The most direct impact of this victory on Kuah Island is that the US military has completely obtained air supremacy over Kuah Island.

On the one hand, this is due to the heavy losses of Japanese fighters in the last naval battle, and the fact that four of its aircraft carriers were sunk and one or two were seriously damaged, and only one aircraft carrier was available.

As a result, the Japanese army rarely dispatched planes to blockade Kuah Island during the day.

On the other hand, it is due to the opening of Kuah Airport...... In fact, the Kuah Island airfield has been put into use for a long time, but it was used in hiding before, but now it is on the bright side, so the fighters taking off from Kuah Island can take Kuah Island as the center of the circle, and draw a circle with the combat radius of the "Wildcat" fighters and "Dreadnought" bombers as the radius, and declare that this is under the control of the "Cactus" air force. It's just that because the combat radius of the US fighter is only 500 kilometers, the actual control range of the US fighter is only more than 200 kilometers.

The reason why it is only more than 200 kilometers is because it is too far away, such as 3 or 500 kilometers away, it is difficult to carry out normal patrols...... The farther the distance means, the shorter the time the fighter will stay in the air, and at the same time, the sea surface that needs to be patrolled is wider, so although the distance of 4 to 500 kilometers is within the combat radius of fighters and bombers, it cannot effectively detect and stop the activities of Japanese ships in a timely manner, unless it is a naval submarine or radar that discovers the enemy ship and reports its position to the "Cactus" air force.

But this is enough for Kuah Island, because at least it means that Kuah Island can effectively block the passage of Japanese fighters over Kuah Island, so that US Navy warships and transport ships can safely and quickly sail to Kuah Island...... For Kuah Island, this means that the supply problem has been solved.

The Yankees have always been very generous in this regard, and Gormley sent three 10,000-ton oil tankers to take turns to deliver supplies to Kuah Island, and almost every day an oil tanker docked on Kuah Island and brought a large amount of supplies to the garrison on Kuah Island, so the Sino-US coalition forces on Kuah Island once again lived an almost luxurious life...... The food soon returned to the original three meals a day, and the bullets and shells were thrown in the direction of the Japanese in the jungle as if they didn't need money.

But that doesn't mean the Japanese will throw in the towel.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" The staff officer walked up to Hyakutake Haroyoshi with a telegram and reported, "A telegram from Lieutenant General Maruyama. The second division is already seriously short of supplies, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that it will ......"

Hyakutake Haruyoshi only interrupted the staff officer's words with a cold snort from his nose.

In his opinion, the Japanese military should not send such a telegram under any circumstances...... Isn't that a typical defeatist! What hunger, exhaustion, terrain, and strong firepower of the enemy soldiers are all excuses for defeat, and there are difficulties in front of the imperial army? There is an enemy in front of the Imperial Army?!

Thinking of this, Hakutake Haruyoshi wanted to remove Maruyama Masao from command immediately, but he knew that the current situation forced him. He can only let Maruyama Masada preside over the overall situation on the island.

On the other hand, Hyakutake Haruyoshi also knew that the will was the will, and if he wanted to fight this battle, he could not let the Second Division launch an attack on the Sino-US coalition with no food or bullets empty-handed.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" After a moment of silence, the staff officer mustered up the courage to say to Hyakutake Haruyoshi: "According to our intelligence, the American ghost animal side ...... Now a 10,000-ton oil tanker docks at Kuah Island every day. ”

Although the staff officer did not say anything further, Hyakutake Haruyoshi knew what the staff officer meant: his own supplies have not been able to be transported to Kuah Island, but the enemy's supplies have been continuously transported upwards, and this has been going for a long time. The battle between the 2nd Division and the enemy was almost like a beggar who had been hungry for half a year and a fighter who was energetic and well-nourished.

Hyakutake Haruyoshi couldn't help but sigh...... But what now? Since the last battle, the airspace and waters of Kuah Island have basically been in the hands of the Sino-US coalition forces.

This is especially the opening of the Kuah airport...... The US "Cactus" air force on Kuah Island not only dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese Navy in the last battle, but what made it worse was that it had advanced its cordon in the waters off Kuah Island by more than 200 kilometers to the north, and even within the combat radius of 500 kilometers when Japanese warships entered the fighter planes, they had to be cautious and could easily escape the attack of US fighters as soon as they were discovered.

Thereupon......

It was even more difficult for the Japanese army to transport the "Tokyo Express" on the island of Kuah.

Although the Japanese army can still take advantage of the fact that the US air force does not have the ability to fight at night to continue transporting, they do not dare to enter the 200-kilometer range of the waters of Kuah Island before dark, and they will rush into the 200-kilometer sea area as soon as it gets dark, and then rush to Kuah Island as fast as possible...... Since most of the Japanese warships sailed at a speed of about 30 knots. Therefore, it takes about four hours from breaking into the 200-kilometer sea area to reaching Kuah Island, and it is necessary to constantly guard against possible attacks by submarines or warships by the US military.

Upon arrival at Kuah Island. Because the warship had to escape from the air control of the US "Cactus" fighter before dawn, it had only half an hour to an hour to unload supplies...... According to the Japanese Navy, they didn't even have time to fire at the Kuah Island airfield.

Even so, the Japanese warships still had to take a big risk, because the combat radius of the US fighters was not 200 km, but 500 km!

This further aggravated the supply situation of the Japanese army on Kuah Island. At this time, the Japanese army even had to use submarines to transport a pitiful supply to Kuah Island.

"No way!" Hyakutake Haruyoshi gritted his teeth and said, "We can't let this continue!" ”

"But......" said the staff officer with a frown, "the navy has suffered heavy losses, and I am afraid that it will not have the strength to organize another attack in the short term!" ”

"The Navy has failed, the Army has not!" Hyakutake Haruyoshi said.

"Your Excellency Lieutenant General means ......"

"We still have 30,000 excellent soldiers on Kuah Island!" "As long as we can send them some supplies and ammunition, then they may be able to occupy the Kuah airport, and then the whole situation will be reversed!" ”

It should be said that Hyakutake Haruyoshi's words still make sense. The reason why the Japanese navy lost so badly in the last naval battle was, in the final analysis, because the Japanese army failed to control the Kuah Island airfield.

If the Japanese army can grasp the control of the Kuah Island airfield, coupled with the ultra-long range of Japanese fighters and bombers, then the US Navy can almost say that it does not want to get involved in the Solomon Islands.

At this time, Hyakutake Haruyoshi regretted a little, why didn't he send more troops to Kuah Island Airport in order to save a little fuel and troops?!

If this had been done in the first place, the Kuah airport might not have fallen into the hands of the US military at all, and the war would not have been fought so passively! (To be continued.) )