Chapter 2974
Facts have proved that Chen Ce's guess is correct.After the Battle of Jiwan, although the US and Japanese armies strengthened the defenses of various naval bases and supply bases, their combined fleet did not retreat because of this, but instead accelerated their pursuit.

At this point, the rhythm of the battle began to be gradually mastered by Chen Ce and Bai Chongxi.

Jiwan was attacked. For the US-Japan joint fleet, the loss of a large number of medium-sized and small ships is certainly distressing, but it is still within the acceptable range of Yamaguchi and Jin.What made them unacceptable was that a large amount of supplies and fuel stockpiled in Jiwan were set ablaze.These supplies and fuel are prepared by the U.S.-Japan joint fleet to attack Taiwan and even Ryukyu. Because of the huge quantity, they cannot be fully prepared again in a short period of time. Therefore, there is reason to believe that even if the joint fleet can win Palau In the battle against Guam, the Chinese Pacific Fleet was successfully defeated and Palau and Guam were captured. Next, the United Fleet will definitely be unable to immediately launch an offensive against Taiwan and Ryukyu due to insufficient supplies and fuel.

The U.S. and Japan formed a joint fleet to deploy troops in the Pacific Ocean. The world only sees the superficial strength of the U.S. and Japan. What they don’t know is that although these two countries still maintain a large number of armies, they are actually full of difficulties and contradictions. It looks so bright.

Not to mention Japan, although the Japanese army in Southeast Asia led by Toshiichiro Koizumi has performed very well during this period, using troops in the Pacific Ocean and launching the Malan Campaign with all its troops, but the fact that its homeland security cannot be guaranteed is enough. It knocked down the ranks of first-class military powers.

In contrast, the situation in the United States seems to be much better than that in Japan, but it is only limited to it seems.Today is not what it used to be. At that time and space, because the United States almost monopolized the military and civilian markets of major allied countries and neutral countries, it certainly assumed the task of providing military assistance to major allied countries, and it also took action in the two major battlefields of Europe and Asia. .In fact, Americans are playing the trick of leaving their pockets out of their right pockets. Not only does it not damage their national power, but they can constantly update their equipment and products because of the unlimited demand of the market, and take this opportunity to gradually develop technology and technologies from other countries. gap.In this time and space, of course, the United States still played the role of exporting military aid to major allied countries, but because of the sudden emergence of military and civilian industries, the performance of most of the military and civilian products of the United States is weaker than that of "Made in China". Ever since, the American market has not only failed to expand, but also shrunk.Although U.S. military and civilian products are still in short supply due to the needs of the United States, after losing markets in other countries, this form of industry and commerce in the United States is like water without roots. In fact, it is already transitioning to "a pool of stagnant water".

The deteriorating domestic economic situation in the United States is beyond Jin's comprehension, nor does he have the insight.However, since Truman called him again and again asking him to "wait and wait", he knows that in the short term, he can't expect the country to make up for Jiwan's lost supplies and fuel. .

The U.S.-Japan combined fleet accelerated the pace of pursuit. Chen Ce and Bai Chongxi were happy to see the success. The two led the main force of the Chinese Pacific Fleet to rush towards Micronesia, and then suddenly killed a section when the U.S.-Japan combined fleet was about to catch up. Return to the carbine, and when the United States and Japan combined fleet adjusts its formation and prepares for a battle, they will then head towards the Bismarck Sea.

The Chinese made a false shot and chose to escape again, which made both Yamaguchi and Jin very angry. After calming down, the two showed "joy" in the phone conversation.

Both New Guinea and Indonesia are under the complete control of the U.S. and Japanese forces. The Chinese Pacific Fleet sailed to the Bismarck Sea, which is equivalent to the inner sea of ​​New Guinea. In the eyes of Yamaguchi and Jin, this was simply inviting itself.Out of caution, Yamaguchi still worried that "this is Bai Chongxi's new strategy". However, after obtaining the detailed information of China's Pacific Fleet, he recognized Jin's so-called "in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and schemes cannot change the result." ", thinking that even if Bai Chongxi really has some tricks, it is also an opportunity for the United Fleet-"Our warships and fighters are more than twice the number of China's fleet. If there is an exchange of equals, then we will win in the end!" But will we allow this to happen? No way! You know, the closer we get to New Guinea and Indonesia, the more our army aviation can be our help—the Chinese are dead this time!"

For Yamaguchi, it was definitely a big irony, and it could even be understood as a big slap in the face—on the second day after he made the above speech, a Chinese HNA bomber squadron attacked a US military facility under the escort of a squadron of HNA fighter jets. In a material storage warehouse in Jayapura, all 35 oil tanks there were directly turned into torches.

This is not over yet, just when Jin was furious about the attack on the Jayapura supply base and asked the joint fleet to speed up the pursuit in order to try to intercept the Chinese fleet in the Pacific Ocean in the Bismarck Sea. Under the noses of Yamaguchi and Jin, a forward destroyer fleet under the jurisdiction of the US Pacific Fleet was severely damaged.

Jin put this destroyer fleet in a forward position to defend against China's submarine force, but it turned out to be a snack for the Chinese naval force. Jin's hair can be imagined.He was so angry that he even said such mentally retarded words without thinking about his brain: despicable and shameless, don't the Chinese dare to have a fair and decisive battle with us?
When such words reached Yamaguchi’s ears, Yamaguchi was dumbfounded at first, then shook his head again and again, and said to Jisaburo Ozawa: “The situation is not very good, Commander Kim’s words like this show that he has been stimulated by the Chinese and lost his mind. If we can’t act in a unified way, our military superiority won’t exist.” After thinking about it again and again, it was mainly because he was worried that this attack might fail for the first time. That night, Yamaguchi called Koizumi Toshiichiro, asking Koizumi to ask the US side Higher command authority: "... Commander Jin's emotions are obviously not suitable for continuing to serve as the supreme commander of the US fleet. What I am most worried about is that this is due to Bai Chongxi's calculations. If this is the case, Your Excellency, please forgive me, we may encounter failure...the only way to avoid failure, I think is to strengthen the command authority of the joint command, that is, let me directly command the US fleet. Only in this way, the superiority of the joint fleet can fully manifested..."

(End of this chapter)

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