Chapter 2643： U.S. Army's Secret Worry 2

"We must expand the size of the army to more than 1 million. In the future, we will deploy at least 400,000 troops and logistics personnel on the island of New Guinea. If we cannot cut off the aid of the Japanese, then we can only stay here. There was a long tug of war with the Japanese on the second largest island in the world."

"In terms of equipment, we also need a large number of vehicles and tanks. You know, although New Guinea is only an island, it is larger than France in terms of area. To fight the Japanese in a wide area, the mobility and supplies of the troops are necessary. So, if possible, I think we must have at least 100,000 vehicles on the front line. The demand for tanks may also exceed 1,000. Vehicles. In addition, we also need a lot of heavy artillery and aviation equipment. Especially the bombers with superior performance." Marshall asked.

"The expansion of the army and the need for munitions are easy to achieve, but the biggest problem is that there may be problems with the expansion of our aviation industry. Because our high-end engine imports are completely dependent on Germany." Old Roosevelt said a little sorry. To tell the truth, there really is no aero engine manufacturer in the United States in this era. The famous engine giants in history have not yet been born!

In fact, in the engine field, the Americans are also better than Japan and Italy. On the whole, they are almost equal to France, and are far inferior to Britain and Germany. Therefore, from this perspective, it is very difficult for Americans to completely get rid of German influence in this war!

"I feel that we are caught in a paradox. We want to weaken the influence of the Germans, but there are some things that we can't produce. So, can you tell me how to solve this problem?" Marshall is still emboldened. It is sufficient. After all, he obtained Pershing's full endorsement. To be honest, although the old Roosevelt and others are wary and dissatisfied with Germany, it is impossible to say that everyone is breaking up directly. And this kind of behavior is a very funny behavior in the eyes of the straightforward Pershing. It is completely unnecessary.

"In addition, in terms of tanks, I think the current tanks equipped by the US military are far inferior to those produced in Germany. If possible, I hope to increase imports and hire professional German tank instructors for guidance. After all, our current level of armored warfare is just as Moving turrets." Marshall said.

"The Japanese Army doesn't have a large-scale armored unit yet? We don't need to equip so many tanks, right?" Little Roosevelt said.

"The Japanese did not build armored units later than us. In fact, during the battle of the Bavarian Army in the Balkans, the Japanese had already established their first armored division with the help of the British and French. Although. We are vulnerable to the armored spearhead of Bavaria, but we are also not the German Army either." Marshall said.

"We only need to capture a few coastal ports on the island of New Guinea. We don’t even have to launch an offensive inland. Our purpose is to use the island of New Guinea as a springboard for naval attacks. There is no need to control the entire island with huge forces. Island," Taft said.

"It is difficult for me to explain some problems to you. If we only control some ports without depth, then the Japanese can hit our berths with long-range artillery. The Japanese have a large number of heavy artillery with a range of more than 15 kilometers. , And in order to ensure our safety, we must drive them away. Moreover, the landing points are relatively isolated. We must find ways to connect most of the landing points to prevent them from being destroyed by the Japanese army. These all require us to control A considerable area and a large number of troops are deployed."

"Of course, Mr. Taft, if you think you are right, then you can submit a statement to Congress, or you can be a general yourself." Marshall said afterwards.

"I feel that the army is becoming more independent now. The chain tied to the army's neck is a bit too loose." Taft whispered dissatisfiedly.

"Okay, Major General Marshall, we will give the Army a satisfactory answer to all your requests on behalf of General Pershing. Now the question comes. The offensive on New Ireland has been going on for too long. I want to know that we When can this battle be ended, one month? Two months? Or half a year?” The old Roosevelt obviously didn’t want to be too entangled in the Army’s requirements. What he was thinking now was how to end the war on the New Ireland Island cleanly. .

"This is a document summarized by the Army. The above mentioned the state of troop and logistics supplies. We need to restore the supplies to the level before the night attack. If we can ensure that there will be no problems at sea, we will take two months at most. You can completely drive the Japanese into the sea!" Marshall said.

The situation of the Japanese army is much worse than that of the navy. The Japanese navy has even shown a wave of operations, but the Japanese army has no room for even the show operation. The firepower and equipment cannot be compared with the Americans, so this kind of war of attrition must be a disadvantage for the Japanese. In fact, the Japanese army on the island has run out of oil, and when the Japanese navy is preparing to withdraw for maintenance. It is impossible for the Japanese Army to throw all of its capital on the first line of defense in New Ireland. Therefore, after analyzing the situation of the enemy and ours Pershing believes that as long as the pressure continues, the Japanese will collapse sooner or later. Of course, the premise is that the supplement of the US military can be restored.

"Two months is too long. Will it take us half a year to hit such an island?" Old Roosevelt said dissatisfied. Obviously, Old Roosevelt also included the time to restore supplies.

"This is the fastest speed. We are fighting the Japanese in the lofty mountains and lush forests. Even worse than the environment on the Western Front." Marshall said.

"In this way, we will restore the first-line army's supply to the pre-naval level as soon as possible within a month, and then take this as a time node, 50 days, to win the new Irish island." Old Roosevelt said.

"It's not a big problem," Marshall said. "We finally got a fairly satisfactory result today." Marshall said at the end of the meeting. And today Marshall also received another piece of news to his satisfaction, that is, yesterday afternoon, an American destroyer seized a British transport ship with a displacement of more than 9,000 tons! The U.S. government did not make a final decision, but the Navy did it first!

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