Except for Gao Jianwu, no one knew that this matter would end in an unexpected way.
But for Gao Jianwu, this matter is not important to him. He sent teams on the island to constantly search for and block the exits of the little devils. These little devils are still struggling. They have stored a lot of food and supplies in the middle of the mountain. Even if they are trapped for a month or two, they will not be trapped to death.
Anyway, he has nothing else to do now, so he just plays with the little devils. A few squadron-level little devils rush out from time to time, but it is of no use at all. There is no need for infantry. There are a few tanks with them. A group of people went over and finished it immediately, and then went over to blow up the entrance of the cave and seal it.
Gao Jianwu's life was so ordinary.
On the other hand, Lin Zun and others of the Navy were very busy. They invited the crew members and logistics experts of the Allied Fifth Squadron to board the two ships Gao Jianwu exchanged, and sincerely asked them to teach driving and maintenance techniques.
Now the two sides are in the real honeymoon period. Everyone in the Allied forces admires Gao Jianwu and the others for the relaxed and joyful fighting style. This allows Lin Zun and others to learn without restrictions, and almost all problems are answered by Allied technical personnel. He taught carefully and mastered the Fletcher destroyer bit by bit.
During this period, the officers and soldiers who could serve in high-tech arms such as the Air Force and Navy were almost all very talented young people.
They also have a very high enthusiasm for learning. The opportunity created by Gao Jianwu for them is an opportunity that these people have dreamed of before, so they don't need to be urged by the superiors, and they all study hard.
Now they all know that it is almost impossible to have a second opportunity to be taught by a teacher like this, so everyone takes this opportunity very seriously.
As for Lin Zun and some of the middle and high-level naval generals, they were busy familiarizing themselves with the performance and key equipment of the two Allied cruisers in their hands. These people were the elites of the crowd during this period, and they never let go of anything. An opportunity to learn from the great powers.
It doesn't matter if they don't have a cruiser now. They need to understand the advantages and disadvantages of a cruiser, so that they can have first-hand information on how to deal with a cruiser when they encounter one in the future.
Lin Zun and the others have not yet entered Gao Jianwu's core circle, so they don't know Gao Jianwu's shipbuilding plans. Although they do not have cruisers, they now have big plans for guided missile destroyers and aircraft carriers!
Moreover, the future is a blue water navy, which is not limited to activities and operations in the offshore waters around China.
Of course, this plan is a bit appalling at the moment. In terms of the overall plan, only a dozen or so people know about it. Even in the Marine Equipment Institute, the task they receive now is to go all out for the liver 051 hull. Although this ship is nominally the same as In terms of tonnage, it is still a destroyer, but in terms of comprehensive combat power, with the new ship-to-ship missiles and ship-to-air missiles, the comprehensive combat power has surpassed any current cruiser!
Dealing with today's cruisers is completely a dimensionality reduction strike.
It's just that no one has seen the whole picture yet. Except for Gao Jianwu, everyone has no idea about the combat power of this new warship.
Because in terms of missile subsystems, Professor Qian and the others are still working hard on the hq-1 surface-to-air missile. After this missile is formed, and with the completion of the research and development of electronic equipment and radar miniaturization, the second-generation radar-guided missile will be launched. After these front-end technologies are completed, not only surface-to-air missiles, but also ship-to-ship, ship-to-air and air-to-air missiles will spring up like mushrooms after a rain.
This is Gao Jianwu's big idea of overtaking the military in a roundabout way.
He did not compete with the great powers in terms of current technological levels such as cruisers and battleships. Instead, he transcended the limitations of the times and directly entered the era of missiles and electronic warfare.
The system is equipped with electronic related technology and radar technology, as well as the F-4, which will be considered a top fighter within ten years. With the Type 051 guided missile destroyer and Forrest-class aircraft carrier, the Navy can achieve overtaking in corners. This combination puts Almost invincible in the moment.
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Washington.
"General Maher, why do you suddenly want to change the commander-in-chief of the Western Pacific Theater? Mike has not done a good job. He has already defeated the Ryukyu Islands occupied by Xiaobenzi. Next, it is time to enter Xiaobenzi's homeland. "
The current leader of the White House finished speaking with some breathlessness. His body could not support him for long even if he spoke.
"Your Excellency, the Allies did capture most of the Ryukyu Islands, but it was not the credit of General Mike, but more of the credit of the Chinese named Gao Jianwu. It was the new tactics he invented that successfully accelerated the battle for the islands. , and more importantly, it greatly reduced Allied casualties."
"Before Gao Jianwu's troops joined, the Allied forces had suffered tens of thousands of casualties, but after his troops joined, the Allied forces' combined casualties did not exceed a thousand."
"General Mike handled this aspect particularly poorly. Due to his delay, Gao Jianwu's troops joined a month late, and this month caused more than 10,000 Allied casualties. For this reason, now the West From bottom to top, there are many complaints about General Mike in the Pacific War Zone.
Considering that attacking the small homeland will face a more brutal battle. The staff believed that General Mack was no longer fit to command the Western Pacific forces in combat. "
General Maher put the reasons for changing the commander in front of the White House incumbent.
"Those are just the complaints of the people below, General Maher, General Mike is a veteran of many battles. I think that with his presence, the Western Pacific battlefield can be stabilized. I will not agree to replace General Mike at this time. "The current president of the White House did not even look at General Maher's report and directly gave a negative answer.
General Maher was not surprised either. After all, he was well aware that General Mack had deep roots both in the White House and in military circles. Now it is quite difficult to knock him to the ground based on the complaints of some people below.
It's just that General Smith made suggestions to him and gave him some reasons. General Maher certainly hopes that one of his own will have the opportunity to take office and seize the huge merits of his small homeland.
If General Steven can take advantage of this opportunity to ascend to the throne of commander of the Western Pacific Theater, and then defeat the small country. If nothing else, a 5-star general is definitely qualified.
"Well, Your Excellency, you are the top decision-maker, and the staff fully respects your decision-making opinions." General Maher shrugged and took back his report.
Naval Observatory.
"How's it going? General Maher, is that thing done?" Harry, the deputy of the White House, asked anxiously.
"No. The one who didn't agree to the replacement may be considering giving Mike more opportunities." General Maher, who came to meet Harry, shook his head.
"The reason for our replacement now is very insufficient. After all, the Allies have now achieved another major victory. No matter who wins this war, as the commander-in-chief, Mike will not make a big mistake. It is indeed not the time to replace him now." good time."
Ever since General Smith got involved, General Maher and Harry had suddenly become closely connected because of General Steven's matter.
Although Harry is now a deputy with no real power, he also has some heavyweight parliamentarian friends around him. Otherwise, Harry would not be pushed to the nominal second-in-command of this beautiful country.
But from the perspective of personal rights, the deputy is much worse than the secretary of state. The person who really does the work is the secretary of state.
It's just that the deputy for power succession in the beautiful country is clearly ranked second. Therefore, even if it is a spare tire, the nominal position cannot be underestimated. Through this position, many deputies have gradually accumulated reputation and reached the highest position.
"It's a pity that I can't make any suggestions on this matter now. Otherwise, I will directly promote the substitution process." Harry said somewhat gloomily.
Regarding General Mike, who looked down on him, Harry really wanted to push him into the cold palace.
"Let's continue to wait for new opportunities. At this time, we have no other choice." Maher shook his head.
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However, just a few days after their meeting, bad news came from the White House, and the current incumbent suddenly died.
Although this incident was somewhat foreboding, as the current physical condition had not been very good since the beginning of the year, not many people expected that tragedy would happen so soon.
Harry, who stayed at his own home as a spare tire, was called to the White House with almost no mental preparation. He quickly completed the succession ceremony and was sworn in to become the new owner of the White House!
When Mr. Situ received this information from the White House for the first time, he was stunned for almost half a minute before he reacted.
He was not surprised by Harry's succession, but was shocked that Gao Jianwu started planning this matter almost half a year in advance, allowing him to get closer to Harry and establish a long-term relationship like a very close private alliance.
It is equivalent to seamlessly connecting the relationship with the two owners of the White House, and the relationship with Harry is even better, because in this process, with the intervention of Gao Jianwu, Mr. Situ spent a lot of time on On Harry.
Now his reward has come!
Even if it is not immediate, in the future, as a close friend and ally of Harry in the business world, Mr. Situ's influence will increase visibly.
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When everyone was surprised, only Gao Jianwu was very calm and watched his plan come to fruition little by little. He had expected all this and asked Mr. Situ to strike first.
Although Mr. Stewart will not appear in Mr. Harry's current cabinet, that is because Harry needs a smooth transition, but with the funeral of his predecessor, some adjustments to positions are inevitable.
If Mr. Szeto is interested, some suitable position will fall to him.
The first change that bore the brunt was that General Mike was publicly recalled as a White House military adviser!
Although this position has no public power in the beautiful country, it has always been held by senior military generals. Harry's handling of this position is completely fine in the eyes of the outside world.
But the biggest problem is that Harry has not consulted with General Mike at all!
General Mike was directly recruited, and the commander-in-chief of the Western Pacific Theater was naturally removed from him. General Steven was appointed as the new commander-in-chief of the Western Pacific Theater in the form of deputy succession, and was promoted to a 4-star rank. Will!
Harry's operation made General Mike furious in private, and he dropped countless cups, but it was all in vain.
During the war, the power to appoint the commander of the theater was in the hands of the current White House. No matter how dissatisfied General Mike was, he could not change everything.
Now Harry has given him a decent step down, using the honorary title of White House Military Advisor to let him exit honorably. In the eyes of the outside world, there is nothing wrong with Harry's handling.
No one knew that this was premeditated.
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Napa temporary headquarters.
General Steven and General Smith came hand in hand.
"Gao, if we attack Xiaoben's homeland, what method do you think is appropriate?" General Steven, the commander of the Western Pacific Theater who had just taken office, although he only learned about the process from General Smith afterwards, he still took time out of his busy schedule to pay a special visit. Gao Jianwu.
For Gao Jianwu, General Steven has always attached great importance to him since the expeditionary force. For a victorious general who has always victorious in every battle, he cannot attach too much importance to him.
On the one hand, this visit was to thank Gao Jianwu for his help, and on the other hand, he also wanted to ask Gao Jianwu for advice on how to conquer the small book mainland.
"If I were in charge, I would choose to fight steadily and gradually land to completely eliminate the main force of the Japs and completely resolve the consequences of this war." Gao Jianwu did not hide his true thoughts.
In his original time and space, because the bloody battle in Ryukyu was too brutal, the white house of that era decided to throw the newly born little boy on top of the little devil's head, and used this terrifying mass murder weapon to scare the little devil Tian Huang out of his wits. !
Therefore, they chose to surrender before the large army was wiped out.
But there are still 7 million little Japanese troops.
In this time and space, the Japs did not go that far. Because of Gao Jianwu, the three main forces of the Kwantung Army, the Southern Army, and the Chinese Expeditionary Army were wiped out.
In addition to a few islands in the south that are still surviving, there are still nearly 3.7 million little Japanese army and navy mobilized in the mainland, which is nearly half less than in the original time and space.
Among them, the Little Japanese Army also has 58 main infantry divisions and several special brigades, with a total strength of 2.4 million.
As for the navy whose fleet was crippled, even though there are not many ships left, the total strength of the army is still as high as 1.3 million!
Gao Jianwu was not prepared to keep these disasters for the New Year, and they would become troublesome later.
The best and most thorough way to deal with De San is to completely cripple these little devils in Xiaobenzi!
"Gao, you will continue to fight side by side with us, right?" General Smith next to him asked a question that was difficult for General Steven to ask.
"Yes, John, we are old friends. In the final battle against Xiao Benzi, we will fight together until the end." Gao Jianwu said with a smile, and did not bargain with Smith over this matter again.
Because now, it is no longer needed.
Now is the time to collect interest in the past, but he made a promise to Li Yunlong.
"So, Gao, what are your considerations when it comes to sending troops for a joint war?" General Smith continued to ask.
Of course, their intelligence has rough data on the garrison situation in the mainland. There are still more than 3 million little Japs.
"I personally don't think we need too many troops. After all, Xiaobenzi's garrison is scattered, and they rarely have the opportunity to gather together. As far as our intelligence is concerned, Xiaobenzi's main force is deploying 35 divisions in the Honshu region. , 4 divisions are deployed in the Shikoku region, 14 divisions are deployed in the Kyushu region, 2 divisions are deployed in the Hokkaido region, and 3 divisions are deployed in the Tohoku islands.
In addition, there are 2 tank divisions, 7 tank brigades, 4 air defense divisions, 28 brigades, and pilot divisions mainly deployed in the state.
Including the small navy, the maximum strength on Honshu Island is about 2 million, and on Kyushu Island is about 700,000. We will land with about 1 million as the main force, which should be enough to handle one aspect of the war.
We can assemble 500,000 troops here to carry out the main force of landing operations on the mainland, but in terms of weapons and ammunition supplies, we need large-scale support from the Allies. "This time Gao Jianwu did not speak loudly, but put forward very practical suggestions.
Therefore, this time the Allied forces agreed to each contribute 500,000 troops because of their own considerations.
The future involves the big issue of dividing the spoils after the war. If half of the troops are proposed now, then Gao Jianwu can logically demand half of the benefits.
General Steven was very pleased. In his opinion, this was Gao Jianwu's honor for taking up his new position.
"That's it. Gao, the Fifth Squadron will always be under your direct command during the entire operation. For the small naval ships captured in the future, I will recommend that they be given priority to you as the basis of the navy." General Steven reciprocated the favor.
He really doesn't like the little devil's warships.
Compared with the United States Navy, General Steven believes that the remaining Japanese warships are nothing more than a pile of scrap metal, and now he does not dare to dispatch the Allied fleet to confront them head-on.
"As for air support, General Smith will be the Air Force Commander of the Western Pacific Theater and also serve as your Chief of Staff. I think that during future wartime, your command and my command will be merged into one, and we will jointly command this A decisive battle!"
General Steven's suggestion was not a whim, but based on the results of his collaboration with Gao Jianwu in the past few years.
Gao Jianwu seemed to have a magical power, and he never missed a beat when attacking the little Japanese.
Regardless of whether he had more or less troops at hand, Gao Jianwu commanded them well to achieve victory!
For a high-level commander, having such people join his command is a guarantee of victory.
With such a consensus, all parties then began preparations for the final sprint.
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