Having operated in Australia for many years, Australia is far from its homeland, similar to an independent kingdom, Admiral Fernandez, in his capacity as the Governor-General of Australia and the Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Garrison, is a veritable emperor of the earth, and his value is not much lower than MacArthur, or even higher.

MacArthur was ashamed to speak, in the tone of an old commander, when he taught Lieutenant General Jonathan, Admiral Fernandez was already about to blow up his lungs, especially this shameless guy, as soon as he appeared, that kind of contrived posture, and the arrogance of claiming to be the master, made him sick for a while, but, considering Lieutenant General Jonathan's face, he endured it and did not have a seizure, if MacArthur's performance ended here, Admiral Fernandez was not willing to tear his face.

But this shameless old fellow, a deserter on the battlefield, turned out to be endless, with a swaggering ugly face, and put his hand on his head, Admiral Fernandez could not bear it any longer, he had no love for MacArthur, and he would not care about the face of any Americans.

Admiral Fernandez slapped the case and roared angrily: "Enough, Mr. MacArthur, please retract your ridiculous words, the situation on the battlefield in Australia is not something that you are qualified to comment on as a general who has fled the battlefield, and the choice of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces is not up to you, a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, can decide!" ”

"At the beginning, when you were trying your best to plan the defense of Manila, I reminded you that Luzon is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and it is not a place to defend for a long time, and it is not possible to fight the Japanese army for a long time, and Australia is the place where the Allies can finally gain a foothold, and the American troops can withdraw eastward to this point, but have you listened to my advice?"

"No, I was reminded. If Australia's troops are transferred to the Luzon battlefield, once the Japanese army attacks the Australian mainland, we will have no troops available, have you listened? No, in his capacity as commander-in-chief of the Allied Southwest Pacific Theater, he forcibly ordered 100,000 British and Australian troops to reinforce the Luzon battlefield. Unfortunately for me, Ito sent out 300,000 troops to attack Australia, and I had only 60,000 soldiers on my hands. ”

"If you talk about the current passive situation in the Australian war. You are the initiator, if it were not for the Chinese Tang Qiuli. Lend a helping hand. Dispatch planes to escort all the way, my 100,000 soldiers will be destroyed in the hands of your MacArthur, I am afraid that Australia has already fallen into the hands of the Japanese, what qualifications do you have, accuse the soldiers of the British Empire who are fighting against the Japanese army. Without their desperate resistance, you don't know where you are now! ”

"After 100,000 soldiers of the British Empire returned to the Australian battlefield, Manila was fiercely attacked by the Japanese army, and your soldiers were fighting a bloody battle with the Japanese. What did you do? What were the two planes brought to Australia? Mr. MacArthur, I tell you clearly, you are not welcome at today's welcome banquet, nor are you welcome at the Allied headquarters, we are all soldiers who are fighting against the invading enemy, what are your identities and qualifications, standing here and talking nonsense! ”

Admiral Fernandez was completely angry, and all the dissatisfaction with MacArthur that was pressed in his heart broke out, his words were like knives, he didn't save MacArthur any face, and he didn't even shout at the general.

In addition, Admiral Fernandez, who also wanted to take advantage of this occasion to attack MacArthur's prestige, saved this guy who felt very good about himself, when it was related to the war in Australia, jumped out to point fingers, make nonsense, and interfere with his own normal command, especially the interference with the officers of the US and Philippine armies.

MacArthur was mad and stunned, he never expected that Fernandez, who usually looked a little cowardly and didn't pay attention to him at all, would fight back uncharacteristically sharply, and ruthlessly shake out his little ugliness in public.

As a matter of fact, it is no secret that MacArthur left his soldiers and fled the battlefield on Luzon Island among the senior officers of the Allied Forces, and it is one thing to discuss it in private, and it is another thing to talk about it in public, and the nature is different, so the blow to MacArthur is unprecedented, but what Admiral Fernandez said is all facts, well-founded, and MacArthur has no way to refute it.

Arguments and refutations on the spot? I was embarrassed first, what people said was reasonable, and then I looked at these officers at the scene, including my compatriots, looking at their eyes, they couldn't hide their contempt, and no one was willing to stand up and speak for himself, MacArthur knew that his fight today was a big fall, and he lost not only face, but also more things.

MacArthur resisted the urge to strangle Fernandez and pointed at him and shouted: "You are responsible for what you said today, and I will accuse you to my government!" Accuse you of insulting an American general! ”

Major General Fernández smiled contemptuously and replied without fireworks: "Listen to me, but if the government of your country will believe the words of a deserter, and will stand up for a man who abandons his soldiers and flees in a hurry, then I really doubt the intelligence and political wisdom of President Roosevelt!" ”

MacArthur almost fell to the ground, his face was pale, his eyes were man-eating, he looked at Admiral Fernandez viciously, and then, without saying a word, he turned angrily and walked out, looking at his back like a wounded wolf.

At this point, the pleasant atmosphere of the welcome banquet was gone, and the two bigwigs, fighting face to face, almost to the point of hand-to-hand combat, who still had the heart to drink, the officers, could not help but worry about the future cooperation of the Allied forces.

Admiral Fernández let out a long laugh and said, "Officers, let's not let someone humiliate us affect our mood, for the sincere cooperation of the allies, to be able to defeat the Japanese army, cheers!" After saying that, he drank a full glass of whiskey in one go, but it looked very military!

The far-reaching impact of this incident planted the seeds for the discord between the American army and the British army, so that later, MacArthur used his influence to hinder Fernandez in many ways, resulting in the Australian war, which was delayed for more than a year before it ended, and the relationship between Admiral Fernandez and MacArthur broke down to the point that the relationship between the two was on the same page.

Tang Qiuli, who was far away in Singapore, had no way of knowing that the high-level military circles of the United States and Britain were secretive about this fight, and he was preparing to return to Dingbian.

In the early morning of 5 September, the first batch of Anglo-Indian troops in the West Indies, more than 40,000 troops from three divisions, boarded the port of Cochin and sailed for four days and four nights under the escort of the aircraft carrier task force of the independent division's fleet, and on the afternoon of 8 September, they went ashore at the southern Australian port of Clodo, becoming the first batch of troops to reinforce the Allied forces.

Of course, all the soldiers of the troops have been replaced with the equipment provided by the independent division, and Lieutenant General Zhang Quan, the head of the logistics department who has been sitting in Varanasi City in East India, finally received the first golden gold, and the gold was put into storage.

What Tang Qiuli was concerned about was not the predictable outcome of this matter, and he did not have much expectation, what he was worried about was whether the task force aircraft carrier formation escorting the British and Indian forces was intercepted by the Japanese naval fleet and land-based air force without the escort of land-based aviation.

Fortunately, the climate of the Indian Ocean does not affect the perennial construction, and during this period, the task force aircraft carrier formation could not get any air support, and it was not until he received a telegram from the fleet commander Tang Qiuquan that Tang Qiuli breathed a sigh of relief.

"The division pointed out that our aircraft carrier task force was not intercepted by any Japanese fleet or land-based fighters during the escort process, and when it arrived at the southern Australian port of Krodo, there was no battle scene, which shows that the Japanese army has not yet controlled all the Australian port areas, and the aircraft carrier formation is on its way back and will arrive at the Kuala Lumpur Naval and Air Base on the afternoon of 11 September," this is the entire content of the telegram.

Tang Qiuli didn't know why the first escort was so smooth, was Ito Yanzaburo not aware of it, or he had another conspiracy, or he didn't want to conflict with himself, Tang Qiuli couldn't understand the Japanese army's appearance, if it was such a large-scale escort operation, the Japanese army was not aware of it, he didn't believe it.

The aircraft carrier task force did not have any losses, after all, it was a happy thing, the allies on the Australian battlefield received reinforcements, and they would also stabilize the battle situation, the first escort was so smooth, there was a fluke element in it, after thinking about it, Tang Qiuli asked the special guard to go to Zhao Yuhe, the chief of staff, and invite him to his office.

After Zhao Yuhe came, Tang Qiuli said: "Yuhe, in the past two days, I am ready to set off, you prepare a capable command team, follow me, the number of people is not too many, more than a dozen people are enough, in addition, you send a telegram to Minister Zhang, the second batch of equipment provided for the British and Indian army, as far as possible to postpone until the end of the year, our construction of the field airfield in the Chagos Islands, can deploy at least two fighter regiments, after the Wu Zhenjiang troops form combat effectiveness, Uncle Quan will understand as soon as he looks at the telegram!" ”

Zhao Yuhe smiled and replied: "Division commander, even if we equip the British immediately, they will not be able to form an army, this time the troops to reinforce the Australian battlefield have already transferred the standing army of the British in West Indies, recruited soldiers, plus training, in less than four or five months, the British will not be able to send the second batch of reinforcements, you can rest assured!" ”

(To be continued) (To be continued.) )