My own war game

Chapter 240 Landing on the Island
"I'm a little impressed with that guy." Major General Vandergrift and his old friend Colonel Evans Carlson. Not far ahead of them, two British guys were being watched as coolies, constantly carrying boxes of supplies onto the transport ship.

"Like I said, it might be quicker to find him than to contact Washington, but I suggest you be prepared," Colonel Carlson replied.

"Prepare, what preparation?" Major General Vandergrift was confused.

"Based on my experience, when he helps us do something, it's almost time for him to come back to ask for things, you know? Last time he almost emptied the Midway Island database." The colonel recalled with some lingering fear.

Before he finished speaking, He Chi walked over from a distance.

"Mr. Major General, I would like to ask you to do me a favor."

The two people opposite each other exchanged glances quickly.

"Look, what did I say?" "Damn it, Evans, you didn't mention this in the first place!"

Colonel Carlson immediately made an excuse and ran away. The major general calmed down and said with a smile, "Of course, my dear He, you have helped a lot this time. If there is anything I can do for you, please feel free to do it."

Sure enough, He Chi was not only not polite, but he also made a very troublesome request as soon as he opened his mouth.

"I hope to be able to board a transport ship independently with my men. It would be even better if it is a bigger one."

"Why?" the major general asked with some confusion. In his impression, He Chi's so-called subordinates only had those thirty or so Japanese surrendered soldiers, and they could not even use a quarter of the smallest transport ship.

"Because I have an extra group of staff." He Chi pointed to the five natives behind him who had just changed into British military uniforms.

"Are they your entourage?" The major general looked at these guys who were still fiddling with spears and bows and arrows, and didn't understand why He Chi linked the two parties together.

"You see, they used to serve the British Army. Strictly speaking, they can be considered our peripheral informants, and I have been ordered to command all intelligence forces in this area. Doesn't this just mean that they are under my command?" He Chi made up an excuse.

But in fact, He Chi's reason was very utilitarian. These Melanesians had lived in this area for generations. They were the real local tyrants and played a very important role in several battles in the Solomon Islands.

If you don't use it, you won't use it.

"But they don't speak any English, and even so, you have too few people. Taking a transport ship is a bit too..." The major general was still a little hesitant.

"That doesn't matter, because we've had contact with the British for some time before. Although these people can't speak English, they can understand simple conversations. And don't you think they'll have trouble if they mix with the soldiers like this?"

"So..." The major general thought about it and had to admit that what He Chi said made sense. Not to mention these natives, even those Japanese surrendered soldiers, many Americans were unwilling to have contact with them.

After weighing the pros and cons, the major general decided to return the favor. "Okay, I'll talk to Mr. Turner. If there's extra capacity, I'll meet your request."

Because of this sentence, when the 300st Marine Division boarded the ship collectively, the more than "followers" under He Chi boarded a smaller transport ship that could originally carry people.

Of course, they did not waste precious transportation capacity, because Fankuni Kojiro, the second-hand dealer, also brought a lot of "local products".

"Oh my God, the smell is so strong. He, what did your people bring?!" Colonel Evans Carlson complained with his nose pinched, and little Roosevelt behind him also frowned for a rare time.

Because these Japanese soldiers were shouting "Hey yo hey yo" and were carrying baskets of things with strong fishy smell onto the boat.

They were all salted fish. "Where did you get the fish?" the colonel asked, standing upwind.

"Eh? Don't you know? Your soldiers often go fishing at the seaside during their rest time. There are plenty of fish here, so Kojiro and his men exchanged some chewing gum for a batch of fish and brought them back for pickling. They saved them for half a month, so the quantity is a little larger." He Chi answered indifferently.

"He, those guys are not planning to sell these fish, right?" the colonel asked uncertainly.

"Sell? Of course not? Just in case." He Chi shrugged, then shouted in Japanese to the distance, "Hurry up! The ship is about to leave, and we have other things!"

"Ha!" Kojiro, the leader, bowed in response after hearing this, and then urged his men to carry the other boxes onto the boat.

Flour, soybeans, chocolate, salt, medicine...all kinds of supplies were carried onto the ship in boxes.

"Are these all your things?"

"Of course, what Kojiro and the others traded for was either paid or exchanged for something."

"Is this what you exchanged for? This is an experimental drug that has not yet been widely used." The colonel pointed to a small box with the "Penicillin" logo on it.

"Well, the field hospital happened to be short of coffee beans, so Kojiro and the others helped a little."

"He, what are you thinking about?!" Carlson asked with a frown.

"Let me keep you in suspense. I'll explain it later." He Chi did not respond directly.

When the transport ship left the coast, Carlson was still confused. He said to Roosevelt behind him, "Is he going to set up a multinational business group?"

"I'm not sure, but from the intelligence we have, he never does anything meaningless." Roosevelt Jr. responded, also looking into the distance.
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On August 1942, 8, the U.S. landing force took advantage of bad weather to reach a location sixty nautical miles from the target.

In the early morning of the next day, more than a dozen warships and aircraft carriers used naval guns and air firepower to fiercely bombard the two islands. Then, 18,000 American soldiers shouted slogans and launched attacks on Tulagi Island and Guadalcanal occupied by the Japanese army.

The battle situation on both sides was very different.

The Japanese troops on Tulagi Island launched a fierce resistance when they were attacked by surprise. The defenders of the telecommunications room finally sent out the message "The enemy is powerful, we must defend the telecommunications room until the last man standing" and then launched a final attack to make it a success.

By dawn, all 1500 Japanese defenders were killed except for 23 who were captured. Brigadier General Rupstads, with the support of aircraft, naval guns, and 81mm mortars, cleared the entire island at the cost of about casualties.

On the other side, the division commander Major General Vandegrift attacked Guadalcanal and occupied the beachhead in a marching posture without firing a shot.

But then something ridiculous happened.

There were woods all around the landing site, and the major general only discovered it after he and his soldiers entered the woods.

They are lost...

(End of this chapter)