As a result, the U.S. military quickly reached a consensus that the counteroffensive against the Japanese army must be carried out immediately, as soon as possible, and that the Japanese airfield on Guadalcanal must not be completed, otherwise the U.S. military will fall into a complete passivity.

This is of course, because as we all know, the most important thing in naval warfare is to master air supremacy, otherwise the sea is empty, and the ships on the sea can be said to have no place to hide, plus the speed of the aircraft is fast and the speed of the warship is slow, so the warship is often the target of the fighter plane when fighting...... This is also why aircraft carriers are so important.

As for the series of islands in the Solomon Islands, if the US military loses its air supremacy in the sea and air battles, then the warships will not be able to get close to those islands at all, let alone rush to land on the beach.

The more the US military thinks about this, the more afraid it becomes...... This is mainly because they are not sure when the Japanese airfield on Kuah Island will be repaired, they have very little information in their hands, Kuah Island is an island that most people have never visited or even heard of before, if it were not for Major Keane taking pictures of it, the Allies would not even know that this jungle is full of jungles and inaccessible islands can still build airfields.

The only thing the US military can do is to speculate: Based on the US understanding of the speed at which the Japanese army has built airfields in the past, it is estimated that it will take a month and a half to complete the airfield on Kuah Island.

The problem is that no one knows when the Japanese started building an airport on Kuah Island, so no one knows when the construction of the Kuah Island Airport will be completed...... Maybe in a month, maybe tomorrow.

This disrupted all the original plans of the US military.

Originally, they had intended to attack Rabaul by establishing a naval and air base on the periphery, but now the main objective was undoubtedly to take Guadalcanal before the Japanese could complete the airfield.

But the troubles for the US military have only just begun.

Since the battle was not expected to begin so soon, only one-third of the 1st Marine Division of the U.S. Army was in New Zealand, not far from Kuah, another third was overseas, and a third was stationed in Satsuma.

In the following time, the 1st Marine Division had to develop a specific operational plan and complete logistical support. There will also be a reloading and unloading of ships and the gathering of troops for the upcoming war, and a drill will be conducted...... Otherwise, the 1st Marine Division, which has not even completed basic tactical training, will not be able to engage in actual combat at all.

And all of this is basically impossible to accomplish in a short period of time. (Note: Historically, the US military risked the completion of the construction of the Japanese airfield, and repeatedly delayed the attack, so that by the time the 1st Marine Division hit Kuah Island, the construction of the Japanese airfield was more than 80 percent close to completion.) ）

Therefore, it was natural for the American side to think of a force that had repeatedly defeated the Japanese in jungle warfare, not far from Australia, and had not yet been blockaded by the Japanese sea and air...... Chinese Expeditionary Force. (Note: The Japanese army moved south to occupy various key points, such as occupying Singapore to block the Strait of Malacca, occupying the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, etc., which can basically cut off the connection between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.) ）

The assumption of the U.S. military was that the U.S. military was unprepared and did not have the confidence to defeat the Japanese in the jungle, but the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma had already proved their combat effectiveness in actual combat. So in such a critical situation, the Chinese Expeditionary Force may be the only option.

Of course, the Chinese Expeditionary Force also has their shortcomings, that is, the Chinese Expeditionary Force does not have experience in amphibious landing operations. Therefore, this requires the cooperation of the 1st Marine Division of the US Army, which will complete the beach landing and then fight for the airport with the Japanese army on Kuah Island with the main force of the Chinese army.

As for the coordination and liaison between the Chinese military and the US military...... This does not seem to be a cause for concern, given the fact that the Chinese military has a history of working with the U.S. military on the battlefield in Burma, and there are a large number of American instructors in the Chinese military.

So Roosevelt sent a telegram to Stilwell to get ready.

The news went down layer by layer. Soon it reached Zhang Chi's ears.

Zhang Chi is not surprised by this, because it all comes naturally. Even if the military situation on Kuah Island is not so urgent, the United States will put Chinese troops into the Pacific theater as soon as possible. Just for the sake of profit...... Where can you defeat the Japanese without sacrificing the lives of the Americans?

But when the news came down, there was some negative atmosphere in the new division that Zhang Chi did not expect.

In fact, as early as when the troops were training in Yangon, Zhang Chi felt that the soldiers' mental state was a little different: whether it was on the training ground of Sun Bulbeng or on the battlefield. The fighters were cooperative, and showed incredible endurance and tenacity.

However, after the defeat of Burma, especially after hearing the rumors that the Chinese army was about to fight the Japanese army on the Pacific islands, all kinds of passivity and slackness or casualness appeared.

Originally, Zhang Chi thought that this was because he drove the Japanese army out of Burma and won a decisive victory. The fighters mentally wanted to relax, so they didn't care...... It's normal for this to happen, and they will recover after stepping up their training for a while.

But soon Zhang Chi found that things were not as simple as he thought.

As soon as the order came out that the troops were about to go to the Pacific theater, the commander of the tank battalion came to the door.

"Tuanza!" The tank battalion commander asked Zhang Chi suspiciously: "Where are the troops...... Why did the Pacific go to war with the devils? ”

"Hmmm! You're pretty quick to hear from you! Zhang Chi replied while signing the document in his hand.

"Tuanza, this ......"

"What's wrong?" Zhang Chi couldn't help but look at the tank battalion commander a little strangely.

The tank battalion commander is Zhang Chi's old comrade-in-arms and old superior, and Zhang Chi knows that he has always spoken simply and directly, but today he is spitting.

"Tuanza!" The tank battalion commander glanced at Pete, who was not far away, and said, "Look...... The Pacific Theater is all about the Yankees, can we help the Americans desperately? Let alone...... The brothers are counting on going home to reunite with their loved ones, and now they are on their doorstep, but what is the Pacific Ocean? It is said that the Pacific Ocean is so far away that you can't walk for a few days or nights......"

"Oh!" Hearing this, Zhang Chi understood the reason for the change in the mental state of the soldiers during this time.

To put it mildly, it is just some fluctuations in the minds of the soldiers, and in the big way, it means that the soldiers have lost the goal for which they shed blood and sacrificed and do not know why they are fighting. (To be continued.) )