"What is that?" When the Japanese reconnaissance plane pilot Murakami Kenji saw this scene from a distance, he thought that friendly forces had launched a surprise attack first. When he got closer, he could see those hazy and tall figures beside the campfire. Only after playing around did he dare to confirm that it was the fact, "They simply look down on our Imperial Japanese Army." After figuring out what the American soldiers on the beach were doing, Murakami was furious. It didn't surprise him that he would have such an emotion. Surprisingly, after all, they are now taking the initiative and forcing the US military to run away like rabbits. "Then let them taste the power of our latest special attack torpedo." With this in mind, he immediately reported his findings to the mothership. , saying now is the best time for a raid.
The US military has built a sea and air early warning radar station in Port Vila. There are also sea defense and air defense radars on the main ships. At this time, are there monitor screens for these early warning radars? The US radar soldiers are on duty, right here When Murakami was sending electricity to the mothership, in the radar room of the Hornet aircraft carrier, radar soldier George suddenly stared at the small bright spot in the center of the lower left corner of the monitor screen with his eyes wide open, and said to himself: "Am I dazzled?" "
In order to ensure that the radio signal could be sent back accurately, Murakami raised the flight altitude. This altitude was just within the monitoring range of the air defense radar equipped on the Hornet aircraft carrier. So after spending about three hours of boring time leisurely, George had Amazing discovery.
"Woo," the siren on the Hornet aircraft carrier rang. The siren sounded so suddenly that many of the American soldiers who were reveling on the beach first reacted when they heard it. They were stunned. Confused expression.
"What happened."
"Air raid warning, are the Japanese coming?"
"Japanese,."
"Air attack, air attack." As the saying goes, things must turn against each other. Five minutes later, another scene appeared on the beach. The American soldiers rushed to their ships in panic. Many of them didn't even have time to put on their shoes.
When the siren sounded, Jin was sipping a cup of coffee while browsing a stack of battle reports. Jin wanted to use these battle reports to figure out why the inevitable counterattack evolved into what it was today. This battle was really in vain for him. He was unwilling to do so, and because the U.S. Pacific Fleet was only cooperating in the battle, he subconsciously suspected that the defeat was caused by the incompetence of MacArthur and his generals.
When he heard the siren, he immediately raised his head and looked out. What he saw was the deputy's somewhat surprised expression. He waved his hand and said, "Go and see what's going on."
The adjutant responded, opened the door and walked out. He came back a few minutes later to report that the Hornet's air defense radar had just detected an air target, but now the target had disappeared. "It might be a Japanese reconnaissance plane." Finally, he said Give your own judgment.
Jin frowned, stood up and said, "Where's Cole, ask him to come see me immediately."
Cole arrived soon, and Jin gave him an order: "To prevent the Japanese aircraft carrier from approaching us at night and launching a surprise attack, tell Sean and them to expand the search scope."
Cole responded and turned around to deliver the order.
Jin was no longer in the mood to read the battle report. He stood up and walked to the deck. The chaotic scene on the beach happened to catch his eye. He immediately became furious. Fighting back the anger in his heart, he turned around and looked around. The dark night sky around him made him feel a little relieved. It is determined that under such weather conditions, it is basically impossible for the Japanese army to launch an air strike, so as long as the maritime vigilance work is done well, there will be no problem.
It was his order to raise the alarm when the enemy was detected. The purpose was not to give the Japanese troops a chance, but now it seems that the side effects are not small. No, it is obvious that his soldiers are frightened by the Japanese. He couldn't bear the slightest fright, which made him sigh like this: "Based on the experience and strength of our country, the construction of battleships does not take too long, but the rebuilding of the confidence and pride of the troops does not happen overnight. It seems that there is still a lot that I need to do."
"Your Excellency, have you indulged them too much?" Cole came over, his face also a little ugly. As a battle-hardened general, it was not difficult for him to imagine what would happen if the Japanese army launched an attack at this time. What kind of disaster it would bring.
"It's not important. What's important is that we lack a hearty victory." Jin said, looking up into the distance with deep eyes.
"But the current morale of the troops..."
In front of his subordinates, Jin was never willing to show his weak side. He said loudly: "We still have time, don't we? The Chinese army has completely cut off the connection between Japan and its colonies in Southeast Asia, and has lost the support of the mainland. Japan's influence in Southeast Asia The strength will only become weaker and weaker. What we need to do now is to restore the morale of the troops bit by bit and make our soldiers brave and brave again. Don't worry, with strong economic strength as the foundation, we can afford it."
Cole had been under Jin for some time, so he knew that his commander's character would not be confused by his external performance. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said with some difficulty: "It is precisely because China has occupied the Ryukyu Islands that I I am even more worried. Your Excellency, you just said that we have a strong economic strength as a foundation, but why are we always outperformed by the Chinese."
Jin's body froze, he turned to look at Cole and said word by word: "Cole, do you also have this kind of worry?"
"Yes, we have paid too much for this war. For justice and world peace, this is nonsense only those hypocritical politicians will say. As soldiers, our mission is to safeguard national interests to the greatest extent... "
"I'm not willing to accept it either." Jin suddenly said.
Cole looked at him.
Jin clenched his right hand into a fist and smashed it on the railing in front of him, shouting loudly: "But this is a war, and its results are not dependent on personal will. What can I, you, and we do? The Chinese have used a lot of Combat examples show that the Japanese special attack tactics are actually vulnerable, but do the Chinese have what we have? Can we let our soldiers die like Ouyang Yun did? Damn it, are we Americans really born to be timid and fearful of death? .”
"Sir." Cole became excited. Before he could say anything more, the shrill air defense siren suddenly sounded from behind again. He was shocked. His first reaction was to look around, but under the sudden light of the air defense searchlight, he was shocked. During the attack, he really saw the silhouette of a fighter plane, "Air strike, air strike." He shouted loudly, and immediately pulled Jin Yong into the cabin.
Jin's performance was much calmer than him. He said: "Let's go to the radar room."