Then two divisions and a mixed brigade and a tank wing of the Japanese army launched an attack on the American front, and suddenly there was a shout of killing and gunfire in the night, and the American and Japanese armies soon fought together on the defensive line. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the same time, the Japanese guerrillas also attacked everywhere to harass and infiltrate...... It's just that they didn't play much of a role, because the Chinese troops guarded the main transportation routes as always.

This, of course, is limited to the defense of the second line, guerrilla and infiltration of the front-line positions...... Because most of the mine arrays were cleared by artillery, they were inevitably infiltrated.

Fortunately, the U.S. military was well prepared, built solid cement fortifications in advance, and used a strict password system, so that there was no major chaos.

The battle was fierce, the United States and Japan were inseparable, and even several high ground was retaken by the Japanese army.

But that didn't surprise Zhang Chi...... Although Zhang Chi reminded Geiger from the beginning to prepare the U.S. military for defense, sometimes no matter how prepared it was, it was useless, and the U.S. military was inherently not good at close combat and night combat, especially night combat in places with complex terrain.

This made Geiger a little embarrassed, and the performance of the US military was really a bit of a mud compared to the Chinese army.

Zhang Chi didn't care about this, because Zhang Chi's positioning for this battle was not to hope to hold which places, but to kill and injure the living forces of the Japanese army as much as possible.

This is obvious...... Holding the line of defense will not make the future of the Sino-American coalition more smooth, but if a large number of Japanese forces are killed or wounded, the Japanese army will be underwhelmed and its defense line will be porous.

In this respect, it is good for the American army to lose a few heights, because it will be more inducing the Japanese to commit more troops to attack.

Intelligence flew from the front line like snowflakes, and Zhang Chi, with the help of Staff Officer Liang, quickly marked the strength of the Japanese attack and the number of the big number on the map.

Then at a glance, it became clear that the focus of the Japanese attack was on the steep slopes of Tanahara.

It should be said that this is normal, because the Tanahara-steep slope is not a high ground, it is a steep slope, and it is also at the junction of the defense areas of the 7th and 77th divisions.

There are often many problems in the defense of the junction of the two divisions, such as the difficulty of coordinating the troops of the two divisions guarding here...... They belong to two different command sequences, and it is very likely that they received two different orders, such as the 77th Division was still holding on when the 7th Division gave the order to retreat.

For example, there are also problems with identification and accidental injury in two parts, especially in the dark.

The Japanese army seized this point and often chose the junction of the two divisions to launch an attack, especially the steep slope of this shed, which was also suitable for tank combat...... It was here that the Japanese 27th Tank Wing launched its assault.

But Zhang Chi still felt a little strange, there was only one reason, this shed was located in the center of the defense line.

"What's the situation?" Seeing that Zhang Chi's face was wrong, Geiger asked.

"Something is wrong!" Zhang Chi replied.

Geiger looked at the map with a confused face: "Isn't this how the attack should be?" What's wrong? ”

"What is their intention in attacking like this?" Zhang Chi said: "What benefits can you get? ”

"It's obvious!" Geiger replied: "They want to break through from the middle, tear apart the defense line of our army, and then include the rear of our army to force our army to retreat!" ”

There is some truth to Geiger's statement, and there is no problem with that.

"But ......" Zhang Chi shook his head and said, "Do the Japanese just want to recapture the defensive line?" Ushijima should be well aware that in this case, the defense line or the land will mean nothing to them! ”

It is obvious that from the time of the encirclement of Okinawa by the US Navy, the defeat of the Japanese army in Okinawa was only a matter of time, so what was the significance of the land of Okinawa to the Japanese army?

"Maybe the Japanese are so stubborn!" "It's like they're going to go out of their way to launch a suicide attack!" Geiger said. It doesn't make sense to them either, does it? ”

Zhang Chi shook his head, suicide attacks are indeed meaningless in the eyes of Americans, but they are meaningful to Japanese, and even this can be said to be the difference between Eastern and Western cultures. So the two are not to be confused.

"Let's put it this way!" Zhang Chi pointed to the map and said, "Our two important supply bases are Urasoe Airport and Yomitan Airport, which are lined up on both sides. At one time, I thought that the Japanese army would use these two airfields as the focus of their attack, because they were the only ones that were captured...... In order to deprive our army of a large number of supplies and reinforcements, this will make our army's offensive passive! ”

Geiger did not deny it, because as we all know, the US military fights on the basis of sufficient supplies, and adequate supplies and fire support require airfields...... For example, the take-off bombing of fighters and bombers, the transportation and delivery of supplies by transport planes, and so on.

Of course, this can also be done by warships and transport ships, but at this time, that is, with the Japanese army having a large number of suicide attack aircraft and suicide motorboats on the island of Okinawa, it is unthinkable to have large transport ships unload in the port for a long time.

"On the other hand......" Zhang Chi continued, "what is the point of the Japanese tank wing breaking through from the middle like this? Don't they know that we have a large number of Sherman tanks in our hands? Even if they can successfully break through, they will be flanked by 'Shermans' from several directions, and their troops will probably be annihilated by our army before they have time to intersperse the encirclement! ”

"That's what I wanted to do!" Geiger said, "But...... Do you think this could be a trap? ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "This may be a trap, the purpose is to allow us to concentrate our tanks and troops against the troops they use for the central breakthrough!" ”

"What is their purpose?"

"This is called 'turning the tiger away from the mountain', understand?" Zhang Chi said, "The purpose is like I said, Urasoe Airport and Yomitan Airport!" ”

"But ......," Geig shook his head, "I have deployed heavy defenses in these two directions, and the high ground on both flanks is not so easy to break through, they will not succeed!" ”

For this point, Zhang Chi also saw on the topographic map that Geiger had built trenches, barbed wire and pillboxes around the airport, and placed a battalion to defend it, which was enough to defend the airport, and it seemed that there should be several steel lines of defense in front of the Japanese army.

But Zhang Chi still felt that something was wrong.

However, what can the Japanese army do? Will paratroopers be airdropped across these steel lines to the airfield?

It is impossible, the Japanese paratroopers are just infantry hanging on parachutes, not to mention that the Japanese army does not have so many transport aircraft in Okinawa.

So, is there any other way for the Japanese army to bypass the defensive line and surprise attack?