Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 2966 Chen Ce and Bai Chongxi
The Chinese South Sea Fleet just set off on the expedition, and Koizumi Toshiichiro received relevant reports on that side.

When the relevant information was brought to him by the adjutant, Toshiichiro Koizumi was staring intently at a pair of charts.The content of the chart is a map of the surrounding sea area of ​​the Palau Islands. Except for the islands of the Palau Islands, there are oceans on all sides.At this time, what Koizumi Toshiichiro was staring at was a fleet logo marked as "Shina Hanwu Aircraft Carrier Fleet".After the U.S. and Japanese navies set up a joint fleet to provoke a new round of the Pacific War, the first target of their attack was the Palau Islands.In terms of quantity alone, the US-Japan joint fleet, whether it is an aircraft carrier, a heavy cruiser, a submarine, or a marine corps, is far more numerous than the Chinese Pacific Fleet.However, because the Chinese navy adopted sluggish tactics in the early stage and did not engage in decisive battles with the US-Japan combined fleet, so far, the US-Japan combined fleet has not achieved any substantial results other than expanding the actual controlled sea area by dozens of times. victory.

The Chinese navy avoided fighting, which once encouraged the Americans and the Japanese, thinking that the Chinese had been intimidated by them-"They knew they couldn't beat us, so they shamefully chose to escape!" However, with The battle to seize the island encountered stubborn resistance from the Chinese Marine Corps. When the number of casualties rose to a certain number, the Americans were the first to lose their composure.

Due to historical reasons, the U.S.-Japan alliance cannot be as unbreakable as the U.S.-UK alliance, and because of this relationship, before the start of the Pacific War, the Americans practiced "ugly words first" (in the final analysis, they still have extreme distrust of Japan)—that is, early For those who want to, formulate the "loot sharing clause" and use the treaty to stipulate the obligations and rewards that the United States and Japan can get in this battle.And even if this level has been achieved, Americans still remain deeply wary of the Japanese.Therefore, when attacking the Palau Islands, which was stipulated in the treaty that the United States would exercise jurisdiction after the war, the Americans did not give the Japanese a chance to intervene, and only allowed their own Marines to be responsible for the battle to seize the islands.It's a pity that the U.S. Marine Corps did not live up to it. It fought for a total of one and a half months, and paid nearly [-] casualties, but it was stunned that it could not even establish a beachhead.Finally, in the face of the cruel reality, Jin had to admit that "maybe your army is more adapted to a land war with the Chinese than we are" and asked Japan to take over the battle to seize the island.

Before launching the Palau naval battle, the intelligence agencies of the United States and Japan had detected clearly that the Chinese defenders on the Palau Islands had only one Marine Corps division in total.According to the deduction of the staff of the U.S.-Japan Joint Fleet Command, if the Chinese navy dare not engage in a decisive battle with the U.S.-Japan Joint Fleet, even if the joint fleet only dispatches naval guns, it can destroy this division on the big island.

The Americans aggressively launched the war to seize the island, but in the end they could only ask the Japanese Navy for help in disgrace. Toshiichiro Koizumi was happy to see this even if it was only out of personal vanity.And based on the deduction data provided by the United Fleet Staff, he also believed that there were no variables in the battle for the big island, so he readily agreed to take over the battle for the big island when he proposed that the United States should be responsible for all the supplies of the attacking force.

When the Japanese army took over the Battle of Oshima, it was at the beginning of the planning of the Malan Campaign by China and Japan.Toshiichiro Koizumi did not expect that after the start of the Battle of Malan, because the Chinese Expeditionary Third Group Army unexpectedly won the strategic location of Ganbang, the Battle of Malan might become a great victory in Ganbang, and the Chinese Supreme Command changed accordingly. The strategy no longer regarded the Battle of Malan as a simple raid to contain the Japanese troops, but upgraded it to a crucial decisive battle to determine the ownership of the Malay Peninsula.Since the Chinese Supreme Command hopes to achieve a breakthrough in the Malay Peninsula, it cannot allow the Japanese army to draw troops from other regions to help.As a result, the previously formulated strategy for the Pacific War had to be changed, from sluggish combat to active combat.

Toshiichiro Koizumi also made a mistake here, that is, he believed that the reason why China's Pacific Fleet did not dare to fight against the US-Japan combined fleet was because it knew it was inferior in strength, but this was not the case.The reason why the Chinese Pacific Fleet passively avoided the war at the beginning of the Second Pacific War was to follow the orders of the Chinese Supreme Command.China's Pacific Fleet itself actually wants to compete with the US-Japan combined fleet.

The supreme commander of China's Pacific Fleet at this time is Chen Ce, and the chief of staff is Bai Chongxi.There was a certain chance that these two men came together and became the brains of the Pacific Fleet.At that time, there was no sign of the United States and Japan joining forces to launch a new round of Pacific war, so Ouyang Yun, who was eager to dig a hole in the backyard of the United States and dragged the US army to his doorstep, transferred Chen Shichang to the Atlantic Ocean.Later, although the intention of the United States and Japan to jointly launch a new round of Pacific War was fully exposed, but because the situation in South America had reached a very delicate juncture, it would definitely be an unwise choice to transfer Chen Shichang back at that time.In desperation, Ouyang Yun could only entrust the second person in the Chinese navy with an important task.In order to make up for his lack of computing power, Zhuge Bai Chongxi, who happened to be in Ryukyu, was pulled into the "strong man" to join the Pacific Fleet and serve as the fleet's first think tank.

Although the appointment of Chen Ce and Bai Chongxi has a certain degree of drama, the two of them themselves have no such thoughts.To quote Chen Ce's response to Ouyang Yun at the time: Since the little chief still wants to use my old bone, don't worry, I will give the little devil another "sink it"!As for Bai Chongxi, he suddenly jumped from the army to the navy, not only did he not feel uncomfortable at all, on the contrary he secretly rejoiced, because he felt that he would definitely be the No. ".

It can be said that Chen Ce and Bai Chongxi are both full of ambitions after arriving at their new positions, and they want to work hard.Therefore, when they received the order from the Supreme Command asking them to fight with sluggishness, one can imagine how aggrieved the two felt.

With this prospect in mind, when they suddenly received an order from the Supreme Command asking them to actively fight, one can imagine how the two of them would feel.Undoubtedly, they will definitely feel that the long-awaited opportunity has come, and they will definitely do their best to complete the new combat mission, hoping to turn it into the most shining experience in their military career.

When he was on land, Bai Chongxi was famous for his wisdom. Now at sea, although the combat methods are different, there is not much difference in terms of tactics.With him as a little Zhuge, it is hard to say whether he will win or lose, but what is certain is that world military fans can already look forward to him dedicating a different naval battle to the history of the world's military.

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