Emergency Doctor Mercenary Road

  Chapter 55 The Japanese ship is raging

  The battalion commander went to the car and called the regiment commander. The company commander, Douglas, handed Lu Fei a cigarette, and Lu Fei lit it. In the military you're a freak if you don't smoke and get rejected.

"Dr. Jack, you are very good. You didn't even get injured when you led the team upstairs. The unfortunate one who was smoked and couldn't hold back his tears is not counted. What advanced equipment are you throwing? Can you ask? "

   "What advanced equipment is there? It's the firecrackers that are set off during the New Year's Day in Huaxia City. I just added a little chili powder and pepper powder to the firecrackers as seasonings. And this firecracker is rather large."

   "Hahaha, this idea is so good, how did you come up with it, and you are so well prepared." Douglas smiled happily.

   "I just love to ponder, I can't just use knives on my brothers, but also kill the devils."

  The two were chatting, and the jeep of the regiment leader had arrived. As soon as he got out of the car, he laughed, patted Battalion Commander Anderson on the shoulder, patted Captain Douglas again, and finally hugged Lu Fei.

"I've credited the division for you! The boys are the best marines! Our doctor actually commanded the unit, took the airfield in 2 hours, and we don't even have a map. Division commander General Turner and General Turner have received my report and are on their way. General Turner has coordinated the engineering mechanics, and once they arrive at the airport and the assessment is complete, the aircraft will be transferred immediately."

  Lu Fei suddenly thought of some precautions and dragged Colonel Hunter aside.

   "Colonel Hunter, I have a few things in mind. Let me ask you a few questions first. Will we stay on Guadalcanal as a garrison to defend the airport?"

   "That's almost certain, needless to say." Colonel Hunter looked at Lu Fei strangely.

"I found during the march that the environment here is worse than the tropical conditions we knew before. We drove all the way here, there are many mosquitoes, the stream is unsanitary, and there are many kinds of insects, which will reduce the combat effectiveness. Especially two main problems It needs to be solved: One is that the barrels of the brothers will fly into insects and messes; the other is that the brothers have a high probability of getting malaria."

   "You're thinking long-term, what's the solution?" Hunter corrected his color.

"The first is to apply for a large number of condoms, cover the barrel of the gun, and the condoms can sometimes hold water; the second is to let the brothers drink the fresh water sent by the boat, and the water must be boiled if it is not possible; the third is the key. It's that we need a lot of quinine to treat malaria."

   "Your suggestion is very good, you are a good doctor and a good soldier!" Colonel Hunter said gratefully, after all, the combat effectiveness of the troops is what he needs to be most concerned about.

   Colonel Hunter asked him to quickly write a simple medical report, and he asked General Vandergrift, the division commander, to apply. After Lu Fei wrote and wrote, Colonel Hunter carried his report in his arms, and he would apply to the division commander later.

   Captain Hunt instructed the soldiers to simply tidy up the airport, fill in the crater, and remove the debris from the runway. Lu Fei went to the side to drink Japanese beer. Naturally, they enjoyed the loot seized by the first battalion. The brothers in a row were drinking beer, chatting and spanking, and everyone came over to toast Lu Fei one by one. Lu Fei's performance impressed everyone by quickly attacking the tower without a fight.

"Brothers, I'm a doctor. If you have diarrhea or get bitten by mosquitoes too hard, come to me. I have some condoms here, everyone should get one first. Don't get me wrong, Jerry, don't stare at you. Look at my buttocks, I'll beat you, and let you put condoms on the muzzle of the gun, so that no insects and sand can get into the barrel, and it won't explode." Lu Fei said loudly to the soldiers in the company.

   Everyone suddenly realized and applauded loudly. They voluntarily queued up to Lu Fei to get one, and each person gave out one. Moreover, the condoms Lu Fei bought were all small, which were very suitable for the muzzle of the gun. Everyone patted Lu Fei when they were leading, making Lu Fei's shoulder red.

  On the one hand, he wanted to reduce casualties for everyone, and on the other hand, he also wanted to improve his prestige in the army. In the future, everyone would be happy to listen to his command, or even protect his life.

   Several light tanks drove out of the airport, followed by a row of jeeps. It was General Turner and the division commander, General Vandergrift, who had arrived. Their car did not stop at the tower, and drove around the airport to see if the airport could be put into use. Then drive to the tower and stop and get off.

"Doctor Jack, I heard from Colonel Hunter that it is your suggestion to quickly occupy the airport and the tower and make them available for immediate use, and you are fighting the enemy on the front line. Well done! I will report to the Navy. The headquarters applied for the Medal of Merit to be awarded to you!"

The division commander was very happy. Lu Fei solved his most troublesome problem. Within a few hours, the First Marine Division had an airport and could arrange for the plane to transfer immediately, so as not to face the Japanese planes and warships without any problems. Fight back.

Major General    Turner didn't praise his brother-in-law too much, so he came to pat Jack on the face and gave him a hug. No words of encouragement. Everyone was very busy. The communications unit went to the tower, put on the communications equipment, and began to contact General Fletcher, requesting that the reconnaissance plane and the medium bomber squadron be transferred immediately.

  The generals were busy, and Lu Fei was wandering around the airport. The casualties in this attack on the airport were very small. In addition to the casualties in the attack on the tower, the casualties of a regiment were only 10, and 5 soldiers died. The wounded soldiers were sent to the medical station, where there were more doctors than patients. Can't use him either.

   Those generals were busy until 8 o'clock in the evening before coordinating the arrival of the plane. Because it's close to the equator, it won't be completely dark until after 10 p.m. So there is no problem when the plane arrives at night.

  At 9 o'clock, the plane gradually arrived in place. 6 reconnaissance aircraft, 12 medium bombers stationed at Guadalcan Airport.

   Nothing happened all night, Lu Fei led a tent, closed the screens, sprayed a little wind oil, and entered the training system to continue training hard. He did not expect that the training system would still be effective when doing tasks, which is good news.

   The brothers in the other regiments were also well taken care of by Lu Fei. Because the mosquito repellent hadn't been delivered yet, Lu Fei generously distributed a bottle of air essence to each row, and everyone slept well. No other regiment Lufei can take care of it, so let's feed the mosquitoes.

   The next day, at 8 am on August 8, 1942, Lu Fei got up and went straight to Turner's office. Today he has the most important step to complete. If he doesn't do anything, as it has always been in history, the U.S. cruiser detachment will basically be wiped out tonight, with a heavy loss, comparable to Pearl Harbor.

  This evening at 1:30 in history, a Japanese heavy cruiser detachment raided the waters between Guadalcanal and Tulagi islands, causing heavy damage to the U.S. fleet. Lost 4 heavy cruisers (Canberra, Astoria, Quincy, Vincennes); 1 heavy cruiser and 2 destroyers seriously wounded, 1270 killed and 709 wounded. Only 58 Japanese were killed and 53 wounded.

  Lu Fei could not let the Japanese army succeed in another sneak attack. The most crucial point is to discover them. Battles are often lost in the most inadvertent, most imperceptible mistakes. During the Battle of Midway Island, the Japanese reconnaissance plane in one direction failed and did not go to reconnaissance on time. As a result, a large number of American planes came from here. Guadalcanal is also, Turner also sent a reconnaissance plane, but the reconnaissance plane did not complete the task at all, because of the weather, he went home early for dinner and hadn’t reported to Turner.

The crux of the    campaign is here.

  Lu Fei walked to the door, gave both sentries a cigarette, patted his shoulders, and entered the tower in a grand manner. Turner's office was temporarily located in the tower. Turner got up early in the morning and was looking at a map of Guadalcanal. Frowning, he studied the next plan and implementation.

   "Brother-in-law, why are you frowning? That **** from Fletcher is going to leave?" Lu Fei deliberately pretended to have no scruples.

   "Don't talk nonsense, but the truth is not far behind."

"I'm talking nonsense. Just listen to you. As the commander-in-chief of the landing formation, your main task is to send all the personnel and materials of the landing force ashore to achieve the plan in advance. The only thing you haven't finished yet is that a lot of materials are still there. The beachhead, I didn’t have time to go ashore. The most important thing is the 24 hours after Fletcher left. After that, as long as you and our division commander jointly file a complaint with the Navy Headquarters, General Nimitz will definitely send this soft egg back again.” Lu Fei Said arrogantly.

   "Yes, I haven't analyzed it like you did, but what you said is right, how can I survive these 24 hours?"

   "I see that you sent the orderly out just now to convey a mission. Did you send a reconnaissance plane to perform a reconnaissance mission?"

   "You've become a master tactician now, you guessed it?" Turner was extremely surprised.

"I'm your wife's younger brother. Do you still know anything about you? A smart brother-in-law always has no last resort, but I have a little bit of worry that you may not have thought of." Lu Fei lowered his voice mysteriously. .

"The people in the reconnaissance plane team are not your direct subordinates. What if they play tricks? The war is a problem due to omissions. The Japanese army already knows that Guadalcan has fallen, and they will definitely take action. Yesterday, dozens of Japanese planes came. Attack, but don't you think the intensity is too small? That's why the Japanese army's massive attack in the past two days is what it should be!" Lu Fei said decisively.

  Turner stood up abruptly. His remarks touched him deeply. Sometimes it was outsiders who saw the fog of war clearly, but Lu Fei was a real outsider, an outsider who had insight into opportunities.

"Now I give an order, as my special envoy, participate in this reconnaissance operation, go to the most likely northwest direction to conduct reconnaissance, supervise them to search all sea areas within 300 kilometers in a fan shape. Set off in half an hour, hurry to prepare, I'll talk to Colonel Hunter about your work arrangement." Major General Turner had a rare encounter with him, stood up and saluted Lu Fei.

   Half an hour later, General Turner personally lectured the reconnaissance flight team and asked them to complete the reconnaissance mission and be supervised by his special envoy. Lu Fei changed into his flight suit and boarded the plane of the captain of the reconnaissance team. The two only had time to exchange a few words before getting on the plane and flying to the northwest.

This reconnaissance is much more rigorous than the hasty reconnaissance in history. Each plane is responsible for the reconnaissance of 30 degrees ahead and 300 kilometers in depth. The reconnaissance plane that Lu Fei rides has him to navigate in the direction. Anyway, he is the Special envoy, no one dared to object to what he said, thinking that it was all Turner's instructions. Their reconnaissance planes followed the only route from Rabaul to Guadalcanal, the narrow waterway between the two chains of islands in the Solomon Islands, which is commonly referred to as the "trough sea".

   "Ship, fleet, column", the captain suddenly pointed to the sea at the lower right and shouted.

   "How high are we now? I'll take a closer look. Be careful to hide." Lu Fei said loudly in the rear cabin.

   "We are now at an altitude of 2000 meters and a speed of 250 kilometers per hour. The other party should not have seen us. The clouds are thick today. I just saw the fleet below in the gap between the clouds."

Lu Fei cheered up, identified the shape of the ships, counted the number of ships, and took pictures with a high-altitude camera. He asked the captain to spare a circle, flew back slowly, and confirmed it again. Anyway, the other party has no aircraft carrier, so there should be no fighter jets. side.

After repeated confirmation, Lu Fei asked the captain to return directly, and simply sent a report to the base: "Found the enemy ship formation, repeated confirmation, a total of 5 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, and 1 destroyer! According to the speed of the enemy ships, it is expected to be at 12 o'clock tonight. Then reach the waters between Guadalcanal and Tulagi Island. Please prepare for level 1, level 1! Activate emergency plan. General Turner will receive it personally."

   When Lu Fei landed at Guadalcan Airport an hour later, Turner's guards had run to the plane and asked him to bring the documents to the conference room. The two trot all the way into the conference room, and it was already 12 noon.

The conference room was full of people, and General Fletcher was not present. He withdrew with his aircraft carrier formation without the approval of the Admiralty. The participants were all cruiser formations, and captains of cruisers and destroyers were all listed.

"Captains, it's too late to be polite. I'm Jack, the special envoy of General Turner. I followed the reconnaissance plane to reconnaissance in the air. I saw the Japanese heavy cruiser formation in the trough sea area. A total of 5 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, 1 destroyer. The reconnaissance captain and I have seen this information with our own eyes, and the photos taken are being developed."

   Now the conference room was bombed, and everyone started talking and arguing. Some suggested an upright fleet artillery battle, some suggested that the fleet retreat to avoid its edge, some suggested that aircraft carrier fighters take off and bombard quickly, and so on.

General Turner asked everyone to be quiet, and pointed out that it is difficult to bombard the planes. There are still too few planes on the island, and the aircraft from the aircraft carrier will definitely not dare to go. Fletcher will think that the Japanese aircraft carrier formation is behind, and he does not dare to drive the fleet into the other side. Carrier aircraft strike range. In addition, it is also difficult to avoid its edge. The carrying fleet is unloading a large amount of materials on the beach. Once the defending ships are withdrawn, the materials are bound to be destroyed by the Japanese artillery fire. Then the entire strategic plan will face a complete failure. The island army would be unsustainable without supplies. But tough battles are also not enough. All kinds of ships are fighting a world war for the first time. Basically, they have not gone through battle formations, they are not skilled in coordination, and lack experience in night battles.

When everyone was at a loss, Lu Fei coughed twice at this moment, stood in front of the chart, and said to the generals and captains with a smile: "Generals and captains, brother, I have always had some tricks and experience in fighting the Japanese, this is a bit different. Mature small suggestions, put forward for everyone to refer to and make decisions.”

   (end of this chapter)