"Yes." Li Junhao nodded and said, "I think that the direction of army building on the sea and land has deviated a little before, and landing operations are one of the important tasks of the sea and land, so we should specially train this ability and configure weapons and equipment suitable for this method of warfare to ensure that we will succeed in carrying out this kind of task!"

"And the professional sea and land forces should not be used in positional warfare, storming and attrition in a completely land environment, because those are the tasks of the army units, just as the army's infantry divisions should not be used for beach-grabbing landings!"

Hearing this, several military bigwigs nodded in agreement, and professional things should be done by professional people, which is not only the need of the social division of labor, but also the principle that the troops should follow in combat.

Subsequently, several generals asked Li Junhao to form his set of operational theories as soon as possible so that they could be applied in the next battle!

Admiral Stark directly promised that after he returned, he would order the Construction and Repair Bureau to first transform the amphibious command ships requested by Li Junhao into two, and by the time of the next battle, he would board the ship with Li Junhao to witness the new tactics of sea and land!

Arnold specially asked him to find time to talk about the application of helicopters on the battlefield - worthy of being an expert in air combat, he has realized the huge application prospects of helicopters in warfare!

In this regard, of course Li Junhao agreed, this is the first commander of the future Air Force, and it is very important to have a good relationship with him!

Marshall was also very happy, because the next operation to seize the island will be led by the sea and land troops, and the army units will only be used as the second and third wave troops, and it is much better to fight positional warfare than to land on the beach, and this is the main duty of the army! Therefore, this makes him look at Li Junhao more and more pleasing to the eye, if it weren't for the fact that his daughter and niece are already married, he really wants to call him a son-in-law!

Li Junhao gained a lot at this meeting, he successfully exported his views to the bigwigs of the Joint Staff Association, and was recognized, which is of great significance to the future of Hailu and himself! ——

At several joint staff meetings in February, Li Junhao directly stopped a series of strategic directions proposed by the navy to compete for islands and control the Central Pacific region -- in this world, MacArthur has been kicked out of the army by him at this time, and I don't know if it is because of the butterfly effect, no one has proposed the "frog jump" tactic that should have appeared a long time ago, and even Nimitz, the commander of the Pacific Fleet, is also a supporter of the front-line flat push tactic.

Since this is the case, he was disrespectful and took the lead in putting forward the "leapfrogging" tactical theory at the joint staff meeting -- now that the US Navy has gained the upper hand in the Pacific theater, it is not only not afraid of the Japanese fleet, but is also looking for an opportunity to seek and annihilate its fleet, and since this is the case, it is necessary to make full use of this advantage.

In terms of specific tactics, the US military abandons the traditional practice of pushing flat on the front line, adopts the tactics of leaping forward, crosses the island chain defense, has the navy protects the landing force, directly penetrates the enemy's hinterland area to attack, seizes the central point, rapidly advances the battle line, and faces the Japanese mainland as soon as possible!

As for the defensive islands that were abandoned later, after losing the strategic points behind them, they were cut off from the mainland, and it was difficult to obtain direct support from the mainland. As the U.S. Navy fleet grows stronger and stronger, it will soon be able to destroy the main force of the Japanese fleet, and at that time, the Japanese troops on these remaining islands can only wait for death!

As soon as this theory was put forward, it immediately caused a shock in the military leadership, and after several discussions by the Admiralty, the War Department, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, they jointly confirmed that this was a genius idea, and if it was carried out in this way, it would greatly shorten the course of the war!

As a result, Li Junhao's status in the military has soared, and in addition to the "prophet", he has the titles of "strategist" and "military strategist", which makes him once again stained with the light of learning historical knowledge! ——

At the beginning of March, according to the "leapfrog" theory, the Admiralty and the Pacific Fleet Staff jointly formulated the Mariana Islands operation plan, and Chief of Naval Operations Stark and Pacific Fleet Commander-in-Chief Nimitz sent people to send the plan to the Navy and Land Command and asked Commander Pan Sen to help review and approve it -- this statement made the sea and land feel excited!

Seeing that the plan stated that this combat plan for the Mariana Islands in the Central Pacific Ocean is planned to be implemented at the end of April, Li Junhao calculated the dates, and now the refitting and equipment adaptation training of the First to Fifth Armies of the Navy and Land has been completed, and joint tactical training is currently underway;

The new recruits of the navy and land will complete their training on March 25, and it is expected that they will have more than 500,000 qualified soldiers, and then he will organize five amphibious corps and 20 composite combat brigades, and it is just necessary to arrange for them to go to the front line to fight in turns!

However, at the end of April, this point in time was nearly two months earlier than in the history of his previous life, and he was worried about whether other troops had been arranged, such as the ships of the navy, the second and third waves of the army, and the air support forces!

In the subsequent inquiry, he received a reply from the Admiralty, the two amphibious command ships numbered LCC-11 and LCC12, according to the drawings provided by the sea and land, the modification has entered the final stage, and it will be completed by the end of this month......

In his previous life, he had heard that during World War II, the warships of the US military were like dumplings, and they built an escort aircraft carrier in one and a half months, a light cruiser in three and a half months, and a light aircraft carrier in eight months......

Although it was converted on the basis of two C2 freighters that were 70% completed, it only took more than four months before and after, which was enough to shock him!

This is definitely good news, but the amphibious command ship can only be used in early May, and he still has to organize the staff team to adapt to the ship, and agree with the navy and the army on the details of the troop organization and use, which will take time, and the most important thing is that he must obtain the command of the landing operation in this campaign!

Therefore, in his reply to the Admiralty, he suggested that the "Battle of the Marianas" be postponed until May to allow for better preparations, which in the original history had only begun in mid-June.

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On March 25, the training of naval and land recruits officially ended, and the previous 800,000 posts, under the strict instructions of Li Junhao, left 500,000 of the 675,000 male soldiers, and eliminated a quarter; 125,000 female soldiers left 50,000, and the elimination rate was as high as 60%!

Li Junhao spent two days flying to various training bases, congratulated all the marine and military members who had passed the recruit training, and awarded 550 "excellent training medals" to the best of them, and directly awarded the rank of sergeant; For the 5,500 people who have achieved the second level of training, the rank of corporal is awarded, which directly allows these recruits to win at the starting line!

Of these 550,000 recruits, he considered organizing them into regiment-level troops first, carrying out actual combat rotation, and forming combat effectiveness!

(End of chapter)