The next day, on the morning of November 18th, the B-17 bomber aboard General Halsey, known as "The Bull", landed on the main runway of Guadalcanal Airport that had just been completely repaired. Those who came to Guadalcanal with him

There is also a group of reporters, and of course the all-pervasive Hailan is among them.

After landing, he first arrived at Bloody Ridge, accompanied by General Vandergrift, where a battle had just occurred from October 24th to 25th.

Now, the mountains of Japanese corpses that were once piled up in front of the Blood Ridge have long been cleared away, and even the weeds that were deliberately burned before the war have grown again. Standing on the top of the mountain, in the wind blowing in front of me,

I can no longer feel the strong smell of blood as it was then. A group of colorful parrots are landing on the wire fence not far away, either preening their feathers leisurely or making a fuss with each other.

General Halsey stood next to a Vulcan 6-barreled anti-aircraft gun, with his right hand on the barrel, listening to General Vandergrift explain the situation of the Battle of Blood Ridge. Hailan lost no time in running out and giving Hal

A close-up of the West and Vulcan Cannon.

"You mean, you found a lot of cannons abandoned by the Japanese army on the road during the pursuit?" Halsey asked.

"Yes, General, many of them are 150-caliber howitzers and 100-caliber cannons." Vandergrift laughed. "Fortunately, the other party's commander was a complete idiot. He actually wanted to carry these things across the jungle and

Mountain. If he had chosen a more normal route, these cannons might have caused us a lot of trouble."

"Haha, it would be great if all the Japanese commanders were like this..."

Although the tone was joking, the importance of preventing the Japanese heavy equipment from landing on the island was conveyed very clearly.

After inspecting the Marine Corps, Halsey came to inspect the Cactus Air Force station. Just yesterday, when Ron knew that Halsey was coming, he began to think about how to deal with it.

Ron had a general understanding of the experience of this legendary general: Halsey was born into a sailing family whose ancestors had a long and prosperous life. His father, Colonel William Halsey, was the best captain in the U.S. Navy.

1. Old Halsey had a series of glorious service records in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Caribbean, and completed the circumnavigation of the "Great White Fleet" on the cruiser "Kansas".

As for Halsey himself, he served on torpedo boats, destroyers and cruisers, and climbed from the Navy Warrant Officer to the Vice Admiral, and the admiral's star medal is only one step away from him now. His bravery, fearlessness, rich

His attacking spirit made him so popular that the sailors affectionately called him "Bull Halsey."

There is one thing that Ron thinks he and Halsey are most consistent with. That is: they don't like or even hate the Japanese. After the Pearl Harbor incident, Halsey saw the US Navy ship that was blown up by Japanese planes.

He swore: After this battle, "Japanese words can only be heard in hell." Ron also knew that in history, it was on Guadalcanal that Halsey said his most awesome saying.

: "Kill little Riben, kill little Riben, keep killing little Riben!"

Ron remembered that this sentence originated from a joke in later generations:

One day, an American teacher asked in class: “Who said ‘I’ll give you life or I’ll die’?”

All the American students were silent. In the end, only one Japanese student timidly answered: "Patrick Henry said it in his speech to the Virginia Assembly in 1775."

The teacher nodded with satisfaction, and then said to the other students: "Don't you blush? As an American, you don't even know this, but a classmate from Japan knows this!"

At this time, from a corner of the classroom, a murderous word suddenly came out: "Kill little Riben!"

The teacher was furious: "Who! Who said this!"

"Said by General William Frederick Halsey Jr., a five-star admiral of the United States Navy, on Guadalcanal in 1942." The voice answered.

At that time, Ron just laughed it off when he heard the joke, but now, back to this era, Ron not only supports Halsey's idea with both hands, but even, if possible, he would like to put both feet on it.

Hold it up to show support.

When it comes to aviation, Halsey is definitely an expert. When Vandergrift once got airsick, he enviously mentioned to Ron that Halsey was even at the "advanced age" of fifty-two.

When I was there, I even went to the Passacola Naval Air Base in California to learn how to fly a carrier-based aircraft.

Now, this legend is standing in front of Ron.

"General! Welcome to Cactus Air Force!" Ron raised his hand and saluted Halsey.

Halsey returned the gift, walked over and took the initiative to extend his hand to shake Ron's hand. His hand was very strong, and Ron could clearly feel the courageous power coming from Halsey's palm.

"Major Ron, this is not the first time I have heard someone mention you." General Halsey stared at Ron with his sharp eagle eyes in his deeply sunken eye sockets. Ron

She also raised her head and looked at him.

Halsey suddenly laughed: "I have been thinking that such a young guy really has such an ability that Frye and Spruance were full of praise, and even always thought about taking you from the Army.

Come here. Come on, let's go inside and talk..." Halsey took Ron's hand and walked to the conference room in a familiar manner. "You know what? Fletcher said to me, you will absolutely

He is a talented general. Well... you have been on Guadalcanal for a while. What do you think of this battle? Do you think we can win?" Halsey turned his head, as if he was testing his skills.

Look.

"General, I think this shouldn't be a problem, right? We have actually won the battle now." Ron replied with a slight smile.

"Oh, you think so?" Halsey dragged a chair over and sat down. "Our opponents don't think so."

"Our opponents attach too much importance to the place names on the map, and their appetite is too big, which far exceeds their digestion capacity. In fact, they have already lost the battle on Guadalcanal from the beginning. The subsequent battles

They are just deciding how much they will lose, whether they will lose the little pocket money they have or simply lose all their pants."

"Tell me more specifically."

"General" Ron knew that this was a test for himself, and it was also a rare opportunity for him. "Japan is a small country after all, and its industrial capabilities cannot be compared with that of the United States. In any battle, if the formation of

Stalemate and attrition are failures for Japan. What's more, here on Guadalcanal, we have countless superior conditions, which will make the exchange ratio of combat extremely favorable to us, allowing us to make a lot of money. With the air force

For example, on Guadalcanal, we were able to get advance notice of every Japanese air raid two hours in advance. We all knew the number, type, and altitude of the enemy. It would take the Japanese three hours to fly here.

By the time they get here, I think they are so exhausted that if there is a mechanical failure, they may not have the strength to climb out of the cabin on their own. But we can wait and ambush them at the right position. If we fight like this, don't we occupy it?

If we have the upper hand, is there any natural reason? Anyway, here, if our cactus loses one plane, Japan will lose at least ten. If we lose one pilot, Japan will lose at least twenty to thirty aircraft. The loss of the pilot is greater than that of the aircraft.

The consequences of the loss are much more serious. Because there is no replacement for experienced pilots. In the recent air battles, we have clearly felt the decline in the technical quality of Japanese pilots. If Guadalcanal can continue to compete like this,

After a year of fighting, it is estimated that ri himself will have to use a rookie with no more than 50 hours of flight time to die. I think the exchange ratio on General Vandergrift's side should be similar. Judging from the current situation, ri

They have already lost their tops to us, and if they give us a few more months, they will definitely not even keep their trousers. I really don’t know what those Japanese people think, and they are actually willing to fight with us here for so long. What if?

I am the commander of the Japanese army, and I have long given up on the bottomless pit of Guadalcanal. Although Guadalcanal is difficult, it is a rare place where Japanese bastards can be consumed in large quantities. I love it so much."

Halsey nodded slightly while listening. Unlike General Spruance, Halsey was not a person who was good at hiding his thoughts. The smile on his face directly showed that he was very satisfied with Ron's answer.

satisfy.

Seeing that Ron had finished answering, Halsey smiled and continued to ask questions. At this time, an orderly came in and gave the general and several other officers in the room a cup with a spoon.

Halsey took the cup and looked down. It was actually a cup of ice cream.

"You have a good life," Halsey said with a smile. "You even have ice cream. Is the island's electricity enough for you?"

"General, we don't have a refrigerator at all." The speaker was Captain Foss, the second ace of Cactus. "It turns out there is a broken refrigerator. It was blown up during the last Japanese battleship bombardment. This ice cream is made with a special

Made using the same method.”

The so-called special method is actually very simple. It is to fill the auxiliary fuel tank of the plane with the prepared ice cream ingredients, and then use the plane to take it to an altitude of 10,000 meters with a very low temperature for a spin. After it comes down,

The ice cream is ready. I have never done this because of the fuel shortage in the past few days, but now that the blockade has been broken, ice cream can naturally become popular in the aviation fleet again.

After hearing about how to make ice cream, Halsey couldn't help but smile. The fact that the pilots on Guadalcanal were able to invent this also showed that the morale of the flying team was high. As a "soldier's general", Halsey certainly saw this.

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Eating Guadalcanal-specific ice cream, Halsey suddenly asked: "Ron, if you were the commander of the Japanese army, how would you plan to fight?"

"What's the point? Send a destroyer in the evening to take back all the Japanese people who haven't starved to death. The market has fallen like that, how dare you clear your positions? Of course, this requires the consent of those lunatics in the Japanese base camp."

"What if the base camp orders you to take Guadalcanal?"

"That's it. Then we can only use battleships to repeatedly bombard the airport at night to temporarily paralyze the airport, and then take the opportunity to launch air strikes to cover the transport fleet landing on the island with heavy weapons."

"Do you think the Japanese will send battleships again?"

"If they are still dreaming about taking Guadalcanal, they will definitely do it." Ron said firmly. (He remembered that in the original history, Japanese battleships came not only once or twice, but two of the four King Kong brothers sank in

Near Guadalcanal.)

"Then how do you think we can deal with this move?"

"Send out warships, preferably cutting-edge battleships, to fight with the Japanese fleet at night. Although the Japanese are well-trained, we have radar and still have a chance to defeat them. Even if we cannot defeat them, as long as we can delay them, as soon as daybreak, our aviation

The team can send them all to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish. Moreover, due to speed restrictions, the Japanese can only use four King Kong-class battleships to bombard the airport. But these are all old ships from the First World War. If we can dispatch new battleships, we can defeat

Their chances should be very good. Although it is dangerous to invest battleships in night battles, I think it is completely worth taking the risk."

"Bah bang bang." Halsey clapped, obviously he was quite satisfied with Ron's answer: "Very good, young man! You will definitely become a general! It's a pity that General Arnold is not here, otherwise he must be very happy."

After the inspection, General Halsey held a press conference at the airport. At the end of the meeting, Hailan got an opportunity to ask questions.

"General, without affecting the principle of confidentiality, can you tell us what your next goal is?"

"My next goal?" The general looked at Hai Lan and let out a hearty laugh. Then from his wide mouth with protruding masseter muscles, he finally said the murderous saying that Ron was already familiar with.
Chapter completed!