So the US military quickly reached a consensus that the counterattack against the Japanese army must be carried out immediately, the faster the better, and we must not wait for the Japanese army to be built at the airport on Guadalcanal Island, otherwise the US military will fall into a full passive position.

This is of course, because as we all know, the most important thing in naval warfare is to gain air supremacy, otherwise the sea will be empty, and the ships on the sea can be said to have no place to hide. In addition, the aircraft speed is fast and the warships are slow, so warships are often the targets of fighter jets during combat... This is also the reason why aircraft carriers are so important.

For the series of islands in the Solomon Islands, if they lose in the sea and air combat and the US military loses air supremacy, the warships will not be able to get close to those islands at all, let alone landing on the beach.

The US military is becoming more and more afraid of this... This is mainly because they are not sure when the Japanese airport on Gua Island will be repaired. The information they have pitifully low. Gua Island was an island that most people have never visited or even heard of. If Major Keane had not taken photos of it, the Allies would not even know that there were jungles everywhere and there were few people everywhere.

All the US military can do is one big speculation: based on the US's understanding of the speed at which the Japanese army built airports in the past, it is estimated that it will take one and a half months to complete the airport on Guadalam.

But the problem is that no one knows when the Japanese started building the airport on Guadalam, so no one knows when the day the Guadalam Airport will be built... Maybe it will be a month later, maybe tomorrow.

This disrupted all the original plans of the US military.

They originally planned to attack the periphery and build a sea and air base and use it as a base to attack Rabaul, but now, the main goal is undoubtedly to take down Guadalcanal Island before the Japanese army complete the airport.

But the troubles of the US military have just begun.

Since the battle did not expect the battle to begin so soon, only one-third of the 1st Marine Division, which the US military was preparing to enter the battle, is in New Zealand, not far from Guadalam, another one-third is overseas, and one-third is stationed in Satsuma.

In the next time, the 1st Marine Division will not only formulate a specific combat plan but also complete logistical support, but also reload and unload ships and assemble troops for the upcoming battle... Otherwise, this 1st Marine Division, which has not even completed basic tactical training, will not be able to enter actual combat at all.

It is basically impossible to complete all of this in a short time. (Note: Historically, the US military risked the completion of the Japanese airport construction and repeatedly delayed the attack time, so that when the 1st Marine Division attacked Guadalam, the construction level of the Japanese airport was more than 80% close to completion.)

So the United States naturally thought of a force that defeated the Japanese army in jungle wars repeatedly and was not far from Australia and was not blocked by Japan's sea and air... Chinese Expeditionary Force. (Note: The Japanese army went south to occupy various key points, such as occupying Singapore, blocking the Strait of Malacca. Occupying the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, etc., can basically cut off the connection between the Pacific and the Indian Ocean.)

The US military’s idea is that the US military is not prepared and has no confidence to defeat the Japanese in the jungle, but the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Myanmar has proved their combat effectiveness with actual combat, so in this critical situation, the Chinese Expeditionary Force may be the only choice.

Of course, the Chinese Expeditionary Force also has their shortcomings, that is, the Chinese Expeditionary Force has no experience in amphibious landing operations. Therefore, this requires the cooperation of the 1st Marine Division of the US Army, and the 1st Marine Division completes the landing, and then uses the Chinese army as the main force to compete with the Japanese army for the airport in Guado.

As for the cooperation and connection between the Chinese army and the US army... there seems to be no need to worry too much, because the Chinese army has experience in cooperating with the US army on the battlefield in Myanmar, and there are also a large number of American instructors in the Chinese army.

So Roosevelt sent a telegram to Stilwell to prepare him.

The news spread layer by layer and soon reached Zhang Chi's ears.

Zhang Chi was not surprised by this, because all this happened naturally. Even if the military situation in Guadalam is not so urgent, the United States will put Chinese troops into the Pacific battlefield as soon as possible. This is not why, just for the benefit of the interests... It can defeat the Japanese without sacrificing the lives of the Americans. Where can I find such a good thing!

But when the news came down, some negative atmosphere that Zhang Chi did not expect appeared in the Xinyi Division.

In fact, as early as when the troops were training in Yangon, Zhang Chi felt that the soldiers' mental state was a little strange: in the past, whether on Sun Brabing's training ground or on the battlefield, the soldiers actively cooperated and showed unthinkable endurance and tenacity.

However, after conquering Myanmar, especially after hearing the news that the Chinese army was about to go to the Pacific islands to fight against the Japanese, various passive slackness or scattering appeared.

Originally, Zhang Chi thought that this was because he had won a decisive victory in driving the Japanese army out of Myanmar, and the soldiers wanted to relax psychologically. So they didn't care... It was normal for this situation to occur. They stepped up training and trained for a period of time before they recovered.

But soon Zhang Chi discovered that things were not as simple as he thought.

As soon as the order that the troops were about to enter the Pacific battlefield was heard, the tank battalion commander came to him.

"Room!" The tank battalion commander asked Zhang Chi in a skeptical way: "The troops really want to go there...what is the Pacific Ocean to fight the Japanese?"

"Well! Your news is quite fast!" Zhang Chi replied while signing the documents in her hand.

"Group, this matter..."

"What's wrong?" Zhang Chi couldn't help but look at the tank battalion commander with some surprise.

The tank battalion commander is Zhang Chi's old comrade-in-arms and an old superior. Zhang Chi knows that he has always spoken directly, but today hesitates.

"Room!" The tank battalion commander glanced at Pitt not far away and said, "Look... the Pacific battlefield is all about Americans. Do we have to help the Americans fight to the death? Besides... the brothers are all counting on fighting home to reunite with their relatives. Now they are about to hit the doorstep, but they are going to the Pacific Ocean again? It is said that the Pacific Ocean is very far. We can't walk for a few days or nights..."

"Oh!" After hearing this, Zhang Chi understood the reasons for the changes in the mental state of the soldiers during this period.
Chapter completed!