Imperial Overlord

Just as George and his new friend Owen and others got on the train to East Prussia, on the other side of the world, Major General Thompson put down the document in his hand with a frown.

"Yesterday, another 300 soldiers were killed on this line of defense. Where we shot down during the day, the Japanese will take it back at night..." He reluctantly rubbed the bridge of his nose and bowed to his chief of staff. Les said.

Chief of Staff Byers is also very troubled by the issue of casualties. For these issues, he has sent countless telegrams to Eisenhower and others.

It takes such a huge price to seize an island. How much will it cost to go all the way to the Japanese mainland?

No one dares to say, or no one dares to imagine how much the United States will pay in this war. Although Marshall and others have always believed that the United States will win, they can't say when the victory will come.

"The Japanese army broke through our three lines of defense at night, and our soldiers were exhausted and could no longer hold on..." the chief of staff said.

"Although the 2nd Army took over half of our defense line, the Japanese seemed to be staring at our defense line and fighting back. They also knew that we were as tired as them, so the counterattack often started on our side." Thompson added angrily. .

The persimmon is naturally a soft pinch. The US 1st Infantry Army has been fighting from the landing to the present, and it is naturally the last resort.

It is also reasonable for the Japanese army to find the area where they are stationed to fight back. The loss of the US 1st Infantry Corps also surpassed the US Marine Corps and became the most lost unit in the New Guinea counterattack.

Although the U.S. military has the advantage in the battle for the islands of New Guinea, the dominant U.S. military is still unable to completely penetrate the Japanese defense line.

The mountain defense line of Fengwen at the foot of the mountain is simply a nightmare for the US military. The half-month-long competition has made the US military pay a heavy price.

At least 50 U.S. M3lee tanks were destroyed by the Japanese on this line of defense. If not for a large number of tanks, the armor of the U.S. 1st Infantry Corps might have collapsed long ago.

This is not the worst, the worst is that Japan's air power has been strengthened like never before, dozens of ME-109E fighter jets were sent to New Guinea, and the Japanese Army Air Forces were active again.

The United States has lost nearly 400 aircraft of various types here. If the loss continues, the United States will be unable to bear it.

Supplementing pilots is not a simple matter, and the rapid loss of those pilots who have been in combat once is not a good thing for the US Army Air Forces commanders.

There is no problem with the replenishment of aircraft, but the replenishment of senior pilots is not easy for any country.

What's more interesting is that the US Navy's aircraft carrier fleet is still playing hide-and-seek with Yamamoto Fifty-six, who is determined to fight to the death, and in the process, the Japanese high-level battle determination has been shaken.

The ensuing orders to the Combined Fleet became vague, and the decisive battle Yamamoto feared did not take place in the end.

The main force of the Japanese naval fleet was still lingering near Malaya, waiting for the opportunity to enter the Torres Strait to annihilate the American fleet.

The US fleet commanded by General Halsey was not fooled, and remained in hiding in the area east of the Torres Strait.

The original strong determination of the local base camp to stick to the New Guinea region has now been shaken. The decisive battle here is too far from the Japanese mainland, which really makes the Japanese army somewhat powerless.

After some preparations, the call for a decisive battle in Malaya was higher, and the Japanese army was transferring the main force to Malaya instead of sending it to New Guinea.

Because of this, Fengwen Yamashita could not get effective support and the lost tanks could not be replenished, and only infantry was sent to the islands of New Guinea to make up for it.

Yes, a lot of infantry. Although the Japanese felt that New Guinea could be given up, it did not mean that they intended to surrender New Guinea.

The 6th Division, which had been beaten half-crippled, was supplemented by at least 10,000 soldiers. These soldiers came from afar in batches, and then filled them into the front in batches.

Then, these Japanese soldiers who came from afar, just like consumables, were lost in the jungle and mountains and became dead bones.

In the same way, their deaths also resulted in a large number of American casualties. Now in New Guinea, the two sides have lost more than 30,000 people.

On the U.S. Army side, the 1st Army and the 2nd Army, which landed later, have lost almost 10,000 soldiers.

On the other hand, the losses of the Japanese army are not small, they lost more than 20,000 people, and it seems that they will lose more people.

"The Navy can't cut off the Japanese's supplies, which makes us very passive..." Thompson basically put the responsibility for the stalemate in the central mountains of New Guinea and cannot continue to advance to the Navy's inaction.

Like the Japanese navy, the U.S. navy did not participate in the blockade of the islands of New Guinea in order to strike back.

Both sides are still mainly fighting with destroyers and cruisers. The intensity of the conflict is very low, and the losses are not huge.

But in this way, neither the Japanese nor the U.S. military could block the sea and prevent the other side from reinforcements. This also caused New Guinea to become a blood mill of blood and sacrifice on both sides.

Every day, Japanese troops were sent to the islands, and similarly, every day American soldiers crossed the sea to New Guinea.

Everyone sends more soldiers to the island ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and then consumes each other until the loss is exhausted. More supplementary soldiers will be sent to the island in the future, and the battle will continue.

"Unfortunately, the navy has obtained approval, and peripheral activities are allowed, so we have no choice." Brigadier General Byers, the chief of staff, spread his hands and said.

The four aircraft carriers in the hands of Halsey are now the last force in the hands of the US Navy. Nimitz was careful about how to use this power, and so was Marshall.

"Would it be better if we could put in more troops and penetrate the Japanese nearby here?" Pointing to the map, Thompson decided to rely on himself to solve the problems in front of him.

The Japanese counterattack at night is unavoidable, so it is a very practical way to try to push forward further during the day.

"It's hard to say how the effect will be, but we can give it a try!" Chief of Staff Byers looked at the map for a long time, and finally replied: "We can try the German tactics and use tanks to protect the flanks of the breach as much as possible. !"

Make up one chapter first, and another chapter tomorrow. 8)