Separated by a strait from Luzon, Samar is the third largest island in the Philippines and the only island controlled by the U.S. military.

When the war broke out, China implemented the "No. 2 Operational Plan", which almost crushed the heavy military groups of the Western powers in the Far East with a thunderous blow, destroyed the Western Combined Fleet, and seized sea supremacy.

The U.S. troops in Manila were originally preparing for a decisive battle with the Chinese side, but they were severely damaged by the dense and ferocious artillery fire of the DF-300, and fled south in fright, and the remaining 200,000 U.S. troops were basically concentrated on Samar Island and Leyte Island, ready to take advantage of the sea danger to wait for help.

Pershing soon discovered that he was wrong, very wrong. The Chinese side did not directly attack the two islands at all, but quickly divided its forces to seize the other islands, and the scattered US troops on the other islands could resist the attack with the cooperation of naval guns and tank landing ships, and fell one after another.

"Leyte is finished." Pershing looked frustrated and made it to the chair of the command.

Ishihara said lightly: "This is predictable. Just like when the Chinese attacked Japan, there were too many directions to land on the islands, and the sea was certainly a barrier, but it also blocked our reinforcements, and the Chinese only needed some patrol boats to watch our troops on Samar Island, while they could concentrate their forces to attack Leyte Island with the cooperation of the navy. ”

Pershing said bitterly: "Your Excellency Ishihara, I regret very much that I did not listen to your advice and concentrate all my troops on Samar Island. ”

Ishihara shook his head and sighed, "The result is the same. If we can't defeat China's air force, we won't be able to get reinforcements. Even if it comes, it will only be a death. Singapore fell, and I suggested that the general withdraw his troops to Irian Island and New Guinea, but now I am afraid that I will not be able to leave even if I want to. ”

"Report!" A staff officer sweated profusely and said, "Report to the general, the Chinese have landed on the Bolong bank." ”

Pershing and Ishihara were taken aback, they didn't expect to come so quickly, they both looked at the map, and the staff officer pointed to the west side of the island and said, "It's here." ”

"Damn, it's the west side? They actually went around to attack in the direction of the Pacific Ocean? Pershing's face was extremely ugly. It's like the color of pork liver. He knew that the Chinese would definitely attack, after all, the Chinese had killed 670,000 American troops on Leyte Island, and there were still more than 100,000 here, so they had deployed heavy troops in positions that might be attacked. It can be a large island of more than 13,000 square kilometers. It is more than 160 kilometers long from north to south. It is 40-90 km wide from east to west. Where is it possible to do it all? On the west side was the weakest part of his defenses.

Ishihara Waner said: "According to the combat habits of the Chinese, they will definitely put more than three divisions of troops on Bolongan at one time, so that they can be ensured." Even if we mobilize our forces, it will be difficult to push them back in a short time. But if we draw troops from other quarters in a big way, then the Chinese will quickly open up landing sites again. ”

Pershing was not only helpless in his heart at this moment, but also deeply shocked, and finally completely understood the meaning of the phrase "offense is the best defense", this Samar Island he defended everywhere, it can be said that he was passive everywhere, the opponent's troop carrier moved, and his soldiers had to run and break their legs. After a long time, he said, "Do you have any suggestions?" ”

Ishihara said: "Two points: 1. Surrender; 2. Shrinking forces to favorable terrain and building a defensive line will cause certain losses to the Chinese side. ”

Pershing said dissatisfiedly: "Is there no way to win? ”

Ishihara looked at Pershing incredulously, he really wondered if this guy was suffering from rhapsody, he had reached this level, and he still wanted to win? If there is no superiority in troops, no superiority in weapons, no sea supremacy, no air supremacy, if they can all win, unless the hundreds of thousands of American troops are all kings of soldiers.

"I am a man, not a god, so go and ask God." Ishihara was so angry that he left this sentence and ran away.

Pershing was annoyed, but didn't take Ishihara for anything. In the West, it is common for a junior officer to refute his superior, as long as it is reasonable, if this is in the East, Ishihara would have stopped messing around. In fact, Ishihara's mouth is not an ordinary stinking, and he said that Tojo was a first-class soldier, so he was not used too much, even if he was one of the planners of the invasion of China.

In the darkness of the night, a submarine docked outside the port of Cataman.

Ishihara was called to the headquarters, and in one day, the Chinese side not only stabilized the landing site on the shore of Bolong, but even advanced more than 20 kilometers to the periphery, and the situation on Samar Island was already precarious. He absolutely did not believe that the soldiers of the US army, whose morale was so low that their heads hung down to the crotch of their trousers, could hold off the well-equipped Chinese National Defense Force, not to mention the Chinese army with a group army around it, even the three divisions that landed were not something that these hundreds of thousands of US troops could deal with.

When he arrived at the headquarters, he saw several American Navy officers and men, and looked at Pershing in surprise.

Pershing saw Ishihara and said, "Your Excellency Ishihara, I have received an order from the country to leave, and I hope you will leave with me." ”

Ishihara smiled, although the Western coalition forces were defeated one after another, he was fully confident that the powerful industry of the West would eventually win. Pershing wants to take him away, which means that the other party still recognizes his talent, and he has the opportunity to deal with the Chinese personally.

Samar Island is finished, and the whole of Southeast Asia is about the same, and the Chinese landed on the islands of Sulawesi and Java a few days ago. This war was undoubtedly a long battle, although he could not understand why the Chinese were desperately advancing, and he absolutely did not believe that China was just to grab territory and wealth, because he did not believe that the Chinese Li Bufan would not know the pressure of stretching the front on logistical supplies. But ah, I can't do that much now.

"Of course, I'm honored!" ――

The Java Sea is located between the islands of Java, Sulawesi, Kalimantan and Sumatra, and is a key point of maritime communication between Southeast Asia and Australia.

When the war broke out, the Chinese Air Force destroyed the Western Combined Fleet in one fell swoop, and since then Western warships have not dared to approach within the combat radius of the Chinese Air Force, and the Chinese army has moved southward, and the navy has no surface battles in the first place, and the surface ships of the great powers have long since heard the wind and fled.

The navy has always been the glory of the Western world, and even a small country like the Netherlands once became a maritime hegemon. The Western powers will never recognize China as a maritime power, they will only say that China is an air power.

The Chinese Air Force is so powerful, of course they have no habit of sending them to death. However, when they heard the news and fled, they could not raise their heads and be human beings, and while the war was going on, they immediately began to mobilize submarine forces for action, and it took nearly a month for the submarine forces led by the United States to gradually come to Australia and begin to fight.

"Missing? How can a whole submarine formation, a dozen submarines, disappear without a sound? ”

"It is true that contact has been lost, and the last contact was near the Java Sea."

Colonel Kincaid and Lieutenant Colonel Norman both turned blue, and the Pacific Fleet was destroyed at the outbreak of war because half of its warships were engaged in joint fleet exercises, and the U.S. Navy suffered heavy losses. But Guam and other island chains fell into the hands of the Chinese, who did not dare to attack the island chains because they were afraid of the Chinese Air Force. After the Pacific Fleet was reinforced by warships from the Atlantic supervision, the main force sailed to Australia to assume revenge, but the fleet did not dare to enter the combat radius of the Chinese Air Force, and could only send the two of them to Darwin Port to command the submarine force to break the attack, so as to delay the rapid advance of the Chinese.

But the first formation of the submarine force disappeared before it entered the Java Sea, which made them almost crazy.

Lieutenant Colonel Norman said: "Now we still have two submarine formations entering the Java Sea, if the first formation is sunk by the Chinese, it means that the Chinese have advanced anti-submarine technology, then the second and third formations will also be very dangerous." ”

Kincaid said in a deep voice, "This can't be. There is no such advanced anti-submarine technology in the world, and if submarines were so easy to deal with, the Entente countries would not have suffered in the Atlantic, and tens of millions of tons of ships would not have been sunk."

And at this moment, a fleet of one heavy cruiser, three light cruisers, and six destroyers in the Java Sea was cleaving the waves.

On the heavy cruise of the "Shanghai", Ding Peng said to Sa Shijun: "Is this here?" ”

Sa Shijun said: "It should be right. He looked at the sea, answered the compass and charts.

Ding Peng nodded and said, "Very good!" Inform the commander that the fleet has arrived in the designated sea area, please confirm the information. Ordered the ships to turn on the sonar and radar. ”

"Attention of all units: According to accurate information, there is a US submarine operating in this area, a total of 12 submarines. Immediately turn on the radar, sonar, prepare depth charges, and be sure to wipe out all enemy submarines! The "Shanghai" heavy cruiser is a Nanjing-class heavy cruiser with a signal tower, which can conduct radio communication with the fleet within a range of several tens of kilometers and quickly and effectively command operations. Originally, anti-submarine did not need heavy cruisers, and was sent as a flagship solely for effective command.

The battle alarm sounded, and the light cruisers and destroyers scattered in search.

Sa Shijun frowned and said, "Is this information accurate?" After all, submarines are underwater, how can it be said that they will be discovered when they are discovered, and the number is so clear? ”

Ding Peng rolled his eyes and said, "You ask me, and I still ask you." The source of the intelligence was confirmed by the commander-in-chief and our commander, do you say it is accurate? Besides, your uncle is the Chief of the General Staff of the Navy, doesn't there be inside information? Let me tell you, it is said that the anti-submarine team led by Shen Honglie has already killed a number of American submarines. You ask your uncle. ”

Sa Shijun said helplessly: "Don't you know who my uncle is?" What he doesn't say is definitely a military secret, how dare I ask? ”

While he was talking, a call came over the radio: "Report: Ship 021 reports, our ship found submarines, found submarines, two, three, not a lot"

Ding Peng and Sa Shijun looked at each other, and only shouted in the middle of the voice: "Won't it?" Is the intelligence so accurate? "It's just unbelievable, it's not surprising that ground forces, surface ships can only get accurate intelligence, as long as you pay attention enough, there is always a way. But this is a submarine!

"Attention of all units, immediately move closer to the 021 ship in the southwest direction" (to be continued......)