"A very simple truth!" Zhang Chi pointed to the map and said: "The Japanese navy now has the upper hand in the waters of Kuah Island, which allows the Japanese to use the navy to send troops and supplies to Kuah Island, while our navy has withdrawn from the battlefield, which makes our reinforcements and supplies almost in a state of interruption." Of course, there were occasional transport planes dropping supplies at us, but they were nothing to our force of more than 10,000 people.

So, how did the colonel think we could win this battle?

Repelling enemies again and again?

No...... Knock back once, the enemy will come a second time, and a third time...... The Japanese will not stop building up troops towards Kuah Island, they will continue to fight until we run out of ammunition or fight until we are left alone! ”

There was silence for a long time before Clifton nodded and replied, "You're right, it's a never-ending battle unless the Japanese kill us all and retake the airport." ”

Zhang Chi did not explicitly say that in fact, the "kill all" situation would not happen to the US military, because once the American GIs felt that their resistance was meaningless, then they would choose to surrender.

However, Zhang Chi at this time, of course, would not say such nonsense, he continued: "Therefore, to win this battle, there is only one choice, when the Japanese transport a large number of troops to Kuah Island and the supplies have not kept up, the US Navy must counterattack!" ”

"But...... It's not something we can control! Clifton said with some exasperation, "Who knows what those navies are doing?" I wish they could come up and drive the Japanese warships away now! ”

"No, we can be left and right!"

"It can't be!" Clifton looked at Zhang Chi with a smile, he thought Zhang Chi was joking at first, but when he saw Zhang Chi's serious expression, he realized that this was not the case: "Can you do it?" How?! ”

"Those planes!" Zhang Chi replied: "Our hidden plane!" ”

"I don't understand!"

"Those hidden planes ......" Zhang Chi said in a low voice: "If it forms a certain scale and the Japanese don't know it, it will be equivalent to an aircraft carrier, an aircraft carrier that the Japanese can see but don't know!" ”

Hearing this, Clifton couldn't help but half-open his mouth and couldn't close it for a long time.

After a while. Only then did Clifton nod and said: "This aircraft carrier will not only greatly increase the strength of the US Navy, but also surprise the Japanese Navy by suddenly appearing when the naval battle between the enemy and us is in full swing!" ”

"Yes, a surprise!"

Then Clifton and Zhang Chi looked at each other and smiled.

Clifton quickly reported the idea to his superior, Brigadier William, who was confident that he would be able to convince him that he felt the idea was unassailable...... Use Kuah Airport to fight an ambush for the Japanese Navy. As long as the Japanese navy can be defeated, then even if there are more Japanese troops on Kuah Island, it is not worth mentioning, and even the more Japanese troops there are, the faster they may die, because the Japanese have limited equipment and supplies, and the more people they have, the faster they will starve to death.

But Clifton still thought things simple, and Brigadier William's reaction was not as he thought.

"You mean...... Is this the idea of the Chinese again? Brigadier General Wilhelm asked.

"Yes, General!" Clifton replied.

"My God!" Brigadier General William on the other end of the phone refused without thinking about it: "Colonel, I can't believe that you will believe the words of that Chinese, you may not know...... China is almost a country without airplanes. Their only air force was formed with our help, not only the aircraft, but even the pilots were mostly Americans, and you would believe a whimsical idea of the Chinese who did not have any experience in commanding naval and air operations ?! ”

"But General, I think he has a point......

"Colonel!" Brigadier General William interrupted Clifton: "I want to make your duty clear once again, hold the airfield, and wait for reinforcements from the navy, understand?" ”

"General......

"It's an order!"

"Yes. Checkmate! Clewiton replied reluctantly.

After hanging up the phone, Clifton returned to Zhang Chi's side dejectedly. Shaking his head, he said, "It's my fault, I'm trying to convince a fool!" ”

Zhang Chi didn't expect this to be the case, but he still shrugged his shoulders and said it didn't matter.

In fact, he knew that even if the battle was not fought according to his own ideas, the US military would still win the battle, but the US military also paid a lot of price: one aircraft carrier was sunk and two aircraft carriers were damaged. In addition, more than a dozen warships of various types were sunk.

(Note: The sunken aircraft carrier "Wasp", which was hit by a torpedo and sank; The aircraft carriers "Enterprise" and "Saratoga" suffered heavy damage, and a large part of the reason why the "Enterprise" was able to escape the catastrophe was that the Japanese pilots suffered huge losses in the Battle of Midway, which made it impossible for the Japanese pilots to sink the Enterprise due to their overall combat quality and combat experience.

For the army on the island of Kuah. I'm afraid that it will be like in history, and it will have to be a stalemate for a few months before it ends.

But it didn't end there.

Perhaps because of the anxiety of abandoning the Marines on Kuah Island and leaving alone, Vice Admiral Gormley, commander of the US South Pacific Fleet, made a telephone call that afternoon to express his condolences to Clifton and all the officers and men who were sticking to Kuah Island.

"Do you have anything to need? Captain? Gormley asked Clifton, "I know you need supplies, but be assured that soon we will meet this request!" ”

"Uh...... Checkmate! Clifton replied, "Actually, it's not the supplies we need most!" ”

"Not supplies?" This answer came as a surprise to Gormley.

"Yes!" Clifton said, "We ...... Perhaps planes, fighters and bombers are needed! Then we will have the possibility to win the whole war! ”

As he spoke, Clifton repeated Zhang Chi's thoughts.

Gormley was taken aback when he heard this...... This plan is almost tailor-made for the current US Navy.

As a matter of fact, the U.S. Navy also realized that a fierce naval battle with the Japanese was inevitable on the issue of Kuah Island, but the U.S. Navy had always been very afraid of the Japanese Zero fighters...... This kind of fighter not only has a long range but is also very flexible in the air, and the US Wildcat fighters tend to fall behind when they compete for air supremacy, not to mention that the Japanese army has four aircraft carriers while the US military has only three, which makes the US Navy unable to make a decision to return to the waters of Kuah Island.

But now, Zhang Chi's suggestion has given the US Navy an additional aircraft carrier out of thin air, and it is also a shore-based aircraft carrier that is likely to be very close to the Japanese aircraft carrier and can launch a surprise attack.

(To be continued.) )