The next day, Halsey flew back to Kwajalein Island to meet with Zhang Chi, with whom he needed to work out a plan to attack Liuhuang Island...... Although the attack on Liuhuang Island was carried out by Chinese forces alone, it required logistical support from the U.S. military. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Colonel!" When Halsey met Zhang Chi, the first thing he said was: "First of all, I have to tell you bad news!" Once again, you are right, according to our reconnaissance, the Japanese army is strengthening the defenses of Okinawa and Ryuhuang Island. ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Chi nodded.

"Besides......" Halsey said with some embarrassment, "we can't even stop the Japanese from sending troops or supplies to Ryuhuang Island and Okinawa Island. ”

"What?" Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but be a little surprised: "We have submarines, don't we?" And fighters, bombers...... Can't block the transportation of the Japanese army? ”

Zhang Chi was a little unconvinced.

Halsey slowly shook his head: "Obviously, the Japanese have found a new way to deal with our blockade!" They use small boats to carry out the transportation at night...... To put it simply, they first transported people and supplies by transport ships to one or more small islands where supplies could be stored, and these small islands were still beyond the range of our submarines to ambush. So, our submarines can't do anything about these transports, and then ...... They then used a small boat to transfer it from station to station, like a relay, to Liuhuang Island! ”

"What a good idea!" Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile bitterly.

There is a saying that "the road is one foot high, and the magic is one foot high", the US army tried its best to blockade, and the Japanese army would try their best to break through the blockade, so each had its own tricks.

This can also be said to be a positive aspect of war, because it is precisely in this kind of war-driven competition that there is a rapid development of various weapons and equipment and even high technology.

"What else have you spotted?" Zhang Chi asked.

Halsey handed a document bag to Zhang Chi and said, "That's it, we sent submarines and planes to do preliminary reconnaissance of it...... Fortunately, we did not find a large number of fortifications on the island. It seems that the Japanese are not in a hurry to prepare! ”

Zhang Chi just smiled and replied, "General, have you found a large number of fortifications on Peleliuu Island?" ”

Halsey couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this: "You mean to ...... The Japanese defense on Ryu Hwang Island will also be like on Peleliuu Island, with a large number of fortifications built underground? ”

"Why not?" Zhang Chi asked rhetorically.

"We ...... I thought it was just a tactical feature of the Japanese army in the Philippine direction! ”

"Of course not!" Zhang Chi said: "In fact, this is a helpless choice for the complete defeat of the Japanese navy, because they know that their navy can no longer compete with the US military, that is, it will completely lose sea and air supremacy, so it will move the fortifications underground!" In other words, when attacking in the direction of Japan, every island will be Peleliu! ”

Halsey nodded: "So, this is actually another proof that what you said is correct, the actions of the Japanese in the Philippines are actually bluffing, and we were fooled!" ”

Zhang Chi wanted to pick up the sentence "Your president was actually deliberately fooled". But after thinking about it, he didn't say it...... Halsey had done enough, and Zhang Chi was reluctant to provoke him any more.

"So......" Halsey asked, "what is your plan?" I mean...... How to deal with Liuhuang Island? ”

"My plan is just no plan!" Zhang Chi replied: "The reason is that we have too little information about Liuhuang Island!" ”

"Hmm!" Halsey nodded.

All the information about Liuhuang Island obtained by the US military is actually just a few aerial photos and the hydrological situation of Liuhuang Island.

This is not to blame the U.S. military, as Halsey said before, the U.S. military originally thought that this was the defense situation of the Japanese army, and even Halsey only understood after Zhang Chi's reminder that Liuhuang Island was also another Peleliuu Island.

In other words, the Japanese army's defenses were actually underground, or most of them were underground, and what the U.S. military detected was only a superficial ...... I don't know anything about the underground fortifications of the Japanese army, such as where the Japanese fortifications on Liuhuang Island are, how large they are, how many troops and firepower, etc.

Ignorance of the enemy's intelligence makes it impossible to draw up any battle plans.

However, Zhang Chi was not at all sure, because at least in modern times, he also knew some about the battle of Liuhuang Island, and knew that the Japanese army's tunnel fortifications were mainly built in Oriba Mountain and Yuanshan Mountain. Moreover, the battle fought by the U.S. army was still very difficult, and Zhang Chi hoped that because the expeditionary force was a surprise attack launched before the scheduled time, the Japanese army was not as well prepared as it was in history.

As Zhang Chi thought, most of the Japanese army's fortifications were indeed built underground.

But in fact, the defense of the Japanese army is not monolithic...... The reason for this is actually the contradiction between the Japanese army and navy.

Hideki Tojo was born in the army, and Kenki Sato was also born in the Japanese army, although they are Japan's top commanders, and even Hideki Tojo is also Japan's prime minister and chief of staff, which can be said to be a combination of military and political power. But the problem is that the Navy has always looked down on the Army, especially Vice Takeshi Tojo......

This can also be said to be a side effect of Hideki Tojo making Vice Takeshi Toyota the commander of the Combined Fleet...... Having someone who looks down on the Prime Minister and Chief of Staff as Commander of the Combined Fleet would in itself challenge his authority.

On the other hand, the Japanese army on Liuhuang Island was divided into navy and army.

Needless to say, the Army must have carried out Kenri Sato's strategic approach, especially in the light of the seemingly effective case of the war on Peleliu.

The reason why it is said here that "it seems to work" is because the Japanese did not hold out for long on the island of Peleliu.

The Navy is the Special Marine Corps, and they are also the original garrison of Liuhuang Island. Their thinking is still stuck in air supremacy, air supremacy, or the thinking of destroying the enemy on the beach and the sea.

In fact, they are not to blame, the navy, a considerable part of the generals are highly educated, and this higher education is still correct to a certain extent, of course, this has to be limited to the Japanese army and the navy and air force. If there is not even a navy and air force, then this so-called "higher education" will certainly not be tenable.

However, the Japanese were very stubborn, so the Marines insisted on defending the shore, believing that this was the best place and the best time to resist the enemy's attack.

Even the Japanese Navy Special Marine Corps kept the airfield open because it had a few small fighters. (To be continued.) )