955. Tripartite situation

No matter how Bai Shujie designed to make the two enemies lose both, the final result is that the little devil has not killed the American devil.

After four months of repeated struggles, the little devil finally couldn't bear it on the front line of Kuah Island.

In particular, MacArthur commanded the US-Australian coalition forces to finally break through the blockade of the little devils and make a major landing on Bougainville Island on November 1, 1942.

As soon as Bougainville Island was lost, the Japanese Joint Command in Konos was already under the direct threat of the US military. Yamamoto Isoroku and Hyakutake Harumichi finally realized that the tide was turning.

The most critical thing was not yet the threat posed by the Americans, but the sudden dispatch of the troops of the Papuan Jewish Republic to the west, which had already captured the island of New Britain overnight, and then used missiles from Rabaul to bombard Namatanay directly.

Before the sky was completely dawn, the bombers had already reached the top of their heads, cutting the entire island in two, and the entire battle situation was completely eroded in an instant, and the gods could not save it.

Now fools know that the so-called Jewish Republic of Papua is a thug sent by Bai Shujie. In the sky over Konos, north of Namatanay, "Bai Shujie's mysterious cannonball" may fly at any time.

Under the sudden change of the situation, Kuah Island has lost all its value, and Hideki Tojo of the little devil's base camp decisively decided to give up and no longer supply the remaining defenders.

At the same time, the 2nd Marine Division of the U.S. Marine Corps, Major General Patch, and the Army's 25th Infantry Division were transported to Kuah Island, replacing the exhausted 1st Marine Division.

The "Cactus Air Force" has been strengthened by five Marine Aviation Squadrons, four Navy Aviation Squadrons, and one Army Aviation Squadron, and the number of aircraft has reached more than 200.

As a result, the US ground troops on Kuah Island have reached 50,000 men, with sufficient supplies and high morale.

At the end of December 1942, Isoroku Yamamoto was forced to issue an order for the entire army to retreat, and began to focus on the operation of the "Absolute Defense Circle".

The so-called "absolute defense circle" is an arc-shaped defense circle that stretches from Taiwan Island in the west, to Okinawa Island in the middle, and to Guam Island and Midway Island in the east. The fundamental purpose was to prevent the Americans from attacking the mainland of the "large" Japanese Empire.

It is worth mentioning that the 18th Task Force under the command of Rear Admiral Giffen, with 3 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers and 6 destroyers, undertook to cover the sea transportation of the receiving forces.

In the process, there was a great defeat that even the commander Nimitz found incredible.

After completing the cover mission, the three heavy cruisers of Rear Admiral Giffen's 18th Task Force were on the right, the three light cruisers were on the left, and the six destroyers were in front of the umbrella arrows to open the way.

There are no defensive ships in the rear and on both sides of this formation, and they belong to the queue for the audience to act. It seems to be very majestic, but in fact, it is the rhythm of death.

Once this kind of marching platoon encounters an enemy situation, it can neither quickly turn into a combat state and launch an effective attack, nor is it suitable for air defense operations.

The actual situation is that the little devil submarine is really not a vegetarian, and soon discovered this fleet that did its own death, and then reported the news to Yamamoto Fifty-six.

The Battle of Kuah Island was frustrated, and Yamamoto Fifty-six was already very angry. After receiving the news, he did not hesitate to order twelve torpedo planes to attack.

As the saying goes: as long as you don't die, you won't die.

At dusk, after the radar of this fleet was bent on death, the commander, Rear Admiral Giffen, was indifferent after the radar detected the Japanese plane 60 nautical miles away. Neither the formation was changed, nor any air defense preparations were made.

Without accident, the heavy cruiser "Chicago" was hit by two torpedoes, the engine room was flooded, and the main engine was stopped.

Fortunately, it was the middle of the night, and the little devil's plane was finally forced to return to the sea target after it could not see clearly, allowing Rear Admiral Giffen to escape for the time being.

On the morning of the next day, the aircraft carrier "Enterprise" sent 10 fighters to act as air cover, and the cruiser "Louisville" towed the "Chicago" to Espírito Santo Island at a speed of four knots under the protection of six destroyers.

As a result, Yamamoto Isoroku again sent twelve torpedo planes to attack, and the heavy cruiser "Chicago" and a destroyer were sunk.

Nimitz was saddened and incomprehensible by the sinking of the USS Chicago, which was protected by six destroyers and 10 fighters.

Not to mention Admiral Nimitz, to be honest, no one but Major General Giffin himself could really understand why he had to die.

This is the third defeat in the history of the U.S. Navy in a year, following the crushing defeat at Savo Island in August and the defeat at Santa Cruz at the end of October.

If there is a specific historical reason for Pearl Harbor that can be ignored, the two sides fought a draw in the Battle of Midway, but in the next three naval battles, the Japanese devils all won.

The reason why the Japanese devils failed in the battle around Kuah Island was that they did not have a single strategist from top to bottom, so they regarded the Americans' major counteroffensive as a short sortie, thus laying the root of the curse.

Tactical mistakes can be remedied; If you make a mistake in strategy, you will be hated for eternity.

These things are known to Bai Shujie Tong Guò's own reconnaissance plane, as well as the intelligence of the Jewish Republic of Papua, and some of them certainly do not know, and they do not think to know.

However, Bai Shujie asked the army of the Papuan Jewish Republic to make a sudden move, in order to avoid the tragedy of the little devils in history, and to let Yamamoto 56 and Hyakutake Haroyoshi not get entangled here in the Bismarck Sea, and immediately retreat in great strides, save their strength and use it on the line of Guam and Iwo Jima, and create a greater disaster for the American devils.

Little devils deserve to die, but they should also die in the right place.

In the inherent history, the little devil died thousands of people in the first battle of the Bismarck Sea, and it did not play a role at all, and Bai Shujie was very dissatisfied with this result.

Thousands of little devils have died, and American devils have to die at least hundreds or thousands, this is Bai Shujie's plan.

Because Bai Shujie let the troops of the Papuan Jewish Republic intervene sideways, after the defeat of Yamamoto Isoroku and Hyakutake Haroyoshi on Kuah Island, they simply retreated 2,500 kilometers north in one go, retreating to the line of Palau, Colonia, and Guam, and only retained a submarine squadron in the Marshall Islands to the south, mainly to monitor the movements of the US military.

The Palau Islands have always been the location of Ozawa Jizaburo's Third Fleet, and his mission is to monitor Bai Shujie's Liu Zhiliang's Third Division, Jin Bikuan's Second Fleet, and Qin Huai'an's White Shark Submarine Formation in Davao, so he has not moved.

After Yamamoto's retreat, the Combined Fleet Headquarters was placed in the Marshall Islands, 3,000 kilometers east of the Palau Islands, and controlled the line of Wake Island to the north.

Hyakutake Haruyoshi's 17th Army retreated directly to Guam, received 7,000 men from the main island, and made every effort to defend Guam, Tinian, and Pagan.

As for the large-scale retreat of the little devils, Zhang Nianzu's high-altitude reconnaissance plane had already discovered it, especially Lieutenant General Hyakutake Haruyoshi did not continue to be confused, and was able to retreat to Guam immediately after losing a wing, Bai Shujie expressed his appreciation.

In this way, if the American devils want to knock on the southern gate of the Japanese devils, it will be impossible without paying the price of tens of thousands of people.

Also, Yamamoto Isoroku deployed defenses in the Marshall Islands, which is what Bai Shujie is most satisfied with, because the Palau Islands that are stuck on his lips are isolated.

Ozawa Jizaburo, the guy who knows the most about aircraft carriers among the Japanese devils, Bai Shujie's little abacus in his heart, I don't know how many times I crackled.

Finally, there is a situation where Jizaburo Ozawa is going deep alone, and it doesn't get any better than this.

After Nagumo Tadashi was killed by himself, Bai Shujie's reconnaissance plane paid the most attention to Jizaburo Ozawa.

He succeeded Nagumo Tadashi in commanding the little devil's Third Air Force, and belonged to the guy who posed the greatest threat to the Philippine side.

Because there are five aircraft carriers directly under the Third Fleet, in order to suppress the "China Devil" Bai Shujie, the base camp of the little devils, there are three more ships under the unified command of Jizaburo Ozawa.

Ruihe, Xianghe, and Ruifeng, these three aircraft carriers represent the highest level of little devils, and Bai Shujie is still quite satisfied in his heart.

The old-fashioned Dragon and Flying Dragon, and the cruise ship were converted into the Falcon Eagle, and Bai Shujie was not interested.

What Bai Shujie is concerned about is what has become of the Akagi, which was beaten into an empty shell by himself last time, after the third modernization and modification?

It was precisely because he was clear about the main battleships under Ozawa Jizaburo that Bai Shujie ordered Liu Zhiliang's Third Division, Jin Bikuan's Second Fleet, and Qin Huai'an's White Shark submarine formation to form a huge cluster, all of which were stationed in Davao, that is, to closely monitor Ozawa Jizaburo in the east.

It can only be surveillance, and it must not be impatient, and Ozawa Jizaburo has a total of eight aircraft carriers, which is definitely not so easy to deal with.

Before the last secret weapon was successfully developed, Bai Shujie did not dare to act rashly, so he ordered the brothers below to start being ostriches again, and they were absolutely not allowed to appear casually.

He is now most concerned about the progress of his few secret weapons, as for other things, Bai Shujie feels that it has nothing to do with him, and he doesn't want to pay attention to it at all.

However, the more Bai Shujie didn't want to pay attention to something, the more people had to come over and say a few words to him.

You don't want to take the initiative to know, others will come to the door and say, now Bai Shujie can't do it if he doesn't want to know.

On January 5, 1943, a person suddenly came from Australia, and then briefly reported the fighting situation in the previous six months, and expressed his gratitude to Bai Shujie for sending helicopters to support the operation in time, Bai Shujie couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb.

This man was MacArthur's chief of staff, Major General Suthers, a sexual impotent and a homosexual lover.

After receiving Chen Jie's telegram from MacArthur requesting an interview, Bai Shujie was very puzzled.

Now that the drama war in the Southwest Pacific is in full swing, Yamamoto Isoroku and Hyakutake Haruyoshi clearly took the initiative to retreat and did not hurt their muscles and bones, which is not a good thing for the Americans.

MacArthur didn't think of a way to deal with the Japanese devils, but he still had the leisure to send his chief of staff to him to visit the door, what did the Americans want to do?

Regardless of whether Bai Shujie can figure it out or not, anyway, the people have already sent a message, and the plane has already taken off, so there is no reason to shirk it.

Besides, now the two families are also comrades-in-arms in the same trench, even if they occasionally fight each other with black guns and knives in their backs, at least they should be able to get by in terms of face.

After Bai Shujie thought about all the possibilities, he finally agreed that Chen Jie would accompany Major General Arthurs to Longcheng to see what the Americans were doing.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.