Just as George and his new friend Owen and others were on the train to East Prussia, on the other side of the world, Major General Thompson put down the papers in his hand with a frown.

"Yesterday, another 300 soldiers died on this line, and where we fought during the day, the Japanese will retake it at night......" He rubbed the bridge of his nose helplessly, and said to his chief of staff, Biles.

Chief of Staff Biles was also troubled by casualties, and he had sent numerous telegrams to Eisenhower and others about them.

It takes such a huge price to pay to seize an island, so how much does it cost to fight all the way to the Japanese mainland?

No one dares to say, or rather, no one dares to imagine how much the United States will have to pay for this war. Although Marshall and others had always believed that the United States would win, they could not say when victory would come.

"The Japanese broke through three of our lines during the night, and our soldiers were so exhausted that they could no longer hold on......," the chief of staff said.

"Although the 2nd Army took over half of our defensive line, the Japanese seemed to be staring back at our defensive line, and they also knew that we were just as tired as they were, so counterattacks often unfolded on our side." Thompson added, somewhat annoyed.

Persimmon is naturally to pick up the soft pinch, and the US 1st Infantry Corps has been fighting from the landing to the present, and it is naturally the end of the strong crossbow.

It is also reasonable for the Japanese army to find the area where they are stationed to counterattack. And the losses of the 1st Infantry Corps of the United States also surpassed that of the United States Marines and became the most lost unit in the counterattack in New Guinea.

Although the U.S. military had the upper hand in the battle for the islands of New Guinea, the superior U.S. forces were still unable to completely penetrate the Japanese defenses.

The mountain defense line of Fengwen under the mountain was simply a nightmare for the US military, and the battle for half a month made the US military pay a heavy price.

At least 50 U.S. M3lee tanks were destroyed by the Japanese on this line, and if it weren't for the large number of tanks that arrived later, the armor of the U.S. 1st Infantry Corps would have collapsed long ago.

And this is not the worst, the worst thing is that Japan's air power has been unprecedentedly strengthened, dozens of ME-109E fighters have been sent to New Guinea, and the Japanese army aviation has once again become active.

The United States has already lost almost 400 planes of various types here, and if such losses continue, the United States will be somewhat unable to bear it.

Replenishing pilots is not a simple matter, and the rapid loss of pilots who have been in actual combat once is not a good thing for the commanders of the US Army Air Corps.

There is no problem with the replenishment of aircraft, but the replenishment of senior pilots is not easy for any country.

What is even more interesting is that the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier fleet is still playing hide-and-seek with Isoroku Yamamoto, who is determined to fight to the death, and in the process, the Japanese high-level determination to fight has wavered.

The ensuing orders to the Combined Fleet became vague, and the decisive battle that Yamamoto feared did not take place in the end.

The main forces of the Japanese naval fleet were still hovering near Malaya, waiting for the opportunity to enter the Torres Strait and annihilate the American fleet.

The U.S. fleet under the command of General Halsey was not fooled and remained hiding east of the Torres Strait.

The home base's steadfast determination to hold on to New Guinea has now been shaken. The decisive battle here was too far away from the Japanese mainland, which really made the Japanese army a little overwhelmed.

After some preparations, the call for a decisive battle in Malaya was higher, and the Japanese were moving the main forces to Malaya instead of sending them farther to New Guinea.

Because of this, Yamashita had no effective support - the lost tanks could not be replenished, and only the infantry was sent to the islands of New Guinea to replenish the numbers.

Yes, a large number of infantry. Although the Japanese felt that the island of New Guinea could be abandoned, it did not mean that they intended to give up New Guinea.

The 6th Division, which had been half-crippled, was replenished with at least 10,000 men, and these soldiers came from afar in batches and then filled the battle line in batches.

Then, these Japanese soldiers from afar, like consumables, were lost in the jungle and mountains, and became dry bones.

Similarly, their deaths were also exchanged for a large number of casualties among the US military. Today, in New Guinea, both sides have lost more than 30,000 people.

On the U.S. Army side, the 1st Army and the 2nd Army, which landed subsequently, had lost almost 10,000 soldiers.

On the other side, the losses of the Japanese army were not small, they lost more than 20,000 people, and it seems that they will lose many more.

"The Navy's inability to cut off supplies to the Japanese makes us ......passive," Thompson essentially blames the Navy's inaction for the impasse in the mountains of central New Guinea and its inability to advance.

Like the Japanese Navy, the U.S. Navy did not participate in the blockade of the islands of New Guinea in order to strike later.

Both sides were still fighting mainly destroyers and cruisers, the intensity of the conflict was low, and the losses were not huge.

But in this way, neither the Japanese nor the American army could block the sea and prevent reinforcements from the other side. As a result, New Guinea has become a mill of flesh and blood for both sides.

Every day, Japanese troops were sent to the islands, and every day, American soldiers crossed the ocean to New Guinea.

Everyone sent more soldiers to the island, and then they consumed each other until they were all lost. More reinforcements will be sent to the island, and the battle will continue.

"It's a pity that the navy has been approved and is allowed to operate on the periphery, so we can't do anything about it." Brigadier General Biles, Chief of Staff, spread his hands and said.

The four aircraft carriers in Halsey's hands are now the last force in the hands of the US Navy. Nimitz was cautious about how to use this force, and so was Marshall.

"Wouldn't it be better if we could put in more troops and penetrate the Japanese forces near here?" Pointing to the map, Thompson decided that he still had to rely on himself to solve the puzzle in front of him.

A counterattack by the Japanese at night was unavoidable, so it was very practical to try to advance farther during the day.

"It's hard to say how it works, but we can give it a try!" Chief of Staff Biles looked at the map for a long time, and finally replied: "We can try the tactics of the Germans and protect the two flanks of the breakthrough with tanks as much as possible!" ”

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