Looking at the dense forest in front of him that looked like a monster with a bloody mouth, Thomas shuddered all over and couldn't help but say:
"Chi... I don't understand why you came to this place. You must know that this is a place where Japanese monkeys are active. I don't want to have my head smashed by bullets that come out of nowhere later."
Chi Yaohui said without looking back: "Why, are you scared?"
"Nonsense, of course I'm scared." Thomas said angrily, "I still have a wife and two daughters at home, and they all want me to come home safely. I don't want to die fighting in this damn jungle."
Chi Yaohui ignored him, but held up his telescope and looked at the dense forest in front of him carefully, as if he could see a flower.
After a long while, he breathed a sigh of relief, pointed to a raised mountain range more than two thousand meters away in front of him on the left and said: "Colonel Thomas, have you seen that mountain?"
"I saw it." Thomas nodded: "That mountain is called Turululu Mountain, and it is the highest point in the vicinity for dozens of kilometers. Whoever can occupy that mountain and mount cannons can..."
Having said this, Thomas suddenly turned to look at Chi Yaohui: "Chi... you don't want to take advantage of Turululu Mountain, do you?"
"Isn't it possible?" Chi Yaohui asked.
"Of course, but I don't think now is the best time." Thomas said seriously: "You have to know that until now, the personnel of our Second Marine Division have not been fully assembled, and one of the First Marine Division has just arrived.
Infantry regiment.
Our current total force on Guadalcanal, including you, is only about 30,000. Compared with the Japanese, we do not have an advantage. Moreover, the Japanese still occupy favorable terrain. It is very unwise to launch an attack now. As a
Can the top students who graduated from the Berlin Military Academy fail to see this?"
After getting along with each other these days, Thomas and Chi Yaohui were surprised to find that they were very compatible in terms of personality and temperament, and they also had similar views on many things, which made their personal relationship become even closer.
Because of this, Thomas is now less reserved and more straightforward when speaking to Chi Yaohui.
Chi Yaohui snorted: "What you said makes sense, but unfortunately many people in your army don't see it that way, such as your boss, Major General John Marston."
"Chi, have you received any news?" Thomas was slightly surprised.
"Yes."
Chi Yaohui's mouth showed a trace of helplessness, "Just yesterday, Major General John Marston sent us a telegram in the name of the Second Marine Division, asking us to prepare.
Three days later, a large-scale feint attack was launched on Turulu Mountain to test the Japanese troop and firepower deployment in the area."
Thomas was silent. After serving as a soldier for so many years, he certainly understood what Major General John Marston meant.
This telegram was a feint attack in name, but in fact, the purpose was to let Chi Yaohui's dispatched corps take the lead and serve as cannon fodder, use their sacrifices to figure out the Japanese army's deployment, and consume the Japanese army's strength.
After they are all tired, the Second Marine Division can calmly launch a fatal blow to the Japanese army, so that the US military can achieve maximum results without spending too much cost.
Major General John Marston's little calculation could even be heard by the Japanese dozens of miles away.
I just know that I know, but Thomas can't say anything. Who makes him an American? Political correctness is not something that only comes from later generations. Americans have been cheating on it as early as the 20th century.
After mumbling for a long time, Thomas finally managed to say: "How can I help you?"
Chi Yaohui just asked: "How can you help?" Thomas shut up.
This kind of thing is not something that a group leader like him can interfere with.
Seeing that Thomas was speechless, Chi Yaohui patted him on the shoulder: "Man, as long as you have this intention. If you really want to help, please become the commander of the Second Marine Division first.
Well, you are still too young now."
"Fuck you!" Thomas angrily extended his middle finger to him.
"Hahaha……"
Seeing Thomas' furious look, Chi Yaohui couldn't help but laugh.
Just when Chi Yaohui was laughing, a roar of cars sounded behind him, and another Willys Jeep came speeding from a distance. A communications soldier jumped out of the car before the car stopped, with a smile on his face.
He shouted with joy.
"Sir, urgent telegram... The regiment is here... His fleet will arrive at Guadalcanal in half an hour!"
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Gao Hongming, dressed in a German military uniform and wearing the rank of colonel on his shoulders, stood in a large tent at the dispatch headquarters located more than 20 kilometers southwest of Henderson Airport, quietly looking at the two men sitting in front of him.
There were more than a dozen officers, and Chi Yaohui, his deputy, was sitting on his left.
And he had maintained this posture for five minutes. During these five minutes, Gao Hongming did not speak, and just looked at the officers sitting opposite him quietly.
Although Gao Hongming remained silent, many people felt a thin layer of sweat forming on their foreheads.
Just like that, after several more minutes, Gao Hongming finally spoke, "Why don't you speak anymore? You guys haven't seen each other for two months. Don't you have nothing to say to me?"
There was still silence in the tent. Although many officers hesitated to speak, they finally chose to shut up.
"Since no one is talking, I will call the roll call." Gao Hongming pointed to the major sitting on his right: "You Tianliang, you are the commander of the first battalion of the dispatch corps. Can you tell me?"
You Tianliang didn't expect that Gao Hongming would be the first to call his name. He quickly stood up and said with a smile: "You said this, leader. If you don't speak, how can we dare to say it first?"
"Oh, is that so? When did our Liantai militia have such rules?" Gao Hongming looked at You Tianliang in feigned surprise.
"Commander, please stop teasing me." You Tianliang was very embarrassed. In any military meeting, the highest officer should speak first. This is the rule of all military forces in the world. It is impossible for Gao Hongming not to know this.
The reason why he said this was obviously that he was speaking sarcastically.
Sure enough, when he finished saying this, Gao Hongming's face immediately darkened: "But how come I heard that you people were very active when I was away, and you even learned to rush to talk."
As soon as Gao Hongming finished speaking, the expressions of many people in the venue changed immediately, especially You Tianliang, who lowered his head.
"Why, aren't you usually very eloquent? Why are you all mute now?"
Gao Hongming suddenly slapped his palm on the table, making a loud bang.