After the fleet leaves the Gulf of Panama, it takes about a month to reach the port of Naha, during which time the fleet needs to refuel twice at sea and stop at the port of Apra once. Other than that. During this period, Tan Renhao also received some other battlefield battle reports. Because the First Fleet did not participate in other battlefield combat operations at this time, and Tan Renhao was not responsible for planning and commanding work, he received ground battle reports relatively limitedly.

The battle on the Hawaiian Islands went relatively smoothly, and there was only one trouble, and that was after Han Shaofeng left. There is a contradiction between the two generals, Long Zhen and Fang Xiaoxian.

Judging from Han Shaofeng's evaluation, most of the Marine Corps officers don't like Fang Xiaoxian very much, or a general like Fang Xiaoxian. It can be said that Fang Xiaoxian is more like an army general. And not a Marine general. In the eyes of many people, Fang Xiaoxian's temper is too gentle to play a key role in critical moments. In addition, he is too disciplined and likes to do things according to the rules, and this is an Army tradition, not a Marine Corps tradition.

The special combat methods of the Marine Corps determine the character of most of the Marine Corps generals, from Yan Guozhong, to Han Shaofeng, Yuan Ye. And then to Long Zhen, there is not a single Marine Corps general who is not fiery, direct, and impulsive. This is all determined by the way the Marines fight on the ground. Imagine when an army has its back to the sea and faces a well-defended position of the enemy

force, rain of bullets intensively, if you don't have a little courage, then how can you defeat the enemy? It is this kind of back-to-back combat environment. Let the generals of the Marine Corps be brave and competitive. Fang Xiaoxian is not such a general, he is an outlier in the Marine Corps, a tepid temper, and his personality is not impulsive. It doesn't feel upright enough. Long Zhen is the other extreme. His personality is more impulsive than Han Shaofeng, he scolds people at every turn, and he never hides his words. There was Han Shaofeng in the past, and the two had little contact. Contradictions will not erupt either. And now the two work directly together. The problem erupted naturally.

Tan Renhao is not very clear about what disagreements have arisen between the two, but he knows that now the Marines are struggling with how to attack Oahu. Perhaps it was Fang Hsiao-hsien who advocated not attacking directly, while Long Zhen insisted on landing on Oahu. Anyway, after the surrender of the U.S. forces in the upper part of Kauai. The Marines came up with two sets of plans, one was through massive bombing. The blockade eventually led the U.S. military to abandon Oahu on its own initiative. The other plan is completely opposite, that is, to concentrate superior forces, quickly land on Oahu, and capture Pearl Harbor.

Liao Hanxiang has not yet made a decision, after laying Kauai Island, the frontline troops need time to rest and recuperate, and they also need time to replenish new recruits. In addition, a landing fleet was also assigned to Han Shaofeng. It will also take time to assemble more landing fleets. War supplies are also scarce and take time to deliver them. There is also intelligence gathering, troop adjustment, etc., which all take time. Liao Hanxiang did not immediately decide how to attack Oahu, and the HNA and Strategic Strike Force did not stop, and the bombing of Oahu and other islands further east was still going on, and the intensity of the operation was increasing. Judging from Liao Hanxiang's arrangement, maybe he is ready to use both prongs and bomb. If the bombing can't force the U.S. military to submit, then just "hard" is used.

Tan Renhao also received several pieces of information. It's all about the Pacific side.

It is very likely that the U.S. military has abandoned the Hawaiian Islands, after the loss of Kauai, the Hawaiian Islands have lost their defensive value, and the tactical aircraft deployed on the Kauai Islands can control the Hawaiian Islands, and the area of Kauai is very large, enough for the Tang Imperial Navy to deploy thousands of tactical fighters here, so it is almost impossible for the U.S. military to grasp air supremacy. In addition, Kauai can also be used as a frontline assembly area for the Marine Corps, with a large leeward anchorage area and a large amount of infrastructure. All of this makes it impossible for the U.S. military to hold the islands of the Hawaiian Ensemble, and as long as the Imperial Navy is determined enough, it is only a matter of time before the Hawaiian Islands fall.

However, the U.S. military has not really given up on the Hawaiian Islands, and judging from the fact that the U.S. military has deployed combat troops in the Hawaiian Islands and is still putting air forces into the Hawaiian Islands and transporting war materials, the U.S. military is still strengthening the defense of the Hawaiian Islands. However, this is not consistent with the local information provided by the intelligence services. The only explanation is that the U.S. military wants to use the Hawaiian Islands to delay the Tang Empire's naval offensive and buy time for the deployment of its own defenses.

Tan Renhao also took this into account, and the U.S. military is building a "Pacific Barrier" on the west coast of its homeland, which is a defense line thousands of kilometers long, which was already being built before the United States entered the war. It's just that progress hasn't been fast until mid-'26. The U.S. "Pacific Barrier" as part of its home defense program. At that time, Tan Renhao did not know that in order to build this defense line, the United States would invest unimaginable materials, and tens of millions of tons of cement alone would be used! As you can imagine. What kind of defense is this, and such a defense line cannot be repaired overnight, it will take a lot of time. If the full-scale construction starts in the middle of 26, the foundation has been laid before, and it will take at least two years, or even three years, to complete the land based on the strength of the U.S. real estate industry. Therefore, the United States is definitely using the Hawaiian Islands, hoping to hold out here longer and buy time for the construction of the "Pacific Barrier".

From this point of view, it is not for nothing that the Army proposes a plan to land on the West Coast of the United States as soon as possible. It is much less difficult to land between the completion of the "Pacific Barrier", and it is much more difficult to land after this line of defense has been built. But fundamentally. Crossing the world's largest oceans is a huge problem in itself, and even without the "Pacific Barrier", it would be extremely difficult to successfully land on the mainland of the United States.

Another piece of information is that the U.S. military is massing forces in the South Pacific. At first, Tan Renhao didn't believe this information. But then he received several more pieces of information, and now he began to believe it. The intelligence services don't make mistakes several times in a row.

The South Pacific was actually of little value, and the US-Australian forces on Tasmania surrendered soon after the fighting on the Australian continent ended. The last major stronghold of the U.S. military was New Zealand, and the other islands had no defense capital. New Zealand is thousands of nautical miles away from the Australian mainland, and the US military has no sea supremacy, and tactical aviation cannot play a role, so it is difficult for the US military to launch a counterattack through New Zealand. It can be said that as long as the Tang Imperial Navy does not launch an offensive in the South Pacific, then there will be no fighting on this side.

Judging from the overall situation in the Pacific. The South Pacific is also insignificant. The next goal of the Tang Imperial Navy is to hit the American continent, and it is to hit the mainland of the United States as soon as possible, therefore, the South Pacific is a marginal theater of operations, and the Tang Imperial Navy has not even deployed a decent fleet here, and the United States does not have a fleet operating here. For both sides. After the end of the war, the outcome of the South Pacific was naturally determined. There's no need to make a big deal about it before that. However, judging from the ground intelligence gathered by the intelligence department, the US military is adjusting the deployment of ground forces in the South Atlantic, and after leaving San Francisco, the two US military ground transport fleets did not go to the Hawaiian Islands, but went directly south, and stopped once on Christmas Island, and then disappeared. The size of these two fleets is not small, and the place of carriage must be combat weapons, if they are allowed to reach Wellington. Then the U.S. military in New Zealand can hold out for at least a year or more. New Zealand itself is an agricultural country, and as long as the U.S. military has enough war supplies, then it can hold on forever.

Liao Hanxiang has already adjusted the deployment of submarine forces, sending more than a dozen submarines out of Port Vila, and submarines that had previously been active in the central waters of the Pacific Ocean have also gone south to intercept the US military transport fleet. There's no news on that yet, but there's not much hope. The U.S. fleet has a large number of escort warships, and it is difficult to completely defeat the convoy with submarines alone. But even if the fleet reached New Zealand. The U.S. military can't afford to throw any wind and waves. There is no fleet, there are no landing ships . It would be impossible for the U.S. military to leave New Zealand and attack other islands.

Tan Renhao has never figured out what the US military will do when it deploys troops in the South Pacific. New Zealand is only an agricultural country, there is no sound land industry, there is no developed shipbuilding industry, and the only land that can be built is a few small fishing boats with less than 100 tons of land. Now that the Panama Canal has been controlled, Jiang Zhongmindi's Second Fleet is active in the South Pacific, the United States is actually unable to send a fleet into the Pacific Ocean, and the shipbuilding industry on the west coast of the United States is also quite backward, and it is simply impossible to build a large fleet in a short time, and even a landing fleet cannot be built. Without a landing fleet, it would be impossible for the US military to launch a counterattack in the South Pacific, then . What is the purpose of the US military in doing so much in the South Pacific?

After thinking about it, Tan Renhao only thought of one possibility, that is, the U.S. military wanted the Tang Imperial Navy to attack New Zealand and other landing islands that were still controlled by the U.S. military. Their ultimate goal is the same as their defense on the Hawaiian Islands. It's all about buying time.

As long as the Imperial Navy attacked New Zealand, it may not need to invest much fleet, especially after a successful landing, and the Marines can fight on their own, without the need for fleet support and cover. However, this will definitely require the investment of a large number of marines and the consumption of a large amount of combat materials, which will inevitably affect the progress of the entire war in the end. If the U.S. military can delay here for a year, or even half a year, then the U.S. will have enough time to improve its local defense capability. Can Z

Tan Renhao quickly confirmed his judgment that the commander of the US military in the South Pacific was Eisenhower, an unknown general. This also made Tan Renhao even more convinced that the US military is aiming to delay time, and if it can be delayed until 28 years, then the United States will get a rare opportunity to counterattack on the battlefield. No matter how big the counterattack is, it may give the U.S. military a final victory. For the dying United States, it is better to have a life-saving straw than to not grasp anything.

There is also a lot of news from various other aspects, such as the quarrel between the army and the navy is still raging. After Xue Xiyue approved the attack on the Panama Canal Land, the Army did not give up and still lobbied vigorously, hoping that the Prime Minister could support their attack on the West Coast of the United States. The quarrel continued until September. After Tan Renhao sent back the good news, the quarrel was over. The Navy not only completed the mission, but also overfulfilled the task ahead of schedule, and finally captured the Panama Canal, which also kept the canal navigable, and the naval fleet could easily enter and exit the Atlantic.

Advance battle plan for final victory. You don't have to think about it to know it. The Rector will not pass up this opportunity, and the attack on the Panama Canal itself is a move towards this goal.

It is not difficult to guess the next move of the Navy, the Army advocates an offensive in the Pacific, but there is a lack of offensive bases in the Pacific. From the point of view of the geographical suite, the Atlantic direction is more favorable. In addition, look at the whole battle situation. If the Imperial Navy could penetrate the Atlantic, it would be able to defeat Britain very quickly and force Italy to surrender immediately. When the time comes. There is only one enemy of the United States. In the end, it may be impossible to avoid a direct attack on the American mainland, and it is impossible to avoid the sacrifice of thousands of officers and soldiers in the battle on American soil, but as long as it is launched in the Atlantic. Then Germany, the Persian Empire will enter the war, and when the time comes. The sacrifice is not exactly the Imperial Army.

Tan Renhao quickly figured out this relationship, from the beginning, the principal did not regard the Pacific Ocean as the key direction of attacking the United States, although the Pacific Theater is the most important battlefield, it is the battlefield where the Imperial Navy defeats the most powerful enemy, but with the change of the situation of the war, the battle on this side of the Pacific has ended, and the enemies are concentrated in the Atlantic, so the next focus is to enter the North Atlantic.

Thinking of this, Tan Renhao couldn't help but get excited. Since the Imperial Navy left Europe, for hundreds of years, the Imperial Navy has never sent a fleet to patrol the North Atlantic, if this time the Imperial Navy can enter the North Atlantic, then it will recreate the glory of hundreds of years ago, and the Imperial Navy will appear in every ocean in the world, appear in every bay, and control all the oceans!