While the Allied forces were busy attacking the islands around Rabaul and New Guinea, the new 1st Division remained on Kuah Island.

Of course, the new 1st Division was not recuperating on Kuah Island as a reserve like the 1st Marine Division, they were preparing for the landing at Rabaul.

Among them, the main offensive force is, of course, the new regiment led by Zhang Chi...... This is not only because Zhang Chi's new regiment is the most combat-effective unit in the new division, but also because the predecessor of the new regiment is the engineer regiment, and the task of the new regiment is to disguise itself as a Korean engineer to infiltrate Rabaul.

In order to better complete this task, or it can be said that it is not recognized by the Japanese army as much as possible, so during this time, Zhang Chi's new regiment has been mixed with the captured Korean Japanese soldiers, in order to learn some half-foreign Japanese from the Korean Japanese soldiers, as well as some living and working habits and details...... The Japanese are very detail-oriented, and the slightest inadvertent flaw may bring irreparable losses to the troops, and Zhang Chi does not want to take this risk.

"Report!" On this day, the commander of the engineer battalion, Li Ho, took Park Zhongjiong to Zhang Chi and said, "Tuanza, Colonel Park hopes to give you some suggestions!" ”

"We've met!" Zhang Chi said to the Japanese prisoner, although he couldn't remember where he had seen it, but it was very familiar.

"Yes!" Park Zhongjiong nodded and said, "Tuanzao, I just surrendered to you!" ”

"Oh!" Zhang Chi remembered when Park Zhongjiong said this.

"What do you suggest?" Zhang Chi asked: "Is it because your food or treatment is not good enough?" ”

"No, Colonel!" Park Jung-hyung replied: "The food and treatment are great, and you are very good to us, which makes us feel like we are all in heaven!" ”

Park Zhongjiong's words are not sycophants, the food of the Japanese naturally cannot be compared with the canned beef of the Americans, not to mention that Park Zhongjiong, these Korean engineers, are still treated as inferior people in the Japanese army, so the food and treatment are even more unbearable, and now they are in the Chinese army...... The food was not much different from that of ordinary soldiers. It would be false to say that there was no difference, that even the American GIs had to eat two meals a day when there was a shortage of food on Kuah Island, and at that time the prisoners were given one meal a day in order to save rations, but even this was much better than having only one rice ball at every turn in the Japanese army.

On the other hand, it is also because the soldiers of the Chinese army gradually learned that these Korean soldiers were also forced to join the Japanese army, which is a bit similar to the Chinese puppet army, and many relatives or comrades-in-arms of the Chinese soldiers were forced to join the puppet army, so they also have a greater sense of identification with these Korean Japanese soldiers, so their attitude towards them is also different from the real Japanese army.

More importantly, these Korean Japanese troops can also be said to have played a significant role on the battlefield...... In the Battle of Kuah, the Shinichi Regiment was almost thrown into disarray by an attack by the Japanese Navy Special Marines from the sea. Thanks to these Korean Japanese soldiers, they took up arms and organized a defense to repel these Japanese troops.

Moreover, these Korean Japanese soldiers were also very conscious, and after repelling the Japanese army, they took the initiative to return their weapons and equipment to the American army.

"So......" Zhang Chi couldn't help but ask Park Zhongjiong with some doubts: "What advice do you have?" ”

"Uh......" Park Jung-hyung hesitated, but he finally gritted his teeth and said, "There are some things that I know I shouldn't ask...... Do you want to disguise yourself as North Korean sappers and infiltrate Rabaul?! ”

Zhang Chi's face couldn't help but be cold, and he replied: "Colonel Park, you just need to do your own thing, and it's better not to guess other things!" ”

Zhang Chi was a little surprised by this...... Since the matter of infiltrating Rabaul is very important, just reveal a little bit to go out. The new regiment is about to be wiped out, so so far only a few people know about this plan, including the soldiers of the new regiment.

"I understand!" Park Zhongjiong nodded sincerely and said, "Please believe me." If I wasn't sincere, I wouldn't have come to my door to discuss this with you. ”

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi couldn't help but nodded.

Park Jung-hyung was right, if his purpose was to make the new group jump into the trap. Then you just need to keep quiet, and then find a way to secretly spread the news to the Japanese.

However, it seems that this is not easy to do, because this is an island. And Park Jung-hyung and other captives did not have any communication equipment.

"Also......" Park continued, "I want to make it clear that I didn't tell anyone about it, and no one told me about it. ”

"You guessed that?" Zhang Chi asked.

"Yes!" Park Jung-hyung replied: "The soldiers of the new regiment are learning Japanese with us, and even learning our living habits, asking us how to call the Japanese commander, etc......."

"Hmm!" Zhang Chi nodded.

In fact, it is not too difficult to guess this, Zhang Chi believes that many people have this guess, but they don't say it because of the principle of confidentiality.

"So, your suggestion is ......"

"Tuanza!" Park Jung-hyung said: "It is true that you can fool the Japanese by disguising yourself as a North Korean sapper, but have you ever thought about it...... There are also many North Korean sappers on Rabaul, can you fool the North Koreans?! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but be stunned, as the so-called hundred secrets and one sparse, Zhang Chi only thought that he could deceive the Japanese and infiltrate Rabaul, but he didn't think that there were many Koreans under the Japanese system, and if the Japanese army randomly pulled a few Koreans up to talk to the new group, they would soon find out that the new group was a "spy".

"I can join!" Li Ho volunteered: "Tuanzao, I am a North Korean, I can speak Korean, and there are eleven North Koreans in our army!" ”

"Eleven North Koreans are not enough!" Park Jung-hyung continued: "Tuanza, if I'm not mistaken, your target should be Rabaul Airport!" ”

Zhang Chi couldn't help but look at Pu Zhongjiong in surprise.

If it is not surprising to be able to guess that the new regiment is going to disguise itself as a North Korean sapper, then to guess that the target of the new regiment is an airfield requires a certain amount of military knowledge.

Park Jung-hyung is right, the most important thing in the island war is air supremacy, and the basis of air supremacy is the airport, and Zhang Chi's plan is to lead a new group to infiltrate Rabaul and then insert it into the airport as quickly as possible, either occupying control or destroying the airport.

In this way, the Japanese army will quickly lose its sea and air supremacy in the airspace over the Rabaul Sea, and the other two regiments of the new 1st Division will be able to smoothly carry out landing operations and cooperate with the new 1st Regiment to take Rabaul.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi asked Park Zhongjiong: "Do you want to join the sneak attack force?" (To be continued.) )