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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 1629 Sixty Thousand Soldiers Lost

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    The question asked by the ** division commander Zhao Yuhe, the chief of staff, may seem simple, even idiotic, but upon careful analysis, there is a lot to be said for it. The two battlefields mean that the United States and Japan each have two fleets.  At the same time, there was a battle in the same sea area, and the Division Intelligence Office was always monitoring only the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet and the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet.

    From a certain point of view, there is a big problem in the accuracy of the ** Division Intelligence Department's monitoring of the messages exchanged between the US military and the Japanese army. The seriousness of this problem will lay a fatal hidden danger in the process of formulating future campaign plans.  , Zhao Yuhe did not say it clearly, and the telegram from Yu Deshui, director of the Intelligence Department, did not mention this, so he reminded the division commander in a questioning way!

    Of course Tang Qiuli understood the intention of his chief of staff in raising this childish question. He smiled and shook his head and said, "Yuhe, it's not as you are worried about. The Intelligence Department monitors the intelligence of the US military and the Japanese army.  No bugs occurred!¡±

    Zhao Yuhe's face turned red, and the division commander revealed his thoughts. Tang Qiuli continued: "There is only one way for this situation to happen. Commander Fullwood of the US Pacific Fleet, after being suddenly attacked by a Japanese carrier-based aircraft,  Order some warships to protect the troop transport formation and move closer to Hawaii Island to attract the attention of the Japanese army with the main fleet. "

    "It's a pity that he met a famous general in the Japanese navy, Yamamoto Isoroku. Yamamoto would never make such an obvious mistake in his military use. He would definitely have a response plan. If my judgment is correct, Six  The area where tens of thousands of American infantry were destroyed should be in the waters near Hawaii Island. Well, the Intelligence Department should have a more detailed and accurate analysis report!"

    Zhao Yuhe nodded thoughtfully, and Tang Qiuli continued: "Yuhe, after this battle, the U.S. Navy's military power in the Pacific region has been basically lost. If we calculate the national strength of the United States, it will be difficult to build a new aircraft carrier."  It is not difficult to build and battleships. It will take less than a year to reorganize a Pacific Fleet. However, rigorously trained sailors and a combat-effective force will become a fatal shortcoming of the Americans. In two years  The U.S. Navy will not be able to make a big impact within this time!¡±

    "The naval battle on July 4th was a huge blow to the Americans. Perhaps it can change the attitude of the Americans towards the Pacific War. The Japanese have controlled the Eastern Pacific. Next, it is time to take action on Luzon Island.  MacArthur¡¯s life will soon be difficult. We should also start the Hong Kong campaign. Yuhe, come with me to see the special operations detachment!¡±

    When Zhao Yuhe followed Tang Qiuli and walked out, he suddenly thought of a question and asked, "Commander, the Americans haven't asked us for help yet. Do they have any other trump cards in the Southwest Pacific?"

    Tang Qiuli smiled and replied: "Of course he has a trump card, that is Australia. This is MacArthur's biggest reliance. However, if he still insists on holding on to Manila, he will not get reinforcements from the country and will inevitably transfer troops from Australia.  ¡¤In this way, we have fallen into the trap of the Japanese. Don¡¯t forget that there are still four armies of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops on the islands in the southwest Pacific!¡±

    As Tang Qiuli said, there was a fierce sea battle in the Eastern Pacific. The newly formed Pacific Fleet of the U.S. Navy, with more than 60 warships including three aircraft carriers, was attacked one after another by the Japanese Navy's combined fleet.  The entire army was wiped out. From the commander of the fleet, Lieutenant General Fulwood, down to more than 20,000 officers and soldiers, no one was spared.

    Four infantry divisions and more than 60,000 soldiers of the Second Group Army's follow-up force that reinforced the Hawaiian Island battlefield were buried on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The commander of the first aircraft carrier group of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet responsible for the attack, Rear Admiral Masa Kagecho, did not capture these American infantrymen.  In his own words, the Japanese Empire did not have much precious food to feed these American prisoners of war!

    After killing the second aircraft carrier formation of the U.S. Pacific Fleet with overwhelming force, Rear Admiral Masa Kagezhao ordered all warships to immediately bombard the U.S. troop carrier formation that had lost its protection. His order was simple: "After one hour  , I don¡¯t want to see a living American soldier again!¡± This was a one-sided massacre, a tiger-like battle, but the Japanese navy sailors and carrier-based aircraft pilots did it with great enthusiasm.

    The murderous desire in the Japanese people's bones was completely aroused. Unarmed troop transport ships were turned into pieces amidst the roaring explosions of artillery shells. The Japanese carrier-based aircraft fired unscrupulously, and the machine guns spit out tongues of fire.  , the U.S. soldiers were bloody and bloody, and the decks were dyed red with blood. Even if the troop transport was hoisted with a white flag and prepared to surrender, it would not affect the killing spree of the Japanese army at all!

    Yamamoto led the main force of the combined fleet. When he arrived, the bloody massacre had just ended. Just as he expected, ¡°This sea area will be dyed bright red with the blood of more than 60,000 American soldiers.There will be corpses of American soldiers floating everywhere!  "

    Seeing all this, General Yamamoto had no expression on his face and said to the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Matsuda: "Send a telegram to Lieutenant General Hirano Yoshiki and accuse him. I have solved his worries! The rest is for the Seventh Army.  It¡¯s over, Army, hum!¡±

    When the bad news that the entire Pacific Fleet was wiped out and more than 60,000 army soldiers were buried at the bottom of the Eastern Pacific Ocean reached the United States, it was like a bolt from the blue. In the United States, people were in turmoil. It was an unprecedented defeat. Counting the fleet and sailors together, more than 90,000 soldiers were killed.  More than 10,000 American soldiers were lost in just half a day. The psychological impact on the American people was extremely heavy!

    Americans, who had enjoyed a stable life for more than half a century, felt for the first time that the dark clouds of war had shrouded the sky over the United States of America. After receiving the news, President Roosevelt immediately convened the Supreme War Headquarters.  Emergency military meeting, at which President Roosevelt made emergency deployments.

    All existing army and air force forces in the country were immediately mobilized to the east coast. At the same time, an order was issued to establish the East Coast Homeland Defense Command. General Jeff Field, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, served as commander. Congress issued an order on the same day.  In the call-up order, almost all young people of school age received notices of recruitment into the army. In China, five new army groups and ten air force groups were established.

    Just as Tang Qiu Liduo said, the American war machine suddenly accelerated due to a bloody naval battle in the Eastern Pacific. Various shipyards received orders from the government. Two shipbuilding plans on the scale of the former Pacific Fleet,  It was carried out immediately at various shipyards in the United States, and within a year, the Pacific Fleet was reorganized.

    The Third Army, which was originally preparing to reinforce the Hawaiian Island battlefield, had already assembled in Los Angeles. However, the Americans sadly discovered that they no longer had a fleet to escort them. The hundreds of thousands of troops could only stay in Los Angeles.

    Neither President Roosevelt nor Admiral Jefferfield dared to take risks. A troop transport fleet without an escort fleet was equivalent to a large piece of fat delivered to the mouth of the Japanese naval fleet, unable to transport subsequent reinforcements.  , the remaining troops of the Second Group Army still holding on to Hawaii Island, the situation immediately became dangerous, becoming a lone army without backup!

    President Roosevelt and Admiral Jefferfield stayed up all night. After weighing the whole night, President Roosevelt painfully issued an order, "In view of the situation in the Eastern Pacific battlefield that is extremely unfavorable to us, we hereby order the Commander-in-Chief of the Second Army  Lieutenant General Harrison, immediately organize the troops to withdraw to the mainland. The specific withdrawal time will be determined by you. There will be a land-based fighter group to cover your withdrawal!"

    Despite all the helplessness, the Americans still chose to abandon the Hawaiian Islands. If they did not withdraw the Second Army, their fate would be to be completely wiped out by the Japanese. This also meant that the American homeland defense circle shrank to the east  The coastline is in a passive defense situation. Japanese land-based fighters and bombers can visit the United States at any time.

    It is very easy to issue an order to evacuate the Second Army. It is just a telegram. However, there is a question. How can the more than 60,000 remaining soldiers of the Second Army come back?

    Americans have no shortage of maritime transportation capabilities. It is easy to recruit hundreds or thousands of civilian ships. However, the key to the problem is the escort fleet. The United States can no longer produce an organized fleet. Even if it is formed  With a convoy fleet, can it be a rival to the Japanese naval fleet?  The destruction of the two Pacific fleets before and after told the Americans the answer, no!

    They can only send out land-based fighter jets to conduct uninterrupted air escort, but what is the effect? ??Even Admiral Jefferfield, who made the evacuation plan, has no confidence in his heart. He can only try his best to improve the plan, and more importantly, he is doing his best.  , the fate of the US Second Army, very unfortunately, was left to God!

    However, the Japanese obviously do not want to let these more than 60,000 American soldiers return to the United States alive. This is a piece of meat in their mouths, delicious and plump, exuding an alluring taste!

    After receiving the telegram from General Yamamoto, the commander of the Japanese Seventh Army, Lieutenant General Hirano Yoshiki, said with a bad taste, "The worries have been solved!" What are these words? Could it be that the Seventh Army is still afraid of American reinforcements?  ?  What does Admiral Yamamoto mean?

    In the heart of Lieutenant General Hirano Yoshiki, he has never had any worries. As long as there is no American fleet to cause trouble, he hopes that American reinforcements will come to the Hawaiian Island battlefield one after another. He may be able to create a military force.  , the miracle of annihilating hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops. General Yamamoto was mocking the Army's timidity and timidity!

    However, the knot in Lieutenant General Hirano Yoshi's heart soon calmed down. He had more important things to do. There were more than 60,000 U.S. soldiers on Hawaii Island., more attractive than General Yamamoto¡¯s telegram!
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