This is also known as the "island-hopping tactic", which many people believe was invented by MacArthur, but in fact the real inventors were Halsey and his assistant Browning, and MacArthur could only be regarded as a participant at best. When the US military thought that it was not yet appropriate to announce such tactics of the US military to the outside world in case the enemy army was prepared, MacArthur could not wait to talk about these tactics to reporters with triumphant triumph.www.biquge.info

MacArthur did not get rid of this problem until the Korean War, and he would even tell reporters before each attack which direction the US troops would attack, which direction the ROK troops would attack from, and which day they were expected to hit where, and then the American GIs would be able to go home before Christmas and Thanksgiving.

This allowed the Chinese volunteers to get the attack plan of the American army only by listening to the radio...... At first, the volunteers did not believe that there would be such a tease among the enemy, but after reconnaissance on the battlefield, they found that the enemy's position and march route were exactly the same as what was said on the radio.

And it is the obvious mistake made by MacArthur, which is uttered by people with ulterior motives on the modern Internet, but it is...... The U.S. military surpassed the volunteers in an all-round way, and did not take the volunteers seriously at all, and would notify the volunteers of the offensive plan before each attack.

These are all off-topic.

MacArthur's practice made the outside world mistakenly believe that the "island hopping tactic" was invented by him, and it can even be said that MacArthur deliberately made the outside world think so, but Halsey and others could not argue too much because it was a military secret at that time, so they could only be dumb and could not say that they were suffering from the yellow lotus.

But MacArthur is right now: "It's one thing to bypass an island, it's another thing to bypass the Philippines."

For example, in history, the U.S. military used the "island hopping tactic" to bypass the well-defended Rabaul, but bypassing Rabaul was not a simple bypass...... First of all, the U.S. military must first make sure that it has destroyed or most of the Japanese naval and air forces on Rabaul, otherwise, the Japanese troops in Rabaul will occasionally come out to attack the logistics and supplies of the U.S. army, and the U.S. military will suffer heavy losses.

But even so, the US military was still not at ease, and then the US military built several airfields on the islands around Rabaul, and stationed a group of fighters and bombers at these airports to blockade Rabaul.

That is, to ensure that the Japanese army in Rabaulri will not be able to come out...... Although the U.S. military can't get in, or it is estimated that it will pay unbearable casualties if it does, then the Japanese inside will not be able to fight.

So Rabaul was able to skip over with confidence.

But now it's the Philippines...... The Philippines, which covers an area of several hundred thousand square kilometers, not only has an army of 300,000, but also an unknown number of flying units and bases scattered all over the country, and the number of warships and transport ships is not a few.

For such a powerful stronghold, if it were to be bypassed and fought in the Central Pacific, there was a high probability that a crisis would arise...... The more the U.S. military fought inside, the more it fell into the pocket formation of the Japanese army, that is, it fell under the two-sided attack of the Japanese mainland and the Philippines.

At this time, the Japanese Combined Fleet was still fighting and was said to be converting transport ships into light aircraft carriers (equivalent to the US escort aircraft carriers) as quickly as possible, so it was really as MacArthur said, and it was possible to fall into an unnecessary crisis and even burn the gains made.

"On the other hand!" MacArthur saw that he had already moved everyone, so he continued: "What I just said is a military advantage, and morally speaking, it is our bounden duty to save the 17 million Filipino people as soon as possible, and we made a big mistake by rashly deciding to abandon the Philippines in the first place." Now that the Filipino people have seen the light of day, if we bypass the Philippines, we will disappoint them again. So how can we explain this to the friendly people of that territory in the future? Also, when we abandoned the Philippines, we left behind tens of thousands of captives, some of whom were Filipinos, but many of them were Americans, and they all had one thing in common, which was to fight for the United States. In addition to this, there were many American women and children who were being tortured in the concentration camps of the Japanese. If we can rescue them as soon as possible and reunite them with their families, then we will get the support of Filipinos, soldiers and many people in China, and we can also gain a good reputation on the mainland! ”

At this point, MacArthur glanced at Roosevelt, and as MacArthur had expected, Roosevelt's eyes lit up.

MacArthur's last point made Nimitz and the others confused...... If there is morality and responsibility for the Filipinos, then should the lives of American GIs be exchanged?

So this statement sounds irrelevant to this meeting.

Halsey retorted: "General MacArthur, the problem is that from the current situation, it is only a matter of time before our army recovers the Philippines, and if we have to take into account morality and responsibility, it is only a matter of time, isn't it?" ”

MacArthur smiled noncommittally, acquiescing to Halsey's statement.

Halsey still didn't understand the intention of MacArthur by saying this, because he knew that MacArthur would not make such a low-level mistake, and what made Halsey even more unbelievable was that MacArthur, who was brilliant in argumentation, had nothing to say about his rebuttal...... This victory seemed too easy to come by.

Only Zhang Chi knows what the problem is...... MacArthur's remarks are not moral and responsible at all, and morality and responsibility are bullshit for war and national interests, especially when this remark comes from the mouth of an American general who only talks about interests.

Zhang Chi knew that MacArthur was speaking to Roosevelt.

It has been more than three years since Roosevelt became president in 40 years, and the president of the United States is every four years...... In other words, Roosevelt's term of office is approaching, and on the other hand, Roosevelt's physical condition has always been very worrying...... Roosevelt's merits and abilities are beyond doubt, and if judged by this aspect, Roosevelt will be re-elected without any suspense.

However, many voters felt that Roosevelt was in poor health and seemed unable to take on the job of president. So, Roosevelt needed a more dazzling feat, such as rescuing a large number of prisoners of war from the Philippines, especially since there were many American soldiers and American expatriates among these prisoners of war...... What an impact and how many votes this would have on Roosevelt! (To be continued.) )