Originally, Zhang Chi wanted to take the fleet back to Rabaul for training immediately, but the objective conditions did not allow it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Colonel, now is not the time to start training!" Halsey said to Zhang Chi: "On the one hand, we don't have a very clear grasp of the situation of the Japanese, and the Japanese Combined Fleet may launch a counteroffensive, so we must mobilize all the ships available as much as possible to prepare!" On the other hand, your mission is to protect several escort carriers of the Seventh Detachment, and they still need you! ”

Zhang Chi had to admit that what Halsey said was right.

Although he is a modern person, he knows that the Japanese Combined Fleet will collapse after this battle, but after all, this is a battlefield, and no one can guarantee that there will be no accidents. Especially at this time, the fleets are taking advantage of the victory of the Mariana islands, and the several escort aircraft carriers anchored in the port of Kwajalein Island that are undergoing urgent repairs need the protection of the Chinese Navy...... If they were attacked by Japanese submarines, they would undoubtedly be deadly.

Then Zhang Chi thought of a compromise solution.

"General!" Zhang Chi said: "The reason why I want to do this is because the war situation is urgent, and we urgently need the Fletcher-class destroyers and 'Hellcat' fighters to join!" ”

"I know, Colonel!" Halsey replied, "But you are needed here, you know...... We don't have enough troops! ”

In fact, the strength of the US military is already very sufficient, and their naval and land forces are several times that of the Japanese army, especially the naval aviation, which plays a decisive role, that is almost more than 1,000 advanced fighters against more than 100 backward fighters of the Japanese army, of course, this number is after the naval battle of Tinian Island.

It's just that the U.S. military always has a sense of insecurity in its heart, hoping that there will be a little more equipment, troops, and various advantages, and a little more......

"So I didn't plan to transfer the fleet back!" Zhang Chi suggested: "You know, we have quite a bit of redundancy in pilots, and there are only sixteen 'Hellcats' assigned to us, so ...... It only takes more than 30 pilots to participate in the training, and this will not affect the combat effectiveness of the 'Pinghai'! ”

"You mean to say...... Send more than 30 pilots to Rabaul for training? ”

"Yes!"

In fact, the "Hellcat" is a single-seat fighter, and only 16 pilots are needed to fly 16 "Hellcats". However, in the case of training pilots, an additional batch of pilots will be trained for backup in case some pilots have physical problems, such as colds and fevers, and no one will replace them, and for example, it is necessary to temporarily increase the number of "Hellcat" fighters to increase the combat effectiveness of combat units.

"So......" Halsey then asked, "what about the trainers of the Fletcher-class destroyers?" ”

"That's a real problem." Zhang Chi replied: "As far as I know, each Fletcher-class destroyer needs a total of 353 people to operate, and six destroyers need more than 2,000 people. Of course, we can't send back more than 2,000 people from the Navy to participate in training at this time. But...... I believe that the Fletcher-class destroyer has many parts that are identical to Clemson......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Chi paused.

"Yes!" Halsey affirmed Zhang's words.

This is the characteristic of the US military's equipment, most of their equipment is upgraded from old equipment, and when upgrading, they also attach great importance to the compatibility and versatility of equipment, so the operation of new and old equipment has many things in common, and even if there are differences, it is to improve it to make it easier to understand and easier to train and learn.

This is a bit similar to the computer、Camera and the like,Just out of the computer、Camera that basically only experts know how to play,With the upgrade and gradual upgrade,Now it's just a click of the mouse and press the shutter。

"So!" Zhang Chi said: "Among the 353 people in each ship, we can deduct the operation of these very similar parts, and then deduct the operation of equipment that is easy to learn and understand, such as anti-aircraft guns...... In this way, each ship needs to be trained in advance only a few dozen people, and six ships only need more than a hundred people! ”

"Makes sense!" Halsey nodded, "This way you can not delay on either side!" ”

"That's what I want!"

"So...... Let's decide who to train! Halsey replied.

There's no reason Halsey shouldn't say yes.

The reason why Zhang Chi was in such a hurry to train was because he was worried that the United States would find that the Japanese naval and air forces in the Pacific Ocean were no longer worth mentioning, so he temporarily changed his mind and refused to give it to him...... Therefore, you still have to really get your hands on it to rest assured.

As for the fighting on the Mariana Islands, Zhang Chi did not participate much in it, and he only often heard some latest news from the correspondents and staff officers about the US army's landing on the islands.

This may be a bad problem of the soldiers, and in normal times, a few people sitting together and chatting will definitely be the situation of today's battle, and the situation of the battle that the Chinese troops know is often told by the wounded American soldiers who were transported down from the front line.

Zhang Chi didn't care about this, firstly, because this was an American war, and it was certain that there would be no Chinese troops involved, so Zhang Chi didn't bother to care...... To be exact, there will be no large Chinese troops involved, and there are still some Chinese soldiers in the US military who serve as advisers. On the other hand, they felt that there would not be much suspense in this war, and the Japanese army, which was not well prepared, could not stop the powerful offensive of the American army at all.

But Zhang Chi was only half right.

The battle against Guam was fought vigorously, after all, the US troops attacking the island were the 4th Marine Division...... At this time, the 4th Marine Division could no longer be regarded as rookies, they had been trained by the Chinese troops for a long time, and they had also conducted low-intensity clearance battles in the Marshall Islands, and they were also training while fighting, so they easily entered the combat state and proceeded step by step, occupying the entire Guam in less than a week.

However, part of the reason why the battle went so smoothly was that Guam was used as a "decoy" by the Japanese army from the beginning...... The Japanese military had long expected that the US military would attack Guam first or with a focus on it, not only because Guam was the closest to the US military at the southernmost tip of the Mariana Islands, but also because the US military had a full grasp of Guam's terrain and intelligence.

Therefore, the Japanese army believed that it was more important to deploy its defense forces on Tinian Island and Saipan Island.

Just as Gao Pinbiao, commander of the Japanese army group, said: "Most of the deployment and defense on Guam are meaningless, the Americans are very aware of the terrain of each position above, and the fortifications are a matter of how many shells and bombs are consumed for the Americans!" ”

Therefore, the defense of Guam is actually the weakest of the several islands deployed by the Japanese army, and the US military precisely arranged the most elite Fourth Marine Division in the direction of Guam. (To be continued.) )