my bright sword career

Chapter 645 Encountering the Enemy in the Jungle
On the deck of the latest USS Washington battleship, Lieutenant General Spruance looked at Major General Julian Smith, the new commander of the 2nd Division of the US Marine Corps, standing in front of him with a smile on his face.

"Julian, are you finally here?"

"Hi sir, Julian Smith is ordered to report for duty!"

Julian Smith snapped a standard military salute to Spruance.

Spruance stepped forward and put his arms around his shoulders, and said in a very affectionate tone, "Okay, don't be so polite to me. Julian, you came just in time. I have a difficult matter to discuss with you. "

As he spoke, he walked Julian towards the meeting room.

The two arrived at the meeting room, came to the table and sat down.

Soon the orderly brought coffee for the two of them and retreated, closing the door behind them.

Spruance said seriously: "Julian, you are a smart person, you must know how your predecessor was dismissed?"

"of course."

Julian nodded. If he didn't even know about such a big thing, he wouldn't be qualified to be the commander of the 2nd Marine Division.

Spruance sighed lightly: "Actually, in my personal opinion, John's ability is still very strong, but he has one of the most fatal shortcomings, that is, he looks down on people of color from the bottom of his heart.

Of course, this is not a big problem, the key is that there are some things you can do, but you can’t say it, let alone show it openly, but the idiot John has made all the mistakes that can be made, so even though he is very reluctant, But I can only dismiss him. "

"Indeed."

Julian also said helplessly: "This guy and I are classmates at West Point Military Academy. He was notoriously racist when he was in school. He was warned by the school for this, but he still does his own thing, and now he has finally suffered. gone."

"It's good that you know." Spruance showed a gratified look, talking to a smart person is a peace of mind.

The current situation in Asia is very delicate. Although China's national power is weak, thanks to their vast land and large population, they have been able to deal with the Japanese, whose industrial capabilities are much stronger than theirs, for five years. Until now The two sides are still in a stalemate.

President Roosevelt once said that once the Chinese surrendered, it would be a disaster for the whole world.

At that time, the Japanese can draw millions of troops to attack the Soviet Union from east to west with the Germans. Once the Soviets are defeated, the Germans and Japanese can draw at least several million troops to join the Eastern Front.

At that time, we have to prepare for fighting on the mainland, so we must appease the Chinese people at this time, do you understand what I mean? "

"I know." Julian Smith sighed, "That idiot John was transferred to the reserve service because he didn't understand this truth."

"You just understand."

Spruance looked at Julian with satisfaction, "We will launch an attack on Tululu Mountain in two days. I plan to let the 2nd Marine Division and the Huaxia Dispatch Corps work together. As long as Tululu Mountain can be taken down, Even if we have a firm foothold in the east of Guadalcanal Island.

Next, we can fight steadily and take advantage of the sea and air to block Guadalcanal Island and trap the Japanese to death. "

Julian asked in surprise: "Sir, don't you plan to launch an all-out attack on the Japanese?"

"Why launch an all-out attack?"

Spruance asked rhetorically: "According to intelligence, the Japanese troops in Guadalcanal now have nearly 2 troops. If we forcibly attack them, how many casualties do you think we will have to pay to wipe them all out?

Ten thousand or twenty thousand?But now we only need to implement a complete blockade of Guadalcanal Island, so that the Japanese can be trapped at the lowest cost and let them die of thirst and starvation. Wouldn't it be better?

Of course, the premise of doing this is that we have to take down Mount Tululu to prevent the Japanese from jumping over the wall to launch a full-scale counterattack against Henderson Airport and ensure the safety of the lifeline of the army on the island. "

"Sir, are you saying that we want to work with the Huaxia people to take down Mount Tululu?"

"Yes, originally John gave this job to the Huaxia people and let them do it themselves. But you know the situation, he messed up the matter, and that Gao Hongming rushed to Guadalcanal himself, this guy is much better than the original The Chi chief of staff was much more difficult to deal with.

It's not going to work for us to hide behind and let them charge for us, you know what I mean? "

"Of course, no one in this world is a real fool." Julian shrugged his shoulders, "From the information you sent, that General Gao is a man of resolute character, how could he let his soldiers die in vain Woolen cloth?
But that's good too. Next, I would like to see how the combat effectiveness of Chinese soldiers is. Is it worthwhile to spend the money from the US government? "
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On October 2th, the dispatched corps and the [-]nd U.S. Marine Division launched attacks on Mount Tululu from the southeast.

"boom!"

Li Sanpao, who was hiding behind a big tree, emptied the last bullet in the magazine of the MP40 submachine gun, and threw the submachine gun to the rifleman behind him.

"Change the magazine quickly."

After saying this, Li Sanpao took out an M1911A1 pistol from his waist, aimed at the desperately rushing Japanese soldiers and pulled the trigger.

Jungle warfare is not only unfamiliar to the U.S. military, but also to the Liantai Militia, which has been fighting the Japanese for several years, is also the first time for a big girl to get on a sedan chair.

The dense jungle, poisonous insects and flies everywhere, and the wet and muddy ground made the soldiers of the Liantai militia, who were used to fighting in the dry and steep hills, very uncomfortable.

What made the soldiers even more uncomfortable was that they found that the long-range and high-precision advantages of the Mauser 98k rifle, which they loved in the past, could not be used in the jungle.

When fighting in the jungle, the combat distance between the enemy and the enemy is generally very short.

Generally speaking, when two armies meet, the distance between the two sides is already very close, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are face to face. In this way, a 98K rifle that can only be fired once with a pull seems very out of date.

On the contrary, the short and capable features of the MP40 submachine gun are like ducks in water in the jungle.

The bullets flying around and the enemies rushing wildly put great pressure on Li Sanpao and his comrades.

As soon as their leading search platoon entered the foot of Tululu Mountain, they were surrounded by hundreds of Japanese soldiers. These Japanese rushed in desperately from all directions like crazy.

And their search ruled out six MP40 submachine guns and one MG42 machine gun, all others were riflemen.

It stands to reason that with the MG42 machine gun in the lineup, the Japanese should not dare to be so arrogant, but the problem is that this is a muddy and dense jungle, and it is a hasty fight. The MG42 machine gun can't even find a piece of dry and firm ground. It can be used for strafing in a handheld way, and it cannot exert the power of this Hitler chainsaw at all.

(End of this chapter)