"The Japanese army's firepower is very fierce, and hundreds of warships fire at us."

The confidential staff read the telegram expressionlessly, and the bridge of the Essex was silent. Everyone didn't know what to say: the US military's attack on Tarava was useless. Even if there were not a few hundred, dozens of warships opened fire. The Japanese army could defend for so many days. On the other hand, it was the Japanese turn to attack Tuvalu. Even if there were more warships and weaker defenses, they would not surrender in the morning. Many people thought that they could at least last one day.

Nimitz sighed: "We have to rely on ourselves next."

Jifen was a little nervous: "If we were at this level, I'm afraid Tarawa would not have been able to defend for so long. We were only deployed on it. There was only a 6th battle group. And the war had just been fought there, and at most the airport was repaired. All the fortifications used by the Japanese army had to be renovated. No one would have thought that the Japanese army would counterattack so quickly!"

Halsey hurriedly said: "Photo to them immediately and repair the fortifications. No matter what, you have to persist for more than 3 days!"

In the afternoon, Hori Teiki, Tsukahara and other senior officers boarded Tuvalu and saw the bumpy US military airport and more than a dozen B17b24 heavy bombers remaining at the scene were destroyed due to the runway, and then they avoided the shells under the careful protection of the airport officers and soldiers.

Hori Teki suddenly laughed: "Tsukahara, I have figured out how to fight Tarawa."

Tsukahara Nishizumi smiled slightly: "The chief's laughter aroused me, and I happened to think of it just now."

"Why don't we write it down and guess it?"

A bunch of staff members watched the two commanders' riddles with great enthusiasm. Shao Qing, and each of them showed the written notes. Hori Teiki wrote "Transforming the enemy into me", and Tsukahara Nishisan wrote "Impersonating bombing".

"It seems that you and I agree, is feasible?"

"Where is the leader who is the first to win the favor, and his artistic conception is higher, and my subordinates admire him."

Everyone laughed. Only the captured American soldiers were inexplicably afraid, and they knew that the Japanese army was not very good at treating prisoners. If the enemy's gun fire was not strong enough, they would not have wanted to surrender.

"Take the prisoner down, and let the military doctor give him the wounded one to him. Hori Teiki is in a good mood. He asked the leading major in English, "What do you call him?"

"Mike Grandy."

"We also have a group of pilots from AUD6 and your country's Air 6 on our warships. They were all taken down by the Australian and New Zealand battle. You are responsible for stating their names and positions. I will telegraph them to your highest officer tomorrow and tell them that these people are still alive and that their families do not worry that you will be home to your country after the war is over. We will treat you in accordance with the Geneva Convention."

"Is this true? Do you speak effectively?"

"Bastard! This is General Horikito Horikiri, the commander of the United Fleet. His words are all the same."

"Yes, yes, thank you very much! Thank you very much!"

"Is your chief General Nimitz?"

"That's the highest commander of the Navy, we are the 6th Army, and the highest commander of the Pacific is General Douglas MacArthur."

Lengbu Nobuju Kondo Nobutake interjected: "Is it the one who escaped from the Philippines by speedboat?"

Everyone laughed, Major Mike's face blushed to the base of his neck, but he did not dare to argue that this was the fact.

"Go down, as long as you cooperate, our army will treat you with courtesy."

After the American soldiers were taken away, Cao Lu Renyi immediately asked: "Sir, there are aircrafts, where are the pilots? The number of carrier-based pilots is not enough, and we won't drive the US military aircraft."

"Didn't there be a group of 6-base pilots on the guerrilla fleet? Let them take a seaplane immediately and come to the plane." Horitoshi turned his head to Tsukahara, "Let Murata Shigeji and Ekura Takahiko and others be responsible for emergency training, and they will be dispatched the day after tomorrow."

Kusato Ryunosuke suddenly recalled: When he was in India, the bored Shigeji Murata and Takahiko Ekara both took people to "play" the captured US heavy bombers and transport aircraft, but they almost caused their air defense fighter planes to fire because the identification sign was not changed. At the beginning, he couldn't help but scold the two, but after both Hori Teiki and Tsukahara knew about it, they all laughed and passed by. Did the two officials think about using this trick today at that time? This is so terrible. Is this still a human?

When he threw this question to Tsukahara Issue 3, the latter laughed: "How could you say so well? The commander originally wanted to use Tuvalu's airport to expand his strength. He didn't expect that there would be US aircraft to be retained. After all, there were not enough carrier-based aircraft pilots, and it was just a little more convenient to have US aircraft."

In the afternoon of that day, the Japanese engineers used American machinery and emergency equipment to start the rapid repair process of the airport. The middle and low-level officers and soldiers below worked very happily, not only saving effort but also fast. For the first time, they knew that it was possible to repair the airport like this. For the first time, they understood why Americans always repaired airports so quickly. If they also had these equipment, they would keep them faster than the Americans.

But the generals who were paying attention to the progress of restoration all looked solemn: the faster the repair, the stronger the engineering capabilities of the US military. When everyone thought of constantly competing with such a terrible opponent, they felt sad.

On the afternoon of September 2, on the Essex aircraft carrier that was advancing on the route, the telecom officer handed Nimitz a telegram. The latter was discussing tactical plans with Halsey and others, and said without raising his head: "Read it."

"Sir, it's a clear telegram. The content is not very good. You might as well read it yourself." The communications consultant forced the telegram to Nimitz in embarrassment.

"Mingma Telegram? The content is not very good?" Nimitz was puzzled and had to free up his hands to see:

“Dear Admiral Nimitz:

I am Major Mike Glendi, the Supreme Commander of the Tuvalu Defense Army. I am now sending you a telegram on the battleship of the Japanese Joint Fleet General Flagship. Our army was outnumbered and defeated, and after failing to fight, we surrendered two days ago. There are still 274 survivors (list attached). When the joint fleet attacked Australia and New Zealand, we caught up with many pilots (including Australia and New Zealand) in the water. There were 179 survivors (list attached). Please transfer them to the rear to comfort relatives. The highest commander of the Japanese army, General Horitoshi Horitoki, said that he would treat the prisoners in accordance with the Geneva Convention. At present, we have received decent treatment.

General Hori Teiki admires you very much and sincerely invites you to lead a fleet to visit Tuvalu, taste tea and talk about the rituals, and he will treat you with kindness!”

"Damn it! How could there be such a confused 6th Army officer!" Nimitz was furious and threw the telegram on the table in anger.

Halsey and Giffin looked at each other, not understanding why Nimitz was so popular. Although they both knew that "comfortable hospitality" was definitely not a good word, the telegram was written in a polite tone, and it also mentioned that the Japanese army gave the prisoners decent treatment and informed the personnel situation. This was valuable for the US military, which was concerned about the lives of officers and soldiers.

Nimitz pointed out Horitiki's intention incisively: "He is shaking our army's morale. The Japanese army is about to fight Tarawa. Now he has a telegram for surrendering battalion commander, and also a telegram to inform the list of survivors and the policy of captives, so that others can see what they think? Tell them that they will be treated well as long as they surrender? Isn't this just a confrontation with the enemy's propaganda war? Is it really confused!"

"Also, he 'invite' me to Tuvalu." Nimitz said with a heavy word "invite" and said, "If we go stupidly, we will bump into the enemy there. If we dare not go and are laughed at by the enemy as timid, because we did not go to rescue Australia and New Zealand, the morale of the army has become a little fluctuating, and even Tuvalu doesn't care about it, what will the defenders on other islands think? Will they think they have been abandoned by the navy?"

"The Japanese devils are really sinister!"

"How do you scold me?"

"I'll just be cursed and pretend to ignore me!"

Nimitz never expected that when he was suspicious of the Japanese telegram, Tarawa was undergoing a **-type bombing.

Sixteen b17b24 bombers lined up in an orderly manner and flew towards Tarava because the planes they saw were all the iconic 4 heavy bombers of the US military. Neither radar stations, towers, or patrol aircraft, they did not pay enough attention to it. They believed that they were the aircraft that flew over to support them.

They only attracted the attention of the command tower when they lowered the altitude and tried to land, because the English tone in the phone sounded strange, which made people suspicious; in addition, although the runway of Tarava was long enough to accommodate b24, the formation was not a column when it came down, but was completely dense; more importantly, the commander suddenly found in shock that he had not received a telegram from an aircraft to support him.

"No, this is the enemy plane that will open fire." The commander shouted at the top of his lungs.

But it was too late. The heavy bombers flying at low altitude poured out the bombs at an altitude of 15oo meters. The airport, runway, hangar, and other US aircraft were all shrouded in the deafening sound of bombing. The airport facilities that the US military finally built after capturing Tarawa were all finished. This time it was even worse, and most of the planes were lost.

The fighter planes on duty in the air knew that the situation was not good, so they rushed down and intercepted them. As a result, three of them were killed by the dense self-defense firepower of the aircraft group. In the end, only one of the Japanese planes pretended to be shot down, and the rest of the planes were patted and flew away.

After the news reached the fleet, Halsey was so angry that he was so angry that he was so angry that the 6th Army had the second blow to the fleet!

The U.S. Air 6 officers and soldiers who were bombed were also very aggrieved: You have repeatedly reminded us that the Japanese army may come to attack in the early morning or at dawn. Our guard was the strongest at that time. Who knew that the enemy suddenly changed its style and then exploded during the day? It’s not only the daytime, but also the four-heavy bomber. This is really aggrieved and has nowhere to tell!

Nimitz squeezed out a sentence from his teeth: "Tarawa Airport must be repaired as soon as possible, the bait fleet will accelerate its advance, and undertake air defense tasks when preparing" (To be continued.)

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