"Kimura-kun!" After the Americans were defeated, Nakatani Kawakami personally went to Kimura Koji's headquarters to congratulate him: "This time we can defeat the American ghost animals and block their attack, all thanks to Kimura-kun's defense!" ”

"Your Excellency Dazuo has won the prize!" Koji Kimura replied, "My subordinates are serving the emperor and doing their duty!" ”

Koji Kimura deliberately did not say that it was Nakatani Kawakami's cooperation, you must know that if Nakatani Kawakami had not provided him with artillery troops in time, Koji Kimura might not have been able to achieve such a big victory. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Nakatani Kawagami heard the meaning of this, although he was a little unhappy in his heart, but he had no way to take Koji Kimura, after all, the defense of Kwajalein at this time still relied on Koji Kimura to a considerable extent.

In fact, this is also an extreme manifestation of the Japanese character.

The Japanese place great emphasis on obedience to the orders of their superiors, but as soon as the authority of their superiors is challenged, then subordinates who should have absolutely obeyed their orders will soon climb on top of him and try to replace them.

This is one of the reasons why many Japanese officers tend to take strong measures to shift the blame to their subordinates when they make mistakes, such as the historical Mutaguchi Ryoya...... After he made the mistake of attacking Imphal, he did not admit to death, but instead put the blame on his subordinates, saying that his subordinates did not attack effectively.

The reason for this is very simple, once Mutaguchi also admits his mistake, he will apologize for his guilt at the worst, and give up his official position at the least...... These are not what Mutaguchi Lianya can bear, so he chose to die.

Now Nakatani Kawagami is also facing such a problem, and his prestige can't suppress Koji Kimura's subordinates, so he is in an embarrassing situation.

"Then ......" After a pause, Nakatani Kawakami changed the subject and asked, "Kimura-kun thinks...... How will the American ghost beast attack next? ”

If this sentence is for Chinese soldiers or American soldiers, it is very normal, and the superiors ask the opinions of the subordinates.

But it is not normal among Japanese soldiers...... Japanese soldiers believe that as a superior, they should be able to strategize, and then give command to their subordinates, and all the subordinates have to do is obey orders.

Therefore, superiors usually say to their subordinates in a condescending posture that this is not right and that is not okay, and if you want to do this, even if you sometimes clearly agree with your subordinates, you must find a little fault and teach your subordinates a lesson, otherwise your subordinates will think: "It seems that this commander is not very good!" Will do what I suggest, then I can replace him? ”

So Nakatani Kagami's words suddenly made Kimura look down on this superior even more.

"Your Excellency!" Kimura looked up and replied with some arrogance, "If nothing else...... I think that the next step is that the American ghost beast will choose to attack from the front after this defeat! ”

"Attacking from the front?" Nakatani Kawakami couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this.

"Yes!" Kimura nodded and said, "They must have realized that entering the lagoon to attack is not conducive to the deployment of troops, and once we block the entrance to the lagoon with artillery fire...... It will make them unable to continue! Then they will have to attack from the front! ”

"I see!" Nakatani nodded: "So...... They're going to attack in the early hours of the morning! ”

Kimura couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect that his superior was not completely stupid.

"Yes!" Kimura replied: "Just like their attack on Woje Atoll and Maloelap Atoll, the attack in the early hours of the morning will not run aground." And ......"

At this point, Kimura paused, hesitating whether to tell Nakatani, because letting Nakatani fight a defeat was exactly what Kimura wanted, but the problem was ...... If Nakatani loses the battle, Kimura's troops will also be defeated.

So Kimura said helplessly: "The information I got from the other two battlefields is that the Americans have used a new type of ship, which will quickly carry a large number of tanks, and our army's defense line in the two directions of Woje Atoll and Maloelap Atoll quickly collapsed under this situation!" I think Your Excellency Osa should think about how to deal with it! ”

"I see!" Nakatani nodded.

Don't look at the calm surface of Nakatanigawa, in fact, he is already turning a thousand waves in his heart...... Able to transport a large number of tanks quickly!!

He had indeed heard about it, but he didn't think he would face it, and as soon as he was reminded by Kimura at this time, he felt more and more that Kimura was right...... Woje Atoll and Maloelap Atoll are basically under the control of the U.S. military, which means that there is no need for ships to land tanks in those two directions, so these ships that can quickly transport tanks to the shore will naturally be transferred to the direction of Kwajalein Atoll.

You must know that it is the "Sherman" tank, the "Sherman" tank called the "Reaper" by the Japanese army...... Nakatani Kawakami had heard about the horror of this tank from others for a long time, but he didn't expect that now he and his troops would have to face it personally.

So Nakatani Kawakami didn't dare to slack off, and immediately reported the situation to Koga Mine after returning to the headquarters.

Koga Mineichi actually got the relevant information, so he also agreed with Nakatani's inference.

If it was somewhere else, Koga Mineichi might have ignored it, after all, this was the last strength of the Japanese army in the Marshall Islands. But this is Kwajalein Atoll......

Koga Mine couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Your Excellency, General." Seeing this, Staff Officer Ito said next to him, "Your Excellency the Admiral, do you want to send an air force to fight?" ”

"We don't have a choice!" Koga nodded and replied, "Plan 'Z'...... It is necessary to use several airfields in a row as a base, and only in this way can we avoid the heavy and light, and Kwajalein Atoll is located in the middle of the remaining airports, and Kwajalein is lost...... Our airfield will be divided into several parts, and we will no longer be able to maneuver, we will have to stay where we are and wait for the Americans to bomb them! ”

Staff Officer Ito nodded and said with a solemn expression, "So...... It's time for a decisive battle! ”

Japanese soldiers always have the concept of "decisive battle", but sometimes this "decisive battle" does not refer to the actual decisive battle, but to the arrival of a critical moment.

Michiyuki Yamada also agreed with Koga Mineichi, so all the Japanese fighters were ready.

Michiyuki Yamada was confident in this battle, because he believed that the Japanese side had a surprise advantage over the American military, and he could even determine the target, that is, the time of the appearance of the American landing ships...... Because the US troops must land in the early hours of the morning, otherwise the water level will be unfavorable for the landing.

But Koga Mine was worried, and Koga Mine was thinking about ...... Even if we win this battle, what can we do? Can it change the fate of the Marshall Islands?! (To be continued.) )