Shadow Spy

Chapter 374 Pan Sen’s Far East Strategy

Of course Li Junhao is happy to be promoted and receive the award, and this is indeed what he deserves!

However, becoming a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy more than three months later and less than 28 years old is actually even more rare than being the director of national intelligence, which is the president’s personal adviser, or the director of the professional intelligence agency CIA. At the very least, He knew that after entering the 20th century, the U.S. military had never seen such a lucky person!

After he was promoted to rear admiral and received the Navy Cross, although his actual duties were still the same, he could clearly feel that the attitude of the military bosses towards him became more respectful and no longer treated him like a child. to him!This change suits him very well, and it makes getting in and out of the White House less annoying.
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At the Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting on the afternoon of December 12, Li Junhao was once again invited to participate and make an analysis report on the current war situation in the Far East.

Combining the memories of his past life with the current reports from the CIA and various intelligence agencies, Li Junhao gave the president and chiefs of staff a clear picture of the current war situation in the Far East and his judgment on the future war situation.

On December 12, Asia time, the Japanese army launched an attack on Southeast Asia while attacking Pearl Harbor in the United States.Based on the comprehensive analysis of the intelligence currently available, it can be determined that its attack on Southeast Asia will be divided into three stages:
The purpose of the first phase of the operation was to capture Malaya and the Philippines, and seize Borneo and Sulawesi;

The purpose of the second phase of the operation is to capture Java and Sumatra;

The purpose of the third phase of the operation is to consolidate the occupied areas and seize Myanmar and the Andaman Islands in advance.

After seizing these areas, Japan can establish a sea route starting from the Kuril Islands in the north, passing through Wake Island, Marshall Islands, Gilbert Islands, Bismarck Islands, New Guinea, Timor, Java, Sumatra, and Andaman Islands to Myanmar maritime defense line.

According to the laws of war, Li Junhao judged that the first and second phases of the Japanese army's operations should be planned to be completed within 3 months.To this end, the Japanese army specially mobilized elite troops from the mainland, the Kwantung Army, and the China Expeditionary Force to form a new strategic campaign army at the general army level - the Southern Front Army (referred to as the Southern Army), which has 12 main divisions and a large number of attachments. The troops are organized into four corps: 14, 15, 16, and 25, targeting the Philippines, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Malay respectively.

Li Junhao continued to analyze. Judging from the current war situation, except for the Japanese army responsible for attacking the Philippines which was defeated by the enhanced US Far East Force, the Japanese troops in all other directions have achieved success. This also means that the Far East Force and the troops stationed in Shanghai have been successful. The US military in the sea concession will be under greater pressure in the future.Therefore, the country must find ways to support it in order to preserve the two remaining Far East fulcrums.

Everyone attending the meeting knew that what he said made sense, but now that the U.S. Navy has been severely damaged, it is unable to provide support to the Far East in a short period of time. There is nothing left to do!
Li Junhao pointed to the large world map hanging on the wall of the conference room and said: "Mr. President, generals, you see, in addition to obtaining oil and rubber resources, Japan's main strategic purpose in attacking Southeast Asia is to attack the Southeast Pacific region. Establishing a maritime defense line consisting of an island chain is aimed at us, the United States..."

"To this end, Japan needs to remove our military strongholds within the maritime defense line on the one hand, and on the other hand, it must always be wary of our attacks on these islands, so they need to build defense facilities on the islands, especially field airports...

"But this is not that easy. These places have no industrial production capacity. Almost all materials for construction bases or airports have to be transported from their home countries or occupied areas in Southeast Asia. This transportation process is the biggest loophole!" Speaking of which, He paused for a moment to see everyone's reaction.The first person to react was Admiral Stark, Chief of Naval Operations. He said: "General Panson, do you mean to harass the Japanese troops building on these islands and attack their transportation lines at the same time?"

"Yes, let's start from these two aspects." Li Junhao nodded, "Rebuild and expand Hawaii's airports and military bases, arrange for more long-range bombers to be stationed, and use our night flight advantages to continuously conduct raids on these islands, so that Japan can People cannot successfully build bases and airports...

"In addition, I believe that the navy should pay attention to the role of submarines, speed up the production of a sufficient number of high-speed submarines, specifically attack Japanese ships transporting supplies to various islands, and slow down their construction speed...

"Moreover, because our submarines threaten their maritime transportation lines, the Japanese army does not dare to easily transfer the deployed troops back to attack the Shanghai Concession and the Philippines. This also supports these two fulcrums in disguise!"

"Well said!" Admiral Leahy first agreed. "I think Ogg's opinion is very good. A multi-pronged approach to harass and attack the Japanese army will prevent them from concentrating their forces against Shanghai and the Philippines. As long as they support After the first seven or eight months, our land and naval forces will be restored and expanded, and then it will be time for us to launch a counterattack!"

Everyone nodded in agreement upon hearing this. This was indeed a good idea.

Although President Roosevelt was not proficient in military matters, he had unique insights into the strategic level. He heard from Li Junhao's words that he was very confident, as if he had a package plan, so he said: "Oger, continue , if there is any other way, let’s talk about it together!”

"Okay, Mr. President." Li Junhao said, "Because we currently do not have sufficient maritime traffic guarantees, it is difficult to provide direct support to Shanghai and the Philippines, except for using submarines to attack the Japanese sea transportation lines and harass them just mentioned. In addition to the construction of the defense island chain, we must also find ways to open up new battlefields and attract the Japanese military to send troops..."

Then, he pointed to the corresponding position on the map and said: "The current direction of the Japanese attack in Southeast Asia, the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia, are somewhat beyond our reach, and the British and Dutch troops stationed there will definitely not be able to defend it. , the fall is only a matter of time and will not be considered. Then the direction of Myanmar is left...

"The Japanese army's attack on Burma had two purposes. The first was to occupy Burma and then attack British India to obtain its huge resources; the second purpose was to cut off the Burma Road and cut off our military aid support for China's war of resistance in order to To force the Chinese government to surrender in order to annex China and stabilize the occupied areas...

"Because of this, this is our breakthrough - to hold back the Japanese army in Burma and let them continue to invest troops for consumption... This requires the cooperation of both the UK and China..."

(End of this chapter)