The retreat of the American troops began with a certain order and discipline, after all, a battalion of the 6th Marine Division stationed at the airfield...... The Marine Corps is an elite unit compared to the U.S. Army, not only because the Marines have combat experience in the Pacific theater, but also because the Marines have stronger firepower than the Army Corps. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the 6th Marine Division, which the US Army engaged in the Okinawa Campaign, was newly formed, this does not mean that it is an inexperienced rookie unit...... In fact, seven of its nine infantry battalions were marines with extensive combat experience, but Roosevelt reorganized the more scattered independent units stationed on the islands in the Pacific theater into the provisional 1st Marine Brigade and then formed the 6th Division on the basis of this provisional 1st brigade.

The division's units had a wide variety of combat experience, some had participated in the Guadalcanal campaign, some had participated in the Makin Island campaign, Bougainville, New Georgia, and so on, and even some had participated in the Midway campaign.

This is one of the reasons why the arrival of Zhang Chi and the new 1st Division will boost the morale of the US military...... These veterans are well aware of what kind of presence the Chinese troops are on the battlefield, which also allows the Chinese troops to be very friendly and closely coordinated with the US military in the rear.

But the U.S. military is the U.S. military after all, and even if it has combat experience, it still can't resist the Japanese attack without tank cover, night fighting, and close combat...... However, objectively speaking, the main reason why the US Marines will retreat so quickly is because they are not prepared, and they also think that the Japanese army will not appear at the airport for the time being, you must know that the airport is still more than ten miles away from the front line, and there are several lines of defense laid by the US Army in front of them, and they should sit back and relax when they are stationed at the airport.

Therefore, in addition to the two regiments that went to reinforce the steep slope of Tanbara, the officers and men of the 6th Marine Division of the US Marine Corps were relieved to smoke and chat in the trenches, and some were even transferred to assist in the transportation and unloading of goods at the airport...... When a large number of Japanese troops suddenly appeared in front of them, they even thought that it was Chinese troops.

Needless to say, the result was chaotic when the Japanese army charged at once, but fortunately, the Japanese army attacked from the sea, and the troops landed in several batches...... This is also the reason why Geiger began to get information that it was 1,000 Japanese troops, which was later corrected to 3,000.

This also allowed the U.S. military to resist for a while.

After holding out for a while, he couldn't hold it anymore, so Colonel Bill had to disobey Gail's order to "not retreat a single step" to organize a retreat.

At the beginning, there were also American units covering after the retreating troops...... After all, it was the Marine Corps, and they knew that the retreat should be divided into several parts and fight and go, but they didn't expect the Japanese to attack too fiercely, to be precise, the Japanese were cunning enough, and some of them quietly infiltrated the American army in the clothes of the American army, and then suddenly attacked, so the retreat of the American army was quickly disrupted, and then there was a situation where the Japanese army chased after the American army like a duck and slashed and killed indiscriminately.

What Zhang Chi and other Chinese troops who were ambushed on the side of the road saw was that the American troops who had been retreating in an orderly manner suddenly became chaotic, and they hurriedly turned around and shot while running like ants on a hot pot...... Some even hid in the grass to fight back.

This made Zhang Chi frown, he was worried that the US military would disrupt the ambush plan of the Chinese army...... In doing so, the U.S. military will undoubtedly attract Japanese firepower, and if the Chinese troops lurking in the bushes lose their breath or shoot prematurely out of the psychology of protecting the U.S. military, it will reveal their strategic intentions.

However, the 2nd Independent Battalion is worthy of being the elite selected by Zhang Chi from various units, and they let the US troops run around in the grass for a while, and the US and Japanese armies were unable to move even when they threw grenades aside...... It was later discovered that several fighters had died in such conditions.

Sometimes, the retreating American troops and the pursuing Japanese soldiers would step on the soldiers lying in the grass, but the soldiers remained motionless...... The U.S. and Japanese troops were fighting each other, and they thought that they were stepping on a "corpse" and didn't do much to observe, so they didn't expose it in the end.

At that time, Zhang Chi was holding a handful of sweat in his palms...... This is the first time he has encountered this situation even if he has experienced a hundred battles, who would have thought that the Japanese army happened to catch up with the American army here, and the American army happened to use the hiding place of the Chinese army as a position to temporarily block the Japanese army?!

However, after this incident, Zhang Chi's confidence and understanding of the independent battalion rose to another level: It is not uncommon for troops to be able to fight, and it is not surprising that soldiers with combat effectiveness and combat experience are all capable of fighting...... That is, knowing that the opponent can be defeated, but calmly facing the threat of death because of discipline without moving hands, that is not something that ordinary troops or ordinary people can do.

The 2nd Independent Battalion did it, which proves that it is not an ordinary unit and that the special operators are not ordinary fighters.

This forbearance of the 2nd Independent Battalion soon paid off......

After the vanguard of the Japanese army chasing and killing the American army passed, the main force soon followed...... Since the vanguard of the Japanese army pursued the American troops all the way to the front, they were very relieved to concentrate on the road and advance forward, and the Japanese army even had dozens of cars full of ammunition and supplies captured from the American troops, and those cars even had an American artillery piece towed behind them.

Zhang Chi noticed that a considerable number of these Japanese soldiers had already been replaced with M1 rifles of the US army.

In fact, don't look at the M1 rifle is a semi-automatic rifle, which is more advanced than the Japanese army's 38 big cover, and many Japanese soldiers are still reluctant to change to American-style rifles.

This one is because of the habits of the Japanese soldiers...... The Japanese army likes to be good at hand-to-hand combat in close combat, and at the same time prefers accurate shooting rather than fire suppression, which is a bit similar to "every bullet destroys an enemy", which is actually determined by the fact that the logistics capability is far inferior to that of the American army.

On the other hand, if a unit is equipped with two rifles of different calibers, there will be a problem of chaotic ammunition supply.

Therefore, the Japanese army will not use American rifles unless it is absolutely necessary.

But the time has come when the last thing to expect...... The Japanese army was interspersed by sea, and its follow-up was basically unable to be resupplied, so they could only use captured weapons and equipment.

This is also the madness of Ushijima's interspersed plan, allowing the two wings to penetrate behind enemy lines without sufficient supplies, which will only result in the destruction of the entire army if it is blocked by the American army.

But Ushijima's plan even succeeded...... If there is no Zhang Chi and independent battalion!