Three days later, the Seventh Detachment returned to Kwajalin Island with a staggering pace.

In fact, when the Seventh Detachment was still halfway, Halsey sent a fleet of heavy cruisers and destroyers to pick up the Seventh Detachment... On the one hand, it was to use heavy cruisers with greater traction to pull out the escort aircraft carriers that had lost their ability to move. On the other hand, it was worried that the Seventh Fleet would be attacked by Japanese submarines, so it sent destroyers to escort.

This is not just... When the Seventh Detachment entered the airspace of Kwajalin Island, Halsey also sent more than a dozen fighter planes to support him.

In fact, everyone knows that it is completely unnecessary to send fighter jets. First of all, the Japanese aviation forces have basically defeated the Sino-US coalition forces. Secondly, Kwajalin is too far from the Japanese defense line, so it is impossible for Japanese fighter jets to appear in this airspace.

However, after returning from a tense sea and air battle, I saw my friendly fighter jets appearing in the sky. The feeling was really different.

Then, when the ship of the Seventh Detachment stopped on Kwajalin Island and the soldiers walked down from the warships full of bullet holes and trauma, there were soon cheers and whistles on the shore, and even many blonde and blue-eyed American nurses flew kisses at the soldiers.

As soon as Zhang Chi walked out of the cabin, he was surrounded by a group of logistics troops of the Fourth American Marine Division...

"Sir, good job!"

"I heard that you have captured more than 200 Japanese fighter jets. Oh my God, they can all be filled with three aircraft carriers!"

...

Then Halsey came up with a smile on his face. He shook Zhang Chi's hand and said, "Col. You shocked me so much! What do you say? Every time you can bring me surprises, I'm a little used to it!"

Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile bitterly. This battle was really beyond his plan. He didn't expect that the Japanese army would dispatch so many fighter jets to target the Seventh Detachment, which almost wiped out the Chinese Navy.

While signaling, he returned the gift. He finally squeezed out of the welcome team and took a jeep to the Halsey command center. Zhang Chi finally felt that he could calm down.

In fact, Zhang Chi really doesn’t like such occasions. Although the welcome teams are very enthusiastic, to be honest... Zhang Chi doesn’t have a great sense of accomplishment.

The reason was that Zhang Chi believed that the people who came to welcome were not the people and comrades in his country, so he soon thought that the battles of his troops were just for the interests of his country, and that's all.

Later, Zhang Chi realized that most of the soldiers of the New First Division also had this feeling. Whenever they thought of this, the soldiers would unconsciously say: "It's better to be your own family!"

This is exactly what the Chinese say, “No matter whether it is a golden or a silver nest, it is not as good as your own doghouse!”.

"Do you know? Colonel!" Halsey handed Zhang Chi a cup of coffee: "Your battle can be said to have fought a decisive battle!"

Zhang Chi understands what Halsey means.

Because the Seventh Detachment restrained the main force of the Japanese aviation team, it can even be said to have annihilated the main force of the Japanese aviation team... More than 200 Japanese fighter jets were shot down directly in the air battle of Tinian Island, which broke the previous record of the number of Japanese fighter jets shot down in a single battle.

Not only that, the Japanese army also exposed their position, and then the counterattack launched by the US military caused heavy losses to the Japanese army again, which undoubtedly greatly damaged the Japanese army's vitality.

In fact, it was not just a serious injury to the vitality, but it was no exaggeration to say that it was a trauma. However, the US military did not know that the Japanese army could not even get all carrier-based aircraft after this crushing defeat.

Then, when the Japanese Combined Fleet was repelled, the Mariana Islands became the treasure of the US military, and the US Navy would play whatever it wanted.

Of course, all of these cannot be said to be credited to the Seventh Detachment, but it is obvious that the Seventh Detachment played a key role in this.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi took a sip of coffee, pretended to be in lingering fear and said, "General, maybe you don't know... We fought this battle very thrillingly!"

"No, of course I know!" Hal replied: "John has reported all the battles to me, and I have also seen your casualties. God, the Japanese actually gathered more than 300 fighter jets to attack you. I originally thought you would definitely not be able to come back alive!"

As he said that, Halsey laughed.

Americans don't care about living, dying, or something, they sometimes even use it as a joke.

"Do you know what I think?" Zhang Chi continued: "I think it's not accidental that the Japanese will attack the Seventh Detachment with so many fighter planes!"

"Oh, what do you think?"

"I mean..." Zhang Chi replied: "In the battle, the Japanese obviously used the Pinghai as their main target."

"Yeah!" Halsey nodded. He also knew that John also mentioned this in the report.

"Why do they target the Pinghai?" Zhang Chi said: "And it is more than 300 fighter jets. It seems that they will not stop until the Pinghai is sunk..."

Halsey was stunned when he heard this. He had never thought about this problem.

Then he said as if he was thinking of something, "Is it because... the 'Pinghai' is a Japanese aircraft carrier, and you snatched it from them?"

Zhang Chi was waiting for this sentence, so he immediately nodded and said, "I think so too. You must know that the Japanese pay the most attention to honor, and they even regard honor as more important than life. But now, we are driving the aircraft carriers stolen from them and even fighting with them. This is undoubtedly a shame for the Japanese. Therefore, they always choose to attack the Pinghai!"

"It makes sense!" Halsey agreed.

After fighting the Japanese for so long, he knew clearly that what Zhang Chi said was probably the true thoughts of the Japanese.

"That means..." Zhang Chi continued: "In the wars in the future, no matter what mission the Pinghai performs, such as escort, or an attack like now, it is very likely to be besieged by the Japanese again, and our carrier-based aircraft and destroyers are very behind, and it is not enough to confront the Japanese Navy and Air Force alone..."

When Zhang Chi said this, he frowned and sighed.
Chapter completed!