There is no worst thing in the world, only worse.

Division Commander Vandergriff now has only one fifth regiment in his hands, and the other two regiments don't know when they will be able to come.

Americans don't have any ability, they just have a lot of money. After the General Staff Headquarters sent out the campaign plan, a large amount of strategic materials was transported in an overwhelming manner.

In the blink of an eye, the palm-sized port of Auckland, New Zealand, was immediately overwhelmed by a large amount of war materials, and there was no place to put your feet.

The transport ships participating in the landing operation had to be loaded according to the special "combat loading" standard, and the port was small, and it coincided with the rainy winter in New Zealand, and it rained heavily for several days, which made the order on the dock very chaotic.

To make matters worse, New Zealand is democratic. Since they are all democratic, it is natural that everyone can call the shots.

Workers go to work if they want to go to work, and strike when they want to: "You fight the war and it's my business, if you don't increase wages, you will strike!" ”

The U.S. military believed: "Lao Tzu is here to liberate you and let you do some work, but you still need to increase your wages to make the country difficult to make money, it is simply unreasonable, and you absolutely cannot agree!" ”

As a result, the two sides did not negotiate. You don't say yes, do you? Let's see!

As soon as the dock workers at the port of Oakland saw that they had no chance of making a fortune, they immediately showed their "democratic" superiority and chose to strike at this time: "We will not return to work until we meet the demands!" ”

As a result, the commander of the Van der Grift division was not able to reorganize the troops at all, because the officers and men of the 1st Marine Division had to undertake the work of unloading and loading. They were divided into three shifts, working twenty-four hours a day, exhausted and complaining.

Lieutenant General Gormley's headquarters had just been formed, and there were still very few staff officers, and he was not ready to fight the Japanese monkeys at all, so the headquarters was even more chaotic. And the time to prepare for the battle was so hurried, they were in a hurry.

The biggest problem is the lack of troops.

Only two regiments of the 1st Marine Division reached the theater of operations, and the other regiment was still in Samoa. After the strong request of Gormley and Vandergreft in three telegrams a day, the War Department incorporated the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division and three other battalions of the army into the formation of the 1st Marine Division, barely forming a reinforced division with a total strength of about 18,000 men.

However, these three regiments belong to different formations and have been put together on a temporary basis, and they have not yet undergone rigorous and systematic training in landing warfare, so their tactical level and combat effectiveness cannot be assessed.

In the ensuing combat exercise, the officers could not find the soldiers, and the soldiers could not find the north. The exercise site was in chaos, and many people could not even distinguish between the southeast and the northwest.

In the face of this kind of team, Vander Gravet had to comfort himself except for a helpless wry smile: "The convention of Hollywood rehearsal shows is: a bad rehearsal must be a sign of a successful performance." ”

After seeing "such a magnificent scene," Admiral Forrestal, assistant chief of naval operations, who had rushed from New York to the front line in New Zealand to inspect the preparations for the war, said to Gemley and Van der Grift: "If the American people knew that our troops were going to war like this, they would have rebelled!" ”

If such a force can also win the battle, it will be a real injustice.

The house leak happened to be rainy, and the ship was broken and encountered a head wind.

The difficulties faced by the American devils are far worse than they seem.

According to the decision of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Allies plan to carry out landing operations in North Africa in November this year to open up a second theater of operations. Otherwise, in the face of the rampant attack of the German mustache Hitler, Britain and the Soviet Union were a little unbearable.

In the face of the tremendous pressure of fighting on two fronts, the US government and military have a very clear attitude towards the Southwest Pacific Theater: "There are great war materials, but there are no reinforcements!" ”

Therefore, Nimitz and MacArthur are also fighting with their backs against the water, and there is no way back. If the attack is delayed, once the Japanese monkeys gain a foothold here, it will be the worst-case scenario.

Attacking its foothold is the simplest and no choice for a decision.

However, Nimitz and MacArthur knew in their hearts that this was a battle that could not be lost.

Because of the appearance of Bai Shujie, history finally turned here. drove the American devils to the cliff, and a group of recruit eggs were also sent to the gates of hell.

At the same time, the Japanese devils are also being cornered, and they don't even have room to turn around.

It turns out that the inherent historical trajectory of the little devil has occupied the vast areas of the Philippine Islands, the Malay Archipelago, Sumatra, the Java Islands, and the New British Isles, and surrounded the northeast, north, and northwest of Australia.

But now the situation is different, the Philippine Islands, the Brahman Islands, and Papua Island are all in the hands of Bai Shujie, and the island of New Britain belongs to the "undefended area".

If the little devil fails in the Solomon Islands, then he will have to retreat all the way to Taiwan and Okinawa, and directly start the home defense war.

These things were messed up by Bai Shujie in the middle, and the big American devils and the Japanese devils were forced to stage a big battle here and carry out a strategic decisive battle in advance.

The art of war has passed: if the army is divided, it will be scattered, and if the force is divided, it will be weak.

Without the Philippine Islands, the Malay Archipelago, Sumatra, the Java Islands, and the New British Isles, the little devils will have no room for maneuver, so their forces are very concentrated. The advantage of concentrating troops is that heavy troops can be deployed at each key node of defense.

General Yamamoto was well aware of the current situation in the empire, and the Solomon Islands was a battle that no one could afford to lose. If anyone loses, he will basically withdraw from the stage of history.

Therefore, after careful study of the possible surprise attack by the Americans, Yamamoto Isoroku found that the location of Kuah Island was too prominent. Once the Americans decided to attack, Kuah was the first option.

For this reason, he deployed in advance, and before the Americans completed the deployment of the campaign, he had already sent the Ichiki detachment to Kuah Island, and the Aoki detachment also to Tulagi Island as a countermeasure force to Kuah Island.

Until this time, neither side knew how many troops the other side had invested, and all the preparations for the campaign were decided according to their own judgment.

On July 31, 1942, the U.S. fleet set sail from Fiji and kicked off the campaign.

On the evening of 6 August, the US landing formation had reached the sea area about 60 nautical miles away from Kuah Island, and with the cover of bad weather, it was never discovered by the Japanese army.

The head of the little devil's Ichiki detachment has two brigades of more than 2,600 people.

The order given to him by Admiral Yamamoto was to prevent the Americans from rushing to the beach and to ensure that the airfield could be completed smoothly.

At present, the runway of the airport has been basically completed, and communication equipment and radar warning equipment are being installed.

As long as it can last for three days, a large number of fighters and bombers can take off and land here, and the corresponding supplies can be sent in a steady stream.

At about one o'clock in the morning on August 7, 1942, the landing formation reached the sea area ten nautical miles from Kuah Island. Then split in two:

The unit, codenamed X-Ray, was the 1st and 5th Marine Regiments commanded by Vandergrift and attacked Kuah Island through the southern waterway of Savo Island.

The unit, codenamed Y-ray, was a four-battalion under the command of Brigadier General Ruptas, deputy division commander, and attacked Tulagi via the northern waterway of Savo Island. Two other battalions served as reserves.

But these days have been hell, heavy rain, fog, and strong winds, and there is nothing to see on the coast.

At about five o'clock in the morning on August 7, the leader of the Ichiki detachment always felt restless, so he walked outside the headquarters alone to try to breathe, but he did not expect to see the shells in the morning light in an arc and rush straight at him.

"Yaga! Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Get out of the trenches and take cover to avoid the shells! ”

The leader of the Yimu detachment did not die in the Lugou Bridge disaster, and fought a bloody battle with the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield in North China for three years.

The Americans launched a surprise attack, and the head of the Ichiki detachment immediately attracted enough attention.

However, in the interval between the first round of bombardment by the naval guns, he soon discovered that all the enemy's naval guns were blind fire, and there was no specific bombing target at all.

"It turns out that the Americans do not know our defensive positions, and they are simply indiscriminately firing artillery according to their own inference."

Ichiki Qingzhi carefully watched the landing point of the shell extend forward step by step, and suddenly understood what the enemy wanted to do: "Herald, immediately notify all departments that the enemy's artillery bombardment has no target, that is, to cover the landing force ashore!" Deliver my order, and all the defending forces immediately move into forward positions, entangle with the enemy's landing force, and render the enemy's naval guns useless! ”

The Americans had a lot of money, the first wave of artillery fire was prepared, and in one breath it was three and a half hours, and the landing force began to leave the transport ship at 9:40 to land. Colonel Hunt, commander of the 5th Marine Regiment, was very bold and was the first to rush to the beachhead.

This time, the American devils chose the landing site, Honiara Bay, which has now developed into the capital and main port of the Solomon Islands, on the north coast of Guadalcanal, west of the Cruise headland. White sandy beaches, thick green palm trees and calm coves protected by coral reefs.

Honiara is a local vernacular word meaning "place where the southwest wind blows", as it blows here all year round.

Honiara's measure of a person's wealth is different from that of the rest of the world. Whoever has a lot of money is a rich man.

They didn't exchange pigs for money, because the number of pigs is the amount of wealth. Therefore, the highest status here is the pig, which is more immortal than the gods, and there is absolutely no terrible consequence of being slaughtered.

Since it is the responsibility of women to raise pigs, the men here are blessed to use their means to recruit wives and concubines. If you marry more wives and do not have any delirium, you will be able to feed more pigs. If there are more pigs, you will be rich.

The indigenous people of Honiara do not wear clothes, and even young men and women often walk around naked. If you travel in the past, your eyes are blessed.

However, the commander of the 5th Marine Regiment of the 1st Marine Division, Colonel Hunt, was not so lucky, because he did not encounter a beautiful girl without clothes from the Honiara natives, but a defensive position commanded by Kiyoshi Ichiki himself!

This is an awl-shaped defensive position composed of 9 fortresses with three layers of height and height in the front and rear. At the head of the cone, there are a total of 9 Type 92 heavy machine guns, and the width of the beachhead is 2,400 meters.

The artillery preparation of the Americans either hit all the shells behind the fortified positions, or they missed the shells.

All in all, three and a half hours of bombardment by dozens of heavy artillery pieces did not have the slightest impact on the forward positions.

This can't be blamed on the artillery on the battleship, the key is the tropical rainforest, the vegetation is too developed, the endless forest, the ghost doesn't know what is hidden in the jungle.

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