Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

The sudden change stunned everyone in the room, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little weird. All the generals of the Mi Army secretly looked at Nimitz, expecting to see his thunderous anger, although Nimitz had always been lukewarm. Elegance and Confucianism will be said, but this obviously offensive and slanderous words are obviously a great provocation to his authority, and it is difficult for anyone to swallow this breath.

But to everyone's surprise, Nimitz just shook his head with a wry smile, signaling the general staff to continue working, walked quickly to Jiang Haoran, dragged him into the waiting room beside him.

After closing the door, Nimitz said with a half-smile: "Jiang, this is my territory. If you don't give me face like this, aren't you afraid that I will burst into a thunderous rage and make your blood splatter on the spot?"

"How dare you!" Jiang Haoran tilted his neck and glared at each other, "I'm afraid your gun has not been pulled out yet, my subordinates have already beaten you to death, don't think that you can scare us because of your large number of people. , in a real fight, it’s not certain who wins the battle?”

"Yes, you, Jiang Haoran, are powerful. You once hacked to death a team of the island army with live ammunition with a big knife. The Snow Wolf Special Forces under your command are all ruthless characters who are one in a million, and one can be a hundred. You can kill all the big ones. All the officers and soldiers on the Wasp, and then jumped into the sea one by one, and went upstream from the Pacific Ocean to Burma."

Nimitz said it seriously, but Jiang Haoran couldn't hold it back after all, and laughed out loud with a "puchi", "You old man, you are really a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, tell me, why did you temporarily modify the battle plan?" Plan, don't use a broken aircraft carrier to fool me, the gains and losses of an aircraft carrier are nothing to the entire battle situation?"

The atmosphere eased, and the expression on Nimitz's face became much more relaxed. He reached out his hand to signal Jiang Haoran to sit down, then took out an iron box from his military uniform pocket, took out two cigars, and handed one to Jiang Haoran.

The two sat on the sofa and puffed for dozens of seconds before Nimitz said: "Jiang, factional disputes are not only in your country, but also in our navy and army. I won't tell you why. I can understand that since Pearl Harbor was attacked, in the past year, people from all walks of life have been dissatisfied with the navy. The combat effectiveness of the USS Hua caused the sinking of the USS Iowa, which has already aroused extreme dissatisfaction among the high-level officials. If the USS Yorktown sinks in my hands again, even if I win the war, my commanding ability will suffer. Seeing the doubts of many people, this is not worth the gain for me and my navy, can you understand, Jiang?"

Jiang Haoran said: "But have you ever thought about it, because temporarily changing the plan may lead to incomplete encirclement, and there will be a large number of island army ships that have not yet entered the ambush circle, which is equivalent to giving them a chance to escape. For the main force of the island army's combined fleet, it's a big discount."

Nimitz looked at Jiang Haoran with a complicated expression, took a few puffs of cigarettes and said, "Jiang, there is an idiom in your country called 'draining the water to fish', do you really know what it means?"

Jiang Haoran frowned immediately, of course he understood the meaning of exhausting the pool, meaning to drain the pond water and catch all the fish in the pond.The metaphor is short-sighted and only cares about short-term interests, regardless of long-term plans.But he didn't feel that this idiom had any connection with the battle in front of him.

Nimitz didn't seem to expect him to answer, and continued: "A one-year army, a ten-year air force, and a century-old navy, but no matter what the army is, it will not grow from a peaceful age. All armies are born in war. Development and growth, and this kind of development and growth is also conditional. If there is a 'need', there will be a 'demand'. If the current battle will wipe out the island army's combined fleet, then the United States will continue to invest in the navy, continue to expand its military, and continue to build aircraft carriers. , battleships? At this time when the flames of war are burning everywhere, they may not have such a sense of urgency. They will think that the existing forces and weapons will be enough to deal with a group of remnants who are defeated, so that the opportunity for the navy to grow and develop will be completely lost. And the African battlefield , The Soviet-German battlefield is still in full swing, and this opportunity for development and growth is virtually handed over to the army, so?????? "

"So you keep the sheep for shearing?" Jiang Haoran took Nimitz's words and said.

Nimitz looked at Jiang Haoran and smiled knowingly, seemed satisfied with this metaphor, and gave him a thumbs up.

Jiang Haoran bowed his hands to Nimitz in response to the situation, and said with a smile: "Old ghost, your tactics are not good, but your political skills are really superior, I admire you!"

Jiang Haoran didn't mean to be teasing at this meeting. For the country, the navy, and even himself, Nimitz's approach is not wrong. The development of the army does need a reasonable opportunity. There are only five aircraft carriers in the area, and they were attacked by the island army at Pearl Harbor. The whole country is in a passive situation. If the navy does not take advantage of this opportunity to grow, who knows what army will take the opportunity next time There is nothing wrong with rushing forward to take a bite and being prepared for danger in times of peace. Although the purpose is somewhat impure, the result is commendable.

On this point, it is actually consistent with Jiang Haoran's current idea of ​​managing Myanmar, so he immediately won Jiang Haoran's approval, and it can even be said to resonate.

"Old ghost?" Nimitz frowned, and then smiled: "I heard you called Stilwell an 'old man', and now you call me an 'old ghost'. Is there any difference between the two?"

Jiang Haoran laughed loudly and said: "We also have an idiom in China called 'ghost horse spirit', which is used to praise people for their intelligence. Stilwell is obviously not as good as you in this respect, so I gave you the word 'ghost', yes Praise you for being old and smart, how about it, are you happy?"

"Happy?????? Are you happy?" Nimitz seemed a little uncertain whether Jiang Haoran was speaking in a positive or derogatory sense, so his answer was somewhat vague, "These are not important, the question is, can you agree with my approach?" ?"

Jiang Haoran said seriously: "I think now whether I agree or not, I can't change your decision, so my opinion is not important anymore."

"No, Jiang, you haven't understood what I mean. Although you are only a staff officer in this battle, your opinions and opinions will directly affect the judgment of our high-level officials, so I hope you can help me make this matter perfect. Don't worry, I won't let you help me for nothing. Don't you soon have two aircraft carriers? But don't think that with Chen Shaokuan and those student soldiers who have been practicing on our ships for a year and a half, Can you really make these two aircraft carriers play their due combat effectiveness? This is a bit of a joke, but if I send you a group of key officers to help you through this running-in period, it will be completely different."