The battle soon entered a white-hot stage, especially the Japanese attack on the steep slopes of Tanahara, which once made the American army anxious......

This may be a bit unbelievable, the US military has an all-round superiority in weapons and equipment, and it is still prepared, how can it advance and retreat under the attack of the Japanese army. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

But this is not surprising at all, because the Japanese army at this time planned to disperse the firepower of the American army......

For the US Navy, it is to increase the intensity of suicide attacks, and the Japanese fighters cannot even find their targets in the darkness of the night and send reconnaissance planes to fire flares at the US warships, at which time the US warships are embarrassed, because in this case the long-range of their antiaircraft guns cannot be brought into play at all, and when they see the Japanese suicide attack fighters, they are already close at hand and have little time to react, and at the same time, because the fighters do not have the ability to fight at night, they cannot take to the air to intercept them, so they can only frequently change their positions to avoid suicide attacks.

Another implication of frequent changes of position and response is that only limited and inaccurate fire support can be provided to the U.S. Army.

In terms of U.S. artillery, it was temporarily pinned down by the Japanese artillery group.

This is actually the helplessness of the artillerymen...... The US military can see the fire of the Japanese artillery in the dark night, and the Japanese army can also see the fire from the American artillery, and even the Japanese army does not need to use reconnaissance aircraft to observe and coordinate with the artillery, the southern part occupied by the Japanese army is a hilly area with higher terrain, while the US army is in the central plain, and the Japanese army only needs to arrange a few artillery observers on each high ground with telescopes, artillery mirrors, and the like, and then pull the telephone line.

As a result, the U.S. artillery was often suppressing the Japanese artillery, and even if there was a slight gap, it was shifting positions to avoid being countered by the Japanese artillery.

The U.S. infantry was mostly pinned down on the high ground and unable to reinforce.

As a result, the Japanese troops in the area of the steep slope of Tanahara were not only superior in terms of strength, but also in terms of equipment...... The Japanese put in a tank wing there, while the Americans had only a handful of tanks to reinforce it.

"General!" A staff officer shouted at Geiger, who was more than ten meters away, from the position of the walkie-talkie: "Major Will asks for reinforcements, the enemy has a lot of tanks, and they will not be able to hold it!" ”

"Send another tank to the company!" Geiger immediately ordered.

Geiger could not bear the risk of the Tanbara steep slope being broken by the Japanese army, as he said before, once the Tanbara steep slope was broken by the Japanese army, the entire defense line of the American army would collapse because the Japanese army had copied the back road...... It didn't matter if the defensive line collapsed, it didn't matter if the heights fell back into Japanese hands, it didn't matter if Geiger was not ready to retreat, especially in the dark, so the result would definitely cost the Americans huge casualties.

Zhang Chi didn't stop Geiger because he knew Geiger wouldn't listen to him.

Zhang Chi only asked: "How many tank troops do we have?" ”

"One tank company each at Urasoe Airport and Yomitan Airport!" Geiger replied: "We don't have many tanks on the island......"

Geiger was about to explain, but Zhang Chi nodded in understanding.

In places like Okinawa, there are also tactics used by the Japanese army...... It is true that there are not too many tanks, and if there are too many tanks, they will not be used, in fact, they are basically useless, and most of them are used to defend the airfield.

Who would have thought that the enemy would suddenly run out of a chariot wing. Although the Japanese tanks were not attacked, they were still able to provide strong fire protection and support to the Japanese army in the night battle and regardless of losses...... What the Japanese army needs most is to be able to get close to the enemy to fight close combat, and the firepower of the American army often makes the Japanese army unable to get close, the Japanese tanks are of great help in this regard, these tanks only need to lead a way for the Japanese infantry, only a small part of the road, even if the tank is blown up, it doesn't matter, the blown up tank can also provide an excellent cover for the Japanese army.

Then, the Japanese could rush into the American defense line and fight the American army.

Needless to say, the U.S. troops retreated again and again in the direction of the steep slope of the shed, and they were about to be broken through by the Japanese army, but fortunately, a tank company transferred by Geiger came up.

It was thought that this tank company would hold off the Japanese attack...... Although the US tank company has only a dozen tanks, while the Japanese tank wing has dozens of tanks, the US army's "Sherman" tanks have always been invincible, so there was no problem in fighting like this.

The problem is ...... At this time, it was at night, and the tanks on both sides had no ability to fight at night, whether it was a Japanese tank or a US tank, so it was difficult for the US tanks to give full play to their advantages of fierce firepower and long range.

To make matters worse, the Japanese did not intend to use tanks against American tanks at all, but infantry against American tanks......

In fact, it is still the right thing to do, which is a bit like "Tian Ji Horse Racing"...... Tank-to-tank can't be beaten, so why not use infantry against tank, and then use the tanks on the enemy side? Not to mention that it was still dark night, and it was easier for the infantry to get closer to the enemy tanks.

The latter point has been confirmed on the battlefield, although the US army has flares, although the battlefield is like daylight with illuminated shells, but the machine gunners and gunners in the tank have a very small field of vision, and it is still difficult to observe the flickering light and darkness outside the tank, especially those who move and jump are likely to be their own people......

As a result, more than a dozen tanks of the American army were soon blown up by Japanese soldiers holding explosive bags or grenades, and the Japanese troops were still advancing in the direction of the steep slope of the shedyuan as if they were in a no-man's land.

This made Geig a little flustered, he looked at Zhang Chi, and said, "Major General, I don't have a choice......"

Zhang Chi nodded, Geiger really had no choice but to transfer the tank troops stationed at Urasoe Airport and Yomitan Airport.

At the same time, Zhang Chi can't stop it, after all, Zhang Chi's idea is just a guess or inference, and the crisis of the U.S. military is imminent.

If you want to blame, you should blame Geiger for not being fully prepared...... Geiger's so-called defensive preparation was to build fortifications on the defensive line and replenish ammunition, and he believed that the firepower of the American army and the geographical and fortification advantages could completely block the Japanese attack, so he did not consider the retreat.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but sigh...... I only blame myself for paying attention to the infiltration operations and divisive division of the new 1st Division during this time, and completely leaving the defensive aspect to Geiger.

If Zhang Chi was to be asked to rectify this defense, he would have to set a trap for the Japanese army to jump in!

But it's useless to think about these things now, all Zhang Chi can do is keep one hand...... A Chinese battalion was redeployed to fill the vacancy in the airfield defense.