Chapter 121: Island Hopping Tactics

Poetry and clouds: There is a Han in the sky, and there is light in the prison. The original meaning of the word "Han" is the cosmic Tianhe, which was later extended to the descendants of China and the descendants of Yan and Huang.

"I founded the country as 'Dahan', which is to take its original meaning and follow its origin. We are all the same clan in China, the descendants of Yan and Huang, and we are brothers and sisters to help each other and support each other! ”

Facing Song Meiling, who is engaged in lady diplomacy and flying around the world, Zhong Yi feels a little pressure. Without him, it is only for Mrs. Jiang's fame in later generations.

"I have long heard that His Majesty the Emperor of Han is young and talented, and he is prosperous all over the world. Now that I see it, Meiling is very honored, and the ancient Han Wu Tang Sect is not like this, right? President Roosevelt publicly praised His Majesty as a man of great skill and strategy in the 'ThemanofRaregiftsandboldstrategy'! "Madame Jiang is a talented woman, but a Chinese first lady who has received a traditional Western education and comes up with a few words of English at every turn always makes Zhong Yi feel a little uncomfortable.

"Madame Chiang, forgive me for taking the liberty of getting Roosevelt's promise in the United States this time?" Zhong Yi didn't plan to continue to save face for her, and the first time he went to the United States, he annoyed the first lady of the United States, Eleanor, and was bombed out of the White House because of the pomp. Although the speech to Congress was a great success, it did not cause the United States to change its policy of neutrality, and the military assistance that China needed was not realized, but only received some economic benefits. As far as the chairman of the committee is concerned, the biggest gain of this lady's diplomacy is that his wife has become a goddess in the hearts of Americans, a first lady who is as glamorous as a celebrity on New York's Fifth Street.

Now, after learning that the Han declared war on Japan, Lao Jiang hurriedly instructed the "goddess" lady to change the itinerary, and the United States neutral could ignore them, and with the support of the Han, the little devils could be defeated.

So Mrs. Chiang came, and it took a lot of effort and many times before she was finally allowed to fly directly to Chang'an in Hawaii. Originally, Zhong Yi still had a good impression of this famous first lady, but after a meeting, he learned that the Internet deceived people and the rumors were untrue, which greatly damaged the image of the "goddess" in his mind.

In addition, Zhong Yi didn't plan to get involved too deeply in China's domestic affairs, it's okay to cooperate to fight little devils, and if you want to pull the big Han fox fake tiger might, then don't do it!

After the first courtesy reception, His Majesty simply threw Mrs. Jiang to Qin Yingxue for reception, and Director Qin, as the de facto "first lady", can be regarded as symmetrical status.

The Weiqing Pavilion once again convened an enlarged meeting of the wartime military council -- all the commanders of the various corps participating in the war were present.

After dealing with the Liberal Party case, Zhong Yi continued to throw all the internal affairs to the new cabinet, and the emperor did not interfere in government affairs, which was a policy set when the country was founded!

Defeating the little devils is the main business of the commander-in-chief of the royal three armies.

In front of the holographic screen, Chief of General Staff Ye walked on the map with a erasable pen in his hand, and the captains of all branches participating in the war stared intently at the marching route, writing and drawing in a small notebook from time to time.

His Majesty also looked at Ye Zhiqiu's offensive plan that was being demonstrated quite seriously and pondered, this pull attack will not be like the air attack of the left battalion, taking advantage of the favorable opportunity when the new Japanese fighters have not yet entered the battle, taking strategic points, forcing Japan to carry out a decisive naval battle without adequate preparation, and destroying the strategic offensive force of the Japanese army.

The landing on Taiwan Island, the island-by-island scramble for the Northern Marianas, and the large-scale landing on China later, this was the necessary route to clear Japan's peripheral positions and approach Japan's "absolute defense line", but Zhong Yi always felt that something was missing?

What's the difference? Ye Zhiqiu spoke in detail, but His Majesty was distracted!

"Island hopping!" His Majesty suddenly shouted out two words, startling Chief Ye and the other concentrating legion commanders who were explaining, Ye Zhiqiu's eyes widened, if it was someone else who interrupted his explanation, he would have been in a hurry. But Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, what are you going to play again?

Seeing everyone's turned eyes, Zhong Yi was also a little embarrassed, but this is not the time to be modest. The battle plan before the battle will determine the trend of the war, and judging from the current situation, it is not the best plan to fight for the little devils island by island.

"Zhiqiu, interrupt! I have a suggestion for everyone to discuss! "Now that he has made up his mind, Zhong Yi will take Ye Zhiqiu's place." Look! "Your Majesty switched the map on the holographic screen to the panoramic map of the western Pacific Ocean," General Ye introduced just now the plan formulated by the General Staff to fight for each island and approach steadily. This is a fairly safe battle plan in the current situation of the comparison of military forces between our two sides, but the Japanese army's bushido spirit will make their island defense troops full of fighting spirit, and even if they are in a desperate situation, they rarely surrender. This requires us to invest tremendous energy on each small island, and even a mouse-digging battle from cave to cave will greatly increase the casualties of our army. ”

The generals in the conference room nodded one after another, especially Zhang Zheng, the commander of the Navy with the orthodox two-ocean fleet, who had a deep understanding. In the first phase of the battle, the 1st Marine Brigade that set out from Manado Military Port to attack the Palau Islands suffered heavy casualties. With the support of naval and air firepower, the capture of the island of Barbertuap, which had only one brigade of defenders, actually cost nearly 500 casualties. Everyone knows that the 1st Brigade is definitely the elite unit of the Marine Corps and even the entire Han Dynasty, which has gone through a hundred battles to quell the rebellion and forcibly seize the South Seas! However, 22 walrus amphibious tanks and clouded leopard armored vehicles were destroyed by the Japanese army, and even the Osprey helicopter gunship was shot down by the Japanese army. The Japanese army set up obstacles and deployed part of its forces in areas convenient for landing, focused on fortification deep in the mountains, and used rock caves to build criss-crossing tunnels and underground fortifications, which brought great trouble to the 1st Brigade after landing. Until His Majesty personally ordered the carrier-based bombers to drop a large number of incendiary bombs on the complex area of the island, the casualties of the 1st Brigade would have been more than that.

After that, because of the heavy casualties, the plan to capture the entire Palau archipelago had to be abandoned.

If the Japanese army on every island planned to be captured in the second phase had such combat effectiveness, it was foreseeable that the casualties of the Han army would definitely not be less.

"So, I have an idea!" Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, His Majesty also strengthened his determination, "As long as our navy can win a decisive victory again, defeat the main force of the combined fleet, and then blockade the Japanese mainland with submarines, we will not have to fight with the Japanese army island by island, but use frog jumping tactics." That is, to attack strategically important sites with all our might, to skip the islands heavily defended by the Japanese army, to isolate and blockade them with our sea and air superiority, and to starve them to death. ”