One Thousand Fifty-Nine Joys and Sorrows

?Standing on the bridge of the aircraft carrier, General Halsey watched with his hands behind his back as the Marines on his ship were flocking to the small island on the sea far ahead like ants. He is familiar with this kind of battle. Along the way, the United States has accumulated a lot of experience in cross-sea landings in the Solomon Islands. At least the US military is very familiar with landing operations on such small islands.

"Send a telegram to the 1st Division of the Marine Corps and tell them not to rush in." Halsey gave his order to the adjutant following him: "Let the attack plane with the bomb on the aircraft carrier take off and bomb the island again." There is no need to sacrifice the lives of our soldiers for problems that can be solved with bombs.”

"I obey! Sir!" The deputy stood at attention and walked to the rear of the bridge, with the captain of the aircraft carrier beside Halsey. He also stood there with his hands behind his back, watching the cruiser fleet in the distance organize a new round of artillery attack, bombarding the small island in the distance that was already full of thick smoke.

"I heard that in the Middle East, Mountbatten is about to be driven to the oil production area on the coast of the Red Sea?" Halsey suddenly turned around and asked the captain of the aircraft carrier standing beside him, who was asked by Halsey's question I was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately raised my chest and replied: "Sir! I don't know much about the war situation in the Middle East!"

Within the United States, the successive defeats in the Middle East are also listed as confidential matters. Although everyone is talking about it in private, in official occasions they all keep silent about this aspect. Halsey is the titan under Nimitz, who likes to be straightforward, because he thought of this question, he asked it casually.

"I'm not those old stubborn... If you hear something, you can tell it. After all, this situation..." Halsey pointed to the small island occupied by the Japanese army who had no power to fight back in the distance, and began to tease Said: "It's kind of boring, isn't it? You can talk about it casually, and I will listen to it casually."

"I heard...sir, I just heard..." The colonel put his hands behind his back, and seemed to have a lot to say, but he didn't know what to say. After he thought about his words, he answered: "I heard that the Germans are better than the Japanese. They have very advanced fighter jets and tanks, and the quality of their soldiers is much higher than that of the Japanese. Many soldiers are worried, saying that we If you defeat the Japanese, you will be transferred to the Indian Ocean to compete with the Germans for sea control..."

Halsey is an admiral. Although he has always been in command of the US Navy's battleship force, but recently because the newly launched aircraft carrier has entered service, and the US Navy battleship suffered heavy losses in the last battle of the Solomon Islands, he was also appointed this time. Commander of the aircraft carrier fleet.

When he took office, what he heard most was the "miracle of naval warfare" in which the German aircraft carrier fleet ate the British home fleet in the North Sea. Lütjens's battles of fame were repeatedly mentioned as textbooks, which made him a little yearning, yearning to fight against real opponents.

The Japanese Navy seems to have no plans to come out to compete with the US Navy recently, so the Japanese Navy, which lost the commander of Marshal Yamamoto Fifty-Six, even lost its flexible tactics. The United Fleet blindly avoided the battle passively, allowing the U.S. Navy to approach Southeast Asia with such force.

After taking this island, the last threat of the Japanese army to Australia disappeared, and the United States could calmly deploy materials and troops in Australia to counterattack Japan more quickly.

"Send these dwarves to hell as soon as possible! Then let's see what a really tough enemy looks like!" Halsey murmured coldly: "I heard that we don't even have the strength to fight back in the Atlantic Ocean, and I don't I really want to go there and fight the German devils."

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In the distant Wilhelm Military Port, in the huge military isolation zone close to the inland, a newly built oil storage depot was successfully completed. Marshal Raeder looked at the newly built heavy oil reserve base, and proudly chatted with Admiral Doenitz beside him, pointing at the anti-aircraft artillery and air defense facilities in the distance from time to time.

Obviously, the Admiral of the Navy is very satisfied with this high-standard naval oil reserve. The complete air defense facilities and convenient transportation have maximized the strategic value of this place. Trains transporting oil can go all the way from Italian ports to here, and deliver the smelted fuel oil for ships to the German Navy.

"I heard that the third oil field in Libya has already started to produce oil?" Raeder lowered his head and asked the general Doenitz beside him. The latter nodded and said to his superior with a smile: "Marshal , What you heard is true, the head of state promised us that within the next month, we can increase our fuel reserves to pre-war levels."

"The head of state has always been wise and wise, isn't he?" Raeder held his marshal's scepter and smiled even more happily. His fleet has been plagued by a lack of fuel, and now this problem will no longer exist. This is good news for the increasingly large German Navy.

"Yes, Marshal!" Doenitz has just awarded the Knights of the Iron Cross of Swords to the 14 submarine captains he is proud of. His new U-boats are also being served in batches, so he is in a very good mood: "I have approved The number of submarines blockading Iceland has increased from 24 to 33."

"Do you know why General Catherine canceled the fourth large-scale bombing of Iceland?" Marshal Raeder lowered his voice and asked Dönitz, "I heard that his air force has replenished a large amount of fuel. Obviously he is not Bombing mission canceled due to lack of fuel."

"I heard that the Air Force is moving frequently, but the details are still being kept secret." Denitz didn't know much about Catherine's plan. After all, it was impossible for the Air Force to notify the Navy of its unilateral actions. However, recently, because the oil pressure has been greatly relieved, the Air Force dispatched butcher long-range reconnaissance planes to provide long-range reconnaissance activities for Dönitz's submarine force more frequently, which benefited Dönitz's wolves a lot.

"How did I hear that you and Lütjens are also promoting this?" Raeder suddenly opened his mouth and knocked Dönitz: "We are all imperial soldiers, so don't take credit for yourself and damage the Führer's Big deal. Got it?"

Dönitz smiled, and then he didn't hide anything: "General Lütjens and I felt that relying on the navy would be able to suppress the Allied forces in Iceland. Of course, as long as the fuel is replenished in a timely manner, I think the navy can shoulder the burden alone." The task of blocking Iceland..."

"You're right! I think so too." Raeder is very satisfied with his navy. At least his fleet has defeated the main force of the British Royal Navy and made the southern part of the British mainland the territory of the empire. In terms of achievements, he felt that his navy had already achieved great success, and what he was fighting for now was the future position of the navy in the German armed forces.

Rommel's troops advanced all the way in the Middle East, and even began to surround the Allied forces that invaded Turkey from the rear. This has reduced the pressure on Turkey a lot, and it has also made this country that was once vacillating when Italy withdrew from the Axis powers now firmly stand on the side of Germany. The troops of the Third Reich were surrounded.

Its northwest is Army Group J under the command of General Hoth, its northeast region is Army Group M commanded by Marshal Manstein who just occupied the Baku oil field, and the southwestern region of the country is the German Africa that is getting closer Legion... If Italy's decision to withdraw from the Axis powers was due to the fact that there was only one German Army Group J on the border, and they dared to give it a go, then Turkey's current situation, making troubles would be crazy.

So when Israel was established in the Middle East, Turkey's diplomatic envoys went to Germany again and again, working desperately to repair the relationship between the two countries that had already cracked. In order to win Germany's forgiveness, Turkey even lent the strait channel connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea to the Third Reich permanently.

"We just have to wait, when the fuel reserves are enough, the aircraft carrier fleet can be dispatched at will, fighting for the dominance of the sea in the Atlantic Ocean, and a real battle with the Allied fleet." Raedel clapped his hands He patted Denitz's arm, then said with a smile.

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While the top German naval officers were rejoicing at the refueling, a soldier named Takemoto Taro among the Japanese defenders far away on the Pacific battlefield was struggling to climb over a small dirt hill on the island. American fighter jets were circling back and forth in the sky. Since several Japanese planes crashed into American ships, the number of American fighter jet patrols has become more frequent.

From time to time, these fighter jets swooped down from high altitudes and randomly shot at places they thought were suspicious. Sometimes these pilots can really find the target, and turn the Japanese carriages and trucks that transport supplies into parts. The U.S. Naval Air Force, which has the superiority in the sky, is unreasonable at all. With all the weapons in their hands, they unscrupulously ravage the resisting Japanese soldiers on the ground.

"Baga! Don't these American bastards go back to rest? Why are they always flying back and forth above our heads?" Taro Takemoto gritted his teeth and complained as he watched the American planes circling in the sky.

"They are patrolling alternately. Maybe these planes are already in the second batch." The officer next to Takemoto raised his head and sighed: "The artillery on the other side of the line of defense has become more intensive. I am really worried about the situation on the front line. The Americans Was the attack blocked by us..."——

It can only be finished after 0 o'clock in the outbreak, everyone can read it tomorrow morning... Long Ling did not break his promise!