleet can use has become 5 aircraft carriers and 7 battleships! The number of battleships finally made up a dozen! As for the number of destroyers and submarines, the number of destroyers and submarines has not changed much. What was the plan at the beginning, and how many are still there. In terms of high-speed supply ships, Japan has added two more ships with a gross tonnage of 25,000 tons, one of which is from France and the other. Ship from Italy!
So far, everything is ready, but Dongfeng owes it! The Japanese combined fleet that is ready to go can set off from Davao Bay at any time, and the operation codenamed Kuroshio is about to begin!
”Did our decoy fleet go out?” Betty asked.
”We have gone out. This time we sent a total of 2 decoy fleets. One of them is the armored cruiser Pisa and the armored cruiser San Giorgio that we bought from Italy, and the other is the Asagiri Quasi-Fearless and One A camouflaged cruiser. They have already gone to the intended sea area and will attract the attention of the Americans to the area north of the Bismarck Islands.” said Yasuo Shimura.
Although the senior level of the Japanese fleet has accepted Yamamoto’s proposal and passed through the sea passage between New Guinea and Australia, in order to be more secure, the Japanese fleet decided to send some sub-capital ships into the waters controlled by the United States. Engaging in combat, do not expect them to get many results, or even expect them to come back alive, as long as they can attract the attention of the U.S. Navy and keep them firmly in the north of the Bismarck Islands. Very safe.
When the two were communicating, Lieutenant General Stetti came in suddenly, and then handed a piece of information to Betty, and Betty looked at it and handed it to Hayao Shimamura.
”It seems that our action may have to be advanced.” Betty said.
”Is it really sure to advance? This information is very vague. It just says that Shadow 42 may depart in a week, and even the specific route is a guess. Is it a bit sloppy to change our previous deployment for this vague information? ”Although Hayao Shimamura said so, he was still a little entangled in his heart, constantly swaying between the advance attack and the plan.