"Gao, what's your opinion? Do you prefer to attack Luzon Island first or Bayan Island first?"
Gao Jianwu was fishing there, but he didn't expect General Steven to suddenly ask him directly.
He couldn't help being stunned for a moment, but he quickly clarified his thoughts.
"I just listened to the speeches of the generals. Personally, I think everyone is right. No matter whether we attack Luzon Island first or Wanwan Island first, we will definitely win. After all, we are at sea and in the air The strength in this regard far exceeds that of the little devil." Gao Jianwu's loud words caused the generals present to burst into laughter and start discussions one after another.
Some people agree, but others sneer at it. In their view, Gao Jianwu was talking nonsense and big words.
In the Battle of Guadalcanal that ended last year, the U.S. Army, which had absolute sea and air superiority, faced off against 36,000 Japanese defenders with 60,000 soldiers, annihilating 19,000 Japanese soldiers and suffering only a few casualties. Up to 15,000 people.
Such a disastrous battle loss ratio makes the generals involved in this battle shudder to this day.
Gao Jianwu said lightly that they would definitely win, which was simply mocking their previous achievements.
"Gao, be frank. We don't need ambiguous answers. We need you to tell us clearly whether you should attack Luzon first or Luzon? What is your reason?" General Steven said with some dissatisfaction.
"If you have to let me say it, why don't we do it at the same time? For an adult, we all need it." Gao Jianwu's words were shocking, and immediately started a noisy discussion.
This time, even the generals who had some understanding of Gao Jianwu now turned against him and began to refute Gao Jianwu's views.
"Maybe what I said about simultaneous deployment is a bit far-fetched. What I mean is that after we sent an army to Luzon Island, we then sent another part of the army to Bay Island. You now have the ability to send 280,000 troops to Luzon Island. If everyone is sent to Luzon Island, then sending another 60,000 people to Wanwan Island will probably not be a problem." Gao Jianwu ignored the comments of these people and continued to speak.
"Now here comes the multiple-choice question: Who went to Luzon Island and who went to Bay Island?"
"Gao, we don't have the ability to support two fronts of operations at the same time." A general with the rank of lieutenant general stood up and said.
"If we need 280,000 troops in Luzon to support such a battle, then in Wanwan Island, we need almost the same number of people to solve them. But now it is obvious that we do not have nearly 600,000 troops to support such two fronts Combat.
If only 60,000 people are sent to Wanwan Island, they will just become a snack for the little devils. "
Gao Jianwu glanced at the lieutenant general and did not respond directly to his words, but raised his voice and said.
"Generals, I think you have the same opinion as this general. So the answer to this multiple-choice question is very simple. You chose to go to Luzon Island, and I chose to go to Bay Island. As for the more than 200,000 people on Bay Island How many people does it take to solve the little devil?
I think as a commander who has annihilated no less than 400,000 Japs, I should have such a say. As long as I send 60,000 soldiers to Wanwan Island, plus 1,000 artillery pieces above 75 mm, including no less than 300 155 mm howitzers and 105 mm howitzers, and 100,000 rounds of various types of artillery shells.
300 Sherman tanks and 100 Mustang fighter jets. I will also be responsible for the air interdiction support on Wanwan Island, send a squadron to control the harassment of the Little Japanese Combined Fleet and Navy in the surrounding waters, and provide sufficient logistical support. I can guarantee that I will capture Wanwan Island in 3 months. "
Gao Jianwu's words were obviously beyond General Steven's expectations, and also made General Mike feel very surprised.
Although for people in the beautiful country, they appreciate the attitude of speaking candidly, but they don't like to speak freely, except to praise people.
"Gao, we are discussing a very serious battle plan. You must know that our every move is related to the life and death of thousands of people. I want to know why you think you can take down Wanwan Island with 60,000 people? Are you so confident? If so, why not use these 60,000 people to capture Luzon Island first?" General Mike said with a frown.
Because taking down Luzon Island would not do much good for me other than to load up some supplies. But taking down Bay Island, obviously this territory will be a new base for us to occupy. How much trouble this will save in the future.
Gao Jianwu thought in his heart, but said something else to General Mike.
"We have a saying called a two-pronged approach. The benefits of doing this are self-evident. Even we couldn't imagine that we could do this. For the little devils, they couldn't even imagine that we were so crazy. Tactically, this is surprise, and the little devils are Not much defense.”
"Frankly speaking, the combat effectiveness of the Japs' army is just like that. Although there are more than 200,000 Japs on the Bay Island, they are deployed separately, and each defensive stronghold will not exceed one division. This gives us An opportunity to defeat one by one.”
"I will divide these 60,000 people into two clusters on the left and right. I will advance from the south of Wanwan Island along the east and west banks. If I make rapid progress, the enemies we face in almost every attack will be weaker than us."
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"However, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that our allies have sea and air superiority.
Our allied air force can be deployed across the island to completely suppress the Japanese air force.
Next, there should be no problem for the Allied fleet to deal with the squadron of the Little Japanese Combined Fleet on Bayan Island. In this way, there will be nothing on the sea that can threaten us.
On the contrary, the Allied fleet can provide important long-range artillery support to the army. The Allied fleet guns can support at least 25 kilometers in depth. In this way, if we march within 25 kilometers along the coastline, the little devils will not be able to concentrate their forces to stop us. "
"In this case, they have only two options left. The first option is to resist layer by layer and consume us. The second option is to gradually retreat and concentrate on a few limited large cities in the north to defend to the death."
"If faced with the first option of the little devils, then it would be our army's intention to separate them, and rely on the air force, artillery, and tanks to defeat them one by one.
If the little devils choose to gather in big cities for defense. It doesn't matter to us either. Every big city in the north of Wanwan Island is within the range of naval guns.
We can use air force bombing, naval gun strikes and superior army artillery attacks to form three-dimensional firepower networks to gradually eliminate the little devils on the defensive positions. "
Gao Jianwu talked eloquently. The generals who originally thought his idea was a fantasy, now listened to Gao Jianwu's tactical arrangements. Everyone stopped talking and began to think deeply.
indeed. The little devil is on Wanwan Island, although there are more troops deployed. But the cities there are almost all built along the coastline. In other words, almost all the defenders are exposed to the range of naval guns.
As a result, their defensive positions will face joint attacks by the Allied forces in the air, sea and land. Unless they retreated to the central mountain forest area. But in this case, most of their heavy weapons will have to be discarded.
For little devils who have no logistical resources but only small weapons. Gao Jianwu's strength of 60,000 people was strong enough to pick them out one by one and kill them.
If Gao Jianwu's troops really have 1,000 artillery pieces of various types, what can those little devils who only hold 38-guns and crooked machine guns use to compete with Gao Jianwu?
Therefore, for the little Japanese, whether they retreat to fight guerrillas or stay in place to resist, it seems to be a matter of early death or late death.
The tactical arrangements on Wanwan Island are completely different from those on Luzon Island, which has a larger depth of defense.
For a time, not only most of the generals were convinced by Gao Jianwu. Even General Steven and General Mike are now greatly moved.
To be honest, although the weapons and equipment requested by Gao Jianwu sound like a huge amount, they are not impossible for General Steven and General Mike.
The artillery production of the United States is calculated in thousands or even tens of thousands. For the M1A1 155mm howitzer required by Gao Jianwu, which is the standard artillery of the American Army, they have produced a total of more than 4,000 pieces, and the M2A1 105mm howitzer, and more It was the artillery piece most equipped by the American Army during World War II, with more than 8,500 guns produced.
In another time and space, the Beautiful Country provided 476 m2a1 howitzers to Guozhou alone. Unfortunately, the principal was useless and turned into the captain of the transportation team and sent them all away.
In this time and space, Gao Jianwu intercepted part of it, and the total amount left for preserved fruits was much less. As for the Sherman tank, the beautiful country produced a full 50,000 units. A mere 300 units is nothing, and the M1 75mm howitzer is nothing.
Frankly speaking, General Mike and General Steven can meet these external conditions proposed by Gao Jianwu. However, the two of them still had reservations about Gao Jianwu's plan to use 60,000 troops to kill 200,000 Japs.
It's just that Gao Jianwu provided them with another brand-new idea.
General Mike took two strong puffs on his pipe and blew out a thick ring of smoke. He still didn't know Gao Jianwu very well, but Gao Jianwu's suggestion was very in line with his appetite.
To put it bluntly, even Gao Jianwu failed on Wanwan Island. However, Gao Jianwu's actions are bound to provide strong cover for his actions on Luzon Island and distract the resistance of the little devils.
This provided strong help for him to attack Luzon Island.
Although the weapons and equipment of 60,000 people are not a small number, for General Mike, if he needs to pay 50,000 people to capture this island, he would rather pay these weapons and ammunition to replace the lives of these 50,000 people.
So General Mike was really moved.
"100,000 people, Gao, if you can provide 100,000 troops to land on the island, I will agree to your action." General Steven on the side was obviously very moved, but he was still very satisfied with the 60,000 people provided by Gao Jianwu. worried.
If there are 100,000 people, according to Gao Jianwu's record in the Southeast Asian Peninsula, he could push through with 50,000 people at that time, so 100,000 people would be relatively confident.
"There is no need, General Steven. On both sides of Bay Island, the depth we can attack is only about 30 kilometers at most. If the number of troops is larger, not only will the logistics resources be burdened, but our offensive formation will also be unable to be deployed. ." After listening to General Steven's words, Gao Jianwu replied with a wry smile.
Of course, he also hopes to have more troops, but the actual situation does not allow it. Even if it is an army of 60,000 people, he has to squeeze it out from several aspects. After all, the situation in Central China has just settled down.
But it is not stable. If all the main troops are transferred away, it is very likely to attract a second round of siege by the Japs. But he will be too busy to direct the artillery at both ends to maximize its effect.
Relying on normal tactical command, one attack group can now fight against one division. If this fails, the little bit of foundation that has just been established will be taken away by the little devils again.
His elite troops in the three towns of Hankou actually only have 5 attack groups, and the other 4 newly established attack groups still do not have the combat effectiveness of the main force.
So if 60,000 elite troops are removed. Gao Jianwu needed to get an attack group from the brigade commander. Then create another attack group from Li Yunlong. In addition to the two attack groups established in Chu Yunfei and Ding Wei's base areas, Gao Jianwu only needs to dispatch two attack groups from the three towns of Hankou.
In the three towns of Hankou, there are still a mixed defense team of 3 main attack groups and 4 reserve attack groups, plus an artillery attack group, a tank attack group and an air force attack group. They can hold out for a long time against 10 little Japanese divisions. for a long time.
In addition, during this period of time, he was frantically replenishing blood for Commander Chen and others to strengthen their strength. It would be no problem to dispatch two divisions to reinforce them at the critical moment. In this case, Gao Jianwu would have the strength to fight against 12 divisions when faced with the little devils from East China. It’s really worth it.
As for the north, the Brigade Commander and Li Yunlong combined now have more than 100,000 troops. The remaining strength of the North China Expeditionary Army and the Kwantung Army reached a dozen divisions. The Brigadier Commander and Li Yunlong are in the Jinsui base area and With the support of the two major Qilu bases, I believe they can withstand it.
However, if four more attack groups are deployed, whether from the Brigade Commander and Li Yunlong or from the elites of the three towns in Hankou, there will be a certain gap.
It's just that for this reason, Gao Jianwu was not suitable to explain to General Mike and General Steven.
In fact, if we could get enough shells for 1,000 cannons. Those 300 tanks were there to protect the troops from being attacked by the little devils. Then Gao Jianwu can use the cannon to directly flatten the little Japanese.
As the God of War, the power of cannons will be even more terrifying under Gao Jianwu's hands. With 100 Mustang fighters in the air, Gao Jianwu now has many pilots to fly these fighters. Facing the little devils, they now have an overwhelming advantage over most of the Nakajima-1 fighters on Wanwan Island.
In this case, Gao Jianwu planned that in the worst case scenario, the Allies would not be able to provide long-range naval gunfire support to him at any time, and he could push him all the way with his own strength. Even if he is a little devil, he is not vain at all if he can gather 3 to 5 divisions for a decisive battle.
Of course, when negotiating conditions now, Gao Jianwu must regard the Allied naval gun support as one of his external conditions. After all, if there are two or three Allied battleships to support it. Even the early Florida-class model had five twin 356mm main guns and six 127mm secondary guns. Under the attack of such cannons, there was almost no fortress that could not be knocked open.
At the same time, with this external condition, the little Japanese did not dare to gather troops to fight against Gao Jianwu on the narrow coastline.
Not to mention the Iowa-class battleship, this giant has a formidable 9 triple-mounted mk.7 406mm cannon and 20 twin-mounted 127mm secondary guns. Kilometer to 35 kilometers range of strike targets.
If there is this external fire support, it will be easier for Gao Jianwu to fight.
It's just that since Gao Jianwu got up, he has never fought an uncertain battle. The firepower resources of the Allied fleet were just an icing on the cake for him.
Only by getting that batch of weapons and ammunition can you control your destiny in your own hands.
Even if there are certain twists and turns in the subsequent supply of weapons and ammunition to the logistics supply, Gao Jianwu is not afraid of it. He can use battle to support war through combat seizures and explosive equipment, and finally take down the entire Wanwan Island.
After all, as a cheater, Gao Jianwu is not a person without confidence.
Of course, such an important thing cannot be photographed or confirmed on the spot. So after Gao Jianwu made a shocking suggestion, the meeting basically came to an end and was quickly declared over.
Next, General Mike and General Steven will definitely discuss carefully, and after repeated weighing, they will come to their own conclusions.
However, Gao Jianwu is not anxious at all about this.
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"John, long time no see, let's toast to our reunion together." Gao Jianwu raised his wine glass amid the feasting.
He touched lightly with Major General Smith.
After finally making a trip to Hong Kong and Kowloon, Gao Jianwu naturally wanted to invite Major General Smith to have a good meal to reminisce.
"Cheers to the reunion!" Major General Smith drank it down happily.
"Gao, frankly speaking, your suggestion today shocked me." Major General Smith said. "But that's all you can say. You're the biggest miracle I've ever known, a living legend."
Major General Smith did not hesitate to praise him at all. After all, in his mind, Gao Jianwu could really afford it.
In the past nearly a year of fighting side by side, Gao Jianwu has created many miracles. At the same time, it also allows Major General Smith to cross the two important promotion thresholds of Brigadier General and Major General, giving the young Major General Smith a bright future.
Judging from his current record and qualifications, even if he continues on a steady path from now on, he can already expect to become a general in the future.
Therefore, both publicly and privately, Major General Smith was very grateful to Gao Jianwu.
"John, we are all good friends, but if you praise me like this, I will float up." Gao Jianwu exaggeratedly made a flying gesture. Major General Smith smiled from ear to ear.
"Okay, no kidding. John, this Mr. Zeng is our person in charge of the Hong Kong and Kowloon areas. You know we have our own interests in Nanyang, and now we have opened up the South China Sea base area and the South China base area. We have many places to borrow from. Hong Kong and Kowloon are the most important ports in the Far East.
I hope that John can give us some help in the next time. "
Gao Jianwu said bluntly. Today, he brought the person in charge of the Hong Kong and Kowloon regional organizations to establish direct contact with Major General Smith. He wanted Major General John Smith, one of the top figures of the Allied Forces in the Hong Kong and Kowloon regions, to reduce trouble for the re-export of materials and personnel in the base area.
The Nanhai base area and the South China base area developed by Gao Jianwu now need to transfer many things through this port. With the cooperation of Major General Smith, many things will develop smoothly.
Not to mention that there are still a lot of raw material goods from the Nanyang region that need to be transported through here for transit trade. If someone interferes with it, Gao Jianwu will feel very uncomfortable. After all, the volume of goods he transships now is huge.
Without the support of a strong figure at the top of the Allied Forces, it would be very difficult to transport tens of thousands of tons of supplies to various base areas.
Because now it is no longer a small matter of a few tons or dozens of tons.
"Hello, Mr. Zeng, this is my business card. If anything happens, you can call me." Major General Smith quickly took out a business card and handed it to Mr. Zeng.
"Thank you, General Smith." Mr. Zeng solemnly took Major General Smith's business card and carefully kept it.
If it hadn't been for Gao Jianwu today, it would have been impossible for him to establish a relationship with Major General Smith.
As the head of the Allied Air Force in the Southeast Asia Theater, Major General Smith is already one of the few high-ranking officials in the Allied Forces. Not to mention that Major General Smith has a close relationship with General Steven and has a strong influence even in the mainland theater.
"Mr. Zeng, you're welcome. If you are Gao's friend, then you are my friend." Major General Smith picked up the wine glass. "Come, let's drink to our acquaintance today."
As they drank and drank, the two strangers quickly became familiar with each other.
As a high-ranking member of the Allied Forces, Major General Smith actually has few friends in this area. On the one hand, he has his own pride, and ordinary people cannot get into his eyes.
Another aspect is that his identity is somewhat sensitive, and ordinary people dare not approach him.
Gao Jianwu is one of the few Chinese people he admires.
That's why Major General Smith was willing to have a personal relationship with Gao Jianwu outside of official duties.
"Gao, I want to ask, are you serious about the 60,000 people you proposed to solve the Wanwan Island problem?" When Major General Smith was almost drunk, he finally couldn't help but raise the question that he had hidden in his heart for a long time. .
"Of course, John, how about it, if my plan is approved, will you be my chief of staff? Let's work together to create another miracle." Gao Jianwu asked with a smile.
Using 60,000 to kill more than 200,000 Japs and seize an extremely important strategic location, this achievement is even more impressive than seizing Luzon Island. As one of the main commanders of this force, Major General Smith, if He really participated in this battle and won. Obviously, he will become the brightest star in the beautiful country's military world.
Major General Smith's eyes widened, and his breathing suddenly became much heavier.
"Of course, Gao, we are the best friends and the staunchest comrades-in-arms."
