my bright sword career

Chapter 641 Dismissal
As the newly appointed commander of the Fifth Fleet, Spruance never thought that he would face such a difficult problem within a few days of taking office.

"There's nothing you can't say."

Gao Hongming said indifferently: "General John thought my words insulted him, and he wanted to arrest or even shoot me for this. That's why I proposed to fight him."

Spruance's eyes became sharp instantly, and he turned to Major General John: "Is that so, John."

"Yes sir...but...but..."

"But what?" Sprun was furious, stood up abruptly and slapped the table hard, making a loud bang and roaring.

"What right do you have to arrest or even shoot our ally, and this ally is a major general with the same rank as you? Please tell me!

Who gave you such power, the President or Congress? "

Spruance never imagined that the cause of the incident turned out to be that John threatened to arrest or even shoot his allies.

Maybe this is just his angry words, but if this matter is not handled properly, the consequences will be extremely serious.

1942 was the most difficult year of the Anti-Fascist War. After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the United States and Japan fought inseparably in the Pacific Ocean. At the same time, the war also spread to Southeast Asia.

At the same time as the Myanmar crisis, the only channel connecting China and the international channel, the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway, also had to be suspended.

In continental Europe, apart from Switzerland and a few small countries, there are no independent countries, and nearly [-] million people are under the iron heel of the Nazis.

On the Soviet-German battlefield, the Soviet Union was also retreating steadily, and it was about to be encircled by the German army. In this most difficult time, it was also the time when the United States needed its allies the most.

As the most populous country in Asia, China holds back most of the Japanese army's strength, and its importance to the United States is self-evident.

Now, John is actually clamoring to arrest and even shoot the assistant who just flew from China. What is the nature of this?

To put it lightly, this is a slip of the tongue, and to say it more seriously, it is shaking the foundation of the Allied Forces.

Once the news reaches China or even Europe, what will your allies of the United States think?
Oh... you even shot your allies who traveled thousands of miles to fight for you. Did people do this kind of thing?Is there anything you can't do?
If this kind of thing is not handled properly, it will lead to the disintegration of the Allied camp.

Thinking of the consequences, Spruance wanted to split John's head open to see what was in his head?
But if you are angry, you will be angry, and the matter will be resolved after all.

Spruance forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, turned to Gao Hongming and said, "General Gao, I'm sorry that such a thing happened.

For this, I sincerely apologize to you as the commander of the Fifth Fleet, and promise that similar things will not happen in the future! "

After speaking, Spruance gave a solemn military salute to Gao Hongming.

Upon seeing this, Gao Hongming also bowed back, "General Spruance, I can accept your apology. But I also have a request."

Spruance said solemnly: "Please tell me, as long as we can satisfy, I will definitely agree."

Gao Hongming said solemnly: "General Spruance, according to the agreement between me and your government, I sent more than 5000 of the best young men to Guadalcanal to fight the Japanese with your army.

But I don't want them to be used as a group of cannon fodder. You must know that they have parents, wives and children just like you. "

For example, just two days ago, General John issued an order to my subordinates, asking them to attack the Japanese army on Mount Tululu alone tomorrow, but they did not give any air support or artillery support, not even a single bullet. There are no supplies.

When I came to inquire in person, General John's answer was to let us solve it ourselves.

It's hard for me to believe that such absurd order came from a general in your country. Could it be that in General John's heart, the only value of my soldiers is to line up and be the target of the Japanese?
Spruance looked at John in disbelief. Does this stupid guy know what he's doing?
Let a unit without air cover, artillery support, or even supplies to attack the positions held by the Japanese, but no rookie with more than three months of service experience would not issue such a stupid order.

"John..."

Spruance's voice was like the cold wind blowing from the ice cellar, "Did you really issue such an order?"

"Sir...I...I..."

Facing the iron-clad facts, John couldn't say a word.

At this time, he realized what a stupid thing he had done.

In the final analysis, things turned out like this because of the inherent pride and arrogance in John's mind.

You must know that until now, the notorious "Chinese Exclusion Act" in the United States has not been abolished, and the Chinese are still discriminated against in the United States.

Caucasians look down on the Chinese by nature. In John's heart, as long as he can take Tululu Mountain, even if all the soldiers from China die in battle, it will be worth it.

As for providing artillery or material assistance to the Chinese people... Sorry... Those are all American taxpayers' money, so let's save as much as we can.

Originally, in John's opinion, this matter was not a big deal. Even if it happened, would those Chinese people still dare to ask them for their crimes?
But obviously this time he made a wrong calculation. The arrival of Gao Hongming, the righteous master, made the matter obviously out of his control, and finally turned into what it is now.

Seeing that John was hesitating and unable to speak, Spruance took a deep breath and said slowly: "John, now I am suspending your work as the commander of the Fifth Fleet.

Then I will immediately report to General Nimitz and the White House what happened today, and suggest that you be removed from your post, and now you can go out. "

(End of this chapter)