"Master!" That night, when Zhang Chi was resting in the cabin, he was woken up by the guards. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"There are a couple of American officers who want to see you, and the one who took the lead said...... What is General West! ”

"General Halsey?" Zhang Chi couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this.

"Yes, yes...... It's General Halsey! The guard replied.

Zhang Chi immediately sat up on the bed, straightened his clothes and walked out...... Sleeping in kimono is a habit that Zhang Chi developed when he was in Myanmar, and it allows Zhang Chi to be ready in the shortest possible time anytime, anywhere.

In fact, soldiers who have fought in battles basically have this habit, and there is no time and leisure time on the battlefield for soldiers to have a set of pajamas to change from.

"General!" Zhang Chi walked into his office and saw Halsey, Smith and others anxiously sitting on chairs waiting.

"I'm sorry, Colonel!" Halsey had some confusion on his face: "I didn't know you were resting!" ”

Zhang Chi knew why Halsey was confused, and Halsey knew that someone must have reported the battle on Kwajalein Island to Zhang Chi, so he didn't understand how Zhang Chi could still sleep.

Zhang Chi just smiled and didn't answer.

The reason why Zhang Chi can still sleep is very simple, that is, he is very relieved about the combat effectiveness of Wu Yuhang and the Second Regiment, and he believes that Wu Yuhang has the ability to command this battle well...... In fact, this defeat, which was like a catastrophe for the US military, was nothing more than a trivial matter in the eyes of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

"The general is here ......," Zhang Chi looked at Halsey with some confusion.

If Halsey had anything, he could have informed Zhang Chi to go to the meeting, but now he personally rushed to the "Pinghai".

In fact, Halsey did this on the one hand because he was forced to panic by the defeat of the Third Marine Division, and on the other hand, he also had the smell of apologizing to Zhang Chi...... Halsey had previously taken advantage of the Chinese army to prevent the Chinese troops from pursuing the victory after the Chinese army occupied the "wolf's horn", and forcefully made the Chinese troops stop and let the American troops reap the fruits of victory.

And now it turns out that even in such a scenario, the US military is not up to the task.

"You know......" Halsey said with some embarrassment, "the battle in Kwajalein is a mess, and the 3rd Marine Division has been forced to retreat to the 'Wolf's Horn', which is very dangerous for our army......"

Zhang Chi nodded.

He knew what Halsey meant by the danger, which was mainly caused by the plans of the American army and the compression of the battle line.

The U.S. military's offensive relied to a large extent on ammunition, especially artillery shells, and their operations were, to a certain extent, piling up shells forward.

Kwajalein Island was unable to transport shells after the tide receded during the day, so the U.S. military was asked to try to transport as much ammunition as possible for the next day at night...... By "as much as possible", I mean that if there is a shortage of ammunition, it can be transported by amphibious landing vehicle during the day, but most of the time it is transported by Higgins at high tide at night.

And it wasn't just ammunition and supplies that were delivered, but another regiment sent by the 3rd Marine Division to reinforce it...... The U.S. plan's plan was to continue to advance the front the next day, so more troops were needed.

That is to say, when the US troops were pushed back by the Japanese army and the front line was compressed, they were still vigorously sending more troops and ammunition to the "wolf horns", so that the wolf horns, which were only about one square kilometer, were enough to stuff three regiments of troops (one regiment of Chinese troops and two regiments of American troops) and a large amount of fuel and ammunition.

It is undoubtedly very dangerous for these troops, ammunition, and supplies to be piled up in dense numbers, and the Chinese and American coalition forces at this time should be glad that the Japanese army does not have many artillery pieces, and the fighters have no combat capability at night and cannot find their targets.

But once you wait until dawn...... Japanese fighters may launch a sneak attack on the "wolf horns" at any time.

Perhaps, with the strength of the five US aircraft carriers, there is no need to worry about the sneak attack of more than 100 Japanese fighters, but in fact this is not the case at all.

First of all, three of the five US aircraft carriers are escort aircraft carriers with almost no air defense capability and anti-strike capability, and these aircraft carriers may be able to bomb islands or serve as escort missions, but in the face of enemy fighters, they are not very different from ordinary transport ships except that a few fighters can play a protective role.

As a result, the US aircraft carrier itself actually needs to be defended.

Secondly, the two main aircraft carriers of the US military may also be the target of a sneak attack by the Japanese army...... Although the main aircraft carrier is much better than the escort aircraft carrier in terms of anti-strike ability, it will also be a heavy loss if it is sunk, especially the Essex-class aircraft carrier, if it is sunk, it may shake the entire aircraft carrier formation of the US military in the direction of Kwajalein.

So in this way, what the US military needs to defend is five aircraft carriers, and now it has to add a "wolf horn...... No one knows who the Japanese fighters will target, nor when the Japanese will do it, and this is the greatest danger.

"General, what do you think we should do next?" Zhang Chi asked.

"I'll try to get the aircraft carriers together!" Halsey replied: "In this way, the aircraft carrier can better guard against the sneak attack of the Japanese, and at the same time, in order to avoid the 'Wolf Horn' being bombed by the Japanese, we have to gather the aircraft carrier not far from the 'Wolf Horn'." ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Chi nodded.

This approach is to take care of both ends, and to protect both the escort aircraft carrier and the "wolf's horns".

"But ......," said Halsey, as he shifted his words, "the Japanese apparently thought of this as well, and we discovered the submarine...... The submarines of the Japanese are tracking our aircraft carrier group! Although we do not know how many submarines the Japanese dispatched, the preliminary estimate will not be less than ten! ”

Zhang Chi couldn't help but raise his head in shock...... If a large number of US aircraft carriers and destroyers were to be gathered, it would undoubtedly become a good target for Japanese submarines, and then the Japanese submarines would only need to fire a torpedo at the aircraft carrier group, and if they did not hit this warship, they might hit another warship.

In fact, Koga Mineichi did make this plan, using submarines and fighters to cooperate with the sneak attack, and the number of submarines sent by Koga Mineichi was much more than Halsey imagined, and Koga Mine sent a total of twenty-five submarines. Of course, some of these are small submarines for reconnaissance.

"So!" In the end, Halsey concluded: "It is very likely that we will be forced to stay away from the 'Wolf's Horn' and avoid the Japanese submarines, which requires us to solve the crisis of the 'Wolf's Horn' as soon as possible, can you do it?" ”

"What should I do?" Zhang Chi replied: "You must know that most of the 'wolf horns' are US troops!" ”

"You're in command of them all!" Halsey replied: "As long as you can push the battle line forward as soon as possible, instead of gathering so many troops in one place and waiting for the Japanese planes to bomb you!" ”

(To be continued.) )