The headquarters of the China, Guangzhou, and Guangzhou garrison districts, the office of Tang Qiuli, commander of the independent division, and Yu Deshui, director of the intelligence department, rushed from Yangon to Guangzhou to report to the division commander on the situation of the US Second Army.

In the office, there were only three people, Tang Qiuli, Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, and Director of the Intelligence Department, Yu Deshui, who held a document clip in his hand and said: "Division Commander, according to the Intelligence Analysis Center, the intercepted messages between the US Second Army and the US General Staff, and the situation of the Second Army are roughly as follows. ”

Tang Qiuli interrupted Yu Deshui's words with a smile and said, "Yuhe, have you heard, Director Yu is very cautious in his words, roughly as follows, that is to say, regarding the overall situation of the Second Army of the US Army, so far, I still haven't fully grasped it!" ”

Yu Deshui's face was slightly embarrassed, and explained: "Division commander, this is the dereliction of duty of our intelligence department, our intelligence network is just beginning to be built in the United States, and it has not yet reached the point of giving full play to its capabilities, so for some situations of the US military, we can only rely on the intercepted messages to conduct a comprehensive analysis, and in some aspects, it is inevitable that it is a little biased, and I ask the division commander to punish it!" ”

Tang Qiuli waved his hand and said indifferently: "What to punish you, okay Director Yu, you go on!" ”

Yu Deshui said: "The US Second Army and the escort fleet arrived at the Hawaiian Islands on 25 June, and at present, the landing has begun, and in the process of landing, they were not blocked by the Japanese army, only an unknown number of the Japanese air force carried out a surprise attack, causing minor casualties to the landing US troops. ”

"Up to now, the 9th and 10th mechanized divisions of the US military, as the first wave of landing forces, have all landed on Hawaii Island, and the second wave of landing forces, two divisions of the Marine Corps, are also in the process of landing, and the strength of the four divisions is about 80,000 people, and the first and fourth divisions of the US Marine Corps originally stuck to Hawaii Island. The remaining troops, holding the landing site with an area of less than 100 square kilometers, had already made contact with Lieutenant General Harrison, commander of the US Second Army, who had landed, and had landed two mechanized infantry divisions of the US army in advance. It is developing in depth. That's the basic picture. ”

Tang Qiuli raised his head abruptly and asked, "Director Yu, do you mean the US troops who landed." Was it only attacked by Japanese aircraft, and not by Japanese infantry? ”

Yu Deshui replied very rigorously: "Yes, division commander, in the deciphered message." It is described in this way that this air raid caused about 15,600 casualties to the US troops who landed there, as well as some equipment losses! ”

Tang Qiuli then asked: "Are you sure that there are more than 80,000 US troops and only one landing site!?" Can you accurately tell where the U.S. landing site is located on Hawaii Island? ”

Yu Deshui replied very rigorously: "Yes, division commander, in the deciphered message." This word appears many times, and it is certain that the US military has only one landing site, and the conditions of the landing ground are extremely harsh. The landing craft of the US military can only dock at a distance of more than 2,000 meters from the beach, so the US soldiers still need to wade through the water. to get on the beach! ”

"However, it is the division commander who regrets it. We have not yet known the specific location of the US landing site, only that it is at the eastern foot of Hawaii Island! ”

Tang Qiu walked a few steps away from the map, stared at the location of Hawaii Island for a long time, and then sighed and said: "If you can't make a mistake, this landing site is a trap set by the commander of the Japanese Seventh Army for the Americans, or rather, it was deliberately left by the Japanese to the US army, more than 80,000 troops, less than 100 square kilometers of landing ground, the landing conditions are still very bad, and the US Second Army will suffer a big loss!" ”

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe and Director of the Intelligence Division Yu Deshui looked at each other, but neither of them spoke, although they absolutely believed in the division commander's genius military command ability and accurate grasp of the overall situation of the war, but they still did not dare to completely believe that the division commander could assert the fate of the US Second Army just by relying on the US military telegrams deciphered by the Intelligence Department!

Tang Qiuli didn't explain too much, and said to Deshui: "Director Yu, the focus of the Intelligence Department in the past few days is to put down the battlefield on Hawaii Island, let's wait and see!" ”

In the eastern Pacific Ocean, on the island of Hawaii, at the landing ground of the US Second Army, the headquarters of Commander Lieutenant General Harrison was set up in a coconut grove only five or six kilometers away from the beach.

In one of the largest tents, Lieutenant General Harrison was talking to Brigadier General Field, commander of the 1st Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps, and Brigadier General Hollakeden, commander of the 3rd Division, who had been fighting to the death against the Japanese on the island.

The two Marine Divisions, starting from the Japanese Navy task force's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, fought hard against the Japanese Seventh Army on the island of Hawaii, and under the fierce attack of the superior forces of the Japanese army, they resisted step by step from the western part of the island of Hawaii, retreated step by step, and persisted for more than 10 days.

However, the situation of the troops has been extremely bad, and after more than 10 days of fierce fighting, the strength of the two Marine Corps divisions has been reduced to less than four regiments, of which a large part is still wounded, and the two Marine Divisions, with a full number of more than 30,000 soldiers, are now less than 8,000 left, and the combat attrition has reached about three-quarters.

Brigadier General Field, commander of the 1st Marine Division, recounted the battle situation, his voice was hoarse and his emotions were low, and in his tone, there was no lack of complaints, complaining that domestic reinforcements had come too late, and if the reinforcements had arrived on Hawaii Island within the first three days of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Seventh Army that had landed on the island to attack would have been completely annihilated and completely annihilated.

Lieutenant General Harrison, who understands the inner pain of the two division commanders, can see the cruelty of the battle from the current appearance of the two brigadier generals, Brigadier General Field, dressed in military uniform, can no longer see the original color, there are holes everywhere, his face is haggard and dark, and the situation of Brigadier General Hollakeden is not much better, his left arm is wounded, and a bandage that is already dirty and cannot be seen white is straddling his neck.

Because of the lack of rest and sleep, the mental heads of the two brigadier generals looked extremely bad, how to say, like squad leaders who had just crawled out of the trenches, Lieutenant General Harrison thought to himself.

But he didn't have any nutritious words to comfort the two division commanders, reinforcements came too late? God knows how much trouble Mr. President has gone through in order to send troops, how the Second Army was formed, Lieutenant General Harrison knows better than anyone else, and he does not want to dwell on this issue, so he changed the subject.

Lieutenant General Harrison asked, "Two generals, as you can see, what is the reason why the Japanese army did not carry out a large-scale attack on the landing site today?" With the experience of two people who fought with the Japanese army for more than ten days, you might as well talk about it! ”

Brigadier General Field, commander of the 1st Marine Division, said in a timely manner: "After more than ten days of fierce fighting, although our army has suffered heavy losses, the situation of the Japanese army is not much better, it is a tired division, and in the face of our new reinforcements of more than 80,000 troops, it is understandable that they will temporarily avoid the edge and do not launch a large-scale attack!" ”

Brigadier General Hollakeden, commander of the 3rd Marine Division, is an American soldier with a violent personality, for more than ten days, he has been beaten by the Japanese army only to parry, and has no power to fight back, and he has long been holding back a breath of anger in his heart.

Therefore, as soon as Brigadier General Field's words fell, he got up and said loudly: "Your Excellency Commander, I have a Jianyì, our landing force, don't stop, boldly assault, continue to attack in depth and fiercely on Hawaii Island, take advantage of the exhaustion of the Japanese Seventh Army, use the cutting-edge troops, and give the damned Japanese a hard blow!" ”

Lieutenant General Harrison, who admired Brigadier General Hollakeden's momentum very much, fought hard for more than ten days, did not lose the courage to fight, and still maintained an indomitable offensive spirit, this is the real American soldier, and he accepted Brigadier General Hollakeden's advice.

Said to the chief of staff beside him: "Convey my order, the ninth and tenth divisions of mechanized infantry, and the fourth division of the Marine Corps that have landed, are divided into two attack arrows on the left and right, and storm the Japanese positions, it should be noted that the interval between the two attack forces shall not be greater than ten kilometers, and order General Fallwood, his carrier-based aircraft, to provide air fire support for the attack troops!" ”

At the same time, on the other side of Hawaii Island, Lieutenant General Nakano Ryoki, commander of the Japanese Seventh Army, after listening to the report of the chief of staff, Major General Nobuto, smiled even more proudly, and said: "Nobuyo-kun, General Suzuki's air force, has completed their mission, next, it is time for our troops to come on the field, order, all attacking troops, immediately counterattack the landed American troops on all fronts, and drive the Yankees into the sea!" ”

Units of the 9th and 10th Mechanized Infantry Divisions of the US Second Army had advanced to a distance of more than 30 kilometers from the landing site, and had not encountered any resistance from the Japanese troops.

The follow-up troops followed one after another, looking down from the sky, the ground on Hawaii Island was full of soldiers, tanks, and trucks of American troops, and suddenly, a sharp howling sound came from the sky, and Brigadier General Jeffrey Span, the commander of the Ninth Division, who was observing the situation, suddenly turned pale, and the telescope in his hand fell sharply on the jeep!

As a veteran of the First World War, Brigadier General Jeffrey Span could easily tell that it was an untold number of shells, a scream that pierced the air, and, moreover, a large-caliber shell!

(To be continued)

!