Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 1808 About My Understanding of Americans

MacArthur concluded that the Japanese did not dare to attack the Philippine Islands easily, and the biggest reliance came from the US Pacific Fleet.If the two supercarriers "Yamato" and "Wuwei" are not counted, the total tonnage of the huge U.S. Pacific Fleet with nine battleships and three aircraft carriers has already exceeded the combined tonnage of all Japanese warships. It seems that as long as the Pacific Fleet With the existence of the fleet, the Japanese would never dare to attack the Philippines and set themselves on fire.

Is this really the case?MacArthur would never have imagined that when he received the reconnaissance report that the Japanese Western Expedition Fleet began to approach Mindanao, the US Pacific Fleet, which all Americans are proud of, was under the raging bombers of the Japanese Combined Fleet. Howling and moaning.

The American old man seemed nonchalant, but after Guo Kui read the telegram, his expression became serious.He has dealt with the Japanese a lot, and he is used to the Japanese army not playing cards according to common sense. He doesn't think that the US Pacific Fleet, which is thousands of kilometers away from the Philippine Islands, will have much deterrent effect on the Japanese.This is one, and the other consideration is that the Americans are considered to be fighting on the ground, while the second expeditionary army is a guest army.Unlike fighting in Southeast Asia, where there is a land line of communication to ensure logistical supplies, in the Philippine Islands, which is far away from the base of the Xuebing Army, it is too difficult for the Xuebing Army to obtain supplies. Based on the above considerations, he said to MacArthur: "MacArthur Your Excellency, I think it’s better to let General Brereton prepare for the battle, the Japanese are full of tricks, and the middle and senior military officers abroad often act on their own, who knows if they have premeditated?”

The old American didn’t take it seriously: “It was premeditated? Ha, if the Japanese really had the guts, they should have launched it when we helped you evacuate your citizens from Singapore. That time, they lost an aircraft carrier.”

"The Japanese fleet didn't break through the center line of the Sulu Sea before, right? I really have a bad feeling!"

Guo Kui acted so seriously that the American old man thought for a while and said, "Then I will ask Brereton to step up reconnaissance. We have an army of five divisions in Mindanao, plus two divisions of your army, a total of five divisions." Seven divisions, even if the Japanese army wants to launch a surprise attack, they can defend them in a short period of time," he said, beckoning his adjutant Pace to come over, and explained it like this.

The Americans didn't take it seriously at all. Guo Kui felt uneasy after thinking about it, and beckoned Zhang Liang to come over and ask him to call Hua Laifu and Huang Haifu, and asked the [-]th Xueshi Division and the [-]st Mountain Division to prepare for combat. Sudden Japanese attack.

At that time and space, the Japanese troops attacking the Philippine Islands was the 14th Army led by Lieutenant General Masahiro Honma, and its first attack direction was the Batan Islands north of Manila.

The arrival of Ouyang Yun and Koizumi Toshiichiro changed many things, such as the upcoming Philippine campaign, but this time the Japanese army attacked from west to east, completely overturning Ouyang Yun and Koizumi Toshiichiro's memories of the "Philippines campaign".

Once, Manila was a key defense area of ​​the US military, but now, the US military's defense center is placed in Mindanao and several surrounding islands.After the Japanese army successfully entered Southeast Asia, Yamamoto 56 and Koizumi Toshiichiro conducted several war games on how to attack the Philippines.And because Hainan Island and Taiwan Island were all dominated by the student army, it was impossible to serve as a springboard for the Japanese army to attack the Philippine Islands, so the two decided to attack Mindanao first, and then push across from south to north after taking Mindanao.

As time travelers, Ouyang Yun and Koizumi Toshiichiro have many similarities, and because China and Japan lacked heavyweight ocean-going navies at that time, they both had the same dream more than once, that is, to lead a large-scale fleet to attack a certain country. A hostile country, relying on one's own power to change the country's destiny.At this time, on the island of the "Ryujo" aircraft carrier of the Japanese Western Expedition Fleet, Koizumi was standing against the wind with his hand on the railing, feeling very excited because this dream had come true.

Just as MacArthur thought that the Japanese would not dare to attack the Philippines easily, Toshiichiro Koizumi didn't take the US troops stationed in the Philippines seriously at all. In his opinion, as long as the US troops were hit hard at the beginning, causing heavy casualties to the US troops, then this battle Just win and never lose. "The key to beating an American is to beat him painfully from the very beginning - as far as I understand the Americans, the Philippines is not something they cannot abandon. So once the casualties are too heavy, the US government will definitely They will be asked to retreat—" He said to the people around him while blowing the wind.

The generals of the Western Expedition Fleet who are qualified to stand beside him, on the left hand side are the supreme commander of the HNA Force, Sankey Yamabegawa, the commander of the Second Army Soma Masafun, and on the right hand side are the divisions of the Osaka Fourth Division Tashigeru Nagasawa and Kazuo Takashima, the captain of the aircraft carrier Ryujo.

The Fourth Division had just escaped from Hainan Island not long ago. It is said that they had nothing to do with the attack on the Philippines this time, but the world is so miraculous. Koizumi made a strong call to join the war.However, Koizumi valued his status as an army, and believed that this could set a precedent for the navy to command the navy and army to cooperate in operations, so he agreed to their request.Therefore, after adding about one division of the Indonesian National Independence Army, Sawada Shigeru was able to lead the army to participate in the war, and became a direct unit of the Western Expedition Fleet.

"Your Excellency, I still tend to give priority to attacking Manila - the air base and naval base of the US military in the Philippines are located in Manila, and as long as these two bases are destroyed, the casualties of our army will be greatly reduced," said Yamabe Chuan Three Keys said.

Among the four people standing beside Koizumi, the one Koizumi admires and trusts the most is Yamabe. For this reason, in the absence of Yamamoto,

Now, only he can pour cold water on Koizumi.

"I also know the benefits of attacking Manila first, but don't you think the route is too long without a midway supply station? I really don't know what Kobayashi did, so that the Xuebing Army can gain a firm foothold in Taiwan , if all of Taiwan is in our hands, of course we will use Taiwan as a springboard to attack Manila first," Koizumi said After saying this, his complexion became heavy, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold light flickered in them.

The atmosphere on the ship island became a little heavy, Soma Masamune deliberately eased up, and said, "I don't know what's going on with Your Excellency Yamamoto?"

Going thousands of kilometers to attack Pearl Harbor, just thinking about this topic makes Koizumi and others feel excited, and everyone's attention is immediately drawn to this topic.Koizumi said: "With seven aircraft carriers and nearly [-] fighter planes, even if the U.S. Pacific is prepared, it will surely be successful. Gentlemen, don't worry about Pearl Harbor. You should think about how to make a quick decision to complete the battle of Your Excellency Yamamoto. Entrust us!"

"Hayi!" Shanbu and the other four responded in unison, and when they raised their heads, they shot into the distance in unison.

(End of this chapter)