Invincible from the sword

Chapter 462 This Situation Will Absolutely Happen
Zhang Lei told Stilwell that if he directly sent heavy troops to attack Darwin Port, the casualties of the troops would definitely be very large.

As soon as the reinforcements of the Japanese army arrive, there will be two to three divisions at Darwin Port.

This is not good news for Stilwell's troops.

Stilwell's Sixth Army went through two major battles at Birdsville and Winton.

Need to rest now.

If they attack Darwin Port directly, the troops may not be able to withstand it.

In Zhang Lei's view, the soldiers of the lighthouse country were too tough.

If it was his temporary regiment, it would have swept the entire Japanese army long ago.

Of course, there was another reason why Zhang Lei didn't tell Stilwell.

That is, he still needs to use Darwin Port to continuously attract the Japanese army to increase troops.

As long as Darwin Port is in the hands of the Japanese army, the island country will never give up its attack on the Kangaroo Country.

This piece of meat is too fatty.

The island nation is simply reluctant to give up.

Moreover, the No.15 army of Anan Weiji once occupied a quarter of the kangaroo country.

This will give the base camp of the island country an illusion.

Let the island country base camp feel that as long as it continues to increase its troops and occupy the kangaroo country, there will be great hopes.

This situation will definitely happen.

The current island country is very difficult.

Among other things, as far as the mainland of the island country is concerned, starvation has begun to happen.

The local economy has reached the brink of collapse.

Even the high-level devils of the island country in Tokyo have a daily rice ration of only six or seven taels.

As for the remote places in the island country, if you can give three or two rice a day, you will have to burn incense.

And the island country's plan to support war with war sounds perfect.

But in practice, that's not the case at all.

The food robbed in other places is not enough for the island nation's front-line troops to consume.

It is simply impossible to transport it back to the mainland of the island country.

What can be transported back to the mainland of the island country are iron ore, coal mine, rubber, gold and silver, and cultural relics from other countries.

Some time ago, the base camp of the island country formed another [-] divisions, almost pulling out the labor force of the island country.

Now the labor force in the island country is basically captives from places such as the East, the **** kingdom, and the lighthouse country.

There are also some laborers who were tricked into the mainland of the island country.

Therefore, occupying the kangaroo country is of great significance to the island country.

There is so much food in the kangaroo country that it is impossible to eat it all.

The strategic position is very prominent.

As long as there is a glimmer of hope, the island country will definitely continue to increase its troops.

This is what Zhang Lei wants.

Let the lighthouse country and the island country fight.

Anyway, the strength of the lighthouse country is strong.

And to be honest, this lighthouse country is not a good bird.

It is not friendly to the Eighth Route Army.

Even very hostile.

It's not bad for the Lighthouse Country to suffer a little bit.

Another point is that Zhang Lei can take advantage of this opportunity to get some more equipment for the Eighth Route Army as much as possible.

Now that I have the equipment, I don't panic.

At that time, when the island country surrenders and fights with the old man in Shancheng, he will have confidence in his heart.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Lei advised Stilwell not to allow the troops to attack again.

Rest in situ.

And sent a small group of troops to conduct investigations around Darwin Port.

Just when Zhang Lei and Stilwell were free here, he received a telegram from Lao Fan, the commander of the First Marine Division.

Zhang Lei grinned as he watched.

What the hell!

Did this Pipe Mike grow up eating pig feces?
Now is a bad time to push into the rainforest of Guadalcanal.

The Japanese army will not give up easily on Guadalcanal Island.

Will definitely take it back at any cost.

What the First Marine Division needs to do most now is to defend the airport.

Occupy favorable terrain on the island for defense.

At the same time, stock up on as many supplies as possible.

Because the combined fleet of the Japanese army will definitely attack the Pacific Fleet of the lighthouse country.

At that time, it is hard to say who will own the waters of Guadalcanal.

Pushing towards the rainforest was not a good choice for Lao Fan's [-]st Marine Division.

The time to advance should be set after Spruance's wing defeated the Japanese fleet.

Pipe Mike, you're so impatient.

Stilwell shook his head helplessly.

Very upset with Marshall and Wheelchair Law.

Any idiot knows that Pipe Mike doesn't know how to conduct.

But Marshall and Wheelchair Luo still let Pipe Mike be in charge of the ground troops.

Simply.

Isn't this cheating?

Zhang Lei sent a telegram to Lao Fan.

At the same time, a telegram was also sent to Spruance, asking him to beware of a sneak attack by the Japanese fleet.

However, this telegram did not reach Spruance.

Instead, it was in the hands of Fletcher, commander of the No.16 task force.

Fletcher didn't pay much attention to Zhang Lei's reminder.

In his opinion, Zhang Lei's reminder this time is purely superfluous.

This time the No.16 and No.17 Task Forces have more than [-] warships in total!
And five aircraft carriers.

With such a huge fleet, if the Japanese army's brains were not broken, they would never dare to provoke them.

Besides, the Japanese army lost three aircraft carriers at once in the Battle of Midway.

The strength of the current Japanese combined fleet has been greatly weakened.

With one stab, Fletcher tore up the telegram.

Never mind.

At this time, the Japanese Eighth Fleet, under the order of Commander Yamaguchi Tamon, was rapidly approaching the waters of Guadalcanal Island.

He wants to attack the fleet of the Lighthouse Kingdom after dark.

And the Japanese ground troops of the two wings were sent to Guadalcanal Island.

The two Japanese regiments formed a detachment.

The commander is an officer named Megumi Kato.

Their mission is to meet up with the Ichiki Alliance on the island.

Then move the troops north of Guadalcanal.

Take the high ground there.

Then build base defenses.

After Yamaguchi's Eighth Fleet defeated the Pacific Fleet of the lighthouse country at sea, they launched an offensive again.

Take back all of Guadalcanal.

This task does not sound very difficult.

Kato has carefully looked at the terrain of Guadalcanal.

The place where they want to establish a base is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Behind is the sea.

Ahead is a cliff.

The troops of the Lighthouse Kingdom wanted to attack them, and it was impossible to do so without killing thousands of people.

In the absence of air and sea control, the Lighthouse State troops on Guadalcanal would never dare to attack. 0
Unless their commander's brain is out of whack.

Yamaguchi Tamon, commander of the Eighth Fleet of the Japanese Army, had a gloomy face.

For the next sneak attack, he was not sure.

The main reason is that the number of warships available in his hands is too small.

The warships of the entire Eighth Fleet add up to only a few dozen ships.

And his flagship Flying Dragon aircraft carrier is impossible to participate in the battle.

The entire Eighth Fleet is just such an aircraft carrier.

If the Hiryu was sunk, Nagumo Chuichi would strangle him to death.

Now the main force of their combined island nation fleet is still with Nagumo Chuichi.

There are still three aircraft carriers in Nagumo Chuichi's place.

Two large aircraft carriers and one light aircraft carrier.

However, Nagumo Tadaichi was scared by the Pacific Fleet of the Lighthouse Country last time.

So play very cautiously this time.

After discovering Spruance's huge fleet, he felt that he didn't have much chance of winning, so he didn't dare to send the aircraft carrier in his hand.

Instead, let Yamaguchi's much-informed Eighth Fleet come over to see the situation.

(End of this chapter)