The Chinese army fired at several heights of the Japanese army without a single cannon, and occasionally added some intensity. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This was to paralyze the Japanese army and get them used to this shelling pattern, and after a long time, they would become strange.

As Zhang Chi had hoped, the Japanese army would have nervously organized its defense at first, and after a few hours, it didn't take this kind of shelling seriously.

Worst of all, Kuribayashi Tadamichi did not see the intentions of the Chinese army, and he said to Horie Yoshitaka in a mocking tone: "I think Chinese may also know that our fleet is on its way...... Are they trying to take Iwo Jima in three days? ”

The surrounding Japanese officers let out a relaxed laugh.

At this time, they thought that they only had to wait here for three days, and then all the problems would be solved.

However, the Chinese army took advantage of this time to further carry out reconnaissance work:

First of all, it sent reconnaissance planes to conduct detailed reconnaissance of Oribo Mountain and the 382 Heights, photographed the actual situation of these two heights in as much detail as possible from all angles, and then broke down the Japanese bunkers and the general terrain and landforms in all directions according to the offensive direction, distributed them to each soldier of the corresponding unit, and let them memorize them.

This is the fundamental ...... of night battles At that time, the troops are likely to advance without guidance and light, and it will undoubtedly be difficult to complete the task without remembering the terrain in their minds.

The second is to send divers to conduct further reconnaissance of the hydrology near Oribo Mountain, which is directly related to the question of whether the Higgins ship and the amphibious landing vehicle will run aground...... While the Higgins ship does not need to dock directly during the first wave of the attack, it will have to do so for subsequent supplies.

The time soon entered four o'clock in the morning, and the sound of cannons was still sounding one after another, and from time to time there was a roar like thunder and a bright light like lightning in the night sky, and the "cloudy" sky was "overcast" without a little starlight, which gave people the illusion that it was about to rain, in fact, the "cloud" was just dust and smoke from the shells.

Wu Yuhang waved his hand, and the troops of a battalion were led by the battalion commander Chen Zhongyu and touched towards the 382 heights.

At the same time, the countrymen also took a regiment of troops from the transport ship to the Higgins ship, and then drove the Higgins ship and the amphibious landing craft into three parts into their predetermined sea areas to stand by.

Of course, they sailed at a slow speed, so that the sound they made would not alarm the Japanese troops on Oriba Mountain.

The flotillas came to a stop when they reached a distance of about 600 meters from Mt. Oriba, and then waited quietly on the sea.

The 600 meters were also tested by the fighters...... This distance allowed the sound of artillery to effectively disguise the sound of the Higgins and amphibious landing ship motors, and at the same time, because of the thick fog rising from the sea, the Japanese searchlights could not shine on anything.

The latitude of Iwo Jima is 24 degrees, and its temperature is about the same as that in Fujian, China, and the temperature has dropped to more than 10 degrees Celsius, which makes the soldiers of the expeditionary force who have been fighting on the islands along the equator for a long time a little uncomfortable.

However, the temperature on Iwo Jima is different from other places, and most of the islands are rocky and sandy, and the temperature rises dramatically during the day when exposed to the sun, and the temperature drops rapidly at night, so that the area around Iwo Jima is always covered in fog.

And this fog happened to be a natural cover for the sneak attack of various units of the expeditionary force.

"Everything works!" The townsman sent a telegram to Zhang Chi: "We have entered the predetermined position!" ”

Zhang Chi, who was in the headquarters of the "Pinghai", nodded, and casually pushed several small flags representing various departments of the first regiment to the corresponding positions on the map.

In this battle, Zhang Chi used relatively risky tactics......

Under normal circumstances, when launching a sneak attack on two different targets at the same time, they will try to organize themselves as well as possible and attack at the same time.

The reason is simple, if the sneak attack has a precedence...... For example, if the sneak attack on the 382 Heights was launched first, then the Japanese troops located in Oriba Mountain would think: Since the enemy dared to take the initiative to attack at night, would they also attack Oriba Mountain in the same way?

So either vigilance will be heightened or vigilance will be heightened.

If it is about the same time or even at the same time, there is no such problem.

But Zhang Chi did the opposite, he wanted to let the battle of the 382 Heights start one step in advance.

On this point, even many officers, including staff officers, opposed it.

Just like Staff Officer Liang said: "Division, the terrain of Zhebo Mountain is more important, and if you want to fight first, you will also hit Zhebo Mountain first...... Otherwise, the devil is on guard, and this is trouble! ”

What Staff Officer Liang said was not unreasonable, because the mountain is surrounded by the sea on three sides and connected to the island on the other, and the narrowest throat point of the island is only 800 meters, which is very unfavorable to the deployment of the troops.

On the other hand, a regiment of troops was at sea, in case the Japanese discovered these forces at sea...... Then they had almost no defense, facing the condescending fire of the Japanese army.

But Zhang Chi still insisted on his own ideas.

"The reason why I would choose to do this...... Zhang Chi looked at the map and said: "First, the Japanese army probably wouldn't have thought that we would attack from the sea, even if they thought that we would attack from the sea, because of the fog and the fact that our army can hide in the sea, the Japanese army may not be able to find anything." ”

After a pause, Zhang Chi continued: "What's more important is ...... The mountain itself was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the front that could be attacked was only 800 meters wide, and this terrain advantage would make the Japanese relax their vigilance. In addition, the 382 Heights are still on the opposite side of Mt. Oriba, that is, ...... When my 2nd Regiment attacked the 382 Heights, it would expose its back to the fire of the Japanese army's Oribo Mountain, what do you think the Japanese army would do at this time? ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, Staff Officer Liang couldn't help but nodded: "It is very likely that the Japanese army will provide firepower reinforcements or even reinforcements for the 382 heights!" ”

"That's right!" Zhang Chi nodded and said, "This is what I want...... The Japanese are more likely to think about how to reinforce Heights 382, and thus ignore whether they will be attacked or not. And if Oribayama does this...... The reinforcements further diverted the attention of the Japanese and exposed their firepower, and the sound of gunfire drowned out the sound of an advancing group; If they provide reinforcements towards Heights 382, it will further drain the defenses of Oriba Mountain, making its defenses even weaker! ”

Hearing this, Staff Officer Liang couldn't help but nodded: "It's a risky move!" But...... If we succeed, we will be able to take Oriba Mountain at a much smaller cost! (To be continued.) )