Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

After smoking the third cigarette, Jiang Haoran sat up straight, looked at Nimitz and said, "Okay, I agree to assist you in attacking the Philippines, but your plan needs to be adjusted."

Nimitz felt as if he had received a heavy burden, and said, "Tell me, how do we need to adjust."

Jiang Haoran said: "The main attack direction should not be placed in the Dutch East Indies, but in the Mariana Islands, gather superior forces and attack Saipan, Tinian, Guam and other islands at the same time, in order to win in one fell swoop. "

"Oh...the reason?" Nimitz asked suspiciously.

Jiang Haoran said: "It's very simple. Once we capture the Philippines and the Mariana Islands, we have cut off all their foreign aid and material channels. The little devils in the Dutch East Indies will die. We have to take care of them. Are so many troops wasted?"

Nimitz hesitated for a few seconds, then said: "Jiang, the major islands in the Mariana Islands are relatively large in size, and the island army has tens of thousands of defensive troops. We will deploy superior forces and implement a wide frontal landing in order to quickly Advancing is of course the best, but this is a huge test for logistics transportation. Mariana is 1000 nautical miles away from Enewetak, the westernmost base of the Mi Army in the Central Pacific, 3500 nautical miles from Pearl Harbor, and 5000 nautical miles away from the mainland of the United States. [-] nautical miles, the logistics supply line is very long, and the long-distance transport ship can only go back and forth twice a year, so it is impossible to carry out round-trip transportation. At the same time, the Allied forces in Europe are actively organizing the Normandy landing, which is impossible in the short term Mobilize more ships to the Pacific theater. Moreover, we cannot mobilize enough landing craft and amphibious crawler vehicles in a short period of time, so we cannot organize troops to land on several islands at the same time. We can only capture Saipan first, and then attack Tinian and Guam."

Jiang Haoran said: "But have you ever thought about it? When you attack Saipan, the island troops of Tinian and Guam may provide full support, and they can also quickly strengthen the defense of other islands. Once the Mariana Islands If we can’t make a quick breakthrough, the local troops of the island country will definitely support them with all their strength. When they swarm in, coupled with the plight of our own supply line length, we will immediately fall into a stalemate. Not only will we not be able to complete the plan, but the troops I put into the Philippine battlefield will be extremely dangerous , they will fall into siege from three sides...Have you ever thought about this?"

"But transport..."

Jiang Haoran interrupted: "Transportation is not impossible to solve. Your previous island-hopping attack has captured islands such as New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Marshall Islands. These islands have powerful air force bases. We can use air transportation to make up for the lack of sea transportation capabilities. , so the material supply line is not a problem at all. If it is not enough, you can build a number of simple oil barrel wooden platforms on the sea, only for receiving airdrops, and some light materials can be directly put into the battlefield. I don’t believe that the materials can’t be guaranteed. .”

Nimitz's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "This is really a good idea. As long as the logistics problem can be solved, other problems will not be a problem. I think it will work. I will report the truth to the Allied Command immediately after I go back. I think they will agreed. "

Jiang Haoran said: "That's good, but I have one more request."

"Tell me." Nimitz was extremely straightforward.

"Old ghost, there is no problem in hitting the Philippines, but you have to transfer an airborne division to me to help."

"You...don't you have your own airborne division? And as far as I know, their tactical quality is only stronger than ours, not weaker."

A look of pain flashed through Jiang Haoran's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Old ghost, you should have heard of the Battle of Langfang, my airborne division fought terribly, with 6000 troops, only [-] to [-]% are left. , even the division commander Liu Xianwei died in battle, I can't let these remnants take on this task in such a big battle right now?"

Nimitz said: "I also heard about the death of General Liu, but I didn't expect the troops to suffer such heavy casualties. They are real heroes. Don't worry, the Airborne Division will try my best to help you fight for it."

……

Three hours later, Nimitz and his party walked out of the headquarters, and Jiang Haoran and Huang Jie personally sent them to the plane.

After the plan is finalized, time is very tight for everyone, because the preparation time for this campaign is only a short one and a half months. For such a huge offensive plan, all deployments must be completed within 45 days. is a huge challenge.

On the car returning from the airport, Huang Jie said: "Boss, I'm very surprised that you agreed to them so simply this time, without any conditions. You know, the Philippines is a hard bone, and if you gnaw it down, you will definitely suffer heavy casualties." , Moreover, this time we are still helping them Americans, which is not like your style."

Jiang Haoran smiled slightly, and said: "Brother Dayun, this is not for the Americans. Once Saipan falls into the hands of the Allies, the long-range bombers of the Americans will be able to fly directly over the mainland of the island, and bomb the island in the future." Congress has become the norm. This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the rear of the combined fleet of the island countries will no longer be safe. They want to build an island chain defense system between Baodao and the Philippines. They will have no place to stand. At that time, our Chinese Pacific Fleet will have enough strength to compete with the combined island fleet. We will not fear them in a frontal confrontation. Soon, their homeland will be under our threat , You said, who will gain more in the end? As for the price we paid...it will definitely be a lot, but it is worth it. From the overall situation, we have made a lot of money."

"That's right." Huang Jie smiled awkwardly, and then changed the topic: "The Australian army will be the main force in this attack on the Mariana Islands. Do they have the ability? You know, they have never experienced anything in the Pacific or African battlefields." Outstanding performance?"

"Hehe, that's entirely because they have never played the leading role, and have always been Yingmi's vassals. Although they are not well-known, you see, they will definitely subvert your senses."

Huang Jie said with a smile: "You are so sure, have you studied them or dealt with them?"

"Neither, but I know the origin of their nation."

"The origin of the nation? Isn't Australia a British colony? What is their origin? Since the British occupied Australia at the end of the 18th century, Australia has lived a life of indifference to the world. It was not heard of them fighting for more than 200 years before the outbreak of World War II. The vast majority of Australians herd cattle and dig mines every day, and they don’t even know what war is. Would they be as mysterious as you?”