Looking at the puzzled eyes of the "family", Li Junhao could only say: "Grandfather, uncle, father, aunt, cousin, I have received a lot of information today, and I need to think about it seriously...... Shall we talk another day? ”

"Of course!" When the other people heard it, they even called out the official title, and Little Og really recognized the family, and it was definitely worth celebrating! As for what to consider, of course, they are also looking forward to hearing the high opinion of this "military prophet and campaign commander"! ——

That night, in the large dining room on the first floor of the main building of the manor, everyone in the current Stuart family gathered. Lee (Liszt), Cologne's wife Pamela Lee and her 17-year-old daughter, Jusley, Martha's husband, Joshua Hoover, and her 24-year-old son, Trent, all attended the family gathering.

Both Jusley and Trent were extremely interested in Li Junhao, and they stuck to him as soon as they met, and had a lot of problems with him, his own brother and cousin......

Li Junhao didn't know how Pan Sen got along with his family in the past, but he felt that it was very good now, and even made him really feel the warmth and warmth of his family, which was very beautiful for him, a time-traveler from another world!

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After four days in comfort at Stuart Manor, Lee returned to Washington on April 2, followed by a series of attendance at the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the New Campaign Seminar in the Pacific Theater......

During this period, he also flew to Jacksonville Naval Base in Florida to personally accept and experience the first amphibious command ship LCC-11 modified according to his requirements, which is quite satisfactory - in this era, the modification of this warship has been done to the extreme! For this reason, he specially named the warship "Libess" in honor of his biological mother, Rebeth Panson.

In the command rules of US warships, the regulations on the internal official numbering part are very strict, for example, the LCC-11 of this new ship is its official number in the internal system, but the external ship names are much more arbitrary, some are commemorative, some are even funny, and some are completely to confuse outsiders, so Li Junhao named the amphibious command ship he wanted to use in the name of the commander of the sea and land, without any obstacles!

The Rebeth basically fits his needs - just now, of course!

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In April, according to his suggestions and requirements, the Navy improved the adjusted battle plan, reorganized the new campaign process, and gave the secret language codenamed "Grain Collector"!

The Navy is expected to deploy more than 600 ships of various types, including 15 aircraft carriers, 14 escort aircraft carriers, 7 battleships, 25 cruisers, 180 destroyers, and 35 submarines, and use more than 2,000 aircraft......

In terms of landing, the sea and land will dispatch more than 80,000 troops to seize the beach in the first wave, and the army will send 150,000 troops to follow up as the second and third waves, and the navy will be responsible for supporting the whole process......

Then, he instructed the First and Second Naval Armies to conduct special training for the campaign, and also went to fight a "lawsuit" with the Admiralty and the War Department over the command of the campaign -- what he was fighting for was not the post of commander-in-chief of the campaign, but only to ensure the absolute command of the first round of beach-rushing landings!

Under the coordination of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it was finally decided that the commander-in-chief of the campaign was Admiral Spruance, commander of the Fifth Fleet, that the first wave of beach-grabbing landing operations would be completed by the naval and land forces, that the navy would be responsible for providing all-out support, and that Vice Admiral Pan Sen would serve as the commander-in-chief of the landing; The second and third waves of army follow-up operations were commanded by Lieutenant General Miranda Harmon!

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On 5 May, the US Pacific Theater began to implement the "Grain Collector" combat plan.

In order to cope with the war, the Japanese Combined Fleet dispatched a task force under the command of Vice Admiral Jizaburo Ozawa, with a total of 9 aircraft carriers (carrying 439 fighters), 5 battleships, 14 cruisers, and 31 destroyers, which was already the largest force that the Japanese Navy could dispatch at this time.

On the 9th, the fleets of the two sides encountered in the waters west of the Marianas, and a fierce naval battle broke out - the U.S. military called the "Battle of the Philippine Sea" and the Japanese side called the "Battle of the Marianas".

As a result of the naval battle, 2 US aircraft carriers, 2 battleships and 1 cruiser were slightly damaged and 117 fighters were lost; On the Japanese side, 3 aircraft carriers, 2 oil tankers, 3 damaged aircraft carriers, 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and oil tanker were damaged, 404 fighters (92% of all carrier-based aircraft) and 247 shore-based aircraft (basically wiped out), in addition to 20 of the 36 submarines dispatched by the Japanese army.

In this battle, for the Japanese army, the loss of battleships was very painful, but what was even more uncomfortable was the loss of aircraft and pilots, which it simply could not replenish in the short term.

After this war, the U.S. military basically controlled the sea and air supremacy in the Central Pacific, and could calmly attack targets; The Japanese fleet has just lost air support for ocean-going operations, and it has become extremely passive and difficult!

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According to the estimates of the Admiralty and the War Department, the next battle to seize the island will take at least two to three months, on the three key islands of Saipan, Guam and Tinian Island, the Japanese garrison force exceeds 70,000 people, and in more than two years, it has built a solid and perfect defensive land and tunnel facilities.

Because of this situation, there were many debates in the joint staff committee when studying the battle plan, and although the plan was finally approved, it was mentally prepared for the battle loss of more than 50,000 US soldiers!

When the war actually began, Li Junhao only transferred the First Army of the Navy and the 15 new regiments to personally command the LCC-11 "Libesi" amphibious command ship, and used the use of rationally allocated weapons and equipment, and adopted the new tactics of three-dimensional combat coordinated by the sea, land, and air, to successfully seize the beach three times with extremely smooth success, and then quickly establish a safe landing ground......

The army units that followed quickly took over the battle of positions on the islands, and with the full support of naval aviation, occupied the islands at a slight cost.

In less than a month, the navy, army, navy and land and navy worked closely together to annihilate more than 70,000 Japanese troops and successfully occupy all of the Mariana Islands!

In the review after the fact, everyone determined one point: After professional training and enhanced equipment, the marines had obvious advantages in the beach-grabbing landing operation, successfully occupied the beachhead land heavily defended by the Japanese army at a very small cost, and were soon able to open up a safe landing ground, ensuring that the follow-up troops, heavy equipment, and materials landed on the island, which was the key to the great victory of this campaign!

(End of chapter)