Shadow Spy

Chapter 447 Proposal of Leapfrog Tactics

"Yes." Li Junhao nodded and said, "I think the previous direction of military establishment by sea and land has deviated somewhat. Landing operations are one of the important tasks of sea and land. This ability should be specially trained and equipped with weapons and equipment suitable for this type of warfare to ensure that A sure success when performing this kind of mission!

"Professional land and sea forces should not be used in positional warfare, fortification warfare, and attrition warfare in a completely land environment, because those are the tasks of the army force, just like the army's infantry divisions should not be used in beach landings. !”

Hearing this, several military leaders nodded in agreement. Professional things should be done by professional people. This is not only the need for social division of labor, but also the principle to be followed by military operations.

Subsequently, several generals asked Li Junhao to formulate his combat theory as soon as possible so that it could be applied in the next battle!

Admiral Stark directly promised that after returning, he would order the Construction and Repair Bureau to first transform the two amphibious command ships requested by Li Junhao. In the next battle, he and Li Junhao would board the ship to witness the new tactics of land and sea. !

Arnold specially made an appointment with him to find time to talk about the application of helicopters on the front line of the battlefield - he is worthy of being an air combat expert, and he has realized the huge application prospects of helicopters in war!

Of course, Li Junhao agreed to this. This was the future first commander of the Air Force, and it was very important to have a good relationship with him!

Marshall was also very happy, because the next battle to seize the island will be led by the land and sea forces, and the army will only serve as the second and third wave of troops. It is much better to fight positional warfare than to land on the beach. This is the main job of the army. ! Therefore, the more he looked at Li Junhao, the more he liked him. If his daughter and niece were not already married, he would really want to call him his son-in-law!

Li Junhao gained a lot from this meeting. He successfully exported his views to the big bosses of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and was recognized. This is of great significance to the future of Hailu and himself! ——

During several Joint Chiefs of Staff meetings in February, Li Junhao directly stopped a series of strategic directions proposed by the Navy to compete for islands one by one and control the Central Pacific region. In this world, MacArthur at this time had already been replaced by him. I was kicked out of the military. I don’t know if it was because of the butterfly effect, but no one proposed the "leapfrog" tactic that should have appeared long ago. Even Nimitz, the commander of the Pacific Fleet, was a supporter of the first-line push tactic.

In this case, he was disrespectful and took the lead in proposing the "Leapfrog" tactical theory at the Joint Chiefs of Staff - now the U.S. Navy has the upper hand in the Pacific battlefield. Not only is it not afraid of the Japanese fleet, it is also looking for opportunities to destroy its fleet. In this case, it is necessary to make full use of this advantage.

In terms of specific tactics, the U.S. military abandons the traditional practice of pushing forward along the front line and adopts the leap-forward tactics. It crosses the island chain defense, and the navy protects the landing force. It penetrates directly into the enemy's hinterland area to attack, seizes the central point, and advances rapidly. Front, face the Japanese mainland as soon as possible!

As for the defense islands that were abandoned later, after losing the strategic points behind them, they were cut off from the mainland, and it was difficult to obtain direct support from the mainland. As the U.S. Navy fleet became increasingly powerful, it would soon be able to eliminate the Japanese fleet. Main force, when the time comes, the Japanese troops on these remaining islands can only wait to die!

Once this theory was proposed, it immediately caused shock among the top military officials. After several discussions, the Navy Department, Army Department, and Joint Chiefs of Staff jointly confirmed that this was a genius idea. If implemented according to this, it would greatly shorten the course of the war!

As a result, Li Junhao's status in the military soared. In addition to "prophet", he also gained the title of "strategist" and "strategist", which once again allowed him to learn historical knowledge well! ——

In early March, based on the "leapfrog" theory, the Navy Department and the Pacific Fleet Staff jointly formulated a Mariana Islands combat plan. Chief of Naval Operations Stark and Pacific Fleet Commander-in-Chief Nimitz sent people to send the plan to the sea and land. Headquarters, please ask Commander Panson to help with the review - this statement is exciting to both the sea and the land!

Seeing that it was stated on the plan that this combat plan for the Mariana Islands in the Central Pacific was planned to be implemented at the end of April, Li Junhao counted the days. Now the equipment change and equipment adaptation training for the First to Fifth Marine and Land Armies have been completed. Currently conducting joint tactical training;

The land and sea recruits will graduate from training on March 3, and it is expected that there will be more than 25 qualified soldiers. By then, he will have organized five more amphibious corps and 50 combined combat brigades, just in time to arrange for them to go to the front line for battle!

However, the end of April was nearly two months earlier than in the previous life. He was worried about whether other units had been arranged, such as the Navy's ships, the Army's second and third waves of troops, air support forces, etc.!

After subsequent inquiries, he received a reply from the Ministry of the Navy. According to the drawings provided by the sea and land, the modification of the two amphibious command ships numbered LCC-11 and LCC12 has come to an end and will be completed by the end of this month. During the special period, sea trials There is only one month left and it will be put into use in early May...

In his previous life, he had heard that during World War II, the US military's warships were like dumplings. It took one and a half months to transform an escort aircraft carrier, three and a half months to build a light cruiser, and eight months to build a light aircraft carrier...

Although this time it was modified on the basis of two C2 freighters that were [-]% completed, it only took more than four months, which was enough to shock him!

This is definitely good news, but the amphibious command ship can only be used in early May. He still has to organize the staff team to get on board and adapt, and agree with the navy and army on the details of troop formation and use. This will all take time. The important thing is that he has to obtain this Landing combat command authority for this battle!

Therefore, when he responded to the Admiralty, he suggested postponing the "Battle of Mariana" to May to facilitate better preparations-in the original history, this battle only started in mid-June.
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On March 3, the training of sea and land recruits officially ended. Under Li Junhao's strict instructions, 25 of the 80 male soldiers were retained, eliminating a quarter of the previous 67.5 female soldiers; 50 female soldiers were retained. 12.5, the elimination rate is as high as 5%!

Li Junhao spent two days flying to various training bases to congratulate all the sea and army members who passed the recruit training. The outstanding ones were awarded 550 "Excellent Training Medals" and directly awarded the rank of sergeant; The 5500 people who achieved the second level of training were awarded the rank of corporal, which directly gave these recruits a head start at the starting line!

He is considering organizing these 55 new recruits into regiment-level troops to conduct actual combat rotations and form combat effectiveness!

(End of this chapter)