my bright sword career

Chapter 582 Anxious Fleck

On the blue sea, a fleet was traveling at a speed of sixteen knots.

In the command cabin of the cruiser HMS Laketon, Rear Admiral Flake, the commander of the Battle of Guadalcanal, was furious.

"Reinforcements, I need more reinforcements, why don't those sons of a bitch send me reinforcements?"

The chief of staff of the fleet explained with a bitter face: "Your Excellency, the boys of the Second Marine Division have worked very hard, but the Japanese are too crazy, and our casualties still cannot be reduced!"

"These lunatics!" Fleck cursed angrily.

As the commander of the Battle of Guadalcanal, Fleck undoubtedly has great power. He not only holds a fleet of more than 60 warships in his hands, but also has nearly [-] American soldiers on Guadalcanal Island. His decision is directly related to the entire war situation in Guadalcanal.

Fleck, who held such a huge force in his hand, was full of confidence at the beginning, but the subsequent battle situation knocked him dizzy like a sledgehammer.

In the first phase of the Battle of Guadalcanal, Fleck was so excited when he learned that Japan had sent the Nanyun Fleet to kill Guadalcanal, he immediately dispatched two aircraft carriers centered on the "Hornet" and "Enterprise". The fleet headed towards the Nanyun Fleet.

At this time, Fleck couldn't care less about forming a battle formation, and the entire fleet rushed over, fearing that they wouldn't be able to catch up.

But after a big battle, both sides of the decisive battle felt unreasonable.Nanyun's "Xianghe" and "Zuifeng" were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness. The American Hornet was seriously injured and lost its power. In order to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Japanese, the Americans launched torpedoes themselves The Hornet was sunk.

In addition, the only remaining "Enterprise Account" was also severely damaged and had to return to the mainland for repairs. "

After a great battle, the US aircraft carrier was sunk and the other was injured, and the Japanese aircraft carrier was both injured. The Americans suffered a loss in this battle.

The navy has suffered, and the army is not worrying.

The U.S. Army, which had never had combat experience in tropical jungles, was tortured to death by the harsh weather, tropical diseases, and humid environment of the tropical rainforest. In addition, the U.S. Marine Division [-], which had never had experience in fighting the Japanese Army, was initially killed. The fanatical offensive of the Japanese was beaten all over the head.

In the battle for Henderson Airport the day before yesterday, the Japanese army dispatched a unit of troops to attack the airport. As for this place, which is the only connection hub between the army and the navy fleet, the Second Marine Division will not let go even if it dies. .

After a fierce battle, the entire Japanese regiment lost 3000 to [-] people, and less than [-] Japanese soldiers fled back.

The Second Marine Division was also having a hard time, and it also lost more than 800 people.

But this is nothing, the worst thing is that after the normal battle, the Second Marine Division did not capture a single prisoner, can you believe this?
Faced with three telegrams a day from the Second Marine Division requesting reinforcements, Fleck could do nothing but keep asking his superior, Lieutenant General Ernest King, for help.

Looking at the furious Fleck, Colonel Smith, Chief of Staff of the No.17 Fleet, could only comfort him: "Your Excellency, as far as I know, Washington has contacted the Chinese government and asked them to urgently send a 5000-strong force to Guadalcanal. They will feel it in a few days, so the pressure on our ground troops will be much less."

"Chinese army?"

Fleck scoffed at that.

"If they had the ability, they wouldn't have been beaten on the ground by the Japanese for so many years."

"But no matter how weak their fighting power is, it's better than having no reinforcements."

Fleck shrugged his shoulders: "What you said also makes sense, at least they can block bullets for us, and it is also good to reduce the casualties of some American soldiers."

While Fleck and Smith were discussing the upcoming Chinese army, this hastily formed army was riding on hundreds of large C47 transport planes sent by the US government, and was mighty under the cover of hundreds of fighter planes. Swinging towards Guadalcanal...

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The bushes are one of the few plants on Guadalcanal. The low and dense bushes provide the best concealment for the Eighth Marine Regiment of the Second Division of the US Marines stationed at Henderson Field.

Although Japanese bombs leveled part of the island's bushland, there was still plenty of bushland for the U.S. troops to hide in.

Standing in the half-deep trench dug by the bulldozer, Harry dozed off from time to time, but tried to cheer himself up.

The sound of big waves hitting the rocks was monotonous and boring. A dozen or so artillerymen in the trench who had lost their artillery had to pick up Springfield 1903 rifles. As the fourth class in the US military, the soldiers of the Marine Corps did not have many weapons for them to choose from. .

"I don't know if Maria will miss herself?" When Harry thought of his girlfriend in Los Angeles, his thoughts couldn't help drifting to the sky.

It's all because of this damn war. Originally, I was supposed to be reunited with my girlfriend in Los Angeles at this time, but a single order got me to this shitty place.

"I hate islands! I hate Japanese people!"

Harry cursed bitterly.

Without the damn Japanese, there would be no war.I will also be reunited with my family instead of listening to the sound of the goddamn waves on this desert.

The waves seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, and the sound of the waves was getting louder and louder. Harry stood up and stretched himself. The cool sea breeze with the smell of the sea caressed his face, making him feel cool and comfortable.

The sea breeze seemed to be getting stronger and more sandy, which made Harry feel very uncomfortable. He tried to open his eyes and looked forward. A dozen black shadows suddenly appeared not far away, and there were more and more shadows in the distance. Somebody popped out of the bushes.

"It's Japanese!"

Harry screamed, and shot the Springfield rifle in his hand at the shadow rushing forward.

"Grenade!" A comrade-in-arms shouted not far away, and a cloud of black smoke rose from the bushes, and then the Japanese shouted.

Harry, who fired a bullet, saw a dark figure rushing towards him when he was loading it.

Before Harry could react, there was a growl beside him. It turned out to be Corporal Addis, the mortarman, who, without a rifle, grabbed a shovel and slashed at the shadow.

The moment Addis raised the shovel and hit it, a long string of fireworks spewed out from the bushes tens of meters away, and Addis fell to the ground in a burst of rapid gunfire.

The sudden explosion woke up Colonel Thomas, the commander of the Eighth Marine Regiment, who was sleeping in the tent.

He suddenly jumped up from the bed, grabbed the pistol, and the officers and soldiers who woke up from sleep scattered in the pitch-black camp. Thomas grabbed a soldier, "Naomi, what's going on?"

"Sir, the Japanese attacked us in the dark."

Several more explosions and intensive machine guns came from the east of Henderson Airport. The US military did not deploy machine guns there. Thomas was sure that they were definitely Japanese machine guns.

(End of this chapter)