The American Army had already established a number of military bases in Australia and New Zealand, but none of them were large enough to serve as a forward base for this operation.
Therefore, borrowing Australia's Royal Air Force Base was a necessary move.
Given the close relationship between Australia and the United States, borrowing an air base wasn't a big issue. The only condition was that they couldn't operate on its own.
Upon hearing Dempsey's words, Andrews breathed a sigh of relief and responded, "I will need to discuss this further before I can give you an answer, but I will get back to you as soon as possible."
"We are running out of time, Mr. Andrews. We hope you can respond within fifteen minutes... because the airborne formation departing from Guam will be here in half an hour."
"What?"
