As news of the Battle of Saipan continued to arrive, the situation became clearer: the American forces were dragged down.

The U.S. Army was dragged to the island by the Japanese forces on Saipan at the cost of extremely heavy losses, and the U.S. Navy was dragged near Saipan by the Army.

Yamamoto Fifty-six has been planning for a long time, and after the success of the two adventures, the shot was not a storm, but a small knife to cut the flesh.

He knew very well that sending a small fleet to attack the huge fleet of the US army would not be able to achieve any brilliant results unless he was lucky. However, he has been sending out destroyers, even small torpedo boats, and more often submarines.

The Japanese Navy constantly sent submarines, destroyers, and even cruisers to carry out sneak attacks, and suffered extremely heavy losses in the face of the huge and complete fleet of the US army.

Almost every day, one or two Japanese ships were sunk. However, the US military did not feel well, and although the US military lost few ships, tens of thousands of US Navy troops were in an extremely tense atmosphere all day long.

Sometimes, a single seabird flying in the sky can cause a cannon roar. There are even cases where one's own fighters are accidentally injured by artillery fire.

The reason why Yamamoto sent warships to the US military in vain was not that he wanted to put pressure on the US military and keep the US military in a nervous mood all day long, but that he used the precious warship to consume the fuel of the US military.

The gap in the strength of the country and the cultural gap in the army made Yamamoto Fifty-six have a small miscalculation. In Yamamoto's view, the U.S. military had already destroyed Pearl Harbor's fuel oil, and the huge fleet supply would soon run dry.

However, the luxury and opulence of the US military is definitely not something that Yamamoto can imagine. Little Japan, which is seriously short of oil, calculates fuel consumption every time the fleet attacks, and is not willing to waste a little. It is absolutely a mistake to use the situation in Japan to guess the US military.

At the time of Yamamoto's first surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the American war machine had not yet been activated. It would not take a year to raise millions of tons of fuel, and that was when the best time to destroy the U.S. military fuel at Pearl Harbor was the best time. It's a pity that the opportunity was missed, and the remedy is just a remedy, although it can cause some trouble to the U.S. military, but the effect is definitely not as great as Yamamoto expected.

Without Pearl Harbor's oil reserves, the U.S. military had considerable fuel reserves in Australia, New Zealand, and French New Caledonia. Although the number is not as large as Pearl Harbor, it is absolutely not a problem to maintain the consumption of the US Pacific Fleet for two months. And two months. That's enough for the U.S. military to move fuel from the Atlantic to Pearl Harbor.

As soon as Admiral Nimitz was attacked at Pearl Harbor, he had already begun to deploy oil tankers to reinforce the fleet's supplies.

However, Yamamoto 56 kept sneaking up on the US military with warships and submarines, although it was difficult to achieve the purpose of consuming the supply of US troops. But play a role in another way. It's bigger than the supply problem.

No one can live in tension for a long time, and the US military cannot be mentally stressed for a long time. It's obvious common sense – the more nervous a person is, the more likely they are to make mistakes.

Nimitz knew what was going on with his men. So it's in a hurry.

The U.S. military was not afraid of a showdown with the Japanese army. However, the Japanese army never came out of the sword, which increased the pressure on Nimitz.

The main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet has been lurking all along, but the US military's consistently efficient intelligence network has not been of any use at all this time, and the main force of the Japanese army cannot be found at all. Just like the first surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese army was fully prepared for this operation. Rather than as in the Battle of Midway, secrecy is a fictitious measure.

Before the war, the U.S. military received information that the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet was scattered everywhere. Some of the main ships are being repaired, and some are cruising in the South Seas, but in short, they have not assembled at all, and they will not be able to form combat effectiveness at all in a short period of time.

However, the two adventurous sneak attacks of the Japanese army are enough to show that the Japanese army came prepared. Then the information about the scattered Japanese Combined Fleet is almost certainly false. The US military was deceived by the little devils, and this is the truth of the matter.

The Japanese army is in the dark, and the American army is in the light.

The situation is getting worse and worse for the US military.

A thought suddenly came into Li Guang's mind: Yamamoto Fifty-six has a big plan.

Just like two people playing chess, Yamamoto 56 buried the lives of tens of thousands, or even more than 100,000 Japanese soldiers, in half a year, retreating step by step in the Pacific Ocean, and also accumulating strength little by little.

Then, taking advantage of the critical moment of the US military's attack on Saipan, he suddenly made a move.

There is no better poison than food.

For naval warfare, no fuel is no worse than no food. Yamamoto Fifty-six first made a two-handed trick, which was also a poisonous move, cutting off the fuel of the US army. (Li Guang is also poor, and his starting point is relatively close to Yamamoto Fifty-six.) ）

Then he dragged the U.S. troops to Saipan to death, using continuous sneak attacks to wear down the sharpness of the U.S. troops (Li Guang thought of killing the U.S. troops, but he still couldn't understand the psychological pressure of the Japanese army's small actions on the U.S. troops).

The price paid by Yamamoto Isoroku is not insignificant: four aircraft carriers, although very simple, are also wealth for Japan.

One or two hundred kamikaze fighters, although they are all rookie pilots, are also valuable enough for Japan.

In addition, Yamamoto Isoroku continued to fill the battlefield with one small warship after another.

For the United States, a few destroyers and torpedo boats may be nothing, but they are also valuable assets for poor Japan.

Li Guang affirmed that what Yamamoto 56 wanted was not only a victory on Saipan, but also the elimination of the main force of the US Pacific Fleet in one fell swoop.

Li Guang can analyze this, and so can Nimitz.

It's not that hard to untie this knot. That is, the U.S. fleet withdrew from Saipan, leaving the U.S. Army to fight the Japanese on Saipan.

However, Admiral Nimitz would never dare to do so.

What kind of army the US army is, Nimitz is well clear.

If the US Navy's artillery and air support were missing, the Japanese army would have naval guns and air support, and it would not be impossible for the US military, which had always fought battles of superior firepower, to collapse, and it would also be very possible for the Japanese army to be completely annihilated.

This is the elite of the U.S. military, and two of the divisions are Marines: the 1st Marine Division and the 4th Marine Division. The other is the 7th Division of the U.S. Army.

Taking a step back, the U.S. military was able to retreat smoothly from the island. However, hundreds of landing ships and transport ships can only sail at a speed of 6.5 knots. Without naval escort, there would be no chance of survival. But if the U.S. Navy escorts, the fleet with the advantage of maneuverability becomes a caterpillar wriggling on the ocean, and a general can figure out what the end will be with his toes.

The consequences of losing these three divisions are not ordinarily serious. The consequences of losing the main forces of the Pacific Fleet are even more serious.

In short, no matter what the consequences are, let alone Admiral Nimitz, even Roosevelt can't afford it, and the rich United States can't stand it.

In the thinking of Li Guang and Yamamoto Isoroku, there is a common denominator: it is impossible for the US military to quickly take Saipan.

The reason is that Yamamoto Isoroku is very confident. In addition, the Japanese army was indeed fully prepared on Saipan.

Li Guang's analysis goes like this.

In a sense, Li Guang's island-hopping tactics are a bit of a boost for the US military. Historically, when the U.S. military attacked Saipan, it had already seized a series of islands, and in the battle for the islands with the Japanese army, it summed up a lot of effective experience.

And now, the US military is making up for classes on Saipan. Elementary school students take time to grow.

In addition, Li Guang judged that it was impossible for the US military to take Saipan in a short period of time. The reason is that after a week of fighting, the Japanese army did not have a single resupply operation on Saipan. This shows that the Japanese army has sufficient ammunition and food on Saipan. If you think about the Battle of Kuah Island, you can know that if the Japanese army was not on Kuah Island because of lack of food, it would be difficult for the US army to win. In short, the well-supplied Japanese army is not easy to deal with.

Of course, there is no solution, and what Li Guang can think of is estimated to be difficult for a professional military officer in the United States.

However, no matter how stubbornly the Japanese army and the US army stumbled, it had nothing to do with Li Guang. Although the Japanese army was weakened, it was still not comparable to the strength of the Naval Resistance Army, and the Naval Resistance Army did not want to participate in the imminent major war in the Pacific.

What Li Guang wanted was that the strength of the Japanese army would continue to be consumed, and the most ideal thing would be to finish all the Japanese battleships and aircraft carriers in this battle.

It's exciting to think about, and at that time, the naval resistance fleet will also be proud of the Pacific Ocean.

YY's saliva is dripping. (To be continued......)