At this time, the US Joint Chiefs of Staff had also issued a "Operation Current" battle plan for several days to deal with the Japanese forces in the Central Pacific.

At the same time, General Raymond Spruance also served as the commander-in-chief of operations, and he deployed and ordered all the specific actions of the current operation battle plan this time.

Immediately, General Raymond Spruance ordered General Turner to lead the 52nd Task Force to conduct an amphibious landing operation on the North Road in accordance with the operational plan approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with 5 battleships, 6 cruisers, 15 destroyers, 2 light aircraft carriers, 4 escort carriers, 15 landing ships and transport ships, and the landing force was the same as the original history, the 165th Reinforced Regiment of the 27th Division of the Army, with a total of about 7,000 people.

And the commander of this reinforced regiment was General Ralph Smith.

Task Force 53, led by General Harry Hill, conducted an amphibious landing operation at Makin Atoll to the south.

There were 4 fleet battleships, 6 cruisers, 25 destroyers, 6 escort carriers, and 20 landing ships, as well as transport ships.

The landing force was the 2nd Marine Division, commanded by Julian Smith, and the 2nd and 8th Marine Defense Battalions, with more than 20,000 troops.

Finally, the 50th Fast Carrier Fleet Task Force led by General Bonnard carried out an amphibious landing from Tarawa Atoll, consisting of 5 large Essex-class fast carriers, 6 light carriers, namely the USS Saratoga and the USS Lexington, and also had 8 battleships, 10 cruisers, 4 air defense cruisers, and 26 destroyers to escort and marry.

At the same time, after the distribution of these aircraft carrier fleets, the 57th Task Force under the unified command of Rear Admiral John Hoover immediately dispatched 60 naval cruise bombers of the First Wing to assist the 120 heavy bombers of the 7th Air Force under the command of Rear Admiral Willis Hale to immediately launch air strikes on the Gilbert Islands and the airfields of various Japanese forces to carry out destruction battles.

At the same time, 120 fighters, 80 bomber reconnaissance planes, and 30 heavy bombers of the 4th Wing of the Marine Corps Aviation System, under the unified command of Brigadier General Levi Merritt of the Marine Corps, also immediately attacked the Japanese bases in Tarawa, Nauru, and the Marshall Islands, and also asked them to conduct reconnaissance and take aerial photos back, so that the US military base camp clearly knew where the Japanese troops were deployed, the base, and the situation at the airport.

In particular, the U.S. military has learned from their intelligence system that the Gilbert Islands are part of the outer defense line of the 'Absolute Defense Circle' where the Japanese army has deployed heavy troops.

Admiral Nimitz even more encouraged all Navy personnel to unite with the Marines in the upcoming Operation Electric Current battle plan.

This is because this battle is very important to the results of the US military in the Central Pacific and will affect the future situation in the Pacific war.

Therefore, Nimitz must definitely win this battle and not allow defeat.

In the United States at that time, the first batch of Essex-class aircraft carriers in the U.S. military was also increasing, and now 28 have been produced; This is a lot more than the original history.

Because in the original historical time and space, the U.S. military built Essex-class aircraft carriers, and only provided 10 aircraft carriers in fiscal year 1942, 3 aircraft carriers in fiscal year 1943, and 6 Essex-class aircraft carriers in fiscal year 1944, and 24 aircraft carriers were actually built.

The Germans, and the Japanese still knew nothing about this.

However, even if Chen Yanlong knew about it, he would not be particularly surprised.

Because the industrial production capacity that erupted in the United States during World War II is absolutely indispensable.

Otherwise, the Japanese army and the German army would not have been defeated because of the participation of the American army.

Therefore, whether it is World War I or World War II, the US military is one of the key factors that determine the victory or defeat of the battlefield, and it is also the most important key factor.

When the combat order was issued, the 11th, 98th, 30th, 27th, 38th, 392nd, and bomber squadrons under the 7th Air Force of the US Army all made a full sortie, and not a single one remained.

At the same time, the 45th and 45th fighter squadrons were also carrying out escort at a rapid pace.

At this moment, the US military is speeding up the prelude to the upcoming 'Operation Current' operation plan and conducting a comprehensive pre-war air raid.

It's just that this time, the current operation battle plan, under the intervention of Chen Yanlong, began to change the trend of history and turned into a tragic war.