As Bai Liusu expected, no, to be more precise, it should be as Ouyang Yun expected, King and MacArthur, especially the former, were too eager to win (for the latter, after all, there was Glass not long ago. The victory of the battle can be shown off). Just as the Japanese Combined Fleet is the pride of the Japanese, the US Pacific Fleet is also the pride of the Americans. This makes the Americans particularly intolerant of the failure of the US Pacific Fleet. However, the Japanese Combined Fleet is the pride of the Japanese. After the fleet attack on Pearl Harbor began, all the news the Americans received about the U.S. Pacific Fleet was related to failures. They suffered defeat after defeat, not to mention the bad impact this had on the American soldiers of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, which made them appear. It caused a serious problem of self-confidence; what’s terrible is that this triggered a crisis of trust among the American people, and they even began to doubt whether the government’s declaration of war on Japan and sending troops to the Pacific was correct. According to the intelligence collected by Guo Muyi, it was recorded that more than one American Members of Congress challenged the government in public, questioning whether it was worthwhile for the country to spend huge sums of money to rebuild the Pacific Fleet. In the words of these US congressmen: The reason why the country spends huge sums of money to build the Pacific Fleet is to hope that they can defend national interests and provide benefits to the people. There is a sense of security and happiness, but what those guys in the Pacific Fleet have done? They will only make the people more depressed and panicked. It’s okay not to have such a Pacific Fleet...
While Chen Shichang, Bai Liusu, and Wang Hai were having a meeting, in a cabin provided by the Huangdi aircraft carrier for the Americans, Jin and Black were also discussing Bai Liusu's sudden arrival.
If King and Black could still treat Bai Liusu without pretense and sneer at her because of her female identity when she was first appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Marine Corps of the Allied Pacific Command. After the Battle of Grasse, they have now He completely put away his contempt for her and didn't dare to look at her the same way again. It's true that Bai Liusu is a woman, but the energy hidden in this woman is definitely not inferior to that of a man. At the beginning of the battle, Bai Liusu didn't come, and now , she suddenly appeared when the US-Australian coalition forces were preparing to increase their troops. Jin and Black knew without thinking that she was here to suppress the US Marine Corps. As the nominal commander-in-chief of the Marine Corps of the Allied Pacific Command, She has full power to dictate to the U.S. Marine Corps, and after experiencing the Battle of Grasse, even the most unruly members of the U.S. Marine Corps can only bow and obey her orders. "Chen Shichang obviously has an insight into our The intention is that he brought Bai Liusu here to suppress our army. If Bai Liusu gives an order as the commander-in-chief, our people can only follow the order. If she lets our people act as a reserve force, then we will not be able to achieve anything in the end. "We will never allow this kind of thing to happen," Jin frowned and knocked on the table with his right hand, thinking hard about countermeasures.
"We can only let Wynn and the others take the initiative to volunteer. The battle to seize the island must have been a dirty and hard battle at the beginning. If Bai Liusu considers the casualties, this may be our chance." Black said,
Jin thought for a while and then nodded: "You said a lot. If we ask to be the vanguard, Bai Liusu may let us play, but what if we can't win? If we make sacrifices but can't win, it will only lead to more strife." Oops."
Blake smiled and said: "General, such a thing will never happen. After obtaining the advanced position, why did the Chinese rest and regroup instead of starting to fight immediately? They were worried that the supporting firepower would not be continued. Think about it, what is the role now? The only person responsible for the fire support mission is the Huangdi aircraft carrier fleet. As long as Wynn and the others are smart and cautious enough, they can request more fire support. Of course, the Chinese may also provide only limited fire support out of the pursuit of credit. Then we will protest to them. If our protest is in vain, we will ask Mr. President to protest to Ouyang Yun. Don’t the Chinese want to be the leader of the Allied Forces? They have to consider the feelings of other allied countries. I think they will only do their best. Cooperate."
Jin thought about it carefully and then agreed with Black's analysis.
In order to ensure that his orders could be carried out in a worthy manner without being influenced by Bai Liusu, MacArthur mobilized military chiefs who later moved to Australia from the United States. Among them, the commander-in-chief Lieutenant General Wynn served as the commander-in-chief of the West Point Military Academy. As a student when he was a principal, the Allied Marine Corps used to seize the island originally had 50,000 people, including 5,000 U.S. Marines and 3,000 Australian troops. Now, he has added another 5,000. What if? Wynn had a total of 13,000 troops. With experience in previous battles, MacArthur felt that even if Guadalcanal could not be completely captured with these 13,000 men, it would still not be a problem to achieve one or two major victories. And if the battle is conducted in offshore areas, the difficulty will be lower because of the aviation and naval gunfire support provided by the Huangdi aircraft carrier fleet.
With the support of MacArthur, King and Black, Lieutenant General Wynn formally submitted a letter of challenge to Bai Liusu on the evening of the arrival of the Australian support force, requesting to serve as a vanguard.
Bai Liusu was a person of relatively few words. After receiving the petition, she only asked Wynn two questions. She first asked Wynn whether he had obtained MacArthur's consent. After receiving a positive answer, she asked whether they were ready. , "According to the intelligence we have, the Japanese army rebuilt the defenses after seizing Guadalcanal again. General Wynn, this will be a hard battle, and the casualties may be unacceptable. Are you prepared enough?"
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief Bai, we are ready to sacrifice. For the victory of the allies, we are willing to give everything we have, including our lives." Wynn replied generously,
Bai Liusu stared at him closely for about half a minute, then seemed to make a difficult decision and nodded in agreement.
That night, in a cave in the Bobo Mana Show Mountain on Guadalcanal, Jiang Yige, no, Sasaki Shota was drinking a small drink from a box of American lunch meat. Suddenly, a beep came from a metal box in front of him. Sasaki frowned, put down the wine glass in his hand, walked over to open the box, took out the headset and put it on, then pressed several buttons regularly. After a while, he looked up and looked out of the cave, using The Japanese said: "The Americans are really looking for death. Okay, I will help them." Then he sat back and continued drinking. After finishing half a bottle of wine, he walked out and went straight to the cave where the nearby staff headquarters was located. He went in and asked a staff officer I asked him for the phone number of the frontline troops and asked, "Yamashita-kun, are you ready?"
The voice of "Hai" came from the microphone, and he grinned and said: "Don't worry, I will ask for credit for you. I guarantee that everyone in your team will enter the Yasukuni Shrine."