Stilwell has been a rare leisure time during this period.

Of course, this leisure is not leisure in the actual sense. In fact, Stilwell is very busy, holding meetings, negotiating, supply, and US aid... Sometimes it is a problem with the UK, sometimes it is a requirement from China, and then it is various difficulties in Myanmar, which makes Stilwell never stop for almost a moment.

But he still felt relaxed, and it could even be said to be a kind of enjoyment.

The reason for this is that Stilwell believes that he has successfully taken over Myanmar. Although the Japanese have not been annihilated, they can only stay in a corner and not play a big role.

As for saying that this is a kind of enjoyment... it is because Stilwell fully feels the power in his hands, or it can also be said to feel his own importance.

The fate of Britain, China, Myanmar... these countries seem to be just a matter of their own thoughts, which makes Stilwell, a man in his sixties, feel that he is still full of vitality and energy.

Therefore, he regarded the current busyness as the fruit of victory in repelling the Japanese army on the battlefield in Myanmar.

For example, now, his purpose of looking at the map is no longer to attack the Japanese army as before, but to find the next part where the Chinese army can open up land and farm.

"General!" At this moment, a correspondent walked to Stilwell, handed over a telegram and reported: "This is a telegram from Washington, and the president asked the general's troops to be prepared to fight on the Pacific Islands!"

"What?" Stilwell was stunned when he heard this.

He was a little unbelievable at first, but when he put on his glasses and read the content of the telegram, he had to accept this fact... He originally thought he had at least a few months to prepare, but he didn't expect that the war was right in front of him. The New First Division had only been training for two weeks, and many of them were even seasick.

What Stilwell didn't know was that this situation was not only what he did not expect, but even Washington, and the US military did not expect it.

The reason is that the US military never expected that Guadalcanal, which was occupied by the Japanese army, would be so important.

Since the Japanese army attacked Pearl Harbor and officially started war with the US army, the Japanese army has almost accurately implemented its southward plan... swept across East Asia, the East Indies and the Melasian Islands, occupied the Philippine Islands, Wake Island, Guam and Singapore, and then captured the port city of Rabaul on New Britain with an unstoppable momentum.

Rabaul not only has the best ports in the region, but also has the advantageous terrain for building large airports, which means that the Japanese Navy and Air Force can use Rabaul as a base to control nearby New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, thereby cutting off the maritime lifeline between the United States and Odaia.

In fact, when the Japanese army occupied Rabaul, the United States realized the Japanese army's strategic intentions and decided to fight back against the Japanese army.

But on the one hand, I thought the situation would not worsen so quickly. Although the Japanese army occupied Rabaul, it still takes time to develop and prepare, so the US military still has time to prepare.

On the other hand, the U.S. Navy and the Army have always had disagreements.

The army was represented by MacArthur. His opinion was to "go directly to the Yellow Dragon"... that is, the Japanese army's support in this area was Rabaul. If they could take Rabaul, they could drive the Japanese out of this area, so the Japanese army's threat to Austria no longer exists.

The Navy believes that MacArthur's plan is too risky, because MacArthur's plan will expose the navy's aircraft carrier to bombers taken off from Rabaul Airport, which is very dangerous for the aircraft carrier. Moreover, the waters in the Rabaul area are very narrow and the space for aircraft carriers is very limited, which can even make it a target for Japanese aircraft... This may make the US military land without the cover of air force, which is unimaginable for the US military.

Therefore, the Navy advocated attacking the peripheral islands first and establishing a US naval and air force base on the periphery to prepare for the attack on Rabaul.

Objectively speaking, both strategies are practical.

MacArthur's strategy is an adventurous tactic. Although it is very dangerous, it can be achieved quickly and quickly.

The navy's idea is to take steady steps and take steady steps. Although the danger is small, it must be a long-term war of attrition.

But it is more in line with the American way of combat, which is obviously the navy's combat ideas, and MacArthur's idea... should be said to be an alternative.

So after a long period of discussion and consultation, the Americans finally decided to start from the periphery by adopting the navy's combat ideas.

Originally, the Navy thought they had enough time to prepare, but because of an accidental incident, the United States realized that they had to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army in advance.

It was more than ten days after the meeting, and the Navy had just begun to prepare for a counterattack. A US pilot took off from New Guinea in a B17 bomber. His mission was to routinely patrol and reconnaise possible activities of the Japanese army. Because the danger was not detected, the bomber carrying out the reconnaissance mission was not even escorted by the fighter.

As a result, when passing through an island called Tulaji, he was attacked by three Japanese seaplanes... The US pilot fled from the battlefield in a hurry. When he returned to the base, he felt a little uneasy. Why did the Japanese army stop him from flying into that sea area? And he also used three seaplanes at the same time?!

Does this mean that the Japanese army has any information that they don’t want him to know or that the Allied forces have detected!

So, the pilot immediately stopped and turned his fuselage and flew to the airspace again.

The Japanese didn't expect the pilot to be so bold. He just drove him away and turned back before he took off. In addition, the seaplane had just landed and had not taken off. Even if it took off, it would come because the speed was too slow. So he could only watch the bomber fly through the airspace.

It turns out that the major named Keen made this dangerous move completely worth it, because from the photos he took showed that the Japanese army was building an airport on Guadalcanal.

This information couldn't help but surprise the US military.
Chapter completed!