In fact, the key to victory or defeat in this war has always been Guadalcanal, more precisely Henderson Airport on Guadalcanal.

Because Kuah Island is unsinkable, Henderson Airport is theoretically unsinkable...... If it is damaged, it can be repaired, but it is just a matter of manpower and time, and filling the crater is not a very intense job.

This also means that all the Japanese blockade activities against Henderson Airport are only temporary, and not only that, but the blockade of Henderson Airport will have to pay a considerable price, because it must continue to bomb it for a long time, which will inevitably consume a large number of Japanese artillery shells.

And as long as the Japanese stopped bombing, or even if the Japanese were still bombing, the Chinese and American coalition forces would have repaired part of Henderson Airport or repaired the emergency runway to receive fighters without their knowledge.

Needless to say, the battlefield is likely to repeat what happened in the past: because Henderson Airport was put into use, the island's sea and air space belonged to the Sino-American coalition during the day and the Japanese army at night, so the Japanese army would have to use the "Tokyo Express" or "iron barrel transportation" to return to its original shape again.

There are only two things that Zhang Chi and the Sino-US coalition have to do.

One is to repair the airfield, and the other is to hold the ground.

The first thing is easy to do, at this time, the Japanese bombing has shifted to the defense line of the Chinese and American coalition forces, and the bombing of the airport by its warships has basically stopped, and the Chinese and American coalition forces have in their hands the equipment left over from the construction of the airport by the Japanese army, as well as a few Sherman tanks that can be converted into bulldozers, and there are also armored bulldozers for sappers, so the maintenance of the airport is only a matter of ten hours...... The reason why it took more than ten hours was because the sappers had to work in the dark, otherwise there was a high probability that they would attract the attention of the Japanese army and attract bombing.

Bombing the airfield is nothing, and if the bulldozer is damaged, it will be unacceptable for the Chinese and American forces.

The second thing is not so simple.

Under the cover of naval warships and aviation, the Japanese 2nd Division launched a frantic attack on the Lunga defense line again and again. However, the problem is that the ammunition of the Sino-US coalition is very sufficient because of the storage of ammunition in the previous period, but the Japanese army is still in a state of insufficient supply...... This was caused by the fact that the Japanese army had a large supply gap, not only did they lack food, ammunition, medicine, and even uniforms.

In jungle warfare, military uniforms are easily cut by branches and gravel, or soaked by high salinity seawater, etc., and it does not take long to break out, which is one of the reasons why the Japanese troops on Kuah Island are often unclothed.

And the Japanese Navy. At this point, only the ammunition that the 2nd Division needed more urgently needed was given priority for its attack, and food could only be supplied in small quantities.

Therefore, the Japanese army at this time was actually still in a state of starvation...... You know, that's 30,000 mouths for 30,000 people, and it's a mouth that has been hungry for a long time, which is far from being satisfied by a small supply.

This will undoubtedly affect the morale and combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, to be precise, it is not only a matter of morale and combat effectiveness, the Japanese army at this time has lost thousands of people due to hunger and disease. This is also because they are Japanese troops who advocate the spirit of bushido, and if other troops were afraid that they would have collapsed long ago.

In this case, the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on the Lunga line again and again. But it was still suppressed again and again by the sea of fire of the Sino-US coalition forces.

Among them, the battle was most fierce in the direction of the Matanicao River, where almost all the Japanese troops of both wings were pressed, and the battle in the direction of the Matani River was the most severe in the mountains where the first battalion was stationed.

As Zhang Chi saw, due to repeated rushes, one of the No. 1 heights has been lost once...... That's because the Japanese took advantage of the darkness to sneak in front of the No. 1 Heights position, and then launched a surprise attack without artillery preparation.

Although this is a common trick used by the Japanese army, and the soldiers also know how to prevent it, that is, to lay mines in front of the position...... But as soon as the battle started, things were not as simple as imagined. The repeated high-density attacks of the Japanese army made it impossible for the fighters to lay mines, and sometimes there was a shortage of mines because they could not be transported from the rear. So the Japanese army took advantage of the loophole.

As a result, the soldiers stationed on the No. 1 Heights were taken by surprise, and a whole platoon of thirty-five fighters, including the platoon commander, were killed.

"They're all good!" The countryman's voice was slightly choked and said, "Otherwise, we don't know how many brothers we will have to sacrifice!" ”

Zhang Chi patted his fellow villagers on the shoulder, wanting to say something but not knowing what to say.

Zhang Chi understood the words of his fellow villagers, there was a mountain range connecting the No. 1 Heights and the No. 2 Heights, and the Japanese army had planned to kill the No. 2 Highlands along this mountain range...... It should be said that the Japanese army had a good chance of succeeding, because it was so dark that it was impossible to distinguish between friend and foe. The warriors could not tell whether the men who were rushing along the ridge were friend or foe.

At this critical moment, two loud noises came from the mountains...... At the last moment, the two fighters ignited the explosives bag and forced the Japanese soldiers back, which was also a message to the soldiers of No. 2 Heights: There were no more brothers alive on No. 1 Heights, and they could shoot with confidence.

So with Zhang Chi's order, bullets and shells rained down from the No. 2 Heights towards the No. 1 Heights. Then the fighters took back the No. 1 high ground with a counter-charge.

When the No. 1 high ground was recaptured, there were corpses all over the ground, and most of them were blown up by bullets and shells, and it was impossible to distinguish whether it was the corpses of Japanese soldiers or the corpses of soldiers of the expeditionary force...... All the soldiers could do was to pick up the English helmets that could be found on the battlefield, line them up on the high ground, and then light three cigarettes and stick them in front of them to bow down, even if it was to see off these comrades.

"The platoon commander's name is Li Guoqun!" The fellow villager sighed and said, "It's my fellow countryman, and he was still asking me yesterday...... Is it possible to go back to your hometown to see this melon island after you finish fighting? When I said that, I would try to give him a leave of absence, and I almost jumped up with such pleasure. Didn't expect ......"

Hearing this, Zhang Chi realized that the soldiers had not returned home for a long time.

This may not be a big deal for someone who has no home in this plane, and even if he can go back, he doesn't know where to go. But for those soldiers who have families, especially their families, there is a risk that they will be ravaged by the Japanese army at home...... This mood is not something that can be clearly explained with the phrase "return to the heart like an arrow".

Thinking about it again, Zhang Chi couldn't help but ask himself in his heart: Is it wrong to bring them to this Pacific battlefield?!

(To be continued.) )