"Yoxi! I feel relieved with Koga Jun's words! As the ancient Chinese saying goes, brothers fight outside the wall to defend against their insults. Now the world war situation is deteriorating rapidly, and the Great Japanese Empire is also facing unprecedented severe tests. We can no longer have too much internal friction."

Hearing this, Shi Nai Suoyi was really relieved.

The Navy and the Army have always had many conflicts, and often they compete with each other and seize resources, making it difficult to form a strong synergy.

As a 64-year-old man, Tsouichi's competitive spirit is obviously much weaker, so what he values ​​most is not whether the army or the navy has made great contributions, but how to do his best to prolong the life of the Japanese Empire.

"Please rest assured that we are all fighting for the Great Japanese Empire, and we should work together to protect the vast territory of the Yamato nation!"

Koga Fengichi nodded slightly, and he naturally understood what Soichiko was worried about in the temple, so he patted his chest again and promised.

Yamaguchi Tatsume was moved and nodded, saying, "As long as our navy, army, air and other forces can work together, the Great Japanese Empire will definitely be able to overcome the difficulties and win the final victory."

"Yoxi! Then let us unite firmly and do our best to the future of the Great Japanese Empire!"

"The Great Japanese Empire will surely last forever!"

“Yamato ethnic group on board!”

“Onboard!”

“Onboard!”

After some heart-breaking communication with each other, Soichi Tetsuchi, Koga Fengichi, Yamaguchi Daoshi and others were all moved by each other, and stood up and gathered together to swear together, then raised their arms and shouted.

Immediately following the generals, staff officers, and guards were also infected, and they shouted loudly as if they had been knocked out of medicine. For a moment, the entire Southern Expeditionary Army General Command became extremely crazy.

At this time, the Battle of Kuban in the Caucasus War Zone on the Eastern Front of Europe had come to an end, and the Battle of Novorossiysk-Taman is in full swing.

The Battle of Cuban was a major turning point in the Soviet army's struggle for strategic air supremacy during the Patriotic War, and was also one of the largest air battles in the Patriotic War of the Soviet Union.

In the summer of 1943, the Soviet army launched a new and powerful attack in the central and southwest direction of the Soviet-German battlefield, which was conducive to the re-launch of the North Caucasus region.

The North Caucasus Front was ordered to clear the German Taman Group, and the German army attempted to use air force to defend the Taman Peninsula due to insufficient ground forces.

So he faced Mai Mang, and Su Deshuang launched an unprecedented battle for air supremacy.

This air battle lasted for more than two months. The Soviet army dispatched about 35,000 aviation troops, of which the Front Army accounted for 77%, the long-range aviation troops accounted for 9%, and the Black Sea Fleet aviation troops accounted for 14%.

The German army lost more than 1,100 aircraft, of which more than 800 were shot down in the air.

Because the Soviet aviation forces greatly weakened the German air strength during the air combat in the Kuban River, they seized air supremacy in the southern wing of the Soviet-German battlefield, paving the way for the capture of air supremacy in the entire Soviet-German war.

Two months after Kuban's air battle, the Soviet North Caucasus Front launched a battle to liberate Novorossiysk and the Taman Peninsula. The Black Sea Fleet and the Azov Sea Fleet jointly launched an offensive, which was also the last battle in the Battle of the Caucasus.

The current battle has been going on for more than a month, with the German army investing more than 440,000 people, while the Soviet army reached nearly 700,000 people, half of the German army.

Due to the previous Kuban air battle, the German army lost the battlefield air supremacy, which made its situation in the Novorossiysk region extremely difficult.

After Mr. President left on a plane from Hawaii, MacArthur, who had long been unable to hold back, immediately pressed the war button.

MacArthur Yu issued an order on the same day to use New Zealand as the advance base to clear the Japanese-occupied islands around the Solomon Islands, and ordered the fleet to prepare for artillery fire on the main islands of the Solomon Islands.

The Solomon Islands are located about 1,600 kilometers northeast of the Australian continent, and about 500 kilometers west of Papua New Guinea, the second largest country in Oceania.

That’s right, everyone on earth knows that the Solomon Islands are a small island country, with more than 900 islands of all sizes and sizes totaling only 28,400 square kilometers. However, in Oceania, which is full of small island countries, this area is the fourth largest.

The terrain of the Solomon Islands is very distinctive. Generally speaking, there are many large islands, which can be called a pocket version of Indonesia.

Among the most important islands, in addition to the largest Guadalcana, there are also San Isabel Island with an area of ​​3,871 square kilometers, Maleta Island with an area of ​​3,840 square kilometers, Makila Island with an area of ​​3,190 square kilometers, Schwarser Island with an area of ​​2,590 square kilometers, etc.

All of these islands are currently in the hands of the Japanese army. At the same time, as the Allies pressed forward step by step, the strategic position of the Solomon Islands became increasingly prominent, and the Japanese army naturally began to strengthen their defense without any effort.

At the same time, the main force of the Japanese joint fleet was also cruising in the Solomon Islands, New Guinea Island, and around Australia, as if poisonous snakes lurking in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to move.

Therefore, facing the Japanese defensive troops who were determined to fight to the end, but had a very powerful Japanese defensive force, MacArthur did not dare to rush, and still could only take gradual advancement and steady combat.

As for the Central Pacific offensive route Nimitz is responsible for, although it is relatively relaxed there, the actual situation is not very optimistic.

Because the Marshall Islands have been the trusteeship place in Japan since World War I, foreigners were strictly prohibited from entering after 1935.

After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army stepped up the construction of military bases and deployed garrison troops in the archipelago, which was the main island of the Japanese army's outer defense circle in the Central Pacific.

Because the Marshall Islands were blocked by the Japanese army for a long time, and the islands were located outside the range of US shore-based aircraft, they could not organize air reconnaissance, so the US military knew nothing about the situation of the islands.

Until some time ago, the US military conquered the Gilbert Islands southeast of the Marshall Islands, and established an air force reconnaissance base to organize reconnaissance of the Marshall Islands.

At present, the US military is still conducting aerial reconnaissance step by step. Only after fully grasping the situation in the Marshall Islands can the US military launch an attack.

Time flies and October 3rd comes.

In the past period, the Allied forces organized six landing operations of varying scales and launched a series of arduous battles with the Japanese army, accumulated losses of 2 aircraft carriers, 3 destroyers, 1 torpedo boat supply ship, 4 transport ships, 4 torpedo boats, about 500 aircraft, about 3,000 people were killed and more than 4,000 injured.

On the Japanese side, they lost 1 aircraft carrier, 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers and transport ships of various sizes and sizes, and more than ten were sunk, with about 820 aircraft losing their aircraft, and the total number of officers and soldiers killed was more than 12,000.

After a long war of attrition, the Allies not only opened up an offensive route from New Zealand to the Solomon Islands, but also carried out 12 days of artillery preparations for several major islands of the Solomon Islands.
Chapter completed!