"Gao, what is your opinion? Do you prefer to hit Luzon or Wanwan Island first? ”

Gao Jianwu was fishing there, but he didn't expect General Steven to suddenly ask him directly.

He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but he quickly cleared his mind.

"I just finished listening to the generals' speeches. Personally, I think everyone is right. Whether we attack Luzon or Bendwan first, we will surely win. After all, our strength in the sea and air is far superior to that of the little devils. Gao Jianwu's loud words made the generals present explode all of a sudden, and they began to discuss.

Some agree, but others scoff. In their opinion, Gao Jianwu is talking nonsense and big talk.

In the Battle of Guadalcanal, which ended last year, the Army of the Beautiful Country, which had absolute superiority in sea and air, faced 60,000 people against the 36,000 defense troops of the little devils, annihilated 19,000 little devils, and suffered 15,000 casualties of its own.

Such a heavy battle loss ratio makes the generals involved in this battle shudder to this day.

Gao Jianwu said lightly that he would definitely win, which was simply laughing at their previous achievements.

"High, let's be honest. We don't need ambiguous answers, we need you to tell us clearly, whether to hit Luzon or bend first? What's your reasoning? General Steven said with some dissatisfaction.

"If I had to say it. Why don't we do it at the same time? For an adult, we all do. Gao Jianwu's words were astonishing, and immediately set off a noisy discussion.

This time, even the generals who originally knew something about Gao Jianwu now turned against each other and began to refute Gao Jianwu's view.

"Maybe it's a bit far-fetched to say that when we send one army to Luzon, we send another part of the army to Wanwan Island. Now that you have the capacity to send 280,000 people to Luzon, it will not be a problem to send another 60,000 people to Wanwan Island. Gao Jianwu ignored these people's discussions and continued to speak.

"So now the multiple-choice question comes, who is going to Luzon and who is going to Wanwan Island?"

"High, we don't have the ability to support two-front operations at the same time." A general with the rank of lieutenant general stood up and said.

"If we need 280,000 people in Luzon to be able to support such a fight, we need almost as many people to take them out on the island of Bend. But now it is clear that we do not have nearly 600,000 troops to support such a two-front operation.

If only 60,000 people are sent to Wanwan Island, it will become a snack for little devils. ”

Gao Jianwu glanced at the lieutenant general, did not respond directly to his words, but raised his voice and said.

"Generals, I think you have the same opinion as this general. So the answer to this multiple-choice question is very simple. You choose to go to Luzon, and I choose to go to Wanwan Island, as for the more than 200,000 little devils on Wanwan Island, how many people do you need to solve?

I think as a commander who has annihilated no less than 400,000 little devils, I should have such a say. As long as 60,000 of my soldiers are sent to Wanwan Island, plus 1,000 artillery pieces of 75 mm or more, of which no less than 300 155 mm howitzers and 105 mm howitzers, 100,000 rounds of various types of artillery shells.

300 Sherman tanks, as well as the supply of 100 Mustang fighters. And responsible for the air interdiction support on Wanwan Island, send a detachment to control the attack of the Navy of the Little Devil Combined Fleet in the surrounding waters, and sufficient logistics support, I can guarantee that I will take Wanwan Island in 3 months. ”

Gao Jianwu's words were obviously unexpected by General Steven, and at the same time, General Mack felt very surprised.

Although the people of the beautiful country appreciate the attitude of frank talk, they do not like to talk about it except to praise people.

"Gao, we're talking about a very serious campaign plan. You must know that our every move is related to the life and death of thousands of people. I wonder why you think you can take down Wanwan Island with 60,000 people? If you are so confident, why don't you use these 60,000 people to fight Luzon first? General Mack said with a frown.

Because it would be no good for me to take Luzon except to explode some supplies, but if we take Wanwan Island, it is obvious that this territory will be a new base for us to occupy. This will reduce the hassle in the future.

Gao Jianwu thought in his heart, but he said something else to General Mack.

"We have a saying that it is a two-pronged approach. The benefits of this are self-evident. Even we couldn't have imagined that we could do this. For the little devils, they couldn't have imagined that we were so crazy. Tactically, this is a surprise, and the little devil is not much defense. ”

"Frankly speaking, that's what the little devil's army combat effectiveness looks like. Although there are more than 200,000 little devils on Wanwan Island. They were deployed separately, and each defensive stronghold would not exceed one division, which gave us a chance to break through. ”

"I'm going to divide these 60,000 people into two clusters, left and right. Advancing from the south of the island along the east and west shores, if I had advanced quickly, the enemy would have been weaker than ours in almost every attack. ”

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"However, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that our allies have sea and air superiority.

Our allied air force can be deployed across the island to completely suppress the imp air force.

Next, the Allied fleet should have no problem solving the detachment of the combined fleet of the little devils on Wanwan Island, so that there will be nothing to threaten us at sea.

On the contrary, the Allied fleet can provide important long-range artillery support to the land side, and the Allied fleet ships can support at least 25 kilometers in depth, so that if we march within 25 kilometers of the coastline, the little devils will not be able to concentrate their forces to stop us. ”

"Then they are left with only two options. The first option is to choose layers of resistance and consume us. The second option is to retreat gradually, concentrating on a few large cities to the north for desperate defense. ”

"If you face the little devil, the first option. Then it is right in the hands of our army to separate them and rely on the air force, artillery, and tanks to break them individually.

If the little devils choose to assemble in a big city for defense. It doesn't matter to us either. Every major city on the northern side of Wanwan Island is within the range of naval guns and the like.

We can use air force bombing, naval artillery strikes, and superior army artillery attacks to form a three-dimensional firepower network to gradually eliminate the little devils on the defensive positions. ”

Gao Jianwu talked eloquently. The generals who originally thought that his idea was a fantasy have now listened to Gao Jianwu's tactical arrangements. One by one, they stopped talking and began to ponder.

Truly. The little devil is on the island of Bend, although there are more troops deployed. But almost all of the cities over there are built along the coastline. In other words, the defense of the little devils is almost all exposed to the range of the ship's guns and the like.

As a result, their defensive positions would be subject to combined Allied naval and land strikes. Unless they retreat to the central wooded areas. But in this way, most of their heavy weapons will have to be discarded.

For little devils who have no logistical resources and just have small arms. Gao Jianwu's 60,000 people were strong enough to pull them out and kill them one by one.

If Gao Jianwu's troops really have 1,000 artillery pieces of various types, what can those little devils who are just holding 38 big covers and crooked machine guns compete with Gao Jianwu?

Therefore, for the little devils, whether they retreat to fight guerrillas, or stay where they are and resist step by step, it seems to be a matter of early death and late death.

The tactical arrangement on the island is completely different from that of Luzon, which has a large defense in depth.

For a time, not only most of the generals were persuaded by Gao Jianwu. Even General Steven and General Mack are now very moved.

To be honest, the weapons and equipment requested by Gao Jianwu, although they may sound like huge amounts, are not impossible for General Steven and General Mack.

The production of artillery in the beautiful country is calculated in thousands or even tens of thousands, with the M1A1 155 mm howitzer required by Gao Jianwu, the standard artillery of the beautiful army, they have produced a total of more than 4,000 pieces, and the M2A1 105 mm howitzer is the most equipped artillery of the beautiful army during World War II, producing more than 8,500 pieces.

In another time and space, the beautiful country provided 476 M2A1 howitzers to the preserved fruit alone, but unfortunately the principal was useless and became the captain of the transportation team.

In this time and space, Gao Jianwu intercepted a part, and the total amount left for preserved fruits was much less. As for the Sherman tank, the beautiful country produced 50,000 units, and a mere 300 units is nothing, and the M1 75mm howitzer is even more nothing.

Frankly speaking, these external conditions proposed by Gao Jianwu can be met by both General Mack and General Steven. But the two of them still have reservations about Gao Jianwu's desire to use 60,000 troops to solve the 200,000 little devils.

It's just that Gao Jianwu provided them with another new idea.

General Mack took two hard puffs of his pipe, exhaling a thick smoke ring. He still doesn't know Gao Jianwu very well, but Gao Jianwu's suggestion is very much in line with his appetite.

To put it mildly, even if Gao Jianwu failed on Wanwan Island. But Gao Jianwu's actions are bound to provide strong cover for his actions on Luzon and distract the resistance of the little devils.

This provided him with a strong help in attacking Luzon.

60,000 weapons and equipment, although it is not a small number, but for General Mack, if he needs to pay 50,000 people to seize this island, he would rather pay these weapons and ammunition to replace the lives of these 50,000 people.

So General Mack, he was really moved.

"100,000 people, high, if you can provide 100,000 troops to land on the island, I will agree with your action." General Steven on the side was obviously very excited, but he was still very worried about the 60,000 people provided by Gao Jianwu.

If there are 100,000 people, according to Gao Jianwu's record in the Southeast Asian Peninsula, he can push horizontally with 50,000 people at that time, then 100,000 people are relatively very sure.

"There's no need for that, General Steven. On both sides of Wanwan Island, we can attack only about 30 kilometers in depth. No matter how large the number of troops is, not only will the logistical resources be burdened, but our offensive formation will not be able to be deployed. After listening to General Steven's words, Gao Jianwu replied with a wry smile.

Of course, he also hoped to have more troops, but the reality of the situation really did not allow it. Even if it is a force of 60,000 people, he has to squeeze it out from several aspects. After all, the situation in Central China has just settled down.

But it is not stable, and if the main forces are withdrawn, it is very likely to attract the second round of siege by the little devils. But he will be too discouraged to command both sides to get the most out of the artillery.

Relying on normal tactical command, one attack group can now fight a division. If this is not good, the little foundation that has just been established will be taken over by the little devils again.

In fact, there are only 5 attack groups in the elite troops of the three towns of Hankou, and the other 4 attack groups that have been newly established have not yet possessed the combat effectiveness of the main force.

So if you draw out 60,000 elite troops. Gao Jianwu needs to get an attack group from the brigade commander. Then build another attack group from Li Yunlong's hands. In addition, Chu Yunfei and Ding Wei each set up one attack group in the two base areas, and Gao Jianwu only needed to dispatch two attack groups from the three towns of Hankou.

Sitting in the three towns of Hankou, there are still 3 main attack groups and 4 reserve attack groups of mixed defense teams, plus artillery attack groups, tank attack groups and air force attack groups, which can hold out for a long time against 10 little devil divisions.

In addition, during this period of time, he frantically replenished the blood of Commander Chen and them, and there was no problem in dispatching 2 divisions to reinforce at a critical moment, in this case, Gao Jianwu had the strength to fight against 12 divisions in the face of the little devils in East China, which was really true.

As for in the north, the brigade commander and Li Yunlong together now have more than 100,000 troops, and the remnants of the North China Dispatch Army and the Kwantung Army are a dozen divisions.

However, if four more attack groups are dispatched, whether it is from the brigade commander and Li Yunlong, or from the elite of the three towns of Hankou, there will be a certain gap.

It's just that for this reason, Gao Jianwu is not suitable to explain General Mack and General Steven.

In fact, if you can really get 1000 cannonballs, there are enough shells. Those 300 tanks are to protect the troops from being raided by the little devils. Then Gao Jianwu can use the cannon to bulldoze the little devil directly.

As the god of war, the power of the cannon will be even more terrifying under Gao Jianwu's hands. With 100 Mustang fighters in the air, Gao Jianwu now has pilots to fly these fighters. In the face of the little devils, for most of the Nakajima Type 1 fighters on Wanwan Island, now they can have an overwhelming advantage.

In this case, Gao Jianwu planned that in the worst-case scenario, the allies would not be able to provide long-range naval artillery fire support to him at any time, and he could also push all the way through with his own strength. Even if he is a little devil, he can gather 3~5 divisions for a decisive battle, and he is not false at all.

Of course, when talking about conditions now, Gao Jianwu must take the support of the Allied naval ships as an external condition for himself. After all, if there were two or three Allied battleships to support it. Even the early Florida-class models had five twin 356mm cannons and six 127mm secondary cannons for their main guns, and under the attack of such cannons, there was almost no fortress that could not be opened.

At the same time, with this external condition, the little devil did not dare to gather troops to fight Gao Jianwu on the narrow coastline.

Not to mention the Iowa-class battleship, this giant has a formidable 9 triple MK.7 406mm cannons and 20 twin 127mm secondary guns, which directly control targets from 10 km to 35 km.

If there is this external fire support, it will be easier for Gao Jianwu to fight.

It's just that since Gao Jianwu got up, he has never fought a war that he is not sure of. The Allied fleet firepower resources were nothing more than icing on the cake for him.

When you get that batch of weapons and ammunition, you are taking your fate into your own hands.

Even if there are certain twists and turns in the supply of weapons and ammunition supplied by logistics, Gao Jianwu is not afraid of it, and can achieve war support through combat capture and explosives, and finally take down the entire Wanwan Island.

After all, as a hanger, Gao Jianwu is not a person without confidence.

Such an important thing, of course, cannot be filmed on the spot and determined. So after Gao Jianwu put forward a shocking suggestion, the meeting basically came to an end and was soon announced to end.

Next, General Mack and General Steven will definitely consult carefully, and after much weighing, they will come to their own conclusions.

However, for these, Gao Jianwu is not in a hurry at all.

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"John, long time no see, let's toast to the reunion." Gao Jianwu raised his wine glass.

There was a gentle touch with Major General Smith.

finally came to Hong Kong and Kowloon, and Gao Jianwu naturally asked Major General Smith to have a good meal of catching up.

"Cheers to the reunion!" Major General Smith happily drank it all.

"Gao, frankly, I was stunned by your suggestion today." Maj. Gen. Smith said. "But that's what you can say. You are the greatest miracle of the characters I know, simply a living legend. ”

Major General Smith did not hesitate to praise himself at all, after all, in his mind, Gao Jianwu could really afford it.

In the past nearly a year of fighting side by side, Gao Jianwu has created many miracles. At the same time, it also allowed Major General Smith to cross the two important promotion hurdles of brigadier general and major general from colonel, so that the young Major General Smith had a bright future.

Judging from his current record and qualifications, even if he continues to go steadily from now, a general in the future can already be expected.

Therefore, in public and private, Major General Smith is very grateful to Gao Jianwu.

"John, we're all good friends, but if you compliment me like that, I'll float." Gao Jianwu exaggerated a flying pose. Rear Admiral Smith smiled a little from ear to ear.

"Well, no kidding. John, this Mr. Tsang is our head of the Hong Kong and Kowloon region. You know that we have our own interests in the South Seas, and now we have opened up the South China Sea base area and the South China base area, and we have a lot of places that need to borrow from Hong Kong and Kowloon, the most important port in the Far East.

I hope that in the coming time, John can help us in any way he can. ”

Gao Jianwu said bluntly. Today, he brought the person in charge of the Hong Kong and Kowloon regional organization over to establish direct contact with Major General Smith in order to let Major General John Smith, one of the high-ranking figures of the allied forces in the Hong Kong and Kowloon region, reduce the trouble of re-exporting materials and personnel to the base area.

The South China Sea Base Area and the South China Base Area developed by Gao Jianwu now need to transit a lot of things through this port, and with the cooperation of Major General Smith, many things will develop very smoothly.

Not to mention that there are still a lot of raw materials and goods from the Nanyang region, which need to be transited through here, and if someone gets in the way, Gao Jianwu will be very uncomfortable. After all, the volume of goods he is transshipment now is very huge.

In the upper echelons of the Allied forces, it was very difficult to transport thousands of tons of supplies to the various base areas without the support of a powerful figure.

Because now it's no longer a few tons and dozens of tons of petty fights.

"Hello, Mr. Zeng, this is my business card, if there is anything, you can call me." Major General Smith quickly took out a business card and handed it to Mr. Zeng.

"Thank you, General Smith." Mr. Tsang solemnly took Major General Smith's business card and carefully tucked it away.

If it weren't for Gao Jianwu today, he would not have been able to get in touch with Major General Smith at all.

As the head of the Allied Air Force in the Southeast Asian Theater, Major General Smith is already a high-ranking member of the Allied forces, not to mention that Major General Smith has a close relationship with General Steven, even if he has a strong influence on the inland theater.

"Mr. Zeng, you're welcome, you're Gao's friend, that's my friend." Maj. Gen. Smith raised his glass. "Come, let's make a toast to today's acquaintance."

In the midst of the staggering, the alcohol soon became familiar to the two strangers.

As a high-ranking member of the Allied forces, Major General Smith actually has no friends in this area, on the one hand, he has his own pride, and idle characters can't get into his eyes at all.

Another aspect is that his identity is a little sensitive, and ordinary people dare not approach him.

Gao Jianwu is one of the very few Chinese people he admires.

That's why Major General Smith is willing to have some personal relations with Gao Jianwu outside of official business.

"Gao, I want to ask, is your proposal for 60,000 people to solve the problem of Wanwan Island serious?" When Major General Smith was almost drunk, he finally couldn't help but ask the question he had hidden in his heart for a long time.

"Sure, John, how about you, if my plan is approved, will you be my chief of staff? Together, we're working miracles again. Gao Jianwu asked with a smile.

With 60,000 to defeat more than 200,000 little devils, to seize an extremely important strategic point, this credit is more impressive than the capture of Luzon, as one of the main commanders of this force, Major General Smith, if he really participated in this battle and won, it is obvious that he will become the brightest new star in the military circles of the beautiful country.

Major General Smith's eyes widened, and his snort suddenly became much heavier.

"Of course, Gao, we are best friends and staunchest comrades-in-arms."