Tang Qiuli turned around and asked, "Yuhe, is there any emergency?" "Before I came to the hospital, I had already told Zhao Yuhe, if it wasn't for our special circumstances, Zhao Yuhe would never come to the hospital and disturb his conversation with Chutian!

Zhao Yuhe replied: "It's not a particularly urgent situation, I just received a report from the intelligence department, about the intelligence of the US military, on 21 June, the US Second Army, under the command of Commander Lieutenant General Harrison, set out from the Los Angeles assembly area and headed for the Hawaiian Islands battlefield, the total strength of the group army is about 140,000 people, the number of the specific unit is unknown, and the intelligence is continuing to be collected!" ”

"I took a look at it and thought that this would have a great impact on the situation in the Eastern Pacific Theater, so I was anxious to show it to the division commander so that the division commander could make an accurate judgment on the next change in the situation in the Pacific Theater!"

Tang Qiuli took the telegram, read it carefully, and said thoughtfully: "The Americans realized the threat and finally took out the maximum force that could be taken out at present, but, Yuhe, this Second Army, in the US military establishment that we have mastered, does not seem to have it before, and the Second Group Army, which has 140,000 troops, has ordered the Intelligence Department to quickly find out this matter!" ”

Zhao Yuhe replied: "Yes, division commander, and two days before the US Second Army left for the Hawaiian Islands, the US Congress passed a bill declaring war on Japan, formally declaring war on Japan. ”

Tang Qiuli said with a mocking sneer at the corner of his mouth: "It has been more than 20 days since the outbreak of the Pacific War, and Japan officially declared war on the United States on June 5, while the Americans delayed for more than two weeks before officially declaring war on Japan. Even if the United States switched to a wartime system, it would not be able to contain the Japanese offensive momentum in a short period of time. ”

"What kind of Second Army, the origin is strange, if it can be on the battlefield in the Hawaiian Islands. Withstood the attacks of the Japanese army. If the situation in the Eastern Pacific Theater is stabilized, the situation in the Eastern Pacific will fall into a considerable period of stalemate, otherwise. The Americans are about to be forced to defend their homeland, and it should be noted that the elite units of the US army are all on the European battlefield, and the German attack is quite fierce. The pressure on the Anglo-American coalition was extremely great, and it was not easy for the US troops to withdraw from the European theater. ”

"Yesterday, didn't you see the war report sent by the German General Staff, the German army is already preparing to cross the English Channel and attack the British mainland, so, the American Second Army. It is the key to influencing the Eastern Pacific Theater, and Yuhe ordered Yu Deshui, the director of the Intelligence Division, to find out the details of this Second Army, no matter what means and methods are used. So that we can make the next action plan! ”

After the business was over, Zhao Yuhe walked to Chu Tian's bed and asked with concern: "Captain Chu, your injuries are recovering quickly." Recuperate with peace of mind, and the teacher is looking forward to your early discharge from the hospital! ”

Chu Tian replied with a smile, "Thank you Chief of Staff for your concern." To tell the truth, that is, the doctor and Murong Xue didn't let me get out of bed, according to my own will, I was discharged from the hospital now, lying in the hospital for more than ten days, my bones were sore, and I was more tired than training! ”

Murong Xue on the side shouted wronged, "Division commander, chief of staff, listen, it's the doctor who doesn't let you get out of bed to move, it's not me!" What's more, the wound hasn't healed yet, can you get out of bed and move? ”

Tang Qiuli and Zhao Yuhe laughed, Tang Qiuli said: "Chutian, don't think about being discharged, you won't lie in the hospital for a few months, even if the doctor agrees to your discharge, I won't approve it!" ”

Chu Tian made a bitter face and muttered: "Commander, didn't you want my life, a few months, my God, I killed someone!" ”

On 24 June, after four days of turbulent seas, the US Second Army could finally see the outline of the Hawaiian Islands, and Vice Admiral Harrison, its commander, stood on the deck of the heavy cruiser USS McGinn, the flagship of the newly formed Pacific Fleet, and looked at the increasingly clear land line in his field of vision, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although there are more than 60 warships of the Pacific Fleet, among them, there are three aircraft carriers to escort the escort, and the escort force is not small, but Vice Admiral Harrison's heart is not to support the bottom line, looking around the surrounding situation, the Japanese have occupied several important islands, and the Japanese land-based aircraft can carry out air strikes on the formation under sail at any time!

If it was just the Pacific Fleet, Vice Admiral Harrison would not be so worried, but among the formation, there were nearly 1,000 troop carriers, the ninth and tenth divisions of the first echelon of mechanized infantry of the Second Army, the third and fifth divisions of the Marine Corps, and more than 80,000 people in the four divisions, all of which were on board.

Being sunk by a Japanese bomber on a troop transport ship is the fate of seven or eight hundred soldiers dying at sea, therefore, after the departure of the troops, Harrison, in the name of the commander, ordered all the land-based fighter wings of the Third and Sixth Air Forces of the Air Force to enter a state of special combat readiness, and ordered the fleet to maintain a state of first-class combat readiness.

Vice Admiral Folwood, the new commander of the Pacific Fleet of the US Navy, was very unimpressed with Vice Admiral Harrison's nervous and aberration, and in his heart, he still vaguely looked down on him, but the Pacific Fleet is currently under the command of the Second Army, and Vice Admiral Harrison is still his own boss.

To be sure, Vice Admiral Folwood, who fought to the death against the German Navy's submarine "wolf pack" units in the Atlantic theater, did not think that the Japanese naval fleet could have much combat power, and that the total annihilation of the former Pacific Fleet was, in the eyes of the vice admiral, a great deal of time to be led by a sneak attack, and neither the Battle of Pearl Harbor nor the Battle of Midway was a frontal decisive battle.

Germany, which claims to be the number one military power in Europe, has never had a decent naval battle in the Atlantic theater of war with their navy, or rather, the Germans have not had a decent fleet so far, although the German army is very strong, and in Asia, Japan, can it still come up with a decent fleet?

Vice Admiral Fallwood walked out of the command cabin and came to the deck, looking at the calm sea, a few seagulls flying freely, a cloudless sky, and occasionally a few white clouds drifting by, looking at the frowning and worried Vice Admiral Harrison, Vice Admiral Fallwood felt the need to give the commander some confidence and comforted: "Your Excellency Commander, there is no need to worry too much, if the Japanese Navy has strong combat power, it should appear on our way to the Hawaiian Islands!" ”

"Our fleet has more than 200 carrier-based aircraft, which can completely provide safe air cover for the formation, and the Japanese fleet did not appear, which shows that they do not dare to engage the Pacific Fleet head-on!"

Vice Admiral Harrison is not so optimistic, if it is really as Vice Admiral Fallwood said, then how to explain the total annihilation of the former Pacific Fleet, the Japanese fleet, must be hiding somewhere, waiting for an opportunity to move, and the situation in the Hawaiian Islands battlefield is even more worrying, the 1st and 4th Marine Divisions have been compressed by the Japanese Seventh Army in the easternmost part of Hawaii Island.

The two Marine Corps divisions, with less than four regiments of troops left, stubbornly held on, and a position with a radius of no more than 100 square kilometers, such a large area, had to be used as the only landing ground for more than 80,000 people in the four divisions of the first echelon of the Second Army.

Moreover, the conditions at this landing site were extremely bad, and the landing craft could not reach the shore at all, so the soldiers had to disembark at a distance of more than 2,000 meters from the land, wading through the sea water that was almost not deep.

He looked at the confident vice admiral and reminded: "General, I don't think that the Japanese fleet has no ability to attack us, it's just that they don't think there are no fighters, general, don't underestimate the enemy, when I was working in the army staff, I also had a general understanding of the situation of the Japanese naval fleet, general, when my troops began to land, all the fighters in the fleet must provide strong air cover!" ”

Vice Admiral Fallwood replied disapprenousively, "That's natural, the task of the fleet is to ensure that the infantry land on Hawaii Island," and before he could say something, a communications staff officer hurried over, "Report to Your Excellency Commander, I have received a telegram from Brigadier General Holman, commander of the 1st Marine Division on Hawaii Island, that there is no large-scale battle today, and the troops can land as originally planned!" ”

Lieutenant General Harrison ordered: "The troops began to land according to the original plan, and the sequence of the landing was as follows, the ninth and tenth divisions of the mechanized infantry were the first wave, the third and fifth divisions of the Marine Corps were the second wave, and the headquarters of the group army followed the first echelon ashore!" Order the troops on the island, closely monitor the objects of the Japanese army, and hold the landing field during the landing of the troops, regardless of the fierce attack of the Japanese army! ”

Then, looking at Vice Admiral Fallwood, he said: "General, your plane will take off immediately and take off to the skies at the landing force, I don't know why, such a quiet battlefield, compared with the fierce battles of the previous days, makes my heart even more uneasy, and this is only the beginning!" ”

On the other side of Hawaii Island, Lieutenant General Yoshiki Nakano, commander of the Japanese Seventh Army, put down the phone, and a trace of bloody excitement flashed in his eyes.

(To be continued)

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