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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 1622 Danger lurks in the tranquility!

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    At this moment, the U.S. Supreme Wartime Command was in chaos. Neither President Roosevelt nor General Jeff Field, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thought that the Second Army, which had placed high hopes on it, would have the four most capable combatants.  The division troops had just landed on the battlefield on Hawaii Island and suffered such heavy losses. It is simply unimaginable. It was a huge blow to the hearts of the American people and the morale of the troops.

    Within the high command, there was already a motion to impeach Lieutenant General Harrison. Those who advocated severe punishment should be sent to a military court. Those who were more moderate also advocated his removal from office. However, President Roosevelt stood up to all the objections and  On the grounds that it was not appropriate to change generals during the battle, he tried to protect Lieutenant General Harrison, who had no idea that Lieutenant General Harrison would keep his current position. Otherwise, he would follow the Pacific Fleet and return home to be tried as a defeated general.

    In the Eastern Pacific battlefield, the United States has successively lost important islands such as Midway Island, Northern Mariana Islands, and Johnston Island. The Japanese have built a chain from the Japanese mainland to separate the islands in the Southwest Pacific from the mainland of the United States.  Blockade, if the Hawaiian Islands are lost, the Japanese will gain a bridgehead to attack the American mainland, and the war will burn on the American mainland without hesitation.

    President Roosevelt, who had a statesman's eye, knew this clearly, and General Jeff Field, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and chief of staff of the United States' highest wartime headquarters, who was well aware of the aggressive nature of the Japanese, knew this even more. Perhaps  , In the short term, the Japanese are busy with the war in the Southwest Pacific and will not attack the mainland United States. However, once the war in the Southwest Pacific is over, either the Japanese will win or the Americans will keep Luzon Island.

    The Japanese, who are unwilling to be left alone, will definitely fix their red and greedy eyes on the east coast of the United States. At that time, the United States will be forced to carry out homeland defense operations. Can the fragile psychology of the American people who have not experienced the baptism of World War I be able to survive?  Neither President Roosevelt nor Admiral Jefferfield dared to gamble on withstanding the fierce Japanese attack.

    The only way to avoid bringing the war to the mainland is to protect the Hawaiian Islands, the gateway to the east coast. After receiving the emergency telegram from Lieutenant General Harrison, Admiral Jefferfield, as the chief of staff of the Supreme Wartime Command,  ¡¤A call-up order was issued, and a third group army was newly formed among the domestic reserve forces. However, the overall combat effectiveness of this third group army was even worse than that of the second group army.

    Why is the Second Army composed of two standing divisions and two Marine divisions as the backbone? But the Third Army has nothing. They are said to be reservists, but the situation of domestic reserve forces General Jefferfield  , knowing full well that the flames of World War I did not burn the mainland of the United States. On the contrary, the United States made a huge fortune from the war. As a result, the American people also had a weak awareness of homeland defense.

    Mainstream folk thinking has always been that the American continent is protected by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and is a paradise away from war. The reverence for the profession of soldiers is far less attractive than the envy of wealthy businessmen. Standing troops cannot guarantee sufficient  There are so many soldiers, not to mention the reserve forces in name only, but there is no way, the war in the Hawaiian Islands can only be extinguished with the lives of American soldiers!

    The newly formed Third Army was obviously prepared to pull up the Second Army when the Japanese were exhausted on the battlefield in the Hawaiian Islands. It was not until this time that President Roosevelt qualified as General Jefferfield.  Realizing how difficult it is for the United States to fight on two fronts, the most elite troops in the country are all on the European battlefield.

    Not to mention that distant water cannot quench the near thirst, if we are transferred to the Asia-Pacific battlefield, what about the European battlefield?  What should the British do? Without American troops on the European battlefield and without continuous blood transfusions from the United States, under the fierce attacks of the German army, the British might not be able to sustain it for even a month. The two strategic directions of Europe and the Pacific are  Don't give up, it's all in the fundamental interests of the United States!

    Therefore, the U.S. military is already stretched thin in terms of the use of its troops. Otherwise, it would not have used the rookies among the rookies, the reserve forces, to form the Third Army. The focus of the Eastern Pacific battlefield was on the Hawaiian Islands battlefield. President Roosevelt and  Admiral Jefferfield has become ruthless and will take human lives to fill it. As long as he can keep the Hawaiian Islands from falling into the hands of the Japanese, he will not hesitate to use all his national power!

    While forming the Third Army, General Jefferfield, in accordance with President Roosevelt's instructions and at the request of Lieutenant General Harrison, ordered the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 3rd infantrymen of the Second Army assembled in Los Angeles.  Sixty-four divisions were urgently equipped with the newly developed "Sherman" heavy tanks, 165mm caliber self-propelled artillery and other heavy equipment.

    At the same time, the four infantry divisions of the Second Group Army were ordered to be on standby day and night. Once the Pacific Fleet returns to the mainland, they can board the ship and sail to the battlefield on Hawaii Island. Admiral Jefferfield is not ignorant of the principle of rapidity of troops, nor is he?It cannot be concluded that Lieutenant General Harrison is currently in a difficult situation, but he sadly discovered that the army can no longer provide a decent fleet to escort the troop transport.

    In the vast sea, with hundreds of troop transport ships and no fleet escort of sufficient strength, the Japanese only need to dispatch a few hundred bombers to easily defeat the second wave of the Second Army's more than 60,000 soldiers sent to the battlefield.  Buried on the bottom of the boundless Pacific Ocean, therefore, there is no choice but to order the Pacific Fleet to rush back and forth.

    For this crucial troop transport mission, Admiral Jefferfield flew from Washington to Los Angeles and personally directed the troops to board the ship. After three days of eagerly looking forward to it, on the evening of June 30, the Pacific Fleet was in trouble.  Rushing to Los Angeles, as soon as they got off the warship, the commander, Vice Admiral Fullwood, immediately saw Jeff Field, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Chief of Staff of the Supreme Wartime Command, standing on the pier, being surrounded by his entourage.  Admiral.

    Vice Admiral Fullwood hurriedly greeted him, "Hello, Chief of Staff, Commander Fullwood of the Pacific Fleet has led the fleet here under orders. Please give instructions to Your Excellency, Chief of Staff!"

    Seeing Lieutenant General Fulwood, General Jefferfield was very happy and said, "Thank you for your hard work, General. Let's talk about the situation on the Hawaiian Island battlefield alone for a while." Then, he turned around and ordered the staff around him, "Follow the prepared plan."  , the troops began to board the ship and immediately resupplied the fleet. After the troops boarded the ship, immediately! "

    Lieutenant General Fullwood frowned without revealing any trace, and secretly cursed in his heart, "You must be too anxious. After three days and three nights of bumping on the sea, as soon as you landed, you didn't even take a deep breath, and you seemed to be desperate.  Can the sailors stand it if we go back?"

    Admiral Jefferfield was a man who had become a spirit. Lieutenant General Fullwood was able to hide his narrow-mindedness from him. He looked very apologetic and said: "General Fullwood, the battle on the front line is urgent, so we have to  Thank you for your hard work, come on, let¡¯s talk about the situation on the Hawaiian Island battlefield right here!¡±

    Two senior American generals were talking about the situation on the Hawaiian Island battlefield on the dock. On both sides, there was an endless stream of soldiers boarding the ship in silence. Lieutenant General Fulwood finished his report. Jeff  Admiral Phil nodded and said nothing more. The situation was basically consistent with what Lieutenant General Harrison reported. It seemed that he was right to come to Los Angeles to supervise the war!

    Lieutenant General Fullwood refused to let go of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He asked: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, does the Supreme Command have a clear answer to my request for additional carrier-based aircraft in the fleet?"

    Admiral Jefferfield laughed loudly and said: "General Fullwood, regarding your request, the Supreme Command has made it a top priority. When you return to the warship, you can see that there are quite a few of them.  It¡¯s already being hoisted onto the aircraft carrier!¡±

    It took a whole night for more than 60,000 U.S. soldiers to board the ship one after another. At around seven o'clock in the morning on July 1st, they left the Los Angeles Military Port and sailed towards the vast Pacific Ocean. In the middle of the fleet were hundreds of transport ships.  Warship.

    Standing on the deck of the flagship "McKinn", Lieutenant General Fullwood looked very melancholy. His wife and two children had agreed to come to the dock to see him off, but he did not leave all night.  At the dock, his wife and children were on their way to the Los Angeles Military Port. They were transferred from the Atlantic Theater to the Pacific Theater, and they did not have time to go home once.

    In total, I haven¡¯t seen my family for seven or eight months. I imagined my wife and two children, with tears in their eyes, standing on the empty pier, looking at the vast sea, feeling so lonely and helpless, Fulwood  The vice-admiral let out a long sigh, but soon he no longer had the energy to miss his family. The tedious affairs of the fleet took up all his time.

    Lieutenant General Fullwood is very satisfied with the newly added carrier-based aircraft, both in quantity and quality. He is proud of the strong national power of the United States. The only drawback is that the randomly added pilots have never been in the military.  If you are a novice on the battlefield, if you judge correctly, you should be from the Air Force Reserve. Can such a pilot have combat effectiveness when facing Japanese aircraft?

    Vice Admiral Fullwood was full of worries about this. However, the Pacific Fleet was finally fully staffed. As long as the novices experienced several air battles and saw blood, they would grow into qualified carrier-based aircraft pilots.  Lieutenant General Erwood is full of hope. Let's train with Japanese aircraft on the Hawaiian Islands!  Before that, it¡¯s better not to encounter the Japanese naval fleet!

    Two days later, the Pacific Fleet sailed into the waters that were still a day and a night away from the Hawaiian Islands. On the deep seabed, more than a dozen submarines of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet were hanging behind the Pacific Fleet like ghosts.
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