Chapter 54: An Ambitious General

Chapter 54: An Ambitious General

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Okinawa,

Okinawa was the southernmost Island of Japan, once the Allies had it, they would start bombing the hell out of mainland Japan and that would also be the final stage of the war. nove(l)bi(n.)com

But, it was a bloody battle, the Japanese had dug caves and tunnels all around. One of the major points of struggle was Hacksaw Ridge. It was a ridge that the allies needed to climb, it was steep and the Japanese were holed up above it. Multiple times many small campaigns were made to take it over, but every time they would lose men.

This was the condition of the place when Logan and Moony arrived on special presidential orders. The Major General responsible for the battle there showed high respect to Logan, since he was pretty close to the president.

"What's the status?" Logan asked, enjoying having people salute him, as it gave him the perfect reason not to talk to people.

"Thirty men lost today, they just claimed back down. Taking this Ridge is impossible. We're losing more men than we kill." the General briefed.

"Fine, I will do it myself. Keep your men ready, when I signal, you send them up." He ordered, walking out. He walked straight to the ridge and started to climb the rope ladders. Moony too climbed, but he was faster at it.

Soldiers from the ground just saw the scene, confused. They shouted at him to come back down, but he just glared at them and shut them up. In a few seconds, he was above it, in front of him was a destroyed battlefield, limbs lying around the ground. There was smoke everywhere, reminiscent of the battle that took place not long ago.

Grunting, Logan lit up his cigar and walked forward, "Moony, you can stay if you want. Your white fur will get dirty otherwise,"

*Woof* Moony barked back, ~Stong boys don't fear getting dirty,~ he meant. But Logan could only understand the general theme of what Moony implied, not the exact words.

The Japanese were most likely tired too, so there was nobody nearby them. He wanted to find their commanders and kill them first.

*Sniff Sniff*

"Bow bow!" Moony alerted Logan, he smelled something.

Logan followed behind, soon to arrive in a ditch full of loose mud. He simply plunged his hand into the mud and pulled out whatever he could hold. *BAM*

"What the f... what are you doing here, boy?" Logan was shocked to see a perfectly healthy American soldier.

The soldier was hyperventilating, trying to get away. But shortly after his senses prevailed, Moony was very famous across the country, everybody knew this dog.

"I... I am private Desmond Doss, s-sir. I stayed behind to help the wounded and... I thought it was enemies." Desmond replied.

"Sturgis, South Dakota, Mr President," Dave answered.

"Ah, Sturgis Motorcycle Rally? I've been wanting to go there ever since it began in 39. Maybe I will go there with my son Moony in 46. Boys, who else is interested in racing this old man on a bike?" He asked them loudly.

"YEAHHH!" they all cheered at the same time. They loved to interact with this old man who seemed all the wiser according to age but still had the charm and attitude that made the young men feel he understood them.

*SHIP HORNS*

Just then the loud horns of a ship resounded in the air. Smiling, Hector announced, "Go to that ship, you all. It's an ice cream barge, eat all you want, share it with locals too,"

All of them cheered and ran away to the docks. Ice cream barges were ships that were deployed by the United States Navy to the Pacific Theatre to produce ice cream in large quantities to be provisioned to sailors and Marines. It was able to create 10 US gallons of ice cream every seven minutes. The ships were intended to raise the morale of U.S. troops overseas.

Now with Soldiers busy, it was time to plan for the next battle. The Island of Iwo Jima was in the Pacific Ocean. It was small but heavily guarded. The reason the US needed it was for its two large airstrips. They were to be used to bomb mainland Japan and help in taking Okinawa.

He met with the commanding Generals, and of course, General MacArthur. The General had a very crude plan, it was to send troops and try to take over. But Hector knew that this was going to be one of the toughest battles with tens of thousands of casualties and many wounded.

He outright rejected the plan, "A good plan, but it will cost us too many lives."

"Battles are won over many lives, Grand General," Douglas replied, not liking being told what to do.

He scoffed, "And the brain, you forgot that part, my friend. Never go into a fight if you can win with brains. Our only reason for taking over Iwo Jima is its strategic location. Our only use is its two airstrips. Now that the US, UK, and Canada are free from Europe, even if they can not provide troops they can provide airforce.

"My plan is simple..."

After telling the men about the battle plan, they got moving. 3 days later, it was all done in such a short time because his plan didn't involve sending ground forces.

The plan was pretty simple, barbaric, but effective. On Hector's order, big oil tankers were brought to the shores of the island and then large pumps were used to rain oil on it, making literal rivers of oil flow on Iwo Jima. The major problem in taking the island was that the enemies were hidden inside the many cave systems. With oil even reaching the caves like rainwater, getting to them became easier. After this, tonnes of napalm came and all 25,000 Japanese troops burnt away with all their belongings and machinery.

By the time they were done, the island was like a scorching raging pit of fire. Everything was burning on it, from trees to sand, of course, the Japanese troops as well. The fire eventually stopped after some rain. The American troops did a complete search and destroy campaign to find and arrest any lucky Japanese soldiers later.

Within three days, the entire island was under Allies' control, and though it was barren wasteland now, nobody cared. The soldiers were just happy that they didn't have to die to take it over. General Douglas MacArthur was embarrassed, but what happened only made him realise why Hector was the president and why he was still here, a General.

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