my bright sword career

"Sir, Chief of Staff Chi has sent a telegram!"

Officer Bai Xing of the Operations Section hurried into the office and put a telegram on Gao Hongming's desk.

"Oh, Lao Chi is willing to come to some newspapers?"

Gao Hongming took the telegram, just glanced at it, and he let out a soft "Huh".

"Fletcher, Commander of Task Force No.17, was dismissed? Rear Admiral Spruance?"

Seeing Gao Hongming's frowning, Staff Officer Bai quietly walked out of the office and closed the door without asking any more questions.

After a long time, Gao Hongming raised his head and said helplessly, "How could I have forgotten this, Fletcher is a famous aircraft carrier killer."

Before the time travel, although Gao Hongming was from the Department of History and had some research on the history of World War II, he was not a god, so it was impossible for him to remember everything clearly, and some negligence was inevitable.

It turned out that he didn't remember Fletcher's dismissal at all. He didn't remember until Chi Yaohui sent a telegram. This guy is the famous carrier nemesis of the U.S. Navy, and it was his own aircraft carrier, which is very helpless.

Don't think that Americans are not superstitious. In fact, soldiers in any country in the world believe in luck.

For example, the cruelty of the Soviet-German battlefield during World War II was the worst in history. According to statistics, on the Soviet-German battlefield, after a soldier was sent from the rear to the front line, the average survival time was only 2 minutes.

Yes, you read that right, 2 minutes.

Those who can survive the Soviet-German battlefield are those who are lucky.

There was such a German tanker named Karius. The tank he was driving was blown up by the Soviets in a battle. All the people in the tank died, but he survived.

After escaping from the dead, he was sent back to the battlefield again. This time, the tank he was driving was destroyed by the Soviets again, and he and the surrounding German soldiers were ordered to retreat while fighting.

During the retreat, he was shot six more times. Karius, who was bound to die, was rescued abruptly by his comrades. He miraculously survived after being rescued in the hospital.

The guy who was seriously injured was sent back to the country, and then joined the Western Front, and was captured by the Americans at the end of the war. After Germany surrendered, he was released by the Americans. After returning to his hometown, he married a beautiful woman. Wife, finally lived until 2015 before passing away.

In the words of later generations, this man can be called the son of luck.

If there is good luck, there will be unlucky ones. This Fletcher is probably the son of unlucky luck. However, among the aircraft carriers he has commanded, there are very few unsinkable ones. This does not scare the commander-in-chief of the US Navy to rush him He was transferred back to China and never commanded a fleet again in his life.

"Forget it, I don't want this anymore."

Gao Hongming shook his head, put this unlucky guy behind him, and thought about the future fate of the dispatch team.

Judging from Chi Yaohui's telegram, the dispatched corps was arranged by the Americans to the outermost perimeter on the first day they arrived in Guadalcanal. From this point of view, the Americans have fully exposed their intentions.

They simply treated the dispatch team as cannon fodder, and they didn't even bother to do superficial work. This was what made Gao Hongming most uncomfortable.

Gao Hongming even had the thought of sending the dispatch team back to China, but he suppressed the idea as soon as it came from the bottom of his heart.

Today, he does not have the strength to turn against the Americans, not to mention that the two parties have signed an agreement, and the price of breaking the agreement will be too high, and he cannot bear the consequences.

"Headache!"

Gao Hongming couldn't help but irritatedly punched the desk, making a dull sound.

Just at this time, the false door of the office was pushed open, and Mr. Liu and the political commissar were walking into his office hand in hand, and happened to see Gao Hongming's actions.

The two looked at each other, and Master Liu asked with a smile: "Brother Gao, have you encountered any troubles?"

"Something happened."

Gao Hongming smiled wryly, and after thinking for a while, he told the two of them what happened in Guadalcanal Island. After he finished speaking, he said with some distress:
"Although I considered that the Americans would use the dispatch team as cannon fodder before, I didn't expect them to be so undisguised that they almost said to block their guns.

Now I am worried that Chi Yaohui will not be able to withstand the pressure of the Americans alone. "

"That's true."

Master Liu's face also became serious.

"Although Chief of Staff Chi is shrewd and capable, he is definitely a good staff officer, but his shortcomings are also obvious. He lacks the courage to stand on his own. Once the Americans forcefully exert pressure on him, it is difficult for him to withstand.

In fact, we told you before, but..."

Master Liu sighed softly and fell silent.

Gao Hongming shook his head, "Mr. Liu, you still don't understand the meaning of Okinawa and the garrison power to me and China. Let's put it bluntly, as long as the Americans can fulfill their promises in the agreement, they will wipe out the Liantai militia. It's worth it too!"

Hearing Gao Hongming's words, Master Liu frowned deeply, and he asked very puzzled: "Brother Gao, is it worth it for you to do this?
For those hundreds of square kilometers of land and Japan's garrison rights, is it so easy to put all your wealth on it?Aren't you afraid that you will end up being beaten by eggs? "

"worth!"

Gao Hongming resolutely said: "Even if there is only a slight chance, I will try. I will decide on the [-] square kilometers of Okinawa and the garrison base in Japan."

Mr. Liu and the political commissar looked at each other face to face. At this time, they really couldn't understand that Gao Hongming easily put all his wealth on such a small territory.

What is he worried about?Still worrying about the future...

Although Mr. Liu and the political commissars of peace are rare elites in the contemporary era, due to historical limitations, they still cannot understand what it means to occupy [-] square kilometers in Okinawa.

Let's put it this way, the total area of ​​Okinawa is 1208 flat kilometers.

Two hundred square kilometers is already equivalent to one-sixth of its area, and there is no problem at all in accommodating 100 to [-] residents.

Of course, you can make a half discount here.

The population of Okinawa in later generations is only about 122 million. If the territory under his control has a population of 50, plus an army of [-] to [-], it will be a force that no one can ignore.

Thinking of this, Gao Hongming finally made up his mind, raised his head and said to the two of them: "Mr. Liu, Political Commissar Ping, after this Taiyuan battle is over, I plan to take the time to go to Guadalcanal in person."

"What, you want to go to Guadalcanal Island yourself? How can this be done?"

Mr. Liu and the two were taken aback by Gao Hongming's words. If Gao Hongming went to Guadalcanal, if something happened, the entire Liantai militia would fall apart.