"Motoda-kun, please speak!" Kuribayashi Tadamichi nodded politely to Motota Nakatsu. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Kuribayashi Tadamichi was a highly educated man, both in behavior and in military affairs, and some people described him as "a traditional samurai with a big belly, but with a tiger's heart!" ”。

"Actually, it's not a big deal!" Motota Nakatsu's eyes rolled and said, "I didn't want to say it originally, but now that the enemy is about to attack, then I have to say it." We all know that anti-aircraft guns are called anti-aircraft guns because they are used to deal with enemy fighters in the air, but you have deployed anti-aircraft guns in tunnels and cannot hit the sky at all...... What's going on? ”

Without waiting for Kuribayashi Tadamichi to answer, Motota Nakachi continued: "You are all hiding in the tunnel to defend, and the impact of whether there is anti-aircraft artillery or not is not very great, but our Navy Special Marine Corps is defending outside, building fortifications in front of the beach and fighting bravely against the enemy, and we need anti-aircraft artillery to defend against the enemy's aerial bombardment." Otherwise, our fortifications will be destroyed by the enemy's air forces in the first place! ”

"Motoda-kun!" Tadamichi Kuribayashi replied, "In fact, even if we use anti-aircraft guns for air defense, it will be difficult for us to withstand the enemy's bombardment, and the result is ...... Nothing will change except that more anti-aircraft guns will be destroyed......"

"Is that how Your Excellency the Lieutenant General treats this battle so negatively?" Motota Nakatsu interrupted Kuribayashi Tadamichi and said, "We are different, we believe that we can knock the enemy down on the beach, all we need is for you to provide us with some support with anti-aircraft guns!" Can't you even do that? ”

It is clear that the Special Marine Corps, including Nakatsu Motota, considered Kuribayashi Tadamichi's practice of having his troops build tunnel fortifications and hide in the tunnels for defense was an act of greed for life and fear of death. This is also one of the main differences between the army and navy on Liuhuang Island.

"Big deal!" Motota Nakatsu said: "You can prepare the anti-aircraft artillery for dual functions, in wartime these anti-aircraft guns are anti-aircraft outside the tunnel, and when they can't resist the enemy's attack, you can drag the anti-aircraft artillery into the tunnel!" ”

Kuribayashi Tadamichi was silent for a moment, then nodded.

Yoshitaka Horie looked at Kuribayashi Tadamichi in surprise, and said in disbelief: "Your Excellency Lieutenant General......"

Kuribayashi Tadamichi stopped Horie Yoshitaka from continuing, turned to Motota Nakachi, and said, "I agree with you, Motota-kun, we will do our best to provide air defense for the navy!" ”

"With the words of His Excellency the Lieutenant General, I am relieved!" Motota Nakatsu nodded in satisfaction, then saluted Kuribayashi Tadadao before turning to leave.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" Before Motota Nakatsu could go far, Horie Yoshitaka anxiously asked Kuribayashi Tadashi, "We can't do this...... The role of anti-aircraft guns is to protect obvious targets, especially ships, and has little value for ground defense, which will only increase casualties and losses! ”

Of course, Horie Yoshitaka was right, the anti-aircraft artillery of Ryuhuang Island was used to protect the airfield and the fighters parked in the airfield, and this protection was usually a kind of shocking effect, which could prevent the enemy's fighters from bombing the airfield unscrupulously and attacking the fighters that did not take off, and at the same time make it possible for the fighters of the other side to rise into the air under the protection of anti-aircraft fire.

But now there are only 30 fighters in the airport in Liuhuangdao, and most of them are old models, and some of them are even injured because they do not have enough parts to repair and cannot take off......

Originally, there were more than 100 fighters on Liuhuangdao, but during the Battle of the Marianas, they were transferred to implement the "Operation A" plan, and the result was heavy losses.

Therefore, Kuribayashi Tadamichi will use the anti-aircraft artillery to drag the tunnel to enhance the firepower of the Japanese army, as Nakagawa Prefecture and Kenjiro Ikenjiro did on Peleliuu Island, although this will affect the firepower of the anti-aircraft artillery due to the problem of the firing range, but it will greatly improve the survival possibility of the anti-aircraft artillery.

Motota Nakatsu would have proposed anti-aircraft artillery to protect the navy's fortifications along the beach...... This is simply speechless, because the enemy does not even need to use air power to destroy immobile and easily detectable fortifications, which can be blown up with naval guns.

But if Yoshitaka Horie would know this, how could Tadamichi Kuribayashi not know?!

"Horie-kun!" Kuribayashi replied, "No matter what, we have to do it!" Not for the military, but for unity, understand? Or, it could also be said to give the Navy a little psychological comfort, so that they can consume at least a little bit of the enemy! ”

Horie Yoshitaka couldn't help but understand a little when he heard this, but then said, "But...... Your Excellency Lieutenant General doesn't think that the performance of Daisa Motoda is too presumptuous? ”

Kuribayashi replied with a smile, "Why should we bother with a person who is going to die? ”

So Horie Yoshitaka was relieved.

It's just that Horie doesn't know that Kuribayashi Tadamichi thinks in his heart: Motoda, it's just that he died before them.

In this way, more than 300 anti-aircraft guns on the island took on a dual role...... They began with air defense outside the tunnels.

This can be said to be a great favor for the Chinese troops, otherwise the Chinese troops do not know how many casualties they will increase when they attack.

Then, Kuribayashi Tadamichi gave several more orders.

One is to order all the people on Liuhuang Island to leave Liuhuang Island within two days by a general ship transporting supplies.

This is not that Kuribayashi Tadamichi is sympathetic to the people, in fact, the inhabitants of Ryuhuang Island are not considered Japanese, and Kuribayashi Tadamichi certainly does not care about their life and death.

The reason for this is because Tadamichi Kuribayashi thinks...... The presence of these civilians is worthless to the war and consumes the island's limited food and water resources. The loss of the island of Peleliuu was due to a lack of water.

Another order was to have the soldiers work around the clock to build the fortifications.

This may seem counterintuitive...... Before the enemy attacks, the soldiers should be well rested and have enough physical strength.

However, this is not the case with tunnel system operations, because the core of tunnel operations is to "save oneself and destroy the enemy", and only a stronger and more perfect tunnel can achieve the purpose of "saving oneself."

The special volcanic geology of Liuhuang Island obviously helped the Japanese army a lot...... The island's soft pumice volcanic rock is easy to cut with tools and becomes a strong defensive material when mixed with cement.

(To be continued.) )