It should be said that it is normal for Gemley and other admirals to have negative feelings, and two aircraft carriers were sunk and damaged by Japanese submarines in succession and had to withdraw from the battle, and now the US Navy has only one aircraft carrier that can be used, and the US Navy does not even dare to send this aircraft carrier to the vicinity of the Guah Sea, because it is very likely that it may also fall under the torpedo nets laid by the Japanese submarines. On the other hand, Gormley and his admirals were not confident that they would use one aircraft carrier to fight this battle, especially since the Japanese army might have four or five aircraft carriers.

But that didn't mean Nimitz was the same, and he sensed a sense of negativity when he heard Gormley's report.

Nimitz was silent for a while, then said to Gormley: "General Gormley, you can rest for a while, and I will let Helsay take over your position!" ”

So Gomley knew that his position had been settled.

However, Gormley was not surprised by this, for he was not satisfied with the command of these battles, and he had a hunch that such a day would come.

Helmsey, alias Admiral William Frederick Halsey, rose to fame just a few months ago when his commanded USS Enterprise and USS Hornet launched a successful air raid on Tokyo, Japan. Because of its courageous style, it is known as the "wild bull".

It is wise for Nimitz to choose Halsey to replace Gormley at this time, of course, on the one hand, Gormley and other generals are becoming less and less confident the more they fight, and it is very likely that something bad will happen if they continue like this. On the other hand, it was Halsey who was like the nickname "Brute Bull" given to him by his subordinates, who never knew what was afraid and what was difficult, and only knew that it was right to fight the enemy.

Then in this case, that is, when the situation of the US Navy is not good, it is possible to send Halsey to the battlefield to keep the war going.

Bedridden for several months because of skin diseases, Halsey, who had just recovered from Yu, flew to the US military command in the South Pacific as soon as he received the order to take over Gemley's work.

He took office and did three things.

The first thing was to send the commander of the aircraft carrier force, Fletcher, back home to recuperate.

Many admirals thought this was inappropriate, because Fletcher was the most experienced commander of the U.S. aircraft carrier command team, and he led the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet to participate in the Battle of the Coral Sea, which was even appreciated by Nimitz.

But Halsey shut up all the admirals with just one sentence: "If Admiral Fletcher really is so good." Then you shouldn't make mistakes again and again in the waters of Kuah! ”

Halsey said irrefutably, almost all of the disasters in the Battle of Kuah Island were related to Fletcher's miscalculations or mistakes...... the Battle of "Iron Bottom Bay" in which he took the aircraft carrier away from the battlefield without Gormley's permission, and in the last naval battle because of his miscalculation, he first removed the "Hornet" from the battlefield to refuel, and then the Japanese sent the "Saratoga" carrier-based aircraft to attack and expose the position.

According to Halsey, it is: "Fletcher should be grateful to the 'Cactus' air force, without them, Fletcher would not even have an aircraft carrier in his hands!" ”

Since then, Fletcher has never taken over the command of the aircraft carrier force.

Fletcher was succeeded as commander of the carrier force by Rear Admiral Thomas Carson Kincaid.

Kincaid was also an experienced commander, but it was clearly a choice for Halsey in a hurry to find a better candidate...... That's not to say Kincaid isn't good enough. In fact, he was soon promoted to commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, and had many good records.

The reason for this is that Kincaid has no pilot experience, and he is better suited to command a fleet than an aircraft carrier.

As we all know, the command of an aircraft carrier is not only as simple as commanding a warship, but more often it is also commanding the attack, defense, and sneak attack of carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier, so it is very important to have pilot experience and knowledge for commanding an aircraft carrier, which is also the reason why the US Navy aircraft carrier commander needs to have pilot experience by US law.

Kincaid's command is a special case, and he is also the last commander in the United States to command an aircraft carrier without pilot experience.

However, the habits of each country are different, such as those of the Japanese Navy. Even the captain of the aircraft carrier is not a pilot...... This may be due to the influence of the Japanese army's idea of "cannon giants", or the Japanese Navy's reluctance to cede the honor of "aircraft carrier captain" to the pilots, whatever the reason, one thing is certain. This is one of the reasons why the Japanese Navy had such a strong force in the Pacific theater and yet performed so badly.

The second thing Halsey did was to order the repair of the "Enterprise" aircraft carrier to be expedited, so that it could return to the battlefield as quickly as possible, and at the same time reorganize the flight group of the "Enterprise" aircraft carrier.

This is doable. The reason for this was that the damage to the Enterprise was not severe, more of its elevators were blown up, and after an hour of repairs on the battlefield, it was able to receive fighters and resume sailing. So it's not a big problem to get it back to the battlefield.

reorganization of the flight group of the aircraft carrier "Enterprise...... This is due to the fact that the US aircraft carriers have withdrawn from the battlefield one after another, but the pilots have not lost much, such as the sunken aircraft carrier "Wasp" and the damaged aircraft carrier "Saratoga".

So Halsey selected the best pilots from these aircraft carriers and concentrated them on the Enterprise.

The newly formed aviation group was named the 10th Carrier-based Aviation Group, abbreviated as CAG-10, when it boarded the aircraft carrier "Enterprise".

"So that we have two aircraft carriers!" "And we also have experienced pilots, plus we know the weaknesses of the Japanese fighters, who says we can't beat the Japanese?" ”

This once again confirmed that Nimitz's choice was correct, because Halsey's style and self-confidence soon affected the entire U.S. Navy.

The third thing Halsey did...... No one expected that he would personally land on Kuah Island to inspect.

"I appreciate everything you do!" Halsey shook Zhang Chi and Clifton's hands and said, "If it weren't for you, I believe I wouldn't have had to stand here, because the U.S. Navy is very likely to have been defeated by the Japanese!" ”

Then he shouted at the surrounding Sino-American coalition forces: "Soldiers, all we have to do is kill the Japanese!" Kill the Jap! And also...... Kill more Japs! ”

Straightforward and crisp, the Chinese and American soldiers cheered for him. (To be continued.) )