This embarrassed Brigadier General William, because what Gormley said was exactly what he said to Clifton, and the plan Gormley was now going to use was exactly the one proposed by the Chinese.

Brigadier General William replied, "General...... I think it is dangerous for planes to land on Kuah airport, the Japanese occupied Mount Austin, they know everything about our airport, it is difficult for us to hide so many planes at the airport without being detected by the Japanese! ”

"You should listen to your subordinates, Brigadier General!" "There are a large number of Japanese prisoners on Kuah Island to use, and they are all engineers, and there is even captured construction equipment on Kuah Island, which allows us to easily build some improvised roads and transport planes into the jungle and scatter them," Gormley said. As for the Japanese eyeliner on Mount Austin...... We can confuse them by landing ten planes and taking off six or seven, and if necessary, we can just shoot a few smoke grenades at Austin Hill. ”

"But the General!" Brigadier General Wilman was still a little unconvinced: "What about when our fighters need to perform missions? The Japanese could easily block the airfield with artillery fire! ”

"First of all." Gormley replied: "As the commander of the troops landing on Kuah Island, you should know that the Japanese cannot transport large quantities of heavy equipment to Kuah Island, and they do not have so many artillery and shells to block the airfield for the time being. Secondly, your subordinates or Chinese have already figured out how many emergency runways they can build...... You must know that these fighters and bombers that we hide on Kuah Island are carrier-based aircraft, and they can take off from aircraft carriers, so they don't need long runways. One more point, Chinese seized a large amount of aviation gasoline during the capture of the airport, that is...... We don't even need to prepare gas! If it weren't for the fact that our bombers could not carry the bombs and torpedoes of Japanese aircraft, we could have attacked their carriers with the bombs of the Japanese. ”

Listen to these. Brigadier General William had a few beads of sweat on his forehead, and he did not expect that Clifton and the Chinese would think about the problem so carefully.

This is not Gormley's intention to embarrass William, in fact, Gormley and Brigadier General William's personal relationship is still quite good, but Gormley never thought of it...... William would have almost shelved such a good plan, knowing that it was likely to be an opportunity for the U.S. Navy to make a beautiful comeback, and he almost missed it because of William.

"General!" Chief of Operations Knox asked another question: "But...... What if the Japanese Navy does not go to war? I mean...... They always wanted us to attack Rabaul. In this way, they can use aircraft carriers and shore-based fighters to form a strong air superiority over us. In this way, they may not risk sailing the aircraft carrier into the waters of Kuah during the day, and in this way, our fighters and bombers hidden in Kuah will be in vain! ”

"This point, that Chinese also thought of for us!" Gormley replied: "The Japanese will come out ......"

"That Chinese again?" Knox found it a little incredible, because he couldn't believe that these plans were made by a Chinese, and as Brigadier General William said, the Chinese should have no experience in naval and air combat.

"Yes!" Gormley replied: "The situation now on Kuah Island is after a small Japanese attack and a large failed attack. Realize that the existing forces on the island of Kuah are completely insufficient to occupy the island of Kuah and retake the airfield. As a result, the Japanese urgently transported the Second Division to Kuah Island in batches, and in order to get this unit into battle more quickly, the Japanese even used more than 20 warships of various types. The plan of the Japanese was obvious, they were to put their forces on Kuah Island first, and then transport supplies, and while they were transporting supplies, it was time for us to attack. Do you understand? ”

Hearing this, Knox couldn't help but let out an "oh". The other admirals nodded silently.

The reason for this is simple: the U.S. Navy counterattacked the Japanese while the Japanese were transporting supplies. As a result, the transportation of the Japanese army will definitely be affected or even interrupted. At that time, there were many Japanese on Kuah Island, nearly 30,000 people, so many people needed food and ammunition, otherwise they would all starve to death on the island or be defeated by more than 10,000 Chinese and American troops because they had no ammunition.

Of course, the Japanese Navy would not let this happen, so they had to send their navy to fight, or it could be said to be an anti-blockade. At that time, as long as the U.S. Navy retreated slightly south, it lured the Japanese Navy into pursuit...... It is good that the Japanese Navy does not chase after it, because if it does, it will expose its own aircraft carrier, and even the aircraft carrier that may have been flown by carrier-based aircraft, to the attack radius of the fighters and bombers on Kuah Island.

"So!" Gormley then turned his gaze to Fletcher and asked, "Any more questions?" Lieutenant General Fletcher, such as ...... There is insufficient cover for warships, and there is not enough for aircraft carriers. And the combat radius of the aircraft is not enough ?! ”

"No, General!" Fletcher thought for a moment and replied, "If the Kuah Island Plan is carried out, and these fighters and bombers can successfully hide from the Japanese to Kuah Island, then these disadvantages will be compensated!" The U.S. Navy will get a reliable air base that can even multiply the attack radius of U.S. aircraft carriers! ”

What Zhang Chi did not expect was that Fletcher's meaning was that the carrier-based aircraft of the US aircraft carrier could take Kuah Island as the first target, and then take off to carry out the mission after a short landing and refueling on Kuah Island, which would greatly shorten the range of the carrier-based aircraft and increase the attack frequency of the carrier-based aircraft.

In other words, the existence of Kuah Island will never be as simple as adding one aircraft carrier to the US Navy, and its role may even exceed that of two aircraft carriers, and it is also an unsinkable aircraft carrier.

"Good!" Gormley nodded.

Although Gormley was unhappy with Fletcher, he knew that Fletcher was an expert when it came to using aircraft carriers, and he had to agree to this plan in the end.

Now that even Fletcher has no opinion, it shows that this plan is indeed feasible.

"So!" Gormley said: "If there are no objections, it will be decided." Because of the tight schedule, the Japanese are likely to complete the transportation of the 2nd Division to Kuah Island in a few days, which means that we only have a few days to prepare. So, tomorrow we'll send a plane to Kuah! ”

No one objected, as Gormley thought, and Fletcher thought it was okay, let alone anyone else.

Gormley looked around with satisfaction and said, "Finally, I think we should be ashamed, because all of us here are experts in naval and air combat, but we have to use the plan of a Chinese who has never conducted naval and air combat!" (To be continued.) )