The outstanding performance of the Cadre Expeditionary Force in Saipan is like a sharp blade out of its sheath.
"Mang is invincible, and for a time there is a great tendency to sweep thousands of troops.
It was also the first time that the Japanese base camp confronted the existence of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and elevated the importance of this squadron, which they had been deliberately ignoring, to a strategic perspective.
Roosevelt was in high spirits at the Senate and House of Representatives meeting of Congress to evaluate the strategic deployment in the Pacific Theater, and he used an unprecedented excitement to summarize and summarize a series of bilateral agreements such as the decision to give China the same treatment as a Lend-Lease country, and moderately tilt towards the Chinese government, as well as the subsequent dispatch of the Chinese Expeditionary Force to the Pacific Ocean.
Some pro-British congressmen found that Roosevelt had deliberately ignored Britain, an ally of great strategic importance, in his summary, and that Britain had successfully played the role of a loser in many recent Allied campaigns and military operations, and that the British had lost a large number of men and equipment in India and the Middle East, all of which had been transported by the United States through the Atlantic route under the Lend-Lease Act.
Recently, the German army's light armored division in the Middle East has appeared more than 100 light tanks, Comet cruiser tanks, Grant medium tanks, etc., which makes the United States feel very frustrated, whether these tank divisions are repaired and used by the German army or captured, this makes the United States feel uncomfortable, and what makes them helpless is that the German army has even captured the maintenance parts of these tanks, which is extremely incredible.
On the 10th of the month, Nimitz and Marshall arrived at Saipan, which had been cleaned up many times like a sieve, and after conquering Saipan, the US bomber group was able to encompass all of Japan's chain island defense circle, and under the cover of the combat radius of the Mustang Mouth, the light bombers could more safely carry out precision bombing of various strategic targets on the Japanese mainland.
On Saipan, Marshall and Nimitz held talks with Song Yuhang.
After a series of consultations on the dispatch of follow-up troops and the arrangement of follow-up strategies for the Chinese Expeditionary Force, Song Yuhang was glad that he proposed that the Chinese Expeditionary Force completely replace the US ground forces to undertake the most brutal island landing battle in the Pacific Theater.
The Chinese Expeditionary Force paid a heavy price in the Saipan landing, but it was also greatly rewarded, and Song Yuhang was finally able to enter the Allied strategic decision-making meeting as he wished.
Although he was still a man of few words, Song Yuhang firmly believed that over time, he would get to the right of voice he had always wanted, and he knew that all of this was built on the blood of Chinese soldiers.
Obviously, the Americans are very clear about the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and now Song Yuhang is facing how to reap more benefits.
The price has been paid, and it is time to harvest, which makes Song Yuhang extremely sorry for the seeds he found.
The pits were dug, the water was watered, and the hard work was taken care of, and now it was time to harvest, and he could not go to the harvest himself.
Song Yuhang is not a political idiot, he just doesn't want to waste too much of his energy on internal friction, the main reason for the infinite glory of the Chinese Expeditionary Force is that Chiang Kai-shek spared no effort to support, without Chiang Kai-shek's full support, the Chinese Expeditionary Force will not have a steady stream of elite soldiers and strong generals, you must know that it is only from slack years to months.
The Chinese Expeditionary Force has added four grassroots officers before and after, which is more than double the total replenishment of the First Theater, the Second World Theater, and the Ninth Theater; due to frequent and tragic protracted battles, the casualties of the grassroots officers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force are several times faster and several times faster than those of other units.
Chiang Kai-shek took the telegram and walked around the room a few times excitedly after receiving Song Yuhang's telegram, he did not expect that just one Chinese expeditionary force could bring him so many benefits, since it could get him the international political capital he needed and at the same time get enough benefits.
Why not, that's something he couldn't have thought of before.
Chiang Kai-shek summoned the naval commander Chen Shaokuan to the Huangshan residence, and Chen Shaokuan was very puzzled by Chiang Kai-shek's sudden summoning of him, a very unpopular commander of the light pole, and he waited for an hour in the study before he saw Chiang Kai-shek, who had sent Song Ziwen away.
Chiang Kai-shek, who was smiling with a smile on his face, greeted Chen Shaokuan very warmly and asked the guard officer to hand Chen Shaokuan a good Cuban cigar.
Chen Shaokuan knew that Chiang Kai-shek did not like to smoke, and was very disgusted with others in front of him, especially smoking in his study, but today he made an exception and gave himself a cigar, which surprised Chen Shaokuan, Chen Shaokuan did not light the cigar.
I just said hard: "Good goods, I'm afraid the price of this cigarette won't be cheap, I guess I'll buy a few torpedoes."
Chen Shaokuan said while looking at Chiang Kai-shek from the corner of his eye, and he was surprised to find that Chiang Kai-shek was surprisingly not born, but smiled and asked Gankuan, how many ships and how many people do you have?"
Chen Shaokuan was stunned for a moment and said: "There are less than 3,000 people, not to mention the ships, but there is not even a knowledge board, most of the personnel of the navy have become infantry guerrillas, fighting guerrillas with the Japanese army in Dongting and the Yangtze River valley, and now it can be said that the mountains and rivers are exhausted." ” Chiang Kai-shek nodded as if he didn't understand and said, "If you are given two Allied newest Type 21 destroyers, do you have the personnel to be able to drive them?"
"No" Chen Shaokuan refused without thinking about it, when he came, he had repeatedly warned himself that he must refuse the various tasks assigned by Lao Jiang, the few remaining personnel in the navy could no longer withstand the losses, and he wanted to reserve some seeds for the future Chinese navy.
Immediately, Chen Shaokuan was stunned, stood up suddenly, looked at Chiang Kai-shek in surprise, and said: "What did you just say, Chairman" Chiang Kai-shek smiled and said: "There are still many transport ships, and there will be more warships in the future" Chen Shaokuan knew that Chiang Kai-shek would not make fun of himself, but what he was concerned about was how these warships could break through the Japanese blockade and where he would go to pick up the ship's follow-up oil, coal, and ammunition maintenance, he did not have it, the Chinese Navy now has nothing, all of China's large deep-water ports are under the control of the Japanese, unless he is given a huge fleet that can rival the Japanese combined fleet and fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army, it will be useless.
Chiang Kai-shek's move undoubtedly resulted in a steaming bowl of noodles being placed in front of a hungry traveler.
He looked at Chen Shaokuan, who was already a little uncomplacent, and said: "These ships are not in China, they are in the United States, and they are exchanged for the lives and blood of the comfortable expeditionary force. ” Chen Shaokuan was stunned for a moment, the recent military operations of the Chinese Expeditionary Force can be described as outstanding, but many people don't understand, the little devils in the country have not finished fighting, and when the National Ten still failed to recover, he pulled the main force of the most elite several thousand re-army to the Pacific Theater to help the Americans fight, although the fighters were all Japanese devils, but most of the Chinese people couldn't turn this corner.
Chen Shaokuan, as the supreme commander of the navy of the Republic of China, is also a soldier, a soldier with strategic vision, Chen Shaokuan sees further, attacking the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean is the main combat force of the Japanese, only by completely destroying the Japanese sea power and attacking the Japanese mainland, can this protracted war be quickly and neatly ended, it can be said that Song Yuhang is digging the roots of the Japanese, but it is difficult for ordinary people to realize this.
What made Chen Shaokuan extremely emotional was that the Chinese Expeditionary Force, in addition to the bloody battle, could still think of asking for something for the Chinese Navy, which was thin in blood and blood, which made Chen Shaokuan ashamed, the navy is not the army, and a gun can be pulled into the battlefield after three months of scraping and training.
The Navy is a pound.
Technical arms, he represents the overall comprehensive strength of a country, it can be said responsibly that the navy is fighting for national strength, and it is the national prestige, but since the collapse of the Beiyang Fleet, the blue water dream of the Chinese navy has been completely broken.
At this moment, the person Chen Shaokuan wants to see the most is Song Yuhang, a guy he has always disliked before, and he would like to thank him for his help and kindness to the Chinese Navy.
When Chen Shaokuan learned that he needed to send 3,000 officers and sailors to India to the United States to receive and practice, he was excited for a long time, and suddenly rubbed his hands together in embarrassment and said to Chiang Kai-shek: "Commission, can you allocate me a batch of military uniforms, and now the brothers who have gathered are afraid that there are no decent military uniforms."
I didn't even have a military uniform after walking so far, and the brothers wouldn't be able to talk about it."
Chiang Kai-shek nodded and said, "That's okay."
An Yi has already thought of it for you, and he has prepared five sets of American-style naval uniforms, which require you to send 1,500 marines, and the supply of this force will go to the Chinese Expeditionary Force.
But the power of the woman will be vested in your navy.
Listening to the Marines, Chen Shaokuan's tears were almost about to flow out, the Battle of Yichang, the Battle of Jiangyin, the defense of Wuhan, the Chinese Navy almost lost blood, Chen Shaokuan's 22 battalions of Marines were all fought out before they were returned to the Navy, and he still remembered that the Marines wearing army uniforms fought to the last moment and still stuck to the battle in accordance with the naval code to shoot at the Japanese army, and the officers and men of the Navy personally removed the cannons on the self-sinking warships, Use naval artillery to continue to fight the invincible Japanese army.
When Chen Shaokuan saw the details of the ships he was going to accept, he was stunned for a moment, and he clearly remembered that this was the first time since the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle of the Beiyang Fleet that the Chinese Navy had the world's "newest type" combat ships of more than 5,000 tons
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