第五十章 尼米茨的反击(4)
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虽然U艇第四个活跃期还未到来,但美军已感受到了这一点——停止对英物资输送这两个月来,船舶损失又开始出现了,光6月份就在加勒比海损失了7艘船,而且还未击沉一艘潜艇。龙腾小说网ltxsba.com
7艘船上运载的全是南美陆军所需的军事物资,总共将近10万吨,这损失不但让陆军方面大光其火,也让海军颜面大失,更拖累了陆军部署进度。原本承诺的向南美增派第二批部队6个师迟迟未能完成。
巴顿手里捏着战斗力最强的美国陆军1师和第一骑兵师两支部队,却苦于后勤不足、运力不济、装备不齐,一直只能屯驻在委内瑞拉和英属圭亚那,气得他天天拍电报回国骂娘。
所以这次在紧急调运兵力时尼米茨汲取了经验,提出使用战略空运运输人员,与陆航高层一拍即合:本来有说法因今后不需要维持战略空运,可压缩陆航经费多用于地面部队,尼米茨的建议正中阿诺德的下怀——陆航经费不能削减,只能扩大。
马歇尔和艾森豪威尔对此也颇为无奈:损失点装备没啥,就当是在英加航线上的损失掉了,可万一成船的陆军官兵掉到海里喂鱼,将来还怎么打仗?也就同意使用战略空运往累西腓地区增兵。
在私下里,特纳却对金上将表示了不同意见:“如果加勒比海和中美洲这种地方我们也要战战兢兢地使用战略空运调度力量,那巴西战役不用打就输了。”
这句话听上去很刺耳,但特纳摆出数据来就足以驳得人哑口无言,他不考虑美德战斗力对比,只单纯用物资来推导结论:
“一艘德军意志轮运载量1.4万吨,如全部改为空运,需千机运输一次,一周最多可执行3次千机战略空运任务,大约每个月可输送12条船物资,难道结束东线战争、拥有全欧洲实力的德国人还没办法一个月往南美送12艘船的物资?”
在数据面前,金上将无奈地接受了这个结论,但叮嘱特纳千万不要声张,陆海关系好不容易缓和下来,可不能再度紧张升级。
但战略空运只能解决人员和轻装备、一般物资的运输,无法解决重装备和大型物资输送,南美这场仗能不能打赢,海军当然首当其冲,陆军更是责任重大——没物资、没装备怎么打得赢?
所以尼米茨对这份电报比较紧张,沉思片刻后问参谋长威廉-史密斯中将:“假设这艘潜艇向德国人通报了我们前来的消息,您处于那个位置,会怎么做?”
威廉-史密斯当初中途岛战役时担任巡洋舰分舰队司令,尼米茨调任大西洋舰队司令官后,又把他也抽调过来担任了中将参谋长,由于目前大西洋舰队集中了美国海军近乎全部主力,因此同等职务下大西洋舰队军官显得更加重要些。
史密斯沉吟片刻后说道:“我不知道德国人会怎么选,但如果我处在这个立场上,我一定会先派侦察机看看清楚再说,然后再根据我军的动向决定下一步怎么走。如果我们在累西腓或者萨尔瓦多登陆,德舰队会顾忌我军的陆航和兵力优势,应按兵不动等待机会;如果我军试图在里约或者桑托斯登陆,则德军既可以主动迎战,也可以利用陆基航空兵和潜艇部队先削弱我军,然后再进行决定性海战。”
换而言之,所有与巴西接壤的国家都在领土变化中获得了便宜,唯一的买单者是巴西。
巴西先是丢掉了南部4州80余万平方公里的土地,接下去还将丢给玻利维亚、巴拉圭至少20万平方公里的土地——偏偏巴西目前两派都顾不上。
这样下去之后,所有南美国家都要从巴西身上获得好处,美国再强,也不可能和南美所有国家都对着干,顶天只能把美洲共和国和德国势力给收拾了。在尼米茨眼中,在可预见的将来,巴西即便能在美国支持下恢复统一,也不可能再有以前这么大的版图了。
史密斯小声问道:“您觉得,这批装备和物资上岸后,陆军能将德国人赶下海么?”
昨天累西腓陆航发来的侦查情况说得很明确:里约附近未找到德军舰队,但德国部队已在叛乱州基本登陆完毕,目前多方情报显示德军人数在7-8万左右。
按理说本来累西腓附近就有3个美国师,这次又新增援了4个师,在北部沿海还有额外4个师,美军兵力加起来超过20万人,完全处于压倒优势,尼米茨本该信心满满。但不知怎么回事,他的表现大大出乎意料,只低声道:“说句实话,我毫无把握。如果是巴顿或者李奇微在这里,能把主要兵力调集在一起推过去,我认为获胜几率能超过65%,但在目前只有7个师的情况下,真不敢说谁输谁赢。可惜我又没有足够的时间从容不迫地等待陆军调度兵力,只能寄希望于他们能依靠现有实力打仗,所以我的内心是彷徨而不安的,这也是我没有考虑发动两栖登陆战役的根源所在。”
史密斯顿感愕然。
“虽然我知道说这个话对陆军很刻薄,但佛得角战役足以改变对陆军的一切信念——2个师近4万人拿不下只有5000人扼守的佛得角,在此之后,所有兵力对比和胜利推算都变得不牢靠起来。同样,海军也打得不好,大家都是屡屡受挫、吃瘪,谁也别笑谁。”
想了想又觉得这样说太悲观、太绝望,尼米茨又补充道:“但打不过难道就不打了么?打不过就要向敌人学习,改进战术、努力提高并咬牙顶住,独立战争时期我们最初也打得很不理想,最后是一点点扭转过来的,我相信会有机会的,德国人不是刀枪不入的怪物。”
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