To be honest, from the perspective of God, the difficulty of the US military's landing field cover mission this time is much greater than that of the Guadalam battle in history. First of all, in terms of distance, the New Ireland Island where the US military first landed is not far from the anchorage of the Japanese fleet, and from Guinea to New Ireland, the Japanese also have some temporary anchorages, so the Japanese fleet will move faster and have better maintenance conditions. However, the US fleet is different. Even from the Crut Atoll to the front line, this distance is still very far. Before the US fleet gained a foothold, they must stand on some anchorages on New Ireland. Apart from stopping ships and blocking the wind and waves, everything else must be transported from the rear!

Secondly, the US military has multi-point login this time, unlike the Battle of Guadalam in history, the fleet only needs to target temporary ports and airports. As for why the Americans chose multi-point login, the reason is very simple. Multi-point login can quickly launch troops. If it is a point, don’t forget that the Japanese also have long-range heavy artillery, and it is also quite troublesome to constantly bombard the US troops exposed to the landing ground where the naval gun cannot reach. Real large-scale login is always at the same time, such as the Normandy landing in history and the US landing in the Philippines.

The Japanese Army has huge forces in the Bismarck Islands, and it is very convenient to support New Ireland from New Britain. The Americans do not want to turn this battle into a drag-and-water war of attrition. Therefore, it is the Americans who want to start quickly, then cleanly solve the opponent, establish a forward base, and then use this as a springboard to attack New Britain! Fast and ruthless are tactical principles! Of course, this multi-point landing will increase the difficulty of defense. In the second battle, aviation power can be used to make up for the problem of excessive combat areas, but in the first battle, aviation power is not so reliable!

What is the reason for all this? Ruprecht had said before that it was the Americans who were too anxious. If they follow the crown prince’s saying, take the Guadalam route in history and then approach Rabaul step by step, it would be much less difficult. Except for a longer time, this strategy has all the advantages! It is very suitable for the US Navy as a novice! However, the Americans ultimately believed that they could lose everything with a stubborn head and not take Fabianism, (which can be understood as a roundabout tactic) and directly hit the Japanese defense core area!

However, adhering to the will of the US government, Benson and his staff formulated such a complex night battle command system and plan. There is a saying that the simpler the plan is, the easier it is to execute, and the more complex the plan is, the more likely it is to make mistakes. This makes sense. Everyone wants to make their plans simpler, but sometimes, in the face of a very harsh situation, your plan cannot be simple!

So, what is the difference between a good general and a genius general? The former is able to make a simple plan to achieve the goal and complete it well, while the latter is to specify a complex plan to achieve the goal and complete it well. The essence of a genius is that when faced with many aspects of interference and anomalies, he can compress everything into a small range as possible.

To give a very simple example, Earl Spee is an excellent general. His most classic battle was to steal the French fleet at night. This plan is actually very simple. Earl Spee's most outstanding feature is the command and dispatch during the war, as well as the grasp of the details of the battle! So he is a very excellent tactical master! But he is not a genius general.

Crown Prince Ruprecht is one! Whether it is the Battle of Doger Sands under his command or the final Battle of Norwegian Sea, what he wants to challenge is the Royal Navy, a super war machine built by hundreds of thousands of royal naval officers and soldiers. There are too many problems and variables involved. Ruprecht needs to solve it little by little, so this plan will be very cumbersome. This is necessary. Why do people have such a complex system that you can solve it with a very simple plan? It doesn't exist!

It is very difficult to constantly deal with these mutually involved factors, and the crown prince succeeded, so he was a genius. He deceived the entire British Royal Navy, consumed or dispersed the power of the British fleet before the war, and chose a battlefield that is most suitable for the battle. So the crown prince won in the end, and this complex system confrontation was the most difficult!

This problem, Sher, who has experienced a great battle, both Hippel and Earl Spee, and Su Xiong understands it, so when he saw the plan given to him by the Americans first, he was already very troubled by this extremely complex plan. And some problems have been exposed during the exercise, such as the delay in information transmission.

And let’s talk about the mastermind of this plan - General Benson, can this guy be considered a famous general? I really don’t know this, even Ruprecht is not clear. After all, Benson has basically never fought a war in history. In this era, is a bit difficult to evaluate a person who has almost never been on the battlefield? It’s a bit difficult! To be honest, Ruprecht believes that making Majiffen is more reliable than Benson. Because he doesn’t know how high Benson’s upper limit is, but he knows how low Majiffen’s lower limit is... As long as he performs normally, it will not be particularly tragic. After all, Majiffen has also experienced two major naval battles. It is definitely correct to say that it is rich in practical experience in the United States!

So Su Xiong felt a little sad because he suddenly realized that his teammates seemed to lack practical experience. Su Xiong did not have much feeling about Benson. After all, everyone actually had little communication. As for the others, Ma Jifen knew a little. To be honest, Su Xiong also recognized Ma Jifen's performance in the Battle of the Philippines, and it might not be good if someone else did it. Then, there was only one Sims who had practical experience within the US military.

Sims has a lot of interactions with the German army and is also aware of it. However, Sims has only two practical experiences, one is the experience of being beaten, and the other is the experience of bringing destroyers and aircraft carriers to the German fleet. These two times are very incompatible with the current environment of night wars... No one in the US fleet has experience in overnight wars, which is embarrassing. Su Xiong, the only experience in night wars, not only has to obey Benson's command, but also cannot convey information at will, which is a problem. This is equivalent to being bound by his hands and feet.
Chapter completed!