On August 25, the expeditionary force was still advancing rapidly, and Ridgway no longer had illusions about defending the squadron at Fort Simpson and Fort Nelson.

MacArthur said, "Perhaps we will have to retreat to the Slave River." ”

The frustration in Ridgway's heart, he knew that MacArthur was telling the truth, and at the moment, I was afraid that only by retreating the army here as soon as possible could he avoid greater losses, and at the same time, he could use this big river to defend the squadron.

As for the west coast area, there are urban agglomerations in the upper reaches of the Nu River, relying on these cities to believe that they should be able to stop the squadron, Li Qiwei knows that the frightened US military needs to stabilize it in order to regain confidence to resist the squadron.

Li Qiwei looked at the vast desolate area north of the Nu River, and really couldn't find a big city where he could fight in the streets to drag the squadron, in the field, the US army now has a gap with the squadron in terms of personnel and equipment.

"Withdraw, let the troops blow up everything that can be blown up, don't leave anything for the squadron, even the barren mountains will be burned for me." Li Qiwei's eyes were red as if he was enchanted,

"Don't you need to ask the White House for instructions, after all, the fact is too big."

"No need, I'll take on any responsibilities, wasting time now will just kill more soldiers."

In fact, at this time, the squadron is also at the end of the strong crossbow, the battle line is too long, and the supplies of more than one million troops basically have to be transported from the country, but fortunately, the food can also be filled with captured US troops, otherwise it will be even worse.

On the 26th, the U.S. troops began to resist so strongly, but the resistance of the U.S. troops regained stubbornness after the recommendation of the Lead River, a downstream tributary of the Mackenzie River.

There are still a large number of people and materials to be evacuated in the vast areas south of the Liad River and north of the Nu River, so the army must organize the attack of the first brigade and give the poor and other things the correct enough time to evacuate, and fight for as long as they can.

At this moment, the Chinese and American fleets also exchanged fire, and at first it was the exchange of fire between the reconnaissance submarines of the two sides.

After the exchange of fire between the two sides, the planes on the three aircraft carriers of the Chinese fleet also fought with the planes on the US aircraft carriers, and finally the Chinese Air Force feigned defeat and retreated.

In order not to show his feet, Huang Feihu took a large number of submarines and went to the vicinity of the US aircraft carrier to deliberately let them find out.

"Mitchell, where do you see the Chinese fleet?"

Mitchell said: "It's hard to say, but our air force prevented a sneak attack by the Chinese air force, and I believe they are not far from us." ”

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the U.S. Navy finally discovered the Beiyang Fleet, but at this time, the Beiyang Fleet was 200 kilometers away from Wake Island, and it was still heading towards Wake Island.

"Damn, that would make it very difficult for us to eliminate them."

"Are you sure they have three aircraft carriers?" Mitchell Road,

"Yes, general, the telegram from the reconnaissance plane is very clear, and there are no less than three aircraft carriers."

"Mitchell, I'll see us fight." Kenny Dow,

"No, no, no, we should be looking at the situation, Kenny, they have three aircraft carriers, and they can also get the support of the land-based air force, plus they also have radar, in fact, we don't have a head start."

"Mitchell, Wake Island may not be a squadron, it may also be a Japanese army."

"Kenny, it doesn't matter if it's China or the Japanese now, I'm afraid they have formed an alliance, at least if it's time to list the Japanese, it means that the United States and Japan have entered a state of war, if the Japanese find out that there is a chance to annihilate our fleet, do you think they will let it go, obviously not."

"Then what do you say?"

"Wake Island has been seized for several days, there are about eighty planes that can take off and land, plus three aircraft carriers, they can probably use more than three hundred and fifty planes, we only have two fleets that can be quickly in place, and the nearest fleet will be in place in two hours, but it is almost dark at that time."

"In addition, my biggest fear is that if the Chinese fleet uses itself as bait to lure us into a decisive battle with him, and then the Japanese come out to attack us, then we will be finished."

"That's right, the Chinese fleet is nothing to fear, it would be bad if the Japanese came out, the key is that this possibility is too great, the Japanese now have at least 20 aircraft carriers, if they want to sneak attack our fleet, it will be crippled."

Mitchell said: "Let's hold our troops, let the submarines search around Wake Island, see what the Chinese are going to do, and let the other fleets come over, I don't believe that our dozens of aircraft carriers will not be able to beat them if they are really laid out." ”

And the Chinese fleet does have such an idea, to attract the American fleet to Wake Island, and then use land-based aviation to destroy or cripple them, of course, the Americans will not necessarily be fooled, especially when their fleet is relatively small.

And this is not Huang Feihu's only plan, if the Americans dare not attack, Huang Feihu also knows that the Americans will not sit on so many fleets and aircraft carriers and watch the squadron occupy Wake Island, and the Chinese fleet still has only three aircraft carriers, the Americans will definitely find an opportunity to attack, if it is him Huang Feihu, even if he is worried about what at most all the fleets will be summoned to attack, in the face of absolute strength, the role of conspiracy will be reduced to nothing to worry about,

As long as the Americans do this, it will be an opportunity for the ship-island aircraft carrier fleet, and then the 400 land-based planes on the aircraft carrier will fly directly over and sink all the US fleets under the guidance of the AWACS aircraft, and then they can launch an attack on the Hawaiian Islands.

It can be said that Huang Feihu's plan is still good, as for the result, it depends on the will of God.

Spruance asked Nimizzy to stay on Oahu, and he had personally led the fleet to search for the Chinese fleet, he wanted to be ashamed, and at the same time he knew that the United States could not afford to lose, if it failed again, then the American people would not only lose in momentum, but Hawaii may not be able to protect China now has five aircraft carriers, if Hawaii does not have a navy to defend, then China's five aircraft carriers can threaten Hawaii, not to mention that there are Japanese eyeing the side, although they were in the Coral Sea, The Japanese were defeated in naval battles such as Midway, but Spruance never underestimated the Japanese, and now the Japanese have once again built a powerful navy after such a long rest, at least in this world, I am afraid that only the American fleet can compete with one of them.

As for the Chinese fleet, Spruance's attitude is complicated, ah Bing didn't think that the Chinese fleet is very powerful, even if it is very powerful, but the strength is there, it has just started a few years, there are no talents, there is no shipbuilding capacity, there is no shipbuilding ability, the efficiency is low, even if it can be used as ten, but what can it be?

The United States and Japan can easily build a large number of ships, and they can quickly pull up the personnel needed for a fleet, because both countries have reserves.

China is different, China lacks talent reserves, one dies and one is less, Spruance swore that if there were no aircraft carriers in this world, the Chinese would never have achieved such a big victory last time, and the Chinese would not be able to kill so many American fleets no matter how sneak attacked,

It is precisely with the aircraft that this kind of long-range strike weapon, coupled with its speed is very fast, and the power is huge, if the other party does not have a plane or the plane does not have time to take off, it can be said to be devastating for the other party, because the other party can not prevent its effective resistance, let alone effective counterattack, most of the time can only wait for death.

It can be said that the aircraft gave the squadron the opportunity to rise rapidly, it used to be a year of the army, a hundred years of the navy, but after the air force came out, especially after the aircraft carrier came out, the hundred years of the navy may not be able to beat the well-equipped one-year navy, because science and technology can make up for the lack of training in a short period of time.

"What should I do, what should I do......" Spruance kept repeating this sentence, he is now very entangled, the White House instructed him to take precautions against the Japanese, but not to take the initiative to provoke the Japanese, now the mysterious army that took Wake Island does not know whether it is the Japanese or the Chinese, so it must be treated carefully, in case it is not the Japanese, the Pacific Fleet has made an over-the-top move, then it will be on fire,

At present, the situation of the allies is unfavorable, especially the safest Americas, which has also been invaded by the million-strong army of the squadron, and has entered Canada, and the United States really has no energy to deal with a difficult Japan.

Spruance also analyzed for a long time, and the situation is naturally more likely to be Chinese, but from a tactical point of view, it seems that only the Japanese can complete it, and the Chinese simply can't do it,

In addition, the proximity of the squadron to Wake Island made Spruance a little suspicious that China and Japan had colluded together, which was not impossible, and it was very possible for the Japanese to go to war without declaring it.

Spruance has a very headache, the Eastern countries are the most difficult, everything is a wild idea, and he can't use common sense to infer anything, so even a famous general like Spruance is very painful,

It's okay if the opponent's strength is poor, but the key is that the opponent's strength is on par with his own side, and there are even some advantages.

In the unfavorable situation of the whole fight, the Americans have to be careful even if they are the world's number one industrial power, and at this moment of crisis, the shortcomings of the United States, a country of immigrants, are beginning to appear, and all kinds of problems seem to be about to erupt.

"To fight or not to fight." Spruance thought about it for a night, and finally decided to call him three seven twenty-one, and then said, concentrate all the fleets to deal with the Chinese fleet, even if the Japanese combined fleet really comes, the strength of the two sides will not be very different, and the other is that the Japanese planes are not very good, so the air battle must be dominated by American aircraft,