In order to build a strategic defense system in the Pacific, the Japanese dwarf had already formulated a complete set of plans before the war, that is, relying on the three island chains formed by a series of islands to organize a solid defense.

The first island chain from south to north is the Gilbert Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Wake Islands, and the Aleutian Islands;

The second island chain is the New Guinea Islands, the Mariana Islands, the Iwo Jima, and the Ogasawara Islands;

The third island chain is the Philippine Islands, Taiwan Island, and the Ryukyu Islands, and is connected by the Caroline Islands in an east-west direction, forming a cobweb-like strategic defense posture.

Bai Shujie is a human being for two lifetimes, so he knows that the little devil's Pacific defense circle has a fatal weakness, that is, the Philippines.

The third island chain is the last blockade line for the little devils to protect their own sea resource passages and protect the East China Sea and Kyushu Island at the same time.

Now that the Philippine archipelago is gone, the island of Taiwan has lost its most important position.

Now that the slab is broken, there is a huge gap in the third island chain of the Japanese dwarf.

Hideki Tojo risked his death to give Bai Shujie two blows last time, and there is a layer of meaning, which is to test whether Bai Shujie has any defensive loopholes and how strong the possible counterattack is.

Japanese dwarfs are all tortoises, and if you punch them hard, they will retract.

This is the case in Zhang Gufeng, this is the case in Nuomenkan, and it is still the case here in Bai Shujie.

Facts have proved that Bai Shujie's fierce counterattack measures have worked, allowing Tojo Hideki to discover that Bai Shujie, the "devil of China", is simply a hedgehog full of thorns, and he can't be provoked for the time being.

Since Bai Shujie, the "Devil of China", cannot move for the time being, the Japanese dwarf can only turn back and prepare to wrestle with another opponent again.

Because of this, General Yamamoto 56 concentrated all his forces and prepared to set up a position between the first and second island chains, and fought to the death with the Americans to determine who was the master of the Pacific Ocean.

The shortcomings of the Japanese dwarf are here.

For thousands of years, what they lacked most was great strategists, so their measures were all about solving the problems at hand, without thinking about why they happened in the first place.

Without a long-term strategic plan, there is no unified policy, and in a short period of time, it is possible to surprise the opponent with a sudden attack, but once the stalemate falls, the Japanese dwarf does not know what to do at all.

The result is naturally one shot in the east and one shot in the west, making the whole world full of enemies, and in the end, he got nothing, and he simply didn't know what to do.

To put it bluntly, the Japanese dwarf is a gambler, and their mentality is: "What if I win?" ”

Originally, Bai Shujie found that Yamamoto Fifty-six did not entangle with the Americans in the Bismarck Sea, and adopted the tactics of striding back, and gave a high score in his heart.

As a result, as a result of the high-altitude reconnaissance plane, Yamamoto 56 changed his mind halfway through and started a posture in the Marshall Islands, so he knew that the old mistake of the Japanese dwarf had been committed again.

Originally, the country was weak and weak, and I didn't know it yet.

Unexpectedly, he still divided the troops equally on the vast front of more than 6,000 nautical miles, which was not a better reason for Bai Shujie than to seek his own death.

To tell the truth, if the Japanese dwarf really shrank his forces, with the combined fleet in the hands of Yamamoto 56, the Americans really couldn't do anything about him in a short time.

Of course, the land of the Japanese dwarf is originally a long and narrow archipelago, and there is no strategic depth at all, and it is necessary to guard against others at any time to cut him in two, and in the end, it is difficult to take care of the end of the line, and the defense line is naturally very long.

The line of defense is long, and naturally there are loopholes everywhere, and as a result, it is impossible to prevent it.

It can be seen from this that it is okay for the Japanese dwarf to fight in small ways, but as long as they start a large-scale war, they will definitely be defeated.

Roosevelt the Cripple was not very good at tactics, but he was a master of strategy.

Since he is a master of strategy, the cripple certainly understands where the weakness of the Japanese dwarf is.

Yamamoto 56's combined fleet seems to be the biggest barrier for the Japanese dwarfs, and it is also the biggest weakness of the Japanese dwarves.

As long as Yamamoto Fifty-six's combined fleet is killed, the Japanese dwarf will have no curse, and there is no other way to retreat except to raise his hands and surrender.

There are advantages and disadvantages.

This is dialectics, and it is also the starting point for a strategist to think about problems.

Finding the opponent's weakness, the lame man will naturally be ruthless, and will never leave the opponent with the slightest hope of turning the tables.

It's like the United States, it seems to be very majestic.

The cornerstone of the United States' prestige is the dollar. The dollar is strong, so the United States is majestic.

In order to get rid of the United States, we must first get rid of the dollar's international financial status, and any strategist understands this truth.

Because of this, all global economic crises are caused by the United States.

The lame Roosevelt made a lot of money in Africa, and finally freed up his hands to snatch the rights of Asia, and the first target was none other than Yamamoto Isoroku.

After the Battle of Kuah Island, in order to adapt to the changes in the shape of the international battlefield, the United States hoped to be able to decide the outcome of a war like Africa, so it sent about 230 ships of various types to the main force.

Among them, there are 11 aircraft carriers, 18 escort carriers, 13 battleships, 14 cruisers, 58 destroyers, and more than 50 large landing ships.

There are about 1,300 combat aircraft, including 920 carrier-based aircraft and about 100 B-24 "Liberator" heavy bombers among shore-based aircraft.

The above-mentioned troops do not include the containment troops that serve as feints, the Americans have a lot of money, and you have to obey.

For these things, Bai Shujie didn't care about them at all.

Although he received the full support of the Jews, Bai Shujie could not afford to fight a war like the Americans, so he just ordered the air force reconnaissance plane to keep an eye on it.

The development of things did not exceed Bai Shujie's expectations, and the US military is all rice buckets.

According to the analysis of the photographs taken by the reconnaissance plane, on November 3, 1943, the northern landing formation departed from Pearl Harbor and sailed for Gilbert. The 1st and 2nd Groups of Task Force 50 also left Pearl Harbor on the same day and headed for the Gilbert Islands.

Makin Island is located at the northernmost tip of the Gilbert Islands and consists of ten reefs, the largest of which is Butaritari Island. The island is shaped like a long-handled hammer, and the hammer head part is about 5.6 kilometers long.

After the reconnaissance of the Baisha submarine, the Baisha submarine sent back a message saying that the Japanese defenders of Dwarf had a total of about 690 people, including 340 engineering troops, 110 aviation ground crews, and only one squadron of 240 combat troops, equipped with 6 81-mm guns, 3 75-mm anti-aircraft guns, and 6 37-mm field guns.

The U.S. Army was responsible for the landing operation by a battalion of the 165th Regiment and the 105th Regiment of the 27th Infantry Division, with a total of about 6,400 men, and had an absolute advantage of 9:1 compared with the defenders.

Air Force Commander Zhang Nianzu sighed: "I really admire other Americans. Is that also called war? With a strength advantage of nine to one, all the battleships and cruisers were open six hundred meters in front of the infantry with artillery fire all the way, and the little devils had no way to fight back. ”

"Just use artillery fire, and then the tanks open the way. Where the palm is big, the Americans actually attacked for three days before ending the battle. Just now, I contacted Jin Bikuan's side, and it is said that the Baisha submarine sent over to observe saw a colonel of the US military killed, and more than 100 people died. ”

"Commander-in-chief, I think it's too late. Do you know how the battle ended? The little devils had all been blown up, and the infantry trembled up. With such an army, we will simply stop fighting in the future, and go home and pick up our children."

The troops that came out of Pearl Harbor were in a mess, and they were not directly subordinate units of Yamamoto Isoroku and Hyakutake Harumichi, but only the garrison of the island engineer and a squadron.

In the next nine days, the troops on the southern front were terrible, because they encountered the main force of Yamamoto Isoroku, and as a result, after eight days of bloody fighting, the American army had lost more than 3,000 men.

The U.S. military was deflated on both fronts, and the aircraft carrier finally arrived on the battlefield.

The air force, which originally had an absolute advantage in the Battle of Kuah Island, was beaten all over the ground by the Japanese dwarfs.

"Commander-in-chief, the latest fighter plane of the little devil has finally come out. Although there were only three squadrons of 72 fighters, the Americans suffered a big loss. What can compete now is the batch of subsonic fighters we sold to the Americans. The rest of the fighters were basically smashed into a ball of fire. ”

Bai Shujie nodded: "From this aspect, we can't underestimate the industrial capacity of Japanese dwarfs. They were able to get a subsonic fighter out in a year, which requires our great attention. ”

Zhang Nianzu was a little worried: "I think if we continue to fight like this, the Americans are likely to lose." ”

"Not really." Bai Shujie smiled and said: "The Japanese dwarf and the Americans are fighting head-on, this is the result that Americans like to see." For the Americans, even if they exchange ten planes for one plane, it is still the devils who will lose in the end. ”

"Well, others are fighting hotly, and the Americans are almost dead, so it's not appropriate for us to stand on the sidelines. All 192 H-9 planes were ordered to enter combat status, each carrying a 12-ton Class-A cloudburst bomb, waiting for the order to take off at any time. ”

"Remember: high-altitude reconnaissance planes conducted a reconnaissance in the middle of the night today to find out the latest movements of the enemy fleet. The last reconnaissance will be carried out at 3 a.m. tomorrow, and the air command plane will pass by synchronously. If the enemy does not move, he will directly give the order to take off to H-9. ”

Air Force Commander Zhang Nianzu got up to leave, Bai Shujie raised his wrist to look at the time, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and he suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he grabbed the phone and shook it violently and shouted:

"Is it wide? Is your second fleet ready? Now that you're ready, let's set off at anchor and target the islands of Palau and Colonia. After nightfall, sail at full speed, and be ordered to reach your destination by 8 a.m. tomorrow to launch an attack on the enemy fleet! ”

Zhao Jinxi was a little strange: "Didn't you order the bomber to mount a cloud burst bomb?" Why did you order Jin Bikuan's Second Fleet to attack? Don't you think Class-A Cloud Burst Bombs can't solve the enemy? ”

Bai Shujie shook his head: "I know that the people who used the Class A cloud burst bomb this time, apart from me and you, are the bomber brigade." The reason for this arrangement is that they are worried that Jin Bikuan will take it lightly. ”

"You know, the little devils have a lot of submarines. If we take it lightly, we are likely to be negligent, and in the event of an ambush by a submarine, our entire Second Fleet would probably be wiped out, which would be bad. ”

"As for launching an attack, Jin Bikuan is not a fool, after the carrier-based aircraft flies over, if the enemy's warship is full of dead people, can he still not see it?"

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