What did the Soviets want to occupy Hokkaido for? It's definitely not the so-called being fooled by Roosevelt at the beginning, and being harassed by MacArthur, they were trying to gain a strategic advantage.
In Hokkaido, the surrounding sea does not freeze all year round. Although it is separated from Sakhalin Island by a strait, the climate is different. The Sea of Okhotsk in the north freezes in winter, but Hokkaido does not.
The four northern islands are too small to maintain the fleet. Now, even if they have acquired a small piece of territory in Hokkaido, they can deploy the Pacific Fleet on them.
Especially Nemuro Island, which happens to form an embrace, and deploying the fleet there is definitely a pretty good plan. It can come out at any time, and the southern peninsula of the harbor can also provide air defense cover.
However, its shortcomings are still many.
If the Soviets occupied the entire Hokkaido, just like the history of the Red Soviet Union, then Hokkaido is still safe enough, but now, there is only one piece, and the rest is still the territory of the island country. In this case, the deployment of the Soviets is not safe. Because regardless of any port, it is within the range covered by the firepower here.
One is afraid of the Soviet Union's attack, and why is the Soviet Union afraid of its own attack? Just like the Korean Peninsula, in the future, there will be no peace.
Moreover, there is a process in the Red Soviet Union. Nathan can now pat his chest and say that the appetite of the Soviets is definitely not filled. How can a small northeastern corner of Hokkaido satisfy the Soviets
The war will definitely go on.
In fact, even Hokkaido can’t fill the needs of the Soviets. What the Soviets ultimately want to occupy is the entire island nation, especially the island nation’s Honshu Island.
The advanced industries of the island countries are all located in the Pacific Rim Industrial Belt on Honshu Island. Although the Soviets seem to be very developed now, they are far behind in terms of precision processing technology and electronic technology.
It is not easy for the Soviets to change this status quo, because the Soviet industry itself is of this extensive type. They cannot develop too sophisticated technology. They either import from island countries or occupy island countries.
The historical Toshiba machine tool incident was that the Soviets imported high-precision processing equipment from the island countries to process the propellers. Now, the Soviets have a greater appetite and simply occupy them directly. Aren’t the various technologies of the island countries all owned by the Soviets?
This is the future strategy of the Soviets.
Once the Soviets made up for these shortcomings, the situation of the U.S. Navy would become even worse. Those silent nuclear submarines would be their biggest trouble.
So, this President Carter is really a second force! Thinking of this, even Nathan couldn't help cursing in his heart.
"Nathan, what two points do you say?" Colonel Steve asked.
In the US military, there is such a tradition of military democracy. When making plans, everyone can speak freely. Once the chief has made a decision, no one will object and fully implement the chief's orders.
And Nathan, despite being a small carrier-based pilot, no one underestimates Nathan's strategic insight. Nathan is simply God bestowed on the U.S. Navy!
I won’t talk about the major events in the past. Just look at the present, how much role did Nathan play in this war
If there is no Nathan, I am afraid the entire Hokkaido will be lost!
Before you know it, everyone has already attached great importance to Nathan's experience.
Now, Nathan mentioned that we should pay attention to two points. What are the two points, you are talking about them!
In the eyes of everyone, Nathan spoke: "The first point is that we must develop long-range anti-ship missiles, and at the same time, we can also take on the important task of ground attack."
In this war, the most aggrieved one had to deal with the Soviet S-300 position. Under the circumstances at that time, the U.S. Navy could not produce suitable long-range attack weapons, so Nathan had to The problem is finally solved by using the native method and letting the Phoenix missile fly with the Mozu missile.
Looking at later generations, the US Navy’s long-range ground attack capability is quite powerful. Every time it strikes any country, the first wave must be the Tomahawk cruise missile launched by the Navy!
The Tomahawk missile, code-named BGM-109, is a long-range, all-weather, short-winged missile that cruises at subsonic speeds. The main features are long range, low flying height, certain stealth ability, strong penetration ability, good damage effect, strong versatility, and can be launched from various platforms. Moreover, it is small in size and light in weight. The wings and tail can be folded for easy transportation and launch. And it has strong flexibility, flexibility and high survivability.
The Tomahawk is famous, but the research and development of this missile took a long time. In fact, it was not too late to launch the project. The US Naval Aviation Command and General Dynamics launched it in 1970 and began development in May 1972. It flew for the first time in 1976, but it was not equipped for service until 1983.
This speed, of course, is like a snail crawling, too slow, Nathan is definitely not satisfied.
If there is a Tomahawk, this battle will be much easier. Those big guys like S-300, it is difficult to intercept cruise missiles flying at ultra-low altitude, as long as one slips through the net, it can blow it up. .
At the same time, in addition to the tomahawk, it is the harpoon.
There is no tomahawk, or a harpoon. In the US Navy's arsenal, there is no decent precision sea-to-land strike weapon.
Historically, the air-launched harpoon was in service in 1979, and it may be a few months away now, but even if it is equipped with a harpoon, it is still not enough.
Because there is that Andre on the opposite side, the U.S. Navy will face a terrible enemy and will have a powerful aircraft carrier formation. What it needs is supersonic anti-ship missiles!
Yes, it is the same type of big guy using ramjets as the Soviets. This is the only way to do it.
Nathan has put it forward now. The first priority is to quickly urge the military industry development department to put the Tomahawk missile into production quickly, get the Harpoon missile out quickly, and then develop a new supersonic anti-ship missile.
At least a few months later, once it restarts, we can hit the missile rain.
"What? Nathan, you said, we still have to build supersonic anti-ship missiles? Those are all big guys, we currently don't seem to have a suitable fighter to carry it!" said Petrobori.
Harpoon is okay. Almost all of our attack aircraft can be mounted, but the supersonic anti-ship missile is different, and these are almost all big guys! (End of this chapter)