Nearly 400 transport ships loaded with 200,000 soldiers and equipment left the Kerama Islands to the south, and Admiral Spruance was quite able to advance and retreat, and sent a detachment of four escort aircraft carriers, two cruisers, and 24 destroyers to escort them.

Li Junhao stood on the bridge of the amphibious command ship "Libes", looking at the sea outside, and was actually a little depressed in his heart.

Turning his head to look at the huge fleet around him, he was very unwilling! Just gone?

Well, his heart suddenly moved, and he immediately shouted: "Xiaoyu, record, I want to send a report......"

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At 8 o'clock in the morning of 5 April, as soon as the White House in Washington had just started work, the confidential room received an urgent telegram from the Far East, and it did not dare to slack off and immediately sent it to Admiral Raisi, chief of staff of the White House.

After reading the telegram, Leahy slapped his head, sighing and speechless - this Ogy really dares!

The stakes were high, and he immediately got up and went to Roosevelt with a telegram......

At 8:30 p.m., Roosevelt summoned a meeting of his advisers and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at home, and there was only one agenda item on the agenda - Admiral Panson, who was currently in the Far East, put forward a plan for a raid on Bay Island!

Leahy was shocked at this time, and after thinking about it seriously, he said: "When I first saw this plan, I thought Auger was too bold, but when I thought about it carefully, I found that the timing of launching the Battle of Bay Island at this time was very clever......

After reading the very brief battle plan, Arnold also said: "At present, the 5th Fleet of the Navy and the 10th Army of the Army are attacking the Ryukyus, and the Japanese naval and air forces originally stationed on Bay Island have basically been withdrawn, and the army defending the island is about 170,000, and with Auger's command ability and 200,000 sea and land soldiers, there is no problem in winning." ”

Stark said with a smile: "I got a message that Auger had some suggestions for the battle plan of the Ryukyu Campaign after arriving at the 5th Fleet, but Admiral Spruance and Vice Admiral Buckner of the 10th Army felt that he interfered with his command, so they asked the naval and land troops who had completed the first step of the beach rush operation to retreat to the Philippines to rest...... Augur is angry! ”

"And such a thing?" Ailes's brows furrowed, "I think Auger is very good at fighting, they don't listen to Auger's opinion, won't there be problems?" ”

"No problem!" Stark waved his hand indifferently, "In this battle, not counting the beach-grabbing forces on land and sea, the navy dispatched nearly 1,500 ships of various types, the 10th Army of the Army nearly 200,000 troops, and the defenders of Ryukyu Island only about 100,000, so there is absolutely no problem with victory." ”

Roosevelt said at this time: "Since there is no problem with the Ryukyu Campaign, let's not talk about it for a while, what do you think of the Bay Island battle plan proposed by Augur?" Is it possible to implement it? ”

Leahy said: "I think so, since Auger has proposed this plan, he must be sure to complete it." ”

"I agree." Arnold followed, "However, the sea and air power of the Auger forces should be strengthened, and I propose that the 7th Fleet in the Philippines and the Far East Army Air Force be ordered to cooperate with Aug's actions." ”

Stark thought for a moment and said, "Yes, the 7th Fleet has no combat mission for the time being, and it can cooperate with the operation." The ...... of the Far Eastern Forces William, you are now also the commander-in-chief of the Far East, and the next order is enough. ”

Leahy said directly and simply: "I, the commander-in-chief of the Allied Far East, have not been to the Far East since taking over, so I think it will be handed over directly to Ogg, who happens to be in the Far East and is familiar with the situation there, so he can also command nearby......

Roosevelt nodded and said, "Then in this way, appoint Auge as commander-in-chief of the Allied Far East, and he will unify the Allied combat operations in the Far East, and as for its relationship with the Pacific theater, it will be coordinated by the Naval Operations Department!" ”

"Yes, sir." Stark agreed.

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On the evening of April 5, Li Junhao received an official order from the Joint Chiefs of Staff: "Appoint Ognyan J. Admiral Lee Panson is the commander-in-chief of the Allied Far Eastern Theater, overseeing the affairs of the China Theater, the Indo-Burma Theater, and the Southeast Asian Theater. In addition, the Navy's 7th Fleet cooperates with operations in the Far East Theater and is under the command of Admiral Pan Sen, and military operations such as the Bay Island Operational Plan can be planned and implemented as appropriate. ”

This order was conveyed to the Far East Command and the Pacific Theater Command at the same time, and Li Junhao was given the command he needed, and even the matters of the naval fleet and air support were solved.

Marshall, who was at the Allied General Headquarters in Europe in Reims, France, at this time, naturally also received a notice from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and looking at the order and the accompanying briefing, the army chief of staff sighed and was worried about the unwisdom of Lieutenant General Buckner - how did this person become the commander of the army group? The commanders of other branches of the military kindly reminded that if they don't appreciate it, they still open their mouths to provoke people, do you really think that Admiral Pan Sen is a good-tempered and incapable young general?

No, the counterattack is coming! Pan Sen directly assumed the post of commander-in-chief of the Far East and put forward a plan to recover Bay Island, not only taking away the next target in the Pacific theater, but also taking away the command of the Army's Far East Forces, the Navy's 7th Fleet, and several sub-theaters in the Far East! Marshall estimated that the current commander of the Pacific Fleet, Nimitz, should be angry and scolding his mother, right?

Forget it, he can't control it, let's be optimistic about his current stall! After entering April, the Allied Corps on the Western Front under his command began to lay siege to the Ruhr industrial area in Germany, and now the campaign has come to an end...... After occupying the Ruhr region, the next step is to march east on the Elbe!

The Soviet army on the Eastern Front is also advancing extremely rapidly, and has now entered the eastern border of Germany and is marching towards Berlin, in terms of distance, the Allied side cannot catch up in any way! This shows that in the previous division of labor on the eastern and western fronts, the Soviet army was responsible for capturing Berlin, which was the right choice!

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Marshall was right, Admiral Nimitz, who was at the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet in Honolulu, was so angry that his hands trembled when he saw the order of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a small half of them were angry that Admiral Panson came to the Pacific Theater of Operations, but most of them were angry that Spruance, an old subordinate, couldn't do things, and offended people in vain!

Well, now that Admiral Pan Sen has taken over as commander-in-chief of the Far East, he has not only taken away the command of the various surface theaters, but also the command of the 7th Fleet!

Behind the telegram he received, there was also a private message from Chief of Naval Operations Stark, telling him not to be stupid, and not to hinder Admiral Panson, otherwise the consequences would be even worse and would be detrimental to the entire navy!

Nimitz also had his own channels of information, understood what it meant, knew what to do.

(End of chapter)