Age of Rebirth

Tang Qiuli turned around and asked, "Yuhe, is there any emergency?" Before he came to the hospital, he had already told Zhao Yuhe that Zhao Yuhe would never go to the hospital without our special circumstances. Come on, interrupt yourself and talk to Chu Tian!

Zhao Yuhe replied: "It's not a particularly urgent situation. I just received a report from the Intelligence Department about the US military. On June 21, the US Second Army, under the command of the commander, Lieutenant General Harrison, Departing from the assembly point in Los Angeles, we headed to the battlefield of the Hawaiian Islands. The total strength of the group army is about 14. The number of the specific unit is unknown, and information is still being collected!"

"I took a look and thought that this would have a great impact on the situation on the Eastern Pacific battlefield, so I hurriedly showed it to the division commander so that the division commander could make an accurate judgment on the next change in the situation on the Pacific battlefield. !"

Tang Qiuli took the telegram, read it carefully, and said thoughtfully: "The Americans are aware of the threat, and finally used the greatest strength they can at present. However, Yuhe, the Second Army, is in From what we know about the US military's establishment, it seems that there was no such thing before, and a second army with 14 troops emerged from there, ordering the Intelligence Department to quickly find out the matter!"

Zhao Yuhe replied: "Yes, Commander. Also, just two days before the Second Army of the U.S. Army marched to the battlefield of the Hawaiian Islands, the U.S. Congress passed the Act of Declaration of War on Japan, officially declaring war on Japan. Is it fair to say that the U.S. Has it officially shifted to the wartime system?”[

With a mocking sneer at the corner of Tang Qiuli's mouth, he said: "It has been more than [-] days since the outbreak of the Pacific War. Japan officially declared war on the United States on June [-]th, and it took the Americans more than two weeks to formally declare war on Japan. Declaring war, the United States is obviously forced to fight, showing its passiveness, and will become the laughing stock of the world. Even if the United States has switched to a wartime system, it will not be able to contain the Japanese offensive momentum in a short time."

"The Second Army has a strange origin. If it can withstand the Japanese attack on the battlefield of the Hawaiian Islands and stabilize the situation in the Eastern Pacific, then the Eastern Pacific will fall into a stalemate for a long time. Otherwise, the Americans will We are about to be forced to carry out home defense, and it should be noted that the elite troops of the U.S. military are all on the European battlefield, and the German army is attacking quite violently. The pressure on the British and American coalition forces is extremely high, and it is not easy for the U.S. military to withdraw from the European battlefield.”

"Yesterday, didn't you see the battle report sent by the German General Staff? The German army is already preparing to cross the English Channel and attack the British mainland. Therefore, the US Second Army is the key to affecting the Eastern Pacific battlefield. Yuhe, order Yu Deshui, the director of the intelligence department, to find out the details of the second army no matter what means and methods are used, so that we can make the next action plan!"

After finishing talking about business matters, Zhao Yuhe walked to Chu Tian's bed and asked with concern, "Captain Chu, your injury is recovering quickly. Rest assured and recover from your injuries. The teacher also hopes that you will be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible!"

Chu Tian smiled and replied: "Thank you for your concern, Chief of Staff. To be honest, the doctor and Murong Xue didn't let me get out of bed. According to my own opinion, I can just leave the hospital now. It's all sore, more tiring than training!"

Murong Xue on the side shouted, "Teacher, Chief of Staff, listen, it's the doctor who doesn't let you get out of bed, not me! Besides, the wound hasn't healed yet, can you get out of bed?"

Tang Qiuli and Zhao Yuhe laughed, and Tang Qiuli said, "Chutian, don't think about leaving the hospital. If you don't lie in the hospital for a few months, even if the doctor agrees to let you go, I won't approve it!"

With a bitter face, Chu Tian muttered: "Master, didn't this kill me? In a few months, my God, it killed people!"

On June 24, the US Second Army, after four days of rough seas, could finally see the outline of the Hawaiian Islands. The commander, Lieutenant General Harrison, stood on the newly formed Pacific Fleet flagship heavy cruiser "McGinn" On the deck, looking at the increasingly clear land line in the field of vision, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Starting on the 21st, as soon as he entered the vast sea, Lieutenant General Harrison began to worry. Although there are more than 60 warships in the Pacific Fleet, including three aircraft carriers escorting them, the strength of the escort is not small, but Lieutenant General Harrison's heart , Just don't hold back, looking around the situation, the Japanese have already occupied several important islands, and the Japanese land-based aircraft can carry out air strikes on the formations in flight at any time!

If it was just the Pacific Fleet, Lieutenant General Harrison would not be so worried, but there are nearly a thousand troop carriers in the formation, the ninth and tenth mechanized infantry divisions of the first echelon of the Second Army, and the third and tenth mechanized infantry divisions of the Marine Corps. Five divisions and four divisions with more than 8 people are all on board. With the current strength of the Pacific Fleet, it is fundamental to provide effective air cover for all troop carriers!

A troop carrier was sunk by a Japanese bomber, and that was the fate of seven or eight hundred soldiers buried in the sea. Therefore, after the troops set off, Harrison, in the name of the commander, ordered the Air Force's Third and Sixth Air Forces All the land-based fighter wings have entered the state of super-level combat readiness, and ordered the fleet to maintain a state of first-level combat readiness. Lieutenant General Harrison spent more than four days at sea in a state of continuous insomnia!

The new commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet, Lieutenant General Fulwood, is very disapproving of Lieutenant General Harrison's neurotic and out-of-control behavior. In command of the Second Army, Lieutenant General Harrison is still his own superior. In order to reassure His Excellency the Commander, Lieutenant General Fulwood ordered the carrier-based aircraft to conduct uninterrupted aerial reconnaissance.

In all fairness, on the Atlantic battlefield, Lieutenant General Forwood, who had fought desperately with the German Navy's submarine "Wolf Pack" force, did not think that the Japanese Navy fleet could have much combat power. The entire army of the former Pacific Fleet was wiped out. In the opinion of the lieutenant general, to a large extent, it was caused by a sneak attack. Whether it was the Battle of Pearl Harbor or the Battle of Midway Island, none of them was a direct decisive battle.

Germany, known as the number one military power in Europe, their navy has never had a decent naval battle on the Atlantic battlefield. In other words, the Germans have not had a decent fleet so far. Although the German army is very powerful, Can Japan in Asia still have a decent fleet?

Lieutenant General Fullwood walked out of the command cabin and came to the deck, looking at the calm sea, a few seagulls flying freely, the sky with thousands of miles of clouds, occasionally a few white clouds drifted by, looking at the frowning and worried Lieutenant General Harrison and Lieutenant General Fulwood felt the need to give the commander some confidence, and comforted him: "Your Excellency, there is no need to worry too much. If the Japanese navy has a strong combat power, it will be destroyed on our way to the Hawaiian Islands. , it should appear!"

"Our fleet has more than [-] carrier-based aircraft, which can completely provide safe air cover for the formation. The Japanese fleet did not show up, which shows that they dare not fight the Pacific Fleet head-on!"

Lieutenant General Harrison is not so optimistic. If it is true what Lieutenant General Fulwood said, then how to explain the annihilation of the former Pacific Fleet. The Japanese fleet must be hiding somewhere, waiting for an opportunity, and , The situation on the Hawaiian Islands battlefield is even more worrying. The [-]st and [-]th Marine Divisions have been compressed by the Japanese Seventh Army at the easternmost tip of the Hawaiian Islands.

Two marine divisions, with less than four regiments left, stubbornly defended a position with a radius of less than one hundred square kilometers. With such a large area, they had to serve as four troops in the first echelon of the Second Army. The division has more than [-] people, the only landing field. [

Moreover, the conditions at this landing site were extremely bad, and the landing craft could not reach the shore at all. The soldiers had to disembark at a distance of more than 2000 meters from the land, wading in water that was almost as deep as the top. One can imagine the degree of difficulty.

He looked at the confident vice admiral and reminded: "General, I don't think the Japanese fleet has the ability to attack us, but they think they have no opportunity to fight. General, don't underestimate the enemy. I am in the Army Staff Department. While working, I also have a general understanding of the situation of the Japanese navy fleet, General, when my troops start to land, all fighter planes in the fleet must provide strong air cover!"

Vice Admiral Fulwood replied disapprovingly: "That's natural. The mission of the fleet is to ensure that the infantry lands on Hawaii Island." Before he could say anything, a communications staff officer hurried over, "Report to the commander Your Excellency, I have received a telegram from Brigadier General Holman, Commander of the First Division of the Marine Corps on Hawaii Island, that there is no large-scale battle today, and the troops can land as planned!"

Lieutenant General Harrison ordered: "The troops began to land according to the original plan. The landing sequence is that the [-]th and [-]th Mechanized Infantry Divisions are the first wave, and the [-]rd and [-]th Marine Corps divisions are the second wave. , The group army headquarters followed the first echelon to go ashore! Order the troops on the island to closely monitor the targets of the Japanese army. During the landing period of the troops, even if they encounter the Japanese army and then violently attack, they must guard the landing site!"

Then, looking at Vice Admiral Fulwood, he said, "General, your plane is going to take off immediately, and be on alert when the landing troops are in the air. It makes me even more uneasy, and this is just the beginning!"

On the other side of Hawaii Island, Lieutenant General Nakano Ryogi, the commander of the Seventh Army of the Japanese Army, put down the phone, and a trace of bloody excitement flashed in his eyes. .

(To be continued)