Part 4 Journey Chapter 182 Fortress Hawaii (2)
The close troops of the engineering, shore artillery, and marine units stationed in the Hawaiian Islands are not directly subordinate to the Front Fleet, but are directly under the jurisdiction of the East China Sea Front Command, and are integrated with the Eighth Army of the Army stationed in the Hawaiian Islands.
After the Marine Corps, the Eighth Army, which was stationed in the Hawaiian Islands, consisted of 2 Standing Category A Divisions, 4 Category B Reserve Divisions, 1 armored brigade, and a number of independent engineering and artillery units, with a total strength of 120,000 troops, 74 combat vehicles, and 340 artillery pieces of 75 mm or more.
Nie Wenqing was already well aware of the above situation, and this time he was ordered by the emperor to come here, in addition to inspecting the progress of the Hawaiian defense project, he also had to listen to the opinions and requirements of the garrison troops extensively, so as to provide a basis for the base camp's next decision.
At the moment, led by Li Wei, the two shared a Ford sedan and galloped towards Honolulu.
"It's an American car." Wen Qing touched the English label on the doorknob.
"It is said to be the chariot of the Governor of Hawaii, which was captured by our army and assigned to the headquarters of the army group as a trophy ......".
; Stability, the industrial strength of the Americans should not be underestimated. ”
"But our Commander Shen has never sat down once."
"Oh?"
"Commander Shen has always only taken domestic cars."
"I see......"
Chatting all the way, Nie Wenqing suddenly remembered the large salvage ship he saw in the harbor, and suddenly asked: "Chief of Staff Li, is the cleanup of Pearl Harbor going smoothly?" ”
Li Wei nodded and said, "As you can see, the blocked channel has already been cleared, and a main warship like Long Wei can come in." The clean-up of the commercial port of Honolulu is also nearing completion, and an all-out effort is now underway to salvage the American warship sunk by our troops in the mainland of Pearl Harbor. ”
"Is there a conclusion from the Navy's assessment team? How many are worth repairing? ”
"It is said that only two of them have the value of complete restoration, two can be converted into low-speed heavy gunboats, and three can be left in Pearl Harbor as unpowered heavy floating batteries.
So admiring the wind and scenery, asking questions and answering trivial matters, I unconsciously drove into the city of Honolulu, passed through three heavily fortified checkpoints, and then arrived at the destination -- the headquarters of the East China Sea Front in the former Hawaiian Governor's Palace.
All the way to the commander's office. I saw a middle-aged man with a face like an axe and a shoulder like a knife cutting his head in the pile of papers, and when he saw Nie Wenqing enter the door, he hurriedly threw a pen to greet him.
"I'm sluggish, I'm sluggish, please forgive Staff Officer Nie, is Ling Zun still healthy?".