Therefore, on the first day of his arrival on Okinawa, Zhang Chi brought about an improvement in the relations between the army and the navy, which had already reached a stalemate...... Of course, this cannot be said to be completely unsuspicious, but only "improved". Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, this is not a difficult problem to solve, the army and navy themselves have common interests, and as a soldier, you should put your interests first, especially when you are at war.

Any soldier can understand this, but sometimes he is really angry, so he is angry and awkward, to put it bluntly, it is not a big deal, even if there is something, it should wait for the war to be liquidated, and it is absolutely not allowed to cooperate on the battlefield because of this.

Zhang Chi was actually forcing the Chinese troops not to reinforce Okinawa, forcing Geiger to face these problems.

"The problem that gives us a lot of headaches is that we can't use our firepower to the fullest!" "The Japanese are always hiding in the anti-slope, our shells, tanks, machine guns are not a threat to them, and if we seize the high ground, the first difficulty is that we cannot maneuver our heavy equipment to the high ground, and at the same time it is very difficult to transport ammunition," Geiger said.......

Zhang Chi expressed his understanding that the US military is fighting a war by piling up ammunition, and now that the ammunition has to be transported from the foot of the mountain by manpower, the US military cannot use ammunition to pile up with peace of mind as usual, so it needs to save ammunition, so it is not suitable for all kinds of things.

Geiger went on to talk about a series of difficulties encountered by the American army on the battlefield and the tactics of the Japanese army, and Zhang Chi finally understood the Japanese army almost well.

To be honest, the Japanese army's tactics really surprised Zhang Chi.

This is not to say that Zhang Chi does not know about this "anti-cline" tactic, on the contrary, Zhang Chi still knows this tactic very well, but he has always thought that the "anti-incline" tactic only appeared in the era of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, but he did not expect it to be ......

Later, Zhang Chi turned around and asked his subordinates, only to know that he was lonely and unheard, and this tactic was invented by the brothers of the national army, but it was not commonly used on the battlefield.

"We need mines!" After listening to Geiger's words, Zhang Chi said: "A large number of mines! ”

"Landmines?" Geig was a little puzzled: "Major General, maybe you misunderstood, we are the attacking side, and more mines will cause us trouble!" ”

There is some truth to Geiger's words, because the attacking side often pushes forward, if a large number of mines are planted in front of the battle line...... Won't you be able to attack?

But Zhang Chi didn't think so......

"General!" Zhang Chi said: "We should realize that the Japanese use the 'anticline' tactic...... Its fundamental purpose is to fight a close battle and a war of attrition with our army. ”

"Yes!" Geiger nodded, "And we can't do anything, we can't use tanks to build a line of defense and move forward like before!" ”

"At this point, landmines may be able to do it!"

"How is that possible?" Geiger looked at Zhang Chi with disbelief on his face.

"We have a saying in China called 'attacking instead of defending', and there is also a saying called 'defending instead of attacking'!" Zhang Chi explained: "Just like now, the Japanese are 'attacking instead of defending', they are using the attack of anti-slope melee to defend, and we ...... It is time to adopt the strategy of defending instead of attacking, that is, to push the battle line forward step by step! ”

"Step by step?" Geiger was a little confused when he heard the word.

"It's to push the front forward step by step!" Zhang Chi replied: "If you push one step forward, you can defend one step, as long as you guarantee that you don't let the enemy attack!" ”

"Oh!" Geiger somewhat understood what Zhang Chi meant: "That's why we need mines?" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "Every time we capture a place, we lay a large number of mines, barbed wire and fortifications in front of the position...... This was a headache for the Japanese army! ”

Of course, this method was only effective against the "anti-incline" tactics of the Japanese army in this era, and when it came time for the "anti-incline" tactics used by the volunteers...... If the same is done on a large scale, then the volunteers will be the happiest, because they can even maneuver to the enemy's rear through the tunnels, easily cross the minefield and make the enemy dumplings.

"So...... What if we're going to attack? Geiger asked.

"Simple, when we are fully prepared for the attack, if we want to attack, we will use artillery or incendiary bombs to clear mines!" Zhang Chi replied: "In this way, we can choose our own attack time, and the initiative is in our hands instead of the enemy!" ”

"On the other hand!" Zhang Chi continued: "The Japanese also used the northern forests and the cover of the people to fight guerrillas to harass and sneak attacks...... The same can be solved by laying mines! ”

Geiger was silent for a moment, then nodded in agreement, and then immediately asked the staff officer to send a telegram requesting the transportation of a large number of mines to Okinawa...... The US military really didn't prepare much when it hit Okinawa, because the US military did not expect such a big difficulty in hitting Okinawa, and second, because they thought that there were not many cases in which they could use mines in offensive warfare.

What made Geiger a little angry was ......

Navy Commander Turner also called back when he received the telegram and confirmed: "Mines? Whose idea was this? What does the Chinese major general think? ”

"Yes!" Geiger replied.

As a result, without saying a word, Turner immediately worked hard to organize personnel, transport ships, and transport planes to collect mines from the islands, and in less than a few hours, dozens of C47s loaded with mines were unloaded on Okinawa Island.

In the eyes of the 10th Army and Geiger, they couldn't help but be full of embarrassment and helplessness...... If this is a request from the 10th Army, including Geiger, I am afraid that the Navy does not know when it will be delayed.

"General!" Geiger shook Zhang Chi's hand and said, "Thank you for staying and helping us, in fact, we have fought together before, but maybe you don't know it!" ”

"Oh, I don't know!" Zhang Chi replied.

"In Guadalcanal!" Geiger replied.

"Oh, you fought on Kuah Island too?"

"No!" "It can be said that it can be said that it is not ...... Because at that time, I was in command of the 1st Marine Corps Flying Team, and I was in charge of air operations! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but be a little surprised, it turned out that Geiger was still a pilot.

It is normal for a pilot to be born to command the Navy, but to have the experience of being a pilot and become a commander of the Army...... That's unusual.