Jun Takeshita rejected the idea that the adjutants here wanted to invite him to dinner, but asked them to prepare their bags, he was going to return to China immediately, to start his plan, he couldn't wait for a moment.

Subsequently, Takeshita Jun planned to transfer from Huaibei to Anhui, then to Shanghai, and then return from Shanghai.

……

Kuah is the second largest island in the Solomon Islands, located at low latitudes south of the equator, with a typically hot and humid tropical climate.

On the evening of August 6, 1942, the US landing formation had reached the sea area about 60 nautical miles away from Kuah Island, and with the cover of bad weather, it was never discovered by the Japanese army. At the same time as the landing formation sailed across, the US air units stationed on Efate and Espírito Santo dispatched B-17 bombers to suppress the Japanese troops in the Solomon Islands, while the US planes taking off from the island of New Guinea closely monitored the Japanese forces in the Bismarck Islands and the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea.

At 1 a.m. on 7 August, the landing formation reached a sea area ten nautical miles from Kuah Island and was divided into two units, the 1st and 5th Marine Regiments commanded by Van der Grift attacked Kuah Island through the South Waterway of Savo Island, and the unit codenamed Y-Ray was attacked by four battalions commanded by Brigadier General Ruptas of Deputy Division Commander through the North Waterway of Savo Island to attack Tulagi Island. Two other battalions served as reserves.

The Battle of Kuah Island officially began. The clarion call for the Allied counteroffensive also began to sound.

At about 6 o'clock, the warships covering the formation began shelling the Japanese positions on Kuah Island, and then the carrier-based planes that took off from the aircraft carrier flew over Kuah Island and carried out fierce bombing and strafing.

"Captain! The Yankees are attacking! They want to land! A Japanese soldier opened his mouth wide and looked at the captain next to him.

"Yaga! Run! We are sappers! We don't even have weapons! Yaga! ”

That's right, although the Japanese troops on Kuah Island were engineers, but they were actually Korean laborers who built the airport, and they did not bring any weapons, and a small number of garrison troops fled into the jungle when they saw that the US soldiers were pressing the border, and they did not dare to resist, so the US troops successfully landed on Kuah Island without firing a shot, and by sunset, more than 11,000 people had landed on Kuah Island.

"Your Excellency, Colonel! The Japanese are vulnerable! It's all gone! An American soldier spoke to a colonel, "However, since we don't have an accurate map, we haven't been able to find the location of the Japanese airfield yet!" ”

"Send someone to find it immediately!"

"Yes!"

On the other side of Kuah Island, the Japanese were terrified.

"Captain, what now? Americans ......"

"Report to Command immediately! Right now! ”

"Hey!"

……

When the war report of the Pacific Ocean was presented to the Japanese army base camp, everyone was confused!

I didn't hear that the Americans were going to beat us before! Why did you call all of a sudden? And the Americans have already landed?

As a result, a group of high-level officials began an emergency meeting again.

At this time, Hideki Tojo realized how correct the situation analyzed by Zhou Weiguo before. Information! In the war against the United States, intelligence is their shortcoming!

The Japanese look so different from the Americans! It's almost impossible for them to plant spies!

The United States is not China!

In order to fight China, they can be said to have prepared hard for many years! Even, first occupy Korea, and then take the three eastern provinces as a springboard to conquer China! But what about the United States?

Now it is difficult to fight for the initiative in the Pacific, what to do?

"Baiwujun, what do you say?" Hideki Tojo looked at Momoku Gengo, at this time, he should listen to the opinions of the old general.

"Your Excellency, it is certain to order all departments to defend at once, but the forces of the American invasion must be wiped out on Kuah Island! Otherwise, once the Americans use Kuah Island as a springboard, the Empire's arrangement in the South Pacific will probably be ruined! "As an old admiral, Baiwu Yuanwu has his own considerations. These naval attacks were too risky, so much so that they failed at Midway. Of course, Yamamoto's idea is very risky and very consistent with the characteristics of the current group of people in the military department who love to gamble. But it's not that the Japanese Navy is not saved now, they actually still have the advantage, except that the battle line is too long, and there are too many troops needed on the South Pacific side. But there is only one thing that is to be thankful, that is, the independent division of the navy is no longer a cause for concern.

"Any other ideas?" Hideki Tojo looked at Yamamoto Fifty-six and the others, the navy, which was also considered a faction.

Yamamoto Fifty-six shook his head, "General Hyakwu's thoughts are very sound. ”

Rao was he, and indeed he did not expect the Americans to take the initiative to attack, and he was a little stunned. But then it was relieved that they had failed at Midway, and if the Americans did not attack again, they would soon have to recover.

However, it is true that Kuah Island was landed by the Americans so quickly, and it was indeed something they did not expect, but now, they can only let the defenders defend on the spot and hold their positions, and then let the surrounding forces destroy this force of American troops as soon as possible, otherwise, the arrangements they made in the South Pacific will soon fall short.

"However, there are a lot of supplies on Kuah Island!" Yamamoto Fifty-six's expression changed, "It must be defended, if it can't be kept, then it must be destroyed!" ”

Hideki Tojo narrowed his eyes and nodded, "That's true, before, the airport on Kuah Island should have been 80% built." ”

"Hey!"

"Let General Hyakutake Haruyoshi be sure to send troops to defend Kuah Island! This island is extremely important! ”

"Hey!"

Baiwu Yuanwu sighed slightly, his younger brother was already a military commander, and he was still on the front line, shouldering heavy responsibilities, to be honest, he also wanted to go to the battlefield, although he was already a little older.

However, he always felt that if Yamamoto Isoroku and Shigetaro Shimada continued like this, the Japanese Navy would always be destroyed. All along, he insisted on coordinating with the United States, and was almost banished from the Navy.

Shaking his head slightly, now, he is not too trusted, and if he wants to lead the army, he will not be agreed.

"Gentlemen! Cheer up! Hideki Tojo stood up and looked at everyone with burning eyes, "The future of the empire is in your hands!" Please work hard! Don't give up! As long as we don't give up, we will succeed! Empire, there will be glory and glory! ”

"Please!" Hideki Tojo bowed to everyone.

"Hey!"

The admirals are still very moved.

This shows that Hideki Tojo attaches importance to them, but it is also true that the navy is very important in the war with the United States! If it weren't for that, they wouldn't be sitting here right now.

Subsequently, Hideki Tojo departed, and he was going to report the matter to the emperor.

As for the navy, the people are talking about it, and the order that has just been discussed will be issued soon, and they also believe that the warriors in the Pacific can deal with this problem.

It's just that the question is how to eliminate this force of the US military.

Since the US military dares to attack, it must be fully prepared! The most important thing is that Kuah Island is very likely to be undefended, because most of the soldiers on Kuah Island are North Korean laborers.

If you really want to keep it, it can't be.

But as soon as Kuah Island is lost, it will give the US military some things for nothing, which is also what they don't want to see, but what should it be?

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