Shadow Spy

Chapter 294 Incompetent Commander

The naval officers and soldiers were very envious of the food of the 327th Marine and Land Regiment. When they were in the Philippines, they were either bread, steaks and canned food, or they were unpalatable local dishes. When they ate delicious Chinese food, they were happy and sighed. I ate too badly before!
This situation may not seem to be the most important, but Hart, who heard these words on the sidelines, understood that the operation of the fleet is completed by the individual combination of officers and soldiers. If there is a problem in any link, it will not be able to perform optimally. Fighting ability, and diet is a very important one.

If all conditions must be weighed on a scale, now another weight has been added to the scale that is leaning towards Shanghai and the sea! ——
In the next few days, Hart did not ask Li Junhao to accompany him. He only asked him to send the guards from the headquarters to lead the way and led the naval officers and soldiers to visit and inspect the concession.

As the largest city in the Far East, even though the concession only occupies a quarter of the area of ​​Shanghai, its prosperity is not comparable to that of Southeast Asian cities, and the officers and soldiers who watched it were dazzled.

Although Admiral Hart has only taken over as the commander of the Asia Fleet for half a year, his excellent command ability and caring style of officers and soldiers have long won the love of the officers and soldiers. At this time, many people began to talk around him intentionally or unintentionally. Expressing agreement to move the home port to Shanghai...

This is equivalent to adding another weight to Hart's heart.
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In the evenings of the past few days, Admiral Hart accepted Li Junhao's invitation and stayed in his mansion.

This is also a very interesting old man. He is very interested in the study on the third floor. Every night when he goes back, he goes in to stay for a while and pick up a few books to read.

Of course, he can't read Chinese, but he is very interested in some ancient books collected by Li Junhao. Especially when it comes to the manuscripts, he thinks the calligraphy on them is very beautiful, and he admires them every time he reads them!

During this period, he also chatted with Li Junhao for a while every night, covering many topics, even his conflicts with MacArthur.

According to him, MacArthur was a strong talker on paper, and his theoretical level was indeed good. He even served as the principal of West Point Military Academy for three years and as the chief of staff of the Army, but he himself had never led troops to win any battle. A regular battle, even a battle!

How could such a commander-in-chief of the Far East convince the admiral?Not to mention that after joining the army for the second time, he is only a lieutenant general now!But it just happened that this MacArthur always looked like a coward and coaxing, which was unpleasant to watch!
Li Junhao couldn't help laughing at Admiral Hart's resentment, but he very much agreed with his evaluation of MacArthur. The biggest advantage of this person - or it can be said to be an advantage, is that he is very lucky!

To be honest, Li Junhao, who knew the history of his previous life, was very disgusted with MacArthur. This man was not good at fighting, and his character was even worse!

When the Japanese invaded the Philippines, MacArthur first misjudged and mishandled the situation and had no feasible defense plan. As a result, most of the Far East Force's fighter planes were destroyed and the air defense capabilities were completely lost. Then he panicked when the Japanese troops landed, commanded randomly, and released the Japanese troops in disguise. After successfully landing, he hurriedly led the troops to abandon the Manila defense line and fled to the Bataan Peninsula... The worst thing was that when he still had more than 2 American troops and more than 7 Philippine troops left in his hands, he actually abandoned his troops and fled to Australia abandoned nearly [-] of its troops to the Japanese army, and these troops surrendered to the Japanese army without hope, causing the entire Philippines to fall!
According to later statistics, during World War II, when the United States and Japan declared war, tens of thousands of Americans in the Far East, including colonial garrisons, were persecuted to death by the Japanese army after surrendering. It was only after the Japanese army occupied the Philippines that they forced American prisoners of war to undergo the Bataan In the Death March, more than 1.5 people were bayoneted, shot, and tortured by the Japanese army!

Because of knowing this, Li Junhao was very confused about the US government's important role in MacArthur in the late Pacific War - shouldn't such a person be sent to a military court and shot?
After the end of World War II, MacArthur became the supreme commander of the U.S. military in Japan as Commander-in-Chief of the Far East. He became the "Emperor" of the Japanese, accepting bribes, harboring war criminals, retaining the Japanese royal family, helping to rebuild the Japanese economy, and fighting against red revolutionaries. Strength...until he advocated launching and commanding the Korean War...

For such a person, Li Junhao has the urge to assassinate him right now!Therefore, of course he fully agrees with Hart's disdain for this man!
Speaking of which, if we look at the command sequence of the US military, the current Shanghai garrison should actually be under the jurisdiction of the US military's Far East Command. Li Junhao, the commander of the Shanghai-Sea Joint Command, is also MacArthur's subordinate, but he is unwilling to admit it.

Fortunately, because of its special status, the Shanghai Concession has always been directly under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State and the Department of the Navy, and the Far East General Command does not have the right to give them direct orders.Otherwise, Li Junhao would have resigned and left long ago!
Admiral Hart was very happy that Li Junhao agreed with his point of view. While scolding MacArthur for his incompetence and talent, he introduced him to the current Far East Force of the US military.

At present, the Far East Force mainly refers to the U.S. Army stationed in the Philippines, which mainly includes the Philippine Division, independent infantry regiment, independent cavalry regiment, tank regiment, 3 artillery regiments, and fortress garrison troops, totaling more than 23000 people; there is also an Army Air Force with 265 aircraft, including 35 B-17 bombers.

At the same time, the Far East Command also commands the Philippine National Defense Forces Divisions 1-10, each with 7500 personnel and 50 old aircraft; the Coastal Defense Force, with 3 gunboats, 6 torpedo boats, and 3 minesweepers; and the patrol force, with a total of 12 people. .

The Commander-in-Chief of the Far East and the Commander-in-Chief of the Far Eastern Army is Army Lieutenant General Douglas MacArthur, who enlisted in the army twice and served three times as commander of the Philippine Colonial Army. He is the Turkish Emperor of the Philippines and even has the ridiculous "military rank" of Philippine National Marshal!
Admiral Hart reminded Li Junhao that MacArthur had a strong desire for power. Now that Shanghai's military strength is getting stronger and stronger, he will not remain indifferent. He may soon issue an order to dispatch troops to the Philippines, so be careful.

Deploy your own troops to the Philippines?What are you thinking about?Li Junhao's eyes became sharp. If this MacArthur really dared to do this, he would definitely use all his strength to fight with him. If not, he would kill him!

Admiral Hart noticed the murderous look in his eyes, and was shocked in his heart - does this Panson really dare to kill people?He began to feel a little worried and decided to send a report to the country tomorrow...

(End of this chapter)