The base camp of the little devils.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Hase-kun has confirmed that the main force of the Southeast Task Force has landed in Jiayi, has captured Budai Harbor, and has begun to attack Jiayi." Tojo Chick said to a group of generals on land and sea who were attending the meeting.

"According to the report, the southeast task force launched a surprise attack this time, using the naval artillery attack of the allied warships to break through the defensive positions of our army in Budai Harbor.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the loss of this battle is entirely due to the misjudgment of the General Staff Headquarters against the enemy. Now we must make strategic adjustments according to the current situation, and on the naval side, we ask the main force of the 3rd Fleet to immediately move south to support the Wanwan Island side. ”

"Wanwan Island is our strategic point, absolutely not to be lost, the army side, we must immediately organize 3 to 4 divisions to reinforce, ask the navy side to be responsible for organizing the transport fleet, today we must give an operational plan and start mobilization."

"The Air Force, the Second Air Force and the Third Air Force must mobilize no less than 400 fighters ready to support Tess.

"Gentlemen, we must drive the Southeast Task Force into the sea before Allied reinforcements arrive, and they will never be allowed to gain a foothold on Wanwan Island."

Tojo Chichi said in an unmistakable commanding tone to the senior generals of the army and navy.

"Tojo-kun, so far, the main fleet of the Allied forces has not appeared in the waters near Wanwan Island, the Allied Third Fleet, the 34th Task Force, the 38th Task Force and the Seventh Fleet, according to the information fed back by the defenders of Budai Harbor, they should be attacked by an Allied destroyer detachment, only one Brooklyn-class cruiser and 4 destroyers, such a fleet is enough to be dealt with by our Fifth Fleet Kaohsiung Detachment."

Admiral Shimada is not used to Tojo chickens, the differences between the navy and the army are not only long-standing conflicts of interests, competing for a lot of resources to invest, after all, the small book is much worse than the beautiful country, and there is only a little thing in his hand, and there is no more if he does not fight.

On the other hand, in the strategic direction, the navy and the army have never been able to get together.

"According to our intelligence, the main point of attack of the Allies this time is still on Rite Island, and the Southeast Task Force on Wanwan Island is nothing more than a smoke bomb.

400,000 Allied troops were already massing, and their huge transport ships had already been assembled. The main combat mission of the combined fleet is to find them and destroy them on the sea, otherwise the 400,000-strong army will successfully land on Lyte Island, and it will be difficult to keep Luzon, and if Luzon Island is lost, our bases in the south will be destroyed in one fell swoop. ”

Due to historical origins, the main interests of the little devils and the navy are in the south, and many of the resources are concentrated in the special marines of the little devils.

Now the Southeast Asian Peninsula has been completely lost, and the island of Sumatra has also been lost. Among the remaining southern roots, that is, Luzon, Kalimantan and a few other large places.

So for the navy of the little devils, it is absolutely impossible to lose the south.

"Shimada-kun, the enemy has landed on Wanwan Island. At this time, we are still here arguing about where to attack the main attack and where to attack the sheep. Tojo Chick stared sharply at Umixiang Shimada.

"Can you guarantee that we will be able to hold the island?"

But Shimada is not worthy of him at all, and he does not back down from his eyes.

"Now there is a detachment of our fleet on Wanwan Island, nearly 200,000 marines of the navy and land, and hundreds of fighters, Tojo-kun, how much strength do we need to deal with this tens of thousands of people in the southeast? Hase-kun and Takagi-kun, are they both waste? Shimada retorted.

By this time, the Navy and Army still have their own judgments.

But from God's point of view, none of them were wrong. So now they are just as justifiably refuting each other.

The Allied forces are intensively planning for the landing on Lat, and there is not much ability to keep such a large-scale strategic plan secret.

The only surprise to this plan was that Gao Jianwu unexpectedly sent his troops to Wanwan Island through a fishing boat, and now the Southeast Task Force has begun to storm the city on Wanwan Island.

In the face of this ironclad fact, the little devil navy still thinks that this is a suspicious move.

The strategy of the Little Devil base camp for Wanwan Island is still undecided, but on the air force side, an army aviation unit of nearly 200 Nakajima Type 1 and 4 Tempestine fighters, and a naval aviation unit of 40 Zero fighters began to fly Wanwan Island from Kyushu and Ryukyu.

The Little Devil Army, on the other hand, is now starting to draw troops around in an attempt to form a new reinforcement corps.

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Gao Jianwu's intelligence system immediately received the information, and in the face of this situation, Gao Jianwu was also a little big-headed, if he waited until these little devil fighters joined the sky over Wanwan Island.

Now the joint air force cluster composed of Lu Xingguo and Major General Smith is somewhat unbearable, and the 200 Mustang fighters have to face more than 400 little devil fighters, and half of the fighters are elite fighters such as the Type 4 Hurricane fighter and the Zero fighter, which is not much different from the Mustang fighter.

Although Gao Jianwu also expected the little devil to react, but now this reaction is a bit big for him. In response to this information, Gao Jianwu, through General De Moore and Major General Smith, immediately requested reinforcements from the Allied side.

Allied Command.

"Gentlemen, I have good news for you, the Southeast Task Force has successfully completed the landing in the vicinity of Jiayi on Wanwan Island, and their fishing boat smuggling plan has been successful." General Mack, who had been closely following the Wanwan Island offensive, received DeMoore's battle report and immediately called a meeting.

"The bad news is that the little devils have gone all out to fight back. The Kaohsiung Fleet and the Air Force on Wanwan Island have been dispatched in a big way, and the little devils in Taizhong, Tainan, and Kaohsiung have been fully dispatched, and in addition, the little devils have mobilized more than 200 elite fighters from the mainland to rush to the aid of Wanwan Island, and now the Southeast Task Force is facing tremendous pressure. ”

"Obviously, the landing of the Southeast Task Force has attracted the attention of the little devils, and there is no longer a threat from the Wanwan Island side of our Laite Bay Project, and I order it to be launched immediately from now on!

The main force of Admiral Mitchell's 38th Task Force of the Third Fleet immediately entered the vicinity of Latte Bay and began to bombard the airfields of Little Devils on Le Island and Luzon Island, and was ready to fight a decisive battle with the Southern Fleet and the Central Awata Fleet of Little Devil Nishimura.

General Lee's 34th Task Force of the Third Fleet entered the waters east of the Balintang Strait to act as a guard.

The rest of General Halsey's Third Fleet and General Kincaid's Seventh Fleet, covering the landing of the main landing force of the Sixth Army on Rite Island.

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Originally, it was planned to concentrate thousands of fighters to carry out a round of thorough aerial bombardment of Wanwan Island, and the Battle of Latte Bay, because Gao Jianwu's chaotic invasion has now become unnecessary, General Mack wants to seize this once-in-a-lifetime fighter plane and land it successfully in one fell swoop.

Although it was said that it was nearly a month earlier than expected, this month's time was originally reserved for the bombing of Wanwan Island, and other preparations had already been made.

As soon as General Steven heard of Mike's opportunity, he obviously used Gao Jianwu's Southeast Task Force and the two detachments as bait to attract the attention of the little devils, and he didn't deal with the upcoming main force of the little devils on Wanwan Island, and he was suddenly a little anxious.

"General Mack, although the Southeast Task Force has successfully landed now, they are facing great pressure from the little devils, and the Allies must provide them with strong support." General Steven said.

"Otherwise, if they fail, it will have a major impact on our Battle of Latte Bay. I think we should let the 38th Task Force 1st Squadron Admiral McCain gallop to the aid of Admiral De Moore and Admiral Hutt's detachment to form our Northern Task Force, and block the main force of the 5th Fleet with the 34th Task Force in the Wanwan Island Strait to block the main force of the 5th Fleet from the east and west, and isolate the interference of the little devils from the north in our Battle of Latte Bay. ”

To be honest, General Steven's suggestion was decent, and he directly split the little devil combined fleet in two.

To the south, there is now only the Central Fleet, led by Keno Kurita's 5 battleships and 7 cruisers, and the South Fleet of Nishimura. The two fleets of the little devils did not have aircraft carriers, but relied on air support from air forces on Luzon and other islands.

"It is enough for us to put the 34th Task Force to the east of the Balintang Strait, and it is unlikely that the main force of the Fifth Fleet of the little devils will pass through the strait, after all, it is too easy to be bombed." General Mack shook his head.

"In terms of the Air Force, we can consider adding 100 Mustang fighters in Xiamen, so that with the current 200, it should be enough to deal with the newly increased air power of the little devils."

"Our forces at sea must ensure the safety of the landing force transport ships, and General McCain's Task Force 1st Squadron 38 is an elite fleet of ours, and we must be in the vicinity of Latt Bay."

Seeing that General Mack was unwilling to divide his naval forces to go north, Admiral Steven had no choice but to retreat.

"If this is the case, I would like to be able to add 40 more dive fighter-bombers - SB2C bombers - in the direction of the summer gate, and have a decent number of torpedoes in reserve. In this way, in extreme cases, it can form a deterrent to the fleet of little devils.

Otherwise, with the bombing capabilities of Mustang fighters, aerial bombs alone could not pose a lethal threat to battleships. Once the Fifth Fleet of the little devils passes through the strait. Whether it is the two Allied detachments, or the Southeast Task Force, it will be a catastrophe. ”

According to intelligence, the Imp Combined Fleet, the 5th Fleet also has 4 aircraft carriers and more than 100 Zero fighters, and Admiral Steven certainly knows very well how much deterrence such a fleet will have.

Seeing the two high-level leaders arguing, no one from a group of generals at the Allied Headquarters stood up, after all, General Mack has a lot of power in the Western Pacific theater, and he also has a strong influence on the president and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

General Mack frowned and thought for a moment, realizing that he had vetoed the request of General Steven's fleet. If an extreme situation really occurs, there will indeed be a danger of annihilation for those two squadrons.

Although 40 dive fighters is a bit much, it is not impossible to squeeze out the Western Pacific theater.

"General Steven, then add 40 more dive fighters. Our main battlefield is still on Lyte Island. If that doesn't work, we can get those two detachments back. As for the South-Eastern Contingent. General Mack thought for a moment.

"Aren't they good at guerrilla warfare? If an extreme situation arises, they can continue the guerrilla war on the island, and we will respond to them after we have attacked the islands of Latte and Luzon. ”

General Steven felt a chill in his heart when he heard this. This is really to see Task Force Southeast as a pawn that can be discarded at any time.

For General Mack, as long as he can pick up his glory again, there is no burden in his heart to give up tens of thousands of foreign servant troops, yes, in General Mack's eyes, Gao Jianwu and their southeast task force are a servant army.

But General Steven was different, not only because his glory was closely related to Gao Jianwu of the Southeast Task Force, but also because they had really fought side by side together.

Many times they are friends, but also comrades-in-arms.

General Steven knew that it was useless to argue any longer, so he just silently watched all this. Next, he will help Gao Jianwu and them as much as possible within the scope of his authority.

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Gao Jianwu didn't know that General Mack had regarded him as a pawn that could be discarded at any time, but even if he knew, he wouldn't take it to heart, after all, he knew that not everyone could become an international friend.

When it really comes to the critical time, it is you who can be relied on.

Through General DeMoore's intelligence briefing, the Allies would also replenish him with 100 Mustang fighters and 40 dive fighter-bombers.

Gao Jianwu pondered for a while, and felt that if there were no other changes, the air force fighters he had now should be enough to deal with the new fighter group of the little devils. It's just that for Lu Xingguo, they are about to undergo a serious test.

Because most of the fighter groups newly dispatched by the little devils are their elite models, including a large number of Nakajima Type 4 fighters and Zero fighters.

In a sense, both fighters pose a threat to Mustang fighters. Only elite Mustang fighter pilots can suppress these two fighters.

Obviously, Lu Xingguo and his comrades-in-arms are not so powerful. Especially the new pilots who came in from behind.

However, for Gao Jianwu, he has always trained while fighting, even if it is a difficult battle, he must persevere.

It's just that now the battlefield has undergone serious changes, and Gao Jianwu decided not to stay on the Demore fleet anymore, but to land and stay with his own troops.

In future naval warfare, Gao Jianwu's ability will not be of much help in naval warfare. Therefore, he must quickly solve the land battle and take Jiayi, Tainan and Kaohsiung in the shortest possible time.

"General Demore, now that the little devil has sent a large number of elite fighters, please be sure to keep in touch with our intelligence on the fleet, if the little devil has a big move, we can inform you in time to deal with it.

As for the Fifth Fleet's detachment in Kaohsiung, I don't worry about how much of a threat it poses to you, but the movements of the Little Devil Air Force and the main fleet of the Third Fleet are unknown, and if they are attracted by the Southeast Task Force to Wanwan Island, then you should avoid them in time and retreat to the Hong Kong-Kowloon base or join the main fleet.

With our current strength, we may not be able to compete with the Fifth Fleet, the main force of the Combined Fleet, and at that time, not only your fleet will have to avoid it, but even we will have to guard against it, and choose to temporarily retreat into the mountains in the middle of Wanwan Island.

Allied headquarters rejected General Steven's offer to send the McCain detachment of Task Force 38 to reinforce it, and we lack aircraft carriers to compete with the little devil aircraft carriers on this side of the strait, and we are not strong enough to rely on the air force of Xia Gate alone. ”

Before leaving General Demore's fleet, Gao Jianwu had a private conversation with General Demore and exchanged some views with General Demore about the serious evolution of the situation in the future.

After all, in this battle, the cooperation between the two sides was very tacit, and Gao Jianwu did not want General Demor's fleet to encounter a major setback. After all, this is another international friend he developed, before completely killing the little devil.

Gao Jianwu must find more allies among the allies. Get more resources to fight this war of annihilation.

Don't look at the fact that now Gao Jianwu has gathered the three major arsenals, collected the Jinyang Arsenal, the Gongxian Arsenal and the Hanyang Arsenal, and organized people to start large-scale mass production of weapons, but limited to resources, whether it is mineral resources or iron-making and steel-making resources, and even the power supply is being overcome step by step.

Mass production of heavy weapons such as fighters and tanks, Gao Jianwu can't do it now, let alone the gold-swallowing beast of the fleet, which is something he can't reach at all now.

Therefore, even in order to have the opportunity to land on the mainland with the help of the Allied transport fleet in the future, Gao Jianwu must have a good relationship with the Allied forces.

After all, in the Navy, even a series of aircraft carrier or battleship construction technologies and processes that have now exploded are of little use.

The hundred-year-old navy is not just talking, it is just a series of technical personnel of the navy, and Gao Jianwu basically has nothing to do now. The naval talents left behind by Guo Guo are only a handful, even if Gao Jianwu excavates them all, it would be good to be able to form a detachment.

And an ordinary detachment basically does not play much role in the current ocean battlefield.

"High, take care!" General DeMoore didn't say much. After all, he knew that he was in the Allied Command this time, and he was also a pawn to give up, because if the Allied Command wanted to reinforce him, he would definitely send an elite detachment to come up.

Now, however, there is nothing but some fighter jets. As a high-ranking general in the Allied forces. General DeMoore, of course, knew what kind of strength the Allied Navy was now. In the Western Pacific theater alone, the Allied Navy could assemble 12 aircraft carriers, 18 escort carriers, 12 battleships, 24 cruisers, 141 destroyers, and 1,500 aircraft.

For the combined fleet of little devils, the Allied navy is an overwhelming force. Sending a detachment with aircraft carriers north to support the Allied Western Pacific Navy was not too difficult.

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However, no.

This shows that at the top of the Allied Command, there is no importance at all to the landing operation on Wanwan Island. Instead, use it as a smoke bomb to attract the attention of the little devils.

So the next battle could be really tough. The Allied navy in Latte Bay was an overwhelming force, but on this side of the Channel, Admiral DeMoore did not see it that way.

After all, in the north, the little devils also have a powerful Fifth Fleet, and they also have four aircraft carriers and more than 200 Zero fighters, such a large force is enough to form an overwhelming advantage in the local battlefield.

So apart from saying take care, General Demore didn't know what else to say. Because when the situation is not good, Demor's fleet will definitely not stay where it is and fight to the death with the little devils. By the time they all retreated, Gao Jianwu's Southeast Task Force had completely become a lone army on the island.

Except for some support from the Air Force, they will be cut off from other aspects. Weapons, ammunition and logistical supplies could not be delivered.

"I will, General Demor, and look forward to our triumphant together!"

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"Iron Hammer, your assault team stays behind to cooperate with the first attack group to capture Jiayi, if there is no mistake, the little devil must be there to prepare a street battle waiting for us.

In this respect, the first attack group is inferior to you. I hope that this siege will be fought beautifully and there will not be too many casualties. Gao Jianwu, who came ashore, called Zhao Dalei and Song Tiecheng together and ordered.

"Now that the situation has changed, you must take Jiayi City as soon as possible and get rid of the little devils, we have to fight a general battle here, and then we don't want to have the unstable factor of the little devils around."

"Understand, Commander Gao, rest assured, Lao Song and I will carry forward the experience of conquering Xiamen and take Jiayi as soon as possible." Zhao Dalei replied calmly, he looked a lot more mature.

Following Gao Jianwu's southern expedition to the north, Zhao Dalei is now a veteran of a hundred battles, although he is not very old, his combat experience and command experience are not weak.

"Understood, the assault brigade is guaranteed to complete the mission!" Song Tiecheng didn't say anything, but now he is very down-to-earth, and the several major combat missions that Gao Jianwu explained have been completed very well.

In terms of combat effectiveness, Song Tiecheng's assault brigade deserves to be the elite of the army.

After the explanation, Gao Jianwu no longer cared about how Zhao Dalei and Song Tiecheng came to fight this battle, and got into a jeep and quickly headed towards Tainan.

Along the way, they were all trotting and forcibly marching, and after hearing the sound of the car, they ran to the side of the road to give way to the jeep convoy, and then continued the forced march.

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The casualties of the first line of defense and the two main battalions of the second attack group have already passed half, but they are still desperately resisting the frantic attack of the little devils of the Kumamoto Division.

However, due to the lack of artillery support, the defensive position of the second attack group was bombarded by the Little Devil Mountain Artillery Brigade without any scruples.

The range of the M2 81 mm mortar is much worse than that of the little devil's mountain artillery, even if they sent several mortar teams out to prepare to steal the little devil's mountain artillery position, but it was not smooth, the little devil who was familiar with the terrain covered the artillery position with sentry posts, and the little devil's artillery position was not knocked down, and the mortar team was found to have sacrificed most of it.

This keeps the defensive position in a state of passive attack.

Seeing that the little devil's charge was about to start again, the two main battalion commanders in charge of the forward position were already injured, and their eyes showed determination at this moment!

"Battalion commander, battalion commander, the command ordered us to start an alternate retreat, and our reinforcements are coming!" At this critical juncture, the walkie-talkie correspondent of the battalion headquarters suddenly shouted loudly.

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